-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Pu8FbjDpIL1BaSiBLRIL60l8QN26O0usxC7gpPDx3JtQAnZb2JVAJkI+qspufnfq hMIREXAHZBB88d4YVkGBlg== 0000870156-09-000107.txt : 20091120 0000870156-09-000107.hdr.sgml : 20091120 20091120092422 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000870156-09-000107 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091120 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091120 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STRATUS FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000870156 IRS NUMBER: 470741659 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06259 FILM NUMBER: 091197342 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6801 S 27TH STREET CITY: LINCOLN STATE: NE ZIP: 68512 BUSINESS PHONE: 4024763000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6801 S 27TH STREET CITY: LINCOLN STATE: NE ZIP: 68508 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: APEX FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910131 0000870156 S000008401 Stratus Growth Portfolio C000023037 Institutional Shares STPGX C000023038 Retail Shares STWAX 0000870156 S000008402 Stratus Government Securities Portfolio C000023039 Institutional Shares STGSX C000023040 Retail Shares STGAX N-Q 1 nq.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number  811-6259

 

Stratus Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

6811 S. 27th Street, P.O. Box 82535

Lincoln, NE    68501-2535

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Jon C. Gross

Stratus Fund, Inc.

6811 S. 27th Street, P.O. Box 82535

Lincoln, NE 68501-2535

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 402-323-1846 or 888-769-2362

 

Date of fiscal year end:

06/30/2010

 

Date of reporting period:

09/30/2009

 

 


 

ITEM 1. - SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

GROWTH PORTFOLIO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

                                      September 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Percent of

 

 

 

Shares

 

Common Stock - 98.75%

Net Assets

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Materials

3.67%

 

 

 

9,000

 

Bemis Co., Inc.

 

 

$233,190

 

8,000

 

Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, Inc.

 

 

548,880

 

12,000

 

Nucor Corp.

 

 

564,120

 

7,500

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

 

612,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,958,865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

7.22%

 

 

 

3,000

 

AutoZone, Inc. *

 

 

438,660

 

20,000

 

Best Buy Company, Inc.

 

 

750,400

 

48,000

 

Comcast Corp.

 

 

810,720

 

16,000

 

McDonald's Corp.

 

 

913,120

 

6,000

 

Nike, Inc.

 

 

388,200

 

22,000

 

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

 

553,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,854,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Staples

10.18%

 

 

 

20,000

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

 

433,600

 

33,000

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

 

 

1,179,420

 

7,000

 

General Mills, Inc.

 

 

450,660

 

20,000

 

Pepsico, Inc.

 

 

1,173,200

 

21,000

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

 

 

1,216,320

 

20,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

 

981,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,435,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

12.43%

 

 

 

10,000

 

Apache Corporation

 

 

918,300

 

5,000

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

352,150

 

20,000

 

ConocoPhillips

 

 

903,200

 

18,000

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

 

1,234,980

 

23,000

 

Noble Corp.

 

 

873,080

 

15,000

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

 

1,176,000

 

14,000

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

 

521,080

 

11,000

 

Schlumberger Limited

 

 

655,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,634,390

 

 

 

 

Financials

13.89%

 

 

 

16,000

 

Allstate Corp.

 

 

489,920

 

12

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - A *

 

 

1,212,000

 

7,000

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

 

704,200

 

3,000

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

 

553,050

 

40,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

 

1,752,800

 

20,000

 

Legg Mason, Inc.

 

 

620,600

 

20,000

 

MetLife, Inc.

 

 

761,400

 

41,000

 

US Bancorp

 

 

896,260

 

15,000

 

Wells Fargo & Company

 

 

422,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,412,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care

14.70%

 

 

 

24,000

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

 

1,187,280

 

11,000

 

Amgen, Inc. *

 

 

662,530

 

15,000

 

Becton, Dickinson and Company

 

 

1,046,250

 

27,000

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

 

1,644,030

 

12,000

 

Novartis AG

 

 

604,560

 

15,000

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

 

782,850

 

7,000

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

 

 

353,920

 

20,000

 

United Health Group, Inc.

 

 

500,800

 

10,000

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. *

 

 

421,300

 

12,000

 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. *

 

 

641,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,844,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrials

11.48%

 

 

 

10,000

 

3M Co.

 

 

$738,000

 

7,000

 

Danaher Corp.

 

 

471,240

 

65,000

 

General Electric Co.

 

 

1,067,300

 

12,000

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

 

445,800

 

10,000

 

ITT Corp.

