Management’s Responsibilities for the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Parent Company
Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements and Parent Company
Financial Statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with the International Financial Reporting
Standards as adopted by the EU and additional requirements in the Danish Financial Statements Act, and for
such internal control as Management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of Consolidated
Financial Statements and Parent Company Financial Statements that are free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Parent Company Financial Statements,
Management is responsible for assessing the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of
accounting in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Parent Company Financial Statements
unless Management either intends to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease operations, or has no
realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Parent Company
Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Consolidated Financial Statements and
the Parent Company Financial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level
of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs and the additional
requirements applicable in Denmark will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements
can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could
reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Consolidated
Financial Statements and Parent Company Financial Statements.
As part of an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs and the additional requirements applicable in Denmark,
we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
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Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Consolidated Financial Statements and
the Parent Company Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit
procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to
provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from
fraud is higher than for one resulting from error as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional
omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
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Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit 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 Group’s and the Parent Company’s internal control.
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Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates and related disclosures made by Management.
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Conclude on the appropriateness of Management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting in
preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Parent Company Financial Statements and,
based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or
conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to
draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the Consolidated Financial
Statements and the Parent Company Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to
modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our
auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group and the Company to
cease to continue as a going concern.