The section should include an explanation of how it has assessed the effectiveness of the external audit process and the approach taken to the appointment of the external auditor, and information on the length of tenure of the current audit firm and when a tender was last conducted. Such disclosures will inevitability be very company specific. For those companies that are thinking about what might be disclosed – even though the 2012 Code is not yet applicable – the following narrative provides an example of the sort of information that might be given.