EX-99.6 7 dp170864_ex9906.htm EXHIBIT 99.6

 

Exhibit 99.6

 

On Holding AG

Zürich

 

Report of the statutory auditor to the General Meeting

 

on the financial statements 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report of the statutory auditor

to the General Meeting of On Holding AG

 

Zürich

 

Report on the audit of the financial statements

 

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of On Holding AG, which comprise the income statement for the year ended December 31, 2021, the balance sheet as at December 31, 2021 and notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements (pages A1 to A8) as at December 31, 2021 comply with Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation.

 

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those provisions and standards are further described in the “Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements” section of our report.

 

We are independent of the entity in accordance with the provisions of Swiss law and the requirements of the Swiss audit profession and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

 

Our audit approach

 

Materiality

The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. Our audit opinion aims to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement. Misstatements may arise due to fraud or error. They are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial statements.

 

Based on our professional judgement, we determined certain quantitative thresholds for materiality, including the overall materiality for the financial statements as a whole as set out in the table below. These, together with qualitative consider- ations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures and to evaluate the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate, on the financial statements as a whole.

 

Overall materiality   CHF 3'500000
Benchmark applied   Total assets
Rationale for the materiality benchmark applied   We chose total assets as the benchmark because, in our view, it is the benchmark against which the performance a holding company is most commonly measured and is a generally accepted benchmark for holding companies.

 

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them misstatements above CHF 175'000 identified during our audit as well as any misstatements below that amount which, in our view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons.

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Birchstrasse 160, Postfach, CH-8050 Zürich, Switzerland

Telefon: +41 58 792 44 00, Telefax: +41 58 792 44 10, www.pwc.ch

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG is a member of the global PricewaterhouseCoopers network of firms, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

 

 

 

Audit scope

We designed our audit by determining materiality and assessing the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements. In particular, we considered where subjective judgements were made; for example, in respect of significant accounting estimates that involved making assumptions and considering future events that are inherently uncertain. As in all of our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including among other matters consideration of whether there was evidence of bias that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud. We tailored the scope of our audit in order to perform sufficient work to enable us to provide an opinion on the financial statements as a whole, taking into account the structure of the entity, the accounting processes and controls, and the industry in which the entity operates.

 

Report on key audit matters based on the circular 1/2015 of the Federal Audit Oversight Authority

We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.

 

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors for the financial statements

The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the provisions of Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the entity or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

 

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

 

As part of an audit in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss Auditing Standards, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

 

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.

 

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made.

 

Conclude on the appropriateness of the Board of Directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the entity to cease to continue as a going concern.

 

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We communicate with the Board of Directors or its relevant committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

 

We also provide the Board of Directors or its relevant committee with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, actions taken to eliminate threats or safeguards applied.

 

From the matters communicated with the Board of Directors or its relevant committee, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

 

Report on other legal and regulatory requirements

 

In accordance with article 728a paragraph 1 item 3 CO and Swiss Auditing Standard 890, we confirm that an internal control system exists which has been designed for the preparation of financial statements according to the instructions of the Board of Directors.

 

We further confirm that the proposed appropriation of available earnings complies with Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation. We recommend that the financial statements submitted to you be approved.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

 

     
     
Patrick Balkanyi   Samuel Häring
     
Audit expert   Audit expert
Auditor in charge    
     
Zürich, March 18, 2022    

 

 

 

Enclosures:

 

Financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and notes to the financial statements)

 

Proposed appropriation of the available earnings

 

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Income statement

 

in CHF   Notes   2021   2020
             
Dividend income from shareholdings       4,300,000   1,200,000
Other intercompany sales       3,071,923   1,791,955
Gross profit       7,371,923   2,991,955
             
Share-based compensation       -1,241,780   -620,292
General and administrative expenses   2.8   -4,579,494   -1,234,485
Other operating income and expenses       -13,422,567   -1,473,180
Operating result       -11,871,918   -336,003
             
