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1. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

1.1 Objective of this Procedure

This procedure describes purpose of ACTUAL0 reporting category and how it is managed in BFC, as well as other related customizing in other BFC modules.

1.2 Scope

This procedure applies to the BFC Administration team.

2. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

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3. DEFINITIONS

GAR Team - Group Accounting & Reporting Team (Consolidation & Tax team)

FSL BFC-Admin Team - Team administrating BFC SCO (Solvay Syensqo Group Consolidation tool) in SU FA from FSL (Finance Service Line)

General Group Secretary - Team from Legal Corporate communicating changes on SolvaySyensqo's shareholding structure (new or change in ownership, mergers, divestments, liquidations...) and managing companies' codifications in both ERP and BFC

FSL CAM - Company Account Manager in FSL (Finance Service Line)

FSL SU FA GL - General Ledger team from Service Unit "Financial Accounting" in FSL (GBS Finance Service Line)

IG - Fully Consolidated method

IP - Proportional Consolidation method

ME - Equity Method

NC - Not ConsolidatedCBCR - Country By Country Report (external OECD requirement)

4. SUMMARY

4.1 Purpose and Content

The deliverables from the ACTUAL0 data collection are :

Solvay Syensqo Group shareholding structure – updated and published in GAR SYENSQO AODOC team site Solvay Syensqo Shareholding Structure
The financial valuation of the non consolidated companies at Group level (vs Group consolidated figures).
The local equity of legal companies for dividend valuation purposeThe « Country By Country Report (CBCR)" requested by the OECD

Process Owners (POW):

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Depending on the consolidation method (IG - IP - MEQ - NC) of the reporting companies, the content of their ACTUAL0 reporting package may differ:

Consolidated Companies (IG/IP/MEQ conso methods)

L4005 schedule "Investment (number)" - reports thenumber of shares that the reporting company (as Mother) owns in each of its affiliate (Daughters), as well as the the number of shares that the affiliate has issued, then it is possible to know the percentage owned by each of the Mother (s). If there is any variance compared to opening balance, it is explained by flow
L4000 schedule "Local Gaap equity for dividends valuation" - reports the Dec Y-1 statutory equity information needed to evaluate the dividends distribution at Group level
L4020 schedule "Shareholder's equity" - reportsthe numbers of shares issued by the Daughter company, split per its Mother companies. If there is any variance compared to opening balance it is explained by flow
L4060 schedule "CBCR - Revenues and Headcount" - reports 1) the detail of Revenues (not limited to the sales of products) included in the IFRS Dec Y-1 Income Statement with a split per Interco partners and 2) Headcounts - 1st upload in June

Non Consolidated (NC) Companies

L4005 schedule "Investment (number)" -L4005 schedule "Investment (number)" - same content and reporting principles as for Consolidated companies - To be noted that in most of cases, the Non Consolidated companies do not own affiliates
L4020 schedule "Shareholder's equity" - reportsthe numbers of shares issued by the Daughter company, split per its Mother companies. If there is any variance compared to opening balance it is explained by flow
L4050 schedule "Financial information" – reports the summarized Dec Y-1 Financial Statements (consistent with published annual accounts approved by Board of Shareholders and with equity value after dividends distribution), headcounts and external auditors names
Note that L4060 schedule "CBCR - Revenues and Headcount" is not requested for NC companies (information needed for CBCR captured through their L4050 schedule)

4.1 Reporting Calendar Purpose

Depending on their consolidation status and depending on Depending on their consolidation status and depending on the quarterly reporting period, ACTUAL0 data to be updated and published are different:

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Permanent instructions on ACTUAL0 Reporting are issued every year by FSL SU FA team and published in Syensqo GAR team Team site "Permanent Instructions" folder, and also inserted in Quarterly GAR closing instructions:

