Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms, and that information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and financial officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer evaluated the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report (“Evaluation Date”), pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to material weaknesses described in our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024.
Notwithstanding the existence of these material weaknesses, we believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present in accordance with the GAAP, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in this report.
Remediation Plans for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company, under oversight by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, is in the process of remediating the above noted material weaknesses. The Company’s remediation plans include, among other things, the following:
• The Company has added and will continue to add finance and accounting personnel as required to the organization to strengthen our finance and accounting teams. The additional personnel are expected to provide oversight, structure, reporting lines, and additional review over the Company's disclosures.
• The Company will continue to develop new written accounting policies and procedures over accounting transaction processing and period end financial close and reporting.
• The Company will continue to increase training for all relevant personnel designed to uphold our internal controls standards.
The identified material weaknesses will not be considered remediated until the remediation plans have been fully implemented, the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time, and the Company has concluded that newly implemented controls are operating effectively.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls.
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all controls systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving its objectives.
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a. Changes in internal controls over financial reporting.
Other than the remediation activities described above, there were no changes made in the internal controls over financial reporting for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 that have materially affected our internal control over financial reporting.
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