Published on March 31, 2009
Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Under
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, John
S. Kovach, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Lixte
Biotechnology Holdings, Inc., certify that:
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I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lixte Biotechnology
Holdings, Inc.;
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2.
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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.
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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;
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4.
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I
am 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: |
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(a)
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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(b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my 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; | |
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(c)
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report my 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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(d)
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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
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5.
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I
have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit
committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
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(a)
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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
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(b)
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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.
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Date: March
30, 2009
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By:
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/s/ John S. Kovach
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Name:
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John
S. Kovach
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer and
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Chief
Financial Officer
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