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4.2 Responsibilities

General Group secretary: collects and communicates changes in the Solvaythe Syensqo's shareholding structure (new or change in ownership, mergers, divestments, liquidations...)
GAR teamTeam:
communicate changes in Solvay Syensqo Shareholding structure through its Structure File in in GAR SYENSQO AODOC - "Solvay Syensqo structure files"
analyzes ACTUAL0 inputs (Local equity for dividends valuation)
uses ACTUAL0 consolidated data (Financial Information on NC companies / Shareholding tree) to build appendices from the Annual report
BFC Administration team maintains maintains and updates ACTUAL0 reporting category (packages generation, consolidation creation, scheduling and on demand run, mass lock/unlocks, on demand unlocks)
CAM enters the information for the companies under his/her scope:
for NC companies: CAM or CAM from the Mother company
for CBCR, existing interfaces from Solvay ERP's
FSL SU FA GL is responsible to perform the quarterly checks on ACTUAL0 data (number of shares declared by Mothers & Daughters)
Control on CBCR data also performed inside FSL
and to manage mass lockings & unlockings

4.3
4.3
Overview

At the beginning of the year, ACTUAL0 category has to be created for the current year. By principle, there is only one category per year, using one single December period (ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12).

Package generation :

Starts with should correspond to the perimeter published in the Y-1 annual report with the following updates:
Companies sold / liquidated / merged in Y-1 => no pack to be created
CBCR (based on Y-1 / IG IP MEQ) not needed. If any need, data can be collected out of ACTUAL0
Financial data on Non Conso (based on Y-1) not needed by GAR
Companies entering in the scope in Y (new acquired), package should be generated as soon as the company is created in BFC following the official communication from from General Group Secretary.

The packages stay opened along the year to allow the CAM to update the information when necessary and out of the closing periods. However, every quarter the packages have to be published and locked during two days, to allow the FSL SU-FA GL Team to analyze and validate the data at consolidated level.

ACTUAL0 12.YYYY – Quarterly procedure for lockings & unlockings

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The table below summarized for each Reporting quarter the scope of mass lockings and unlockings managed by BFC Admin FSL SU FA GL team:

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Special cases with Non-conso entities

'* In Q1, NC companies should be published by BFC Admin on D1 => NC companies are required to fill ACTUAL0 package only from Q3 but GAR needs to initiate already in Q1 the Group shareholding structure for current Year which is built from extraction of both L4005 and L4020 schedules.
'** In Q4, NC companies should remain locked (= they are not unlocked after Q3 reporting). Deadline to collect Financials Y-1 data being Q3.

ACTUAL0 REPORTING SETUP

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ACTUAL0 REPORTING SETUP

The process by which data is reported is defined in the Reporting Organizer and RU Organizer. In these modules it can The process by which data is reported is defined in the Reporting Organizer and RU Organizer. In these modules it can be defined:

"Reporting Organizer" is the module where BFC Admin will create the ACTUAL0 Reporting category for the current Y defining:
Start/End dates / Package schedules / Set of controls / Source for opening balance / Deadline for 1st submission (D-1 end of March Y) / Integration mode after publication
"RU Organizer" is the module where BFC Admin will insert the Reporting companies and generate their ACTUAL0 package
List of companies to be inserted can be copied from the Y-1 ACTUAL0 category, removing after manually the packages not to be created (sold liquidated merged companies) and adding the new companies expected to report from Y

- Non Conso companies: BFC Admin will adapt their package schedules and set of controls (as they have a different reporting content compared to IG IP MEQ companies)
- Note that package schedules and set of controls to be used are defined in this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"

ACTUAL0 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION

3 different scopes used for ACTUAL0 consolidations:

SOLVAY14 SYENSQO - includes IG / IP / MEQ companies only- note that this is the scope also used in IFRS ACTUAL2 consolidation
SOLFULL SYENFULL -ALL companies(IG IP MEQ NC) considered as 100% as 100% consolidated (as if they were all IG)
SOLCONSO SYENCONSO - IG companies consolidated at 100% / IP MEQ and NC consolidated as IP at their % of interests

These Scopes initiated at the beginning of the year, should be updated all during the year each time a change is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

ACTUAL0 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP

Here below the list of ACTUAL0 consolidations required during the year and their purpose.

