Common use of INTEGRITY OF RECORDS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS Clause in Contracts

INTEGRITY OF RECORDS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS. As a public company, it is of critical importance that the Corporation's filings with the appropriate regulatory authorities be accurate and timely. Depending on their position with the Corporation, an employee, officer or director may be called upon to provide necessary information to ensure that the Corporation's public reports are complete, fair and understandable. The Corporation expects employees, officers and directors to take this responsibility very seriously and to provide prompt accurate answers to inquiries related to the Company's public disclosure requirements. The integrity of the Corporation's record keeping systems will be respected at all times. Employees, officers and directors are forbidden to use, authorize, or condone the use of "off-the-books" bookkeeping, secret accounts, unrecorded bank accounts, "slush" funds, falsified books, or any other devices that could be utilized to distort records or reports of the Corporation's true operating results and financial conditions or could otherwise result in the improper recordation of funds or transactions.