Company: CLH
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000822818-25-000011
Chunk: 11

Company: CLEAN HARBORS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, review the scope of, approach to and results of audit work, meet with and review the activities of the Company’s internal auditors and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, fulfill oversight responsibilities relating to the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, related party transactions, and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, and review the Company’s policies regarding employee complaints and a summary of any complaints received.

In fulfillment of its responsibilities, among other things, the Audit Committee:

• discusses with senior members of the Company’s financial management team and the independent auditors matters associated with accounting principles, critical accounting policies, significant accounting judgments and estimates, and internal controls over financial reporting;

• holds separate private sessions, during its regularly scheduled meetings, with the independent auditors, the Vice President of Internal Audit, and on its own, at which candid discussions regarding financial management, accounting, auditing, and internal control matters take place;

• receives periodic updates on management’s process to assess the adequacy of the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting and management’s conclusions on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

• discusses with the independent auditors the Company’s internal control assessment process, management’s assessment with respect thereto, and the independent auditors’ evaluation of the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting;

• reviews and discusses with management the Company’s earnings releases and quarterly and annual reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, respectively, prior to filing with the SEC;

• reviews the Company’s internal audit plan and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function;

• reviews with senior members of the Company’s financial management team, the independent auditors, and the Vice President of Internal Audit, the overall scope and plans for their respective audits, the results of internal and external audits, evaluations by management and the independent auditors of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, and the quality of the Company’s financial reporting;

• discusses with the Company’s counsel legal, income tax, and regulatory matters that may have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements, and compliance policies and programs, including corporate securities trading policies;

• discusses with management guidelines and policies governing the process by which senior management of the Company and the relevant departments of the Company, including the internal auditing department, identify, assess, and manage the Company’s exposure to risk, as well as the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposure;

• selects