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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - CVS HEALTH Corpd10q.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - CVS HEALTH Corpdex312.htm
EX-10.1 - THREE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT - CVS HEALTH Corpdex101.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CVS HEALTH Corpdex322.htm
EX-15.1 - LETTER RE: UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION - CVS HEALTH Corpdex151.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - CVS HEALTH Corpdex321.htm
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - CVS HEALTH CorpFinancial_Report.xls
Part II    Exhibit 31.1

 

Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Thomas M. Ryan, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CVS Caremark Corporation, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CVS Caremark Corporation;

 

  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 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer 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:

 

  (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: July 28, 2010

 

By:

 

/s/ Thomas M. Ryan

   

Thomas M. Ryan

    Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer