Company: COOT
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001641172-25-014422
Chunk: 89

Company: Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 89
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The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight of the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board and such other matters as specified in the Audit Committee’s charter or as directed by the Board. Our Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged by us for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for us (or to nominate the independent registered public accounting firm for shareholder approval), and each such registered public accounting firm must report directly to the Audit Committee. Our Audit Committee must approve in advance all audit, review and attest services and all non-audit services (including, in each case, the engagement and terms thereof) to be performed by our independent auditors, in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Our Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate in accordance with the rules of Nasdaq and is independent under Nasdaq’s director independence standards and applicable SEC rules. In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Gowri Shankar qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by SEC rules.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee (i) assists the Board in discharging its responsibilities with respect to compensation of the Company’s executive officers and directors, (ii) evaluates the performance of the executive officers of the Company, and (iii) administers the Company’s stock and incentive compensation plans and recommends changes in such plans to the Board as needed. Our Board has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee is independent under Nasdaq’s director independence standards and applicable SEC rules. Among other things, our Compensation Committee is responsible for:

| ● | evaluating                                                                                                           
 the performance of our Chief Executive Officer;                                                                      |
| ● | evaluating                                                                                                           
 the performance of our other executive officers (including officers reporting under Section 16 of the Exchange Act); |
| ● | reviewing                                                                                                            
 and approving our overall compensation philosophy, programs, policies, and practices;                                |
| ● | administering                                                                                                        
 our Clawback Policy; and                                                                                             |
| ● | reviewing                                                                                                            
 and developing short- and long-term management succession plans.                                                     |

The Compensation Committee may form and delegate responsibility to subcommittees as it deems necessary or appropriate, provided that any subcommittee must meet all applicable independence requirements.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assists the Board in (i) identifying qualified individuals to become directors, (ii) determining the composition