AAK Annual Report 2016

87 Other information than the annual accounts and consolidated accounts This document also contains other information than the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and is found on pages 79–83. The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for this other information. Our opinion on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts does not cover this other information and we do not express any form of assur- ance conclusion regarding this other information. In connection with our audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, our responsibility is to read the information identified above and consider whether the information is materially inconsistent with the annual accounts and consolidated accounts. In this procedure we also take into account our knowledge otherwise obtained in the audit and assess whether the information otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we, based on the work performed concerning this information, con- clude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for the preparation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and that they give a fair presentation in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and, concerning the consolidated accounts, in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU. The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is nec- essary to enable the preparation of annual accounts and consolidated accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for the assessment of the company’s and the group’s ability to continue as a going concern. They disclose, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting. The going concern basis of accounting is however not applied if the Board of Direc- tors and the Managing Director intend to liquidate the company, to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 7KH $XGLW &RPPLWWHH VKDOO ZLWKRXW SUHMXGLFH WR WKH %RDUG RI 'LUHFWRU¶V responsibilities and tasks in general, among other things oversee the company’s financial reporting process. Auditor’s responsibility 2XU REMHFWLYHV DUH WR REWDLQ UHDVRQDEOH DVVXUDQFH DERXW ZKHWKHU WKH annual accounts and consolidated accounts as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinions. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual accounts and consolidated accounts. A further description of our responsibility for the audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts is available on Revisorsnämnden’s website: www.revisorsinspektionen.se/rn/showdocument/documents/ rev_dok/revisors_ansvar.pdf. This description is part of the auditor´s report. Report on other legal and regulatory requirements Opinions In addition to our audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, we have also audited the administration of the Board of Direc- tors and the Managing Director of AAK AB (publ.) for the year 2016 and the proposed appropriations of the company’s profit or loss. We recommend to the general meeting of shareholders that the profit be appropriated in accordance with the proposal in the statutory admini- stration report and that the members of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director be discharged from liability for the financial year. Basis for Opinions We conducted the audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility section. We are inde- pendent of the parent company and the group in accordance with profes- sional ethics for accountants in Sweden and have otherwise fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinions. Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director The Board of Directors is responsible for the proposal for appropria- tions of the company’s profit or loss. At the proposal of a dividend, this LQFOXGHV DQ DVVHVVPHQW RI ZKHWKHU WKH GLYLGHQG LV MXVWLILDEOH FRQVLG - ering the requirements which the company’s and the group’s type of operations, size and risks place on the size of the parent company’s and the group’s equity, consolidation requirements, liquidity and position in general. The Board of Directors is responsible for the company’s organization and the administration of the company’s affairs. This includes among other things continuous assessment of the company’s and the group’s financial situation and ensuring that the company’s organization is designed so that the accounting, management of assets and the com- pany’s financial affairs otherwise are controlled in a reassuring manner. The Managing Director shall manage the ongoing administration accord- ing to the Board of Directors’ guidelines and instructions and among other matters take measures that are necessary to fulfil the company’s accounting in accordance with law and handle the management of assets in a reassuring manner. Auditor’s responsibility 2XU REMHFWLYH FRQFHUQLQJ WKH DXGLW RI WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ DQG WKHUHE\ our opinion about discharge from liability, is to obtain audit evidence to assess with a reasonable degree of assurance whether any member of the Board of Directors or the Managing Director in any material respect: - has undertaken any action or been guilty of any omission which can give rise to liability to the company, or - in any other way has acted in contravention of the Companies Act, the Annual Accounts Act or the Articles of Association. 2XU REMHFWLYH FRQFHUQLQJ WKH DXGLW RI WKH SURSRVHG DSSURSULDWLRQV RI WKH company’s profit or loss, and thereby our opinion about this, is to assess with reasonable degree of assurance whether the proposal is in accor- dance with the Companies Act. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guar- antee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden will always detect actions or omissions that can give rise to liability to the company, or that the proposed appro- priations of the company’s profit or loss are not in accordance with the Companies Act. A further description of our responsibility for the audit of the adminis- tration is available on Revisorsnämnden’s website: www.revisorsinspek- tionen.se/rn/showdocument/documents/rev_dok/revisors_ansvar.pdf. This description is part of the auditor´s report. The auditor’s examination of the corporate governance statement The Board of Directors is responsible for that the corporate governance statement on pages 79–83 has been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act. Our examination of the corporate governance statement is conducted in accordance with FAR’s auditing standard RevU 16 The auditor’s examination of the corporate governance statement. This means that our examination of the corporate governance statement is different and substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. We believe that the examination has provided us with sufficient basis for our opinions. A corporate governance statement has been prepared. Disclosures in accordance with chapter 6 section 6 the second paragraph points 2-6 of the Annual Accounts Act and chapter 7 section 31 the second paragraph the same law are consistent with the other parts of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and are in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act. Malmö, March 31, 2017 PricewaterhouseCoopers AB Sofia Götmar-Blomstedt Authorized public accountant Auditor in charge