Versus Systems Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Apr 15, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Apr 15, 2026
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Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive and principal financial officer, has performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our management, with the participation of our principal executive and principal financial officer, has concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in the 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 the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, due to the material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting described below.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, management has conducted an assessment using the criteria in the updated Internal Control-Integrated Framework, issued in 2013 by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Our system of internal control over financial reporting is 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.
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 the Company’s financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, our principal executive and principal financial officer concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025 due to the following material weaknesses:
| ● | The Company did not design and implement effective segregation of duties within the cash disbursement process, which increased the risk of misappropriation of assets. Although third-party consultants assisted with financial reporting and supporting the audit and review processes, the former CFO had the ability to initiate, record, and process transactions without sufficient independent review. The limited number of accounting and finance personnel contributed to incompatible duties being concentrated without sufficient independent oversight; and |
| ● | Certain key entity-level and financial reporting controls, including processes to identify and assess financial reporting risks (including fraud and misappropriation of assets), manage user and privileged access to systems supporting financial reporting and cash disbursements, and perform review and approval of journal entries were not adequately designed or implemented to mitigate this risk. This was primarily driven by fraudulent actions of the former CFO, which circumvented established processes, and was exacerbated by limited resources. |
In light of these material weaknesses, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures to ensure the reliability of financial reporting and that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, we believe that the financial statements included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
Our management, under the oversight of the Audit Committee, has developed a plan to remediate the material weaknesses described above. The remediation plan includes improving segregation of duties through organizational changes, implementing controls requiring independent preparation and review of key financial reporting activities, and strengthening controls over cash disbursements.
The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated, however, until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions and that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in internal control over financial reports.
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