Charter of the Independent Audit Committee

Of the Board of Directors of CRYOPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

The Audit Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of CryoPort Systems, Inc. (the "Company") is established for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company and audits of the financial statements of the Company in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Committee is established to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities by reviewing and reporting to the Board on the integrity of the financial reports and other financial information provided by the Company to its shareholders. This charter specifies the scope and authority and responsibility of the Committee.

Organization, Membership and Meetings

 

  • The Committee shall be comprised of at least three directors who meet the independence, expertise and other qualification standards required by the federal securities laws and as may be required by the listing standards of the primary securities exchange upon which the Company’s securities are traded.
  • Members of the Committee shall be appointed annually by the Board. Members may be replaced by the Board at any time, but shall otherwise serve until a successor has been named.
  • The Committee shall meet at least four times a year, with the authority to convene additional meetings, as circumstances require. The Committee may invite members of management, independent auditors, legal counsel or others to attend meetings and to provide relevant information. At least annually, the Committee shall hold an executive session at which only independent directors and independent auditor are present.
  • The Committee may form and delegate authority to subcommittees when appropriate, or to one or more members of the Committee.
  • The Committee may elect a Chairman of the Committee who, if elected, shall preside at all meetings. At all meetings of the Committee, a majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members of the Committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall be the act of the Committee. Members of the Committee may participate in any meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in the person at such meeting. The Committee shall maintain written minutes of its meetings, which minutes will be filed in the corporate minute book. Any person present at a meeting may be appointed by the Committee as Secretary to record the minutes.