EasyJet 2014 Annual Report Download - page 94

92 easyJet plc Annual report and accounts 2014
Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are
listed on pages 54 and 55 confirm that, to the best of
their knowledge:
• the Group and Company accounts, which have been
prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by
the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit of the Group and Company;
and
• the Strategic report, included in the annual report,
includes a fair review of the development and
performance of the business and the position of the
Group, together with a description of the principal
risks and uncertainties that it faces.
In accordance with Section 418 of the Companies Act
2006, each Director in office at the date the Directors’
report is approved, confirms that:
• so far as the Director is aware, there is no relevant
audit information of which the Company’s auditors
are unaware; and
• he/she 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.
The annual report on pages 1 to 92 was approved
by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on
17 November 2014 and signed on its behalf by:
Carolyn McCall OBE
Chief Executive
Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
The Directors are responsible for preparing the annual
report, the Directors’ remuneration report and the accounts
in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare accounts
for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have
prepared the Group and Company accounts in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as
adopted by the European Union (EU). Under company law
the Directors must not approve the accounts unless they
are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit
or loss of the Group and the Company for that period. In
preparing these accounts, the Directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply
them consistently;
• make judgements and accounting estimates that
are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable IFRSs as adopted by the EU
have been followed, subject to any material departures
disclosed and explained in the accounts; and
• prepare the accounts on the going concern basis
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company
will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate
accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the Group’s and the Company’s transactions and disclose
with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position
of the Group and the Company and enable them to ensure
that the accounts and the Directors’ remuneration report
comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards
the Group accounts, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation. They
are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
Group and the Company 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, amongst other things, the financial and
corporate governance information provided on the easyJet
website: http://corporate.easyjet.com/investors. Legislation
in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of accounts may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions.
The Directors consider that the annual report and
accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and
understandable and provides the information necessary
for shareholders to assess the Group’s and the Company’s
performance, business model and strategy.