directors’ responsibility

The directors are responsible for the maintenance of adequate accounting records and the preparation and integrity of the financial statements and the related information including pro forma information. The auditors are responsible for reporting on the fair presentation of the financial statements. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and in the manner required by the Companies Act, 1973.

The directors are also responsible for the company’s system of internal financial control. These are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance as to the reliability of the financial statements, and to adequately safeguard, verify and maintain accountability of the assets, and to prevent and detect misstatement and loss. Nothing has come to the attention of the directors to indicate that any material breakdown in the functioning of these controls, procedures and systems has occurred during the year under review.

The financial statements have been prepared on the going-concern basis, since the directors have every reason to believe that the company has adequate resources in place to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

The financial statements have been audited by the independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated, which was given unrestricted access to all financial records and related data, including minutes of all meetings of shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board. The directors believe that all representations made to the independent auditors during their audit are valid and appropriate.

Approval of the financial statements

The financial statements were approved by the directors on 25 August 2008 and are signed on its behalf.

LM Nestadt Non-executive chairman	DB Rivkind Chief financial officer
BM Levy Joint chief executive officer	Ms Levy Joint chief executive officer