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Consolidations under Variant (V) 2 need to be updated on Quarterly basis:

when the Conversion Rates of the period are made available (WD-1)
when theSOLVAY14 SYENSQO scope of the period is made available (WD1)

ACTUAL0 SCHEDULING (AUTOMATED) CONOLIDATION RUNS

Every quarter on D1 and D2 from WD1 till WD4 scheduling of ACTUAL0 for SOLVAY14 and SOLFULL V2 SYENSQO V2 and SYENFULL V2 and their related Reconciliation consos - 4 times a day 8 am / 12 am / 4 pm / 10 pm. every hour

5. REPORTING SETUP

5.1 REPORTING SETUP - Reporting Organizer

In the Reporting Organizer module, ACTUAL0 Category for the period (Reporting ID) is created with its reporting characteristics (Deadline, Folder, Set of Controls, Opening Balances...).

The Definition tab indicates the reporting status. It can also be specified the associated category scenario and the start and end dates for the reporting.
Enter the following information:
Version of category scenario: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period" to get the category scenario version to be used
Start & End Date: As As ACTUAL0 is used from the beginning of the year until the final Year End, enter a large range, e.g. January 1st of current year to March 1st 31st next year.

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The Package tab defines the data entry settings applicableto applicable to packages:
Windows and Internet folder / Internet-specific folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Control level to be reached: Q - This field needs a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is filled properly.
Blocking - Flag Flag the option Blocking.
Apply to central manual journal entries - it MUST NOT be flagged
Opening balance:
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY-1.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope:
either SOLVAY14 for IG IP MEQ / or SOLFULL for NC
SYENSQO
Variant: 2 (IFRS consolidation taken as reference)

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5.2 REPORTING SETUP - RU Organizer

In the RU Organizer is defined the companies to be reported in the category.

Then the reporting packages are created in RU Organizer module.

Note that the packages will have the status , meaning that they are still not available in the Package Manager module.

Warning
Before Generate the packages to the Package Manager module, ensure that all the companies are with the correct Consolidation Method (column Entity Portfolio), and if any company needs either to be added or deleted.

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To make the reporting available in the Package Manager module, select all packages and with the right click choose "Generate Package at Current Site".

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The package status changes to Image Removed, meaning that the package are now available in the Package Manager module.

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5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager

Once generated, Reporting packages appear as available in the Package Manager module.

Through this module, follow-up on packages status (Empty, Changed, Published & Integrated).

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5.4 REPORTING SETUP - Pre-loading of F99

As of 2022, F99 "Closing balance" of L4005 (Investments - number of shares) and L4020 (Shareholder’s equity) is pre-loaded with the F00 "opening data".

To ease the reporting process for the CAM and Accounting Platform managing companies hosting significant numbers of investments or mothers, GAR and FSL SU FA teams requested the pre-loading of F99 in headings XCQ261T / XCQ262T / XCQ101T with the values from previous year (=F00 Opening flow from current year) but keeping the possibility to edit/modify the preloaded data. Change requested for all companies whatever their consolidation status.

At the publication of the packs, CAMs should confirm or modify the values pre-loaded in F99.

As a result, a new formula in the category scenario of ACTUAL0 has been introduced:

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In order to ensure that this automatic pre-filling is working it is recommended to open 1 package per each consolidation method (IG IP MEQ NC) right after the package generation to check in schedules L4005 and L4020 that the pre-loading is working as expected.

in the Package Manager module, select one of each conso method package.

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Open schedules L4005 and L4020.

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Check F99 is equal to F00 and it is editable.

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6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION

6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLFULL

SOLFULL definition- ALL companies (IG IP MEQ NC) considered as 100% consolidated (as if they were all IG)

One scope SOLFULL per year to be updated all during the year each time a change is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

The scope is created in the BFC _Top, with reference to the one of the previous year.

For this, open the last version available of the scope and select the option Save As.

In this example, to create the scope for 2017, it was created as reference to the scope of 2016.

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Enter the information necessary to create the new period.

Code: SOLFULL
Period: YYYY.12
Version: S-1

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Then the scope for the new period is created.

Note that this scope only allows companies set as Full conso (FC), this way when there is the end of a company and its Consolidation Method is changed to Not Consolidated the company is automatically excluded from the scope.

Even though, in the step Scope, ensure that all companies that left the Group in the previous year are not present in the scope for the current period.

After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC_Prod platform.

