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It is the policy of Ayala Corporation to constitute and maintain an Audit Committee which shall provide assistance to the Board of Directors in fulfilling their oversight responsibility to the shareholders relating to:
- tthe Company’s financial statements and the financial reporting process,
- the systems of internal and financial reporting controls,
- the internal audit activity,
- the annual independent audit of the Company’s financial statements, and
- compliance with legal and regulatory matters.
To fulfill this responsibility, the Committee shall maintain free and open communication with the Company’s independent auditors, the internal auditors and the management of the Company.
In discharging its oversight role, the Audit Committee is empowered to investigate any matter brought to its attention, with full access to all records, books of accounts, facilities and personnel of the Company and the power to retain outside counsel or other experts for this purpose.
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