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Item 9 - Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A - Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has
evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures”, (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-
15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the Exchange Act)). Based upon their
evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by
this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for the purpose of ensuring that the
information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) (1) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the
Exchange Act) and the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm,
are included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In addition, no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal fourth quarter
ended February 1, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
Item 9B - Other Information
None.