Directors' responsibility for and approval of the annual financial statements
In terms of the Companies Act the directors are required to prepare annual financial statements that fairly present the state of affairs and business of the Company and of the Group at the end of the financial year and the profit for the year then ended.
The directors of Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited are responsible for the integrity of the annual financial statements of the Company and consolidated subsidiaries, joint ventures and special purpose entities, and the objectivity of other information presented in the integrated report.
The fulfilment of this responsibility is discharged through the establishment and maintenance of sound management and accounting systems, the maintenance of an organisational structure which provides for the delegation of authority and clear established responsibility, together with the constant communication and review of operational performance measured against approved plans and budgets.
Management and employees operate in terms of a code of ethics approved by the board of directors. The code requires compliance with all applicable laws and maintenance of the highest levels of integrity in the conduct of all aspects of the business.
The annual financial statements, prepared in terms of International Financial Reporting Standards and the Companies Act, are examined by the Company’s auditors in conformity with International Standards on Auditing.
The Audit Committee of the board of directors, composed predominantly of independent non-executive directors, meets regularly with the Company’s auditors and management to discuss internal accounting controls, auditing and financial reporting matters. The auditors have unrestricted access to the Audit Committee.
Ms Dorette Neethling (CA(SA)), Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for this set of financial results and has supervised the preparation thereof.
The annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2016, which appear on pages 74 to 157, which are in agreement with the books of account at that date, and the related Group annual financial statements, were approved by the board of directors on 25 August 2016 and signed on its behalf.
| CD Raphiri | AG Hal | D Neethling |
| Chairman | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Financial Officer |
25 August 2016