Galaz, Yamazaki,
Ruiz Urquiza, S.C.
Paseo de la Reforma 505
Piso 28
Colonia Cuauhtémoc
06500, Mexico City
Phone: +52 (55) 5080 6000
www.deloitte.com/mx
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Fideicomiso Irrevocable No. F/17416-3 (Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex, División Fiduciaria) and Subsidiaries (the “Entity” or the “Trust”), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, consolidated statements of changes in trustors’ capital and consolidated statements of cash flows for the years then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Fideicomiso Irrevocable No. F/17416-3 (Banco Nacional de México, S.A., integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex, División Fiduciaria) and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, and their consolidated financial performance and their consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. (“IASB”).
We conducted our audits in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor´s Responsibilities for the Audit of Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the trust with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for professional Accountants (IESBA Code) and with the Ethics Code issued by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants (IMCP Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the IESBA Code and IMCP Code.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
The key audit matters are those matters which, in our professional judgment, have been of the greatest significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters have been addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, and in the formation of our opinion thereon, and we do not express a separate opinion on those matters. We have determined that the matters described below are the key audit matters which should be communicated in our report.
As explained in Note 7 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements, to estimate the fair value of the investment properties, with the support of an independent expert, it selects the valuation techniques it considers most appropriate under the specific circumstances of each investment property. The assumptions related to the estimates of the fair values of the investment properties include, among others, the procurement of the contractual rentals, the expectation of future market rentals, renewal rates, maintenance requirements, discount rates which reflect the uncertainties of current markets, capitalization rates and recent transaction prices.
Based on a sample of properties selected randomly, we tested the information contained in the valuation of the investment property, including the lease revenues, acquisitions and capital expenses, comparing them with that recorded by the Trust. Such information was then tested and substantiated against the lease agreements that were duly signed and approved, and we reviewed the respective support documentation. For the properties in development, we made random selections and reviewed the cost recorded as of this date and recorded in accounting and ascertained that the costs incurred are similar in other fully completed projects. Based on the reports presented by the construction supervisor, we obtained a sample of the total cost reported at the review date and verified the support documentation of such expenses.
We met with the independent appraisers and obtained the valuation reports of all the properties. We analyzed such reports and confirmed that the valuation method of each property was applied in conformity with International Accounting Standard 40 “Investment Properties” and that the use in the determination of the book value was appropriate for financial statement purposes. Furthermore, we involved our internal valuation specialists to compare the valuations of each property against our market value expectation, and also reviewed and challenged the valuation methodology and assumptions considered by the independent appraiser. For this purpose we used evidence of comparable market operations and focused specifically on properties where the growth in capital values was higher or lower compared to market indexes.
We questioned the methodology and reasoning of the Trust’s management for the valuation of the investment properties, based on the above assumptions, and concluded that the values are fair.
Once the Trust has established that it has a contract from which revenues are generated, it should assess which are commitments assumed and which represent obligations to the lessees. It will also have to determine the time at which the benefits and obligations have been transferred to the lessee with regard to the use of the spaces, which, together with other factors, will determine the initial recognition of the respective revenue.
The revenues associated with operating leases are recognized systematically for accounting purposes over the lease term, taking into account the incentives granted, such as grace periods, as well as the minimum payments which include considerations received at the beginning of the leases. Contingent rentals (such as variable rentals) are recognized when they are generated. The lease term is the noncancelable period of the contract, including additional periods for which the lessee has a renewal option, when at the beginning of the lease, management has a reasonable assurance that the lessee will exercise such option.
Pursuant to the foregoing, our procedures included, among others, the review of the commercial terms of the contracts to determine the appropriate moment to begin recognition of the revenues. We analyzed the rights and obligations established in the contracts and assured ourselves that all these elements were contemplated and accounted for correctly, and we inquired about and corroborated the elements used by management to determine the contingent revenues, among other procedures.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, to maintain its status as a FIBRA, the Mexican Tax Administration Service (“SAT”) has established, in articles 187 and 188 of the Income Tax Law, that the Trust must annually distribute at least 95% of its net tax result to the holders of its CBFIs, apart from other requirements. The test of compliance with such articles was significant for our audit because it is the fundamental going concern principle of the Trust. As a result, our audit procedures included the review of the annual tax result of the Trust and the involvement of tax experts to evaluate compliance with the principal requirements contained in such articles under the laws in effect as of December 31, 2018. Given the importance of the aforementioned matter, a change in the entity’s status based on the Income Tax Law may have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. The results of our audit procedures were reasonable.
Management of the Trust is responsible for the other information. The other information will include the information that will be incorporated into the Annual Report which the Entity is required to prepare in conformity with article 33, section I, subsection b) of Title Fourth, Chapter First of the General Provisions Applicable to Issuers and Other Stock Market Participants in Mexico, and the Instructions which accompany those provisions (“the Provisions”). The Annual Report is expected to be available for reading after the date of this audit report.
Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements will not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance thereon.
In relation with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility will be to read the Annual Report, when it is available, and when we do so, to consider whether the other information contained therein is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the audit or appears to contain a material misstatement. When we read the Annual Report, we will issue the legend on the reading of the annual report, as required in Article 33, Section I, subsection b) numeral 1.2 of the Provisions.
Management of the Trust is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and for such internal control as management of the Trust determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Trust´s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters, related with the Trust to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Trusty or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Trust´s management is responsible for overseeing the Trust´s financial reporting process.
Our objective is to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor´s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with ISA’s, we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
We communicate with the Trust’s management about, among other matters, the scope and the timing of the performance of the planned audit and the significant audit findings, as well as any material internal control deficiency that we identify during the course of the audit.
We also provide to the Trust’s management a statement that we have complied with applicable ethical requirements in relation to independence and communicated with them about all the relationships and other matters which might be reasonably expected to have an effect on our independence and, as the case may be, the related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged of Trust’s management, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Galaz, Yamazaki, Ruiz Urquiza, S. C.
Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Mexico City, Mexico
March 13, 2019