DISCLOSURE
COMMITTEE CHARTER
This Disclosure Committee
Charter (the "Charter") has been adopted by the Chief
Executive Officer (the "Senior Officer") of Semotus
(the "Company"). The Disclosure Committee (the "Committee")
shall review and reassess this Charter annually and recommend any proposed
changes to the Senior Officer for approval.
I. Purpose
It is the Company’s policy
that all disclosures made by the Company to its security holders or the
investment community should be accurate and complete and fairly present the
Company’s financial condition and results of operations in all material
respects, and should be made on a timely basis as required by applicable laws
and stock exchange requirements.
The Committee shall assist
the Senior Officer in fulfilling their responsibility for oversight of the
accuracy and timeliness of the disclosures made by the Company by being
responsible for the following tasks, in each case subject to the supervision
and oversight of the Senior Officer:
·
Design
and establish controls and other procedures (which may include procedures
currently used by the Company) that are designed to ensure that (1) information
required by the Company to be disclosed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") and other written information that the
Company will disclose to the investment community is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported accurately and on a timely basis and (2) information is
accumulated and communicated to management, including the Senior Officer, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding such required disclosure
("Disclosure Controls").
·
Monitor
the integrity and effectiveness of the Company’s Disclosure Controls.
·
Draft,
review and supervise, as appropriate, the preparation of the Company’s (i)
periodic and current reports, proxy statements, information statements,
registration statements and any other information filed with the SEC, (ii)
press releases containing financial information, earnings guidance, information
about material acquisitions or dispositions or other information material to
the Company’s security holders, and (iii) correspondence containing financial
information broadly disseminated to shareholders (collectively, the "Disclosure
Statements") and review disclosure policies for financial information
displayed on the Company’s corporate/investor relations website.
·
Evaluate
the effectiveness of the Company’s Disclosure Controls within 90 days prior to
the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and each Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q (collectively, the "periodic reports").
·
Discuss
with the Senior Officer all relevant information with respect to the
Committee’s proceedings, the preparation of the Disclosure Statements and the
Committee’s evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s Disclosure
Controls.
·
Hold a
meeting with the Senior Officers prior to the filing with the SEC of each
periodic report as to (i) the Committee’s compliance with its policies and
procedures and proper performance of the responsibilities that have been
assigned to it and (ii) the Committee’s conclusions resulting from its
evaluation of the effectiveness of the Disclosure Controls.
In discharging its duties,
the Committee shall have full access to all Company books, records, facilities,
and personnel, including the internal auditors.
II. Organization
The membership of the
Committee shall initially consist of the Company’s Controller, General Counsel
and Chief Financial Officer. Such members may be replaced, or new members
added, at any time and from time to time by the Senior Officer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Senior Officer may at any time assume any or all of the
responsibilities of the Disclosure Committee identified in this Charter,
including, for example, approving Disclosure Statements when time does not
permit the full Committee to meet. The Committee may designate two or more
officers, at least one of whom shall be an attorney knowledgeable about SEC
rules and regulations with respect to disclosure and at least one of whom shall
be knowledgeable about financial reporting, who can, acting together, approve
Disclosure Statements (other than periodic reports) when time does not permit
the full Committee to meet.
One member of the Committee
shall be appointed by the Senior Officer as chair. The chair shall be
responsible for scheduling and presiding over meetings and preparing agendas.
Any question of interpretation of this charter or the Committee’s procedures
shall be determined by the Senior Officer or, in their absence from any meeting,
the chair.
Promptly after the date
hereof, the Committee shall meet with the Senior Officer and submit for
approval an initial set of Disclosure Controls, including policies and
procedures of this Committee, as well as policies and procedures to test the effectiveness
of the Disclosure Controls. The Committee shall meet as frequently as
circumstances dictate to (i) ensure the accuracy and completeness of the
Disclosure Statements and (ii) evaluate the Disclosure Controls and determine
whether any changes to the Disclosure Controls are necessary or advisable in
connection with the preparation of the Company’s upcoming periodic reports or
other Disclosure Statements, taking into account developments since the most
recent meeting, including changes in the Company’s organization and business
lines and any change in economic or industry conditions.
III. Other
Responsibilities
The
Committee shall also have such other responsibilities as the Senior Officer may
assign to it from time to time.