Audits and Financial Statements A. Audits
i. HHS Single Audit Unit will notify Grantee to complete the Single Audit Determination Form. If Grantee fails to complete the form within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of notice, Grantee will be subject to the sanctions and remedies for non-compliance with this Contract.
ii. If Grantee, within Xxxxxxx’s fiscal year, expends at least SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000) in federal funds awarded, Grantee shall have a single audit or program-specific audit in accordance with 2 CFR 200. The federal threshold amount includes federal funds passed through by way of state agency awards.
iii. If Grantee, within Xxxxxxx’s fiscal year, expends at least SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000) in state funds awarded, Grantee shall have a single audit or program-specific audit in accordance with UGMS, State of Texas Single Audit Circular. The audit must be conducted by an independent certified public accountant and in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Government Auditing Standards, and UGMS.
iv. For-profit Grantees whose expenditures meet or exceed the federal or state expenditure thresholds stated above shall follow the guidelines in 2 CFR 200 or UGMS, as applicable, for their program-specific audits.
v. Each Grantee that is required to obtain a single audit must competitively re-procure single audit services once every six years. Grantee shall procure audit services in compliance with this section, state procurement procedures, as well as with the provisions of UGMS.
B. Financial Statements Each Grantee that does not meet the expenditure threshold for a single audit or program- specific audit, must provide financial statements.
Reports and Financial Statements By signing this Agreement, each Lender:
(a) agrees to furnish the Administrative Agent promptly upon the furnishing of any Bank Product or Cash Management Service and thereafter at such frequency as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with a summary of all Other Liabilities due or to become due to such Lender. In connection with any distributions to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no amounts are due to any Lender on account of Other Liabilities unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice thereof from such Lender;
(b) is deemed to have requested that the Administrative Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after they become available, copies of all financial statements required to be delivered by the Lead Borrower hereunder and all Borrowing Base Certificates, commercial finance examinations and appraisals of the Collateral received by the Agents (collectively, the “Reports”);
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Administrative Agent makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the Reports, and shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report;
(d) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that the Agents or any other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel;
(e) agrees to keep all Reports confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 hereof; and
(f) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold the Agents and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any Credit Extensions that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to the Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a Loan or Loans; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Agents and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including attorney costs) incurred by the Agents and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
RECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The Advisor, in the conduct of its responsibilities to the Company, shall maintain adequate and separate books and records for the Company’s operations in accordance with GAAP, which shall be supported by sufficient documentation to ascertain that such books and records are properly and accurately recorded. Such books and records shall be the property of the Company and shall be available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and other authorized agents of the Company, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours. Such books and records shall include all information necessary to calculate and audit the fees or reimbursements paid under this Agreement. The Advisor shall utilize procedures to attempt to ensure such control over accounting and financial transactions as is reasonably required to protect the Company’s assets from theft, error or fraudulent activity. All financial statements that the Advisor delivers to the Company shall be prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, except for special financial reports that by their nature require a deviation from GAAP. The Advisor shall liaise with the Company’s officers and independent auditors and shall provide such officers and auditors with the reports and other information that the Company so requests.
SEC Reports and Financial Statements The Company has filed with the SEC, and has heretofore made available to Parent true and complete copies of, all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by it since December 31, 1996 under the Exchange Act (as such documents have been amended since the time of their filing, collectively, the "Company SEC Documents"), each of which (except to the extent revised or superceded by a subsequently filed Company SEC Document) complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. As of their respective dates or, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, the Company SEC Documents, including, without limitation, any financial statements or schedules included therein did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC pursuant to Section 12 or 15 of the Exchange Act. The financial statements of the Company (the "Company Financial Statements") included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 (including the related notes thereto) (the "Company Form 10-K") and in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three fiscal quarters occurring since the Company Form 10-K have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year end adjustments) and fairly present the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof or for the periods presented therein.
Submission of Audits and Financial Statements A. Audits Due the earlier of 30 days after receipt of the independent certified public accountant's report or nine months after the end of the fiscal year, Grantee shall submit electronically one copy of the single audit or program-specific audit to the System Agency via:
i. HHS portal at: or, ii. Email to: xxxxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx.
