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Farmers National Banc Corp.
Audit Committee Charter
PURPOSE
The Audit Committee (the "Committee") is appointed by the Board
of Directors (The "Board") of Farmers National Banc Corp. (The "Company").
The primary function of the Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling
its oversight responsibilities to the shareholders, potential shareholders,
the investment community and others relating to the Company's financial,
operational and compliance information, primarily through:
- Overseeing management's conduct of the Company's financial reporting process and
systems of internal accounting and financial controls;
- Overseeing the annual independent audit of the Company's financial statements;
- Monitoring the performance of the Company's internal audit function;
- Monitoring the independence and performance of the Company's independent auditors;
- Monitoring the Company's compliance with laws and regulations and ethic programs;
- Providing an avenue of communication among the independent auditors, management and the Board.
COMPOSITION
The Committee shall be appointed by the Board and consist of at least three Board
members who are independent of management and the Company. Each member
shall satisfy and comply with the independence, experience and financial
expertise requirements of Rule 4200(a)(15) of the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. and Section 10A of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the rules
promulgated thereunder. The members must be "financially literate" and,
at a minimum, one member must be designated as a "financial expert"
as defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Committee shall establish
a continuing education program for members.
MEETINGS
The Committee shall meet quarterly and/or call special meetings as circumstances dictate.
The Board shall appoint a chairperson who will prepare and/or approve
an agenda in advance of the meeting and maintain minutes and/or records
of meetings and activities of the Committee.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
The Audit Committee shall be directly responsible for the appointment,
compensation, retention and oversight of the work of any registered
public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of issuing an audit report
or performing other audit, review or attest services and each registered
public accounting firm must report directly to the Audit Committee.
The primary responsibility of the Committee is to oversee the Company's
financial reporting process and annual independent audit on behalf of
the Board and report results of their activities to the Board. Management
is responsible for preparing the Company's financial statements and
the independent auditors are responsible for auditing those financial
statements. The Committee should take appropriate action to set the
overall corporate "tone" for quality financial reporting, sound business
risk practices and ethical behavior.
General
- The Committee shall have the power to conduct or authorize investigations
into any matters within the Committee's scope of responsibilities.
- The Committee shall have unrestricted access to Company personnel and
documents and will be given
resources to engage independent counsel, accountants or others as deemed
appropriate to discharge its responsibilities.
- The Committee shall
review and assess at least annually its charter, responsibilities and
performance and shall report and make recommended changes to the Board
for their approval.
- The Committee shall ensure inclusion of the then-current
charter in the proxy statement at least once every three years and shall
prepare annual Committee reports for inclusion in the proxy as required
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- The Committee should
meet at least annually with management, the Internal Auditor and the
outside auditors in separate executive sessions to discuss any matters
that the Committee or each of these groups believes should be discussed
privately.
- The Committee shall establish procedures for receipt, retention
and treatment of complaints received by the Company concerning accounting,
internal controls or auditing matters and the confidential, anonymous
submissions by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting
or auditing matters or other complaints of Corporate or management wrongdoing
reported pursuant to the Company Code of Conduct.
Overseeing Management's
Conduct of the Company's Financial Reporting Process and Systems of
Internal Accounting and Financial Controls
- The Committee shall review
the effectiveness of or weaknesses in the Company's internal controls,
including computerized information system controls and security, the
overall control environment and accounting and financial controls.
- The Committee shall discuss with management the Company's major financial
risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control
such exposures, including the Company's risk assessment and risk management
policies.
- The Committee shall arrange for periodic reports from management,
independent auditors and internal auditor to assess the impact of significant
regulatory changes and accounting or reporting developments that may
affect the Company.
- Annually review with management and the independent
auditor (i) the basis for disclosures made in the annual report to shareholders
regarding the control environment of the Company, and (ii) the reports
required under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement
Act of 1991.
Overseeing the Annual Independent Audit of the Company's
Financial Statements
- The Committee shall have a clear understanding
with management and the independent auditors that the independent auditors
are ultimately accountable to the Board and Committee, as representatives
of the Company's shareholders.
- The Committee shall oversee the external
audit coverage, including annual retention of the independent auditors,
the scope of audit services, audit engagement letters, estimated fees,
timing of auditor visits, coordination with internal audit, monitoring
of audit results and review of independent auditor's performance and
services.
