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To <strong>the</strong> Shareholders of Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited<br />
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR<br />
I have audited <strong>the</strong> accompany<strong>in</strong>g balance sheets, <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> equity method is applied, of Bangkok Insurance Public<br />
Company Limited as at Decem<strong>be</strong>r 31, 2009, and <strong>the</strong> statements of <strong>in</strong>come, changes <strong>in</strong> shareholders’ equity and cash flows for <strong>the</strong><br />
year <strong>the</strong>n ended and <strong>the</strong> separate f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements, <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> cost method is applied, of Bangkok Insurance Public<br />
Company Limited for <strong>the</strong> same year. These f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements are <strong>the</strong> responsibility of <strong>the</strong> Company’s management as <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
correctness and <strong>the</strong> completeness of <strong>the</strong> presentation. My responsibility is <strong>to</strong> express an op<strong>in</strong>ion on <strong>the</strong>se f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements<br />
based on my audit. The f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements of Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited for <strong>the</strong> year ended Decem<strong>be</strong>r 31, 2008,<br />
as presented here<strong>in</strong> for comparative purposes, were audited by ano<strong>the</strong>r audi<strong>to</strong>r of our firm who expressed an unqualified op<strong>in</strong>ion<br />
on those statements, under his report dated February 18, 2009.<br />
I conducted my audit <strong>in</strong> accordance with generally accepted audit<strong>in</strong>g standards. Those standards require that I plan<br />
and perform <strong>the</strong> audits <strong>to</strong> obta<strong>in</strong> reasonable assurance about whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements are free of material misstatement.<br />
An audit <strong>in</strong>cludes exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, on a test basis, evidence support<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> amounts and disclosures <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements.<br />
An audit also <strong>in</strong>cludes assess<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> account<strong>in</strong>g pr<strong>in</strong>ciples used and significant estimates made by management, as well as<br />
evaluat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> overall f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements presentation. I <strong>be</strong>lieve that my audit provides a reasonable basis for my op<strong>in</strong>ion.<br />
In my op<strong>in</strong>ion, <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial statements referred <strong>to</strong> above present fairly, <strong>in</strong> all material respects, <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial position of<br />
Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited as at Decem<strong>be</strong>r 31, 2009 and <strong>the</strong> results of its operations and its cash flows for <strong>the</strong><br />
year <strong>the</strong>n ended <strong>in</strong> accordance with generally accepted account<strong>in</strong>g pr<strong>in</strong>ciples.<br />
(Mrs. Nonglak Pumnoi)<br />
Certified Public Accountant (<strong>Thailand</strong>)<br />
No. 4172<br />
Ernst & Young Office Limited<br />
Bangkok<br />
February 17, 2010<br />
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