20230207 5.96 MB 5 <span id="exhibit311-certificationof.htm"></span><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html lang="en-US"><head>   <title>Form 10-Q filed by on 2023-02-07</title></head><body><div id="i06a8476100084d69b1652c8b2a3c68f7_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:174%">EXHIBIT 31.1</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">CERTIFICATION</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">I, Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr., certify that:</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.351%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Valvoline Inc.;</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.351%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.351%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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; </font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.351%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are 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:</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:83.479%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.554%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.246%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">a.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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 registrant, 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;</font></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">b.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our 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;</font></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">c.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’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</font></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">d.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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 (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.351%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.449%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:83.479%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.554%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.246%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">a.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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</font></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">b.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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.</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:174%">Date:  February 7, 2023</font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:91.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:56.928%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.872%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Samuel J. Mitchell, Jr.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Helvetica',sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>