CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
For the period ended May 30, 2026. Filed Jul 22, 2026.
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FY2026 · Filed Jul 22, 2026
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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
Controls
and Procedures
Our disclosure
controls and
procedures are designed
to provide reasonable
that information
required to be
disclosed
by
us in
the reports
we
file
or
submit
under
the Securities
Act of
1934,
as amended
(the “Exchange
Act”) is recorded,
processed,
summarized
and reported,
within
the
time periods
specified
in the
Commission’s
rules
and
forms. Disclosure
and
include,
without
limitation,
and
to
ensure
that
to
be
disclosed
by
us
in
the
reports
that
we
file
or submit
under
the
Act
is
and
communicated
to management,
including our
and principal
officers, or
persons
performing similar
functions, as appropriate
to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based on an evaluation
of our disclosure
and procedures
by our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer,
together with other financial
officers, such
concluded
that
our
and
were
as
of
May
30,
at
the
level.
Control
(a)
Report
on Internal Control
The
sets forth,
with Section
404(a)
of the
Sarbanes
-Oxley Act
of 2002
and
Item
308 of
the Securities
and
Commission’s
S-K, the report of
on our internal
Our management
is responsible for establishing
and maintaining
adequate
internal control over financial
“Internal
control over financial reporting”
is a process designed by,
or under the supervision
of, our Chief Executive
Officer
and Chief
Financial Officer,
together with
other financial
officers, and
effected
by the Board,
and
other
personnel,
to
provide
the
reliability
of
and
the
of
for
external
in
with
and
includes those
policies and
that:
Pertain to
the maintenance
of records that in reasonable
detail accurately
and fairly reflect the
and
dispositions of
our assets;
Provide reasonable
that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit
of financial
in
with
principles,
and
that
our
receipts
and
expenditures are being
made
only in accordance
with
authorizations
of our management
and directors; and
Provide reasonable
regarding prevention or
timely detection
of unauthorized
acquisition, use or
disposition
of our
assets
that
effect
on the
Our
management,
with Rule
13a-15(c) under
the
Act
and
with
the
of
our
Chief
Officer
and
Chief
Officer,
together
with
other
officers,
the
of
our
control
over
as
of
May
30,
.
The
framework
on
which
of
our
control
over
is
based
is
the
“Internal
Control
–
Integrated
Framework”
published
in
by
the
of
Sponsoring
(“COSO”)
of
the
Commission.
has determined
that our internal
is effective.
It is
noted
that
control
over
cannot
provide
absolute
of
achieving
reporting objectives,
but rather
of achieving
such objectives.
The attestation
report of FROST,
PLLC on
our internal
control
reporting, which
that firm’s
the effectiveness
of our
reporting, is set forth below.
(b)
Attestation
Report
of the Registrant’s
Public Accounting
Firm
Report of
Independent
Registered
Public
Accounting Firm
on Internal Control
Board
of Directors and
Stockholders
Cal
Opinion on Internal
Control
Over
We
have audited
Cal
Subsidiaries’ internal
based
on
criteria
in
Control
–
Integrated
issued
by
the
of
Sponsoring
of the
(“COSO”).
In our
opinion,
Cal
maintained,
in
all material
respects,
criteria established
in
Control
– Integrated
issued by the
COSO.
As indicated
in the accompanying
Changes in
Internal Control
Reporting,
assessment of
and conclusion
on the effectiveness
of internal control
reporting did
not include the
internal controls
of Echo
Lake
Foods,
LLC
and
certain
related
companies,
which
are
in the
May
30,
of Cal-
Maine
Foods,
Subsidiaries and
constituted
9.7% of
total
assets
as of
May
and
7.8% of
for the
year
then ended.
Our audit
of internal
of Cal
Subsidiaries also did
not include
an
of the
reporting of Echo
Lakes
certain
related
We
also have
audited,
with the standards
of the
Public
Company
Accounting Oversight
Board
(United
States)
(“PCAOB”),
balance
sheets and the
related
of income, comprehensive
income,
equity,
flows of
Cal
Subsidiaries and
our report dated
2026 expressed an
unqualified
opinion.
Basis for
Opinion
Cal
-Maine
Foods,
Inc.
and
Subsidiaries’
is responsible
for
maintaining
control
over
and
for
their
of
the
of
control
over
in
the
Report on Internal
Control
in Item 9A.
Our responsibility
is to express
an opinion on the entities’ internal
control over financial
reporting based
on our audit.
We are a public accounting
firm registered
PCAOB and
are required
to be independent
to Cal
Inc. and Subsidiaries
with
the
U.S.
federal
laws
and
the
rules
and
of
the
and
and
the
PCAOB.
We
our audit
in
of the
PCAOB.
Those
require that
we
plan
and
perform the audit
to obtain reasonable
about whether effective
internal control over financial
reporting was maintained
in
all material
respects.
Our
audit
of
control
over
obtaining
an
understanding
of
control
over
the
risk
that
weakness
exists,
and
testing
and
the
design
and
of internal control
the assessed
risk.
Our
audit also included
performing such
other procedures
as we considered
in the circumstances.
We believe
our audit
provides a
our opinion.
Definition and
Limitations
of Internal Control
An entities’ internal
is a process designed
regarding the
reliability of financial
the preparation
of consolidated financial statements
for external purposes in accordance
with
in the
United
States
of America.
An
entities’ internal
those policies
and
that
(1)
pertain
to
the maintenance
of records
that,
in reasonable
detail,
accurately
and
fairly reflect
the transactions
and dispositions
of the assets
of the
entities; (2)
provide reasonable
that transactions
are
as
to
permit
of
in
with
in the
United
States
of
America,
and
that
receipts
and
of
the
entities are
being
made
only
in
with
authorizations
of management
and
directors
of
the
entities;
and
(3)
provide
prevention
or timely
detection
of unauthorized
acquisition,
use, or
disposition
of the
entities’
assets
that
effect
on the
Because
of
its
limitations,
control
over
may
not
prevent
or
detect
misstatements.
Also
,
projections of any
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
with the policies or procedures
may
deteriorate.
/s/
Frost, PLLC
Little Rock, Arkansas
(c)
Changes
in Internal
Control
In
with
its
of
the
effectiveness,
as
of
May
30,
2026,
of
our
control
over
determined that
there was no change
in our internal
that occurred
fourth
quarter
ended
May
that
has
affected,
or is reasonably
affect,
our internal
control
over
As disclosed
this Annual
Report, we completed
Foods during
the first quarter
- As permitted
by SEC guidance, the
scope of management’s
review of its internal control
excluded
Foods.
Echo
Lake
Foods constituted
9.7%
assets
as of
May
and
7.8%
year
is in process of integrating Echo
Lake
Foods into
its internal control
framework.
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