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and fair value estimates, in a timely manner.
−Removed: In addition, due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always
−Removed: be possible and may not be economically feasible.
+Added: Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible
+Added: and may not be economically feasible.
+Added: However, to the extent possible, the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording
+Added: of transactions should be performed by separate individuals.
+Added: Management evaluated the impact of our failure to have segregation of duties
+Added: during our assessment of our disclosure controls and procedures and concluded that the control deficiency that resulted represented a
+Added: material weakness.
+Added: Our primary user access controls (i.e.
+Added: provisioning, de-provisioning, privileged access and user access reviews) to
+Added: ensure appropriate authorization and segregation of duties that would adequately restrict user and privileged access to the financially
+Added: relevant systems and data to appropriate personnel were not designed and/or implemented effectively.
+Added: We did not design and/or implement
+Added: sufficient controls for program change management to certain financially relevant systems affecting our processes.
A material weakness is a control
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Planned Remediation
−Removed: in coordination with the input, oversight and support of our Audit Committee, has identified the measures below to strengthen our control
−Removed: environment and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: August 19, 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Horne resigned as our Chief Financial Officer and was appointed our President, and later became our Chief Executive
−Removed: Cragun, who had served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer since October 1, 2018, succeeded Mr.
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
−Removed: In January 2018, we engaged the services of a financial accounting advisory firm.
−Removed: In January 2019,
−Removed: we hired a Senior Vice President of Finance.
−Removed: In May 2019, we hired an Executive Vice President and General Counsel, who later became our
−Removed: President and General Counsel.
−Removed: Finally, in January 2021, we hired a Director of Reporting.
−Removed: These individuals were tasked with expanding
−Removed: and monitoring the Company’s internal controls, to provide an additional level of review of complex financial issues and to assist
−Removed: with financial reporting.
−Removed: On October 7, 2019, we created an Executive Committee which is currently comprised of our Executive Chairman,
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and President.
−Removed: The Executive Committee meets on a daily basis to address the Company’s critical needs and
−Removed: provides a forum to approve transactions which are communicated to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
−Removed: of Finance on a bi-weekly basis by our Chief Executive Officer, who also reviews all of the Company’s material transactions and
−Removed: reviews the financial performance of each of our subsidiaries.
−Removed: On December 16, 2020, in consultation with the Chairman of the Audit Committee,
−Removed: we engaged a professional services firm to review management’s assessment of compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
−Removed: of 2002 and to identify internal control process improvement opportunities.
−Removed: These changes have improved and simplified our internal processes
−Removed: and resulted in enhanced controls.
−Removed: While these changes have improved and simplified our internal processes and resulted in enhanced controls,
−Removed: these enhancements have not been operating for a sufficient period of time for management to conclude, through testing, that these controls
−Removed: are operating effectively.
−Removed: Further, as we continue to expand our internal accounting department, the Chairman of the Audit Committee shall
−Removed: perform the following:
−Removed: · assist with documentation and implementation of policies and procedures and monitoring of controls, and
−Removed: · review all anticipated transactions that are not considered in the ordinary course of business to assist
−Removed: in the early identification of accounting issues and ensure that appropriate disclosures are made in the Company’s financial statements
−Removed: We are currently working to
−Removed: improve and simplify our internal processes and implement enhanced controls, as discussed above, to address the material weaknesses in
−Removed: our internal control over financial reporting and to remedy the ineffectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures.
−Removed: These material
−Removed: weaknesses will not be considered to be remediated until the applicable remediated controls are operating for a sufficient period of time
−Removed: and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
+Added: continues to work to improve its controls related to our material weaknesses, specifically relating to user access and change management
+Added: surrounding our IT systems and applications.
+Added: Management will continue to implement measures to remediate material weaknesses, such that
+Added: these controls are designed, implemented, and operating effectively.
+Added: The remediation actions include:
+Added: (i) enhancing design and documentation
+Added: related to both user access and change management processes and control activities;
+Added: and (ii) developing and communicating additional policies
+Added: and procedures to govern the area of IT change management.
+Added: In order to achieve the timely implementation of the above, management has
+Added: commenced the following actions and will continue to assess additional opportunities for remediation on an ongoing basis.
+Added: Engaging a third-party specialist to assist management with improving the Company’s overall control environment, focusing on change management and access controls,
+Added: Implementing new applications and systems that are aligned with management’s focus on creating strong internal controls;
+Added: Continuing to increase headcount across the Company, with a particular focus on hiring individuals with strong Sarbanes Oxley and internal control backgrounds.
+Added: are currently working to improve and simplify our internal processes and implement enhanced controls, as discussed above, to address the
+Added: material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and to remedy the ineffectiveness of our disclosure controls and
+Added: These material weaknesses will not be considered to be remediated until the applicable remediated controls are operating for
+Added: a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
Despite the existence of these
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