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This excerpt taken from the SRVY DEF 14A filed Apr 23, 2008. AUDIT
COMMITTEE
REPORT1
Our audit committee currently consists of Joel R. Mesznik (the
committee chair), Charles W. Stryker and Joseph A. Ripp. Lise J.
Buyer served on our audit committee from October 2006 to March
2007. All members of our audit committee meet the independence
and experience requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market. Our
board of directors has adopted a written charter for our audit
committee, which can be found on our website at
www.greenfield.com.
Our audit committee is responsible for overseeing our corporate
accounting and financial reporting process. Among other matters,
our audit committee evaluates the independent auditors’
qualifications, independence and performance; determines the
engagement of the independent auditors; pre-approves the
retention of the independent auditors to perform audit and
non-audit services; monitors the rotation of partners of the
independent auditors as required by law; reviews our
consolidated financial statements; reviews our critical
accounting policies and estimates; annually reviews our audit
committee charter and the committee’s performance; reviews
and approves the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee;
and discusses with management and the independent auditors the
results of the annual audit and the review of our quarterly
consolidated financial statements.
Our audit committee met 10 times either in person or by
telephone through fiscal year 2007. In the course of these
meetings, our audit committee met with management, the internal
auditors and our independent registered public accounting firm
and reviewed the results of the internal and external audit
examinations, evaluations of our internal controls and the
overall quality of our financial reporting.
Our audit committee has reviewed the audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 with
our management, including a discussion of the quality and
acceptability of the financial reporting, the reasonableness of
significant accounting judgments and estimates and the clarity
of disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit committee
has also discussed with our independent registered public
accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the matters
required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No. 61, as amended, and by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
and it received and discussed with the independent registered
public accounting firm their written independence letters as
required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1. In
connection with this review and discussion, our audit committee
asked a number of
follow-up
questions of management and the independent registered public
accounting firm to help give the committee comfort in connection
with its review.
Based on these reviews and discussions, our audit committee
recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial
statements be included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, for filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Submitted by the audit committee of the board of directors.
Joel R. Mesznik (the committee chair)
Charles W. Stryker Joseph A. Ripp
1 The
report of the audit committee shall not be deemed incorporated
by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference
this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (together, the “Acts”), except to the extent
that we specifically incorporate such report by reference; and
further, such report shall not otherwise be deemed filed under
the Acts.
This excerpt taken from the SRVY DEF 14A filed Apr 25, 2007. AUDIT
COMMITTEE
REPORT1
Our audit committee currently consists of Joel R. Mesznik (the
committee chair), Charles W. Stryker and Joseph A. Ripp. Lise J.
Buyer served on our audit committee From October 2006 to March
2007. All members of our audit committee meet the independence
and experience requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market. Our
board of directors has adopted a written charter for our audit
committee, which can be found on our website at
www.greenfield.com.
Our audit committee is responsible for overseeing our corporate
accounting and financial reporting process. Among other matters,
our audit committee evaluates the independent auditors’
qualifications, independence and performance; determines the
engagement of the independent auditors; pre-approves the
retention of the independent auditors to perform audit and
non-audit services; monitors the rotation of partners of the
independent auditors as required by law; reviews our
consolidated financial statements; reviews our critical
accounting policies and estimates; annually reviews our audit
committee charter and the committee’s performance; reviews
and approves the scope of the annual audit and the audit fee;
and discusses with management and the independent auditors the
results of the annual audit and the review of our quarterly
consolidated financial statements.
Our audit committee met 11 times either in person or by
telephone through fiscal year 2006. In the course of these
meetings, our audit committee met with management, the internal
auditors and our independent registered public accounting firm
and reviewed the results of the internal and external audit
examinations, evaluations of our internal controls and the
overall quality of our financial reporting.
Our audit committee has reviewed the audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 with
our management, including a discussion of the quality and
acceptability of the financial reporting, the
1 The
report of the audit committee shall not be deemed incorporated
by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference
this proxy statement into any filing under the Acts, except to
the extent that we specifically incorporate such report by
reference; and further, such report shall not otherwise be
deemed filed under the Acts.
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reasonableness of significant accounting judgments and estimates
and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. Our
audit committee has also discussed with our independent
registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 61, as amended, and by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, and it received and discussed with the independent
registered public accounting firm their written independence
letters as required by Independence Standards Board Standard
No. 1. In connection with this review and discussion, our
audit committee asked a number of
follow-up
questions of management and the independent registered public
accounting firm to help give the committee comfort in connection
with its review.
Based on these reviews and discussions, our audit committee
recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial
statements be included in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, for filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Submitted by the audit committee of the board of directors.
Joel R. Mesznik (the committee chair)
Charles W. Stryker
Joseph A. Ripp
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