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Annual Report 2007 - Severstal

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

Board of Directors<br />

OAO <strong>Severstal</strong><br />

KPMG Limited<br />

18 Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya,<br />

Block C<br />

Moscow 123317<br />

Russia<br />

Telephone +7 (495) 937 44 77<br />

Fax +7 (495) 937 44 00/99<br />

Internet www.kpmg.ru<br />

<strong>Report</strong> on the Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of OAO <strong>Severstal</strong> (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”), which<br />

comprise the consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December <strong>2007</strong>, and the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of changes<br />

in equity and consolidated cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes.<br />

We have also previously audited the corresponding figures for 2006 and 2005 before the adjustments described in Note 3 c and our report thereon dated<br />

30 March <strong>2007</strong> expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.<br />

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements<br />

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International<br />

Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and<br />

fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate<br />

accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.<br />

Auditors’ Responsibility<br />

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance<br />

with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit<br />

to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.<br />

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures<br />

selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether<br />

due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation<br />

of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an<br />

opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting principles used and<br />

the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.<br />

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.<br />

Opinion<br />

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Group as at<br />

31 December <strong>2007</strong>, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International<br />

Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards.<br />

Emphasis of Matter<br />

Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to the fact that during the year the Group changed its accounting policy for property, plant and<br />

equipment. The reason for and the effects of the change are described in Note 3 c to these consolidated financial statements. We have also audited the<br />

adjustments described in Note 3 c that were applied to restate the 2006 and 2005 financial statements. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate<br />

and have been properly applied.<br />

KPMG Limited<br />

14 March 2008<br />

KPMG Limited, a company incorporated under the Guernsey<br />

Companies Act and a member firm of the KPMG network of<br />

independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International, a<br />

Swiss cooperative.<br />

<strong>Severstal</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 71

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