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Statement of responsibility by the Board of Directors

The Board of directors ("Board") are responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of the Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2019 ("Summarised Annual Financial Statements") of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries.

The Board considers that in preparing the Annual Financial Statements they have used the most appropriate accounting policies, consistently applied and supported by reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates, and that all International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") that they consider to be applicable have been followed.

The Board are satisfied that the information contained in the Annual Financial Statements fairly presents the results of operations for the year and the financial position of the Group at year end. The directors further acknowledge that they are responsible for the content of the Integrated Report and its supplementary documents, as well as its consistency with the Annual Financial Statements. The Board have responsibility for ensuring that accounting records are kept. The accounting records should disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Group to enable the directors to ensure that the Annual Financial Statements comply with the relevant legislation.

The preparation of the Annual Financial Statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the Annual Financial Statements and the reported expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries operate in a well-established control environment, which is documented and regularly reviewed. This incorporates risk management and internal control procedures, which are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded and the risks facing the business are being controlled.

The going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the Annual Financial Statements. The Board have no reason to believe that the Group or any company within the Group will not continue as going concerns in the foreseeable future, based on forecasts, available cash resources and facilities.

The Code of Conduct has been adhered to in all material respects.

The Group's external auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers Incorporated, audited the Annual Financial Statements, and their report is presented herein.

The Annual Financial Statements were prepared under the supervision of Deputy Group Chief Executive, Gus Attridge CA(SA) and approved by the Board of Directors on 25 October 2019 and are signed on its behalf.

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Gus Attridge

Deputy Group Chief Executive

Johannesburg

28 October 2019