Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of disclosure controls and procedures:
Based
on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as
of April 30, 2025 our president and chief executive officer (also working as our chief financial officer) has concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective such that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under
the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s rules and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer (also working
as our chief financial officer), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. A control system cannot provide absolute
assurance, however, that the objectives of the control systems are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance
that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.
Internal
control over financial reporting :
The
Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting for the
Company. Due to limited resources, Management conducted an evaluation of internal controls based on criteria established in Internal
Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). For
the year ended April 30, 2024, Management’s evaluation determined that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective
due to the material weakness discussed below.
Management’s
assessment identified the following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting for the year ended April 30, 2024:
●
The
small size of our Company limits our ability to achieve the desired level of separation of duties for proper internal controls and
financial reporting, particularly as it relates to financial reporting to assure material disclosures or implementation of newly
issued accounting standards are included. A secondary review of annual and quarterly filings does occur with an outside party. Due
to the departure of the Controller, the current CEO and CFO roles are being fulfilled by the same individual. We do not have an audit
committee. We do not believe we have met the full requirement for separation of duties for financial reporting purposes.
The
following steps were taken to mitigate the above material weakness during the year ended April 30, 2025:
●
The Company hired
a part-time controller in March 2023;and in March 2024 this controller became a full-time position with the Company. This hire has
enabled more separation of duties within the accounting department and provided an opportunity for a second internal review of financial
information.
●
We continue to have our quarterly
and annual financial statements reviewed by a third-party CPA. This third party ensures we have fulfilled our material disclosures
and that newly issued accounting standards have been reviewed and addressed if necessary.
●
We have increased our knowledge
training, and documentation around internal controls over financial reporting and will continue to do so.
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A
material weakness in internal control over financial reporting is defined as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual
or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination
of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit
attention by those responsible for oversight of our financial reporting.
Management
believes that the steps the Company has taken to mitigate the 2024 material weakness have improved our internal controls and believes
that the material weakness no longer exists as of April 30, 2025.
Because
of the mitigation of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described above, the Company’s management
has concluded that, as of April 30, 2025, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective based on the criteria
in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the COSO.
We
will continue to follow the standards for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) for internal control over financial
reporting to include procedures that:
●
Pertain to the
maintenance of records in reasonable detail that fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;
●
Provide reasonable assurance
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and
the Board of Directors; and
●
Provide reasonable assurance
regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could
have a material effect on the financial statements.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Corporation’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal
control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Corporation’s independent registered
public accounting firm pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, that permit the Corporation to provide
only the management’s report in this annual report.
Item 9B
Other Information
None .
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Part
III
Item 10
Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
(a
& b) Identification of Directors and Executive Officers
All
the executive officers of the corporation serve at the pleasure of the board of directors and do not have fixed terms.
The
following information as of April 30, 2025, is furnished with respect to each director and executive officer:
Name
Principal
Occupation or Employment
Age
Director
or Officer Since
Stephanie
M. Risk-McElroy
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
53
August
8,1999
Ryan
T. McElroy
Secretary/Treasurer
50
December
13, 2023
Donna
Debowey
Director,
retired GRI plant manager
87
July
12, 2005
Joel
H. Wiens
Director,
FirsTier Banks
95
September
6, 2007
Bonita
P. Risk
Director,
Stock Transfer Agent at GRI
75
March
15, 2013
Jerry
Knutsen
Director,
retired business owner
82
August
29, 2016
The
following director compensation table is furnished with respect to each director that served during the year ended April 30, 2025:
Name
Director’s Fees Paid
Stock Awards
Option Awards
Non-equity incentive plan compen-sation
Non-qualified deferred compensation earnings
Total
Stephanie Risk-McElroy (1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Sharon Westby (1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ryan T. McElroy (1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Donna Debowey (2)
$ 600
—
—
—
—
$ 600
Joel H. Wiens (2)
$ 400
—
—
—
—
$ 400
Bonita P. Risk (1)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Jerry Knutsen
$ 400
—
—
—
—
$ 400
The
inside directors (1), or employees of the Company, do not receive additional compensation for their services. Outside directors (2) are
paid $200 per meeting for their services.
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(c)
Identification of Certain Significant Employees
None.
(d)
Family Relationships
Stephanie
Risk-McElroy and Bonita Risk have a daughter - mother relationship. Stephanie Risk-McElroy and Ryan McElory are married. Bonita Risk
and Ryan McElroy are mother-in-law/son-in-law, respectively.
(e)
Business Experience of Directors and Executive Officers
Stephanie
Risk-McElroy , Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, has over thirty years of experience in
the accounting field. Mrs. Risk-McElroy graduated from Hastings College with a degree in Accounting. Stephanie worked for Platte Valley
Sales from May 1990 until January 1997 as a staff accountant. In 1997, she pursued her career with an accounting manager position at
Kershner’s Auto Korner in Hastings, NE. She joined the accounting staff at GRI in 1999 and then was promoted to CFO upon retirement
of the prior CFO. Upon the death of her father, Ken R. Risk, in February 2013, she was appointed to the position of Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer.
Mrs.
Risk-McElroy serves on the Board of Directors of GRI, as a direct link to the financial condition of the Company. She and her staff oversee
all the accounting obligations of the Company. She has knowledge and experience in business outside of the Company that makes her an
asset to the Board. And as President of the Company, she oversees all of the day-to-day operations as well.
Ryan
McElroy , the Corporate Secretary, started his career by working on the family farm and ranch. In 1993 he attended college in McCook,
NE for Criminal Justice and worked at the local Radio Shack, moving up to being responsible for opening/closing duties. After college
he moved back to the Sidney, NE area and started working at Wheelers/Country General as a tire tech and soon was moved up to opening/closing
duties. He then became employed as a Jailer with the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s Office and became a Deputy a few years later. He
went back to college in Sidney and studied Information Technology (IT) while working for the Cheyenne County Community Center. He then
went to a local parts store as a counter man then moved up to opening/closing and order entry. He was transferred to Chappel, NE store
where he became Manager until a position opened at GRI as the Purchasing Manager and worked his way up to Vice President of Operations.
Donna
Debowey , Director, worked in various retail stores and restaurants until she started at GRI in 1968. She started on the production
line, but quickly worked her way up the ranks. She has been a Production Line Supervisor, Director of Quality Control and was named Plant
Manager and Senior Vice President in 1998. She held that position until her retirement in 2003.
Mrs.
Debowey made the transition from employee of GRI to a member of the Board of Directors with no hesitation after her retirement. She brings
her 50+ years of experience in the industry to the table and has a vested interest in seeing the continued success of the Company that
she helped to build.
Joel
H. Wiens , Director, is an entrepreneur with many business interests. He is a director and principal shareholder of FirsTier Banks
Nebraska/Wyoming, director of FirsTier II BanCorporation (which owns FirsTier Bank Nebraska/Wyoming), Chairman of Rite-A-Way Industries
(lodging and hospitality industries), real estate investments, and ranching and livestock.
Mr.
Wiens took his place on the Board of Directors when his predecessor Mike Nelson, (who is affiliated with Mr. Wiens’ financial institutions)
retired from the Board to take another position within the banks and moved away. Joel’s knowledge and experience in business and
industry span 60+ years and serves as a valuable asset to GRI.
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Bonita
P. Risk, Director, attended Wayne State College, in Wayne, Nebraska. Upon returning back home to Columbus, NE, she worked in factory
positions. Upon her marriage to Ken Risk, she became a homemaker, raising 3 children and working at several sales positions. In 1981,
she and Ken started Platte Valley Sales in Hastings, Nebraska, and her expertise was in accounting and sales. For 8 years, she ran the
Hastings business while Ken devoted his time to both GRI in Kimball and Platte Valley Sales in Hastings. Ken and Bonita moved to Kimball
in 1997. In 1998, she began at GRI in sales support. She continues in sales support and became the Company stock transfer agent in 2004
upon the retirement of Eileen Risk and is an assistant to the chief financial officer.
Jerry
Knutsen , Director, has lived in Kimball, Nebraska most of his life. He left the community for a few years to attend the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln. Before his retirement, Jerry owned and operated several businesses over his career, including Knutsen Oil, Inc.,
Marv’s LP Gas, Inc., and Jerry Knutsen, Inc., and he co-owned Kimball Ford-Lincoln-Mercury. He served 24 years and held several
positions on the school board in Kimball, NE. Mr. Knutsen is a past member and president of The Nebraska Propane Gas Association and
The Nebraska Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association. Other boards he is presently serving on include the Kimball Schools
Foundation Board of Directors and Kimball Health Services Board of Trustees.
