GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE American: GSB) ("GlobalSCAPE" or the "Company"), a worldwide leader in the secure movement and integration of data, today updated the status of its previously announced internal investigation conducted by the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors (the "Committee") regarding certain accounting and other matters, the completion of its financial statement audit and certain legal proceedings.
The Audit Committee Investigation and Completion of Financial Statements
In June 2017, the Committee began conducting an investigation into certain transactions previously recorded in the fourth quarter of 2016 involving improper arrangements with customers that circumvented the Company's internal controls and their potential effect on previously reported revenue. The Committee's investigation is now substantially completed. The Company is continuing the process of completing the preparation, review and audit of its financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, the amendment of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the "2016 Form 10-K"), the amendment of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (the "March 2017 10-Q") and the preparation and review of its financial statements for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017 and the year ended December 31, 2017. Due to the ongoing nature of the Company's internal review and restatement process, the Company cannot at this time provide an estimate of the individual or net effect of this review and independent audit for any given period. The impact of some of the adjustments on certain periods in the restatement periods could be material and will not be finally determined until the Company completes the preparation, review and audit of its financial statements.
The Company is able, however, to report certain unaudited, preliminary financial information. This information, which is subject to change, includes:
- Net income for the year ended December 31, 2017 is expected to be lower than the comparable period in 2016 primarily due to professional fees and related expenses associated with the internal investigation, certain litigation matters previously disclosed by the Company and the matter discussed below under "Legal Proceedings." These expenses totaled approximately $2.5 million (unaudited) for the year ended December 31, 2017.
- Total cash, cash equivalents and certificates of deposit were approximately $27.4 million (unaudited) as of December 31, 2017 as compared to approximately $24.4 million (unaudited) as of December 31, 2016.
As a result of the accounting and other issues identified by management and the investigation, management has concluded that one or more material weaknesses exist in the Company's internal control over financial reporting and that, as a result, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of each of the restatement periods, and that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017.
While the Company has not yet completed its assessment of disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial reporting for the restatement periods, the Company has already begun to implement a number of ongoing remedial measures in response to the Committee's investigation, including:
Legal Proceedings
Management Commentary from Matt Goulet, President and CEO of Globalscape
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