Directors’ responsibility

The directors are responsible for the maintenance of adequate accounting records and the preparation, integrity and 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, 2008.

The directors consider that in preparing the financial statements they have selected the most appropriate accounting policies, consistently applied and supported by reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates, and that all International financial Reporting Standards that they consider to be applicable have been followed.

The directors are satisfied that the information contained in the financial statements fairly presents the results of operations for the year and the financial position of the group at year end. The directors also prepared the other information included in the integrated report and are responsible for both its accuracy and its consistency with the financial statements.

In addition, the directors are 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, based on forecasts and available cash resources. These financial statements support the viability of the company and the group.

The financial statements have been audited by the independent auditors, PwC, 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 which appear on pages 100 to 227 were produced and approved by the board of directors on 23 August 2011 and are signed on their behalf by: