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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT |
TO THE MEMBERS OF SRI LANKA TELECOM PLC REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and its subsidiaries, which comprise the balance sheets as at 31 December 2008, the income statement, the statements of changes in equity and the cash flow statements for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes as set out on pages 72 to 118.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. 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.
Scope of Audit and Basis of Opinion
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Sri Lanka Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit. We therefore believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, so far as appears from our examination, the Company maintained proper accounting records for the year ended 31 December 2008 and the financial statements give a true and fair view of the Company’s state of affairs as at 31 December 2008 and of its results for the year and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards.
In our opinion, the Consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs as at 31 December 2008 and consolidated results for the year and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards, of the Company and its subsidiaries dealt with thereby, so far as concern the members of the Company.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
These financial statements also comply with the requirements of Sections 153 (2) to 153 (7) as appropriate of the Companies Act No. 07 of 2007.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Chartered Accountants
Colombo
17 February 2009 |
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