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Independent auditors’ report

for the year ended 31 May 2009

To the members of Blue Label Telecoms Limited

We have audited the group annual financial statements and annual financial statements of Blue Label Telecoms Limited, which comprise the consolidated and separate balance sheets as at 31 May 2009, and the consolidated and separate income statements, the consolidated and separate statements of changes in equity and consolidated and separate cash flow statements for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes, and the directors' report, as set out on pages 97 to 163.

Directors’ responsibility for the financial statements

The company’s directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and in the manner required by the Companies Act of South Africa. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditors’ responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated and separate financial position of Blue Label Telecoms Limited as at 31 May 2009, and its consolidated and separate financial performance and its consolidated and separate cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and in the manner required by the Companies Act of South Africa.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc
Director: EJ Gerryts
Registered Auditor
Johannesburg

25 August 2009

National executive:
SP Kana (Chief Executive Officer), TP Blandin de Chalain, DJ Fölscher, GM Khumalo, IS Sehoole, S Subramoney, F Tonelli.

Resident director in charge: ER Mackeown

The Company’s principal place of business is at 2 Eglin Road, Sunninghill where a list of directors’ names is available for inspection.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc is an authorised financial services provider.
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Arrow Directors' responsibility
Arrow Declaration by company secretary
Arrow Independent auditors' report
Arrow Directors' report
Arrow Group balance sheet
Arrow Group income statement
Arrow Group statement of changes in equity
Arrow Group cash flow statement
Arrow Notes to the group annual financial statements
Arrow Company balance sheet
Arrow Company income statement
Arrow Company statement of changes in equity
Arrow Company cash flow statement
Arrow Notes to the company annual financial statements
Arrow Annexure 1
   
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