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Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 March 1997
Auditors' report to the members of Vodafone Group Plc
We have audited the financial statements which have been prepared under the accounting policies, and the
detailed information disclosed in respect of any directors' remuneration and share options set out in the
Report of the Remuneration Committee.
Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors
As described in the Statement of directors' responsibilities the Company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an independent opinion, based on our
audit, on those statements and to report our opinion to you.
Basis of opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the Auditing Practices Board.
An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. It also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the accounting policies are
appropriate to the circumstances of the Company and the Group, consistently applied and adequately
disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we
considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the
financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or
error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall adequacy of the presentation of information in
the financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and
the Group as at 31 March 1997 and of the profit of the Group for the year then ended and have been
properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
Deloitte & Touche
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
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