Company: HMDCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000377
Chunk: 633

Company: HUTCHMED (China) Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 16C
Chunk 633
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ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The following table summarizes the fees charged by PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, our principal external auditors, for certain services rendered to our company, including some of our subsidiaries and joint ventures, during 2024 and 2023.
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​               ​   Year ended          
​               ​   December 31,        
​               ​   2024    ​      2023 
​               ​   ($’000)             
Audit fees(1)       2,431          2,682
Tax fees(2)     109         189         
Total(3)            2,540          2,871
Notes:

(1)   “Audit fees” means the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years for professional services rendered by our principal external auditors for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of our interim financial statements, filing of our Form F-3, and regulatory filings related to an ongoing disposal transaction of our equity investee.
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(2)   “Tax fees” means the aggregate fees billed in each of the fiscal years for professional services rendered by our principal external auditors for tax compliance and tax advice.
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(3)   The fees disclosed are exclusive of out-of-pocket expenses and taxes, which totaled approximately $68,000 and $81,000 in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
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Audit Committee Pre-approval Policies and Procedures
Our audit committee reviews and pre-approves the scope and the cost of audit services related to us and permissible non-audit services performed by the independent auditors, other than those for de minimis services which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit. All of the services provided to us by our independent auditors were pre-approved by the audit committee.
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