The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is composed of four directors who are not officers or employees of the Company. They meet
periodically with management, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the internal auditors to review the audit scope and results, discuss internal
controls and financial reporting subjects, and review management actions on these matters. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the internal
auditors have full and free access to the members of the Audit Committee.
EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Management established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the officers who certify the Company's financial reports and to other members of senior
management and the Board of Directors.
The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Management, including the
Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures as of November 30, 2009 pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-
15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective. “Disclosure controls and procedures” are the controls and other procedures
of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports filed or submitted by it under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. “Disclosure controls and procedures” include, without limitation,
controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in its Exchange Act reports is accumulated
and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. No changes were made in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal
quarter ended November 30, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control
over financial reporting.
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
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) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of Management, including the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of 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 Management's evaluation under the framework in “Internal Control - Integrated Framework”,
Management concluded that internal control over financial reporting was effective as of November 30, 2009. The effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009 was audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.
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James S. Marlen
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer |
James R. McLaughlin
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer |
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