- The Committee shall review the results of the independent
auditors' annual audit and interim financial reviews to include: (1)
annual financial statements and accompanying footnotes, (2) any significant
changes required in the audit plans or scope, (3) any material differences
or disputes with management encountered during the course of the audit,
(4) any material management letter comments and management's responses
to recommendations, (5) matters required to be discussed by Statement
on Auditing Standards No. 61.
- The Committee is responsible for overseeing
the resolution of any disputes between management and the independent
auditors.
- The Committee shall inquire into any accounting adjustments
that were noted or proposed by the independent auditors but were not
recorded in the financial statements.
- The Committee shall review and
discuss with management and the independent auditors the Company's audited
financial statements to be included in the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K and the independent auditors' opinion with respect to such,
including any significant material events, transactions or operational
issues affecting the financial statements and determine whether to make
a recommendation to the Board to include the Company's audited financial
statements in the annual report on Form 10-K. The Committee shall
review and discuss with management and the independent auditors and
management the Company's interim financial statements to be included
in the Company's quarterly report on form 10-Q prior to filing with
the SEC.
- The Committee shall review and discuss with management and
the independent auditors any significant estimates and judgements underlying
the financial statements, all critical accounting policies and major
changes to the Company's accounting principles and practices. The
Committee shall review and discuss the Company's disclosure under "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"
included in any reports or filings with the SEC.
- The Committee shall
discuss with management and the independent auditors and approve any
material transaction involving the Company and any related party and
any material transaction involving the Company and any other party in
which the parties' relationship could enable the negotiation of terms
on other than an independent, arms'-length basis.
Overseeing the Performance
of the Company's Internal Audit Function The Committee shall review
annually the Internal Audit Department Charter and recommend approval
to the Board.
- The Committee shall review the appointment, replacement,
reassignment, or dismissal of the external audit firm engaged to provide
internal audit consulting services.
- The Committee shall review any
difficulties the Internal Auditor (Or the external audit firm engaged
to provide internal audit consulting services) encountered in the course
of their audits, including any restrictions on the scope of their work
or access to required information.
- The Committee shall review annually
the internal audit budget, competency and adequacy of staffing levels
and audit plan.
- The Committee shall review quarterly material findings
of internal audit reviews, management's response and status of corrective
actions.
- The Committee shall review the appointment, replacement,
performance, and recommended compensation of the Internal Auditor.
Overseeing
the Independence and Performance of the Company's Independent Auditors
- The Committee shall obtain and review a report from the independent
auditors at least annually regarding (a) the independent auditors' internal
quality control procedures, (b) any material issues raised in the most
recent internal quality review or peer review and any inquiries by governmental
or professional authorities regarding the firm's independent audits
of other clients, (c) any steps taken to deal with any such issues,
and (d) all relationships between the independent auditors and the Company,
taking into account the opinions of management and the Company's internal
auditors.
- The Committee must pre-approve any non-audit services to
be rendered by the independent auditors in advance of engaging the independent
auditors to render such services to ensure services are not prohibited
by laws and regulations promulgated by the SEC. The Chair of the Committee
may represent the entire Committee provided that any pre-approval granted
is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled meeting.
- The Committee
shall receive written disclosures and the letter from the independent
auditors required by the Independence Standards Board, No. 1, "Independence
Discussions with Audit Committees," and shall discuss with the independent
auditors their independence.
- The Committee shall oversee the establishment
of written hiring policies for current and former employees of the independent
auditors.
- The Committee shall ensure that the lead audit partner of
the independent auditors and the audit partner responsible for reviewing
the audit are rotated at least every five years as required by Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002.
Monitoring the Company's Compliance with Laws, Regulations
and Ethic Programs
- The Committee shall review with management actions
taken to monitor compliance with any code or standards of conduct for
the Company established by the Board.
- The Committee shall discuss
with the Company's legal counsel any legal, tax or regulatory matters,
including securities trading practices and any other legal matters that
could have a significant, adverse impact on the Company's financial
statements.
Providing an Avenue of Communications Among the Independent
Auditors, Management and the Board
- The Chair of the Committee shall
provide regular reports and review the committee minutes with the Board.
Farmers National Bank is a wholly owned banking affiliate
of Farmers National Bank Corp. ©2000-2004 Farmers National Bank Corp. All
Rights Reserved.
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