52 Auditor’s Fees

In the fiscal year, the following fees (including expenses and excluding VAT) have been credited for the services rendered by the Group auditors KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft:

All of the services rendered were consistent with the activities performed as the auditor of the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements of Vonovia SE. The fee paid for auditing services performed by KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft relates to the audit of the consolidated financial statements and annual financial statements of Vonovia SE, as well as to various audits of annual financial statements and a review of one set of annual financial statements of Group companies. Consolidated interim financial statements were also reviewed.

The other confirmation services include reviews of reconciliations on the interest threshold based on audit standard IDW PS 900, business audits performed in accordance with Section 2 of the Act on the Code of Professional Practice for German Public Auditors (WPO) on compliance with the regulations governing loans granted by the German government-owned development bank KfW, business audits pursuant to ISAE 3000 relating to various housing assistance reports and the voluntary business audits of tax compliance management systems in accordance with IDW PS 980. Other confirmation services also include services associated with the issue of comfort letters pursuant to audit standard IDW PS 910 of the Institute of Public Auditors in Germany, the issue of valuation certificates and project audits relating to IT migrations.