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Overview Operating & Financial Review Corporate Governance Financial Statements Shareholder Information
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following:
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
• adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have
not been received from branches not visited by us; or
• the parent company financial statements and the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited are not
in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• certain disclosures of Directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Under the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority, we are required to review:
• the Directors’ Statement, set out on page 243, in relation to going concern;
• the part of the Corporate Governance Statement relating to the company’s compliance with the nine provisions
of the UK Corporate Governance Code specified for our review; and
• certain elements of the report to shareholders by the Board on Directors’ remuneration.
G Bainbridge, Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of KPMG Audit Plc, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
London, England
27 February 2012