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Governance Directors’ report 61
make himself/herself aware of any relevant
audit information and to establish that the
auditors are aware of that information.
Annual general meeting
The 2011 annual general meeting of the
Company will be held at The Merrion Hotel,
Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
at 9.30am on Wednesday 20 July 2011.
Shareholders who are unable to attend in
person may submit questions beforehand via
email to agmquestions@experianplc.com
or on the prepaid card sent to shareholders
with the notice of meeting. The questions will be
addressed at the meeting, via the Company’s
website at www.experianplc.com or individually
as appropriate. The notice of meeting has
been circulated to shareholders and can
also be viewed on the Company’s website.
Auditors
The auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
have indicated their willingness to continue
in office and a resolution that they be re-
appointed as auditors of the Company will
be proposed at the annual general meeting.
Statements of directors’ responsibilities
The directors are responsible for:
•preparing the annual report, the Group
and parent company financial statements
and the report on director’s remuneration
in accordance with applicable law and
regulations;
•preparing financial statements which give
a true and fair view of the state of affairs
at the balance sheet date, and the profit
or loss for the period then ended of (a)
the Group (in accordance with IFRSs as
adopted for use in the European Union),
and (b) the Company (in accordance with
UK Accounting Standards);
•keeping proper accounting records which
disclose, with reasonable accuracy, at
any time the financial position of the
Group and the Company and enable
them to ensure that the Group financial
statements comply with applicable
law and Article 4 of the International
Accounting Standards Regulation and
the parent company financial statements
and the report on directors’ remuneration
comply with the Companies (Jersey) Law
1991 as applicable;
•taking such steps as are reasonably open
to them to safeguard the assets of the
Company and the Group, and to prevent
and detect fraud and other irregularities;
and
•the maintenance and integrity of the
statutory and audited information on the
Company’s website (Jersey legislation
and United Kingdom regulation governing
the preparation and dissemination of
financial statements may differ from
requirements in other jurisdictions).
In addition, the directors consider that, in
preparing the financial statements:
•suitable accounting policies have been
selected and applied consistently;
•judgements and estimates made have
been reasonable and prudent;
•the Group financial statements comply
with IFRSs as adopted for use in the
European Union;
•all accounting standards which they
consider applicable have been followed
in preparing the parent company financial
statements; and
•it is appropriate that the Group and parent
company financial statements have been
prepared on a going concern basis.
The directors confirm that, to the best of
their knowledge, the financial statements
are prepared in accordance with the
applicable set of accounting standards, give
a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities,
financial position and profit of the Company
and the Group taken as a whole; and this
directors’ report contains a fair review of
the development and performance of the
business and the position of the Company
and the Group taken as a whole, together
with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that they face.
By order of the Board
Charles Brown
Company Secretary
17 May 2011
Corporate headquarters:
Newenham House
Northern Cross
Malahide Road
Dublin 17
Ireland
Registered office:
22 Grenville Street
St Helier
Jersey
JE4 8PX