Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Corporation maintains disclosure controls
and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the ‘‘Exchange Act’’), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by it
in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to the Corporation’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer. The Corporation carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with
the participation of its management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
period covered by this report. Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure control
and procedures were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the
Corporation files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported on a timely basis