The Audit Committee Sample Clauses

The Audit Committee. (a) The Shareholders shall cause the Board to establish and maintain an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) to perform such duties and have such responsibilities as are delegated to it from time to time by the Board, including reviewing and ensuring the adequacy and effectiveness of the Accounting Policy and system of internal controls, approving and directing internal audit plans, supervising the preparation of the Financial Statements, recommending external auditors for appointment as the Independent Auditor, and ensuring that the required access to the Company’s books, records, and personnel is provided to the Independent Auditor as well as any auditors appointed by individual Shareholders, whether jointly or separately, to conduct audits on their behalf. (b) Prior to the admission of the PublicCo Shareholder as a Shareholder, the Audit Committee shall consist of four (4) Directors, with each Founding Shareholder having the right to appoint two (2) of its nominated Directors as members of the Audit Committee. Following the admission of the PublicCo Shareholder as a Shareholder, the Audit Committee shall consist of three (3) Directors, with each Founding Shareholder and the PublicCo Shareholder having the right to appoint one (1) of its nominated Directors as a member of the Audit Committee. No appointees to the Audit Committee may be members of the Management Team.
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The Audit Committee. The Audit Committee: (a) is a committee of the board and shall make recommendations to the board which retains the right of final decision; (b) is composed of the non-executive directors with a quorum of two; (c) has die primary responsibility of reviewing the financial statements and the accounting principles and practice underlying them, liaising with the external and internal auditors and reviewing the effectiveness of internal controls; and (d) will meet at least once a year but sufficiently frequently and for long enough to perform its duties effectively.
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The Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall consist of three (3) Receiver directors (as hereinafter defined), one (1) of which must be a financial expert. The Audit Committee shall have such powers and responsibilities as set forth herein and as determined in the audit committee charter, to be approved by the majority of the entire board, which include, but are not limited to the authority to supervise auditors and make decisions regarding accounting matters. For the purposes of this Article V: (a) an independent director will be an individual who, in accordance with Rule 4350 of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“Nasdaq”), would be eligible for membership on an Audit Committee of a corporation listed on Nasdaq, and (b) a financial expert will be an individual fulfilling the requirements of the definition set forth the Securities and Exchange Commission in Item 407 of Regulation S-K.
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The Audit Committee. 3.5.1 As soon as reasonably practicable after the date on which the Merger Control Condition is satisfied or waived by the Investor and RBSG, and in any event on or prior to the Closing Date, RBSG and the Investor shall establish an audit committee which shall be a subcommittee of the Transitional Board comprising five members (the “Audit Committee”), which shall at all times perform its functions subject to, and within the parameters of, the RBS Policies. The Investor may appoint one member of and one observer (who shall not have any voting rights) to the Audit Committee. The CEO shall be a member of the Audit Committee. 3.5.2 Subject to the need at all times for the Businesses to be conducted subject to, and within the parameters of, the RBS Policies, the function of the Audit Committee shall be to: (i) monitor the integrity of any accounts relating to the Businesses and discuss with the auditors the accounting policies to be adopted; (ii) review significant financial and accounting judgments; (iii) monitor and review the scope, nature of the work and effectiveness of the internal audit processes; (iv) provide assurance to the Transitional Board in relation to: (a) compliance with Law and Regulations, and review the procedures for monitoring such compliance; (b) the adoption of and compliance with corporate governance procedures; (c) the internal financial controls and management systems; (d) the effectiveness of the external audit process; and (e) the terms and conditions of engagement of external auditors for the provision of audit and non-audit services.
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The Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is presently comprised of Messrs. Hinckley and Xxxxxx. The Audit Committee: (1) recommends to the Board of Directors the annual appointment of our independent auditors, (2) discusses and reviews in advance the scope and the fees of the annual audit, (3) reviews the results of the audit with our independent auditors, (4) reviews and approves non-audit services of the independent auditors, (5) reviews compliance with our existing major accounting and financial reporting policies, (6) reviews the adequacy of our financial organization and (7) reviews management's procedures and policies relating to the adequacy of our internal accounting controls and compliance with applicable laws relating to accounting practices. The Committee held six meetings during 1999. The Board currently has no nominating committee or committee performing a similar function. COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires a company's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the company's equity securities, to file reports of ownership on Form 3 and changes in ownership on Form 4 or 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Such officers, directors and ten-percent stockholders are also required by SEC rules to furnish the company with copies of all forms that they file pursuant to Section 16(a). Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no other reports were required for such persons, we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and ten-percent stockholders were complied with in a timely fashion.
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The Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall be responsible for reviewing the Network’s financial statements and overseeing the Network’s financial controls and procedures. The duties of the Audit Committee are the following: recommending to the Board the independent auditors to be selected in accordance with Section 14.2 of this Agreement, reviewing the work completed by the independent auditors each year, providing direction to the internal audit staff and the independent auditors, reviewing the Network’s financial statements, reviewing the quarterly and monthly reports to the Members and reporting promptly to the Board on the activities of such committee.
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The Audit Committee. The Home Office Financial Management Code of Practice states that the PCC and Chief Constable should establish an independent audit committee. This is a combined body which will consider the internal and external audit reports of both the PCC and the Chief Constable. The Audit Committee will advise the PCC and the Chief Constable according to good governance principles and will adopt appropriate risk management arrangements in accordance with proper practices. In establishing the Audit Committee the PCC and the CC shall have regard to the CIPFA guidance on Audit Committees. The Audit Committee shall comprise of between three and five members who must be independent of both the PCC and the CC. The Audit Committee shall establish formal terms of reference, covering its core functions, which shall be formally adopted and which it will review on an annual basis. The terms of reference set out the full scope and responsibilities of the Joint Audit Committee. The PCC and the CC shall be represented at all meetings of the Audit Committee.
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The Audit Committee. (a) Promptly after the Formation Date, the Shareholders shall cause the Board of Managers to establish an audit committee (the Audit Committee) comprising Board Managers who are not members of the Management Team. The Board of Managers shall determine, by way of a resolution, the term and the number of, and the Board Managers who shall comprise, members of the Audit Committee, provided that these include at least one (1) representative appointed by each Shareholder which holds at least twenty percent (20%) of the Shareholder Instruments. (b) The Audit Committee will perform such duties and have such responsibilities as are delegated to it from time to time by the Board of Managers, including reviewing and ensuring the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company's system of internal controls, approving and directing internal audit plans, supervising the preparation of the Company's Financial Statements, recommending the appointment of the External Auditor and ensuring that the required access to the Company's books, records and personnel is provided to the External Auditor as well as any auditors appointed by individual Shareholders, whether jointly or severally, to conduct audits on their behalf. (c) All decisions of the Audit Committee shall be taken by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members thereof.
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  • Audit Committee (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of five members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever the majority of its members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business, and a majority of its Committee shall constitute a quorum.

