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10-K - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512.htm |
EX-32 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex321.htm |
EX-23 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex231.htm |
EX-32 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex322.htm |
EX-31 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex312.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1071.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1017.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1079.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1073.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1018.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex10711.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex10712.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex10710.htm |
EX-10 - NEWALLIANCE BANCSHARES INC | e92512_ex1078.htm |
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Peyton R. Patterson certify that:
1. | I have
reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. (the
registrant); |
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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; |
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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; |
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4. | The registrants 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 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; |
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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; |
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c) | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants 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) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors
and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function): |
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 registrants 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: | February 23, 2010 |
/s/ Peyton R. Patterson | |
Peyton R. Patterson | |
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | |
(principal executive officer) |