Vivakor, Inc. 10-Q

Item 4. Controls and Procedures Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer), evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2026 pursuant to Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting described below. The material weaknesses primarily relate to insufficient personnel within our accounting and financial reporting functions, which has impacted segregation of duties and effective review controls over certain accounting processes, including technical accounting matters and the work of specialists involved in the estimation process. These deficiencies create a reasonable possibility that material misstatements of the financial statements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management continues to implement remediation measures intended to address these material weaknesses, including enhanced review procedures, expanded use of external accounting and valuation specialists, improved oversight processes, and efforts to strengthen the Company’s accounting and financial reporting personnel resources. While progress has been made, the material weaknesses had not been fully remediated as of March 31, 2026. Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Other than the remediation activities described above, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s our internal control over financial reporting. 24 PART II - OTHER INFORMATION