Report and Accounts 1999 / 2000 - Carlsberg Group

Auditors’ Report
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Auditors’ Report
We have audited the financial statements for the
financial year 1 October 1999 to 31 December
2000 presented by the Board of Directors and
the Executive Board of the Carlsberg Group and
the Parent Company Carlsberg A/S.
Basis of Opinion
We have planned and conducted our audit in
accordance with generally accepted Danish
auditing principles and international standards on
auditing to obtain reasonable assurance that the
financial statements are free from material misstatements
or omissions. Based on an evaluation
of materiality and risk, we have, during the audit,
tested the basis and documentation for the
amounts and the disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audit
included an assessment of the accounting policies
applied and the estimates made by the Board of
Directors and the Executive Board. In addition, we
have evaluated the overall adequacy of the
presentation in the financial statements.
Our audit has not resulted in any qualifications.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements of the
Group and the Parent Company have been
prepared in accordance with the accounting
provisions of Danish legislation and give a true
and fair view of the Group’s and the Parent
Company’s assets and liabilities, financial position
and profit for the financial year.
Copenhagen, 14 February 2001
KPMG C.Jespersen
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Finn L. Meyer Poul Erik Olsen Morten Iversen Fin T. Nielsen
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