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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not Applicable.
ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the
participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial
officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is
defined under Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive
officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures
were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
(b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our
management prepared and is responsible for the consolidated financial statements and all related
financial information contained in this report. This responsibility includes establishing and
maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or
15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our internal control over financial
reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles.
To comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002,
management designed and implemented a structured and comprehensive assessment process to
evaluate its internal control over financial reporting. Such assessment was based on criteria
established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Because of its inherent limitations, a system of
internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance and may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Management regularly monitors our internal control over
financial reporting, and actions are taken to correct any deficiencies as they are identified. Based
on its assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting is
effective as of January 30, 2009.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of Ernst & Young LLP regarding
internal control over financial reporting. Management’ s report was not subject to attestation by
Ernst & Young LLP pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
that permit us to provide only management’ s report in this annual report.
(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have been no
changes during the quarter ended January 30, 2009 in our internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.