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This excerpt taken from the OGE DEF 14A filed Apr 3, 2008. REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE
The audit committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Audit Committee”) oversees the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management, however, has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process including the systems of internal controls.
The Audit Committee has five members, none of whom has any relationship to the Company that interferes with the exercise of his or her independence from management and the Company, and each of whom qualifies as independent under the standards used by the New York Stock Exchange, where the Company’s shares are listed. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter that has been approved by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee annually reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter. Among other things, the charter specifies the policies for selecting the auditors (including rotation for the audit partner) and the scope of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities and how it carries out those responsibilities, including structure, processes and membership requirements.
In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding the 2007 financial statements, the Audit Committee reviewed with Company management the audited financial statements contained in our Annual Report. The Audit Committee’s review included a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.
The Audit Committee also reviewed with the Company’s independent auditors the Company’s 2007 financial statements and management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s independent auditors are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of our audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our review with the independent auditors included a discussion of the auditors’ judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Company’s accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended. In addition, the Audit Committee discussed with the independent auditors the auditors’ independence from management and the Company, including the matters in the written disclosures received by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The Audit Committee also discussed with the Company’s internal and independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their respective audits for 2008. The Audit Committee meets with the internal and independent auditors, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Company’s internal controls, and the overall quality of the Company’s financial reporting. The Audit Committee held six meetings during 2007 and the Chairman of the Audit Committee conducted one conference with management by telephone to discuss Audit Committee matters.
This excerpt taken from the OGE DEF 14A filed Mar 30, 2007. REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE
The audit committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Audit Committee) oversees the Companys financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management, however, has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process including the systems of internal controls.
The Audit Committee has five members, none of whom has any relationship to the Company that interferes with the exercise of his or her independence from management and the Company, and each of whom qualifies as independent under the standards used by the New York Stock Exchange, where the Companys shares are listed. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter that has been approved by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee annually reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter. Among other things, the charter specifies the policies for selecting the auditors (including rotation for the audit partner) and the scope of the Audit Committees responsibilities and how it carries out those responsibilities, including structure, processes and membership requirements.
In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding the 2006 financial statements, the Audit Committee reviewed with Company management the audited financial statements contained in our Annual Report. The Audit Committees review included a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.
The Audit Committee also reviewed with the Companys independent auditors the Companys 2006 financial statements and managements assessment of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. The Companys independent auditors are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of our audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and on managements assessment of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Our review with the independent auditors included a discussion of the auditors judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Companys accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the Audit Committee under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended. In addition, the Audit Committee discussed with the independent auditors the auditors independence from management and the Company, including the matters in the written disclosures received by the Audit Committee pursuant to Rule 3600T of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
The Audit Committee also discussed with the Companys internal and independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their respective audits for 2007. The Audit Committee meets with the internal and independent auditors, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their examinations, their evaluations of the Companys internal controls, and the overall quality of the Companys financial reporting. The Audit Committee held four meetings during 2006 and the Chairman of the Audit Committee conducted six conferences with management by telephone or in person, to discuss Audit Committee matters.
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