Financial expenses       -4,270,715   2,041,356
Financial income   2.9   16,673,217   -2,027,889
Income before taxes       530,584   -322,536
             
Income taxes       -1,216,389   -362,835
Loss for the period       -685,805   -685,371

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Balance sheet

 

in CHF   Notes   12/31/21   12/31/20
             
Cash and cash equivalents       411,773,303   49,943,623
Other current financial assets       7,279   7,279
Other current operating assets   2.1   195,597,393   112,711,492
Current assets       607,377,976   162,662,394
             
Intangible assets   2.2   26,948,240   28,956,805
Other non-current financial assets   2.3   192,228,195   10,000,000
Investments   2.4   15,778,872   15,777,680
Non-current assets       234,955,307   54,734,485
             
Assets       842,333,283   217,396,879
             
Trade payables   2.5   1,869,189   21,189
Other current financial liabilities       82   200,000
Other current operating liabilities   2.6   27,693,584   -
Income tax liabilities       554,196   -
Current liabilities       30,117,050   221,189
             
Non-current liabilities       -   -
             
Share capital       33,454,188   2,171,510
Capital reserves       801,469,909   211,991,047
Reserves from capital contribution   2.7   790,987,121   209,328,701
Other capital reserves       10,482,788   2,662,346
Treasury Shares   2.7   -25,035,192   -
Retained earnings       2,327,327   3,013,132
Equity       812,216,233   217,175,690
             
Liabilities and Equity       842,333,283   217,396,879

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Notes to the financial statements

 

Notes to the financial statements 2021 in accordance with Article 959c of the Swiss Code of Obligations (in CHF).

 

1. Accounting and valuation principles

 

Foreign currency positions

 

Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate that applied on the transaction date. Exchange rate gains and losses resulting from such transactions or from the revaluation of foreign currency assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are recognized as financial income or expenses. The average exchange rate used is the exchange rate published by the ESTV on a monthly basis.

 

Currency   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
AUD 1   0.6624   0.6821
BRL 100   16.358   17.0179
CAD 1   0.7213   0.6938
CNY 100   14.296   13.5124
EUR 1   1.0361   1.0815
GBP 1   1.2340   1.2083
JPY 100   0.7912   0.8561
USD 1   0.9113   0.8839
HKD 1   0.1169   0.0877
VND 10000   0.3997   0.3829

 

2. Other disclosures required by the law

 

Company information

 

On Holding AG, Zurich, Switzerland

 

The number of full-time positions over the year was not above 10 employees.

 

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2.1 Other current operating assets

 

in CHF   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
From third parties   9,306,729   7,903,015
thereof accruals and prepaid expenses   8,958,193   4,698,037
From intercompany   186,290,664   104,808,477
Other current operating assets   195,597,393   112,711,492

 

2.2 Intangible assets

 

At the end of 2019, a “service, license and investment agreement” was negotiated between On and a third party. The parties entered into an agreement under which On shall be granted the right to use intangible assets in connection with the development, advertisement, promotion and sale of certain products as well as promotional services by the third party against On shares at a preferential price and options to purchase On shares. The number of exercisable options depends on the revenues of the fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

 

The decrease in Intangible assets of CHF 2’008k fully relates to amortization.

 

2.3 Other non-current financial assets

 

in CHF   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
From third parties   -   -
From intercompany   192,228,195   10,000,000
Other non-current financial assets   192,228,195   10,000,000

