Controls and Procedures
−Removed: Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures
−Removed: that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
−Removed: in the SEC’s rules and forms.
−Removed: Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
−Removed: ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
−Removed: to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our
+Added: reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed,
+Added: summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
+Added: Disclosure controls and procedures include,
+Added: without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted
+Added: under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
+Added: to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officer”) carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness
−Removed: of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2024.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Certifying Officers”) carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness
+Added: of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024.
Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2024
−Removed: due to a material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”) As previously disclosed, a material
−Removed: weakness exists in the Company’s ICFR related to ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes,
−Removed: including not timely performing certain reconciliations and the completeness and accuracy of those reconciliations, and lack of effectiveness
−Removed: of controls over accurate accounting and financial reporting and reviewing the underlying financial statement elements, and recording
−Removed: incorrect journal entries that also did not have the sufficient review and approval.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses, management, including
−Removed: the Certifying Officer, believes that the financial statements contained in this Form 10-Q filing fairly present, in all material respects,
−Removed: our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with GAAP.
−Removed: Material Weakness
−Removed: A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies,
−Removed: in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or
−Removed: interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30,
+Added: 2024 due to a material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”).
+Added: As previously disclosed, a material
+Added: weakness exists in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting related to ineffective controls over period end financial
+Added: disclosure and reporting processes, including not timely performing certain reconciliations and the completeness and accuracy of those
+Added: reconciliations, and lack of effectiveness of controls over accurate accounting and financial reporting and reviewing the underlying financial
+Added: statement elements, and recording incorrect journal entries that also did not have the sufficient review and approval.
+Added: Notwithstanding
+Added: the identified material weaknesses, management, including the Certifying Officers, believes that the financial statements contained in
+Added: this Form 10-Q filing fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the
+Added: periods presented in conformity with GAAP.
+Added: weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a
+Added: reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented
+Added: or detected on a timely basis.
While preparing the second quarter 2024 financial statements we identified
−Removed: internal control failures over our review of accounts payable, accrued liabilities, stock compensation, and revenue cutoffs that resulted
−Removed: in material errors being reported in (i) our previously issued financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 included
−Removed: in the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2024 and as
−Removed: amended on March 25, 2024 (the “Form 8-K”);
−Removed: (ii) the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements for three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2024, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2024;
−Removed: and (iii) the financial statements
−Removed: noted in items (i) and (ii) above included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, which was declared effective by
−Removed: the SEC on May 31, 2024.
−Removed: The Company has corrected these errors in an amendment to (i) the Form 8-K, filed on August 19, 2024, and (ii)
−Removed: an amendment to its Current Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 filed on August 19, 2024.
−Removed: To remediate this material weakness, we intend to strengthen our internal
−Removed: controls over financial reporting and the design of our internal-control framework through enhanced accounting policies, control activities,
−Removed: and monitoring.
−Removed: Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: internal control failures over our review of accounts payable, accrued liabilities, stock compensation, and revenue cutoff that resulted
+Added: in material errors being reported in (i) our previously issued financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
+Added: included in the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2024
+Added: and as amended on March 25, 2024 (the “Form 8-K”);
+Added: (ii) the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements for the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2024, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2024;
+Added: and (iii) the
+Added: financial statements noted in items (i) and (ii) above included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, which was declared
+Added: effective by the SEC on May 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company has corrected these errors in an amendment to (i) the Form 8-K, filed on August 19,
+Added: 2024, and (ii) an amendment to its Current Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 filed on August 19, 2024.
+Added: While preparing the third quarter 2024 financial statements we identified
+Added: internal control failures over our review of revenue and related cost of goods sold cutoff, expense classification, prepaid expenses,
+Added: operating lease cash flow classification and accounting for finance lease arrangements that resulted in material errors being reported
+Added: in (i) our previously issued financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 included in the Company’s
+Added: Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 20, 2024 and as amended on March 25, and
+Added: August 19, 2024 (the “8-K”), (ii) the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2024 included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A as filed with the SEC on August 19, 2024 (the “Q1
+Added: 10-Q”), (iii) the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three and six months ended
+Added: June 30, 2024 included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC on August 19, 2024 (the “Q2 10-Q”, and together
+Added: with the Q1 10-Q, the “10-Qs”) and (iv) the financial statements noted in items (i) through (iii) above included in the Company’s
+Added: Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (the “S-1”), which was declared effective by the SEC on October 1, 2024.
