TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON PLC

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (“the Company”) and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”), which comprise the statements of financial position as at December 31, 2013, the statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and notes, comprising a summary of Significant Accounting Policies and other explanatory information set out in the Annual Report.

 

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate Accounting Policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

 

Scope of Audit and Basis of Opinion

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Sri Lanka Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from 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 policies used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit. We therefore believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

Opinion

In our opinion, so far as appears from our examination, the Company maintained proper accounting records for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2013, and of its financial performance and its cash flow for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries dealt with thereby as at December 31, 2013, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards.

 

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. These financial statements also comply with the requirements of Section 153(2) to 153(7) of the Companies Act No. 07 of 2007.
2. These financial statements present the information required by the Banking Act, No 30 of 1988.

 

Chartered Accountants

Colombo
February 24, 2014