1. We have audited the attached balance sheet of ICICI Bank Limited
(theBank) as at 31 March 2011 and also the profit and loss account
and cash flow statement for the year ended ori that date annexed
thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Banks management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit. Incorporated in the said
financial statements are the returns of the Singapore, Bahrain and Hong
Kong branches of the Bank, audited by other auditors.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards rsquire that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that ou- audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
3. The balance sheet and profit and loss account are drawn up in
conformity with Forms A and B (revised) of the Third Schedule to the
Banking Regulation Act, 1949, read with Section 211 of the Companies
Act, 1956.
4. We did not audit the financial statements of Singapore, Bahrain and
Hong Kong branches, whose financial statements reflect total assets of
Rs. 850,507.9 million as at 31 March 2011, the total revenue of Rs.
42,480.8 million for the year ended 31 March 2011 and net cash flows
amounting to Rs. 39,302.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2011. These
financial statements have been audited by other auditors, duly
qualified to acts as auditors in the country of incorporation of the
said branches, whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion
is based solely on the report of other auditors.
5. We report that:
a) We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit and have found them to be satisfactory;
b) In our opinion, the transactions of the Bank which have come to our
notice have been within its powers;
c) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been
kept by the Bank so far as appears from our examination of those books
and proper returns adequate for the purposes of our audit have been
received from branches not visited by us. The Branch Auditors
Report(s) have been forwarded to us and have been appropriately dealt
with;
d) The balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
e) In our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash
flow statement dealt with by this report comply with the accounting
standards referred to in sub section (3C) of Section 211 of the
Companies Act, insofar as they apply to the Bank;
f) On the basis of written representations received from the directors,
as on 31 March 2011, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we
report that none of the directors is disqualified from being appointed
as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub section (1) of Section 274
of the Companies Act, 1956;
g) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required for
banking companies, and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India;
i. in case of the balance sheet, of the state of the affairs of the
Bank as at 31 March 2011;
ii. in case of the profit and loss account, of the profit for the year
ended on that date; and
iii. in case of of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year
ended on that date.
For S.R. Batliboi & Co.
Firm registration number: 301003E
Chartered Accountants
per Shrawan Jalan
Partner
Membership No.: 102102
Mumbai
April 28, 2011
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