| 9. | IF YOUR COMPANY HAS NOT CHANGED AUDITOR OF RECORD SINCE 2003: How important was each of the following reasons for not changing your auditor of record? |
| (Select one answer in each row.) |
| Very great importance | Great importance | Moderate importance | Some importance | Little or no importance | Don't know | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Satisfaction with current auditor of record | |||||||
| b. Independence rules eliminated other firms as options | |||||||
| c. Technical expertise/ specialization not matched by other firmss | |||||||
| d. Burden associated with changing the auditor of record (time, effort, costs) | |||||||
| e. Stigma associated with changing the auditor of record | |||||||
| f. Audit fees | |||||||
| g. Expectations or requirements of shareholders, banks, lenders, or underwriters | |||||||
| h. Other - please describe below | |||||||
| IF OTHER: please describe. |
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