Philips 2012 Annual Report Download - page 119

12 Group financial statements 12.2 - 12.3
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expected to be filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 25, 2013. KPMG Accountants N.V. has also reported
separately on the Company Financial Statements of Koninklijke Philips
Electronics N.V. This audit report is set out in section 13.5,
Independent auditor’s report - Company, of this Annual Report.
12.3 Auditors’ report on internal control over
financial reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Supervisory Board and Shareholders of Koninklijke Philips
Electronics N.V.:
We have audited Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and subsidiaries’
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,
based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.’s Board of
Management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
section 12.1, Management’s report on internal control, of this Annual
Report. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit
included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing
and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control
based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such
other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets
that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the
risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and subsidiaries
maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria
established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated balance sheets of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related
consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows,
and changes in equity for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2012. Our report dated February 25, 2013
expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial
statements.
KPMG Accountants N.V.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
February 25, 2013