Utz Brands, Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act is properly and timely reported and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of July 4, 2021 with the participation, and under the supervision, of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of July 4, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective due to the material weakness described below. A material weakness is 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 consolidated financial statements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. 45 Specifically, we identified deficiencies in the accounting functions related to the failure to identify accounting adjustments required for the correct application of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America for stock warrants, and we did not adequately review or oversee the work of external specialists to assist us in the preparation of our financial statements and in our compliance with SEC reporting obligations. We are in the process of remediating the material weakness identified by standardizing our controls over accounting and financial reporting and formalizing our review process related to non-routine transactions and reviews of accounting estimates performed by external specialists. Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting During our first fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2021, we completed a multi-year implementation plan to go live with a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. This system improves upon and consolidates certain processes and controls and increases efficiency. As mentioned above, we are in the process of evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting controls, as part of the remediation of the material weakness described above, and our overall control environment, including the automated controls resulting from this ERP implementation. PART II – OTHER INFORMATION