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74 The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Annual Report 2008
The Directors areresponsible for preparing the Annual Report and the
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for
each financial year. Under that law the Directors have elected to prepare
the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally
Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards
and applicable law). The financial statements are required by law to give
a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company. In preparing
these financial statements, the Directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable UK 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 Company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply
with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding
the assets of 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 the
corporate and financial information included on the Company’s website.
Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions.
Each of the persons who is a Director at the date of 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; and
• 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 s234ZA of the Companies Act 1985.
Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities on the Company Financial Statements