Our audit committee was advised that there were no services provided by Deloitte that were unrelated to the audit of the annual fiscal year-end financial statements and the review of interim financial statements that could impair Deloitte from maintaining its independence as our independent auditor and concluded that it was independent. Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures In accordance with our audit committee pre-approval policy, all audit services performed for us by our independent registered public accounting firm were pre-approved by our audit committee. The pre-approval policy provides for categorical pre-approval of specified audit and permissible non-audit services. Services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm that are not within the category of pre-approved services must be approved by our audit committee prior to engagement, regardless of the service being requested or the dollar amount involved. Requests or applications for services that require specific separate approval by our audit committee are required to be submitted to the audit committee, and must include a description of the services to be provided and a statement by the independent registered public accounting firm and our principal accounting officer confirming that the provision of the proposed services does not impair the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. Our audit committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approval decisions to our audit committee at its next scheduled meeting. Our audit committee does not delegate to management its responsibilities to pre-approve services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm.
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