The Board has determined that Mr. Eskew qualifies
as an Audit Committee Financial Expert as defined by the rules of the SEC.
Each director appointed to the Audit Committee will be determined to be financially literate by our Board of Directors and one director will serve
as our audit committee financial expert.
Gene has conducted numerous internal investigations on behalf of companies as well
as audit committees.
Not exact matches
«Every time the
audit chair
committee reports to the board about
audited financial statements, transactions and financial risks, the CFO is sitting there
as part of the board.
Audit committees are too often not
as involved
as they should be, Turner says.
Enron and WorldCom — and its legislative aftermath known
as «Sarbanes Oxley» — fundamentally changed the relationship between auditors and
audit committees.
Auditors may not engage in what is known
as «non-
audit» services to management, without permission,
as doing so compromises integrity of the
audit and accountability by the auditor to the
audit committee.
Ferguson will be part of the board's
audit committee, joining existing board members such
as former Pixar CFO Ann Mather
as well
as former president and CEO of Ford (f), Alan Mulally.
Each member of the
Audit Committee shall meet the independence standards and expertise requirements of the New York Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules promulgated thereunder, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA), and other applicable laws and regulations, in each case,
as of the Firm's most recent annual meeting.
We also believe that his experience overseeing and assessing the performance of companies and the evaluation of financial statements gives him the experience and expertise needed to act
as our financial expert and to chair our
Audit Committee.
We also have
audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting
as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
The Board has determined that each member of the
Audit Committee qualifies as an «audit committee financial expert» as defined under applicable SEC rules and also meets the additional criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exchange
Audit Committee qualifies as an «audit committee financial expert» as defined under applicable SEC rules and also meets the additional criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exch
Committee qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert» as defined under applicable SEC rules and also meets the additional criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exchange
audit committee financial expert» as defined under applicable SEC rules and also meets the additional criteria for independence of audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exch
committee financial expert»
as defined under applicable SEC rules and also meets the additional criteria for independence of
audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exchange
audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exch
committee members set forth in Rule 10A - 3 (b)(1) under the Exchange Act.
The board of directors has determined that, based on her professional qualifications and experience described above, Ann Mather is an
audit committee financial expert as defined under the rules of the SEC, and that each member of the Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Listing Rules of NA
audit committee financial expert as defined under the rules of the SEC, and that each member of the Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Listing Rules o
committee financial expert
as defined under the rules of the SEC, and that each member of the
Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Listing Rules of NA
Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements as required by the Listing Rules o
Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements
as required by the Listing Rules of NASDAQ.
In particular, each member of the
Committee shall be financially literate and at least one member of the Committee shall be deemed an «audit committee financial expert» as defined by the Securities and Exchange Co
Committee shall be financially literate and at least one member of the
Committee shall be deemed an «audit committee financial expert» as defined by the Securities and Exchange Co
Committee shall be deemed an «
audit committee financial expert» as defined by the Securities and Exchange Co
committee financial expert»
as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Shea is well qualified to serve
as a director due to his experience in public and private company governance and private equity, including his service on numerous corporate boards and on
audit and compensation
committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.
Each member of the AEC is independent,
as independence for
audit committee members is defined by NYSE rules discussed below under «Director Independence.»
Since July 2015, Mr. Bell has served
as a director and Chairman of the
Audit Committee of The Chemours Company LLC (NYSE: CC), a chemical solutions company.
Mr. Battle qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert» under Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, guidelines.
The Board has determined, in its business judgment, that each member of the AEC (Lloyd H. Dean, Enrique Hernandez, Jr., Robert L. Joss, Cynthia H. Milligan, Nicholas G. Moore, Philip J. Quigley, and Susan G. Swenson) is financially literate
as required by NYSE rules, and that each member qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert»
as defined by SEC regulations.
The
Audit Committee has met with the internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with
Audit Committees,
as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB),
as may be modified or supplemented.
Our Board has determined that each continuing member of our
Audit Committee is financially literate and has accounting or related financial management expertise, as defined under NYSE rules, and is an «audit committee financial expert» within the meaning of the rules of the
Audit Committee is financially literate and has accounting or related financial management expertise, as defined under NYSE rules, and is an «audit committee financial expert» within the meaning of the rules of
Committee is financially literate and has accounting or related financial management expertise,
as defined under NYSE rules, and is an «
audit committee financial expert» within the meaning of the rules of the
audit committee financial expert» within the meaning of the rules of
committee financial expert» within the meaning of the rules of the SEC.
Mr. Meresman was selected to serve
as a director on our board of directors due to his background
as chair of the
audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience
as chief financial officer of two publicly traded corporations.
From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Bell served
as a director and chairman of the
Audit Committee of Virent Corporation, a pre-revenue biochemical company with proprietary technology for producing plastics and other products from plant sugars.
From January 2014 to February 2015, Mr. Bell served
as a director and chairman of the
Audit Committee of Hennessy I, which merged with School Bus Holdings Inc. in February 2015 and is now known
as Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD).
III and serves
as the chairman of our
audit committee.