Changes required for Non Consolidated companies before Generation: Opening balance + Set Folders & Controls

Before to launch the generation, change the Opening Balance of Non Consolidated companies - scope SYENSQO to SYENFULL (Non Conso are not in SYENSQO scope):
CTRL+A to select Non Conso
Then Properties

In Package Tab, replace SYENSQO by SYENFULL
Then Apply

Before to launch the generation, change the Folder and Set of controls

CTRL+A to select Non Conso
Then Properties

In Package Tab,
Windows and Internet folder / Internet-specific folder: change the folder to ACTUAL0-FI - refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: change the set to ACT0-NCQ1Q2 (applicable for Q1 and Q2) - refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Group Control level: set to Q
Then Apply

Back to Home Screen, check that Folders and Set of controls of Non Conso have been updated

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5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager

5.4 REPORTING SETUP - Pre-loading of F99 at the beginning of the year

As of 2022, F99 "Closing balance" of L4005 (Investments - number of shares) and L4020 (Shareholder’s equity) is pre-loaded with the F00 "opening data".

To ease the reporting process for the CAM and Accounting Platform managing companies hosting significant numbers of investments or mothers, GAR and FSL SU FA teams requested the pre-loading of F99 in headings XCQ261T / XCQ262T / XCQ101T with the values from previous year (=F00 Opening flow from current year) but keeping the possibility to edit/modify the preloaded data. Change requested for all companies whatever their consolidation status.

At the publication of the packs, CAMs should confirm or modify the values pre-loaded in F99.

As a result, a new formula in the category scenario of ACTUAL0 has been introduced:

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In order to ensure that this automatic pre-filling is working it is recommended to open 1 package per each consolidation method (IG IP MEQ NC) right after the package generation to check in schedules L4005 and L4020 that the pre-loading is working as expected.

in the Package Manager module, select one of each conso method package.

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Open schedules L4005 and L4020.

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Check F99 is equal to F00 and it is editable.

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Check F99 is equal to F00 and it is editable.

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6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION

6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENFULL

SYENFULL definition- ALL companies (IG IP MEQ NC) considered as 100% consolidated (as if they were all IG)

One scope SYENFULL per year to be updated all during the year each time a change is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

Then the scope for the new period is created - in the example here SYENFULL 2024.12.
Note that this scope only allows companies set as Full conso (FC), this way when there is the end of a company and its Consolidation Method is changed to Not Consolidated the company is automatically excluded from the scope.
Even though, in the step Scope, ensure that all companies that left the Group in the previous year are not present in the scope for the current period.

After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC_Prod_SCO platform.

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6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENCONSO

SYENCONSO definition - IG companies consolidated at 100% / IP MEQ and NC consolidated as IP at their % of interests

One scope SYENCONSO per year to be updated all during the year each time a change (new companies, leaving companies, change in interests %) is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

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6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLCONSO

SOLCONSO definition - IG companies consolidated at 100% / IP MEQ and NC consolidated as IP at their % of interests

One scope SOLCONSO per year to be updated all during the year each time a change (new companies, leaving companies, change in interests %) is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

The scope is created in the BFC_Top, with reference to the one of the previous year.

For this, open the last version available of the scope and select the option Save As.

In this example, to create the scope for 2017, it was created as reference to the scope of 2016.

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Enter the information necessary to create the new period.

Code: SOLCONSO
Period: YYYY.12
Version: S-1

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In the step Definition, update the period informed in the Opening Scope to the previous year.

In this example, it was informed the period 2016.12, since it was being created the scope for 2017.

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By changing the Opening Period in the step Definition, all the companies that were set as Not consolidated with the rate at 0% in the previous year are automatically excluded from the scope.

Even though, in the step Scope, ensure that all companies that left the Group in the previous year are not present in the scope for the current period.

After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC_Prod_SCO platform.

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6.3 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION -

SOLVAY14
SYENSQO

SOLVAY14 SYENSQO - includes IG / IP / MEQ companies only (Non Conso excluded)- note that this is the scope also used in IFRS ACTUAL2 consolidation

One scope SOLVAY14 SYENSQO per month to be updated every WD1 (new companies, leaving companies, change in consolidation methods or in interests %) following the information received during the month (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).

