Exhibit 99.4
CONTROLS OR PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Control and Procedures
The Company’s management evaluated, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a – 14 (c) and 15d-14(c) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the year ended December 31, 2003. Based upon their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of the end of the year ended December 31, 2003, to ensure that material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) was made known to them by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report on Form 40-F was being prepared.
Changes in Internal Controls
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2003 that was materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
