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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - MYERS INDUSTRIES INC | c91795e10vq.htm |
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - MYERS INDUSTRIES INC | c91795exv21.htm |
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32 - MYERS INDUSTRIES INC | c91795exv32.htm |
EX-31.B - EXHIBIT 31(B) - MYERS INDUSTRIES INC | c91795exv31wb.htm |
Exhibit 31 (a)
Certification Per Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification Per Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, John C. Orr, certify that:
1. I have reviewed the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Myers Industries, Inc. for
the period ended September 30, 2009 which this certification accompanies;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The companys other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the companys disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the companys internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the companys most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants
fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the companys internal control over financial reporting;
and
5. The companys other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the companys auditors and the
audit committee of the companys board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting.
Date: November 4, 2009
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/s/ John C. Orr
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Chief Executive Officer |