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This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed May 29, 2009. The following is the report of the audit committee with respect to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that the company specifically incorporates the information by reference in such filing. Established on March 21, 2000, the audit committee is currently comprised of three independent directors: Dr. Gromer, its Chairman, and Messrs. Chang and Krueger. Dr. Gromer was appointed to the audit committee and as chairman in December 2007, Mr. Chang was appointed to the audit committee on April 17, 2008, and Mr. Krueger was appointed to the audit committee in August 2005. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009, Dr. Gray also served on the audit committee until his resignation effective as of April 11, 2008. The purpose of the audit committee is to assist our board of directors in its general oversight of our financial reporting, internal controls and audit functions. The audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, evaluation, compensation, oversight and termination of our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee reviews the results and scope of audit and other services provided by the independent auditors and reviews the accounting principles and auditing practices and procedures to be used in our financial reporting process, including its systems of internal control, and in the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our independent registered public accounting firm for the last fiscal year, PricewaterhouseCoopers, is responsible for performing an independent audit of those financial statements. As more fully explained in the audit committees charter, the audit committees responsibility is to provide oversight of and to review those processes. The audit committee does not conduct auditing or accounting reviews or procedures, and relies on information and representations provided by management and the independent auditors. The audit committee has relied on managements representation that the financial statements have been prepared with integrity and objectivity and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and on the representations of the independent registered public accounting firm included in their report on our financial statements. The audit committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with our management. Management is responsible for maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The audit committee was kept apprised of the progress of managements assessment of our internal control over financial reporting and provided oversight to management during the process. In connection with this oversight, the audit committee received periodic updates provided by management at meetings throughout the year. At the conclusion of the process, management provided the audit committee with a report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. The audit committee reviewed this report of management and Item 9A, Control and Procedures, contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009 filed with the SEC, as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers report of independent registered public accounting firm (included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K) relating to its audit of the consolidated financial statements. The audit committee also reviewed with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers (a) matters related to the conduct of the audit of the consolidated financial statements by the independent registered public accounting firm and its audit of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and (b) the additional analyses undertaken and procedures performed by us to support certifications by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer that are required by the SEC and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to accompany our periodic filings with the SEC. In addition, the audit committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with PricewaterhouseCoopers, including such items as Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended, Communication with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The
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Table of Contentsaudit committee has received from the independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the written disclosures and the letter required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the audit committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. After review of all discussions and all written correspondence described above, as well as such other matters deemed relevant and appropriate by the audit committee, the audit committee recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial statements for the last fiscal year be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. The audit committee re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending January 30, 2010, subject to our shareholders approving such appointment at the annual general meeting of shareholders. This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed Sep 14, 2007. The following is the report of the audit committee with respect to the companys audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2007. The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the company specifically incorporates the information by reference in such filing. Established on March 21, 2000, the audit committee is currently comprised of three independent directors: Douglas King, its Chairman, Paul R. Gray, Ph.D., and Arturo Krueger. During the 2007 fiscal year Kuo Wei (Herbert) Chang also served on the committee until his resignation effective as of March 10, 2006. The purpose of the audit committee is to assist the board of directors in its general oversight of the companys financial reporting, internal controls and audit functions. The audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, evaluation, compensation, oversight and termination of the companys independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee reviews the results and scope of audit and other services provided by the independent auditors and reviews the accounting principles and auditing practices and procedures to be used in the companys financial reporting process, including its systems of internal control, and in the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The companys independent registered public accounting firm for the last fiscal year, PricewaterhouseCoopers, is responsible for performing an independent audit of those financial statements. As more fully explained in the audit committees charter, the audit committees responsibility is to provide oversight of and to review those processes. The audit committee does not conduct auditing or accounting reviews or procedures, and relies on information and representations provided by management and the independent auditors. The audit committee has relied on managements representation that the financial statements have been prepared with integrity and objectivity and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and on the representations of the independent auditors included in their report on the companys financial statements. The audit committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management of the company. Management is responsible for maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for assessing the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. In addition to its independent audit of the companys financial statements, PricewaterhouseCoopers has the responsibility for auditing managements assessment of, and the effectiveness of, internal control over financial reporting and expressing an opinion thereon based on its audit. The audit committee was kept apprised of the progress of managements assessment of the companys internal control over financial reporting and provided oversight to management during the process. In connection with this oversight, the audit committee received periodic updates provided by management and PricewaterhouseCoopers at meetings throughout the year. At the conclusion of the process, management provided the audit committee with a report on the effectiveness of the companys internal control over financial reporting. The audit committee reviewed this report of management and Item 9A, Control and Procedures, contained in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 27, 2007 filed with the SEC, as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers report of independent registered public accounting firm (included in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K) relating to its audit of (i) the consolidated financial statements, (ii) managements and the independent auditors assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and (iii) the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. The audit committee also reviewed with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers (a) the companys completed, current and planned initiatives to remediate material weaknesses in the companys internal control over financial reporting as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and (b) the additional analyses undertaken and procedures performed by the company to support 30 certifications by the companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer that are required by the SEC and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to accompany the companys periodic filings with the SEC. In addition, the audit committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with PricewaterhouseCoopers, including such items as Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The audit committee has received from the independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, Independence Discussions with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and the audit committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. After review of all discussions and all written correspondence described above, as well as such other matters deemed relevant and appropriate by the audit committee, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors that the audited financial statements for the last fiscal year be included in the companys Annual Report on Form 10-K and in this proxy statement. This excerpt taken from the MRVL DEF 14A filed May 8, 2006. REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
As members of the Audit Committee for the 2006 fiscal year, we assist the Board of Directors in discharging its responsibilities relating to the oversight of the accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, financial practices and audit activities of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is an independent director as defined under the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. The Board of Directors has determined that Douglas King is independent and meets the Securities and Exchange Commissions definition of audit committee financial expert as that term is used in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). The Audit Committee operates under a charter that was approved by the Board of Directors, a copy of which is attached hereto as Appendix A. It is also available on the Companys Investors Relations Website (www.marvell.com/investors). In fulfilling its oversight role, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the audited financial statements of the Company. It is not the duty of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the financial statements are complete and accurate and conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation, and integrity of the Companys financial statements, accounting and financial reporting principles, internal controls, and procedures designed to ensure compliance with accounting standards, applicable laws and regulations. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Companys independent registered public accounting firm, is responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of the Companys audited financial statements to generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee has met privately with PricewaterhouseCoopers and discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 61, as amended by SAS No. 90 (Communication with Audit Committees), and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation S-X, Rule 2-07. In addition, PricewaterhouseCoopers has provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and the Audit Committee discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers its independence from the Company and the Companys management. The Audit Committee also considered PricewaterhouseCoopers provision of non-audit services to the Company and determined that such provision of such services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 2006, for filing with the SEC and that PricewaterhouseCoopers be nominated for appointment as the independent registered public accounting firm to act as auditors for the Company for fiscal 2007, subject to the approval thereof by the Companys shareholders at the Companys next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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