ICFR & Disclosure Controls
What to check in your filing: Describe material weaknesses, remediation steps and timing, and align ICFR conclusions with disclosure controls.
12 staff comments from 10 companies. Outcomes: Agreed to revise: 7, Awaiting / response not in dataset: 5
Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp (CHAR, CHARR, CHARU) · 2026-06-04 · Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 · Comment 1 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: In future periodic filings, please revise your officer certifications to include the introductory language within paragraph 4 and the entirety of paragraph 4(b) pertaining to internal control over financial reporting. Refer to Item 601(b)(31)(i) of Regulation S-K. letter →
Company response: We hereby confirm that in future periodic filings, we will revise our officer certifications to include introductory language within paragraph 4 and the entirety of paragraph 4(b) pertaining to internal control over financial reporting. We appreciate the assistance the Staff has provided with its comments. response letter →
Legato Merger Corp. III (LEGT, LEGT-UN, LEGT-WT) · 2026-04-10 · Form 10-K for the Year Ended November 30, 2025 Filed February 10, 2026 · Comment 1 · Management's Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting, page 42 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: You state that you did include a report of management's assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting ("ICFR") or an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the Securities an Exchange Commission for newly public companies. Please note that the transition period described in the Instructions to Item 308 of Regulation S-K pertain only to the first Form 10-K filed after your IPO. Since you filed an annual report on Form 10-K for the prior fiscal year November 30, 2024, you are now required to present management's assessment of ICFR in this current Form 10-K. Please amend your filing to include… letter →
Karbon-X Corp. (KARX) · 2026-03-05 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2025 Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended November 30, 2025 · Comment 1 · Item 9A. Controls and Procedures , page 20 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: In future filings, please disclose management's conclusion regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures as required by item 307 of Regulation S-K. letter →
Company response: We acknowledge the Staff’s comment. In future Annual Reports on Form 10‑K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q, we will revise our disclosure under “Controls and Procedures” to explicitly state management’s conclusion regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by the report, as required by Item 307 of Regulation S‑K. 1 By way of example, we expect to include language substantially similar to the following (subject to updates as of each reporting date): “As of _______________, our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and… response letter →
Magnitude International Ltd (MAGH) · 2026-03-04 · Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 · Comment 1 · Item 15. Controls and Procedures, page 76 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your response to our prior comment 1 and your amendment to your filing in response to our prior comments 1, 2, and 3 to include a conclusion regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures, include cybersecurity disclosures, and include the certifications from your principal executive officer and principal financial officer. In light of the amendment to address such previously omitted items, please tell us what consideration you gave to reconsidering your conclusion regarding your disclosure controls and procedures. letter →
Company response: 1 to our Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025. Upon identifying the need to amend our original Form 20-F to include the previously omitted items, management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer (the “Certifying Officers”), re-evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (“DCP”) as of April 30, 2025. This re-evaluation was conducted specifically to determine whether the omission of these items from the original filing indicated a material weakness or a significant deficiency in our DCP that would alter the original conclusion of effectiveness. The re-evaluation considered the following factors: 1. Nature of the… response letter →
Magnitude International Ltd (MAGH) · 2026-02-23 · Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 · Comment 1 · Item 15. Controls and Procedures, page 76 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: Please amend your filing to disclose the conclusions of your principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures as of April 30, 2025. Please refer to Item 15(a) of Form 20-F. letter →
Kandal M Venture Ltd (FMFC) · 2026-01-27 · Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2025 Filed July 30, 2025 · Comment 1 · Item 15. Controls and Procedures, page 77 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Please amend your filing to explicitly disclose your conclusion regarding the effectiveness of your disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. Refer to Item 15(a) of Form 20-F. letter →
Company response: We have revised our disclosure in Item 15 of Part II to the Form 20-F. response letter →
SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. (SWBI) · 2026-01-16 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2025 Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended October 31, 2025 Form 8-K furnished D · Comment 2 · Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures, page 27 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: We note your disclosure on internal control over financial reporting which indicates that due to a material weakness, internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of October 31, 2025. However, your disclosure does not appear to address your conclusion over disclosure controls and procedures as required by Item 4 of Form 10-Q and Item 307 of Regulation S-K. Please revise future filings to include the required information. letter →
Company response: We acknowledge the Staff’s comment and will revise future filings accordingly. To the extent that the material weakness remains unremediated, in future filings, we intend to address this comment substantially consistent with the following: Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (“certifying officers”) have conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) as of [Reporting Date]. Our certifying officers concluded that, as a result of the material weaknesses in internal control over financial… response letter →
Global Gas Corp (HGAS, HGASW) · 2025-12-29 · Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Filed March 31, 2025 Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, · Comment 2 · 1. We note your response to comment Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: Please expand your disclosures to include the information required by Item 308(a)(2) and Item 308(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2025 Exhibit 31, page 29 2. Please expand the language included in paragraph 4 to the 302 certifications to include “and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))” as required by Item 601(b)(31)(i) of Regulation S-K. letter →
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (DSGR) · 2025-12-18 · Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Filed March 6, 2025 Form 8-K filed October 30, 2025 · Comment 1 · Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, page 107 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Please tell us why you omitted management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the registrant's internal control over financial reporting, including a statement as to whether or not internal control over financial reporting is effective. Refer to Item 308(a)(3) of Regulation S-K. Please also tell us why you omitted a statement that the registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included in this Form 10-K has issued an attestation report on your internal control over financial reporting. Refer to Item 308(a)(4) of Regulation S-K. letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and confirms that in connection with management’s evaluation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period ending December 31, 2024, management concluded that as of such date, our internal control over financial reporting was effective. In addition, the registered public accounting firm that audited the financial statements included in our Form 10-K issued an attestation report that included an opinion that we maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control – Integrated… response letter →
Global Gas Corp (HGAS, HGASW) · 2025-12-11 · Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 Filed March 31, 2025 · Comment 1 · Item 9A. Controls and Procedures, page 38 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: We note you identified a material weakness in your internal control over financial reporting but have concluded that your disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Section II.D. of SEC Release No. 33-8238 states, “disclosure controls and procedures will include those components of internal control over financial reporting that provide reasonable assurances that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.” Please tell us how you are able to support your conclusion that your disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of December 31, 2024, and the end of subsequent quarters.… letter →
Viant Technology Inc. (DSP) · 2025-12-08 · Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 · Comment 4 · Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, page 105 Agreed to revise
Staff comment: Please amend your Form 10-K to disclose management's assessment regarding the effectiveness of your internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. See Item 308(a)(3)(c) of Regulation S-K. letter →
Company response: The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and notes that this disclosure was inadvertently omitted from its Form 10-K due to a typographical error. On December 10, 2025, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A to disclose management’s assessment regarding the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. response letter →
Lanvin Group Holdings Ltd (LANV, LANWF) · 2025-11-28 · Lanvin Group Holdings Limited Form 20-F Filed on April 30, 2025 · Comment 2 · Reporting, page 131 Awaiting / response not in dataset
Staff comment: Please revise future filings to indicate the framework used by management to evaluate the effectiveness of your internal controls over financial reporting. Refer to Item 308(a)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company respectfully submits that it will revise the disclosure under Item 15 of its future Annual Reports on Form 20-F to state that management evaluates the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Howie Farn of Freshfields at… letter →
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