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Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the
Exchange Act is recorded, accumulated, processed, summarized, reported and communicated on a timely basis within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms.
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Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange Act
Rule 13a-15(f). Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework and
criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based
on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of August 2, 2014. During its assessment,
management did not identify any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm,
Ernst & Young LLP, has audited our Consolidated Financial Statements and has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over
financial reporting as of August 2, 2014.
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In the ordinary course of business, we routinely enhance our information systems by either upgrading our current systems or implementing new
systems. No change occurred in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended August 2, 2014 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
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