REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Sample Clauses

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Central and South West Corporation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Central and South West Corporation (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiary companies as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows, for each of the three years ended December 31, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements of CSW Finance Company (1997 - which includes CSW Investments) and CSW Investments (1996), which statements reflect total assets and total revenues of 22 percent and 35 percent in 1997 and 23 percent and 36 percent in 1996, respectively, of the consolidated totals. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose reports have been furnished to us and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for those entities, is based solely on the reports of the other auditors. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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 and the reports of other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Central and South West Corporation and subsidiary companies as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years ended December 31, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP Dallas, Texas February 16, 1998 AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF CSW UK FINANCE COMPANY We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of CSW UK Finance Company and subsidiaries as of 31 December 1997 and the related consolidated s...
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. To PrizePoint Entertainment Corporation: We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of PrizePoint Entertainment Corporation (a Delaware corporation) as of December 31, 1998, and the related statements of operations, stockholder's equity and cash flows for the period from inception (March 4, 1998) to December 31, 1998. 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 audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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 audit provides 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 PrizePoint Entertainment Corporation as of December 31, 1998, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from inception (March 4, 1998) to December 31, 1998, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP New York, New York April 29, 1999 PRIZEPOINT ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION ------------------------------------ BALANCE SHEETS -------------- December 31, March 31, ASSETS 1998 1999 ------ ------------ --------- (Unauditited) CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $1,870,075 $1,244,072 Accounts receivable - 21,250 Prepaid expenses and other current assets - 40,054 ---------- ---------- Total current assets 1,870,075 1,305,376 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net 127,337 366,219 DEPOSITS AND OTHER ASSETS 61,239 78,495 ---------- ---------- Total assets $2,058,651 $1,750,090 =========== ========== LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY ----------------------------------- CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable $ 63,457 $ 146,634 Accrued expenses 25,867 33,497 Current portion of capital lease obligations 25,949 102,777 ---------- ---------- Total current liabilities 115,273 282,908 CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS 15,134 107,513 COMMITMENTS (Note 7) STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY: Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 5,...
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. On or before sixty (60) days prior to the Termination Date, the Collection Agent shall cause a firm of independent public accountants to furnish a report on applying agreed upon procedures to the Collateral Agent to the effect that they have (i) compared the information contained in the Settlement Statements delivered during such fiscal year, based on a sample size of three Settlement Statements, with the information contained in the Contracts and the Collection Agent's records and computer systems for such period, (ii) verified the Net Receivables Balance as of the end of each Settlement Period during such fiscal year and (iii) verified that a sample of Receivables treated by the Collection Agent as Eligible Receivables in fact satisfied the requirements of the definition thereof contained herein except, in each case for (a) such exceptions as such firm shall believe to be immaterial (which exceptions need not be enumerated) and (b) such other exceptions as shall be set forth in such report.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. The Servicer shall cause a firm of nationally recognized independent certified public accountants (the “Independent Accountants”), who may also render other services to the Servicer or to AWC, to deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer and the Agent, on or before October 31 (or 120 days after the end of the Servicer’s fiscal year, if other than June 30) of each year, beginning on October 31, 2004, with respect to the twelve months ended the immediately preceding June 30 (or other applicable date) (or such other period as shall have elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of such certificate (which period shall not be less than six months)), a statement (the “Accountants’ Report”) addressed to the Board of Directors of the Servicer, to the Owner Trustee and the Agent, to the effect that such firm has audited the books and records of AmeriCredit Corp., in which the Servicer is included as a consolidated subsidiary, and issued its report thereon in connection with the audit report on the consolidated financial statements of AmeriCredit Corp. and that (1) such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as such firm considered necessary in the circumstances; (2) the firm is independent of AWC and the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and (3) includes a report on the application of agreed upon procedures (such procedures to be substantially similar to those set forth in the letter attached as Exhibit L hereto) to (A) the most recent Servicer’s Certificate including the delinquency, default and loss statistics required to be specified therein noting whether any exceptions or errors in the Servicer’s Certificate were found (except that a report pursuant to this clause (3)(A) shall not be required on October 31, 2004) and (B) a statistically significant number of randomly selected receivables files relating to the Servicing Portfolio (which shall in no event be less than 50 or more than 190), provided that if (x) within the 120 days prior to the date such Accountant’s Report is due, AmeriCredit shall have closed an asset securitization transaction and (y) the Independent Accountants shall have issued a report on the application of agreed upon procedures to a statistically significant number of randomly selected receivabl...
