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Management
The company is responsible for preparation of the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ equity. These statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and management believes that they present fairly the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations. The integrity of the information presented in the financial statements, including estimates and judgments relating to matters not concluded by fiscal year end, is the responsibility of management. To fulfill this responsibility, an internal control structure designed to protect the company’s assets and properly record transactions and events as they occur has been developed, placed in operation and maintained. The internal control structure is supported by an extensive program of internal audits and is tested and evaluated by the independent auditors in connection with their annual audit. The Board of Directors pursues its responsibility for financial information through an Audit Committee of Directors who are not employees. The internal auditors and the independent auditors have full and free access to the Committee. Periodically, the Committee meets with the independent auditors without management present to discuss the results of their audits, the adequacy of the internal control structure and the quality of financial reporting.

Philip J. Carroll, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer

Ralph F. Hake
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Report of Independent Auditors
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Fluor Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Fluor Corporation as of October 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2000. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Fluor Corporation at October 31, 2000 and 1999, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Orange County, California
November 30, 2000

 

   
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