Each employee, officer, manager and director is responsible for promptly bringing to the Company’s attention any circumstances which he or she believes in good faith may constitute a violation of applicable law, regulations or this Code. The Company considers that failure to discharge this responsibility may be as serious as the violation itself. Employees, officers, managers and directors are encouraged and required to raise any concern about risks to the Company before these risks become actual problems.
Employees, officers, managers, directors and other persons should report apparent violations of this Code directly to a member of management, the General Counsel at (276) 619-4410, any member of the Internal Audit Department or, if they prefer, to the Company's ethics hotline by calling (866) 259-2480 (a toll-free service that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year). Although it may be impossible in certain circumstances to keep an employee’s identity confidential the Company will strive to take every action practicable to maintain confidentiality for any employee reporting a violation. The Company will not allow retaliation for reports made in good faith. The Board of Directors’ Audit Committee has established a process described below that permits persons to submit concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters to the Audit Committee.