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Audit Fees
For professional services rendered for the audit of our 2012 consolidated financial statements, the report on the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as required by the Sarbanes - Oxley Act, the review of the consolidated financial statements included in our 2012
Form 10 - Qs and the statutory audits of our international subsidiaries, KPMG billed us a total of $15.8 million.
For professional services rendered for the audit of our 2011 consolidated financial statements, the report on the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as required by the Sarbanes - Oxley Act, the review of the consolidated financial statements included in our 2011
Form 10 - Qs and the statutory audits of our international subsidiaries, KPMG billed us a total of $15.0 million.
These amounts also include reviews of documents filed with the SEC, accounting consultations related to the annual audit and preparation
of letters for underwriters and other requesting parties.
Audit - Related Fees
For professional audit
- related services rendered to us, KPMG billed us a total of $1.3 million in 2012. Audit - related services in 2012 generally
included the audits of our employee benefit plans, internal control reviews and other attestation services.
For professional audit
- related services rendered to us, KPMG billed us a total of $0.6 million in 2011. Audit - related services in 2011 generally
included the audits of our employee benefit plans, internal control reviews and other attestation services.
Tax Fees
For professional tax services rendered to us, KPMG billed us a total of approximatel
y $0.8 million i n 2012. Tax services in 2012 primarily
included tax consultation matters
For professional tax services rendered to us, KPMG billed us a total of approximately $0.8 million in 2011. Tax services in 2011 primarily
included tax consultation matters.
All Other Fees
All other fees included non
- audit services of $0.2 million rendered to us for financial management advisory services in 2012.
The Audit Committee determined that the non
- audit services rendered by KPMG in 2012 and 2011 were compatible with maintaining its
independence as auditors of our consolidated financial statements.
The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures concerning our independent registered public accounting firm, including the
pre
- approval of services to be provided. Our Audit Committee pre - approved all of the services described above. The Audit Committee is responsible
for the pre - approval of all audit, audit - related, tax and non - audit services; however, pre - approval authority may be delegated to one or more members
of the Audit Committee. The details of any services approved under this delegation must be reported to the full Audit Committee at its next regular
meeting. Our independent registered public accounting firm is generally prohibited from providing certain non
- audit services under our policy, which
is more restrictive than the SEC rules related to non
- audit services. Any permissible non - audit service engagement must be specifically approved in
advance by the Audit Committee. We provide quarterly reporting to the Audit Committee regarding all audit, audit - related, tax and non - audit services
provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.
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Item 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services