Directors’ statement of responsibility
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The directors have pleasure in presenting the summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014 (included in the Report to Shareholders) and the complete consolidated and company annual financial statements for the same period (collectively the financial statements). The financial statements were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., who expressed an unmodified opinion thereon. The audited consolidated and company annual financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon are available for inspection at the company’s registered office. The summarised consolidated financial statements are extracted from audited information, but are not themselves audited.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and IFRIC Interpretations (collectively IFRS), the SAICA Financial Reporting Guidelines as issued by the Accounting Practices Committee, Financial Pronouncements as issued by the Financial Reporting Standards Council, the JSE Listings Requirements and the Companies Act of South Africa, Act 71 of 2008, as amended.
The directors are responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of the financial statements of the company and its subsidiaries. The financial statements have been prepared by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited’s corporate reporting team, headed by Herman Perry. This process was supervised by the financial director, Frank Abbott. The directors take full responsibility for the preparation of the summarised report and the financial information has been correctly extracted from the underlying consolidated annual financial statements.
The directors are also responsible for the maintenance of effective systems of internal control which are based on established organisational structure and procedures. These systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the reliability of the consolidated and company annual financial statements, and to prevent and detect material misstatements and loss.
Nothing has come to the attention of the board that caused it to believe that the systems of internal controls and risk management are not effective and that the internal financial controls do not form a sound basis for the preparation of reliable financial statements. The board’s opinion is underpinned by the audit and risk committee’s statement.
The consolidated and company annual financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and the directors believe that the company and group will continue to be in operation in the foreseeable future.
APPROVAL
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and signed on its behalf by:
GP Briggs
Chief executive officer
Randfontein
South Africa
23 October 2014
F Abbott
Financial director
Randfontein
South Africa
23 October 2014