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Report of the Statutory Auditor on theFinancial StatementsTo the General Meeting of Uster Technologies Ltd, UsterZurich, 16 February 2010As statutory auditor, we have audited the accompanying financial statements of Uster Technologies Ltd,which comprise the income statement, balance sheet, and notes on pages 100 to 107 for the year ended31 December 2009.Board of Directors’ responsibilityThe Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance withthe requirements of Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation. This responsibility includesdesigning, implementing and maintaining an internal control system relevant to the preparation of financialstatements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. The Board of Directorsis further responsible for selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies and making accountingestimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.Auditor’s responsibilityOur responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conductedour audit in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we planand perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from materialmisstatement.An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in thefinancial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessmentof the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In makingthose risk assessments, the auditor considers the internal control system relevant to the entity’s preparationof the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control system.An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates made, as well as evaluating the over-all presentation of the financial statements. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion.OpinionIn our opinion, the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009 comply with Swiss law andthe company’s articles of incorporation.108 Report of the Statutory Auditor on the Financial Statements
Report on other legal requirementsWe confirm that we meet the legal requirements on licensing according to the Auditor Over-sight Act(AOA) and independence (Art. 728 CO and Art. 11 AOA) and that there are no circumstances incompatiblewith our independence.In accordance with article 728a paragraph 1 item 3 CO and Swiss Auditing Standard 890, we confirm thatan internal control system exists, which has been designed for the preparation of financial statementsaccording to the instructions of the Board of Directors.We further confirm that the proposed appropriation of available earnings complies with Swiss law andthe company’s articles of incorporation. We recommend that the financial statements submitted to yoube approved.Ernst & Young LtdDaniel ZauggLicensed audit expert(Auditor in charge)Peter Z. EgliLicensed audit expertReport of the Statutory Auditor on the Financial Statements 109
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2.4 Shares and Participation Certif
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