ÖBB Annual Report 2023

318 Vorstand I Aufsichtsrat I Österreich bewegen I Corporate Governance I Konzernlagebericht I Konzernabschluss 90 Comments on the Management Report for the Group Pursuant to Austrian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the management report for the Group is to be audited as to whether it is consistent with the consolidated financial statements and as to whether the management report for the Group was prepared in accordance with the applicable legal regulations. With regard to the non-financial statement included in the group management report (section G. Sustainability Report to section J. GRI Content Index), our responsibility is to check whether it has been prepared, to read it and to assess whether this other information contains material inconsistencies with the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the audit or otherwise appears to be misrepresented. Management is responsible for the preparation of the management report for the Group in accordance with Austrian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. We conducted our audit in accordance with Austrian Standards on Auditing for the audit of the management report for the Group. Opinion In our opinion, the management report for the Group was prepared in accordance with the valid legal requirements and is consistent with the consolidated financial statements. Statement Based on the findings during the audit of the consolidated financial statements and due to the thus obtained under- standing concerning the Group and its circumstances no material misstatements in the management report for the Group came to our attention. Vienna, March 21, 2023 Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Mag. Stefan Uher mp Mag. (FH) Rosemarie König mp Wirtschaftsprüfer / Certified Public Accountant Wirtschaftsprüferin / Certified Public Accountant * This report is a translation of the original report in German, which is solely valid. Publication or sharing with third parties of the consolidated financial statements together with our auditor’s opinion is only allowed if the consolidated financial statements and the management report for the Group are identical with the German audited version. This audit opinion is only applicable to the German and complete consolidated financial statements with the management report for the Group. Section 281 paragraph 2 UGB (Austrian Company Code) applies to alternated versions.