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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING 73
Under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, manage-
ment is required to assess the effectiveness of the Company’s inter-
nal control over financial reporting as of the end of each fiscal year
and report, based on that assessment, whether the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting is effective.
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed
to provide reasonable assurance as to the reliability of the Company’s
financial reporting and the preparation of external financial state-
ments in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Internal controls over financial reporting, no matter how well
designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, internal control over
financial reporting determined to be effective can provide only rea-
sonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation
and may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Moreover, projec-
tions of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject
to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The Company’s management has assessed the effectiveness of
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January
2, 2011. In making this assessment, the Company used the criteria
established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) in “Internal Control-Integrated
Framework.” These criteria are in the areas of control environment,
risk assessment, control activities, information and communication,
and monitoring. The Company’s assessment included extensive
documenting, evaluating and testing the design and operating
effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting.
Based on the Company’s processes and assessment, as
described above, management has concluded that, as of January 2,
2011, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
was effective.
The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting as of January 2, 2011 has been audited by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as stated in their report, which appears herein.
William C. Weldon Dominic J. Caruso
Chairman, Board of Directors, Vice President, Finance,
and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer