Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Controls and Procedures - Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
−Removed: Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
−Removed: under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this report.
−Removed: controls are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit pursuant to the Securities
−Removed: Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and
−Removed: CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of June 30, 2024.
−Removed: Our management identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting, which are indicative of many small companies with small staff:
+Added: Disclosure Controls and Procedures - Our
+Added: management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our
+Added: disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
+Added: as amended (the “Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this report.
+Added: These controls are designed to ensure that information
+Added: required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized
+Added: and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that such information
+Added: is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
+Added: Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded
+Added: that our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of September 30, 2024.
+Added: Our management
+Added: identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, which are indicative of many small companies
+Added: with small staff:
(i) inadequate segregation of duties and effective risk assessment;
−Removed: and (ii) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application
−Removed: of both US GAAP and SEC guidelines.
−Removed: believe that our financial statements presented in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial
−Removed: position, results of operations, and cash flows for all periods presented herein.
−Removed: Limitations - Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, do not
−Removed: expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all error and all fraud.
−Removed: A control system, no matter how well conceived
−Removed: and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
−Removed: The design of any
−Removed: system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that
−Removed: any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
−Removed: Further, the design of a control system
−Removed: must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
−Removed: of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues
−Removed: and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected.
−Removed: These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments
−Removed: in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdown can occur because of simple error or mistake.
−Removed: In particular, many of our current
−Removed: processes rely upon manual reviews and processes to ensure that neither human error nor system weakness has resulted in erroneous reporting
−Removed: of financial data.
−Removed: in Internal Control over Financial Reporting - There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during
−Removed: the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, which were identified in conjunction with management’s evaluation required by paragraph
−Removed: (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
−Removed: our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: II – OTHER INFORMATION
+Added: and (ii) insufficient written policies and procedures
+Added: for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of both US GAAP and SEC guidelines.
+Added: We believe that our financial statements
+Added: presented in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations,
+Added: and cash flows for all periods presented herein.
+Added: Inherent Limitations - Our
+Added: management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: will prevent all error and all fraud.
+Added: A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute,
+Added: assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
+Added: The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions
+Added: about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under
+Added: all potential future conditions.
+Added: Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and
+Added: the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation
+Added: of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected.
+Added: These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdown can occur because
+Added: of simple error or mistake.
+Added: In particular, many of our current processes rely upon manual reviews and processes to ensure that neither
+Added: human error nor system weakness has resulted in erroneous reporting of financial data.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control over Financial
+Added: Reporting - There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the nine-month period ended September
+Added: 30, 2024, which were identified in conjunction with management’s evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15
+Added: under the Exchange Act, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
+Added: PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
−Removed: are not a party to any material pending legal proceeding.
−Removed: We are not aware of any pending legal proceeding to which any of our officers,
−Removed: directors, or any beneficial holders of 5% or more of our voting securities are adverse to us or have a material interest adverse to
−Removed: Risk Factors contained in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024.
+Added: We are not a party to any material pending legal proceedings.
+Added: aware of any pending legal proceeding to which any of our officers, directors, or any beneficial holders of 5% or more of our voting securities
+Added: are adverse to us or have a material interest adverse to us.
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