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. To AGCO Corporation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AGCO CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001. 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 financial position of AGCO Corporation 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. As explained in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," AGCO Corporation and Subsidiaries changed their method of accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities effective January 1, 2001. /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP Atlanta, Georgia February 6, 2002 AGCO CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001 2000 1999 Net sales................................................... $2,541.5 $2,336.1 $2,436.4 Cost of goods sold.......................................... 2,106.7 1,959.5 2,078.7 Gross profit.............................................. 434.8 376.6 357.7 Selling, general and administrative expenses................ 257.0 228.2 233.2 Engineering expenses........................................ 49.6 45.6 44.6 Restructuring a...
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. NationsBank, N.A., as Trustee for the Cross Timbers Royalty Trust:
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. To the Stockholders and Board of Directors, Xxxxxx Corporation: Our report on the consolidated financial statements of Xxxxxx Corporation and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended September 30, 1994, is included on page 30 of this Form 10-K. In connection with our audit of such financial statements, we have also audited the related financial statement schedule for the year ended September 30, 1994 listed in Item 14(a)(2) of this Form 10-K. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be included therein. Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. Houston, Texas December 16, 1994 XXXXXX CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET 1994 ------------- (IN THOUSANDS) Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents....................................... $ 11,096 Receivables..................................................... 700 Prepaid expenses and other current assets....................... 1,918 -------- Total current assets.......................................... 13,714 -------- Investments and other assets: Investments in and advances to subsidiaries*.................... 174,629 Investment in equity securities................................. 14,471 Other assets.................................................... 6,026 Property and equipment: Cost............................................................ 5,213 Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization............ (3,316) Current liabilities: Accrued liabilities............................................. $ 2,871 Accrued interest................................................ 533 Income taxes payable............................................ 268 -------- Long-term debt.................................................... 43,363 -------- Other liabilities................................................. 9,160 -------- Stockholders' equity.............................................. 154,542 -------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $210,737 ======== - -------- * Eliminated in consolidation. This condensed statement should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto which are included in Item 8 herein. XXXXXX CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 ------------- (IN THOUSANDS) Expenses: -------- Operating loss..............
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. The Stockholders and the Board of Directors Amkor Technology Philippines (P1/P2), Inc. and Amkor Technology Philippines (P3/P4), Inc. We have audited the combined balance sheet of Amkor Technology Philippines (P1/P2), Inc. and Amkor Technology Philippines (P3/P4), Inc., (formerly Amkor/Anam Pilipinas, Inc. and Amkor/Anam Advanced Packaging, Inc., respectively, companies incorporated under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines and collectively referred to as the "Companies") as of December 31, 2000, and the related combined statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companies' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the combined financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of Amkor Technology Philippines (P1/P2), Inc. and Amkor Technology Philippines (P3/P4), Inc. as of December 31, 2000, and the combined results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. /s/ SYCIP XXXXXX XXXXXX & XX. Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx January 18, 2001 65 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To Amkor Technology, Inc.: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Amkor Technology, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1999. 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 did not audit the financial ...
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. To C-ATS Software Inc.: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of C-ATS Software Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of C-ATS Software Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX LLP San Jose, California January 23, 1998
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Related to REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

