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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   
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BASIS OF PREPARATION
The condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. The accounting policies and methods of computation used are consistent with those used for the group’s 2007 annual financial statements (which were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards), except for the adoption of the following amended or new standards and interpretations:
– IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures and related amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements
– IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty Programmes
– IAS 32 (Revised) Financial Instruments: Presentation and related amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements (Capital disclosures)

The impact on the condensed interim consolidated financial statements of adoption of these standards and interpretations was not significant.

Comparative numbers have been reclassified as per note 18.