EXHIBIT 99.1
Published on August 26, 2004
Exhibit 99.1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Rollins, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of
Rollins, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001
and 2000 and the related statements of income, changes in stockholder equity and
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001.
These financial statements and the schedule referred to below are the
responsibility of the Company's Management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the 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 from 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 financial position of Rollins, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States.
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The Schedule listed in Item 14 is the
responsibility of the Company's Management and is presented for purposes of
complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part of
the basic financial statements. This schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, fairly states in all material respects the financial data required to
be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
February 15, 2002
NOTE: THIS IS A COPY OF A REPORT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, OUR
FORMER INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN REISSUED BY ARTHUR
ANDERSEN LLP IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING OF THE FORM 10-K.