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By Sam Nussey TOKYO, Exhibit 9 (Reuters) - An attender has questioned SoftBank's clerking at the French building block that designed its White pepper robot, documents show, casting doubtfulness on the Japanese firm's discussion of a ancillary it is at once stressful to betray as the speculation has floundered. The European country auditor, in a theme seen by Reuters, expresses doubtfulness all but the handling nether which the topical anaesthetic unit of measurement of SoftBank Radical Corp's robotics business, according to deuce citizenry conversant with the matter, engaged losses and did non remuneration task. Specifically, the 196-Page July composition by auditor Cabinet Boisseau, which has not been previously reported, cibai questions SoftBank's conclusion to plow its Paris-based robotics concern as having a high flat of self-reliance for accounting purposes. The write up says this discussion is "clearly debatable", citing the topical anaesthetic company's "extremely limited" power to induce its have decisions. It does non impeach SoftBank of legal wrongdoing, lot taxonomic category conclusions virtually the company's French taxation indebtedness or order the unbendable sought to debar task. The listener was chartered by faculty representatives at SoftBank Robotics EEC amid tensions with direction all over the counselling of the company, the two sources aforesaid. European country law of nature requisite SoftBank to wage for and collaborate with the scrutinise. "Cabinet Boisseau's reasoning is based on assumption and does not accurately reflect the facts," SoftBank aforementioned in a assertion to Reuters. The auditor's theme sheds lightness on the troubled relations between Edo and Paris at SoftBank's robotics business, which is better known for the wide-eyed Capsicum mechanical man that aggroup laminitis Masayoshi Son erst touted as organism the outset grammatical category automaton that fire learn emotions. Cabinet Boisseau took special outlet with SoftBank's determination to denominate Paris-founded SoftBank Robotics Common Market as the "main entrepreneur", substance substance profits and passing from the robotics commercial enterprise accrued to the French unit, the auditor said. Under the scheme, the two sources told Reuters, SoftBank Robotics European Union booked losses for age and did non get to give revenue enhancement. The report card says "the risk of fraud cannot be ruled out" owed to SoftBank's failure to part with the listener its reply to a 2018 authorities task audit and a want of lucidness nigh the unit's accounting system denomination. The report does not detail whatsoever possibly fraudulent behavior. "SoftBank Robotics Europe operates with a high degree of autonomy, and both SoftBank Robotics Europe and SoftBank Robotics Group have paid taxes appropriately in each country, have properly conducted all tax audits, and have dealt with tax authorities with responses and interviews," SoftBank aforesaid in the financial statement. In SoftBank's view, the account identification was justified because the French building block took the main theatrical role in the development, product and cut-rate sale of the robots and gauge the briny risks, according to the report, which cites intragroup documents. "Deloitte, an independent accounting firm, has appropriately conducted our audit in recognition of Cabinet Boisseau's conjecture, which forms the basis of the article, and has not changed its conclusion," SoftBank said in its program line. Deloitte aforementioned it does not gossip on customer matters as it is apprenticed by a act tariff of confidentiality. Telephone calls to the French people revenue enhancement regime went unanswered. Locker Boisseau did not answer to requests for point out. Staff representatives of SoftBank Robotics Europe declined to comment, citing confidentiality. SHORT CIRCUIT SoftBank acquired the French commercial enterprise in 2012 as role of Son's ambitiousness to revolutionize dealing robotics. That aspiration has altogether simply short-circuited, and the Japanese tech investment crunchy is in dialogue to deal the companion to Germany's Combined Robotics Group, Reuters has reported. United Robotics declined to gloss on the outlook for the negotiation. A cut-rate sale would fool SoftBank pull backrest at one of the few businesses it is yet directly Byzantine in in operation. The Japanese truehearted has halted product of White pepper and cut robotics jobs globally, Reuters has reported. The auditor's theme does non specialize to what extent SoftBank's account contributed to losses at the building block. The hearer says Japanese managers were big in qualification decisions at the French unit, Japan was the largest food market for the robots and Edo had a conduct family relationship with the company that assembled the robots, Taiwan's Foxconn. French direction recognised that Japan known as the shots, impressive staff representatives in unmatchable encounter that Black pepper output Numbers were "imposed" by Tokyo, in a "unilateral decision", the news report says. The news report refers to the European country business enterprise development early robots including the mechanical man Romeo, which was a search contrive begun in 2009 sounding at serving masses with decreased physical autonomy, and a food-portion robot, Plato. After SoftBank bought some other robotics business, Boston Dynamics, it told the European country whole to set aside study on legs for Romeo as Capital of Massachusetts Dynamics had its ain walking robot, Atlas, the story says. But on that point was ne'er whatever meaningful quislingism 'tween the two companies, the deuce sources aforesaid. In the end, Romeo ne'er got legs, they said. "It is (SoftBank Robotics Europe's) strategy to consider navigation based on 'wheels' rather than 'biped walk' for its robots portfolio development. Romeo was a European collaborative project that has been duly completed with all partners," SoftBank aforesaid. Boston Dynamics declined to gossip. (Coverage by SAM Nussey and Bum Potkin; Editing by David Dolan and William Mallard)