In the step Scope, the following procedure describes how to update the companies (insertion & deletion) Companies management in BFC - section 76.ScopeManagement

After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC_Prod_SCO platform.

6.4 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - Transfer from BFC_

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Top_SCO to BFC_Prod_SCO

BFC _Top_SCO

7. CONSOLIDATIONS & INTERCO SETUP

7.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP

There are 4 consolidations required for the ACTUAL0 category:

SOLFULLSYENFULL V2.
SOLCONSOSYENCONSO V1
SOLVAY14SYENSQO V1SOLVAY14 V2

This table summarizes purpose and usage of each:

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To create a consolidation it can be done from scratch or with reference to the version of the previous year through the Save As option.

7.1.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -

SOLFULL
SYENFULL V2

7.1.2 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -
SOLCONSO
SYENCONSO V1

7.1.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -

SOLVAY14
SYENSQO VARIANT
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1.4 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SOLVAY14 VARIANT 2
2 INTERCOMPANY RECONCILIATION SETUP
Purpose of this reconciliation performed using ACTUAL0 scopes is to compare and check consistency between shares declared by mothers (schedule L4005 from ACTUAL package) versus the ones declared by daughters (schedule L4020 from ACTUAL0 package) using BFC report "CD190_8".

7.2.1 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENSQO V2 (IG IP MEQ only)

7.2.2 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENFULL V2 (Non Conso cnies included)

7.2 INTERCOMPANY RECONCILIATION SETUP

Purpose of this reconciliation performed using ACTUAL0 scopes is to compare and check consistency between shares declared by mothers (schedule L4005 from ACTUAL package) versus the ones declared by daughters (schedule L4020 from ACTUAL0 package) using BFC report "CD190_8".

7.2.1 INTERCO SETUP - using SOLVAY14 scope (IG IP MEQ only)

In the tab General should contain the following information:

Category: ACTUAL0
Data entry period: YYYY.12
Scope: SOLVAY14
Variant: 2
Currency: EUR
Reconciliation Variant: A1

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In the tab Definition should contain the following information:

Other set of rules: C-RAPRO-ACT0

Select reporting units to be processed: All reporting units

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7.2.2 INTERCO SETUP - using SOLFULL scope (NC cnies taken into account)

In the tab General should contain the following information:

Category: ACTUAL0
Data entry period: YYYY.12
Scope: SOLFULL
Variant: 2
Currency: EUR
Reconciliation Variant: A1

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In the tab Definition should contain the following information:

Other set of rules: C-RAPRO-ACT0

Select reporting units to be processed: All reporting units

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7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update

On a quarterly basis the periods of the Scope and the Conversion Rate in the consolidation should be updated to the ones applicable on the quarterly period.

In the tab Properties update the following fields:

Scope period
Conversion rate period

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7.4 CONSOLIDATION & INTERCO - Run scheduling

Purpose of this scheduling is to run automatically both consolidation and reconciliation on a given period and at a defined frequency.

4 tasks created to run each quarter on WD1 and WD2 every 4 hours:

Based on SOLVAY14 scope / variant2:
Consolidation ACT0-S14-V2
Corresponding interco reconciliation (comparing shares numbers declared by mothers & daughters) A0-INT-SOLV

Based on SOLFULL scope / variant2:
Consolidation ACT0-SOLFULL
Corresponding interco reconciliation (comparing shares numbers declared by mothers & daughters) A0-INT-SOLF

7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update

On a quarterly basis:

Periods of the Conversion Rate in the consolidation SYENSQO V2 and SYENFULL V2 should be updated to the ones applicable on the quarterly period.
In SYENSQO V2, the Scope must also be updated every quarter with the latest SYENSQO available

7.4 CONSOLIDATION & INTERCO - Run scheduling

Purpose of this scheduling is to run automatically both consolidation and reconciliation on a given period and at a defined frequency.

4 tasks created to run each quarter from WD1 till WD4 every hour:

Based on SYENSQO scope / variant 2:
Consolidation => ACT0-SYEN-V2
Corresponding interco reconciliation (comparing shares numbers declared by mothers & daughters) => A0-INT-SYENS

Based on SYENFULL scope / variant 2:
Consolidation => ACT0-SYEFULL
Corresponding interco reconciliation (comparing shares numbers declared by mothers & daughters) => A0-INT-SYEF

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8. COMPANIES OPERATIONS

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Every quarter, the period of validity needs to be updated to start from WD1 morning and to finish at the end of WD2.

