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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Deloitte & Touche LLP had served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2023 and had been dismissed upon effective completion of the audit of the financial statements for the fiscal year 2023. On March 15, 2023, the Audit Committee appointed Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2024. On October 24, 2024, EY resigned from its position as our independent registered public accounting firm. On November 18, 2024, the Audit Committee appointed BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2024.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services

The following table sets forth the aggregate audit fees billed to us by:

–BDO, fees paid to BDO for services in the fee categories indicated below for fiscal year 2024; and

–Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP, and their respective affiliates (collectively, “Deloitte”), in fiscal year 2023, as well as fees paid to Deloitte for services in the fee categories indicated below for fiscal year 2023.

The Audit Committee considered the scope and fee arrangements for all services provided by BDO and Deloitte, as the case may be, taking into account whether the provision of non-audit services was compatible with maintaining the independence of the respective independent registered public accounting firm, and had pre-approved the respective services described below.

Years Ended
Amounts in '000sJune 30, 2024June 30, 2023
Audit Fees$8,000(1)$4,756(2)
Audit-Related Fees——
Tax Fees—445
All Other Fees—2
Total$8,000$5,203

(1)Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our consolidated financial statements.

(2)Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our consolidated financial statements, review of consolidated financial statements and certain statutory audits.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee determined all services performed by BDO and Deloitte, as the case may be, were compatible with maintaining the independence of such firm during the period it served as our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee’s policy on approval of services performed by the independent registered public accounting firm is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm during the fiscal year. The Audit Committee reviews each non-audit service to be provided and assesses the impact of the service on the firm’s independence.

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