{"url_path":"/sec/vivs/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":"2026-07-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497253/0001193125-26-303316-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-303316","cik":"0001497253","ticker":"VIVS","issuer_name":"VivoSim Labs, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1497253/0001193125-26-303316-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001497253","primary_entity_name":"VivoSim Labs, INC."},"word_count":661,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 9A. Controls and Procedures\n\nDisclosure Controls and Procedures\n\nWe maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Executive Chairman and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, respectively), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.\n\nUnder the supervision of our Executive Chairman and our Chief Financial Officer, and with the participation of all members of management, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Executive Chairman and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were designed and operating effectively as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report.\n\nManagement’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting\n\nOur management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Our system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and the board of directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of our Consolidated Financial Statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.\n\nOur management, under the supervision of our Executive Chairman and our Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026. In making this assessment, we used the framework included in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013), our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of March 31, 2026.\n\nChanges in Internal Control over Financial Reporting\n\nThere was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.\n\nInherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls\n\nOur management, including our Executive Chairman and our Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. 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. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures."}