  • Independent Public Accountants The Company may retain a firm of independent public accountants of recognized national standing (which may be any such firm regularly employed by the Company) to make any computation required under this Section 8, and a certificate signed by such firm shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any computation made under this Section 8.

  • Annual Independent Public Accountants Servicing ------------------------------------------------ Statement; Financial Statements. ------------------------------- On or before 80 days after the end of the Master Servicer's fiscal year, commencing with its 2003 fiscal year, the Master Servicer at its expense shall cause a nationally or regionally recognized firm of independent public accountants (who may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Seller or any affiliate thereof) which is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Trustee and the Depositor to the effect that such firm has examined certain documents and records relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or of mortgage loans under pooling and servicing agreements substantially similar to this Agreement (such statement to have attached thereto a schedule setting forth the pooling and servicing agreements covered thereby) and that, on the basis of such examination, conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC, such servicing has been conducted in compliance with such pooling and servicing agreements except for such significant exceptions or errors in records that, in the opinion of such firm, the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC requires it to report. In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to direct servicing of mortgage loans by Subservicers, upon comparable statements for examinations conducted substantially in compliance with the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers or the Audit Program for Mortgages serviced for FNMA and FHLMC (rendered within one year of such statement) of independent public accountants with respect to the related Subservicer. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee.

  • Independent Public Accountant Ernst & Young LLP (the “Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated into the Registration Statement, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company’s knowledge, the Accountant is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) with respect to the Company.

  • Reports by Independent Public Accountants On or before __________ of each year, beginning _______, 200___ (or, as to any such year, such earlier date as is contemplated by the last sentence of this paragraph), each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a firm of independent public accountants that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a statement to the Depositor and the Trustee to the effect that such firm has examined such documents and records as it has deemed necessary and appropriate relating to the Master Servicer's or the Special Servicer's, as the case may be, servicing of the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement or the servicing of mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans under substantially similar agreements for the preceding calendar year (or during the period from the date of commencement of the Master Servicer's or the Special Servicer's, as the case may be, duties hereunder until the end of such preceding calendar year in the case of the first such certificate) and that the assertion of the management of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, that it maintained an effective internal control system over servicing of the Mortgage Loans or similar mortgage loans is fairly stated in all material respects, based upon established criteria, which statement meets the standards applicable to accountants' reports intended for general distribution. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of securitized commercial and multifamily mortgage loans by Sub-Servicers, upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those Sub-Servicers. If the Depositor notifies the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer on or before _________ of any year that such statements are required to be filed with the Commission as part of the Form 10-K for the Trust covering the prior calendar year, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall deliver such statement in respect of it by ____________ of such year. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to the extent applicable, will reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in conforming any reports delivered pursuant to this Section 3.14 to requirements imposed by the Commission on the Depositor in connection with the Commission's issuance of a no-action letter relating to the Depositor's reporting requirements in respect of the Trust pursuant to the Exchange Act.

  • Reports to Fund by Independent Public Accountants The Custodian shall provide the applicable Fund, on behalf of each of the Portfolios at such times as such Fund may reasonably require, with reports by independent public accountants on the accounting system, internal accounting control and procedures for safeguarding securities, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, including securities deposited and/or maintained in a U.S. Securities System or a Foreign Securities System (either, a “Securities System”), relating to the services provided by the Custodian under this Agreement; such reports, shall be of sufficient scope and in sufficient detail, as may reasonably be required by the Fund to provide reasonable assurance that any material inadequacies would be disclosed by such examination, and, if there are no such inadequacies, the reports shall so state.

  • Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Reports (a) The Servicer shall cause Independent Accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee, on or before March 31 (or 90 days after the end of the Issuer’s fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning in March 31, 2025, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, addressed to the board of directors of the Servicer, providing its attestation report on the servicing assessment delivered pursuant to Section 4.10(c), including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance, as required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB. Such attestation will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. (b) Each party required to deliver an assessment of compliance described in Section 4.10(d) shall cause Independent Accountants, who may also render other services to such party or its Affiliates, to deliver to the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer, on or before March 31 (or 90 days after the end of the Issuer’s fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning in March 31, 2025, a report, dated as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year, addressed to the board of directors of such party, providing its attestation report on the servicing assessment delivered pursuant to Section 4.10(d), including disclosure of any material instance of non-compliance, as required by Rule 13a-18 and 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB. Such attestation will be in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. (c) The Servicer shall cause a firm of Independent Accountants, who may also render other services to the Servicer or to the Seller, (1) to deliver to the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee on or before April 30 (or 120 days after the end of the Servicer’s fiscal year, if other than December 31) of each year, beginning on April 30, 2025, with respect to the twelve months ended the immediately preceding December 31 (or other applicable date) (or such other period as shall have elapsed from the Closing Date to the date of such certificate (which period shall not be less than six months)), a copy of the Form 10-K filed with the United States Commission for Exeter Finance Corp., which filing includes a statement that such audit was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as such firm considered necessary in the circumstances; and (2) upon request of the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, to issue an acknowledgement to the effect that such firm has audited the books and records of Exeter Finance Corp., in which the Servicer is included as a consolidated subsidiary, and issued its report pursuant to item (1) of this section and that the accounting firm is independent of the Seller and the Servicer within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (d) Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Backup Servicer shall be liable for any claims, liabilities or expenses relating to such accountants’ engagement or any report issued in connection with such engagement, and the dissemination of any such report other than pursuant to the Basic Documents or applicable law is subject to the written consent of such accountants.

  • Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report Not later than March 15th of each calendar year commencing in 2004, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish to the Master Servicer a report stating that (i) it has obtained a letter of representation regarding certain matters from the management of the Master Servicer which includes an assertion that the Master Servicer has complied with certain minimum residential mortgage loan servicing standards, identified in the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers established by the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, with respect to the servicing of residential mortgage loans during the most recently completed fiscal year and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, such representation is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that may be appropriate. In rendering its report such firm may rely, as to matters relating to the direct servicing of residential mortgage loans by Sub- Servicers, upon comparable reports of firms of independent certified public accountants rendered on the basis of examinations conducted in accordance with the same standards (rendered within one year of such report) with respect to those Sub-Servicers. Immediately upon receipt of such report, the Master Servicer shall furnish a copy of such report to the Trustee, the NIMS Insurer and each Rating Agency. Copies of such statement shall be provided by the Trustee to any Certificateholder upon request at the Master Servicer's expense, provided that such statement is delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee. In the event such firm of independent certified public accountants requires the Trustee to agree to the procedures performed by such firm, the Master Servicer shall direct the Trustee in writing to so agree; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee will deliver such letter of agreement in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Master Servicer, and the Trustee has not made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures.

  • Independent Public Accounting Firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the “Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are and, during the periods covered by their report, were an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). To the Company’s knowledge, the Accountant is not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) with respect to the Company.

  • Annual Independent Public Accountants' Servicing Report On or before March 1 of each year, commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, each at its own expense, shall cause (and each of the preceding parties, as applicable, (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause) a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the applicable Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report (together with a copy thereof in XXXXX-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable party required to furnish, or cause to be furnished, such report under this Section 10.10) to the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of a report furnished on behalf of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Controlling Class Representative and, for posting to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 12.13 of this Agreement, the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assertion that such Reporting Servicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, it is expressing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly stated in all material respects, or it is not expressing an overall opinion regarding such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. Copies of such statement will be provided to any Certificateholder, upon the written request thereof, by the Certificate Administrator. Promptly after receipt of such report from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable), the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant, (i) the Depositor and each Other Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable) or the Operating Advisor as to the nature of any defaults by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (if applicable), the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Custodian’s, the Trustee’s (if applicable), the Operating Advisor’s or the applicable Servicing Function Participants’ obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub servicing or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each accountants’ attestation report submitted pursuant to this Section relates to an assessment of compliance meeting the requirements of Section 10.09 of this Agreement and notify the Depositor of any exceptions.

  • Opinion of Fund's Independent Certified Public Accountants The Custodian shall take all reasonable action as each Fund may request to obtain from year to year favorable opinions from each such Fund's independent certified public accountants with respect to the Custodian's activities hereunder and in connection with the preparation of each such Fund's periodic reports to the SEC and with respect to any other requirements of the SEC.

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