Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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Disclosure Controls and Procedures

. As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule

13a-15(e)

and

15d-15(e)

of the Exchange Act). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in providing reasonable assurance that information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

We are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule

13a-15(f)

and

15d-15(f)

of the Exchange Act). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based upon the framework in

Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013)

issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of January 1, 2022.

We have excluded Vestcom from our assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of January 1, 2022 because we acquired the company in a purchase business combination during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021. Vestcom is a wholly-owned subsidiary, whose total assets (excluding goodwill and other intangibles, which are in the scope of our assessment) represents 3% and whose total revenue represents 2% of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended January 1, 2022.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 1, 2022 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm contained in our 2021 Annual Report, which is also incorporated herein by reference.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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