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10-K - FORM 10-K - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398e10vk.htm |
EX-12 - EXHIBIT 12 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv12.htm |
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv32w1.htm |
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv99w2.htm |
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv23w1.htm |
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv31w1.htm |
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv23w2.htm |
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv99w1.htm |
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV LP | c14398exv32w2.htm |
Exhibit 31.2
Certification
I, Peter D. Taube, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 of Merrill
Lynch Preferred Capital Trust IV and Merrill Lynch Preferred Funding IV, L.P. (the Partnership);
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 Partnership as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The Partnerships 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 Partnership 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 Partnership, including the Partnerships 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 Partnerships 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 Partnerships internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Partnerships most recent fiscal quarter (the Partnerships
fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The Partnerships other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Partnerships auditors and the
audit committee of the Partnerships 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 Partnerships
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 Partnerships internal control over financial reporting.
MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED FUNDING IV, L.P. By: MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., as General Partner |
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By: | /s/ PETER D. TAUBE | |||
Name: | Peter D. Taube* | |||
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer and Controller |
Dated: March 28, 2011
* | Peter D. Taube functions as the equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Partnership for purposes of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |