a) Assist the Board of Directors in supervising the performance of the External Audit agreements, as well as the evaluation of the results or reports proposed by them, ensuring their independence and objectivity, and that any fees received for the services provided to the Company are not equivalent to a percentage exceeding 20% of the auditing firm's total revenues. (Currently, the percentage may not exceed 10% of the firm's total revenues, pursuant to the general provisions issued by the National Banking and Securities Commission).
b) Recommend the basis for the preparation and distribution of the Company's financial information, as well as the general guidelines of our internal control system. Internal control system means the operational and financial controls implemented in order for the Company to function pursuant to the general guidelines issued by its Board of Directors.
c) Discuss with the Board of Directors our internal control system in connection with risk management and compliance with applicable laws.
Among the most relevant points for review, there are: (I) relevant information to the market; (II) acquisition accounting; (III) early revenue recognition; (IV) restructuring charges; (V) reserve management; and (VI) accounting for derivative instruments and arbitration activities.
d) Ensure the existence of the necessary control mechanisms to warrant unaudited financial information consistency as submitted to the Board of Directors of the Company.
e) Review, together with our external auditors, the financial statements submitted with the Company's Annual Report, as well as the quality of the accounting principles applied thereto and review that the interim financial information is prepared following the same policies, criteria and practices used for the annual information.
f) Review the rules of the Audit Committee and, as the case may be, recommend to the Board of Directors any proposal for amendments thereto, in the understanding that it will be for best attaining designated objectives.
g) Report to the Board of Directors on the activities carried out by the Committee.
h) Prepare an annual self-evaluation, reviewing the activities carried out by the Audit Committee in connection with its objectives.
i) Supervise, review and discuss the auditing procedures of the Company's internal audit area.
j) Carry out any other functions corresponding to its responsibilities and that the Committee deems pertinent for the due performance of its objectives, and perform any other activities expressly conferred by the Board of Directors.
k)Approve other services to be provided by the Company's external auditors and ensure that the provision of these services does not affect their independence.
l) Settle any controversies between the CEO and the executive officers of the Company with the External Auditors.
m) Obtain from the External auditors a report including the analysis of:
(i) All of the critical accounting policies used by the Company.
(ii) All of the accounting policies and practices as permitted under the financial reporting standards other than those used by the Company and which had been discussed with the CEO and the executive officers of the Company, including any implications of using such policies and practices.
(iii) Any other written communications on significant issues among the external auditors and the CEO and executive officers of the Company, including the Annual Letter to the CEO and executive officers where the External Auditors summarize their recommendations on the internal controls and the non-adjusted differences in inventory as identified during the audit. |
n) Implement procedures for receiving, retaining and addressing complaints regarding any accounting, audit and internal control matters, including procedures for anonymous and confidential submission by the Company's employees of such complaints.
o) The Audit Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall be empowered to select and retain lawyers, experts and other consultants to provide services to the Committee and will have authority to approve their compensation. The Company shall be bound to provide the necessary resources to make the required disbursements for their proper performance.
p) At their discretion, the Committee members shall set aside time during their meetings to discuss and decide without the presence of the Company's CEO and executive officers.
q) The Committee members shall set up a schedule for meeting with the party responsible for the internal audit and the auditor's representatives separately, without the presence of the Company's CEO or executive officers.
r) Review and analyze with the executive officers and the external auditors, the annual report of the Company, and the quarterly financial results to be submitted to the SEC, in particular the portions discussing the Company's financial information and critical accounting policies.
s) Oversee the execution of resolutions adopted at stockholders' meetings or by the Board of Directors.
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