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5.2 Independent auditor’s report
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Financial
Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an
audit conducted in accordance with ISAs and the additional requirements
applicable in Denmark will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,
individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence
the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Financial
Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs and the additional requirements
applicable in Denmark, we exercise professional judgement and maintain
professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Financial
Statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit
procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not
detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for
one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit 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
Group’s and the Parent Company’s internal control.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by
Management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Management’s use of the going
concern basis of accounting and based on the audit evidence obtained,
whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that
may cast significant doubt on the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty
exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the
related disclosures in the Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit
evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future
events or conditions may cause the Group or the Parent Company to cease
to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Financial
Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the Financial
Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner
that gives a true and fair view.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial
information of the entities or business activities within the Group to
express an opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements. We are
responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the group
audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among 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 also provide those charged with governance 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, actions taken to
eliminate threats or safeguards applied.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we
determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the
Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit
matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or
regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter.