La banque d'un monde qui change 2004 - BNP Paribas

We audited in accordance with French generally acceptedauditing standards the parent company financial statementsand consolidated financial statements for the year ended31 December 2002, as approved by the Board of Directorsof BNP Paribas. Our reports on these financial statementswere free of qualifications and included an observation,as set out in our general report and our report on theconsolidated financial statements. The observation related tonote 1 to the financial statements which describes the changein the method used to determine fair value for investmentsin non-consolidated undertakings and other equity securitiesheld for long-term investment.Based on our work, and in view of the observations set outabove, we have no matters to report with regard to the fairpresentation of the information about the financial positionand accounts provided in the Document de Référence.Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris and La Défense, 25 February 2005The Statutory AuditorsBarbier Frinault & Autres PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Mazars & GuérardMazarsRadwan Hoteit Étienne Boris Hervé HéliasAdditional informationPage 267 of this report contains the Statutory Auditors’report on the consolidated financial statements for the yearended 31 December 2004, setting out the justification ofthe assessments made by the Statutory Auditors’ inaccordance with article L. 225-235 of the Commercial Code.Page 269 of this report sets out the Statutory Auditors’ reportdrawn up in accordance with the last paragraph of articleL. 225-235 of the French Commercial Code, on the reportprepared by the Chairman of the Board of Directors ofBNP Paribas concerning internal control procedures used forthe preparation and processing of accounting and financialinformation.ALTERNATE STATUTORY AUDITORSMichel Barbet-Massin (125, rue de Montreuil, 75011 Paris),Richard Olivier (41, rue Ybry, 92576 Neuilly-sur-SeineCedex) and Pierre Coll (32, rue de Guersant, 75017 Paris)were designated as alternate auditors by the Annual GeneralMeeting of 23 May 2000 for a term of six years expiringat the close of the Ordinary General Meeting to be calledin 2006 to approve the financial statements for the yearended 31 December 2005.PERSON REPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATIONGroup Development and FinancePhilippe Bordenave305BNP PARIBAS - ANNUAL REPORT 2004