Published on March 31, 2008
Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer
Under
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
I,
John
Kovach, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lixte
Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., certify that:
1. |
I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Lixte Biotechnology
Holdings, Inc.;
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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
issuer as
of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4. |
I
am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
for
the issuer and have:
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(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 issuer, 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) |
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the issuer’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
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(c) |
Disclosed
in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting;
and
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5. |
I
have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee
of issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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(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 issuer’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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(b) |
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the issuer’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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Date:
March 31, 2008
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By: | /s/ John S. Kovach |
Name: John Kovach Title:
Chief Executive Officer and
Chief
Financial Officer
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