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Annual Report 2012 (PDF) - Hamburg

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Auditors’ <strong>Report</strong><br />

The following certification has been issued for the financial<br />

statement and the economic situation report:<br />

“We have audited the end-of-year financial statement of<br />

Flughafen <strong>Hamburg</strong> Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung,<br />

<strong>Hamburg</strong> for the financial year 1 January to 31 December,<br />

<strong>2012</strong>, consisting of balance sheet, profit and loss statement<br />

and appendices, with reference to the company’s accounting<br />

practices, along with the economic situation report. According<br />

to the provisions of German commercial law, both<br />

the accounting practices and the production of financial<br />

statement and economic situation report are the responsibility<br />

of the company’s legal representatives. Our responsibility<br />

as auditors is to express an opinion on the annual financial<br />

statement, including the accounting practices, and on<br />

the economic situation report, based on our audit.<br />

We have carried out our audit of the end-of-year financial<br />

statement according to the provisions of § 317 of the<br />

German Commercial Code, taking into account the German<br />

principles of proper accounting as stipulated by the<br />

German Institute of Auditors (IDW). These regulations require<br />

that the audit is planned and carried out in such a way<br />

that any errors and violations that may have a significant effect<br />

on the perception of the nett value, financial position<br />

and earnings situation of the company depicted by the financial<br />

statement and economic situation report in compliance<br />

with required principles of accounting will be identified<br />

with an adequate degree of certainty. In deciding on<br />

the scope and method of the audit, existing knowledge<br />

about the company’s business activities and the economic<br />

and legal conditions under which it conducts said business<br />

activities, along with any expected possible sources of error,<br />

are taken into consideration. Within the framework of<br />

the audit, the efficacy of the internal control system as well<br />

as evidence for the information contained in the financial<br />

statement and in the economic situation report are checked<br />

primarily on the basis of random samples. The audit covers<br />

the evaluation of the principles of accounting implemented,<br />

the main opinions and assessments of the company's officers<br />

and the overall presentation of the financial statement<br />

and the economic situation report. It is our opinion that our<br />

audit presents an adequately reliable basis for evaluation.<br />

We have no objections to make on the basis of our audit.<br />

We are of the opinion, based on our audit, that the endof-year<br />

financial statement fulfils the legal requirements<br />

and provides a realistic and accurate representation of the<br />

actual situation relating to the assets and complete financial<br />

situation of the company, with due reference to the principles<br />

of sound accounting. The economic situation report<br />

agrees with the end-of-year financial statement, accurately<br />

represents the company's current situation and presents<br />

the opportunities and risks associated with future developments<br />

in an appropriate way.”<br />

<strong>Hamburg</strong>, 31 January, 2013<br />

Ernst & Young GmbH<br />

Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (Auditing Firm)<br />

Kreninger<br />

Auditor<br />

Weiß<br />

Auditor<br />

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