  • Executive Committee (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Executive Committee shall have all the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and in behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) The Executive Committee shall advise and superintend all investments that may be made of the funds of the Company, and shall direct the disposal of the same, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board of Directors from time to time make. (F) In the event of a state of disaster of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these By-Laws any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such disaster shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article III of these By-Laws; and if less than three members of the Trust Committee is constituted immediately prior to such disaster shall be available for the transaction of its business, such Executive Committee shall also be empowered to exercise all of the powers reserved to the Trust Committee under Article III Section 2 hereof. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of such Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This By-Law shall be subject to implementation by Resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these By-Laws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementary Resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these By-Laws.

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  • Nominating Committee Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Nominating Committee shall consist of such number of Directors (none of whom shall be an employee of the Corporation) as may be determined from time to time by the Board. Subject to the provisions of Article X, the Committee shall review the qualifications of potential candidates for the Equity Directors and shall propose nominees for the Equity Directors who are nominated by the Board. Subject to the provisions of Article X, in making their nominations, the Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors shall take into consideration that (i) the Board of Directors shall have meaningful representation of a diversity of interests, including floor brokers, floor traders, futures commission merchants, producers, consumers, processors, distributors and merchandisers of commodities traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (the “Exchange”) or Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (the “CBOT”), participants in a variety of pits or principal groups of commodities traded on the Exchange or the CBOT and other market users or participants; (ii) at least 10% of the members of Board of Directors shall be composed of persons representing farmers, producers, merchants or exporters of principal commodities traded on the Exchange or the CBOT; and (iii) at least 20% of the members of the Board of Directors shall be composed of persons who do not possess trading privileges on either the Exchange or the CBOT, are not salaried employees of the Corporation and are not officers, principals or employees who are involved in operating the futures exchange related business of a firm entitled to members’ rates on either the Exchange or the CBOT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Nominating Committee shall include the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation as a nominee for an Equity Director at any annual meeting of shareholders at which his or her term is scheduled to expire; provided, that if such term expiration occurs during the Transition Period, the Chief Executive Officer shall be nominated as a CME Director. Subject to the provisions of Article X, a majority of the Nominating Committee shall constitute a quorum necessary to transact business.

