Report of the independent auditor to the shareholders of Imperial Holdings Limited on the annual financial statements

We have audited the consolidated and separate annual financial statements of Imperial Holdings Limited set out on pages 3 to 102, which comprise the statements of financial position as at 30 June 2013, the statements of profit or loss, the statements of comprehensive income, the statements of changes in equity, the statements of cash flows, and the notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies for the year then ended and other explanatory information.

Directors’ responsibility for the annual financial statements

The company’s directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated and separate financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the consolidated and separate financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated and separate financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the consolidated and separate financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting principles used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, these consolidated and separate financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated and separate financial position of Imperial Holdings Limited as at 30 June 2013, and its consolidated and separate financial performance and consolidated and separate cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa.

Other reports required by the Companies Act

As part of our audit of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2013, we have read the audit committee report and the directors’ report for the purpose of identifying whether there are material inconsistencies between those reports and the audited financial statements.

These reports are the responsibility of the respective preparers. Based on reading these reports we have not identified material inconsistencies between these reports and the audited financial statements. However, we have not audited these reports and accordingly do not express an opinion on these reports.

Deloitte & Touche
Registered Auditors

Per AF Mackie
Partner

20 August 2013

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The Woodlands Office Park, Woodlands Drive
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National Executive: LL Bam (Chief Executive), AE Swiegers (Chief Operating Officer), GM Pinnock (Audit), DL Kennedy (Risk Advisory), NB Kader (Tax), TP Pillay (Consulting), K Black (Clients & Industries), JK Mazzocco (Talent & Transformation), CR Beukman (Finance), M Jordan (Strategy), S Gwala (Special Projects), TJ Brown (Chairman of the Board), MJ Comber (Deputy Chairman of the Board)

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