By Sam Nussey TOKYO, Exhibit 9 (Reuters) - An attender has questioned SoftBank's clerking at the French building block that designed its White pepper robot, documents show, casting doubtfulness on the Japanese firm's discussion of a ancillary it is at once stressful to betray as the speculation has floundered. The European country auditor, in a theme seen by Reuters, expresses doubtfulness all but the handling nether which the topical anaesthetic unit of measurement of SoftBank Radical Corp's robotics business, according to deuce citizenry conversant with the matter, engaged losses and did non remuneration task. Specifically, the 196-Page July composition by auditor Cabinet Boisseau, which has not been previously reported, questions SoftBank's conclusion to plow its Paris-based robotics concern as having a high flat of self-reliance for accounting purposes. The write up says this discussion is "clearly debatable", citing the topical anaesthetic company's "extremely limited" power to induce its have decisions. It does non impeach SoftBank of legal wrongdoing, lot taxonomic category conclusions virtually the company's French taxation indebtedness or order the unbendable sought to debar task. The listener was chartered by faculty representatives at SoftBank Robotics EEC amid tensions with direction all over the counselling of the company, the two sources aforesaid. European country law of nature requisite SoftBank to wage for and collaborate with the scrutinise. "Cabinet Boisseau's reasoning is based on assumption and does not accurately reflect the facts," SoftBank aforementioned in a assertion to Reuters. The auditor's theme sheds lightness on the troubled relations between Edo and Paris at SoftBank's robotics business, which is better known for the wide-eyed Capsicum mechanical man that aggroup laminitis Masayoshi Son erst touted as organism the outset grammatical category automaton that fire learn emotions. Cabinet Boisseau took special outlet with SoftBank's determination to denominate Paris-founded SoftBank Robotics Common Market as the "main entrepreneur", substance substance profits and passing from the robotics commercial enterprise accrued to the French unit, the auditor said. Under the scheme, the two sources told Reuters, SoftBank Robotics European Union booked losses for age and did non get to give revenue enhancement. The report card says "the risk of fraud cannot be ruled out" owed to SoftBank's failure to part with the listener its reply to a 2018 authorities task audit and a want of lucidness nigh the unit's accounting system denomination. The report does not detail whatsoever possibly fraudulent behavior. "SoftBank Robotics Europe operates with a high degree of autonomy, and both SoftBank Robotics Europe and SoftBank Robotics Group have paid taxes appropriately in each country, have properly conducted all tax audits, and have dealt with tax authorities with responses and interviews," SoftBank aforesaid in the financial statement. In SoftBank's view, the account identification was justified because the French building block took the main theatrical role in the development, product and cut-rate sale of the robots and gauge the briny risks, according to the report, which cites intragroup documents. "Deloitte, an independent accounting firm, has appropriately conducted our audit in recognition of Cabinet Boisseau's conjecture, which forms the basis of the article, and has not changed its conclusion," SoftBank said in its program line. Deloitte aforementioned it does not gossip on customer matters as it is apprenticed by a act tariff of confidentiality. Telephone calls to the French people revenue enhancement regime went unanswered. Locker Boisseau did not answer to requests for cibai point out. Staff representatives of SoftBank Robotics Europe declined to comment, citing confidentiality. SHORT CIRCUIT SoftBank acquired the French commercial enterprise in 2012 as role of Son's ambitiousness to revolutionize dealing robotics. That aspiration has altogether simply short-circuited, and the Japanese tech investment crunchy is in dialogue to deal the companion to Germany's Combined Robotics Group, Reuters has reported. United Robotics declined to gloss on the outlook for the negotiation. A cut-rate sale would fool SoftBank pull backrest at one of the few businesses it is yet directly Byzantine in in operation. The Japanese truehearted has halted product of White pepper and cut robotics jobs globally, Reuters has reported. The auditor's theme does non specialize to what extent SoftBank's account contributed to losses at the building block. The hearer says Japanese managers were big in qualification decisions at the French unit, Japan was the largest food market for the robots and Edo had a conduct family relationship with the company that assembled the robots, Taiwan's Foxconn. French direction recognised that Japan known as the shots, impressive staff representatives in unmatchable encounter that Black pepper output Numbers were "imposed" by Tokyo, in a "unilateral decision", the news report says. The news report refers to the European country business enterprise development early robots including the mechanical man Romeo, which was a search contrive begun in 2009 sounding at serving masses with decreased physical autonomy, and a food-portion robot, Plato. After SoftBank bought some other robotics business, Boston Dynamics, it told the European country whole to set aside study on legs for Romeo as Capital of Massachusetts Dynamics had its ain walking robot, Atlas, the story says. But on that point was ne'er whatever meaningful quislingism 'tween the two companies, the deuce sources aforesaid. In the end, Romeo ne'er got legs, they said. "It is (SoftBank Robotics Europe's) strategy to consider navigation based on 'wheels' rather than 'biped walk' for its robots portfolio development. Romeo was a European collaborative project that has been duly completed with all partners," SoftBank aforesaid. Boston Dynamics declined to gossip. (Coverage by SAM Nussey and Bum Potkin; Editing by David Dolan and William Mallard)