Purple Innovation, Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES (a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures As of the end of the period covered by this report, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO” and together with the CEO, the “Certifying Officers”), we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Certifying Officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. 37 Based upon this evaluation, and the above criteria, our CEO and CFO concluded that due to the previously reported material weakness described below, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2022. Previously Reported Material Weakness in Internal Control A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As previously reported, we determined a material weakness existed relating to ineffective information technology general controls (“ITGCs”) in the areas of user access and segregation of duties related to certain information technology (“IT”) systems that support the Company’s financial reporting processes. We believe that these control deficiencies were a result of turnover of critical IT leadership; insufficient training of IT personnel; and inadequate risk-assessment processes to identify and assess user access in certain IT systems that could impact internal controls over financial reporting. As a result, we determined that we did not have effective controls to prevent or detect a material financial statement misstatement on a timely basis. In response to this material weakness, management, with oversight of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, has identified and is in the process of implementing steps to remediate the material weakness. The Company has allocated resources to remediate user access related control and segregation of duties deficiencies. Our remediation efforts also include providing training to personnel associated with reviewing IT user access. In addition, we continue to engage consultants to advise us on making further improvements to our ITGCs. Although we intend to complete the remediation process as promptly as possible, we cannot at this time estimate how long it will take to remediate this material weakness. Until this material weakness is remediated, we plan to continue to perform additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The material weakness did not result in any identified misstatements in our condensed consolidated financial statements, and there were no changes to previously issued financial results. However, because the material weakness creates a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to our condensed consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis, the Company’s management concluded that at March 31, 2022, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was ineffective. (b) Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting. Other than the remediation efforts related to the design and implementation of sufficient controls and processes around ITGCs, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 38 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The Company is from time to time involved in various claims, legal proceedings and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. Please refer to Note 13 — Commitments and Contingencies to the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this report for certain information regarding our legal proceedings.