(f)
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None.
(g)
Promoters and Control Persons
None.
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Compliance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our
equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports
concerning their ownership of our common stock and other equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Executive officers, directors
and greater than 10% shareholders are required by the SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they
file.
Based
solely on our review of copies of the Section 16(a) reports filed for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, we believe that all filing
requirements applicable to our officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with.
Code
of Ethics and Code of Business Conduct
The
Company does not have a written code of ethics at this time. The Company is a small business and employees know that the President of
the Company must approve all material business. The Company also has checks and balances to make sure that there is not any fraud or
illegal activities taking place.
Corporate
Governance
Nominating
and Compensation Committees
We
do not have standing nominating or compensation committees, or committees performing similar functions. Our Board of Directors believes
that it is not necessary to have a standing compensation committee at this time because our Board of Directors adequately performs the
functions of such committees.
Our
Board of Directors also is of the view that it is appropriate for us not to have a standing nominating committee because our Board of
Directors has performed and will perform adequately the functions of a nominating committee. Our Board of Directors has not adopted a
charter for the nomination committee. There have not been any defined policy or procedure requirements for stockholders to submit recommendations
or nomination for directors. Our Board of Directors does not believe that a defined policy with regard to the consideration of candidates
recommended by stockholders is necessary at this time because we believe that, given the early stages of our development, a specific
nominating policy would be premature and of little assistance until our business operations are at a more advanced level.
Audit
Committee
We
do not have a standing audit committee at the present time. Our Board of Directors has determined that we do not have a board member
that qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K, nor do we have a board
member that qualifies as “independent” as the term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Other
Committees
All
proceedings of our Board of Directors for the year ended April 30, 2025, were conducted by resolutions consented to in writing by our
directors and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Our Company currently does not have any committees.
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Item 11
Executive Compensation
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation paid to or accrued by the Company to executive officers for
services rendered in all capacities during each of the Company’s fiscal years ended April 30, 2025 and 2024.
Name and principal position
Year
Salary
Bonus
Stock Awards
Option Awards
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compen-sation
Change in Pension Value and Non-qualified Deferred Compen-sation Earnings
All Other Compen-sation
Total
Bonita Risk, Director,
2025
$ 47,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 117,000
$ 164,000
Shareholder, Employee
2024
$ 44,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 147,000
$ 191,000
Stephanie Risk-McElroy,
2025
$ 113,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 98,000
$ 211,000
CEO/CFO, Director, Shareholder
2024
$ 110,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 66,000
$ 176,000
Scott McMurray,
2025
$ 59,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 110,000
$ 169,000
Director of Sales
2024
$ 57,000
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 101,000
$ 158,000
Bonita
Risk, Stephanie Risk-McElroy, and Scott McMurray receive a base salary and bonus/commission based on a percentage of sales for the year.
There
were no other officers compensated in excess of $100,000 for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2025 and 2024.
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Item 12
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding our Common Stock beneficially owned as of April 30, 2025, for (i) each stockholder
known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each executive officer and director, and (iii) all
executive officers and directors as a group. In general, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has
or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of such security, or the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of such security.
A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which the person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership
within 60 days. Shares of Common Stock subject to options, warrants or convertible securities exercisable or convertible within 60 days
are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of the person or entity holding such options, warrants or convertible securities
but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. Percentages are determined based on 4,892,430 shares
of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding and less treasury shares as of April 30, 2025. To the best of our knowledge, subject
to community and marital property laws, all persons named have sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares, except as
otherwise noted.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number of Shares of Common Stock (2)
% of Class of Stock Outstanding (3)
Executive Officers and Directors:
Bonita Risk – Director
2,947,128
60.24 %
The above director has beneficial ownership over the Kenneth Risk Trust that owns 2,187,056 shares, Bonita Risk Family Irrevocable Trust that owns 732,470 shares, and 27,602 shares owned personally. As a result, combined, they have voting and shared dispositive control.
Stephanie M. Risk-McElroy Chairman, CEO, & CFO
1,775
Less than 1%
Donna Debowey – Director
500
Less than 1%
All Officers and Directors as a group
2,949,403
60.29 %
(1)
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of the named beneficial
owner is George Risk Industries, Inc., 802 S. Elm St., Kimball, NE 69145.
