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This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 6, 2005.

Fees to Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2004 and 2003

 

The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and internal control over financial reporting for fiscal 2004 and the annual financial statements for fiscal 2003, together with fees for audit-related services and tax services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2003.

 

     Fiscal 2004

   Fiscal 2003

     (in millions)

(1)    Audit fees

   $ 15.4    $ 12.2

(2)    Audit-related fees (a)

     5.3      5.7

(3)    Tax fees (b)

     5.6      6.3

(4)    All other fees

         

 

(a)   Principally audits of employee benefit plans and other related entities and services with respect to internal controls.

 

(b)   Principally tax compliance services (primarily U.S. federal and international returns) and tax examination assistance. The Company is in the process of transitioning to in-house completion of federal tax compliance work over a period of three years and therefore expects tax fees to decline significantly over that time frame.

 

All audit, audit related and tax services were pre-approved by the Audit Committee, which concluded that the provision of such services by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was compatible with the maintenance of that firm’s independence in the conduct of its auditing functions. The Audit Committee’s Outside Auditor Independence Policy provides for pre-approval of specifically described audit, audit-related and tax services by the Committee on an annual basis, but individual engagements anticipated to exceed pre-established thresholds must be separately approved. The policy also requires specific approval by the Committee if total fees for audit-related and tax services would exceed total fees for audit services in any fiscal year. The policy authorizes the Committee to delegate to one or more of its members pre-approval authority with respect to permitted services.

 

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