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Table of Contents
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
Pursuant to Rule 13a-
15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), we carried out an evaluation,
with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under Rule 13a-
15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and that
such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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
framework in Internal Control—
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control—
Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control
over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2009.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended December 31, 2009 that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
There was no information required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-
K during the three months ended December 31, 2009 covered by
this Annual Report on Form 10-K that was not reported.
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