Company: TROW
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-028002
Chunk: 56

Company: PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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 procedures are as follows:

| • | Any                                                                                                                                     
 audit or non-audit service to be provided to Price Group by the independent registered public accounting firm must be submitted to the  
 Audit Committee for review and approval. A description of the services to be performed are presented at a regularly scheduled meeting   
 along with fees to be charged and affirmation that the services are not prohibited under Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |

| • | The                                                                                                                                     
 Audit Committee, in its sole discretion, then approves or disapproves the proposed services and records such preapproval actions in the 
 minutes of the meetings.                                                                                                                |

| • | Any                                                                                                                                       
 audit or non-audit service to be provided to Price Group that is proposed between meetings of the Audit Committee will be submitted to    
 the Audit Committee chair on a properly completed “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Audit and Non-audit Services Request     
 Form.” The form includes a description of the services to be performed, fees to be charged, and affirmation that the services are         
 not prohibited under Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The form must be approved by Price Group’s CEO and president,         
 CFO, or the principal accounting officer prior to the submission to the Audit Committee chair for review and preapproval. The preapproval 
 will be included as an agenda item at the next scheduled Audit Committee meeting for ratification.                                        |

| 78 | T. Rowe Price Group |

Report of the Audit Committee The Audit Committee oversees Price Group’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board. Our committee held seven meetings during 2024. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including internal controls over financial reporting. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing an opinion as to whether Price Group’s financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of the Company in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We appointed KPMG as Price Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 after reviewing the firm’s performance and independence from management, and that appointment was ratified by our stockholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting. We reappointed KPMG as Price Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025 at our February 2025 meeting, after conducting the same set of reviews. In fulfilling our oversight responsibilities, we reviewed and discussed with management the audited financial statements prior to their issuance and publication in the 202