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ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Controls and procedures
Our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer evaluated our “disclosure controls and procedures” as defined in Rules
13a−15(e) and 15d−15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of December 31, 2004. They
concluded that as of the evaluation date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information we are
required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a−15(f) and 15d −15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended).
Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework. Based
on our assessment and those criteria, management believes that we maintained effective control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Deloitte and Touche LLP, the registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included in this annual report,
has issued an attestation report on management’s assessment of the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. The
attestation report is included herein.
There were no changes in our internal controls during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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