Responsibilities of Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for the Annual Financial Statements
The Board of Directors of the Company is responsible for the preparation, of these annual financial statements
that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of the Company in
accordance with the International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and
related interpretations published in the form of European Commission regulations. The Board of Directors of the
Company is also responsible for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to
enable the preparation of annual financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to
fraud or error.
In preparing the annual financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the
going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to
cease the operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Audit Committee responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Annual Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual financial statements as a whole
are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted
in accordance with NSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise
from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be
expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with NSAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the annual financial statements, whether due
to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit
evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a
material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may
involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit 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 Company’s internal control.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by the Management Board.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management Board’s use of the going concern basis of
accounting and based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to
events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our
auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the annual financial statements or, if such disclosures are
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the
date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to
continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the annual financial statements, including
the disclosures, and whether the annual financial statements represent the underlying transactions
and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with the Audit Committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of
the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify
during our audit.