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83
MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS:
Management of Plantronics, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as
defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-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 generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that:
• pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions
of the assets of our Company;
• provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of our Company; and
• provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our
Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions and that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may change over time.
We assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2008. In making this assessment, our
management used the criteria set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Based on our assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management has concluded that, as of March 31, 2008 our
internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report regarding its assessment of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 29, 2008, which appears on page 84.
/s/ Ken Kannappan
Ken Kannappan
President and Chief Executive Officer
May 27, 2008
/s/ Barbara Scherer
Barbara Scherer
Senior Vice President—Finance &
Administration and Chief Financial Officer
May 27, 2008