(2)
Security ownership information for named beneficial owners
(other than executive officers and directors of the Company) is taken from statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to information made known by the Company and from the Company’s transfer agent.
(3)
Based on the net shares outstanding as of April 30, 2025. This
consists of Common Shares issued and outstanding (8,502,881) less treasury shares (3,610,451).
Changes
in Control
We
are not aware of any arrangements, including any pledge by any person of our securities, the operation of which may result in a change
in control of the Company.
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Item 13
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
During
each of three years ended April 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023, the Company executed transactions with related entities and individuals. Each
of the transactions was in terms at least as favorable as could be obtained from unrelated third parties.
Related Party
2025
2024
2023
Bank Balances
Joel Wiens, Director
$ 5,339,553
$ 6,711,558
$ 4,636,584
Interest Income
Joel Wiens, Director
$ 214,538
$ 170,187
$ 102,713
Item 14
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
1)
Audit Fees
For
each of the last two fiscal years the Company incurred aggregate fees and expenses for professional services rendered by our principal
accountants for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of our financial statements for Form 10-Q. The amounts are listed
below:
FYE 2025
$ 105,381
Haynie & Company
$ 2,411
Carey Schroeder, CPA
FYE 2024
$ 84,500
Haynie & Company
$ 1,613
Carey Schroeder, CPA
2)
Audit-Related Fees
The
Company incurred aggregate fees and expenses for professional services rendered by our principal accountants for the audit of the Company’s
employee benefit plan. The amounts are listed below:
FYE
2025
None
Haynie & Company
An
audit of the company’s 401K was no longer required.
FYE 2024
$ 10,500
Haynie & Company
3)
Tax Fees
The
Company incurred aggregate fees or expenses for professional services rendered by tax accountants for tax compliance, tax advice, and
tax planning for the last two fiscal years.
FYE 2025
$ 4,333
Haynie & Company
$ 5,610
Tax Resources Group, Inc.
FYE 2024
$ 9,100
Haynie & Company
$ 4,840
Tax Resources Group, Inc.
4)
All Other Fees
The
Company incurred aggregate fees and expenses for professional services rendered by our principal accountants for restatement of some
of the Company’s 10-Qs and 10-K. The amounts are listed below:
FYE
2025
None
FYE
2024
None
5)
The Board of Directors considered whether, and determined that,
the auditor’s provisions of non-audit services were compatible with maintaining the auditor’s independence. All the services
described above were approved by the Board of Directors pursuant to its policies and procedures.
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Part
IV
Item
15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
3.(1).a
Articles
of Incorporation—Filed as Exhibit 5 to the Registrant’s Form 10–K for the fiscal year ended April 10, 1970, and
incorporated by reference herein
3.(i).b
Certificate
of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant—Filed as Exhibit 1.2 to the Registrant’s Form 10–K
for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1971, and incorporated by reference herein
3.(ii).c
By-laws—Filed
as Exhibit 1.3 to the Registrant’s Form 10–K for the fiscal year ended April 10, 1971, and incorporated by reference
herein
10.1
Vendor agreement dated as of February 16, 2011 between Honeywell International, Inc., acting through the ADI business of its Security Group (“ADI”) and George Risk Industries, Inc. – Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, and incorporated by reference herein. *
31.1
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Chief Executive Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
32.1
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 of the Chief Executive Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
101.
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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*
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
/s/
STEPHANIE M. RISK-MCELROY
August
12, 2025
STEPHANIE
M. RISK-MCELROY
Date
President and Chairman of the Board
Pursuant
to the requirements of the securities exchange act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/
STEPHANIE M. RISK-MCELROY
August
12, 2025
STEPHANIE
M. RISK-MCELROY
Date
President and Chairman of the Board
/s/
DONNA DEBOWEY
August
12, 2025
DONNA
DEBOWEY
Date
Director
/s/
JOEL H. WIENS
August
12, 2025
JOEL
H. WIENS
Date
Director
/s/
BONITA P. RISK
August
12, 2025
BONITA
P. RISK
Date
Director
/s/
JERRY KNUTSEN
August
12, 2025
JERRY
KNUTSEN
Date
Director
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