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M
ana
g
ement
’
s Report on Internal
C
ontrol over F
i
nanc
i
al Report
i
n
g
Mana
g
ement
i
s respons
ibl
e
f
or esta
bli
s
hi
n
g
an
d
ma
i
nta
i
n
i
n
g
a
d
equate
i
nterna
l
contro
l
over
fi
nanc
i
a
l
report
i
n
g
for the Compan
y
(as defined in Rules 13a-1
5
(f) and 1
5
d-1
5
(f) under the Exchan
g
e Act). Our internal control over
financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting an
d
th
e preparat
i
on o
ffi
nanc
i
a
l
statements
i
n accor
d
ance w
i
t
h
account
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g
pr
i
nc
i
p
l
es
g
enera
lly
accepte
di
nt
h
eUn
i
te
d
S
tates of America
.
Mana
g
ement assessed the effectiveness of our internal control s
y
stem as of Januar
y
31, 2009. In makin
g
it
s
assessment, we use
d
t
h
ecr
i
ter
i
a set
f
ort
hb
yt
h
e Comm
i
ttee o
f
Sponsor
i
ng Organ
i
zat
i
ons o
f
t
h
e Trea
d
way
C
omm
i
ss
i
on
in
Interna
l
Contro
l
— Integrate
d
Framewor
k
. Base
d
on t
hi
s assessment, mana
g
ement conc
l
u
d
e
d
t
h
at
i
t maintained effective internal control over financial reportin
g
, as of Januar
y
31, 2009.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report coverin
g
our internal control over financial reporting, as stated in its report which begins on page F-1 of this Annual Report.
C
han
g
es
i
n Internal
C
ontrol over F
i
nanc
i
al Report
i
n
g
N
oc
h
ange was ma
d
e
i
n our
i
nterna
l
contro
l
over
fi
nanc
i
a
l
report
i
ng
d
ur
i
ng our most recent
fi
sca
l
quarter t
h
at
h
as mater
i
a
lly
a
ff
ecte
d
,or
i
s reasona
bly lik
e
ly
to mater
i
a
lly
a
ff
ect, our
i
nterna
l
contro
l
over
fi
nanc
i
a
l
report
i
n
g.
ITEM 9B.
O
THER INF
O
RMATI
O
N.
N
one.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTOR
S
, EXECUTIVE OFFICER
S
AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
In accor
d
ance w
i
t
h
Genera
l
Instruct
i
on G(3), t
h
e
i
n
f
ormat
i
on conta
i
ne
d
un
d
er t
h
e capt
i
ons
“
EXE
C
UTIVE
O
FFICERS”
,
“ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
”
a
n
d
“OTHER DIRECTOR INFORMATION
,
COMMITTEES
O
F DIRE
C
T
O
R
S
AND
CO
RP
O
RATE
GO
VERNAN
C
EINF
O
RMATI
O
N”
i
n our definitive Prox
y
Statement for
t
h
e Annua
l
Meet
i
ng o
f
S
h
are
h
o
ld
ers to
b
e
h
e
ld
on May 21, 2009, to
b
e
fil
e
d
w
i
t
h
t
h
e SEC pursuant to Regu
l
at
i
on 14
A
promul
g
ated under the Exchan
g
e Act (the “Prox
y
Statemen
t
”), is incorporated herein b
y
reference to satisf
y
the
remainin
g
information required b
y
this Item
.
O
ther
M
r. Schottenstein, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Probst, our Executive Vice Presiden
t
and Chief Financial Officer have issued certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Ac
t
o
f
2002 an
d
app
li
ca
bl
e Secur
i
t
i
es an
d
Exc
h
an
g
e Comm
i
ss
i
on re
g
u
l
at
i
ons w
i
t
h
respect to t
hi
s Annua
l
Report on
Form 10-K. T
h
e
f
u
ll
text o
f
t
h
e cert
ifi
cat
i
ons are set
f
ort
hi
nEx
hibi
t31an
d
32 to t
hi
s Annua
l
Re
p
ort on Form 10-K.
M
r. Schottenstein submitted his annual certification to the NYSE on June 23, 2008, statin
g
that he was not
aware o
f
any v
i
o
l
at
i
on
b
yt
h
e Company o
f
t
h
e NYSE’s corporate governance stan
d
ar
d
s, as requ
i
re
dby
S
ect
i
on 303A.12(a) o
f
t
h
e NYSE L
i
ste
d
Company Manua
l
.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPEN
S
ATION
In accor
d
ance w
i
t
h
Genera
l
Instruct
i
on G(3), t
h
e
i
n
f
ormat
i
on conta
i
ne
d
un
d
er t
h
ecapt
i
on
s
“COMPEN
S
ATIO
N
O
FMANA
G
EMENT
”
a
n
d
“OTHER DIRECTOR INFORMATION
,
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS AND
CO
RP
O
RATE
GO
VERNAN
C
EINF
O
RMATI
O
N
”
i
n the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference
.
The
“REPORT OF THE COMPEN
S
ATION COMMITTEE” s
h
a
ll
not
b
e
d
eeme
d
to
b
e
i
ncorporate
dh
ere
i
n
by
re
f
erence
.
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