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
PART II
ITEM9.ChangesinandDisagreementswithAccountantsonAccountingandFinancialDisclosure
 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on

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 Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Ourmanagement,withtheparticipationofourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocer,evaluatedtheeectivenessof
ourdisclosurecontrolsandprocedurespursuanttoRule13a-15undertheExchangeAct,asoftheendoftheperiodcovered
bythisAnnualReportonForm10-K.
Basedonthisevaluation,ourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocerconcludedthat,asofDecember31,2013,our
disclosurecontrolsandproceduresaredesignedatareasonableassurancelevelandareeectivetoprovidereasonableassurance
thatinformationwearerequiredtodiscloseinreportsthatweleorsubmitundertheExchangeActisrecorded,processed,
summarized,andreportedwithinthetimeperiodsspeciedintheSEC’srulesandforms,andthatsuchinformationisaccumulated
andcommunicatedtoourmanagement,includingourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocer,asappropriate,toallow
timelydecisionsregardingrequireddisclosure.

TherewerenochangesinourinternalcontrolovernancialreportingthatoccurredduringthequarterendedDecember31,2013
thathavemateriallyaected,orarereasonablylikelytomateriallyaect,ourinternalcontrolovernancialreporting.

Ourmanagementisresponsibleforestablishingandmaintainingadequateinternalcontrolovernancialreporting,asdened
inRule13a-15(f)oftheExchangeAct.Ourmanagementconductedanevaluationoftheeectivenessofourinternalcontrolover
nancialreportingbasedontheframeworkinInternal Control—Integrated FrameworkissuedbytheCommitteeofSponsoring
OrganizationsoftheTreadwayCommission(1992framework).Basedonthisevaluation,managementconcludedthatourinternal
controlovernancialreportingwaseectiveasofDecember31,2013.Managementreviewedtheresultsofitsassessmentwith
ourAuditCommittee.TheeectivenessofourinternalcontrolovernancialreportingasofDecember31,2013hasbeenaudited
byErnst&YoungLLP,anindependentregisteredpublicaccountingrm,asstatedinitsreportwhichisincludedinItem8ofthis
AnnualReportonForm10-K.

Indesigningandevaluatingthedisclosurecontrolsandprocedures,managementrecognizesthatanycontrolsandprocedures,
nomatterhowwelldesignedandoperated,canprovideonlyreasonableassuranceofachievingthedesiredcontrolobjectives.
Inaddition,thedesignofdisclosurecontrolsandproceduresmustreectthefactthatthereareresourceconstraintsandthat
managementisrequiredtoapplyitsjudgmentinevaluatingthebenetsofpossiblecontrolsandproceduresrelativetotheircosts.
 Other Information
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