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RF MONOLITHICS, INC.

AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

Adopted November 13, 2007

I. Composition of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of RF Monolithics, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be comprised of at least three directors each of whom is (i) “independent” under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., except as provided below and permitted by Nasdaq Rule 4350(d) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules promulgated thereunder, (ii) does not accept any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or any committee of the Board, (iii) is not an “affiliate” of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (iv) does not own or control 20% or more of the Company’s voting securities. All members of the Committee must be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement, and the Committee shall have at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background which results in the member’s financial sophistication.

Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, one director who is not “independent” under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., who does not accept any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or any committee of the Board, who is not an “affiliate” of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, who does not or own or control 20% or more of the Company’s voting securities, and who is not a current officer or employee, or a person who is a relative by blood, marriage or adoption of, or who has the same residence as, any current officer or employee, may be appointed to the Committee if the Board, under exceptional and limited circumstances, shall have determined that such individual’s membership on the Committee is required by the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and the Board discloses, in the next annual meeting proxy statement subsequent to such determination, the nature of the relationship, and the reasons for the determination. Any such member appointed to the Committee may only serve for up to two years and may not chair the Committee.

No member of the Audit Committee may receive, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the Company other than (i) director’s fees, which may be received in cash, stock options or other in-kind consideration ordinarily available to directors; (ii) a pension or other deferred compensation for prior service that is not contingent on future service; and (iii) any other regular benefits that other directors receive.

Members shall be appointed by the Board based on nominations recommended by a majority of the Company’s independent directors, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Company’s independent directors and for such term or terms as the Company’s independent directors may determine.

The Board shall designate one member of the Audit Committee as its chairperson. In the event of a tie vote on any issue, the chairperson’s vote shall decide the issue.

II. Purposes of the Audit Committee

The purpose of the Audit Committee is to oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company and the audits of the financial statements of the Company

The function of the Audit Committee is oversight. The management of the Company is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and for the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Management and the internal auditing department are responsible for maintaining appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and internal controls and procedures that provide for compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. The independent auditors are responsible for planning and carrying out a proper audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, reviews of the Company’s quarterly financial statements prior to the filing of each quarterly report on Form 10-Q, annually auditing management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (commencing when required by applicable SEC regulations) and other procedures. In fulfilling their responsibilities hereunder, it is recognized that members of the Audit Committee are not full-time employees of the Company and are not, and do not represent themselves to be, performing the functions of auditors or accountants. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its members to conduct “field work” or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures or to set auditor independence standards.

The independent auditors for the Company are accountable to the Board and the Audit Committee, as representatives of the shareholders. The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, retention, compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditors (including resolving disagreements between management and the independent auditors regarding financial reporting). The independent auditors shall report directly to the Audit Committee.

The independent auditors shall submit to the Audit Committee annually a formal written statement (the “Auditors’ Statement”) describing: each non-audit service provided to the Company and at least the matters set forth in Independence Standards Board No. 1.

The independent auditors shall submit to the Audit Committee annually a formal written statement of the fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for each of the following categories of services rendered by the independent auditors: (i) the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or services that are normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements; (ii) assurance and related services not included in clause (i) that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements, in the aggregate and by each service; (iii) tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning services, in the aggregate and by each service; and (iv) all other products and services rendered by the independent auditors, in the aggregate and by each service.

III. Meetings of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee shall meet once every fiscal quarter, or more frequently if circumstances dictate, to discuss with management the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements, as applicable. The Audit Committee shall meet separately once every fiscal year, or more frequently if circumstances dictate, with management, the director of the internal auditing department (if then in existence) and the independent auditors to discuss any matters that the Audit Committee or any of these persons or firms believe should be discussed privately. The Audit Committee may request any officer or employee of the Company or the Company’s outside counsel or independent auditors to attend a meeting of the Audit Committee or to meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Audit Committee. Members of the Audit Committee may participate in a meeting of the Audit Committee by means of conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

IV. Duties and Powers of the Audit Committee

To carry out its purposes, the Audit Committee shall have the following duties and powers:

1. with respect to the independent auditors,

    (i) to directly appoint, retain, compensate, evaluate, and terminate the independent auditors, including sole authority to approve all audit engagement fees and terms;

