Company: FOACW
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-065614
Chunk: 45

Company: Finance of America Companies Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE RATIFICATION OF BDO USA, P.C. AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2025.**

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE The Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the independence and experience requirements of The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, and that Ms. Corio is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and the NYSE. Management of the Company is responsible for our overall financial reporting process. BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”), our independent registered public accounting firm, is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of our audited consolidated financial statements with U.S. GAAP. The Audit Committee’s (the “Committee”) responsibility is to oversee these processes and, necessarily, in its oversight role, the Committee relies on the work and assurances of management and of BDO. The Committee is also solely responsible for the selection and termination of our independent registered public accounting firm, including the approval of audit fees and any non-auditservices provided by and fees paid to the independent registered public accounting firm. The Committee:

| • |     | met seven times in 2024; |

| • |     | met with and held discussions with management of the Company, who represented to the Committee that its audited consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP; |

| • |     | reviewed and discussed the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and discussed with BDO the matters required to be discussed under the applicable standards adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”); |

| • |     | received the written disclosures and the letter from BDO as required per the requirements of the PCAOB regarding BDO’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence and discussed with BDO its independence; and |

| • |     | participated in the certification process relating to the filing of certain reports pursuant to the Exchange Act. |

In reliance on these reviews and discussions, and the report of BDO, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2024, for filing with the SEC. This