**CODE      OF ETHICS FOR CEO AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS**
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|   | 1. | The                Chief Executive Officer and all senior financial officers are responsible                for full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in                the                periodic reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC.                Accordingly, it is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer                and                each senior financial officer promptly to bring to the attention                of the                Disclosure Committee any material information of which he or she                may                become aware that affects the disclosures made by the Company in                its                public filings or otherwise assist the Disclosure Committee in fulfilling                its responsibilities as specified in the Company’s Financial Reporting and                Disclosure, Controls and Procedures                Policy. |
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|   | 2. | The                Chief Executive Officer and each senior financial officer shall promptly                bring to the attention of the Disclosure Committee and the Audit                Committee                any information he or she may have concerning (a) 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 (b) 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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|   | 3. | The                Chief Executive Officer and each senior financial officer shall promptly                bring to the attention of the General Counsel or the Chief Executive                Officer and to the Audit Committee any information he or she may                have                concerning any violation of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and                Ethics, including any actual or apparent conflicts of interest between                personal and professional relationships, involving any 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                Chief Executive Officer and each senior financial officer shall promptly                bring to the attention of the Audit Committee any information he                or she                may have concerning evidence of a material violation of the securities                or                other laws, rules or regulations applicable to the Company and the                operation of its business, by the Company or any agent thereof, or                of                violation of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or of these                additional procedures. |
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|   | 5. | The                Board of Directors shall determine, or designate appropriate persons                to                determine, appropriate actions to be taken in the event of violations                of                the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or of these additional procedures                by the Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s senior financial                officers. Such actions shall be reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing                and to promote accountability for adherence to the Code of Business                Conduct and Ethics and to these additional procedures, and shall                include                written notices to the individual involved that the Board has determined                that there has been a violation, censure by the Board, demotion or                re-assignment of the individual involved, suspension with or without                pay                or benefits (as determined by the Board) and termination of the                individual’s employment. In determining what action is appropriate in a                particular case, the Board of Directors or such designee shall take                into                account all relevant information, including the nature and severity                of the                violation, whether the violation was a single occurrence or repeated                occurrences, whether the violation appears to have been intentional                or                inadvertent, whether the individual in question had been advised                prior to                the violation as to the proper course of action and whether or not                the                individual in question had committed other violations in the                past. |
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