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|   | 1. | The      Ethics Officers shall supervise the implementation of measures that are      designed to ensure that information disclosed in reports and documents      filed with or submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or      contained in other public communications made by the Company, is full,      fair, accurate, complete, timely and  understandable. |
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|   | 2. | The      Ethics Officers shall promptly bring to the attention of the Audit      Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") any      material information of which he or she may become aware that could affect      the disclosures made by the Company in its public  filings. |
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|   | 3. | The      Ethics Officers shall promptly bring to the attention of the Audit      Committee any information he or she may have concerning (i) significant      deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could      adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and      report financial data or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that      involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the      Company's financial reporting, disclosures or internal      controls. |
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|   | 4. | The      Ethics Officers shall promptly bring to the attention of the Company's      Corporate Compliance Officer and to the Audit Committee any information he      or she may have concerning any violation of this Code of Ethics or the      Company's Business Conduct Guidelines by any director, officer or other      employee of the Company. |
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|   | 5. | The      Ethics Officers shall promptly bring to the attention of the Corporate      Compliance Officer and to the Audit Committee any material transaction or      relationship that arises and of which he or she becomes aware that      reasonably could be expected to give rise to an actual or apparent      conflict of interest between a director or senior officer of the Company,      on the one hand, and the Company, on theother. |
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