Securities code: Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149) securities abbreviation: Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149) Announcement No.: 2022016 Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149)
Announcement on reappointment of audit institutions in 2022
The company and all members of the board of directors guarantee that the information disclosed is true, accurate and complete without false records, misleading statements or major omissions.
Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149) (hereinafter referred to as “the company”) held the 16th meeting of the 7th board of directors by on-site voting on April 12, 2022, deliberated and adopted the proposal on renewing the appointment of 2022 audit institution, and agreed to submit it to the 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders of the company for deliberation. Relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:
1、 Basic information of the accounting firm to be employed
Sigmar Certified Public Accountants (special general partnership) (hereinafter referred to as “Sigmar certified public accountants”) is qualified to engage in Securities and futures related businesses, has rich audit experience and ability of listed companies, and has provided audit services for the company for seven consecutive years. During the period of serving as the audit institution of previous years, Sigmar certified public accountants has scrupulously fulfilled its duties, followed the professional standards of independence, objectivity and impartiality, and better completed all the work of the company’s previous annual financial report audit. In order to maintain the continuity of audit work, the board of directors of the company plans to continue to hire Sigmar certified public accountants to audit the company’s 2022 financial report, with a total audit cost of RMB 1065000 (including tax).
2、 Introduction to the proposed accounting firm
(I) institutional information
Sigma accounting firm is a large comprehensive accounting firm restructured and established on the basis of the original Xi’an accounting firm (one of the eight earliest accounting firms in China) in 1998. On June 27, 2013, it was approved to be transformed into a special general partnership accounting firm by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Finance in Shaanxi Finance Office (2013) No. 28 document. On June 28, 2013, with the approval of Xi’an Administration for Industry and commerce, sigma certified public accountants was registered and established.
Registered address: 6th floor, foreign affairs building, No. 1 Chanba Avenue, Chanba Ecological District, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.
(II) personnel information
By the end of 2021, Sigmar accounting firm had 56 partners, 242 certified public accountants, Mr. LV Hua as the chief partner, and 120 certified public accountants who had signed the audit report of securities service business.
(III) business information
In 2021, the business income of Sigmar certified public accountants was 4539469 million yuan, including audit income of 3532617 million yuan and securities business income of 1197325 million yuan. In 2021, it provided annual report audit services for 30 listed companies, with a total charge of 481189 million yuan. The main industries involved include manufacturing, mining, construction, water conservancy, environment and public facilities management, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. The company has 17 audit clients of Listed Companies in the same industry.
(IV) investor protection ability
At the end of 2021, the cumulative compensation limit of occupational insurance purchased by Sigmar certified public accountants was 120 million yuan, which was in line with the relevant provisions of the Interim Measures for professional liability insurance of Certified Public Accountants (CK [2015] No. 13). The professional liability compensation ability can cover the civil liability caused by audit failure. Sigmar certified public accountants has not undertaken civil liability in civil litigation related to practice in the past three years.
(V) integrity record
Sigma certified public accountants has not been subject to criminal punishment due to its practice in the past three years, but has been subject to administrative punishment once, supervision and management measures four times and self-discipline supervision measures twice. In the past three years, the employees of the firm have not been subject to criminal punishment due to their practice behavior. Two employees have been subject to administrative punishment once, seven employees have been subject to supervision and management measures once, and two employees have been subject to self-discipline supervision measures once.
2、 Project information
(I) information of project team members
Project name and professional qualification have you ever engaged in securities service business
Du min, the project partner and the CPA to be signed, is a certified public accountant in China
Gao Jingjie, the person in charge of project quality control, is a Chinese certified public accountant
Liang Juanping, the certified public accountant to be signed, is a Chinese certified public accountant
1. Resume of project partner and proposed CPA
Ms. Du Min: now she is a partner of Sigmar certified public accountants. She obtained the qualification of Chinese Certified Public Accountants in December 2009 and has more than 17 years of practice experience. He began to practice in Sigmar certified public accountants in 2010 and successively served as project manager, senior manager and partner. He began to engage in professional services of audit of Listed Companies in 2014 and has provided securities services such as annual report audit for many listed companies so far. Seven audit reports of listed companies have been signed in the last three years.
