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As required by the Code Provision C.1.1, the directors have stated that they consider the annual report taken as a whole to be fair,
balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for members to assess the Group’s performance, business
model and strategy. As required by C.3.8 of the Code, the Audit Committee has set out the significant issues that it considered in
relation to the financial statements, and how they were addressed. Under ISAs (UK & Ireland) we are required to report to you if,
in our opinion:
• the statement given by the directors is materially inconsistent with our knowledge of the Group acquired in the course of
performing our audit; or
• the section of the annual report describing the work of the Audit Committee does not appropriately address matters
communicated by us to the Audit Committee.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Other information in the annual report
Under ISAs (UK & Ireland), we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, information in the annual report is:
• materially inconsistent with the information in the audited Group financial statements; or
• apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, our knowledge of the Group acquired in the course
of performing our audit; or
• is otherwise misleading.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Our responsibilities and those of the directors
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the Group
financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the Group financial statements in accordance with applicable law and
ISAs (UK & Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the Company’s members as a body in accordance with
Article 113A of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume
responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save
where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Other matter
We have reported separately on the parent company financial statements of Experian plc for the year ended 31 March 2014 and
on the information in the directors’ remuneration report that is described as having been audited.
Ranjan Sriskandan
For and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Recognized Auditor
London, United Kingdom
6 May 2014
Financial statements • Independent auditors’ report: Group financial statements
Independent auditors’ report
to the members of Experian plc continued