美國
證券交易委員會
華盛頓特區20549
表格
(修訂版 1)
(標記一)
根據1934年證券交易法第13或15(d)節的季度報告 |
截至季度結束日期的財務報告
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根據1934年證券交易法第13或15(d)節的轉型報告書 |
過渡期從 至
委託文件編號:001-39866
(依據其憲章指定的註冊名稱)
(國家或其他管轄區的 公司成立或組織) |
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公司電話號碼,包括區號:(
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請在以下複選框中打勾,指示註冊人:(1)在前12個月(或註冊人被要求提交這些報告的更短期間內)已經提交了1934年證券交易法第13或15(d)條規定需要提交的所有報告;以及(2)在過去的90天內一直受到了此類文件提交要求的限制。
請在以下選項中勾選是否公司在過去12個月內(或公司需要提交這些文件的較短期間)已經以電子方式提交了根據規則405條和本章第232.405條提交的互動數據文件。
請勾選標記以說明註冊人是大型快速申報人、加速申報人、非加速申報人、較小的報告公司還是新興成長型公司。請查看《交易所法》第120億.2條中「大型快速申報人」、「加速申報人」、「較小的報告公司」和「新興成長型公司」的定義。
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如果是新興成長型公司,在選中複選標記的同時,如果公司已選擇不使用根據證券交易法第13(a)條提供的任何新的或修訂後的財務會計準則的延長過渡期來符合新的或修訂後的財務會計準則,則表明該公司已選擇不使用根據證券交易法第13(a)條提供的任何新的或修訂後的財務會計準則的延長過渡期來符合新的或修訂後的財務會計準則。☐
請在以下方框內打勾,以指示註冊人是否爲殼公司(如交易所法規第12b-2條規定)。 是 ☐ 否
截至2024年4月29日在該註冊期內,註冊人擁有98583716股B類普通股,每股面值爲0.0001美元。
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第一部分 — 財務信息 |
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第二部分 — 其他信息 |
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風險因素 |
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本第一修正案是關於Talos Energy Inc.(「公司」,「我們」,「我們的」或「我們」)截至2024年3月31日季度結束的第10-Q表格修正版(本「10-Q表格修正版」),最初在2024年5月7日向美國證券交易委員會(「SEC」)提交的第10-Q季度報告(原始備案),用於反映以下內容:
2024年9月,公司收到第三方通知,指示一名中層員工(「涉事員工」)涉及不當的採購行爲。作爲回應,公司董事會審計委員會(「審計委員會」)通過聘請獨立外部法律顧問對所指控的行爲進行審查,並確定這些活動的範圍。與外部法律顧問進行的審查未發現或牽涉其他現任或前任員工,涉事員工已離職。審計委員會還未發現公司歷史財務報表中任何相關主要錯誤。
然而,在審查過程中,公司確認了兩個重大弱點。第一個確定的重大弱點是我們無法依賴涉事員工對納入資產退休義務的評估廢舊成本進行的審查控制。因此,在收購石油和天然氣資產涉及的退休義務和發生成本再評估時進行的審查控制操作中,我們無法依賴涉事員工的判斷。儘管這些成本的審查與我們審查的行爲無關,但我們仍然確定,涉事員工的可靠性引發的關切使得依賴涉事員工的判斷進行審查的舉控變得不恰當。第二個確定的重大弱點是由於分工不當、未制定和維護有效的監控控制程序導致無法及時審查資產退休義務支出、資本支出和租賃營業費用。
因此,此10-Q/A表格被提交以修正和重述原始備案中的某些披露內容,並提交某些更新的附件。修訂的披露一般與我們在2024年3月31日發現存在的財務報告內部控制方面的重大缺陷有關,詳細描述在本10-Q/A表格中。具體而言,本10-Q/A表格修訂了 (i)第I部分,項目4「控制和程序」,以解決管理層重新評估披露控制和程序,並反映出兩項內部控制重大缺陷的識別,(ii) 第II部分,項目1A「風險因素」,以包括與2024年3月31日存在的重大缺陷識別相關的新風險因素和(iii) 第II部分,項目6「附件」,根據1934年修正的證券交易法120億.15規定,更新我司臨時首席執行官和首席財務官根據2002年薩班斯-奧克斯法第302和906條要求的認證,作爲31.1、31.2和32.1附件。
除了上述描述,原始備案未作其他更改。本10-Q/A表格以原始備案日期爲準,並不反映可能發生在原始備案日期之後的事件,也不修改或更新可能受後續事件影響的任何披露內容。因此,應當結合提交給證券交易委員會的其他文件一起閱讀本10-Q/A表格,包括對這些備案的任何修訂。
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q/A. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and to ensure that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on such evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2024 as a result of the material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting described below.
