{"url_path":"/sec/tpcs/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":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1328792/0001104659-26-077758-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-077758","cik":"0001328792","ticker":"TPCS","issuer_name":"TECHPRECISION CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1328792/0001104659-26-077758-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001328792","primary_entity_name":"TECHPRECISION CORP"},"word_count":2096,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures.\n\nDisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and includes controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.\n\n*Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.*\n\nAs of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below.\n\nManagement’s Responsibility for Internal Controls\n\nThe Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.\n\n*Inherent Limitations Over Internal Controls*\n\nManagement, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that the Company’s internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods is subject to the risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.\n\nManagement’s Report of Internal Control over Financial Reporting.\n\nManagement is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on the 2013 framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in *Internal Control - Integrated Framework*. Based on that assessment, management concluded that, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2026, due to the material weaknesses described below.\n\n61\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nMaterial Weaknesses\n\nWe identified four material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026. 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 the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. In connection with the preparation of our financial statements for this Annual Report on Form 10-K, management identified the following material weaknesses:\n\n1)*Purchase accounting -* we did not maintain proper controls, processes and procedures over the initial purchase accounting and the fair value accounting associated with our acquisition of Stadco in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 that were adequately designed, documented, and executed to support the accurate and timely reporting of our financial results regarding the initial purchase accounting and the fair value accounting associated with the Stadco acquisition.\n\n2)*Stadco accounting -*we did not maintain a sufficient complement of resources and expertise on the Stadco accounting staff necessary to consistently perform management review controls over financial information and complete account reconciliations on a timely basis, to ensure all transactions are accurately captured and recorded prior to closing the books. The demand on our accounting resources is significant due to the manual nature of controls necessary to maintain effective control over Stadco’s legacy system. As a result of this material weakness, we made several post-closing adjustments for percentage-of-completion (POC) revenue projects. The adjustment corrected inputs for project revenues and costs in progress at Stadco, as the initial and correcting journal entries were not reconciled and posted in a timely manner during the year end reporting cycle. Because of the foregoing reasons, extra time was required to complete certain items with respect to the financial statement preparation, closing and review process for the year ended March 31, 2025.\n\n3)*Accounting for impairment of long-lived assets -*in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 we engaged a third-party specialist to perform an impairment test on the recoverability of long-lived assets triggered by a history of operating losses at Stadco. Because of our inability to close the Stadco books in a timely manner, extra time was required to complete certain tasks with respect to the impairment test, and we were not able to execute a timely management review of the valuation report. Because of this material weakness, we made a late journal entry to our general ledger which was subsequently reversed while preparing the consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. The demand on corporate accounting resources is significant due to the manual nature of controls necessary to maintain effective control over Stadco’s legacy accounting system and intensifies during the quarterly closings.\n\n4)*Segregation of duties -*Duties are logically divided among people and processes to mitigate risks and meet financial reporting objectives. Inadequate segregation of duties could result in misappropriation of assets or intentional misstatements in the financial statements. Management performs an annual assessment including planning, scoping, documentation, and testing of controls. As a result of the assessment, we discovered that in fiscal 2025, we operated for a brief period when our interim CFO/Controller assumed roles as a reviewer and journal entry preparer with access to the general ledger and other financial reporting programs and spreadsheets. These conditions were temporary and existed during a brief period as the Company transitioned to our new CFO on March 31, 2025.\n\nNotwithstanding the material weaknesses, management believes the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the fiscal years presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.\n\n62\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nRemediation of Material Weaknesses\n\nFor the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, we reviewed our entity level controls, staffing requirements and the cost/benefit for remediating our material weaknesses.\n\nIn fiscal 2024, our management, with the oversight of our audit committee, began to implement a plan to take measures in order to remediate the underlying causes of the material weaknesses through the development and implementation of a thorough review of our procedures, policies, processes, and review controls to gain additional assurance regarding the remediation our accounting for acquisitions, income taxes, closing cycle time at Stadco, impairment of long-lived assets, and segregation of duties. This remediation process has not been completed, and the following is an update through the end of fiscal 2026:\n\n1)*Purchase accounting -* The Company enhanced its working framework with a memorandum that depicts a clear, explicit roadmap for the purchase accounting guidance at every step. We will follow that roadmap and will implement new controls as required. We engaged a third-party specialist in July 2023 with the requisite knowledge to perform all required valuations and accounting for business combinations. That specialist worked with the Company on all the pre-acquisition activities, or due diligence, in connection with the Votaw acquisition. The specialist was hired primarily to ensure that certain accounting issues that arose in the Stadco acquisition would not re-occur with the purchase accounting for the Votaw acquisition. Ultimately, the Votaw acquisition process terminated, but the Company enhanced its policy, procedures and process level controls on how it gathers and analyzes relevant facts and circumstances in connection with all complex business transactions. We will document the required evidence that needs to be maintained (e.g., checklists, signatures) for each existing and new internal control and communicate the requirements to key stakeholders. We will review and test our controls and procedures again with the next acquisition target before making a final validation on operating effectiveness.\n\n2)*Stadco accounting -*For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, we reviewed our entity level controls, staffing requirements and the cost/benefit for upgrading our legacy systems and accounting staff at Stadco. As a result of this review, we continue to transition the accounting function to the CFO office in Massachusetts, where expert and experienced personnel are in-place to execute a plan to a) improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the accounting operation, ensuring a timely closing cycle, b) improve the reliability of financial reporting, and c) ensure continued compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable laws and regulations. We implemented these measures during fiscal 2024, 2025 and 2026, and we will monitor progress during fiscal 2027 as we facilitate remediation of the material weakness.\n\n3)*Accounting for impairment of long-lived assets -*We will continue to engage a third-party specialist with the requisite knowledge to perform all required testing in connection with the impairment of long-lived assets. This specialist worked with the Company on acquisition activities in connection with the Stadco purchase. We identified the late journal entry as a control gap, i.e., the controls design was effective but did not operate as designed. Management will develop and implement a formal policy with related procedures to supplement existing controls to ensure a timely evaluation of triggering events and changes in circumstances that may indicate an impairment of long-lived assets. We will review and test the process again during the next impairment testing date before making a final validation on operating effectiveness.\n\n4)*Segregation of duties -*This conflict has been resolved with the hiring of a new CFO on March 31, 2025, as duties are properly segregated under the CFO and controller’s office. We will continue to assess scoping, documentation, and testing of controls under the financial reporting function during the next fiscal year before making a final validation on operating effectiveness.\n\n63\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nManagement believes that the above actions continue the process of remediation for the material weakness as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. The material weaknesses will not be considered remediated, however, until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We can provide no assurance as to when the remediation of these material weaknesses will be completed to provide for an effective control environment.\n\nWe have identified and will continue to strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. We are committed to continually improving our internal control process and will diligently review our financial reporting controls and procedures. As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, we may decide that additional measures are necessary to address control deficiencies.\n\nChanges in Internal Control over Financial Reporting\n\nExcept for our remediation efforts described above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect our internal control over financial reporting."}