 

 

521,500

 

12,000

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. *

 

 

551,400

 

10,000

 

Roper Industries, Inc.

 

 

509,800

 

25,000

 

Terex Corp. *

 

 

518,250

 

8,000

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

 

466,800

 

8,000

 

United Parcel Service, Inc.

 

 

451,760

 

13,000

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

 

387,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,129,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

19.71%

 

 

 

40,000

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

 

 

941,600

 

60,000

 

EMC Corp. *

 

 

1,022,400

 

18,000

 

Fiserv, Inc. *

 

 

867,600

 

2,000

 

Google, Inc. *

 

 

991,700

 

20,000

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

 

944,200

 

9,000

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

 

1,076,490

 

10,000

 

Linear Technology Corp.

 

 

276,300

 

9,000

 

McAfee, Inc. *

 

 

394,110

 

55,000

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

1,423,950

 

36,000

 

Oracle Corp. *

 

 

750,240

 

10,000

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

449,800

 

35,000

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

 

829,150

 

8,000

 

Visa, Inc.

 

 

552,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,520,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications

2.36%

 

 

 

23,000

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

696,210

 

25,000

 

Vodafone Group Plc

 

 

562,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,258,710

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities

3.11%

 

 

 

32,000

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

503,680

 

10,000

 

PG & E Corp.

 

 

404,900

 

20,000

 

Questar Corp.

 

 

751,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,659,780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Securities - 1.21%

 

 

 

 

646,666

 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund

1.21%

 

646,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (cost $50,491,631)

99.96%

 

$53,355,371

 

 

 

Other assets, less liabilities

0.04%

 

22,041

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

100.00%

 

$53,377,412

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Indicates nonincome-producing security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2009 is as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost of investments

$ 50,493,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

$ 7,540,121

 

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation

$ (4,678,640)

 

 

 

 

Total

$ 2,861,481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fund adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of

Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," (SFAS 157) effective at the

beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 defines fair value and establishes a framework for

measuring fair value. The various inputs that may be used to determine the value are summarized

in the three levels listed below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates,

 

prepayment speed, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value

 

of investments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Portfolio's investments as of

September 30, 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

                                     Level 1

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Common Stock

$ 52,708,705

    $                 -

 

$                 -

 

Other Securities

646,666

    $                 -

 

    $                 -

 

Total

$ 53,355,371

    $                 -

 

    $                 -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




GOVERNMENT SECURITIES PORTFOLIO

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

                         September 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

 

Percent of

 

 

Amount

 

 

Net Assets

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government Agency Bonds

30.36%

 

 

$2,000,000

 

Farmer Mac 5.50% due 7/15/11

 

 

$2,134,206

2,100,000

 

Federal Home Loan Bank 4.875% due 10/30/17

 

 

2,282,423

2,500,000

 

Federal Home Loan Bank 5.00% due 03/09/12

 

 

2,721,863

1,000,000

 

Federal Home Loan Bank 5.375% due 6/14/13

 

 

1,114,836

1,500,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage 1.625% due 9/02/11

 

 

1,505,799

1,100,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage 3.75% due 3/27/19

 

 

1,100,537

1,000,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage 5.25% due 4/18/16

 

 

1,115,418

1,605,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.32% due 12/30/11

 

1,607,520

825,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. 1.50% due 9/08/11

 

827,972

2,000,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. 5.00% due 5/11/17

 

2,210,426

 

 

 

 

 

16,621,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Backed Securities

20.81%

 

 

2,690,779

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 4.00% due 5/01/19

 

2,798,698

563,121

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 5.00% due 2/01/18

 

599,680

151,657

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 5.00% due 10/01/12

 

156,317

236,988

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 5.50% due 9/01/17

 

254,299

305,328

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 5.50% due 11/01/16

 

326,678

98,034

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Pool 6.00% due 3/01/17

 

105,134

1,224,121

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage CMO 5.50% due 12/15/20

 

1,280,619

352,425

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool 4.50% due 5/01/15

 

363,329

45,393

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool 5.50% due 3/01/17

 

48,637

2,032,331

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool 5.50% due 1/01/18

 

2,177,610

126,735

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool 6.00% due 6/01/16

 

136,150

136,996

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn. Pool 6.00% due 12/01/16

 

147,175

342,832

 

Government National Mortgage Assn. Pool 3.625% due 8/20/34

 

348,132

1,218,165

 

Government National Mortgage Assn. Pool 4.50% due 5/15/18

 

1,287,579

222,318

 

Government National Mortgage Assn. Pool 4.625% due 8/20/32

 

