Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosures.
Management, including the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act) of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of May 31, 2025, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
As discussed above, on June 13, 2024, we completed the OWYN Acquisition. As such, the scope of our assessment of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures did not include the internal control over financial reporting of OWYN and its affiliated entities. These exclusions are consistent with the SEC Staff’s guidance that an assessment of a recently acquired business may be omitted from the scope of our assessment of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures that are also part of internal control over financial reporting in the 12 months following the acquisition. OWYN and its affiliated entities accounted for 15% of our total assets and 9% of our total net sales as of and for the thirty-nine weeks ended May 31, 2025.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As a result of the OWYN Acquisition, we have commenced a project to evaluate the processes and procedures of OWYN’s internal control over financial reporting and incorporate OWYN’s internal control over financial reporting into our internal control over financial reporting framework. In addition, as a result of the OWYN Acquisition, we have implemented new processes and controls over accounting for an acquisition, including determining the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
Except as disclosed above, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended May 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Additionally, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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