2. Resume of person in charge of project quality control
Mr. Gao Jingjie: now he is the managing partner of sigma certified public accountants. He is a practicing member of China Certified Public Accountants and a senior member of China Certified Public Accountants Association. He joined Sigmar certified public accountants in 2000 and obtained the practicing qualification of Chinese Certified Public Accountants in May 2002. He began to engage in the professional service of audit of Listed Companies in 2004. He has rich professional experience in audit, enterprise restructuring, enterprise merger and reorganization, IPO, refinancing and so on. In the past three years, six audit reports of listed companies have been signed and seven reports of listed companies have been reviewed.
3. Resume of certified public accountant to be signed
Ms. Liang Juanping: Currently, she is the project manager of Sigmar certified public accountants. She obtained the qualification of Chinese certified public accountant in September 2018 and has more than 8 years of working experience. He has been practicing in sigma certified public accountants since 2017 and has successively served as auditor and project manager. Since 2018, he has been engaged in the professional service of audit of listed companies, and has provided securities services such as annual report audit for many listed companies. In the last three years, one audit report of listed companies and three audit reports of listed companies have been signed.
(II) integrity record
Project partners, signed certified public accountants and project quality control reviewers have not been subject to any criminal punishment, administrative punishment, supervision and management measures and self-discipline supervision measures in the past three years.
(III) independence
Sigmar certified public accountants, project partners, signing certified public accountants and project quality control reviewers do not violate the independence requirements of the code of professional ethics for Chinese certified public accountants.
(IV) audit fees
The pricing principle of audit fees is determined by comprehensively considering the business scale, complexity and audit workload of the company. The remuneration for financial audit in 2022 is proposed to be RMB 1.065 million, of which the annual financial statement audit fee is RMB 1.065 million, unchanged from the previous period. The pricing principle of audit fee is mainly determined according to the audit workload.
3、 Procedures to be performed by the accounting firm to be renewed
(I) performance of the audit committee of the board of directors of the company
Before this renewal, the audit committee had full communication with Sigmar certified public accountants, and believed that Sigmar certified public accountants has the qualification of securities and futures related business, the experience and ability to provide audit services for listed companies, and can express independent audit opinions diligently, dutifully, fairly and reasonably. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the company’s audit work, the audit committee unanimously agreed that the company would continue to employ Sigmar accounting firm as the company’s audit institution in 2022, and agreed to submit the matter to the board of directors for deliberation.
(II) prior approval and independent opinions of independent directors
The independent directors of the company issued a pre audit opinion on the proposed renewal of Sigmar certified public accountants as the audit institution of the company in 2022, indicating that they were aware of the matter in advance and agreed to submit it to the 16th meeting of the seventh board of directors for deliberation. For details, please refer to the company’s website (www.cn. Info. Com. CN.) on April 14, 2022 Independent opinions of Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149) independent directors on relevant matters disclosed.
(III) deliberation procedures of the board of directors
The company held the 16th meeting of the 7th board of directors on April 12, 2022 to review the proposal on renewing the appointment of the audit institution in 2022. The voting result was 12 in favor, 0 against and 0 abstention.
4、 Filing documents
(I) resolutions of the 16th meeting of the 7th board of directors of the company;
(II) audit opinions of the audit committee of the board of directors on relevant matters;
(III) prior approval opinions and independent opinions signed by independent directors.
(IV) business license of sigma certified public accountants, information and contact information of the main person in charge and the contact person of the regulatory business, and the identity certificate, practice license and contact information of the certified public accountant to be responsible for the specific audit business.
It is hereby announced.
Western Metal Materials Co.Ltd(002149)
Board of directors
April 14, 2022
