United Parks & Resorts Inc. 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), require public companies, including us, to maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” which are defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act to mean a company’s controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2021, based on the criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission . Based upon this evaluation, the Company’s management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has identified a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Specifically, the Company does not have sufficient policies and procedures related to Board oversight of certain Board engagement within the Company’s control environment. Accordingly, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Notwithstanding the above, the control deficiency did not result in a material misstatement of any of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements. Further, the consolidated financial statements included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our Board of Directors is committed to expeditiously remediating this deficiency. Based upon a recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board has formed a committee (the “Committee”) to develop a plan to remediate this deficiency. The Committee intends to engage an independent board consultant to review the Board’s policies and procedures as it relates to the deficiency. The Committee expects to receive recommendations from the Board consultant related to enhancements to the Board’s policies and procedures and the Board is committed to take appropriate steps to remediate the deficiency as soon as practicable. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting Regulations under the Exchange Act require public companies, including our Company, to evaluate any change in our “internal control over financial reporting” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and Rule 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. We have not experienced any material impact to our internal controls over financial reporting despite the fact that some of our employees were working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are continually monitoring and assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except for the material weakness as described above. 39 PART II — OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings See Note 9–Commitments and Contingencies under the caption “Legal Proceedings” in our notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further details concerning our other legal proceedings.