Annual report 2001 - GL events
Annual report 2001 - GL events Annual report 2001 - GL events
1 1. Person responsible for the reference document and statements 1-1 Person responsible for the reference document Mr. Olivier GINON Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 1-2 Statement by the person in charge " To the best of our knowledge, the elements of the present reference document are in compliance with the truth ; they include all the information deemed necessary for investors to help them acquire a sound judgment concerning the assets, the activity, the financial position, the results and the prospects of the company. No omission has been made as to alter the significance of the information". Lyon, 12 June 2002 Chairman of the Board of the Directors Mr. Olivier GINON 1-3 Persons in charge of the accounts inspection Date of first appointment Term of office expiring at (General Shareholders’ Meeting held to examine the financial statements ended on) Statutory auditors : Mr. André FLUCHAIRE 26 December 1989 31 December 2001 (HLB ORFIS SA) 149, boulevard Stalingrad 69100 VILLEURBANNE Mr. Jean-Paul SIMOENS 14 June 1996 31 December 2001 302, rue Garibaldi 69007 LYON Alternate statutory auditors : HLB ORFIS SA 14 June 1996 31 December 2001 149, boulevard Stalingrad 69100 VILLEURBANNE Mr. Michel MAZA 14 June 1996 31 December 2001 102, route de Paris 69280 CHARBONNIERES
22 23 1-4 Auditors‘ statement regarding the reference document As auditors of Générale Location accounts and in compliance with the regulation COB 98-01, we have examined the financial and accounting information contained in this reference document and performed all the procedures that we considered necessary, in accordance with professional standards in force in France. This reference document has been established under the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and as such we can testify to the fairness of the information it contains in relation with the financial situation and the accounts. In compliance with the professional standards applicable in France, our mission consisted of evaluating the fairness of the information concerning the financial situation and the accounts, to verify their compliance with the accounts included in the report. Our mission required from us to read the additional information contained in the reference document, in order to identify if there may be possible significant discrepancies with the information concerning the financial situation and the accounts, and to point out information openly erroneous which would have stricken us based on our general knowledge of the company acquired within the framework of our mission. Since all provisional data resulted from a structured development process of elaboration, this reading took into account the hypotheses adopted by the directors and their translation into numbers. We have audited the financial statements and the consolidated accounts for the years ended 31 December 1999, 2000 and 2001 decided by the Board of Directors, according to the professional standards applicable in France, and certify to them without reserve or observation. We have no comments to make concerning the fairness of the financial and accounting information presented in this reference document. Lyon, 12 June 2002 The Statutory Auditors M. André Fluchaire M. Jean-Paul Simoëns 1-5 Person in charge of the financial information Erick ROSTAGNAT Chief Financial Officer – Investor Relations GENERALE LOCATION ; Route d’Irigny – 69530 BRIGNAIS Tel. : 04 72 31 54 20 – Fax : 04 72 31 54 95 Web site : www.generale-location.com e-mail : info@generale-location.fr
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1<br />
1. Person responsible<br />
for the reference document and statements<br />
1-1<br />
Person responsible for the reference document<br />
Mr. Olivier GINON<br />
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br />
1-2<br />
Statement by the person in charge<br />
" To the best of our knowledge, the elements of the present reference document are in compliance with the truth ;<br />
they include all the information deemed necessary for investors to help them acquire a sound judgment concerning<br />
the assets, the activity, the financial position, the results and the prospects of the company. No omission has been<br />
made as to alter the significance of the information".<br />
Lyon, 12 June 2002<br />
Chairman of the Board of the Directors<br />
Mr. Olivier GINON<br />
1-3<br />
Persons in charge of the accounts inspection<br />
Date of first appointment<br />
Term of office expiring at (General<br />
Shareholders’ Meeting held to examine<br />
the financial statements ended on)<br />
Statutory auditors :<br />
Mr. André FLUCHAIRE 26 December 1989 31 December <strong>2001</strong><br />
(HLB ORFIS SA)<br />
149, boulevard Stalingrad<br />
69100 VILLEURBANNE<br />
Mr. Jean-Paul SIMOENS 14 June 1996 31 December <strong>2001</strong><br />
302, rue Garibaldi<br />
69007 LYON<br />
Alternate statutory auditors :<br />
HLB ORFIS SA 14 June 1996 31 December <strong>2001</strong><br />
149, boulevard Stalingrad<br />
69100 VILLEURBANNE<br />
Mr. Michel MAZA 14 June 1996 31 December <strong>2001</strong><br />
102, route de Paris<br />
69280 CHARBONNIERES