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funding rate changes contained in the Highway Investment Act of 2012 and guidance from the IRS on August
16, 2012 related to valuation rates, and on September 11, 2012 related to lump sum methodologies. Net
contributions totaling $18.3 million were made during the third quarter of 2012 and $10.3 million was made in
October 2012. We expect that we will make contributions to our pension plan of approximately $60 million in
2013.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
1. Financial Statements—See Index on page F-1.
2. Supplementary Data—Quarterly Financial Data is included in the Financial Statements (see 1. above).
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
(i) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, regarding the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon this evaluation, our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this report, December 31,
2012, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(ii) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
(a) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting
Our management report on internal control over financial reporting appears on page F-2.
(b) Report of registered public accounting firm
The report of KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, on internal control over
financial reporting appears on page F-4.
(c) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
We reviewed our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2012. As a result of the
Transaction, we have integrated the business processes and systems of the Acquired Business and, as
of March 31, 2012, the Company had completed its network and systems integration into one
platform. Accordingly, certain changes have been made to our internal controls over financial
reporting during 2012.
There have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in an
evaluation thereof that occurred during the last fiscal quarter of 2012 that materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
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