Is a registrant required to disclose changes or improvements to controls made as a result of preparing for the registrants first management report on internal control over financial reporting?
Generally we expect a registrant to make periodic improvements to internal controls and would welcome disclosure of all material changes to controls, whether or not made in advance of the compliance date of the rules under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, we would not object if a registrant did not disclose changes made in preparation for the registrant’s first management report on internal control over financial reporting. However, if the registrant were to identify a material weakness, it should carefully consider whether that fact should be disclosed, as well as changes made in response to the material weakness. After the registrant’s first management report on internal control over financial reporting, pursuant to Item 308 of Regulations S-K or S-B, the registrant is required to identify and disclose any material changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting in each quarterly and annual report. This would encompass disclosing a change (includi
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