    (ii) to pre-approve, or to adopt appropriate procedures to pre-approve, all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors;

    (iii) to ensure that the independent auditors prepare and deliver annually an Auditors’ Statement (it being understood that the independent auditors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of this Statement), and to discuss with the independent auditors any relationships or services disclosed in this Statement that may impact the quality of audit services or the objectivity and independence of the Company’s independent auditors;

    (iv) to obtain from the independent auditors in connection with any audit a timely report relating to the Company’s annual audited financial statements describing all critical accounting policies and practices used, all alternative treatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting principles that have been discussed with management, ramifications of the use of such alternative disclosures and treatments, and the treatment preferred by the independent auditors, and any material written communications between the independent auditors and management, such as any “management” letter or schedule of unadjusted differences;

    (v) to discuss with management the timing and process for implementing the rotation of the lead audit partner, the concurring partner and any other active audit engagement team partner;

    (vi) to review and approve all related party transactions of the Company; and

    (vii) to instruct the independent auditors that the independent auditors are ultimately accountable to the Board and the Audit Committee, as representatives of the shareholders;

2. with respect to accounting principles and policies, financial reporting principles and policies and internal control over financial reporting,
    (i) to consider any reports or communications (and management’s and/or the internal audit department’s responses thereto) submitted to the Audit Committee by the independent auditors required by or referred to in SAS 61 (as codified by AU Section 380), as it may be modified or supplemented, including reports and communications related to:
    • deficiencies in internal control identified during the audit or other matters relating to internal control over financial reporting;
    • consideration of fraud in a financial statement audit;
    • detection of illegal acts;
    • the independent auditors’ responsibility under generally accepted auditing standards;
    • any restriction on audit scope;
    • significant accounting policies;
    • significant issues discussed with the national office respecting auditing or accounting issues presented by the engagement;
    • management judgments and accounting estimates;
    • any accounting adjustments arising from the audit that were noted or proposed by the auditors but were passed (as immaterial or otherwise);
    • the responsibility of the independent auditors for other information in documents containing audited financial statements;
    • disagreements with management;
    • consultation by management with other accountants;
    • major issues discussed with management prior to retention of the independent auditors;
    • difficulties encountered with management in performing the audit;
    • the independent auditors’ judgments about the quality of the entity’s accounting principles;
    • reviews of interim financial information conducted by the independent auditors; and
    • the responsibilities, budget and staffing of the Company’s internal audit function;

    (ii) to inquire of the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer as to the existence of any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, and any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting;

    (iii) to establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, including without limitation investigation thereof, and for the confidential, anonymous submission by Company employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters; and

    (iv) to establish hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors;

    (v) to review and discuss any reports concerning material violations submitted to it by Company attorneys or outside counsel pursuant to the SEC attorney professional responsibility rules or otherwise;

3. with respect to reporting and recommendations,
    (i) to prepare any report or other disclosures, including any recommendation of the Audit Committee, required by the rules of the SEC to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement report; and

    (ii) to review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the full Board of Directors.

4. with respect to the internal auditing department (if then in existence), to review the appointment and replacement of the director of the internal auditing department.

V. Delegation to Subcommittee

The Audit Committee may, in its discretion, delegate all or a portion of its duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee may, in its discretion, delegate to one or more of its members the authority to pre-approve any audit or non-audit services to be performed by the independent auditors, provided that any such approvals are presented to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

VI. Resources and Authority of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee shall have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the authority to select, retain, terminate, and approve the fees and other retention terms of special or independent counsel, accountants or other experts and advisors, as it deems necessary or appropriate, without seeking approval of the Board or management. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is hereby authorized and directed to provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee in its capacity as a committee of the Board of Directors, for payment of:

    (i) Compensation to any registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company;

    (ii) Compensation to any advisers employed by the Audit Committee under this Charter; and;

    (iii) Ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.


Investor Relations Contacts
Inquiries from shareholders, security analysts, and portfolio managers about RFM, and/or request for a copy of RFM Annual Report on Form 10K should be directed to:
RF Monolithics, Inc.
972-448-3767
Carol Bivings
Investor Relations Director
ir@rfm.com
Transfer Agent
Shareholder correspondence and requests for transfers should be sent to:
Computershare Trust
Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43023
Providence, RI 02940-3023
781-575-3400


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