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EXHIBIT 31.1 |
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 |
CERTIFICATION I, Thomas E. Faust Jr., certify that: |
1. | I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of Belcrest Capital Fund LLC; |
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 registrant as of, | |
and for, the periods presented in this report; | |
4. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) 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 registrant 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 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; | |
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 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 | |
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred | |
during the registrants 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 registrants internal control over | |
financial reporting; and | |
5. | The registrant's other certifying officer(s) 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 registrant's 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 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: May 7, 2010 |
/s/ Thomas E. Faust Jr. Thomas E. Faust Jr. Chief Executive Officer |