Aebi Schmidt Holding AG 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below, our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective at a reasonable assurance level. As previously disclosed, in connection with the preparation of Aebi Schmidt’s Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for the years then ended for purposes of the Registration Statement, Aebi Schmidt identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of Aebi Schmidt’s annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Aebi Schmidt’s management identified the following material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting: i. Lack of designing and maintaining an effective control environment commensurate with Aebi Schmidt’s financial reporting requirements due to a lack of sufficient number of professionals with an appropriate level of internal controls and technical U.S. GAAP knowledge, experience and training to appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters, including complex, non-routine transactions accurately and timely; ii. Lack of maintaining formal accounting policies and procedures, and designing and maintaining controls related to significant accounts and disclosures to achieve complete, accurate and timely financial accounting, reporting and disclosures; iii. Lack of consistently establishing appropriate authorities and responsibilities related to the segregation of duties in our finance and accounting functions; iv. A failure to design and maintain effective information technology (“IT”) general controls over user access, change management and segregation of duties for SAP information systems in Europe that are relevant to the preparation of its financial statements. v. A failure to design and maintain effective IT general controls over user access, change management and segregation of duties for the remaining information systems that are relevant to the preparation of its financial statements. The above IT general control deficiencies did not result in a material misstatement to the financial statements. However, these IT general control deficiencies could impact maintaining effective segregation of duties, as well as the effectiveness of IT-dependent controls (such as automated controls that address the risk of material misstatement to one or more assertions, along with the IT controls and underlying data that support the effectiveness of system-generated data and reports) that could result in misstatements potentially impacting all financial statement accounts and disclosures that would not be prevented or detected. Aebi Schmidt’s management is developing a plan to remediate the material weaknesses identified, including: (a) providing relevant U.S. GAAP technical accounting, internal controls over financial reporting and SEC financial reporting requirements training for personnel, including hiring additional personnel to strengthen the accounting and finance functions; (b) designing and implementing a financial reporting control framework, including management review controls, together with IT general and application controls for all systems which materially impact financial reporting. Aebi Schmidt’s management cannot assure that it will be successful in remediating the material weaknesses identified above. The failure to correct the material weaknesses or the failure to discover and address any other material weaknesses or deficiencies could result in inaccuracies in the financial statements and impair the ability to comply with applicable financial reporting requirements and related regulatory filings on a timely basis. Aebi Schmidt currently is a Swiss private company and has not been required to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). Therefore, neither management nor an independent registered public accounting firm has performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of Aebi Schmidt’s internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Following the Closing and Aebi Schmidt’s U.S. listing as a public company, Aebi Schmidt’s management will be required to report on the effectiveness of Aebi Schmidt’s internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is expected to become subject to auditor attestation requirements pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, beginning with the filing of Aebi Schmidt’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2026. Page 29 of 53 Index Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting We are taking actions to complete the remediation of the remaining material weaknesses relating to our internal control over financial reporting, as described above. Except as otherwise described herein, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls An effective internal control system, no matter how well designed, has inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error or overriding of controls, and therefore can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to reliable financial reporting. Because of its inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements, including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. Effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements. Page 30 of 53 Index PART II—OTHER INFORMATION