Computer Associates 2012 Annual Report Download - page 68

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
CA, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of CA, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period
ended March 31, 2012. In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the consolidated
financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(c). We also have audited CA, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of
March 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). CA, Inc.’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial
statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule, 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 under Item 9A(b). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule, and an opinion on the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting based on our 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 consolidated 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.
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 (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) 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 (3) 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 reporting 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.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
CA, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the fiscal
years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our
opinion, the related consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
Also, in our opinion, CA, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31,
2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by COSO.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
May 11, 2012
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