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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over
financial reporting of the Company. This system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles.
Our 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.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting can only provide reasonable
assurance and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections 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.
Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the system of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2011. In making this evaluation, management used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated
Framework. Based on management’s evaluation and those criteria, management concluded that the Company’s
system of internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2011.
Management’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 has been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing on the
following page, in which they expressed an unqualified opinion.
-s- Scott W. Wine
Scott W. Wine
Chief Executive Officer
-s- Michael W. Malone
Michael W. Malone
Vice President—Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
February 27, 2012
Further discussion of our internal controls and procedures is included in Item 9A of this report, under the
caption “Controls and Procedures.”
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