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Besides the adjustment on dates (to be done every quarter), tasks definition must also be updated once new conso & interco 12.YYYY has been set up.

In the example on the right, 2023.12 value for 2023 reporting.

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8. CLOSING SUPPORT: MASS LOCKS & UNLOCKS

8.1 MASS LOCKINGS

Every quarter, BFC Admin supports FSL SU FA GL (General Ledger team) who is responsible to control the accurarcy of ACTUAL0 reporting by locking companies which are late.

The scope of companies to be locked or not depends on the reporting period - below the scope to be considered in Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4:

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Process to follow before doing the locking:

Morning of WD1:

Send a mail to FSL SU FA GL team - Delphine Barbier + Tiago Filipe SILVA / copy Bernard Marechal from GAR
Providing as attached file the list of packages still not published . NB: check the type of companies which are requested to publish their packs (it depends from the quarter)
Asking to confirm that BFC Admin can force the publication

FSL SU FA GL can decide, if there is a too high number of missing publications to chase itself the missing packs.

Once GO given (do not hesitate to chase if no feedback in WD2) to force the publication by SU FA GL,

Publish the packages
Confirm by mail the forced publication with print screen of companies published to SU FA GL

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8.2 MASS UNLOCKINGS

9. COMPANIES OPERATIONS

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.1 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - New Companies

When the group acquires a new company, whatever its consolidation status, a package has to be created in the ACTUAL0 Category.

To create the package ensure that the company has already been created in BFC, otherwise follow the instructions in the Procedure related to Companies management in BFC:

The package will be available in the RU Organizer module, and information needs to be confirmed before generate to the Package Manager module.
Open the package information and validate if the settings are in accordance to the Consolidation Method of the company.
By default, when a package is added through the Insert Reporting Units option, the definitions are the same than the Category created in the Reporting Organizer module, it means, the package has the definitions of a Consolidated company. Then if the new company is a not consolidated, the definitions have to be changed.

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In the tab Roadmap enter the following information:

Data entry site: 0000.PROD001

Data entry Currency: The company currency

Publication site: 0000.PROD001

. Then if the new company is a not consolidated, the definitions have to be changed.

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In the tab Package it will be informed what determines the documents that are shown at the company's package, as well as the set of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
Since the schedules collected for a Not Consolidated and a Consolidated (IG IP MEQ) company are different, this tab has some specification for each type of company. Set of schedules per type of company are defined in this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"

Not Non Consolidated Company

Windows and Internet folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Internet-specific folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Control level to be reached: Q - This field need a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is fulfilled properly.

Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Apply to central manual journal entries - MUST NOT be flagged

Opening balance:
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY-1.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope:

SOLFULL
SYENFULL - This scope is taken into account all the companies in the Group's structure.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.

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Consolidated Company (IG IP MEQ)

Windows and Internet folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Internet-specific folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Control level to be reached: Q - This field need a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is fulfilled properly.

Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Apply to central manual journal entries - MUST NOT be flagged

Opening balance
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY-1.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope:

SOLVAY14
SYENSQO- This scope is taken into account just the consolidated companies.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.

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The tab Restrictions is automatically filled, but it is necessary to confirm that the option Read-only flows is set for the F00, this means that the opening balances are not available for edition.
Then save .

Info
All the other tabs are automatically filled.

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8.2 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - End of Companies (liquidated / merged / sold)

Generally, for the companies that left the Group during the course of the year, the packages remain in the ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12, however at the beginning of the next year the packages should not be generated.

Along the year YYYY the packages of these companies should stay Protected, instead locked, this way it is possible to identify the companies that left the Group.

When a company left the Group, the company should be updated in the Scope of Consolidation.

The companies should be set as Not Consolidated and their Financial and ownership interests set to 0 in the three scopes:

SOLCONSOSYENCONSO
SOLFULLSYENFULL
SOLVAY14SYENSQO

Note that in SOLCONSO SYENCONSO and SOLFULL SYENFULL scopes, it is not necessary to create an intermediate package for the company in the tab Incoming/Outgoing of the scope.

