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10-K - FORM 10-K 2009 HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES, INC. - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | form10k2009.htm |
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit21.htm |
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit312.htm |
EX-31.3 - EXHIBIT 31.3 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit313.htm |
EX-32.3 - EXHIBIT 32.3 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit323.htm |
EX-13.1 - EXHIBIT 13.1 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit131.htm |
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit322.htm |
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit231.htm |
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - HIGHLANDS BANKSHARES INC /VA/ | exhibit321.htm |
Exhibit
31.1
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Executive Vice President and Chief Executive
Officer
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I, Samuel
L. Neese, certify that:
1.
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I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Highlands Bankshares,
Inc. for the year ended December 31,
2009.
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2.
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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;
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3.
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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 registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The
registrant's other certifying officers 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-a5(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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a)
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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
registrant, 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;
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b)
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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;
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c)
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evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant's 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
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d)
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disclosed in this report any change in
the registrant's
internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the
registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant's other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the
registrant's auditors and the
audit committee of
the registrant's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent
functions):
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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 registrant's 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 registrant's internal
control over financial reporting.
Date:
April 14th,
2010
/s/Samuel L. Neese
Samuel
L. Neese
Executive
Vice President and Chief Executive Officer