Auditor’s report for 2006
To the General Meeting of
Telenor ASA
Auditor’s report for 2006
We have audited the annual financial statements of Telenor ASA as of 31 December 2006, showing a profit of NOK 2 796 million for the Parent Company and a profit of NOK 18 535 million for the Group. We have also audited the information in the Directors’ report concerning the financial statements, the going concern assumption, and the proposal for the allocation of the profit. The financial statements comprise the financial statements for the Parent Company and the Group. The financial statements of the Parent Company comprise the balance sheet, the statements of income and cash flows, the statement of equity and the accompanying notes. The financial statements of the Group comprise the balance sheet, the statements of income and cash flows, the statement of equity and the accompanying notes. Simplified IFRSs pursuant to the Norwegian Accounting Act § 3-9 have been applied in the preparation of the financial statements of the Parent Company. IFRSs as adopted by the EU have been applied in the preparation of the financial statements of the Group. These financial statements and the Directors’ report are the responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and on other information according to the requirements of the Norwegian Act on Auditing and Auditors.
Except as discussed in the following paragraph, we conducted our audit in accordance with laws, regulations and auditing standards and practices generally accepted in Norway, including the auditing standards adopted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Accountants. These auditing standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. To the extent required by law and auditing standards, an audit also comprises a review of the management of the company’s financial affairs and its accounting and internal control systems. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In relation to our audit of the Group, we have not been able to perform sufficient audit procedures on the financial information relating to Kyivstar as of 31 December 2006, as injunctions have been issued in Ukrainian courts preventing Ernst & Young in Ukraine from carrying out an audit of Kyivstar’s financial information. Kyivstar represents 12 % of the Group revenue and 19 % of Group profit from total operations.
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In our opinion,
- the financial statements of the Parent Company are prepared in accordance with laws and regulations and present fairly, in all material respects the financial position of the company as of 31 December 2006, and the results of its operations and cash flows and the changes in equity for the year then ended, in accordance with simplified IFRSs pursuant to the Norwegian Accounting Act § 3-9
- except for the effects of such adjustments, if any, as might have been determined to be necessary had we been able to perform sufficient audit procedures on the financial information relating to Kyivstar, the financial statements of the Group are prepared in accordance with laws and regulations and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Group as of 31 December 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year then ended, in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU
- the Company’s management has fulfilled its duty to properly record and document the Company’s accounting information as required by law and bookkeeping practice generally accepted in Norway
- the information in the Directors’ report concerning the financial statements, the going concern assumption, and the proposal for the allocation of the profit is consistent with the financial statements and complies with law and regulations.
Oslo, March 28, 2007
ERNST & YOUNG AS
Erik Mamelund
State Authorised Public Accountant (Norway)
(sign.)
Note: The translation to English has been prepared for information purposes only.
STATEMENT FROM THE CORPORATE ASSEMBLY OF TELENOR
On 11 April 2007 the Corporate Assembly of Telenor ASA passed the following resolution.
The Corporate Assembly recommends that the Annual General Meeting approves the Board’s proposal for Financial Statement for the Telenor Group and Telenor ASA for 2006 by transfer of NOK 2,796 million to retained earnings and payment of NOK 2,50 per share as dividend.