CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Management regularly reviews its system of internal control over financial reporting and makes changes to the Company’s processes and systems to improve controls and increase efficiency including, but not limited to, the changes set forth above under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures – Remediation Plan and Activities”, with a view to ensuring that the Company maintains an effective internal control environment.
Other than is disclosed herein, there have been no significant changes in the design of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (“ICFR”) during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, that would materially affect, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s ICFR.
NOTICES PURSUANT TO REGULATION BTR
The Company did not send any notices required by Rule 104 of Regulation BTR during the year ended December 31, 2023, concerning any equity security subject to a blackout period under Rule 101 of Regulation BTR.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Company has a separately designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee is composed of Mona Hale (Chair), Joanne Cox, James Gouin, and Michael A. Weill, as described under “Audit Committee - Composition of the Audit Committee” in the AIF.
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
The Board has determined that the Company has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in paragraph (8) of General Instruction B to Form 40-F) and that Ms. Hale and Mr. Gouin are the Company’s “audit committee financial experts” serving on the Audit Committee of the Board. The audit committee financial experts are “independent” under applicable listing standards.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has a “code of ethics” (as defined in paragraph (9)(b) of General Instruction B to Form 40-F) that applies to all the Company’s employees, officers and directors, including the Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer or controller, and persons performing similar functions. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Registrant amended its code of ethics (referred to as the “Business Code of Conduct”) to communicate its anti-money laundering and sanctions policies.
The Company’s Business Code of Conduct, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 99.9 to this annual report on Form 40-F, and is available without charge on the Company’s website at www.enerflex.com or upon request from the Corporate Secretary, Enerflex Ltd., Suite 904, 1331 Macleod Trail S.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2G 0K3 (telephone (403) 261-4280).
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, there have not been any waivers of, including implicit waivers of, any provision of the Business Code of Conduct which is applicable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (9)(b) of General Instruction B to Form 40-F.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Ernst & Young LLP (PCAOB ID: 1263) served as the Company’s independent public accountant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, Ernst & Young LLP and its affiliates billed or expect to bill, including out-of-pocket costs, $8,025,285 and $5,761,108, respectively, as detailed below: