Remuneration Report
123 Consolidated Financial Statements 2019 REPORT OF THE STATUTORY AUDITOR
Other information in the Annual Report
The Board of Directors is responsible for the other information in the Annual Report. The other information
comprises all information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the Consolidated Financial
Statements, the stand-alone financial statements, remuneration report and our auditor’s reports thereon.
Our opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements does not cover the other information in the Annual
Report and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other
information in the Annual Report and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially in-
consistent with the Consolidated Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise
appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a
material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to
report in this regard.
Responsibility of the Board of Directors for the Consolidated Financial Statements
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements that give
a true and fair view in accordance with IFRS and the provisions of Swiss law, and for such internal control as
the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of Consolidated Financial State-
ments that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the
Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern
and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the
Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Consolidated 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