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The Directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and
financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law,
being the Companies Act 1985 and International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (EU).
In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed,
subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the
financial statements;
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it
is inappropriate to presume that the Group will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records
which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position
of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Act 1985 and Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.
The Directors have general responsibility for taking such steps as are
reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the Group and
to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
The Directors confirm that, to the best of each person’s knowledge:
• the financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets,
liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group;
• the business and financial reviews include a fair review of the
development, position and performance of the business, together
with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the
corporate and financial information included on the Company’s website.
Where the financial statements are published on the internet, legislation
in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Each of the persons who are a Director at the date of the approval
of this Report confirms that:
• so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant audit information
of which the Company’s auditors are unaware;
• the Director has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken
as a Director in order to make himself/herself aware of any relevant
audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditors are
aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with
the provisions of Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006 and DTR 4.
easyJet plc
Annual report and accounts 2008
Statement of Directors’
responsibilities
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