Benitec Biopharma Inc.
For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Sep 14, 2026.
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FY2026 · Filed Sep 14, 2026
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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). As of the end of the period covered by this Report we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that as of June 30, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
Remediation of Previously Reported Material Weakness in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
As reported in Part II, Item 9A, Controls and Procedures, of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, filed on September 22, 2025, we previously identified a material weakness in our internal controls resulting from the inadequate design and implementation over our share-based compensation calculation review process.
Throughout the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2025, under the oversight of the audit committee, our management has designed and implemented new or enhanced internal control procedures, which we believe both address the identified material weakness and strengthen our overall financial control environment. Specifically, we have updated the equity system’s default vesting allocation method configuration and have established enhancements to our quarterly share-based compensation review process to identify and verify all relevant inputs of the share-based compensation expense calculation, including review over the completeness and accuracy of the vesting allocation method applied by the equity system.
Our management has completed the implementation of significant enhancements to our procedures and newly implemented controls. Based on these procedures and results of our testing of the implemented controls, we believe that the previously reported material weakness related to the inadequate design and implementation of controls over our share-based compensation calculation review process was remediated as of December 31, 2025. However, completion of remediation procedures for this material weakness does not provide assurance that our modified controls will continue to operate properly or that our financial statements will be free from error.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than the matter noted above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, our management concluded that, as of June 30, 2026, our internal control over financial reporting was effective at the reasonable assurance level based on those criteria.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
We are a non-accelerated filer, and therefore our independent registered public accounting firm has not and is not required to issue a report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
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