+Added: Company has corrected these errors in an amendment to (i) the Form 8-K, filed on January 23, 2025, (ii) an amendment to its Current Report
+Added: on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, filed on January 23, 2025 and (iii) an amendment to its Current Report on
+Added: Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024, filed on January 23, 2025.
+Added: These control deficiencies could result in a misstatement in our accounts
+Added: or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to our financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.
+Added: we determined that these control deficiencies constitute material weaknesses.
+Added: We are in the early stages of designing and implementing a plan to
+Added: remediate the material weaknesses identified.
+Added: Management has considered and reviewed the errors which occurred in
+Added: revenue and cost of goods sold cutoff, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, stock compensation, expense classification, prepaid expenses,
+Added: operating lease cash flow classification and accounting for finance lease arrangements.
+Added: Management has determined that controls are not
+Added: designed effectively in these areas.
+Added: To mitigate future misstatements in these areas management will implement the following procedures
+Added: at the end of each reporting period:
+Added: Accounts Payable - Review the accounts payable with the executive team to inquire about any invoices not sent to accounts payable.
+Added: Accrued Liabilities - Review the accrued liabilities detail with the
+Added: executive team to determine if there are any expenses/liabilities for which the company should accrue an expense which has not yet been
+Added: Stock Compensation - Review with the CEO and Legal Counsel the list
+Added: of stock grants which have been made and ask if there have been any other grants made (paper issued to employees or vendors) which should
+Added: be included in the analysis.
+Added: Classification of expenses - Review the expense classification with the executive team to determine all expenses are properly classified.
+Added: Classification of financing agreements - Review the financing agreements
+Added: with the executive team to determine proper classification of the agreements as debt or finance lease.
+Added: Prepaid expenses – Review prepaid expenses with the executive team to determine if all prepaid expenses have been properly recorded for future services to be rendered and subsequently amortized.
+Added: Revenue and cost of goods sold cut off – Review revenue and related cost of goods sold with executive team to determine if revenue and related cost of goods sold is properly recognized.
+Added: We cannot assure you that these measures will remediate the material
+Added: weaknesses described above.
+Added: The implementation of these remediation measures is in the early stages and will require validation and testing
+Added: of the design and operating effectiveness of our internal controls over a sustained period of financial reporting cycles and, as a result,
+Added: the timing of when we will be able to fully remediate the material weaknesses is uncertain.
+Added: If the steps we take do not remediate the
+Added: material weaknesses in a timely manner, there could be a reasonable possibility that these control deficiencies or others may result in
+Added: a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: in turn, could jeopardize our ability to comply with our reporting obligations, limit our ability to access the capital markets and adversely
+Added: impact our stock price.
+Added: Implementing any appropriate changes to our internal controls may distract
+Added: our officers and employees, entail substantial costs to modify our existing processes and take significant time to complete.
+Added: These changes
+Added: may not, however, be effective in maintaining the adequacy of our internal controls, and any failure to maintain that adequacy, or consequent
+Added: inability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis, could increase our operating costs and harm our business.
+Added: investors’ perceptions that our internal controls are inadequate or that we are unable to produce accurate financial statements
+Added: on a timely basis may harm our stock price and make it more difficult for us to effectively market and sell our products and services
+Added: to new and existing customers.
+Added: If we identify future deficiencies in our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting or if we are unable to comply with the demands that will be placed upon us as a public company, including the requirements of
+Added: Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in a timely or effective manner, we may be unable to accurately report our financial results, or
+Added: report them within the timeframes required by the SEC.
+Added: We also could become subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other
+Added: regulatory authorities.
+Added: In addition, if we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if
+Added: our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting when required, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, we may face
+Added: restricted access to the capital markets and our stock price may be adversely affected.
+Added: Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may also
+Added: become inadequate because of poor design or changes in our business, including increased complexity resulting from any international expansion,
+Added: and weaknesses in our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future.
+Added: Any failure to
+Added: develop or maintain effective controls or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement could cause us to fail to
+Added: meet our reporting obligations, result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods, undermine investor confidence in
+Added: us and adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.
+Added: In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we
+Added: may not be able to remain listed on Nasdaq.
+Added: in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than the above, there was no change in our internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period from January 1, 2024 through
−Removed: June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
+Added: financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarterly period ending September
+Added: 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: to June 30, 2024, the Company began working on their remediation plan as described above.
+Added: II - OTHER INFORMATION
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