5.3COMPANYFINANCIAL STATEMENTS 5.3COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 276 5.3.1Company financial statements as at December 31, 2017 276 Income Statement 276 Balance sheet 277 Company results over the last five years (as required by article R.225-102 of the Commercial Code) 279 Principal subsidiaries and other investments 280 Notes to the Company’s financial statements 281 1. Description of business 281 2. Accounting principles 281 3. Notes to the income statement 282 4. Notes to the balance sheet 283 5 5. Additional information 289 5.3.2 Report of the Statutory Auditors on the company financial statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2017 295 REXEL 2017 – REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 275