CNH Industrial N.V.
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 6, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 6, 2025
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Item 4. Controls and procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2025.
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting – Inventory Management
In connection with the preparation of our Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, we identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting that remains unremediated as of March 31, 2025. 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 our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weakness relates to deficiencies in the operating effectiveness of internal controls related to the existence and completeness of raw material and work-in-process inventory.
These control deficiencies have not resulted in an error or misstatements to our financial statements or the need to revise any previously published financial results. However, the control deficiencies could have resulted in a misstatement of one or more account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected, and accordingly, we determined that these control deficiencies constitute a material weakness.
We, with the oversight of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, are taking actions to remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting. Such remediation actions include:
Engaging consulting professionals with knowledge and experience specific to cycle count internal controls to assist us in developing a remediation plan and evaluating and making recommendations to improve our current raw material and work-in-process cycle count program and full-physical inventory controls, including more effective use of the IT systems used to facilitate these inventory counts, to ensure compliance with our policies;
Planning the execution of full-physical inventory counts of raw material and work-in-process inventory in the fourth quarter of 2025 at certain locations;
Developing standard operating procedures to ensure consistent communication of the raw material and work-in-process inventory count process and adherence to our cycle count policy at facilities managed by us and third-party warehouse service providers;
Providing training on standard operating procedures, cycle count policy and related internal controls to plant personnel responsible for the cycle count program and inventory processes to ensure the controls are operating effectively going forward.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As described above, the Company has taken steps to remediate the material weakness noted above. Other than in connection with these remediation steps, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed 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 the 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, within our company have been detected.
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