15 April 2009
Tullett Prebon plc
Annual Financial Report 2008
Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.3, copies of the Tullett Prebon plc Annual Report
and Accounts 2008, incorporating the Notice of the 2009 Annual General Meeting
and Form of Proxy, have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will
shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility which is situated at:
The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
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The Annual Report and Accounts 2008 and the Notice of the 2009 Annual General
Meeting will shortly be available on the Company's website:
http://www.tullettprebon.com/
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In addition, Tullett Prebon plc makes the following disclosures in compliance
with provisions 4.1.3 and 6.3.5 (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules:
The Annual Financial Report contains a directors' responsibility statement in
the form set out below:
"The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the
financial statements in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The
directors are required to prepare financial statements for the Group in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (`IFRS') and have
chosen to prepare financial statements for the Company in accordance with
United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (`UK GAAP').
In the case of IFRS accounts, International Accounting Standard 1 requires that
financial statements present fairly for each financial year the Group's
financial position, financial performance and cash flows. This requires the
faithful representation of the effects of transactions, other events and
conditions in accordance with the definitions and recognition criteria for
assets, liabilities, income and expenses set out in the International
Accounting Standards Board's `Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of
Financial Statements'. In virtually all circumstances, a fair presentation will
be achieved by compliance with all applicable International Financial Reporting
Standards. Directors are also required to:
- select and apply accounting policies properly;
- present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides
relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable information; and
- provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements
in IFRS is insufficient to enable users to understand the impact of particular
transactions, other events and conditions on the entity's financial position
and financial performance.
In the case of UK GAAP accounts, the directors are required to prepare
financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of
the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company
for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are
required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed.
The directors confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in
preparing the financial statements. The directors further confirm that the
Report of the Directors includes a fair review of the development and
performance of the business and the position of the Company and the Group,
together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they
face.
The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
Company, for safeguarding the assets, for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and for the
preparation of a Directors' Report and Report on Directors' Remuneration which
comply with the requirements of the Companies Acts 1985 and 2006.
The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Company
website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and
dissemination of financial statements differs from legislation in other
jurisdictions."
The financial statements and management report from the Annual Report and
Accounts 2008 were released via RNS on 10 March 2009 at 7am and form part of
this announcement.
Enquiries: Nigel Szembel, Head of Communications 0044 7802 362088
Tullett Prebon plc