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ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. 2008 Annual Report 23
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Energizer Holdings, Inc.:
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and
the related consolidated statements of earnings and comprehensive
income, of cash flows and of shareholders’ equity present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Energizer Holdings, Inc.
and its subsidiaries at September 30, 2008 and 2007 and the results
of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended September 30, 2008 in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in
our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective
internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2008,
based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for
these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our
responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements and
on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on
our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control
over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our
audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial
reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists,
and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of
internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included
performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the
circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinions.
As discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the
Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No.
158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans - an Amendment to FASB Statements No. 87,
88, 106, and 132(R), as of September 30, 2007.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes
those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of
the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have
a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial report-
ing may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions,
or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures
may deteriorate.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
November 26, 2008