UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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(Mark One)
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☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2023
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☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission File Number: 0-12456
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AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia | | 58-1098795 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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470 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E. | Atlanta | Georgia | | 30305 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(404) 261-4381
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock | AMSWA | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, an emerging growth company or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “emerging growth company” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large Accelerated Filer | | ☐ | | Accelerated Filer | | ☒ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ☐ | | Smaller reporting company | | ☐ |
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the exchange act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
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Classes | | Outstanding at August 30, 2023 |
Class A Common Stock, $.10 par value | | 32,344,863 Shares Shares |
Class B Common Stock, $.10 par value | | 1,821,587 Shares |
Explanatory Note
American Software, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A (this “Amendment” or “Form 10-Q/A”) to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2023, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 1, 2023 (the “Original Form 10-Q”) to make certain changes as described below.
Background
As previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 8-K, which was filed with the SEC on December 1, 2023, the Company recently discovered an error dating back to fiscal 2017 in our recently divested IT Staffing unit, The Proven Method, resulting
in an immaterial understatement of expenses and a corresponding understatement of liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
The Company has performed analyses and other procedures and determined that the error did not result in a material misstatement of the Company’s previously issued financial statements and that such financial statements may continue to be relied upon.
Considering the foregoing, management reassessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”) as of July 31, 2023 based on the framework established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. As a result of that reassessment, management identified that the error was caused by an underlying control deficiency that, when combined with previously identified control deficiencies, in the aggregate, represent a material weakness in the Company’s ICFR because there was a risk that additional errors could have occurred without being prevented or detected on a timely basis such that there was a more than remote chance of a material misstatement in the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.
As a result of the material weakness, the Company concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures and ICFR were ineffective as of July 31, 2023. As a result, the Company is amending and restating Part I, Item 4 Controls and Procedures in this Form 10-Q/A to update its conclusions regarding the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting as of July 31, 2023 as a result of the material weakness.
In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company is also including with this Form 10-Q/A a certifications of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (included in Part II, Item 6. “Exhibits” and attached as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1, and 32.2). This Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-Q, which continues to speak as of the date of the Original Form 10-Q. Except as specifically noted above, this Form 10-Q/A does not modify or update disclosures in the Original Form 10-Q. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A does not reflect events occurring after the date of the Original Form 10-Q or modify or update any related or other disclosures, other than those discussed above. No other portions of the Original Form 10-Q were changed.
Amendments of 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K
In addition to this Form 10-Q/A, the Company is concurrently filing amendments to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023.
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of July 31, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described below.
Identified Material Weaknesses
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
The Company identified that certain process-level controls over the reconciliation of cash, accounts payable, accrued compensation, and related costs and cost of revenues were not operated effectively. These ineffective controls were attributable to insufficient policies and procedures and training that impaired our ability to timely investigate and resolve reconciling items.
These control deficiencies resulted in immaterial misstatements in related accounts. Furthermore, the control deficiencies described above created a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to the condensed consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Therefore, we concluded that the deficiencies, in the aggregate, 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 July 31, 2023.
In light of the material weakness described above, management performed additional analyses and other procedures to ensure that our condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP"). Accordingly, management believes that the condensed consolidated financial statements included in the Original Form 10-Q 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 Plan to Remediate the Identified Material Weaknesses
With regard to the above-described material weakness, the Company will implement enhanced policies and procedures over reconciliations and related training, including a focus on expectations and procedures for investigating and resolving reconciling items on a timely basis.
We anticipate that the material weakness will be fully remediated before April 30, 2024, but the material weakness cannot be considered fully remediated until the updated policies and training have been in place and operated for a sufficient period of time to enable management and KPMG LLP to test and to conclude on the operating effectiveness of the controls.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Except as related to the identification of the material weakness described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2023, that have materially affected, or that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits
(a) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed or furnished as a part of this report:
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Exhibits 31.1-31.2. | | |
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Exhibit 32.1. | | |
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Exhibit 101.INS | | XBRL Instance Document. |
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Exhibit 101.SCH | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
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Exhibit 101.CAL | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
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Exhibit 101.DEF | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
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Exhibit 101.LAB | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
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Exhibit 101.PRE | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: December 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ H. Allan Dow |
H. Allan Dow Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
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Date: December 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Vincent C. Klinges |
Vincent C. Klinges Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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Date: December 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Bryan L. Sell |
Bryan L. Sell Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
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