Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Disclosure Controls and Procedures
−Removed: We maintain disclosure controls and procedures
−Removed: designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act
−Removed: is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules
−Removed: and forms and accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons
−Removed: performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
−Removed: Our management, with the participation of our
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation, as of the end of the period covered by this report,
−Removed: of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e).
−Removed: Based on this
−Removed: evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report,
−Removed: our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e), were not effective at the reasonable assurance level due to a material
−Removed: weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting which was disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
−Removed: To address the material weakness referenced above, the Company performed
−Removed: additional analysis and performed other procedures in order to prepare the consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally
−Removed: accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
−Removed: Accordingly, management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly
−Removed: report on this Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the
−Removed: periods presented.
−Removed: Plan for Remediation of Material Weakness
−Removed: Management is actively engaged in the planning
−Removed: for, and implementation of, remediation efforts to address the material weakness identified above.
−Removed: Management intends to implement the
−Removed: following remediation steps:
−Removed: The Company will require each third-party service organization to provide a SOC-1, Type 2 report to us.
−Removed: If a SOC-1, Type 2 report is not available, the Company will evaluate each third-party’s relevant
−Removed: system(s) and reporting directly through inquiry and substantive testing of such third-party’s control environment.
−Removed: During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the
−Removed: Company met with the third-party service organizations to discuss the reporting requirements.
−Removed: As management continues to evaluate and
−Removed: improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, the Company may decide to take additional
−Removed: measures to address control deficiencies or determine to modify, or in appropriate circumstances not to complete, certain of the remediation
−Removed: measures identified.
−Removed: Changes in Internal Control over Financial
−Removed: Except as noted above, there was no change in
−Removed: our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act), that occurred during the quarter
−Removed: ended March 31, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
−Removed: Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
−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: Further, the design
−Removed: of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
−Removed: to their costs.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur
−Removed: and not be detected.
−Removed: The Company conducts periodic evaluations of its internal controls to enhance, where necessary, its procedures and
−Removed: PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
+Added: Controls and Procedures
+Added: maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in reports
+Added: filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
+Added: management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation, as of the
+Added: end of the period covered by this report, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in
+Added: Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e).
+Added: Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as
+Added: of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e), were not effective
+Added: at the reasonable assurance level due to a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting which was disclosed in
+Added: our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: address the material weakness referenced above, the Company performed additional analysis and performed other procedures in order to
+Added: prepare the consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
+Added: Accordingly, management
+Added: believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report on this Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material
+Added: respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
+Added: for Remediation of Material Weakness
+Added: is actively engaged in the planning for, and implementation of, remediation efforts to address the material weakness identified above.
+Added: Management intends to implement the following remediation steps:
+Added: Company will require each third-party service organization to provide a SOC-1, Type 2 report
+Added: a SOC-1, Type 2 report is not available, the Company will evaluate each third-party’s
+Added: relevant system(s) and reporting directly through inquiry and substantive testing of such
+Added: third-party’s control environment.
+Added: the quarters ended June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, the Company met with the third-party service organizations to discuss the reporting
+Added: requirements.
+Added: As management continues to evaluate and improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial
+Added: reporting, the Company may decide to take additional measures to address control deficiencies or determine to modify, or in appropriate
+Added: circumstances not to complete, certain of the remediation measures identified.
+Added: in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: as noted above, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange
+Added: Act), that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2023 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
+Added: our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: on the Effectiveness of Controls
+Added: control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of
+Added: the control system are met.
+Added: Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
+Added: benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs.
+Added: Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system,
+Added: misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
+Added: The Company conducts periodic evaluations of its internal controls
+Added: to enhance, where necessary, its procedures and controls.
+Added: II – OTHER INFORMATION
Legal Proceedings
−Removed: We are not a party to any material pending legal proceeding.
+Added: a party to any material pending legal proceeding.
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