2008 Annual Report - Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems

Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial DisclosureNot applicable.Item 9A.Controls and ProceduresThe Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that informationrequired to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the timeperiods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated tomanagement, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timelydecisions regarding required disclosure. Management necessarily applied its judgment in assessing the costs andbenefits of such controls and procedures which, by their nature, can provide only reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control overfinancial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management,including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operationof the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), asof the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K. Based upon that evaluation, each of the ChiefExecutive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures areeffective in timely alerting them to material information (including from consolidated subsidiaries) required to beincluded in Exchange Act reports. Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting and theindependent registered public accounting firm’s audit report on the effectiveness of our internal control overfinancial reporting are included in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 which areincluded in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theCompany’s most recently completed quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.Item 9B.Other InformationNot applicable.PART IIIItem 10.Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant(1)The Company’s Chief Executive Officer made the annual certification required by Section 303A.12 of theNYSE Company Manual on May 5, 2008. The Company has filed with the SEC as exhibits to this Form 10-K theSarbanes-Oxley Act Section 302 Certifications of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer relating tothe quality of its public disclosure.(1) Certain of the information required by this item regarding executive officers is included in Part I, Item 4 of thisForm 10-K and the remaining required information is incorporated by reference to the definitive proxystatement for the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on May 4, 2009.76