text: • internal audit function, if 
  
  outsourced, will be provided 
  by a firm other than the 
  external audit firm. 
  
  These provisions reflect the 
  current behaviours expected of 
  the world’s leading corporations 
  and are consistent with the 
  ethical values and integrity of 
  the Company. 
  
  The Chairman of the Audit 
  Committee provides the Board 
  with a statement clarifying that 