What is in Urban Outfitters’ auditor’s report?

Urban Outfitters, Inc., is a specialty retailer, offering a wide selection of clothing, accessories, and other items. The Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report for Urban Outfitters, Inc., can be found here.  Page F-2 (page 54 in the pdf document) of that annual report contains the “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” or the auditor’s report. This report consists of four paragraphs.  That page is replicated here.

Questions

1)      What is the name of the accounting firm that audited Urban Outfitters, Inc.?

2)      What is the date of the audit report?

3)      To whom is the audit report addressed?

4)      What type of opinion did the accounting firm issue for Urban Outfitters (standard unqualified opinion, qualified opinion, adverse opinion, or disclaimer of opinion)? How do you know?

5)      What standards were used to conduct the audit?

6)      What is Urban Outfitters’ fiscal year end?

7)      What financial statements were audited?

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