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2.4Shareholdings

  

in CHF         2021     2020
Entity Domicile   Capital   Share   Capital Share
                 
                 
On AG Zürich, CH   6,256,059   100%   6,256,059 100%
On Brazil Ltda. São Paulo, BR   255’818   100%   255’818 100%
On Cloud Service GmbH Berlin, DE   28’940   100%   28’940 100%
On Clouds GmbH Zurich, CH   20,000   100%   20,000 100%
On Europe AG Zurich, CH   100,000   100%   100,000 100%
On Hong Kong Ltd. Hong Kong, CN   1,190   100%   0.1 100%
On Inc. Portland, USA   182,000   100%   182,000 100%
On Japan K.K. Yokohama, JP   881,821   100%   881,821 100%
On Oceania Pty Ltd. Docklands, AU   232,633   100%   232,633 100%
On Running Canada Inc. Vancouver, CA   157,583   100%   157,583 100%
On Running Sports Products (Shanghai) Company Ltd. Shanghai, CN   1’000’000   100%   1’000’000 100%
On Vietnam Company Ltd. Ho Chi Minh, VN   252’891   100%   252’891 100%
Brunner Mettler GmbH Zurich, CH   25’000   100%   25’000 100%
On Running UK Ltd. London, UK   1   100%      

 

2.5 Trade payables

 

in CHF   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
From third parties   1,848,000   -
From intercompany   21,189   21,189
Trade payables   1,869,189   21,189

 

2.6 Other current operating liabilities

 

in CHF   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
From third parties   1,003,257   -
From intercompany   26,690,327   -
Other current operating liabilities   27,693,584   -

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2.7 Treasury shares

 

in CHF Date Shares Paid Price Share Price   Value
             
Beginning Balance, 01.01.            
Capital Increase 8/19/21 25,000,000 0.10 0.10   2,500,000
Sale of Treasury Shares 10/1/21 -2,419,985 28.42 0.10   -241,999
Purchase of Treasury Shares 22.10- 22.12.21 554,491 41.08 41.08   22,777,190
Closing Balance, 31.12.   23,134,506       25,035,192

 

The Sale of Treasury Shares was made at the share value per 01. October 2021 of USD 30.50.

 

The Purchase of Treasury Shares was made on the 22. October, 29. November and the 22. December 2021 at the daily share value of USD 33.71, USD 43.11 and USD 37.58.

 

See also Note 2.9 on Financial Income.

 

The reserves from capital contribution are temporarily blocked for treasury shares (created out of KER for the purpose of employee share-based compensation) in the amount of CHF 25’035’192 until the shares are allocated.

 

2.8 General and administrative expenses

 

in CHF   12/31/21   12/31/20
         
Depreciation and amortization   -2,008,565   -1,171,663
Other   -2,570,930   -62,822
General and administrative expenses   -4,579,494   -1,234,485

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2.9 Financial income

 

As a public company, On Holding AG grants share-based compensation awards to the extended founder team, other members of senior management and to certain other employees to incentivize individuals based on their impact and contribution to On. As per 01.10.2021, On Holding has realized a gain on sale of Treasury Shares in the amount of CHF 19'811'827 with group entities and CHF 492'833 with third parties.

 

The remaining Financial Income is resulting from Intercompany Interest Income.

 

Contingent assets and liabilities

 

Guarantees in the amount of CHF 100’000’000 (2020: CHF 17’500’000) were provided to third parties.

 

Liabilities to pension plan institutions

 

There are no liabilities towards pension plan institutions.

 

3. Risk assessment

 

The management team of the On Holding AG has undertaken a comprehensive risk assessment, and implemented all necessary measures arising as a result, in order to ensure that the risk of significantly incorrect information being included in the financial statement is extremely small.

 

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Movement on retained earnings

 

in CHF   2021   2020
Profit carried forward at the beginning of the year   3,013,132   3,698,503
         

Appropriations of retained earnings resolved by general meeting

       
Dividends   -   -
Allocation to legal reserves   -   -
         
Loss for the period   -685,805   -685,371
         

Profit carried forward at the disposal of the annual general meeting

  2,327,327   3,013,132

 

Proposal of the board of directors for the appropriation of retained earnings

 

in CHF   2021   2020
         

Profit carried forward at the disposal of the annual general meeting

  2,327,327   3,013,132
         
Gross dividend   -   -
Allocation to legal reserves   -   -
         
To be carried forward   2,327,327   3,013,132

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