UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Commission file number 1-14229
QUIKSILVER,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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15202 Graham Street
Huntington Beach, California
92649
(Address of
principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(714) 889-2200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark
if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required
to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark
if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
Indicate by check mark
whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting
company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one).
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Large accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act). Yes ¨ No x
The aggregate market value of the Registrants Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $875 million as of April 30,
2014, the last business day of Registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
As of December 3, 2014, there were 174,057,410
shares of the Registrants Common Stock issued and outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Registrants Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held March 17, 2015 are incorporated by reference into
Part III of this Form 10-K.
Explanatory Note
Quiksilver, Inc. (the Company, we, us, or our) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this
Amendment) to its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014, which was originally filed on December 23, 2014 (the Original Filing), to amend and restate Item 9A of Part II,
Controls and Procedures, with respect to (1) our conclusions regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting and (2) Deloitte & Touche LLPs
related attestation report.
As required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), new
certifications of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer are also being filed as exhibits to this Amendment. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing, which continues to speak as of the date of
the Original Filing. Except as specifically noted above, this Amendment does not modify or update disclosures in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing or modify or
update any related or other disclosures.
Part II
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures |
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SECs rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired
control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide a reasonable level of
assurance of reaching our desired disclosure control objectives.
We carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of October 31, 2014, the end of the period covered by this report.
Previously, based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of October 31, 2014. However, due to the material weakness in internal control
over financial reporting described below, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure procedures were not effective, and were not operating at the reasonable assurance level as of October 31, 2014.
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Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (Revised) |
Internal control
over financial reporting refers to the process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other
personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and includes those policies and procedures that:
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pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; |
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provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and |
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provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
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Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its
inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting
also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However,
these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over our financial reporting.
Management has used the framework set forth in the report entitled Internal
ControlIntegrated Framework published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission (1992 Framework) to evaluate the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.
Management had previously reported that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of October 31, 2014; however, in February 2015,
management identified and brought to the attention of the Audit Committee a revenue cut-off issue. The Audit Committee promptly commenced an investigation, with the assistance of independent legal counsel and outside forensic accountants, engaged by
the Audit Committee (the Independent Investigation), into the scope and causes of this revenue cut-off issue and reported the results of the Independent Investigation to the full Board of Directors and management.
Based on the results of the Independent Investigation and our reassessment of the deficiencies in the operating effectiveness of certain of our internal
controls, we have determined that a material weakness existed in our internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2014. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a companys annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management has identified deficiencies
in operating effectiveness that, in combination, represent a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as follows:
In
our North America wholesale operations, accurate information regarding actual shipment routing and customer delivery was not consistently maintained in our ERP system in accordance with our procedures. As a result, certain net revenues recorded in
the prior period did not meet the criteria for revenue
recognition at that time but instead should have been recognized in the following quarter. In addition, certain of our employees took actions inconsistent with our Code of Business Conduct and
Ethics. These deficiencies in combination represented a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
Because of the material
weakness identified, management has concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of October 31, 2014.
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analyzed the impact of the revenue cut-off misstatements from the identified material weakness and concluded that it did not have a material impact on our previously issued consolidated financial statements. Notwithstanding the material weakness in
our internal control over financial reporting, we have concluded that the consolidated financial statements and other financial information included in the Original Filing, fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows as of, and for, the periods presented.
The foregoing has been approved by our management, including our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer, who have been involved with the reassessment and analysis of our internal control over financial reporting.
Deloitte & Touche LLP has issued an attestation report (see below) on our internal control over financial reporting.
We are in the process of developing and implementing remediation plans to address the
material weakness described above.
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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting |
There have been no changes in our internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended October 31, 2014 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
However, as noted above, we will be implementing changes to our internal control over financial reporting to address the material weakness
described above.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Quiksilver, Inc.
Huntington Beach, California
We have audited the internal
control over financial reporting of Quiksilver, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of October 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Companys management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting, included in the accompanying Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (Revised). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companys internal control over financial reporting based on our
audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in
the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed by, or under the supervision of, the companys principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the companys board of directors, management, and other
personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the
assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and
that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent
limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also,
projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our report dated December 22, 2014, we expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of
the Companys internal control over financial reporting. As described in the following paragraph, the Company subsequently identified a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, management has revised its
assessment about the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting, and our present opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2014, as
expressed herein, is different from that expressed in our previous report.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weakness has been identified
and included in managements assessment:
Management has identified deficiencies in operating effectiveness that, in combination,
represent a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as follows:
In our North America wholesale operations, accurate
information regarding actual shipment routing and customer delivery was not consistently maintained in our ERP system in accordance with our procedures. As a result, certain net revenues recorded in the prior period did not meet the criteria for
revenue recognition at that time but instead should have been recognized in the following quarter. In addition, certain of our employees took actions inconsistent with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. These deficiencies in combination
represented a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.
This material weakness was considered in determining the nature,
timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended October 31, 2014, of the Company and this report does not affect our report on such financial statements.
In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness identified above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has
not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2014, based on the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended October 31, 2014, of the Company and our report dated December 22, 2014, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
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December 22, 2014 (March 25, 2015 as to the effects of the material weakness) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 25, 2015
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QUIKSILVER, INC. |
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(Registrant) |
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/s/ Andrew P. Mooney |
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/s/ Richard Shields |
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Andrew P. Mooney |
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Richard Shields |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications Principal Executive Officer |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications Principal Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No. 333-40328, No. 333-64106, No. 333-85204, No. 333-104462,
No. 333-114845, No. 333-123858, No. 333-133229, No. 333-141463, No. 333-161636, No. 333-166102, No. 333-173273, No. 333-187361 and No. 333-194822 on Form S-8 of our report dated December 22, 2014
(March 25, 2015 as to the effects of the material weakness), relating to the effectiveness of Quiksilver, Inc.s internal control over financial reporting, (which report expresses an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of Quiksilver,
Inc.s internal control over financial reporting because of a material weakness), appearing in this Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Quiksilver Inc. for the year ended October 31, 2014.
Costa Mesa, California
March 25, 2015
EXHIBIT 31.1
§ 302 CERTIFICATION
I, Andrew
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I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Quiksilver, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: March 25, 2015 |
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/s/ Andrew P. Mooney |
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Andrew P. Mooney |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
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EXHIBIT 31.2
§ 302 CERTIFICATION
I, Richard
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I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Quiksilver, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
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Date: March 25, 2015 |
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/s/ Richard Shields |
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Richard Shields |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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(Principal Accounting Officer) |