BPCE - 2019 Universal Registration Document

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FINANCIAL REPORT

IFRS CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BPCE SA GROUP AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2019

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION 3.2.1 The consolidated financial statements are expressed in euros. Balance sheet items of foreign subsidiaries and branches whose functional currency is not the euro are translated using the exchange rate in force at the balance sheet date. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period, which is the approximate value of the transaction price if there are no significant fluctuations. Foreign exchange rate adjustments arise from a difference in: net income for the period translated at the average rate and at • the closing rate; equity (excluding net income for the period) translated at the • historic exchange rate and at the year-end rate. The portion attributable to equity holders of the parent is recorded in equity under “Foreign exchange rate adjustments” and the portion attributable to minority shareholders under “Non-controlling interests”. TRANSACTIONS The impact of intercompany transactions on the consolidated balance sheet and consolidated income statement is eliminated. Dividends, as well as gains and losses on intercompany asset disposals, are also eliminated. Where appropriate, capital losses from asset disposals resulting in impairment are maintained. 3.2.3 In accordance with revised IFRS 3, “Business Combinations” and IAS 27, “Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements”: combinations between mutual insurers are included within the • scope of IFRS 3; costs directly linked to business combinations are recognized • in net income for the period; contingent considerations payable are included in the • acquisition cost at their fair value at the date of acquisition of a controlling interest in an entity, even if they are only potential. Depending on the settlement method, transferred considerations are recognized against: capital and later price revisions will not be booked, – or debts and later adjustments are recognized against – income (financial debts) or according to the appropriate standards (other debts outside the scope of IFRS 9); on an entity’s acquisition date, non-controlling interests may • be valued: either at fair value (method resulting in the allocation of a – share of the goodwill to non-controlling interests), or at the share in the fair value of the identifiable assets and – liabilities of the entity acquired (method similar to that applicable to transactions prior to December 31, 2009). The choice between these two methods must be made for each business combination. Whatever method is chosen when the acquisition is made, increases in the percentage of interest in an entity already controlled are systematically recognized in capital: when an entity is acquired, any share previously held by the • Group must be revalued at fair value through profit or loss. Consequently, in the event of a step acquisition, goodwill is ELIMINATION OF INTRA-GROUP 3.2.2 BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

determined by referring to the fair value at the acquisition date; and when the Group loses control of a consolidated company, any • share previously held by the Group must be revalued at fair value through profit or loss. All business combinations that occurred prior to the revisions of IFRS 3 and IAS 27 are accounted for by applying the purchase method, except business combinations involving two or more mutual insurers or entities under joint control, as these transactions were explicitly excluded from the scope of application. The Group has entered into commitments with minority shareholders of certain fully consolidated Group subsidiaries to buy out their shares. These buyback commitments are optional commitments (sales of put options). The exercise price for these options may be an amount fixed contractually, or may be established according to a calculation formula defined upon the acquisition of the subsidiary’s securities and taking into account its future activity, or may be set as the fair value of the subsidiary’s securities on the day on which the options are exercised. For accounting purposes, these commitments are treated as follows: pursuant to the provisions of IAS 32, the Group recognizes a • financial liability with respect to the put options sold to minority shareholders in fully-consolidated entities. This liability is initially recognized at the discounted value of the put option exercise price under “Other liabilities”; the obligation to record a liability even though the put options • are not exercised means, for purposes of consistency, that the same accounting treatment as that for transactions related to non-controlling interests must be applied. As a result, the corresponding entry for this liability is deducted from “Non-controlling interests” underlying the options and the balance is deducted from “Retained earnings attributable to equity holders of the parent”; subsequent changes in this liability relating to any change in • the estimated exercise price of the options and the carrying amount of “Non-controlling interests” are fully booked as “Retained earnings attributable to equity holders of the parent”; in the event of a buyback, the liability is settled by the cash • payment related to the acquisition of minority shareholders’ stakes in the subsidiary in question. However, when the commitment expires, if the buyback does not take place, the liability is written off against non-controlling interests and “Retained earnings attributable to equity holders of the parent” according to their respective amounts; as long as the options have not been exercised, results from • non-controlling interests subject to put options are included in the consolidated income statement as “Non-controlling interests”. BUYBACK COMMITMENTS WITH THE MINORITY 3.2.5 SHAREHOLDERS OF FULLY-CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES The entities included in the scope of consolidation close their accounts on December 31. BUYBACK COMMITMENTS WITH THE MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS OF FULLY-CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES 3.2.4

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