Controls and Procedures
−Removed: As of the end of the period covered by
−Removed: this report, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure
−Removed: controls and procedures,”
−Removed: as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
−Removed: that evaluation, we concluded that, as of the date of the evaluation, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective
−Removed: to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our periodic filings under the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to management, including the officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required
−Removed: It should be noted that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not
−Removed: absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required
−Removed: to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.
−Removed: During the period covered by this report,
−Removed: there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely
−Removed: to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September
+Added: The term “disclosure controls and procedures,”
+Added: as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange
+Added: Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to
+Added: ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
+Added: recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
+Added: recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
+Added: achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible
+Added: controls and procedures.
+Added: Based on its evaluation, management concluded as of December 31, 2020 that its disclosure controls and
+Added: procedures were not effective because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, described below
+Added: in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
+Added: Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses,
+Added: management believes the financial statements included in this Form 10-Q fairly represent in all material respects our financial
+Added: condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with U.S.
+Added: Management’s Report on Internal Control
+Added: Over Financial Reporting
+Added: The Company’s management is responsible
+Added: for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Responsibility, estimates and judgments by
+Added: management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of control procedures.
+Added: The objectives of internal control
+Added: include providing management with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized
+Added: use or disposition, and that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s authorization and recorded properly
+Added: to permit the preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
+Added: United States.
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer assessed the effectiveness of its internal
+Added: control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: In making this assessment, its management used the criteria based on
+Added: the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework 2013 issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of December 31, 2020,
+Added: its internal control over financial reporting was not effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
+Added: financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles.
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer reviewed the results of their assessment
+Added: with its board of directors.
+Added: Based on its evaluation under this framework,
+Added: management concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of the evaluation date due to the
+Added: factors stated below.
+Added: Insufficient Resources:
+Added: The Company has inadequate
+Added: number of personnel with requisite expertise in the key functional areas of finance and accounting to be able to have
+Added: appropriately designed and operating entity level controls including risk assessment;
+Added: information and communication;
+Added: and financial reporting.
+Added: Inadequate Segregation of Duties:
+Added: The Company has
+Added: inadequate number of personnel to properly segregate duties to implement control procedures.
+Added: Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting
+Added: has inherent limitations which include but is not limited to the use of independent professionals for advice and guidance, interpretation
+Added: of existing and/or changing rules and principles, segregation of management duties, scale of organization, and personnel factors.
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in
+Added: judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures.
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion
+Added: or improper management override.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent
+Added: or detect misstatements on a timely basis, however these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process
+Added: and it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
+Added: Therefore, even those systems
+Added: determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
+Added: Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because
+Added: of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: No changes in Internal Control over Financial
+Added: Reporting has been made since fiscal year end 2020.
Part II Other Information
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