CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Definition and Limitations of Disclosure
−Removed: Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Our disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
−Removed: Act”)) are designed to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange
−Removed: Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s
−Removed: rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial
−Removed: officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
−Removed: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
−Removed: The management of the
−Removed: Company, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, has evaluated the
−Removed: effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act), as of December
−Removed: Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that,
−Removed: as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance
−Removed: that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded,
−Removed: processed, summarized and reported, on a timely basis, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including
−Removed: the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
−Removed: disclosures due to the material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Previously Reported Material Weakness
−Removed: on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
−Removed: In the 2021 Form 10-K,
−Removed: filed with the SEC on July 30, 2021, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of
−Removed: March 31, 2021.
−Removed: In the evaluation, management identified material weaknesses in internal controls related to our financial
−Removed: close and reporting process and information and communication controls.
−Removed: Management also concluded that we did not have a sufficient complement
−Removed: of corporate personnel with appropriate levels of accounting and controls knowledge and experience commensurate with our financial reporting
−Removed: requirements to appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters completely and accurately.
−Removed: As a result of this evaluation,
−Removed: management extensively used outside consultants who possessed the appropriate levels of accounting and controls knowledge.
+Added: Definition and Limitations of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
+Added: in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are designed
+Added: to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed,
+Added: summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii)
+Added: accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate,
+Added: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
+Added: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: The management of the Company, under the supervision
+Added: and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act), as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Based on such evaluation, our principal
+Added: executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the
+Added: Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, on a timely
+Added: basis, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures due to the material weaknesses identified
+Added: in our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2022.
+Added: Previously Reported Material Weakness on Internal Control Over Financial
+Added: In the 2022 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on July
+Added: 1, 2022, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2022.
+Added: the evaluation, management identified material weaknesses in internal controls related to our financial close and reporting process and
+Added: information and communication controls.
+Added: Management also concluded that we did not have a sufficient complement of corporate personnel
+Added: with appropriate levels of accounting and controls knowledge and experience commensurate with our financial reporting requirements to
+Added: appropriately analyze, record and disclose accounting matters completely and accurately.
+Added: As a result of this evaluation, management extensively
+Added: used outside consultants who possessed the appropriate levels of accounting and controls knowledge.
Remediation .
−Removed: identification of this control deficiency, management is implementing modifications to better ensure that the Company has appropriate
+Added: Following identification
+Added: of this control deficiency, management is implementing modifications to better ensure that the Company has appropriate
and timely reviews on all financial reporting analysis.
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Company’s financial statements.
−Removed: The steps we took to
−Removed: address the deficiencies identified included:
−Removed: ● we hired a new Chief Financial
−Removed: ● we hired a new Executive Vice-President
−Removed: (“EVP”) Accounting;
−Removed: ● we have engaged in efforts
−Removed: to restructure accounting processes and revise organizational structures to enhance accurate accounting and appropriate financial reporting;
−Removed: ● we have hired additional experienced
−Removed: accounting personnel in the corporate office to enhance the application of accounting standards and our financial closing and reporting
−Removed: ● we have engaged external advisors
−Removed: to provide financial accounting and reporting assistance;
−Removed: ● we will enhance information
−Removed: and communication processes through information technology solutions to ensure that information needed for financial reporting is accurate,
−Removed: complete, relevant and reliable, and communicated in a timely manner;
−Removed: ● we have engaged external advisors
−Removed: to evaluate and document the design and operating effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and assist with the
−Removed: remediation and implementation of our internal control function.
−Removed: As noted above, we believe
−Removed: that, as a result of management’s in-depth review of its accounting processes, and the additional procedures management has implemented,
−Removed: there are no material inaccuracies or omissions of material fact in this Form 10-Q and, to the best of our knowledge, we believe that
−Removed: the consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results
−Removed: of operations and cash flows in conformity with GAAP.
−Removed: We and our Board treat
−Removed: the controls surrounding, and the integrity of, our financial statements with the utmost priority.
−Removed: Management is committed to the planning
−Removed: and implementation of remediation efforts to address control deficiencies and any other identified areas of risk.
−Removed: These remediation efforts
−Removed: are intended to both address the identified material weakness and to enhance our overall financial control environment.
−Removed: We are committed
−Removed: to maintaining a strong internal control environment, and we believe the measures described above will strengthen our internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting and remediate the material weakness we have identified.
−Removed: Our remediation efforts have begun, and we will continue
−Removed: to devote significant time and attention to these remedial efforts.
−Removed: As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to strengthen controls or to modify the remediation
−Removed: plan described above, which may require additional implementation time.
−Removed: Changes in Internal
−Removed: Control Over Financial Reporting
−Removed: There have been no changes,
−Removed: other than our remediation efforts discussed above, in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal
−Removed: quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting.
+Added: The steps we took to address the deficiencies
+Added: identified included:
+Added: hired a new Chief Financial Officer;
+Added: hired a new Executive Vice-President (“EVP”) Accounting;
+Added: have engaged in efforts to restructure accounting processes and revise organizational structures to enhance accurate accounting and appropriate financial reporting;
+Added: have hired additional experienced accounting personnel in the corporate office to enhance the application of accounting standards and
+Added: our financial closing and reporting process;
+Added: have engaged external advisors to provide financial accounting and reporting assistance;
+Added: will enhance information and communication processes through information technology solutions to ensure that information needed for financial
+Added: reporting is accurate, complete, relevant and reliable, and communicated in a timely manner;
+Added: have engaged external advisors to evaluate and document the design and operating effectiveness of our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting and assist with the remediation and implementation of our internal control function.
+Added: As noted above, we believe that, as a result of
+Added: management’s in-depth review of its accounting processes, and the additional procedures management has implemented, there are no
+Added: material inaccuracies or omissions of material fact in this Form 10-Q and, to the best of our knowledge, we believe that the consolidated
+Added: financial statements in this Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations
+Added: and cash flows in conformity with GAAP.
+Added: We and our Board treat the controls surrounding,
+Added: and the integrity of, our financial statements with the utmost priority.
+Added: Management is committed to the planning and implementation of
+Added: remediation efforts to address control deficiencies and any other identified areas of risk.
+Added: These remediation efforts are intended to
+Added: both address the identified material weakness and to enhance our overall financial control environment.
+Added: We are committed to maintaining
+Added: a strong internal control environment, and we believe the measures described above will strengthen our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting and remediate the material weakness we have identified.
+Added: Our remediation efforts have begun, and we will continue to devote significant
+Added: time and attention to these remedial efforts.
+Added: As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to strengthen controls or to modify the remediation plan described above,
+Added: which may require additional implementation time.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control Over Financial
+Added: There have been no changes, other than our remediation
+Added: efforts discussed above, in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022
+Added: that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
OTHER INFORMATION
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