Systems and Processes. Each of Southwest and Southwest Bank have in place sufficient systems and processes that are customary for a financial institution of the size of Southwest and Southwest Bank and that are designed to (i) provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of Southwest’s and Southwest Bank’s Financial Statements and (ii) in a timely manner accumulate and communicate to Southwest and Southwest Bank’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer the type of information that would be required to be disclosed in Southwest’s and Southwest Bank’s financial statements or any report or filing to be filed or provided to any Regulatory Authority. Since December 31, 2012, neither Southwest nor Southwest Bank nor, to Southwest’s Knowledge, any employee, auditor, accountant or representative of any Southwest Entity has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the adequacy of such systems and processes or the accuracy or integrity of Southwest Financial Statements, Call Reports or the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods (including with respect to loan loss reserves, write-downs, charge-offs and accruals) of Southwest or any Southwest Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Southwest or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices. No attorney representing Southwest or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by Southwest or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of Securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Southwest or any of its officers, directors or employees to the board of directors of Southwest or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of Southwest. To Southwest’s Knowledge, there has been no instance of fraud by any Southwest Entity, whether or not material, that occurred during any period covered by Southwest Financial Statements.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Simmons First National Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southwest Bancorp Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southwest Bancorp Inc)
