CODE OF
ETHICS FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND VICE-PRESIDENT
SECRETARY, SECRETARY AND TREASURER
The Company's Board of
Directors has adopted the following Code of Ethics for its
Chief Executive Officer, Vice-President Secretary and
Treasurer ("the Executives").
To the best of
their knowledge and ability, the Executives shall:
1. Act with honesty and integrity,
including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships;
2. Comply with applicable governmental
laws, rules and regulations;
3. Promote the prompt internal reporting
of violations of this Code of Ethics to the Audit
Committee or the Board of Directors;
4. Respect the confidentiality of
information acquired in the course of employment;
5. Proactively promote ethical and honest
behavior within the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries.
6. The Executives are responsible for
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable financial
disclosure in reports and documents filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other
public communications made by the Company. The Company's
accounting records must be maintained in accordance with
all applicable laws and standards, must be proper,
supported and classified, and must not contain any false
or misleading entries.
7. The Executives are responsible for the
Company's system of internal financial controls. The
Executives shall promptly bring to the attention of the
Audit Committee of the Board of Directors any information
the Executives 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.
8. The Executives may not compete with the
Company. The Executives shall promptly bring to the
attention of the Board of Directors and the Audit
Committee any information the Executives may have
concerning 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.
9. The Company is committed to complying
with both the letter and the spirit of all applicable
laws, rules and regulations. The Executives shall promptly
bring to the attention of the Board of Directors and the
Audit Committee any information the Executives may have
concerning evidence of a material violation of the
securities or other laws, rules or regulations applicable
to the Company or its employees or agents.
10. The Executives shall promptly bring to
the attention of the Board of Directors and the Audit
Committee any information the Executives may have
concerning any violation of this Code of Ethics. The Board
of Directors may determine, or designate appropriate
persons to determine, appropriate additional disciplinary
or other actions to be taken in the event of violations of
this Code of Ethics by the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, and Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer.
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