EX-99.4 5 o30540exv99w4.htm PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

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EXHIBIT 99. 4
For fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, KPMG LLP and its affiliates were paid by Cameco Corporation and its subsidiaries the following fees:

|  | 2005 |  |  | 2004 |
Audit fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cameco — audit |  | $ | 389,000 |  |  | $ | 386,000 |
Cameco — securities |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | — |
Centerra — audit |  |  | 574,800 |  |  |  | 400,500 |
Centerra — securities |  |  | — |  |  |  | 275,000 |
|  | $ | 1,063,800 |  |  | $ | 1,061,500 |
Audit — related fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bruce Power Reorganization |  | $ | 70,000 |  |  |  | — |
SOX 404 Scoping Project |  |  | 35,000 |  |  | $ | 75,000 |
Translation services |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 9,000 |
Accounting disclosure |  |  | — |  |  |  | 14,000 |
Pensions and other |  |  | 7,500 |  |  |  | 10,700 |
|  | $ | 122,500 |  |  | $ | 108,700 |
Tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compliance |  | $ | 160,400 |  |  | $ | 83,800 |
Planning and advice |  |  | 36,400 |  |  |  | 55,400 |
|  | $ | 196,800 |  |  | $ | 139,200 |
All other fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 1,383,100 |  |  | $ | 1,309,400 |

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
As part of Cameco’s corporate governance practices, under Cameco’s audit committee charter, the audit committee is required to pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the external auditors. Unless a type of service is to be provided by the external auditors receives general pre-approval, it requires specific pre-approval by Cameco’s audit committee or audit committee chair, or in the absence of the audit committee chair, a member of the audit committee as designated by the audit committee. All pre-approvals granted pursuant to the delegated authority must be presented by the member(s) who granted the pre-approvals to the full audit committee at its next meeting. The audit committee has adopted a written policy to provide procedures to implement the foregoing principles.