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Ahold Annual Report 2013
Our findings with respect to going concern
The Group's financial statements have been prepared using the going concern basis of accounting. The use of this basis of accounting is appropriate unless management either intends to
liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
As part of our audit of the financial statements, we concur with management's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Group's financial statements.
The Management Board has not identified a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, and accordingly none is disclosed in the
financial statements. Based on our audit of the financial statements, we also have not identified such a material uncertainty.
However, neither the Management Board nor the auditor can guarantee the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board
The respective responsibilities are set out in the appendix to this report.
We are required to communicate with the Management Board and Supervisory Board regarding, amongst other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit
findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We are also required to provide the Supervisory Board with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all
relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
Report on the management report and the other information
Pursuant to the legal requirements under Part 9 Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code with respect to our responsibilities to report on the management report and the other Information:
we have no deficiencies to report as a result of our examination whether the management report, to the extent we can assess, has been prepared in accordance with Part 9 of Book 2 of
the Dutch Civil Code, and whether the other information has been annexed as required by Part 9 of Book 2 of this Code;
we report that the management report, to the extent we can assess, is consistent with the financial statements.
Amsterdam, February 26, 2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.
Original has been signed by
P.J. van Mierlo RA
