| 1. |
To
select or retain each year a firm or firms of independent accountants
to
audit the accounts and records of the Corporation, to approve the
terms of
compensation of such independent accountants (including negotiating
and
executing on behalf of the Corporation engagement letters) and to
terminate such independent accountants as it deems
appropriate.
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| 2. |
To
pre-approve any independent accountants’ engagement to render audit and/or
permissible non-audit services (including the fees charged and proposed
to
be charged by the independent accountants), subject to the de minimis
exceptions under Section 10A(i)(1)(B) of the Exchange Act, and as
otherwise required by law.
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| 3. |
The
Audit Committee may delegate its pre-approval responsibilities to
one or
more of its members. The member(s) to whom such responsibility is
delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval
decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled
meeting.
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| 4. |
To
obtain and review a report from the independent accountants at least
annually regarding:
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| 5. |
To
evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of the
independent accountants, including the
following:
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| 6. |
To
ensure the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having
primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible
for
reviewing the audit as required by law. To consider whether, in order
to
assure continuing auditor independence, it is appropriate to adopt
a
policy of rotating the independent accounting firm on a regular
basis.
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| 7. |
To
recommend to the Board policies for the Corporation’s hiring of employees
or former employees of the independent accountants who participated
in any
capacity in the audit of the
Corporation.
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| 8. |
To
discuss with the national office of the independent accountants issues
on
which they were consulted by the Corporation’s audit team and matters of
audit quality and consistency.
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| 9. |
To
consider the effect on the Corporation
of:
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| 10. |
To
review a presentation by the independent accountants with respect
to the
Corporation’s qualification under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue
Code and amounts distributed and reported to shareholders for Federal
tax
purposes.
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| 11. |
To
annually review a formal written statement from the independent
accountants delineating all relationships between the independent
accountants and the Corporation, consistent with applicable standards
of
the Independence Standards Board, and discussing with the independent
accountants their methods and procedures for insuring
independence.
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| 12. |
To
evaluate the cooperation received by the independent accountants
during
their audit examination, including any significant difficulties with
the
audit or any restrictions on the scope of their activities or access
to
required records, data or information, significant disagreements
with
management and management’s response, if
any.
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| 13. |
To
interact with the Corporation’s independent accountants, including
reviewing and, where necessary, resolving disagreements that have
arisen
between management and the independent accountants regarding financial
reporting.
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| 14. |
To
review and discuss with management and the independent accountants
the
annual audited financial statements, including disclosures made in
management’s discussion and analysis, and recommend to the Board whether
the audited financial statements should be included in the Corporation’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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| 15. |
To
review and discuss with management and the independent accountants
the
Corporation’s quarterly financial statements prior to the filing of its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, including the results of the independent
accountants’ reviews of the quarterly financial
statements.
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| 16. |
To
meet with the Corporation’s independent accountants at least four times
during each fiscal year, including private meetings, and review written
materials prepared by the independent accountants, as
appropriate.
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| 17. |
To
obtain from the independent accountants assurance that Section 10A(b)
of
the Exchange Act has not been
implicated.
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| 18. |
To
investigate, when the Audit Committee deems it necessary, improprieties
or
suspected improprieties in Corporation operations.
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| 19. |
To
establish and maintain procedures for the following, including considering
exceptions to and responding to alleged violations of such procedures
as
the Audit Committee shall consider
appropriate:
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| 20. |
To
discuss with management, the independent accountants, outside counsel,
as
appropriate, and, in the judgment of the Audit Committee, such special
counsel, separate accounting firm and other consultants and advisors
as
the Audit Committee deems appropriate, any correspondence with regulators
or governmental agencies and any published reports which raise material
issues regarding the Corporation’s financial statements or accounting
policies.
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| 21. |
To
discuss with the Corporation’s counsel legal matters that may have a
material impact on the financial statements or the Company’s compliance
policies.
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| 22. |
To
recommend to the Board of Directors the appointment of the Corporation’s
principal accounting officer and principal financial
officer.
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| 23. |
To
review the results of management’s efforts to monitor compliance with the
Corporation’s programs and policies designed to ensure adherence to
applicable laws and rules, including the Corporation’s Code of Ethics (the
“Code”).
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| 24. |
To
consider whether to grant any approvals or waivers sought under the
Corporation’s Code adopted pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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| 25. |
To
review any alleged violations under the Corporation’s Code and to make any
recommendations to the Board of Directors as it deems
appropriate.
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| 26. |
To
require the Treasurer or other appropriate officers of the Corporation,
internal accounting staff, and individuals with internal audit
responsibilities, on such reasonable notice as the Audit Committee
may
provide, to meet with the Audit Committee for consultation on audit,
accounting and related financial
matters.
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| 27. |
To
review disclosures made to the Audit Committee by the Corporation’s chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, or persons performing
similar roles, during their certification process for the Corporation’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q concerning
any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls or material weaknesses in such controls, and any fraud involving
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Corporation’s internal controls.
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| 28. |
To
discuss with management the Corporation’s major financial risk exposures
and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures,
including the Corporation’s risk assessment and risk management
policies.
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| 29. |
Periodically,
to meet in separate session with the independent accountants, internal
auditors or other personnel responsible for the internal audit function,
as appropriate, and management to discuss any matters the Audit Committee,
the independent accountants, the internal auditors or management
believe
should be discussed privately.
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| 30. |
To
review and discuss with management the Corporation’s compliance with the
provisions set forth in the Fifth Article of the Corporation’s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation governing the Corporation’s
structure as a SPAC and any Agreements (as defined in the Corporation’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) referenced therein
(collectively, the “SPAC
Provisions”).
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| 31. |
To
investigate, when the Audit Committee deems it necessary, deviations
or
suspected deviations with respect to compliance with the SPAC Provisions,
including directing the officers of the Corporation to enforce the
SPAC
Provisions.
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| 32. |
To
discuss with the Corporation’s counsel legal matters that may have a
material impact on compliance with the SPAC
Provisions.
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| 33. |
To
take all actions as the Audit Committee may deem necessary and appropriate
to ensure compliance with the SPAC
Provisions.
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| 34. |
To
report its activities to the Board on a regular basis and to make
such
recommendations with respect to the matters described above and other
matters as the Audit Committee may deem necessary or
appropriate.
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