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Annual Review
The Annual Review is a summary report and does not contain sufficient information to allow as full an under standing of the results and state of affairs of the Group as is provided by the Annual Report 2007. Shareholders requiring more detailed information may obtain, free of charge, a copy of the Annual Report and may also elect to receive a copy of the Annual Report in future years - refer to Shareholder information.
The Independent Auditors' report on the full financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31st December 2007 is unqualified and does not contain any statement concerning inadequate accounting records or failure to obtain necessary information and explanations.
Statement by the Directors
The Annual Review 2007 is the Summary Directors' report and includes the Summary financial statements of GlaxoSmithKline plc for the year ended 31st December 2007, which is published in hard-copy printed form and on the web site. The Business operating review, the Summary financial statements, the Summary Remuneration Report and the Statement on corporate governance are summaries of information in the Annual Report 2007.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Annual Review on the web site in accordance with the UK legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements. Access to the web site is available from outside the UK, where comparable legislation may be different.
Disclosure of information to auditors
The Directors have each confirmed that:
- so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditors are unaware; and;
- each Director has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have taken as a director to make himself/herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of section 234ZA of the Companies Act 1985.
Corporate governance
The Combined Code on Corporate Governance is specified by the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority for the guidance of listed companies ('Combined Code'). The Board considers that throughout 2007 and up to the date of approval of this review, GlaxoSmithKline plc applied the principles of the Combined Code and, with the exception of matters where the company's position is described in the Annual Report, complied with the provisions of the Combined Code, and the guidance on internal control issued by the 1998 Turnbull Committee.
The Annual Review, including Summary financial statements, has been approved by the Board of Directors and signed on its behalf by
Sir Christopher Gent
Chairman
27th February 2008.
Independent auditors' statement to the members of GlaxoSmithKline plc
We have examined the Summary financial statements which comprise the Summary consolidated income statement, Summary consolidated balance sheet and Summary consolidated cash flow statement and the Summary Report of the Directors including the Summary Remuneration Report.
Respective responsibilities of Directors and auditors
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Review in accordance with applicable law.
Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the Summary financial statements within the Annual Review with the Annual financial statements, the Report of the Directors and the Directors' Remuneration Report, and its compliance with the relevant requirements of Section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 and the regulations made thereunder.
We also read the other information contained in the Annual Review and consider the implications for our statement if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the Summary financial statements.
These statements, including the opinion, have been pre pared for and only for the company's members as a body in accordance with Section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving this opinion, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this statement is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
Basis of opinion
We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 1999/6, 'The auditors' statement on the Summary financial statement' issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our reports on the company's full annual financial statements describe the basis of our audit opinions on those financial statements and the Directors' Remuneration Report.
Opinion
In our opinion the Summary financial statements are consistent with the Annual consolidated financial statements, the Directors' Report and the Directors' Remuneration Report of GlaxoSmithKline plc for the year ended 31 December 2007 and comply with the applicable requirements of Section 251 of the Companies Act 1985 and the regulations made thereunder.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
London
27th February 2008
Notes
(a) The maintenance and integrity of the GlaxoSmithKline website is the responsibility of the directors; the work carried out by the auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the full annual financial statements or the Summary financial statements since they were initially presented on the web site.
(b) Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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