Form 40-F - United States Securities And Exchange Commission (Page 4 of 16) in pdf

(ii) files or is required to file with a stock exchange on which its securities are traded or

(iii) distributes or is required to distribute to its securityholders shall be furnished by Registrants under cover of Form 6-K.

(4) A filer must file the Form 40-F registration statement or annual report in electronic format in the English language in accordance

with Regulation S-T Rule 306 (17 CFR 232.306). A filer may file part of an exhibit or other attachment to the Form 40-F registration

statement or annual report in both French and English if it included the French text to comply with the requirements of the

Canadian securities administrator or other Canadian authority and, for an electronic filing, if the filing is an HTML document,

as defined in Regulation S-T Rule 11 (17 CFR 232.11). For both an electronic filing and a paper filing, a filer may provide an

English translation or English summary of a foreign language document as an exhibit or other attachment to the registration

statement or amendment as permitted by the rules of the applicable Canadian securities administrator.

(5) If a report filed on this Form incorporates by reference any information not previously filed with the Commission, such information

must be attached as an exhibit and filed with this Form.

(6) Where the Form is being used as an annual report filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act:

(a) (1) Provide the certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) (17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)) or Rule 15d-14(a) (17 CFR 240.15d-

14(a)) as an exhibit to this report exactly as set forth below.

CERTIFICATIONS*

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of [identify issuer];

2. 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;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material

respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The issuer’s 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 issuer and have:

a) 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 issuer, 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;

b) 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;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer’s 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

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered

by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s internal control over

financial reporting; and

5. The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial

reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent

functions):

(a) 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 issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s

internal control over financial reporting.

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