6.10 FEES PAID TO AUDITORS

Pursuant to Royal Decree 1514/2007, of 16 November, approving the Spanish National Chart of Accounts, following is a disclosure of the total fees relating to the “audit services” and “other consultancy services” provided by the auditors of the 2016 and 2015 financial statements of the Group companies, including both the principal auditor of Ferrovial, S.A. and the other auditors of all its investees, both in Spain and abroad.

“Fees for Audit Services” includes the following items:

  • “Audit Services” relates to strictly statutory audit services.
  • “Audit-Related Services” relates to services other than statutory audit services which by law or by regulation can only be provided by the Company’s auditor, such as the review of financial information in bond issues and services which due to their nature are normally provided by the Company’s auditor, such as the review of tax returns.

The total of “Other Consultancy Services” provided by the principal auditor represented 12.99% of the total fees for audit services in 2016. This amount also includes EUR 0.1 million for tax advisory services provided by the auditor.

(Millions of euros)

2016

2015

Fees for audit services

5.8

5.1

Principal auditor

4.8

5.0

Audit services

4.5

4.6

Audit-related services

0.3

0.4

Other auditors

1.1

0.1

Audit services

1.0

0.1

Audit-related services

0.0

0.0

Other consultancy services

2.0

0.8

Principal auditor

0.6

0.6

Other auditors

1.4

0.2

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