Internal Control Assurance Report 2021 - Employee Benefits

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE – THE FOLLOWING NOTICE IS TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REPORT ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF RAILPEN LIMITED

Important notice

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A report on the internal controls of Railpen Limited, prepared by the Directors of Railpen Limited (“Directors”), to which is appended an assurance report on internal controls for the year ended 2021 prepared by the Service Auditors solely for the Directors (“the Service Auditors’ Report”) is available for viewing by visitors to this site who confirm that they are in agreement with this notice by entering the password 'agreed' when downloading the document.

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