Directors’ report continued
Events after the balance sheet date continued
Transactions between the Group and AGL following the restructure include paying AGL for Avios issued and receiving payment for redemption flights. Being an investment in associate, the Group began to recognise its share of post-tax profits or losses in AGL from the date control was lost and is presented below operating profit in accordance with the requirement of IAS 28: Investment in Associates.
Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance and indemnities
IAG purchased insurance against Directors' and Officers' liability covering the IAG Group, as permitted by the Companies Act 2006, for the benefit of the Directors and Officers.
The Company has granted rolling indemnities to the Directors and the Secretary, uncapped in amount but subject to applicable law, in relation to certain losses and liabilities which they may incur in the course of acting as officers of companies within the Group. These indemnities also set out the terms on which the Company may, in its discretion, advance defence costs. The indemnities were in force during the whole of the financial year or from the date of appointment in respect of Officers who joined during 2014 and remain in force.
The Company has granted qualifying pension scheme indemnities in the form permitted by the Companies Act 2006 to the Directors of two companies, British Airways Pension Trustees Limited and British Airways Pension Trustees (No 2) Limited, that act as trustees of the Company’s UK pension schemes. These indemnities were in force throughout the last financial year or from the date of appointment in respect of Officers who joined during 2014 and remain in force.
Auditors
In accordance with Section 489 of the Companies Act 2006, resolutions concerning the re-appointment of the auditor, Ernst & Young LLP and authorising the Directors to set their remuneration will be proposed at the next Annual General Meeting.
Directors’ statement as to disclosure of information to the auditor
The Directors who are members of the Board at the time of approving the Directors’ report and business review are listed above. Having made enquiries of fellow Directors and of the Group’s auditor, each of these Directors confirms that:
To the best of each Director’s knowledge and belief there is no information relevant to the preparation of the auditor's report of which the Group’s auditor is unaware; and
Each Director has taken all the steps a Director might reasonably be expected to have taken to make him or herself aware of relevant audit information and to establish that the Group’s auditor is aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of Section 418(2) of the Companies Act 2006.