Laser Photonics Corp
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Apr 20, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Apr 20, 2026
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Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a−15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this annual report. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Principal Financial Officer concluded as of December 31, 2025 that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective, due to the material weaknesses described below in the subsection titled “Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting,” which were previously identified in our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2024, not yet being remediated.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Management does not expect the Company’s disclosure controls or internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The Company’s controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that control system’s objective will be met, and the CEO and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are ineffective at the reasonable assurance level. 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. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting and for the assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. As defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer and implemented by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Based on its evaluation under the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission as of December 31, 2025, the Company’s management, with the participation of its CEO and Principal Financial Officer, concluded that, as of such date, its internal controls over financial reporting were ineffective.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) is a deficiency, or 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.
Our management concluded that the following material weaknesses existed as of December 31, 2025:
| ● | Continuing Weakness: System of internal controls failed to identify multiple journal entries that were identified by the external auditor |
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| ● | Continuing Weakness: Lack of formal control process related to the identification and approval of related party transactions |
| ● | Continuing Weakness: We are not able to fully maintain segregation of duties within our financial operations due to our reliance on limited personnel in the finance function |
| ● | Continuing Weakness: As a smaller company we lack sufficient resources to perform the internal audit function |
| ● | Continuing Weakness: Documentation of all proper accounting procedures is not yet complete. |
Remediation Plan for Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In order to remediate these material weaknesses, we will change certain control activities over financial reporting to include, but not be limited to, the following:
(i) enhancing our financial close and reporting process by implementing additional levels of review over manual journal entries, formalizing account reconciliation procedures, and requiring documented supervisory approval of all non-routine and significant adjustments.
(ii) adopting and enforcing a formal written policy and control framework for the identification, review, approval, and disclosure of related party transactions, including periodic related-party questionnaires and review by our Audit Committee; and
(iii) strengthening our finance and internal control environment by (a) augmenting finance personnel and reassigning responsibilities to improve segregation of duties, (b) engaging qualified third-party professionals to assist with internal audit-type procedures and ongoing monitoring where internal resources are limited, and (c) completing and maintaining comprehensive documentation of key accounting policies, procedures and internal controls, along with related training for relevant personnel.
We are committed to maintaining a strong internal control environment and implementing measures designed to help ensure that control deficiencies contributing to the material weaknesses are remediated as soon as possible.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which permanently exempts non-accelerated filers from complying with Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Attached as exhibits to this Form 10-K are certifications of Laser Photonics’ CEO and Principal Financial Officer, which are required in accordance with Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). This “Controls and Procedures” section includes information concerning the controls and controls evaluation referred to in the certifications.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than as described above, there have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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