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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Company’s management, with the
participation of the Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer, conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of
the period covered by this report. Based on that
evaluation, the Principal Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer concluded that the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures
were effective as of the end of the period
covered by this report.
CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL
OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
There have been no changes in the Company’s
internal controls over financial reporting during
the fourth quarter of 2013 that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER
FINANCIAL REPORTING
Our management is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting, as such term is defined in
Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Under the
supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, we
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of
our internal control over financial reporting based
on the 1992 framework in Internal Control—
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (the COSO Framework). Based on
our evaluation, our management concluded that
our internal control over financial reporting was
effective as of December 31, 2013.
We intend to regularly review and evaluate the
design and effectiveness of our disclosure
controls and procedures and internal control over
financial reporting on an ongoing basis and to
improve these controls and procedures over time
and to correct any deficiencies that we may
discover in the future. While we believe the
present design of our disclosure controls and
procedures and internal control over financial
reporting are effective, future events affecting
our business may cause us to modify our
controls and procedures.
The Company’s independent registered public
accounting firm has issued an attestation report
regarding its assessment of the effectiveness of
the Company's internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2013.
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