MOVADO GROUP INC
For the period ended Apr 30, 2025. Filed May 29, 2025.
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Apr 30, 2025 · Filed May 29, 2025
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
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, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by this report due to a material weakness in the Company’s 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 Dubai branch of the Company’s Swiss subsidiary. This material weakness is more fully described in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, in Part II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025.
Remediation Plan
Management is in the process of implementing a remediation plan to address the material weakness, which includes enhancing the Company’s risk assessment and oversight processes; making changes in personnel and reporting lines; and increasing policy awareness and compliance training. During the quarter ended April 30, 2025, management made significant personnel changes in the Dubai branch, including terminating the now former managing director of the branch; switching from regional to functional lines of reporting for certain sales and customer operations positions; and executing awareness campaigns to reinforce the importance of ethical conduct and the reporting of violations. Additional time is required to test the operating effectiveness of these controls and to complete the design, implementation, and testing of other controls needed to remediate the material weakness. The material weakness cannot be considered remediated until the applicable remedial controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than as set forth above, there have been no changes 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 April 30, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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