Regulation S-B
 
Item 308 Internal Control over Financial Reporting
a.
Management's annual
report on internal control over financial reporting. Provide a report
of management on the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) or
Rule 15d-15(f) under the Exchange
Act) that contains:
1. A
statement of management's responsibility for establishing and maintaining
adequate internal control over financial reporting for the small business
issuer;
2. A
statement identifying the framework used by management to evaluate the
effectiveness of the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting as required by paragraph (c) of
Rule
13a-15 or
Rule
15d-15 under the Exchange Act;
3. Management's
assessment of the effectiveness of the small business issuer's internal
control over financial reporting as of the end of the small business issuer's
most recent fiscal year, including a statement as to whether or not internal
control over financial reporting is effective. This discussion must include
disclosure of any material weakness in the small business issuer's internal
control over financial reporting identified by management. Management
is not permitted to conclude that the small business issuer's internal
control over financial reporting is effective if there are one or more
material weaknesses in the small business issuer's internal control over
financial reporting; and
4. A
statement that the registered public accounting firm that audited the
financial statements included in the annual report containing the disclosure
required by this Item has issued an attestation report on management's
assessment of the small business issuer's internal control over financial
reporting.
b. Attestation
report of the registered public accounting firm. Provide the registered
public accounting firm's attestation report on management's assessment
of the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting
in the small business issuer's annual report containing the disclosure
required by this Item.
c. Changes
in internal control over financial reporting. Disclose any change
in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting
identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d)
of Rule 13a-15 or
Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during
the small business issuer's last fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting.
Instruction to Item 308. The
small business issuer must maintain evidential matter, including documentation,
to provide reasonable support for management's assessment of the effectiveness
of the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.
Regulatory History |
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68 FR 36636, 36661, June 18, 2003
SEC Release 33-8518: 70 FR 1506, Jan. 7, 2004 |
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