B. Financial Statements Due no later than nine months after the Grantee’s fiscal year end, Grantees which are not required to submit an audit, shall submit electronically financial statements via:
i. HHS portal at:
ii. Email to: xxxxxx_xxxxx_xxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx.
Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities (a) Attached hereto as Exhibit A are true and complete copies of (i) the balance sheets and related statements of operations and retained earnings for Seller for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, in each case prepared by Frankel, Lodgen, Lacher, Golditch, Sardi & Xxxxxx and (ii) the balance sheet and related statements of income and cash flow for Seller for the year ended December 31, 2001 prepared by Seller in accordance with GAAP (collectively, (i) and (ii) the "Annual Statements"), and the balance sheets and related statements of operations for the five (5) months ended May 31, 2002 (collectively, the "Interim Statements" and, together with the Annual Statements, the "Financial Statements"). The May 31, 2002 balance sheet is referred to herein as the "2002 Balance Sheet."
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.06(b), each of the Financial Statements (i) has been prepared based on the books and records of Seller in accordance with GAAP and Seller's normal accounting practices, consistent with past practice and with each other, and present fairly the financial condition, results of operations of Seller as of the dates indicated or for the periods indicated; (ii) contains and reflects all necessary adjustments, accruals, provisions and allowances for a fair presentation of its financial condition and the results of its operations for the periods covered by such financial statement; (iii) to the extent applicable, contains and reflects adequate provisions for all reasonably anticipated liabilities for all Taxes, federal, state, local or foreign, with respect to the periods then ended and all prior periods; and (iv) with respect to contracts and commitments for the sale of goods or the provision of services by Seller, contains and reflects adequate reserves for all reasonably anticipated losses and costs and expenses in excess of expected receipts.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.06(c), there are no Liabilities of Seller other than: (i) any Liability accrued as a Liability on the 2002 Balance Sheet; (ii) Liabilities specifically disclosed and expressly identified as such in the schedules to this Agreement; and (iii) Liabilities incurred since the date of the 2002 Balance Sheet in Seller's ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Books, Records and Financial Statements (a) The Company shall at all times maintain, at its principal place of business, separate books of account for the Company and its Subsidiaries that shall show a true and accurate record of all costs and expenses incurred, all charges made, all credits made and received and all income derived in connection with the operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and, to the extent inconsistent therewith, in accordance with this Agreement. Such books of account, together with a copy of this Agreement and the Articles, shall at all times be maintained at the principal place of business of the Company and shall be open to inspection and examination at reasonable times by each Member and its duly authorized representatives for any purpose reasonably related to such Member's interest in the Company.
(b) The Officers shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, the books of account of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The following financial information, prepared in accordance with GAAP and applied on a basis consistent with prior periods, which shall be audited and certified to by an independent certified public accountant, shall be transmitted by the Company to each Member as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than sixty days after the close of each Fiscal Year:
(i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the beginning and close of such Fiscal Year;
(ii) the consolidated statement of Profits and Losses for such Fiscal Year;
(iii) a statement of each Member's Capital Account as of the close of such Fiscal Year, and changes therein during such Fiscal Year;
(iv) a consolidated statement of the Company's cash flows during such Fiscal Year; and
(v) a statement indicating such Member's share of each item of Company income, gain, loss, deduction or credit for such Fiscal Year for income tax purposes, which statement shall include or consist of a Schedule K-1 to the Company's Internal Revenue Service Form 1065 (or any corresponding schedule to any successor form) for such Fiscal Year.
(c) Within thirty days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall prepare and provide to each Member an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company with respect to such quarter, a consolidated statement of the profits and losses of the Company for such quarter and a consolidated statement of cash flows during such quarter, each of which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with prior periods, and certified by the chief financial officer of the Company.
