T1 Energy Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 31, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Mar 31, 2026
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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2025. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2025.
In light of the material weakness described below, management performed additional analysis and other procedures to ensure that our consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Accordingly, management believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly present, in all material respects, our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of and for the periods presented, in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) for the Company. The Company’s management, with participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, under the oversight of our Board of Directors, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 using the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013), issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025, due to the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, described below.
A Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
A material weakness 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 a company’s annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
As of December 31, 2025, management identified the following material weakness related to the Company’s G1 entity:
The Company had ineffective general information technology controls (GITCs) that support the consistent operation of the Company’s Oracle-based information technology (IT) system. Therefore, automated process-level controls and manual controls dependent upon the accuracy and completeness of information derived from that IT system were also ineffective because they could have been adversely impacted.
The Company did not effectively design, implement or operate process-level controls regarding revenue and inventory processes.
Management concluded that the material weakness at our G1 entity was due to the following:
The Company did not have effective oversight, structure, authority and responsibility over internal control over financial reporting.
The Company did not have sufficiently trained resources assigned with responsibility and accountability to support the design, implementation, and operation of internal control over financial reporting related to our accounting processes and Oracle-based IT system.
The Company did not have an effective information and communication process within the Oracle-based IT system that communicates information, including objectives and responsibilities for internal control, necessary to support the functioning of internal control.
The Company did not have effective monitoring activities to assess the operation of internal control over financial reporting, including the continued appropriateness of control design and level of documentation maintained to support control effectiveness.
The control deficiencies resulted in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements, which were corrected prior to the issuance of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Furthermore, the control deficiencies described above created a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to the consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Therefore, we concluded the deficiencies represent a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2025.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm as one is not required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Remediation Plan
Management has initiated a comprehensive remediation plan to address the material weakness identified at the G1 entity. Key actions include:
Strengthening oversight, including establishing clearer control ownership, formalizing control responsibilities, and increasing the frequency of internal monitoring activities.
Assigning key accounting processes to sufficiently trained resources with appropriate responsibility and accountability.
Enhancing GITCs related to our Oracle-based accounting system to support stronger internal control design and operation, standardize workflows, and communicate relevant and reliable information.
Enhancing data access, accuracy, and transparency, to enable personnel to better understand internal control responsibilities and provide greater visibility into information relied upon for financial reporting.
Increasing the frequency of monitoring and review procedures to assess the effectiveness of operation of controls and the level of documentation maintained to support their effectiveness.
Report regularly to the audit committee on the progress of remediation efforts.
Management expects these remediation efforts to continue throughout fiscal year 2026 and will evaluate the effectiveness of the remediated controls once they have been implemented and have operated for a sufficient period of time.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the second quarter of 2025, the Company identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to its controls over applying technical accounting guidance to nonrecurring events and transactions, including the presentation of amortization for certain customer contracts acquired in the Company’s December 2024 acquisition of Trina Solar US Holding, Inc.
We have remediated this material weakness by expanding our accounting resources at our corporate office with more qualified personnel, supplementing our resources with third-party technical accounting specialists and enhancing the design of process-level review controls over complex technical accounting matters.
Except as noted above, no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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