{"url_path":"/sec/gwav/10-k/2026/item-9a","section_key":"item-9a","section_title":"Item 9A CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-06-15","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589149/0001493152-26-028562-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-028562","cik":"0001589149","ticker":"GWAV","issuer_name":"Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589149/0001493152-26-028562-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001589149","primary_entity_name":"Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc."},"word_count":899,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM\n9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.**\n\n \n\n**Evaluation\nof Disclosure Controls and Procedures**\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto Rules 13a-15(b) and 15-d-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we carried out an evaluation, with the participation of our management, including\nour Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the effectiveness of our disclosure\ncontrols and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,”\nas defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed\nto ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,\nprocessed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures\ninclude, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the\nreports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including\nits principal executive and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based\nupon such evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025 were not effective\n(at a reasonable assurance level) due to identified control deficiencies regarding the lack of segregation of duties and the need for\na stronger internal control environment.\n\n \n\nTo\naddress the material weaknesses, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures in an effort to ensure our financial\nstatements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles\nin the U.S. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Annual Report fairly present in all material\nrespects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.\n\n \n\nOur\nprincipal executive officer and principal financial officer do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal\ncontrols will prevent all error or fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not\nabsolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact\nthat there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Due to the inherent limitations\nin all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any,\nhave been detected.\n\n \n\n28\n\n \n\n \n\n**Management’s\nReport on Internal Control over Financial Reporting**\n\n \n\nOur\nmanagement is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f)\nunder the Exchange Act. Our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, assessed the effectiveness\nof our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set\nforth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control—Integrated\nFramework (2013). A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting\nsuch that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements\nwill not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.\n\n \n\nBased\non this assessment, management concluded that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of\nDecember 31, 2025 due to material weaknesses, including the lack of segregation of duties and the need for a stronger internal control\nenvironment, as well as an insufficient process to ensure appropriate levels of review of accounting and financial reporting matters,\nwhich resulted in the closing process not identifying all required adjustments and disclosures in a timely manner.\n\n \n\nThe\nCompany plans to take steps to enhance and improve the design of its internal control over financial reporting. To remediate these material\nweaknesses, the Company has begun hiring additional qualified accounting personnel and implementing enhanced review procedures; however,\nsuch remediation efforts are dependent upon the Company securing additional financing or generating sufficient revenue to support these\nimprovements. Until these material weaknesses are remediated, they could result in material misstatements not being prevented or detected\non a timely basis.\n\n \n\n**Inherent\nLimitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures**\n\n \n\nThe\nCompany’s management, including its CEO and CFO, does not expect that internal control over financial reporting will prevent or\ndetect all errors and fraud. Any system of controls can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving its objectives.\nBecause of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements, and projections of\nany evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate due to changes in conditions\nor that compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.\n\n \n\nThe\nsmall size of the Company’s accounting staff may limit its ability to maintain adequate segregation of duties due to cost-benefit\nconsiderations.\n\n \n\nThis\nAnnual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal\ncontrol over financial reporting, as the Company is not required to obtain such attestation.\n\n \n\n**Changes\nin Internal Control over Financial Reporting**\n\n \n\nDuring\nthe most recent fiscal quarter, the Company began hiring additional accounting personnel and implementing enhanced procedures to improve\nsegregation of duties and strengthen its internal control environment."}