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of disclosure controls and procedures and changes in internal controls over financial reporting.
−Removed: 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), defines the term “disclosure
−Removed: controls and procedures” as those controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company
−Removed: in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
−Removed: specified in the SEC rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including
−Removed: its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
−Removed: regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures performed by our management, with the participation
−Removed: of our President and Chief Executive Officer, and our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, as of the end of the period covered by this
−Removed: quarterly report, management identified a material weakness in disclosure controls and procedures related to a lack of personnel with
−Removed: sufficient expertise in generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
−Removed: Specifically, the Company did not have individuals
−Removed: with extensive GAAP experience to adequately assess and apply GAAP requirements in the preparation and review of financial disclosures.
−Removed: As a result of this material weakness, management has concluded that, as of August 31, 2024 the Company’s disclosure controls and
−Removed: procedures were not effective.
−Removed: the six months ended August 31, 2024, management took steps to remediate the material weakness discussed above by hiring additional personnel
−Removed: with GAAP expertise, in particular the Company’s Controller, and engaging external consultants with subject matter expertise as
−Removed: Management also began implementing several enhancements to its control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
−Removed: under the Exchange Act), including, but not limited to, establishing a monthly financial closing process, implementing account reconciliations,
−Removed: ensuring proper segregation of duties, and implementing new financial control software.
−Removed: These remediation efforts were completed by August
−Removed: a result of these enhancements, management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report
−Removed: fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the Company as of and
−Removed: for the periods presented.
+Added: maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic and
+Added: current reports that we file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
+Added: rules and forms;
+Added: and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer
+Added: and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined
+Added: in Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(e) and 15d 15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Evaluation
+Added: Date”), have concluded that as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information
+Added: we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported
+Added: within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in such reports
+Added: is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, where appropriate,
+Added: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
+Added: the first six months of the year, management implemented several enhancements to its control over financial reporting (as defined in
+Added: Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act), including, but not limited to, establishing a monthly financial closing process, implementing
+Added: account reconciliations, ensuring proper segregation of duties, and implementing new financial control software.
+Added: These enhancements were
+Added: completed by August 31, 2024.
+Added: were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management’s evaluation pursuant to Rules
+Added: 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that materially affected,
+Added: or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
+Added: management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures
+Added: or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud.
+Added: A control system, no matter how well-designed
+Added: and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met.
+Added: of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
+Added: to their costs.
+Added: Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance
+Added: that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
+Added: The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be
+Added: no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
+Added: Projections of any evaluation
+Added: of the effectiveness of controls to future periods are subject to risks.
+Added: Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes
+Added: in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
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