While in the scope SOLVAY14 SYENSQO there are only Consolidated companies, it means that just the companies IG, IP and ME can be excluded from this scope, and it should be created the intermediate package for these companies in the tab Incoming/Outgoing of the scope. For more details of operations in the scope SOLVAY14SYENSQO, scope, refer to the Procedure related to Companies management in BFC.

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8.3 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - Change of Consolidation Method

The change of the method of consolidation concerns the transition from the Not Consolidated/ Equity Method/ Proportional to Full Consolidated, or vice versa. In other words, this transition is assimilated to either an increase or decrease in the rate of integration.

The change of consolidation method should be communicated by the Syensqo Corporate Secretary as well as available in the Structure File within the GAR SYENSQO AODOCs Library.

As a consequence of such change, content of their ACTUAL0 package may have to be amended, as well as the reporting setup and the scope of consolidation.

In the tab Package it will be informed what determines the documents that are shown in the company's package, as well as the set of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
The information in this tab has to be updated according to the new consolidation method.

Company moving to Not Consolidated status

Windows and Internet folder: ACTUAL0-FI

- The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.Internet:
-
specific folder
refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: either ACT0-NCQ1Q2 or ACT0-NCQ3Q4 depending on when it occurs during the year - refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Control level to be reached: not to be changed - remains Q
Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Apply to central manual journal entries - MUST NOT be flagged
Opening balance:
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY-1.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope:
SOLFULL
SYENFULL - This scope is taken into account all the companies in the Group's structure.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.

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Company moving moving from Non Conso to Consolidated status (IG or IP or MEQ)

Windows and Internet folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Internet-specific folder: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Set-of controls: refer to this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
Control level to be reached:

not change - remains
Q

Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope: SOLVAY14- This scope is taken into account just the consolidated companies.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.
- This field need a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is fulfilled properly.
Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Apply to central manual journal entries - MUST NOT be flagged
Opening balance
No change. If we change to SYENSQO, no opening will appear as the company was not in this SYENSQO conso previous year

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Key

1. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE

1.1 Objective of this Procedure

1.2 Scope

2. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

3. DEFINITIONS

4. SUMMARY

4.1 Purpose and Content

4.1 Reporting Calendar Purpose

4.1 Reporting Calendar Purpose

4.2 Responsibilities

4.3

Overview

5. REPORTING SETUP

5.1 REPORTING SETUP - Reporting Organizer

5.2 REPORTING SETUP - RU Organizer

5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager

5.4 REPORTING SETUP - Pre-loading of F99

6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION

6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLFULL

5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager

5.4 REPORTING SETUP - Pre-loading of F99 at the beginning of the year

6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION

6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENFULL

6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENCONSO

6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLCONSO

6.3 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION -

SYENSQO

6.4 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - Transfer from BFC_

Top_SCO to BFC_Prod_SCO

7. CONSOLIDATIONS & INTERCO SETUP

7.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP

7.1.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -

SYENFULL V2

7.1.2 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -

SYENCONSO V1

7.1.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP -

SYENSQO VARIANT

2

7.

2 INTERCOMPANY RECONCILIATION SETUP

7.2.1 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENSQO V2 (IG IP MEQ only)

7.2.2 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENFULL V2 (Non Conso cnies included)

7.2 INTERCOMPANY RECONCILIATION SETUP

7.2.1 INTERCO SETUP - using SOLVAY14 scope (IG IP MEQ only)

7.2.2 INTERCO SETUP - using SOLFULL scope (NC cnies taken into account)

7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update

7.4 CONSOLIDATION & INTERCO - Run scheduling

7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update

7.4 CONSOLIDATION & INTERCO - Run scheduling

8. COMPANIES OPERATIONS

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8. CLOSING SUPPORT: MASS LOCKS & UNLOCKS

8.1 MASS LOCKINGS

8.2 MASS UNLOCKINGS

9. COMPANIES OPERATIONS

.1 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - New Companies

8.2 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - End of Companies (liquidated / merged / sold)

8.3 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - Change of Consolidation Method