EEI 2017 Form 10-K

Table of Contents Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Ecology and Environment, Inc. We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ecology and Environment, Inc. as of July 31, 2017, and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended July 31, 2017 and 2016. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Ecology and Environment, Inc. at July 31, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for years ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Buffalo, New York November 14, 2017 30