Company: WHWK
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-020311
Chunk: 23

Company: Whitehawk Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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Audit Committee

Caley Castelein, Richard Maroun and Emma Reeve serve on the Audit Committee, which is chaired by Ms. Reeve. Our Board has determined that Caley Castelein, M.D., Richard Maroun and Emma Reeve are “independent” for Audit Committee purposes as that term is defined in the rules of the SEC and the applicable Nasdaq rules, and each has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the Audit Committee. Our Board has designated Emma Reeve as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include:

• appointing, compensating, retaining, evaluating, overseeing, and assessing the independence of our independent registered public accounting firm;

• pre-approving auditing and permissible non-audit services, and the terms of such services, to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm;

• reviewing the overall audit plan with our independent registered public accounting firm and members of management responsible for preparing our financial statements;

• reviewing and discussing with management and our independent registered public accounting firm our annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures as well as critical accounting policies and practices used by us;

• reviewing and discussing with management and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm our internal controls over financial reporting;

• adopting and overseeing procedures to address complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters;

• reviewing, approving and monitoring related party transactions involving directors or executive officers of the Company;

• recommending based upon the Audit Committee’s review and discussions with management and our independent registered public accounting firm whether our audited financial statements shall be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K;

• monitoring the integrity of our financial statements and our compliance with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements as they relate to our financial statements and accounting matters;

• setting hiring policies with regard to the hiring of employees or former employees of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and overseeing the compliance with such policies;

• reviewing and discussing with management and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm guidelines and policies to identify, monitor, and address enterprise risks, including cybersecurity risks;

• preparing the Audit Committee report required by SEC rules to be included in our annual proxy statement; and

• reviewing quarterly earnings releases.

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The Audit Committee held five meetings during 2024. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter is available on the Company’s website at www.whitehawktx.com under the Investor Overview section.