Policy on Reports of Questionable
Accounting or Auditing Practices
(as adopted on September 19, 2007)
Velcera, Inc. (the "Company") is committed to promptly and
fairly addressing the reports or complaints of any employee
concerning questionable accounting or auditing matters. Any
employee of the Company may submit a good faith complaint
regarding accounting or auditing matters to the management
of the Company without fear of dismissal or retaliation of
any kind. The Company is committed to achieving compliance
with all applicable securities laws, accounting standards,
accounting controls and audit practices. The Audit Committee
of the Company's Board of Directors will oversee treatment
of employee concerns in this area and is responsible for
enforcing this policy.
In order to facilitate the reporting of employee complaints,
the Company's Audit Committee has established the following
procedures for (1) the receipt, retention and treatment of
complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls,
or auditing matters (collectively, "Accounting Matters"),
and (2) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees
of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing
matters
Scope of matters covered by these procedures
These procedures relate to employee
complaints concerning any questionable accounting or auditing matters, including,
without limitation, the following:
- Fraud or deliberate error in the preparation, evaluation,
review or audit of any financial statement of the Company;
- Fraud or deliberate error in the recording and maintaining
of financial records of the Company;
- Deficiencies in or noncompliance with the Company's internal
accounting controls;
- Misrepresentation or false statements to or by a senior
officer or accountant regarding a matter contained in the
financial records, financial reports or audit reports of
the Company; or
- Deviation from full and fair reporting of
the Company's financial condition.
Procedures for reporting complaints
- If you are comfortable talking to the person whom you
believe is violating one of the Company's accounting or
auditing controls or policies, you are encouraged to first
raise your concern with that person.
- If you are unable to obtain a satisfactory resolution
of your complaint after first discussing it with the person
whom you believe has violated a Company policy, or if you
are uncomfortable discussing the matter with your supervisor,
you are encouraged to report concerns regarding Accounting
Matters to the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board
of Directors.
- The Company uses an outside service to anonymously or
confidentially gather complaints for the chair of the audit
committee. You may forward your complaint(s) on a confidential
or anonymous basis to the Chair of the Audit Committee
through a hotline by dialing 1-866-494-3161. You will be
prompted to enter the Company pin number 4060 and the system
will record your confidential or anonymous voice message.
The voice message will be converted to text and the text
message will be delivered to the head of the audit committee.
Treatment of complaints
- Upon receipt of a complaint, the Chair of the Audit Committee
will (i) determine whether the complaint actually pertains
to Accounting Matters and (ii) acknowledge receipt of the
complaint to the sender.
- Complaints relating to Accounting Matters will be reviewed
under Audit Committee direction and oversight by the Chair
of the Audit Committee or such other persons as the Audit
Committee determines to be appropriate under the circumstances.
Confidentiality will be maintained to the fullest extent
possible, consistent with the need to conduct an adequate
review and investigation.
- Prompt and appropriate corrective action will be taken
when and as warranted in the judgment of the Audit Committee.
- The Company will not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten,
harass or in any manner discriminate against any employee
making a complaint in the terms and conditions of employment
based upon any lawful actions of such employee with respect
to good faith reporting of complaints regarding Accounting
Matters or otherwise as specified in Section 806 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Reporting of complaints and investigations
The Chair of the Audit Committee will maintain a log of
all complaints, tracking their receipt, investigation and
resolution and shall prepare a periodic summary report thereof
for the Audit Committee. |