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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and
for the assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal
control over financial reporting is a process 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. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the Company; (ii) 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 the Company; and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the
Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2013. In making its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting,
management of the Company has utilized the criteria established in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework (1992)”
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Based on management’s assessment, we concluded that, as of December 31, 2013, the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting is effective based on those criteria. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have
inherent limitations and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective
can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 has been
audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which
appears in this Form 10-K.
/s/ DANIEL R. FEEHAN /s/ THOMAS A. BESSANT, JR.
Daniel R. Feehan Thomas A. Bessant, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
March 3, 2014 March 3, 2014