BORUSSIA DORTMUNDGmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Dortmund Other information Management and/or the Supervisory Board are/is Our opinions on the consolidated financial responsible for the other information. The other statements and on the group management report information comprises the following components of do not cover the other information, and consequently the group management report, whose content was we do not express an opinion or any other form of not audited: assurance conclusion thereon. – the Group's separate non-financial report, which is referred to in the group management In connection with our audit, our responsibility is to report, and read the aforementioned other information and, in – the corporate governance statement referred to so doing, to consider whether the other information in the group management report. – is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements, with the group management The other information also includes the remaining report information audited for content or our parts of the annual report made available to us after knowledge obtained in the audit, or the date of the independent auditor's report. The – otherwise appears to be materially misstated. other information does not include the consolidated financial statements, the group management report information audited for content and our auditor's report thereon. Responsibilities of Management and the Supervisory Board for the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Group Management Report Management is responsible for the preparation of Furthermore, management is responsible for the consolidated financial statements that comply, in all preparation of the group management report that, material respects, with IFRSs as adopted by the EU as a whole, provides an appropriate view of the and the additional requirements of German Group's position and is, in all material respects, commercial law pursuant to Section 315e (1) HGB consistent with the consolidated financial statements, and that the consolidated financial statements, in complies with German legal requirements, and compliance with these requirements, give a true and appropriately presents the opportunities and risks fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position of future development. In addition, management is and financial performance of the Group. In addition, responsible for such arrangements and measures management is responsible for such internal control (systems) as they have considered necessary to as they have determined necessary to enable the enable the preparation of a group management preparation of consolidated financial statements that report that is in accordance with the applicable are free from material misstatement, whether due German legal requirements, and to be able to provide to fraud or error. sufficient appropriate evidence for the assertions in the group management report. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group's The supervisory board is responsible for overseeing ability to continue as a going concern. They also have the Group's financial reporting process for the the responsibility for disclosing, as applicable, matters preparation of the consolidated financial statements related to going concern. In addition, they are and of the group management report. responsible for financial reporting based on the going concern basis of accounting unless there is an intention to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or there is no realistic alternative but to do so. 228
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