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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilites

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report, the Remuneration Report and the Parent Company Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have prepared the Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union, and the Parent Company Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The Consolidated and Parent Company Financial Statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and the Group and of the profit or loss of the Group for that year.

In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; new accounting standards adopted in the year are set out in the Significant Accounting policies section of the Consolidated Financial Statements;
• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state that the Consolidated Financial Statements comply with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union, and with regard to the Parent Company Financial Statements that applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
• prepare the Consolidated and Parent Company Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business, in which case there should be supporting assumptions or qualifications as necessary.

The Directors confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the Financial Statements.

The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and the Group and to enable them to ensure that the Consolidated Financial Statements and Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 1985 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation and the Parent Company Financial Statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.