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MRVL » Topics » Policy on Pre-Approval of Retention of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmThis excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed Sep 14, 2007. Policy on Pre-Approval of Retention of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers for non-audit accounting and tax services performed for the company is limited to those circumstances where these services are considered integral to the audit services that PricewaterhouseCoopers provides or in which there is another compelling rationale for using its services. Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, all audit and permitted non-audit services for which the company engages PricewaterhouseCoopers after May 6, 2003 require pre-approval by the audit committee. All audit and permitted non-audit service fees were approved by the audit committee. As noted in the report of the audit committee at pages 30 and 31 of this proxy statement, the audit committee considered the provision by PricewaterhouseCoopers of non-audit services to the company and determined that the provision of these services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers. 33 This excerpt taken from the MRVL 10-K filed Jul 2, 2007. Policy on Pre-Approval of Retention of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for non-audit accounting and tax services performed for us is limited to those circumstances where these services are considered integral to the audit services that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides or in which there is another compelling rationale for using its services. Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and permitted non-audit services for which we engage PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after May 6, 2003 require pre-approval by the Audit Committee. All audit and permitted non-audit service fees were approved by the Audit Committee. 180 This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed May 8, 2006. Policy on Pre-Approval of Retention of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for non-audit accounting and tax services performed for the Company is limited to those circumstances where these services are considered integral to the audit services that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides or in which there is another compelling rationale for using its services. Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and permitted non-audit services for which the Company engages PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after May 6, 2003 require pre-approval by the Audit Committee. All audit and permitted non-audit service fees were approved by the Audit Committee. As noted in the report of the Audit Committee at page 21 of this proxy statement, the Audit Committee considered the provision by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of non-audit services to the Company and determined that the provision of these services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 24 This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed Apr 29, 2005. Policy on Pre-Approval of Retention of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for non-audit accounting and tax services performed for the Company is limited to those circumstances where these services are considered integral to the audit services that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides or in which there is another compelling rationale for using its services. Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and permitted non-audit services for which the Company engages PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP after May 6, 2003 require pre-approval by the Audit Committee. As noted in the report of the Audit Committee at page 22 of this proxy statement, the Audit Committee considered the provision by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of non-audit services to the Company and determined that the provision of these services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 23 The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of the Company's common stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index since June 27, 2000, when the Company's common stock was first registered under the Exchange Act, through January 29, 2005. The graph assumes that $100 was invested at the time of the Company's initial public offering on June 27, 2000 in the Company's common stock and each index and that any dividends were reinvested. No cash dividends have been declared on the Company's common stock since the initial public offering. The comparisons in the table are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not intended to forecast or be indicative of possible future performance of the Company's common stock.
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24 Since February 1, 2004, there has not been nor is there currently proposed any transaction or series of similar transactions to which Marvell was or will be a party in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $60,000 and in which any director, executive officer, holder of more than 5% of Marvell's stock or any member of his or her immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, except as noted below. In October 2001, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a privately-held design technology firm for certain computer-aided design software. The Company selected this product after an evaluation of competitive products on the strength of its merits. One of the officers of the design technology firm is the brother of an officer and director of Marvell and is also a shareholder of Marvell. The design technology firm was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in December 2001 and the lease agreement was subsequently amended in 2002. Total principal, interest and maintenance payments over the 31/2 year term of the lease agreement will be $20.7 million. During fiscal year 2005, the Company incurred approximately $612,000 of business travel and airplane operating expenses from an unrelated third-party entity, ACM Aviation, Inc. (ACM). The airplane provided by ACM to the Company is owned by Estopia Air, LLC (Estopia Air), a Delaware limited liability company, owned and controlled by Dr. Sehat Sutardja, the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Weili Dai, the Company's Executive Vice President and director. ACM manages and operates the airplane on behalf of Estopia Air. The approximately $612,000 of expenses was the result of the Company's use of the plane for business travel purposes. The cost of such usage charged to the Company was determined based on market prices. In February 2005, the Company, through its subsidiaries Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. and Marvell Asia Pte. Ltd., entered into a development agreement with MagnetoX. This development agreement is on substantially similar terms as other development agreements with other third parties. Herbert Chang, one of the Company's directors, is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of MagnetoX. Estopia LLC is a shareholder of MagnetoX. Dr. Sehat Sutardja, the Company's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Weili Dai, the Company's Executive Vice President and director, through their ownership and control of Estopia LLC, are indirect shareholders of MagnetoX. The amount proposed to be paid by MagnetoX for fiscal 2006 under the development agreement is approximately $1.0 million.