Mr. Bell is well qualified to serve
as director due to his experience in public and private company governance and accounting, including his service on
audit, nominating and corporate governance and compensation
committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.
From July 2015 to February 2017, Mr. Bell served
as a director and chairman of the
Audit Committee of Hennessy II, which merged with Daseke in February 2017 and is now known
as Daseke, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE).
Mr. Meresman has served both
as chair of the
audit committee and chief financial officer of several public companies.
We believe that Ms. Denholm possesses specific attributes that qualify her to serve
as a member of our Board and chair of our
Audit Committee, including her executive experience and her financial and accounting expertise with international companies, including in the technology and automotive industries.
The
committee also wanted to know if Facebook had set a deadline for completing the
audit — but Schroepfer would only say it's going «
as fast
as we can».
He has been a director of Viskase Companies, a supplier of cellulose and fibrous casings, from October 2006 to the present, where he is currently chairman of the
Audit Committee and previously served
as chairman of the Compensation
Committee.
Mr. Shea has served
as a Director of Trump Entertainment Resorts LLP since January 2016 where he is a member of the
Audit Committee.
serves
as the chair of our
audit and risk
committee, qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert»
as defined in the rules of the SEC, and satisfies the financial sophistication requirements under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
The
Audit Committee, which has been established in accordance with Section 3 (a)(58) of the Exchange Act, currently consists of Mr. Buss, Ms. Denholm and Mr. Gracias, each of whom is «independent» as such term is defined for audit committee members by the listing standards of NA
Audit Committee, which has been established in accordance with Section 3 (a)(58) of the Exchange Act, currently consists of Mr. Buss, Ms. Denholm and Mr. Gracias, each of whom is «independent» as such term is defined for audit committee members by the listing standards o
Committee, which has been established in accordance with Section 3 (a)(58) of the Exchange Act, currently consists of Mr. Buss, Ms. Denholm and Mr. Gracias, each of whom is «independent»
as such term is defined for
audit committee members by the listing standards of NA
audit committee members by the listing standards o
committee members by the listing standards of NASDAQ.
From 2001 through 2015, he served
as a director of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a global industrial company with key growth platforms in Fluid Metering Technology and Health & Science Technology segments, where he chaired the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee and
Audit Committee and served on the Compensation
Committee.
The Board has determined that each of Ms. Denholm and Mr. Buss is an «
audit committee financial expert»
as defined in the rules of the SEC.
During the last five years, Mr. Meresman has been serving on the boards of directors of various public and private companies, including service
as chair of the
audit committee for some of these companies.
Mr. Viniar serves
as the chair of our
audit and risk
committee, qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert»
as defined in the rules of the SEC, and satisfies the financial sophistication requirements under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
HP has a separately designated standing
Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3 (a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the «Exchange Act»).
The Board has determined, in its business judgment, that each current member of the AEC (John D. Baker II, Lloyd H. Dean, Enrique Hernandez, Jr., Robert L. Joss, Cynthia H. Milligan, Nicholas G. Moore, Philip J. Quigley, and Susan G. Swenson) is financially literate
as required by NYSE rules, and that each member qualifies
as an «
audit committee financial expert»
as defined by SEC regulations.
At least one member of the
Committee shall in the judgment of the Board be an «audit committee financial expert,» as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC
Committee shall in the judgment of the Board be an «
audit committee financial expert,» as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC
committee financial expert,»
as defined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC»).
Mr. Hernandez also has extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry,
as well
as banking and related financial management expertise
as a former member of the boards and
audit committees of two other large financial institutions, Great Western Financial Corporation from 1993 to 1997 and Washington Mutual, Inc. from 1997 to 2002.
Ms. Luzuriaga is a director and serves
as the chair of the
Audit Committee for Office Depot, Inc..
The Pre-Approval Policy also provides that Walmart's corporate controller will periodically update the
Audit Committee as to services provided by the independent accountants.
Immediately following the completion of this offering, our
audit committee will consist of Messrs. Fenton, Klausmeyer and Volpi, with Mr. Klausmeyer serving
as Chairman.
• The Board has determined that each member of the
Audit Committee is independent
as defined by the Exchange Act, the SEC's rules, and the NYSE Listed Company Rules.
The
Audit Committee has appointed EY as the company's independent accountants to audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal
Audit Committee has appointed EY
as the company's independent accountants to
audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal
audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal 2016.
This included a discussion of the independent registered public accounting firm's judgments
as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of AMD's accounting principles and such other matters that generally accepted auditing standards require to be discussed with the
Audit and Finance
Committee.
Mr. Kwauk is currently a senior consultant of Motorola Solutions (China) Co., Ltd. and serves
as an independent non-executive director of Thunder Power Co. Ltd., a Taiwan company with its shares traded on Taiwan's Gre Tai Securities Market; Sinosoft Technology Group Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, of which Mr. Kwauk is also the chairman of its
audit committee; and several private companies.
The
Audit Committee has appointed E&Y as the company's independent accountants to audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal
Audit Committee has appointed E&Y
as the company's independent accountants to
audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal
audit the consolidated financial statements of the company for fiscal 2014.