Company: ACCS
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000843006-25-000014
Chunk: 31

Company: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
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 interests and the best interests of our stockholders. The Audit Committee has not determined what action it would take if the stockholders do not ratify the appointment, but may reconsider the appointment.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE PRE-APPROVAL POLICY

The Audit Committee’s policy is that all audit and non-audit services provided by its independent registered public accounting firm shall either be approved before the independent registered public accounting firm is engaged for the particular services or shall be rendered pursuant to pre-approval procedures established by the Audit Committee. These services may include audit services and permissible audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval spending limits for audit services are established on an annual basis, detailed as to the particular service or category of services to be performed and implemented by our financial officers. Any audit or non-audit service fees that may be incurred by us during a quarter that fall outside the limits pre-approved by the Audit Committee for a particular service or category of services must be reviewed and approved by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee prior to the performance of services. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee reviews and itemizes all fees paid to its independent registered public accounting firm in the prior quarter (including fees approved by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee between regularly scheduled meetings and fees approved by our financial officers pursuant to the pre-approval policies described above) and further reviews and itemizes all fees expected to be paid in the upcoming quarter. The Audit Committee may revise its pre-approval spending limits and policies at any time. None of the fees paid to the independent registered public accounting firm were approved by the Audit Committee after the services were rendered pursuant to the “de minimis” exception established by the SEC for the provision of non-audit services.

VOTE REQUIRED

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our voting securities represented virtually or by proxy at the Annual Meeting will ratify the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm (although stockholder ratification is not required we consider good corporate practice).

| The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Cherry Bekaert LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. |

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

On October 23, 2013, the Company established an Audit Committee of the Board. The Audit Committee currently consists of two members, Messrs. Pollard and Rein. All the members are