Under United States federal securities laws, any proposal of an eligible shareholder of the Company that such shareholder wishes to have considered for inclusion in the Company's proxy solicitation materials relating to the Company's 2006 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders must be received by the Company at its principal executive offices no later than December 29, 2005. Under United States federal securities laws, a shareholder is eligible to present proposals to the Board of Directors if he or she is the record or beneficial owner of at least one percent or $2,000 in market value of securities entitled to be voted at the 2006 Annual General Meeting and has held such securities for at least one year, and he or she continues to own such securities through the date on which the meeting is held. Although information received after such date will not be included in proxy materials sent to shareholders, a shareholder proposal for the nomination of directors may still be presented at the Annual General Meeting if such proposal complies with the Company's Bye-Laws then in effect. In accordance with Bye-law 34 of the Company's Amended and Restated Bye-Laws currently in effect, shareholder nominations for election of directors may be voted on at an Annual General Meeting only if such nominations are made pursuant to written notice timely given to the Corporate Secretary accompanied by certain information. To be timely, a shareholder's written notice must be received at 25 the principal executive offices of the Company not earlier than the 90th day prior to anniversary of the prior year's Annual General Meeting nor later than the 60th day prior to such anniversary. Under Bye-Laws 12(5)(b) and 34 of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Bye-laws, to be timely the shareholder's written notice must be received by the Company not less than 60 nor more than 180 days prior to the date set for annual meeting (or if no such date is set, the date that is not less than 60 nor more than 180 days prior to the anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting). The notice must contain the name and business background of any person being nominated by such shareholder as a director and all material information on any proposal, statement or resolution to be put to the meeting and details of the shareholder submitting the proposal, statement or resolution, as well as other information that may be specified by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors will review proposals from eligible shareholders which it receives by that date and will determine whether any such proposal has been received in accordance with the Company's Bye-Laws then in effect and whether any such proposal will be acted upon at the Annual General Meeting. All shareholder proposals should be sent to the Secretary at the Company's principal executive offices located at Canon's Court, 22 Victoria Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda. In addition, Section 79 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda provides that shareholders representing either: (i) 5% of the total voting power of the shares of common stock eligible to vote at a general meeting of the Company or (ii) not less than one hundred shareholders may propose any resolution which may be properly be moved at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or circulate a statement with respect to any matter referred to in a proposed resolution at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company. To be timely, the proposal requiring notice of a resolution must be deposited at the registered office of the Company at least six weeks before the Annual General Meeting. Notice of a statement referred to in a proposed resolution must be deposited at the registered office of the Company not less than one week prior to the Annual General Meeting. In each case, the shareholders proposing the requisition must deposit with the Company funds sufficient to meet the Company's expenses incurred to give effect to the shareholder proposal. At the time of preparation of this proxy statement, the Board of Directors of the Company was not aware of any other matters to be brought before the Annual General Meeting. No eligible shareholder had submitted notice of any proposal before the printing and mailing of this proxy statement. However, if any other matters are properly presented for action, in the absence of instructions to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy to vote, or refrain from voting, in accordance with their respective best judgment on such matters.
Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers, officers and directors of the Company and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of the common stock of the Company are required to file with the SEC and the NASD and furnish to the Company reports of ownership and change in ownership with respect to all equity securities of the Company. Based solely on its review of the copies of such reports received by it during or with respect to the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005, and written representations from such reporting persons, the Company believes that its officers, directors and 10% shareholders in fiscal 2005 complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to such individuals with the exception of the following late filings: (a) Mr. Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; (b) Dr. John Cioffi was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; (c) Ms. Weili Dai was late 26 filing her Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; (d) Dr. Paul Gray was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; (e) Mr. George Hervey was late filing his Form 4 with respect to two transactions, which were subsequently reported on a Form 4; (f) Mr. Douglas King was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; (g) Dr. Pantas Sutardja was late filing his Form 4 with respect to two transactions, which were subsequently reported on a Form 4; (h) Dr. Sehat Sutardja was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4; and (i) Mr. Ronald Verdoorn was late filing his Form 4 with respect to one transaction, which was subsequently reported on a Form 4. Along with this proxy statement, the Company has provided each shareholder entitled to vote, a copy of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 29, 2005 without the exhibits thereto. The Company will provide, without charge, a copy of its 2005 Form 10-K, or a copy of the exhibits to its 2005 Form 10-K, upon the written or oral request of any shareholder or beneficial owner of common stock. Requests should be directed to the following address: | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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