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This excerpt taken from the QADI DEF 14A filed May 22, 2009. Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
The fees billed or expected to be billed by KPMG for
professional services rendered to the Company during fiscal year
2009 and fiscal year 2008 are set forth below. The Audit
Committee has concluded that the provision of the non-audit
services described below by KPMG to the Company did not and does
not impair or compromise their independence. All such services
were pre-approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with the
pre-approval policy described above.
The fees billed by KPMG for fiscal years 2009 and 2008 for
services rendered to the Company were as follows:
Audit Fees. These amounts represent fees
billed or expected to be billed by KPMG for professional
services rendered for the audits of the Company’s annual
financial statements for the fiscal years ended January 31,
2009 and 2008, the reviews of the financial statements including
the Company Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q,
and services related to statutory and regulatory filings and
engagements for such fiscal years. Audit fees also represent
fees billed or expected to be billed by KPMG for professional
services rendered for the audits of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal years
ended January 31, 2009 and 2008.
Audit-Related Fees. These amounts represent
fees billed or expected to be billed by KPMG for professional
services rendered that were reasonably related to the
performance of the audits or the reviews of the Company’s
financial statements for fiscal years 2009 and 2008 (but which
are not included under “Audit Fees” above).
Audit-Related fees consist principally of certain
agreed-upon
procedures engagements.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy. The Audit
Committee has adopted a policy for the pre-approval of all audit
and permitted non-audit services that may be performed by the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Under this policy, each year, at the time it engages the
independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit
Committee pre-approves the audit engagement terms and fees and
may also pre-approve detailed types of audit-related and
permitted tax services to be performed during the year. All
other permitted non-audit services are required to be
pre-approved by the Audit Committee on an
engagement-by-engagement
basis. The
Audit Committee may delegate its authority to pre-approve
services to one or more of its members whose activities are
reported to the Audit Committee at each regularly scheduled
meeting.
This excerpt taken from the QADI DEF 14A filed May 13, 2008. Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
The fees billed by KPMG for fiscal years 2008 and 2007 for
services rendered to the Company were as follows:
Audit Fees. These amounts represent fees for
the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial
statements, the review of financial statements included in the
Company’s quarterly
Form 10-Q
reports, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act required audit of the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting, and the services that an independent
auditor would customarily provide in connection with subsidiary
audits, statutory requirements, regulatory filings, and similar
engagements for the fiscal year.
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-Related Fees consist
of assurance and related services that are reasonably related to
the performance of the audit review of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements. This category includes fees
related to a benefit plan audit in one of our foreign
jurisdictions.
Tax Fees. These fees consist generally of the
two categories of tax compliance and return preparation, and of
tax planning and advice. For fiscal year 2008, fees for tax
compliance and return preparation were $14,000 and fees for tax
planning and advice were $1,000. For fiscal year 2007, fees
incurred for tax compliance and return preparation were $9,000
and fees for tax planning and advice were $22,000. The tax
compliance and return preparation services consisted of the
preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for
refunds, and support during income tax audit or inquiries.
Table of Contents
The Audit Committee has established a policy regarding
pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services
provided by the independent auditor. Each year, the Audit
Committee approves the terms on which the independent auditor is
engaged for the ensuing fiscal year. At least quarterly, the
Committee reviews and, if appropriate, pre-approves services to
be performed by the independent auditor, reviews a report
summarizing fiscal year-to-date services provided by the
independent auditor, and reviews an updated projection of the
fiscal year’s estimated fees. The Audit Committee, as
permitted by its pre-approval policy, from time to time
delegates the approval of certain permitted services or classes
of services to a member of the Committee. The Committee then
reviews the delegate’s approval decisions each quarter.
Required
Vote
You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or
“ABSTAIN” on the ratification of the selection of KPMG
as our independent auditor. The affirmative vote of the majority
of the shares represented and voting at the meeting will be
required for approval. Neither abstentions nor broker non-votes
have any effect on the outcome of the proposal.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote
FOR the proposal. This excerpt taken from the QADI DEF 14A filed May 21, 2007. Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
The fees billed by KPMG for fiscal years 2007 and 2006 for
services rendered to the Company were as follows:
Audit Fees. These amounts represent
fees for the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated
financial statements, the review of financial statements
included in the Company’s quarterly
Form 10-Q
reports, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act required audit of
management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting and the
KPMG independent audit of internal controls over financial
reports, and the services that an independent auditor would
customarily provide in connection with subsidiary audits,
statutory requirements, regulatory filings, and similar
engagements for the fiscal year.
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-Related Fees
consist of assurance and related services that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit review of the
Company’s consolidated financial statements. This category
includes fees related to a benefit plan audit in one of our
foreign jurisdictions and the appropriateness of retained
earnings in one of our foreign jurisdictions.
Tax Fees. These fees consist generally
of the two categories of tax compliance and return preparation,
and of tax planning and advice. For fiscal year 2007, fees for
tax compliance and return preparation were $9,000 and fees for
tax planning and advice were $22,000. For fiscal year 2006, fees
incurred for tax compliance and return preparation were $17,000
and fees for tax planning and advice were $37,000. The tax
compliance and return preparation services consisted of the
preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for
refunds, and support during income tax audit or inquiries.
This excerpt taken from the QADI DEF 14A filed Jun 6, 2005. Principal Accounting Fees and Services The following table presents fees for professional audit services rendered by the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, KPMG LLP ("KPMG"), for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements for fiscal year 2005 and fees billed for other services rendered by KMPG.
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