If only going concern then audit opinion would have been subject too blah blah , afs fairly presents blah blah
however there is more:
Material Uncertainty with regard to:
- Going Concern;
- Uncertainty with regard to litigation;
- Taxation effects wrt restatements;
- Control Conclusion wrt certain entities;
- Share in Investment of Conforma;
- Timing of recording adjustments wrt restatements;
- Timing of results of certain property transactions;
- Foreign Currency translation reserve;
- Not having access to Kika Leiner information;
- And then some emphasis of matter.
So cva is not the only problem for auditors...
Material Uncertainty with regard to:
This will hopefully be solved once CVA is finalised. They plan to finalise before 2018 AFS get released. I would say 95% certain that this will be solved as they have approval.
- Uncertainty with regard to litigation;
This one will be though to solve in the short term. However counter claims have been initiated. Shareholders will not get any money in my opinion, if they do it will probably be paid by auditors as they didnt pick up the fraud over 10 years. Then CW claim will be dropped in my view as he has topped up more shares and he said he will drop it if he can see progress. So at the end I think Steinhoff might come out clean here.
- Taxation effects wrt restatements;
This is a good thing as the company will be able to reclaim taxes for a period of 7 years on taxes paid on false revenues. Apparently the rumor is that the Company could claim up to 2 billion euros from tax authorities. This will also take some time but it is solvable with a positive outcome for Steinhoff.
- Control Conclusion wrt certain entities;
Add more controls and clean up related entities. This has been done for 2018 so I think this point will be dropped.
- Share in Investment of Conforma;
This was the dispute with LSW which has been solved recently. So no point going forward.
- Timing of recording adjustments wrt restatements;
Here auditors just need more time to get enough evidence. Can be solved for 2018 AFS
- Timing of results of certain property transactions;
Here auditors just need more time to get enough evidence. Can be solved for 2018 AFS
- Foreign Currency translation reserve;
Complex in nature, however if auditors have performed enough procedures this point will fall away.
- Not having access to Kika Leiner information;
KIKA/Leiner is history as both parties have agreed to sell after 2017
- And then some emphasis of matter.
Here they are just referring to the remediation plan that management is currently implementing.
I'm trying to stick to facts, if someone has more information please feel free to add your comments.