(d) During the term of this Agreement (subject to applicable law and Section 15.10), the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and officers, directors, employees, auditors and agents to, afford the officers, employees and agents of each of the other parties hereto and their respective Affiliates reasonable access at all reasonable times to its officers, employees, agents, properties, offices, plans and other facilities, books and records, and shall furnish such Persons with all financial, operating and other data and information as may be reasonably requested.
Statutory Financial Statements (i) The Annual Statements, or the quarterly statements, as the case may be, of each of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National including, without limitation, the provisions made therein for investments and the valuation thereof, reserves, policy and contract claims and Statutory Liabilities, in each case as filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority of its state of domicile (the "Department") and delivered to each Lender prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as of, and for the 1995 Fiscal Year, and as of the end of, and for, the Fiscal Quarters ended March 31, 1996, June 30, 1996 and September 30, 1996 (collectively, the "Statutory Financial Statements"), have been prepared in accordance with SAP applied on a consistent basis. Each such Statutory Financial Statement was in compliance in all material respects with applicable law when filed. The Statutory Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition, the results of operations, changes in equity and changes in financial position of each of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National as of and for the respective dates and periods indicated therein in accordance with SAP applied on a consistent basis. Except for liabilities and obligations, including, without limitation, reserves, policy and contract claims and Statutory Liabilities (all of which have been computed in accordance with SAP), disclosed or provided for in the Statutory Financial Statements, the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National did not have, as of the respective dates of each of such financial statements any liabilities or obligations (whether absolute or contingent and whether due or to become due) which, in conformity with SAP, applied on a consistent basis, would have been required to be or should be disclosed or provided for in such financial statements. All books of account of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National fully and fairly disclose, in all material respects, all of the transactions, properties, assets, investments, liabilities and obligations of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National and all of such books of account are in the possession of each of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National and are true, correct and complete in all material respects.
(ii) The investments of each of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies and Safety National reflected in the Annual Statements filed with the Department with respect to each of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies' and Safety National's 1995 Fiscal Year (the "1995 Annual Statements"), as updated through the September 30, 1996 quarterly statements (the "1996 Quarterly Statements"), comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the applicable Department as to investments which may be made by such Reliance Standard Insurance Company and Safety National.
(iii) The provisions made in the 1995 Annual Statements and in the 1996 Quarterly Statements for reserves, policy and contract claims and Statutory Liabilities are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable Department and have been computed in accordance with SAP.
(iv) Marketable securities and short term investments reflected, with respect to the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies, in line 10A, page 2, column 1 and, with respect to Safety National, in line 8A, page 2, column 1, of their respective 1995 Annual Statements and in the 1996 Quarterly Statements are valued at cost, amortized cost or market value, as noted on such Statutory Financial Statements and as required by applicable law.
(v) There has been no change, event, action, condition or effect which individually or in the aggregate materially and adversely affects the consolidated business, operations, financial prospects or condition of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies taken as a whole or Safety National since December 31, 1995. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.6, no dividends or other distributions have been declared, paid or made upon any shares of capital stock of any of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies or Safety National nor have any shares of capital stock of any of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies or Safety National been redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired since December 31, 1995, other than as reflected in the balance sheets of the Reliance Standard Insurance Companies or Safety National.
Company Reports; Financial Statements (a) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with or to the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since June 30, 2014 (the “Applicable Date”) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed with or furnished to the SEC since the Applicable Date and those filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement, in each case as amended, the “Company Reports”). Each of the Company Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied or, if not yet filed or furnished, will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company Reports. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports did not, and any Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq.
(c) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act. The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act). Such internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company has disclosed, based on the most recent evaluation of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (x) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company has made available prior to the date of this Agreement to Parent (I) either materials relating to or a summary of any disclosure of matters described in clauses (x) or (y) in the preceding sentence made by management of the Company to its auditors and audit committee on or after the Applicable Date and prior to the date of this Agreement and (II) any material communication on or after the Applicable Date and prior to the date of this Agreement made by management of the Company or its auditors to the audit committee as required by the listing standards of Nasdaq, the audit committee’s charter or professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Since the Applicable Date and prior to the date of this Agreement, no complaints from any source regarding a material violation of accounting procedures, internal accounting controls or auditing matters or compliance with Law, including from Company Employees regarding questionable accounting, auditing or legal compliance matters have, to the Knowledge of the Company, been received by the Company.
