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8. Auditors
Under the Companys Articles of Incorporation, the shareholders elect the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm each year at the Annual General Meeting. Re-election is permitted.
The Company’s auditors are currently PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Lausanne branch, 45, Avenue C.F.
Ramuz, P.O. Box 1172, CH-1001, Lausanne, Switzerland. PwC assumed its first audit mandate for Logitech in
1988. They were re-elected as the Companys auditors in September 2010. The responsible principal audit partner
as of March 31, 2011 is Michael Foley. For purposes of U.S. securities law reporting, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
San Jose, California, serves as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Please refer to Logitechs Compensation Report included in its Annual Report, Invitation and Proxy Statement
for the 2011 Annual General Meeting, under the heading Independent Public Accountants” and “Report of the Audit
Committee” for further information regarding the audit and non-audit fees paid by Logitech to PricewaterhouseCoopers
during fiscal year 2011, pre-approval policies for non-audit work by PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the supervisory
and control instruments of the Board of Directors, including the Audit Committee of the Board, over the work and
activities of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
9. Information Policy
The Company reports its financial results quarterly with an earnings press release. Quarterly financial results
are scheduled to be released as follows:
Q2FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 27, 2011
Q3FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 2012
Q4FY11 Earnings Release and Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 26, 2012
The Companys 2011 Annual General Meeting is to be held September 7, 2011 at the Palais de Beaulieu in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
All registered shareholders and all shareholders in the United States that hold their shares through a U.S.
bank or brokerage or other nominee receive a copy of the Logitech Annual Report, Invitation and Proxy Statement,
or a notice that such documents are available. The Annual Report section of the document contains an overview
of Logitechs business in the fiscal year, audited financial statements for the group and the Company, the Report
on Corporate Governance and other key financial and business information. The Invitation and Proxy Statement
section of the document includes a description of the matters to be acted upon at the Annual General Meeting of
shareholders, a Compensation Report on executive officer and Board member compensation, and other disclosures
required under applicable Swiss and U.S. laws.
Logitech holds public conference calls after our quarterly earnings releases to discuss the results and present
an opportunity for institutional analysts to ask questions of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Logitech also holds periodic analyst days where senior management present reviews of Logitechs business. These
events are webcast and remain available on Logitechs Investor Relations website for a period of time after the
events. Logitech senior management also regularly participates in institutional investor seminars and roadshows,
many of which are also webcast.
Our Investor Relations Web site is located at http://ir.logitech.com. We post and maintain an archive of
our earnings and other press releases, current reports, annual and quarterly reports, earnings release schedule,
information regarding annual general meetings, further information on corporate governance, and other information
regarding the Company on the Investor Relations Web site. The information we post includes, and in the future will
include, filings we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including reports on Forms
10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, our proxy statement related to our annual shareholders’ meeting, including our Compensation
Report on executive officer and Board member compensation, and any amendments to those reports or statements
filed or furnished pursuant to U.S. securities laws or Swiss laws. All such filings and information are available
free of charge on the web site, and we make them available on the web site as soon as reasonably possible after we