GERMAN AMERICAN BANCORP, INC. 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures As of September 30, 2020, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were, as of that date, effective in timely alerting them to material information required to be included in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of systems of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective systems of disclosure controls and procedures can provide only reasonable assurances of achieving their control objectives. There was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s third fiscal quarter of 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. 66 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings There have been no material developments in any pending legal proceedings previously reported by the Company. In addition, there are no other pending legal proceedings, other than litigation incidental to the ordinary business of the Company, of a material nature to which the Company is a party or of which any of its properties are subject.