The Commission shall, by rule,
require, for each company filing periodic reports under section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m,
78o(d)), that the principal executive officer or officers and the prin-
cipal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar
functions, certify in each annual or quarterly report filed or sub-
mitted under either such section of such Act that—