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129
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, 2014. 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 (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
Based on management’s assessment, we concluded that, as of December 31, 2014, 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, 2014 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 13, 2015
March 13, 2015