  • Compensation Committee (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members who are not officers of the Company and who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning the Company brought to its attention by the management and from time to time review the management of the Company, major organizational matters, including salaries and employee benefits and specifically shall administer the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan. (C) Meetings of the Compensation Committee may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Compensation Committee, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President of the Company.

  • TRANSITION COMMITTEE A transition committee comprised of the employee representatives and the employer representatives, including the Crown, will be established by January 31, 2016 to address all matters that may arise in the creation of the Trust.

  • Consultative Committee (a) To assist in creating a stable and co-operative environment for the project, a consultative committee has been established which shall operate in accordance with its charter. It is not the objective of parties to this clause that the committee would over-ride the function and responsibilities of management or unions.

  • Management Committee 6.1 There shall be constituted a committee to be called the Management Committee with functions as stated herein below. 6.2 Government shall nominate two (2) members representing Government in the Management Committee, whereas each Company constituting the Contractor shall nominate one (1) member each to represent Company in the Management Committee provided that in case the Contractor constitutes only one Company, that Company shall have two (2) members. 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The member of the Operator, or the member designated by the Operator where Operator has two (2) members in the Management Committee shall be designated as the Secretary of the Committee. 6.5 Operator on behalf of the Contractor with the approval of Operating Committee, if constituted under the Article 7.4, or in case of a single Party constituting the Contractor, then that Party shall submit following matters to the Management Committee for review and it shall have advisory functions: (a) the annual Work Programmes and Budgets in respect of Exploration Operations and any revisions or modifications thereto; (b) annual work progress and costs incurred thereon; (c) proposals for surrender or relinquishment of any part of the Contract Area by the Contractor; (d) proposals for an Appraisal Programme or revisions or additions thereto and the declaration of a Discovery as a Commercial Discovery; (e) any other matter required by the terms of this Contract to be submitted to it for review or advice; and (f) any other matter which the Contractor decides to submit for review or advice including matters concerning inter-Party relationships. 6.6 The following matters shall be submitted by Operator on behalf of the Contractor with the approval of Operating Committee, if constituted under the Article 7.4, or in case of single Party constituting the Contractor, then by that Party to the Management Committee for approval: (a) Annual Work Programmes and Budgets in respect of Development Operations and Production Operations and any modifications or revisions thereto; (b) proposals for the approval of development plans as may be required under this Contract, or modifications or revisions to a Development Plan; (c) determination of a Development Area; (d) appointment of auditors along with scope of audit, approval and adoption of audited report submitted under Article 25.4.3; (e) collaboration with licensees or contractors of other areas; (f) claims or settlement of claims for or on behalf of or against the Contractor in excess of limits fixed by the Management Committee from time to time; (g) proposal about abandonment plan/Site Restoration as required to be submitted under Article 14.10; (h) any other matter required by the terms of this Contract to be submitted for the approval of the Management Committee; (i) any other matter which the Contractor decides to submit to it; and (j) any matter, which Government refers to the Management Committee for its consideration and reasoned opinion. 6.7 Unless agreed otherwise by all the members of the Management Committee, the Management Committee shall meet at least once every six (6) months during the Exploration Period and thereafter at least once every three (3) months or more frequently at the request of any member. 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Matters not included in the agenda may be taken up at the meeting by any member with the unanimous consent of all the members whether present or not present at the meeting. 6.8 The Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, as may be the case, shall preside over the meetings of the Management Committee and, in their absence, any other member representing Government and present shall preside over the meetings. 6.9 Secretary to the Management Committee shall be responsible, inter alia, for preparation of the minutes of every meeting in the English language and provision to every member of the Management Committee with two (2) copies of the minutes approved by the Chairman within three (3) Business Days of the meeting. Unless agreed otherwise by all the members of the Management Committee, the minutes of a meeting shall be finalised by the Management Committee within three (3)

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