To ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires
a process for accepting and handling of all complaints
concerning accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters,
the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee have established an
Alertline and Alertline Website to formalize a procedure for the reporting
of complaints regarding:
- Its accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters;
or
- Notification to NDS of any suspected unethical or illegal conduct
or violation of any laws or Standards of Business
Conduct.
NDS's General Counsel is the Corporate Ethics Officer responsible
for overseeing the investigation and reporting of complaints brought
to NDS's attention from external and internal sources, principally
through the Alertline and the Alertline Website, on matters covered
by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
The Alertline and the Alertline Website are available to assist all
employees as well as vendors, suppliers, customers and others, when
reporting any perceived violation of NDS policy and foreign, federal,
state and local laws or regulations. Calls to the Alertline and reports
on the Alertline Website can be made on an anonymous basis and employees
who report alleged wrongdoing based on a reasonable belief or who
participate in an investigation will be protected from retaliation.
Complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and
auditing issues that involve senior executives of NDS will, in addition
to being submitted to NDS’s Corporate Ethics Officer/General
Counsel, be submitted directly to the Chairman of the Company’s
Audit Committee. Complaints by employees regarding workplace discrimination
or harassment must also be reported to the Human Resources Department
or to any manager with whom the employee feels comfortable discussing
the situation and will be handled in accordance with NDS policies
prohibiting discrimination and harassment as set forth in Section
IV of the Standards of Business Conduct.
A dedicated domestic/international toll-free Alertline telephone
number has been established for this purpose. The Alertline
telephone number is:
+1 866-480-6129*
The Alertline may be called any time, day or night; it is available
24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Translation services are available
through Alertline, on request.
The Alertline Website is accessible at: www.compliance-helpline.com/welcomepagenewscorp.jsp.
Reports on the Alertline Website are also accepted anonymously. However,
anonymity may limit the investigator’s ability to fully investigate
a given concern. The Company, therefore, encourages employees to identify
themselves and provide a detailed complaint in order to facilitate
an effective investigation.
*International dialers need to first access the AT&T network
before dialing the toll-free number: To obtain your country’s
AT&T international local access code, visit www.business.att.com/bt/dial.jsp.