Establishes the purpose, composition, authority, responsibilities, and meeting cadence of a board's Audit Committee, certified by the corporate secretary upon adoption.
The Audit Committee Charter is a ready-to-use corporate & business template you can send for signature in minutes. It is written for 1 signer (secretary) and, by default, expires 30 days after it is sent if left unsigned. It covers audit committee, board of directors, charter, corporate governance, financial oversight, internal controls. Like every Abundera Sign template it is a convenience draft structured for ESIGN Act and UETA compliance, not a substitute for legal advice. Each signed copy is sealed with PAdES-LTA digital signatures, dual RFC 3161 timestamps, and a tamper-evident evidence package in WORM storage.
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# Audit Committee Charter **Corporation:** ___________ **State of Incorporation:** ___________ **Date Adopted by the Board:** ___________ --- ## Secretary's Certificate of Adoption The undersigned, acting as Secretary of the Corporation named above, hereby certifies that this Audit Committee Charter was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting duly held (or by written consent in lieu thereof) on the Adoption Date stated above, and that it remains in full force and effect as of the date signed below. --- ## Article I — Purpose The Audit Committee (the "Committee") is a standing committee of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Corporation. The Committee's primary purpose is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to: (a) the integrity of the Corporation's financial statements and financial reporting processes; (b) the Corporation's internal controls over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; (c) the qualifications, independence, and performance of the Corporation's independent auditor; (d) the performance of the Corporation's internal audit function (if any); (e) compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; and (f) the Corporation's policies and procedures for risk assessment and risk management as they relate to financial and audit matters. ## Article II — Composition ### 2.1 Size The Committee shall consist of not fewer than ___________ and not more than ___________ members of the Board. ### 2.2 Independence