ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - Saab

finanCIAl information > AUDITORS’ REPORTauditors’ reportTo the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of Saab AB (publ),corporate identity number 556036-0793We have audited the annual accounts, the consolidated accounts, theaccounting records and the administration of the Board of Directorsand the President of Saab AB (publ) for the year 2009. The annualaccounts and the consolidated accounts are included on pages 34–127in this document. The Board of Directors and the President areresponsible for these accounts and the administration of the companyas well as for the application of the Annual Accounts Act whenpreparing the annual accounts and the application of internationalfinancial reporting standards IFRS as adopted by the eu and theAnnual Accounts Act when preparing the consolidated accounts.Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the annual accounts,the consolidated accounts and the administration based on our audit.We conducted our audit in accordance with generally acceptedauditing standards in Sweden. Those standards require that we planand perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the annualaccounts and the consolidated accounts are free of material misstatement.An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingthe amounts and disclosures in the accounts. An audit alsoincludes assessing the accounting principles used and their applicationby the Board of Directors and the President and significant estimatesmade by the Board of Directors and the President when preparingthe annual accounts and the consolidated accounts as well asevaluating the overall presentation of information in the annualaccounts and the consolidated accounts. As a basis for our opinionconcerning discharge from liability, we examined significant decisions,actions taken and circumstances of the company in order to beable to determine the liability, if any, to the company of any Boardmember or the President. We also examined whether any Boardmember or the President has, in any other way, acted in contraventionof the Companies Act, the Annual Accounts Act or the Articlesof Association. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basisfor our opinion set out below.The annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with theAnnual Accounts Act and give a true and fair view of the company’sfinancial position and results of operations in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles in Sweden. The consolidatedaccounts have been prepared in accordance with international financialreporting standards IFRS as adopted by the eu and the AnnualAccounts Act and give a true and fair view of the Group’s financialposition and results of operations. The statutory administrationreport is consistent with the other parts of the annual accounts andthe consolidated accounts.We recommend to the Annual General Meeting that the incomestatement and the balance sheet of the Parent Company and theincome statement and the statement of financial position of theGroup be adopted, that the profit of the Parent Company be dealtwith in accordance with the proposal in the administration reportand that the members of the Board of Directors and the President bedischarged from liability for the financial year.Linköping, 12 February 2010Ernst & Young ABErik ÅströmAuthorised Public AccountantDeloitte ABTommy MårtenssonAuthorised Public Accountantsaab annual report 2009 127