MOVADO GROUP INC

In late January 2025, the Company became aware of allegations of misconduct within the Dubai branch (the “Dubai Branch”) of the Company’s Swiss subsidiary, MGI Luxury Group Sárl, related to sales to certain customers in the Middle East, India & Asia Pacific region (the “Affected Region”). Promptly thereafter, the Company retained outside counsel to conduct an investigation into these allegations. Based on that investigation, the Company has determined that the former managing director of the Dubai Branch, who oversaw the Affected Region, as well as certain employees under his direction, took actions that resulted in an overstatement of sales, premature recognition of sales, and underreporting of credit notes (e.g., sales discounts) owed to customers in the Affected Region. These actions included the use of a third-party warehouse unknown to the Company’s management to facilitate the premature recognition of sales, and the falsification of documents to circumvent internal controls. The conduct occurred over a period of approximately five years (beginning with the Company’s fiscal year ended January 31, 2021). The investigation has not identified any impact to reported sales to customers in other regions, nor has the investigation identified any knowledge of, or participation in, the misconduct by Company employees (whether members of management or otherwise) outside of the Affected Region. The Company has terminated the now former managing director of the Dubai Branch.

In the course of the investigation referred to above, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, wherein the Company’s risk assessment process did not properly assess the risks associated with the lack of functional segregation of duties in the Company’s Dubai Branch. Management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures for the Affected Periods were not effective. The Company has begun and will continue to implement changes designed to improve its internal control over financial reporting and to remediate the material weakness, including implementing changes to the organizational structure in the Affected Region to mitigate the risk of inappropriate influence being applied to circumvent existing controls. In addition to these remedial actions, the Company is committed to reinforcing its policies and procedures, continuing controls monitoring, deploying additional trainings, and taking additional measures to modify, or add to, these remediation measures, as necessary.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. However, it should be noted that a control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives will be met and may not prevent all errors or instances of fraud.

The Company, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as such terms are defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on that evaluation, and in light of the issues identified in the investigation described above, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level as of January 31, 2025, the end of the period covered by this report.

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have furnished the Sections 302 and 906 certifications required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in this annual report on Form 10-K.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, for the Company. With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the Company’s management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework and criteria established in the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this evaluation, and in light of the issues identified in the internal investigation described above, the Company’s management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of January 31, 2025.

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 our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Based on the evaluation, we identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, wherein the Company’s risk assessment process did not properly assess the risks associated with the lack of functional segregation of duties in the Company’s Dubai Branch.

The material weakness resulted in misstatements to trade receivables, inventories, net sales, cost of sales and related income tax accounts, which resulted in the restatement of the Company’s financial statements for fiscal years ended January 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, and the interim periods within fiscal years 2025 and 2024.

Additionally, the material weakness could result in a misstatement of the aforementioned account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

The Company’s management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of January 31, 2025, due to the material weakness described above.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 31, 2025, has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which appears under "Index to Consolidated Financial Statements - Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm."

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended January 31, 2025, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.