221,087

1,091,206

 

Government National Mortgage Assn. Pool 5.00% due 11/15/33

 

1,137,480

 

 

 

 

 

11,388,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treasury Notes/Bonds/Inflation Protected Securities

29.77%

 

 

1,000,000

 

US Treasury Note 2.625% due 5/31/10

 

 

1,015,547

2,000,000

 

US Treasury Note 2.75% due 2/15/19

 

 

1,908,594

1,000,000

 

US Treasury Note 3.125% due 4/30/13

 

 

1,049,922

1,000,000

 

US Treasury Note 3.50% due 5/31/13

 

 

1,062,891

2,000,000

 

US Treasury Note 5.125% due 5/15/16

 

 

2,281,250

2,056,000

 

US Treasury Inflation Protected Security 1.625% due 1/15/18

 

2,076,560

2,345,180

 

US Treasury Inflation Protected Security 1.875% due 7/15/13

 

2,422,864

2,325,141

 

US Treasury Inflation Protected Security 1.875% due 7/15/15

 

2,402,161

2,017,280

 

US Treasury Inflation Protected Security 1.875% due 7/15/19

 

2,076,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,296,327

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

11.96%

 

 

1,000,000

 

Archer Daniels 5.45% due 3/15/18

 

 

1,083,634

1,000,000

 

Conoco Phillips 5.625% due 10/15/16

 

 

1,095,266

1,000,000

 

Lowe's Companies 5.60% due 9/15/12

 

 

1,106,540

500,000

 

Pfizer, Inc. 6.20% due 3/15/19

 

 

563,569

1,000,000

 

SBC Communications 5.10% due 9/15/14

 

 

1,078,168

1,500,000

 

Wal-Mart Stores 4.55% due 5/01/13

 

 

1,618,968

 

 

 

 

 

6,546,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Securities

6.40%

 

 

1,504,357

 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund

 

 

1,504,357

2,000,000

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Fund

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

3,504,357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (cost $51,629,455)

99.30%

 

$54,356,433

 

 

Other assets, less liabilities

0.70%

 

384,655

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

100.00%

 

$54,741,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2009 is as follows:

 

 

Federal tax cost of investments

$ 51,629,455

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

$ 2,800,999

 

 

 

 

Unrealized depreciation

(74,021)

 

 

 

 

Total

$ 2,726,978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fund adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of

Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," (SFAS 157) effective at the

beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 defines fair value and establishes a framework for

measuring fair value. The various inputs that may be used to determine the value are summarized

in the three levels listed below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest

 

rates, prepayment speed, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the

 

fair value of investments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Portfolio's investments as of

September 30, 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

Government Agency Bonds

$ -

 

$ 16,621,000

 

     $               -

Mortgage Backed Securities

-

 

11,388,604

 

           -

Treasury Notes/Bonds/Inflation Protected Securities

-

 

16,296,327

 

           -

Corporate Bonds

-

 

6,546,145

 

           -

Other Securities

3,504,357

 

     -

 

           -

Total

$ 3,504,357

 

$ 50,852,076

 

     $                -


 


 

ITEM 2. - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

An evaluation was performed by the officers of Stratus Fund, Inc. (the"Fund"), including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness and design of the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, which was conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Fund's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed and effectively operate so as to insure that material information relating to the Fund is made known to management of the Fund, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer. There have been no significant changes in the Fund's internal controls over financial reporting during the Fund's last fiscal half-year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund's internal controls over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. - EXHIBITS

 

Certifications - Attached hereto

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Stratus Fund, Inc.

 

 

By /s/ Jon C. Gross

 

Jon C. Gross, President

 

Date 11/20/2009  

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By /s/ Jon C. Gross

 

Jon C. Gross, President

 

Date 11/20/2009  

 

 

 

By /s/ Jeffrey S. Jewell

 

Jeffrey S. Jewell, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

Date 11/20/2009  

 

EX-99.3 2 cert.htm CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Jon C. Gross, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Stratus Fund, Inc.;

 

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 schedules of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)for the registrant 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 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;

 

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 registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant'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 registrant’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 registrant's internal controls; and

 

 

Date: 11/20/2009

 

 

 

/s/ Jon C. Gross

Jon C. Gross, President

 


 

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Jeffrey S. Jewell, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Stratus Fund, Inc.;

 

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 schedules of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)for the registrant 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 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;

 

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 registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant'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 registrant’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 registrant's internal controls; and

 

Date: 11/20/2009  

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey S. Jewell

Jeffrey S. Jewell, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

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