(d) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents or, in the case of Company Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present, in each case, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of such balance sheet, and each of the consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents, or, in the case of Company Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present, in each case, in all material respects, the results of operations, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that are not or will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein or in the notes thereto.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any Indebtedness, or issued or sold any debt securities or rights to acquire any debt security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the terms of which, or the terms of any instrument under which such Indebtedness, debt securities or rights were issued, requires the public listing of such Indebtedness, debt securities or rights or the maintenance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of registration under the Exchange Act.
Company Financial Statements (a) The financial statements, including the related consolidated schedules of investments, of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries included (or incorporated by reference) in the Company SEC Reports (including the related notes, where applicable) and the Company Interim Financials (i) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, in all material respects, the books and records of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated results of operations, cash flows, changes in stockholders’ equity and consolidated financial position of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the respective fiscal periods or as of the respective dates therein set forth (subject in the case of unaudited statements and the Company Interim Financials to recurring year-end audit adjustments normal in nature and amount), (iii) have complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC or, in the case of the Company Interim Financials, as of the date hereof, in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and (iv) have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except, in each case, as indicated in such statements or in the notes thereto. As of the date hereof, the books and records of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements and reflect only actual transactions. KPMG LLP has not resigned, threatened resignation or been dismissed as independent public accountants of the Company as a result of or in connection with any disagreements with the Company on a matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has any material liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, determined, determinable or otherwise and whether due or to become due), except for (A) in the case of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, liabilities that are reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the Company Interim Financials, (B) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since September 30, 2009 and (C) liabilities incurred since September 30, 2009 pursuant to Contracts entered into after September 30, 2009 not in violation of this Agreement (as if this Agreement was in effect on September 30, 2009).
(ii) Other than as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party to, and has no commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, partnership agreement or any similar Contract (including any Contract relating to any transaction, arrangement or relationship between or among the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity, on the other hand) where the purpose or intended effect of such arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving the Company in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
(iii) None of the Consolidated Subsidiaries of the Company is required to file any forms, reports, schedules, statements or other documents with the SEC.
(c) Since January 1, 2008, (i) neither the Company nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, Employee, auditor, accountant or representative of the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable or illegal accounting or auditing practices or maintains inadequate internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act), and (ii) no attorney representing the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any of its officers, directors, Employees or agents to the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of the Company.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party to any securitization transaction with respect to the assets of the Company or its Consolidated Subsidiaries or off-balance sheet arrangement with respect to the Company (as defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act). To the Company’s knowledge, since January 1, 2008, KPMG LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries included in the Company SEC Reports (including the related notes), has been (i) “independent” with respect to the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries within the meaning of Regulation S-X, and (ii) in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the related rules of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(e) The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company have made all certifications required by, and would be able to make such certifications as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as if required to be made as of such dates, pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, and the statements contained in any such certifications are complete and correct, and the Company is otherwise in compliance with all applicable effective provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the applicable listing standards and corporate governance rules of the NYSE.
(f) The Company has in all material respects:
(i) designed and maintained a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act) to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to allow the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to make the certifications required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports;
(ii) designed and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance concerning the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s principal executive and financial officers, has completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and such assessment concluded that such internal controls were effective using the framework specified in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;
(iii) (A) disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation, to its auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (1) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses (as defined in the relevant Statement of Auditing Standards) in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that could adversely affect its ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other Employees who have a significant role in its internal controls over financial reporting and (B) identified for the Company’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
(iv) provided to Parent true and correct copies of any of the foregoing disclosures to its auditors or the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company that have been made in writing from January 1, 2008 through the date hereof, and will promptly provide to Parent true and correct copies of any such disclosures that are made after the date hereof.
