Board to Consider Adopting Rules on Succession to a Predecessor's Registration Status

Washington, D.C., Jul. 24, 2008

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has scheduled an open meeting for Tuesday, July 29, at 9:30 a.m., in the Board’s open meeting room at 1666 K St. NW, Washington, DC.

The Board will consider adopting rules and a corresponding form that govern when a firm would be allowed to succeed to the registration status of a predecessor firm following a merger or other change in the registered firm’s legal form.

The meeting will be open to the public and Webcast via a link on the PCAOB’s Web site (www.pcaobus.org) that will be made available the day of the meeting. The meeting also will be available via podcast later in the day.