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Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control
over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to
the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published
financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore,
even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial
statement preparation and presentation.
The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of August 31, 2013. In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework. Based on our
assessment, we believe that, as of August 31, 2013, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is
effective based on those criteria.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included
in this annual report has issued an attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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