A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) 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 a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As reported in our Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on the date hereof, subsequent to the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q/A, we identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
In September 2024, the Company received a notification from a third party suggesting that the subject employee was engaged in inappropriate procurement practices. In response, the Audit Committee conducted a review of such alleged practices by engaging independent external legal counsel to assist in reviewing the matter and determining the extent of such activities. Such review with external legal counsel did not identify nor implicate other current or former employees and the subject employee was separated from the Company. The Audit Committee also did not identify any related material errors in the Company’s historical financial statements.
However, in the course of its review, the Company identified two material weaknesses. The first material weakness identified was due to our inability to rely on the review control performed by the subject employee with respect to the estimated decommissioning costs incorporated into the asset retirement obligations recognized in our consolidated financial statements. As such, we could not rely on the subject employee’s judgment in the operation of the review control, which is performed upon acquisition of oil and gas assets subject to the retirement obligation and when costs are incurred and reassessed. Although the review of such costs was a task unrelated to the reported conduct subject to our review, we nevertheless determined that the concerns raised regarding the subject employee’s reliability made it inappropriate to have relied on such subject employee’s judgment in the review function. The second material weakness identified was due to inappropriate segregation of duties without designing and maintaining effective monitoring controls over the timely review of expenditures associated with asset retirement obligation spending, capital expenditures and lease operating expenses.
Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses above, management has concluded that our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Original Filing fairly present in all material respects the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Plan for Remediation of Material Weaknesses
Management, with oversight from the Audit Committee, has developed a remediation plan to address the material weaknesses. The remediation plan includes, among other things:
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We believe that these actions, collectively, will remediate the material weaknesses identified. However, we will not be able to conclude that we have completely remediated the material weaknesses until the applicable controls are fully implemented and operated for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through formal testing, that the remediated controls are operating effectively. We will continue to monitor the design and effectiveness of these and other processes, procedures, and controls and will make any further changes management deems appropriate.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
On March 4, 2024, we completed the QuarterNorth Acquisition. Other than the unremediated material weaknesses noted above and integrating the acquired operations of QuarterNorth into our overall internal control over financial reporting and related processes, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in management's evaluation pursuant to Rules 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
In addition to the other information set forth in this Form 10-Q/A, you should carefully consider the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” included in our Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC as of the date hereof (the “Amended Form 10-K/A”) and the risk factors and other cautionary statements contained in our other SEC filings, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results. There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those described in our Amended Form 10-K/A or our other SEC filings, except as described below with respect to material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting which existed as of March 31, 2024.
We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting that could, if not remediated, result in material misstatements in our financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations.
As more fully disclosed in this Form 10-Q/A under Part I, Item 4. “Controls and Procedures,” our Audit Committee, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2024. Based on that evaluation, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2024 due to material weaknesses identified in our internal control over financial reporting.
A material weakness (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) 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 a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
In September 2024, the Company received a notification from a third party suggesting that the subject employee was engaged in inappropriate procurement practices. In response, the Audit Committee conducted a review of such alleged practices by engaging independent external legal counsel to assist in reviewing the matter and determining the extent of such activities. Such review with external legal counsel did not identify nor implicate other current or former employees and the subject employee was separated from the Company. The Audit Committee also did not identify any related material errors in the Company’s historical financial statements.
However, in the course of its review, the Company identified two material weaknesses. The first material weakness identified was due to our inability to rely on the review control performed by the subject employee with respect to the estimated decommissioning costs incorporated into the asset retirement obligations recognized in our consolidated financial statements. As such, we could not rely on the subject employee’s judgment in the operation of the review control, which is performed upon acquisition of oil and gas assets subject to the retirement obligation and when costs are incurred and reassessed. Although the review of such costs was a task unrelated to the reported conduct subject to our review, we nevertheless determined that the concerns raised regarding the subject employee’s reliability made it inappropriate to have relied on such subject employee’s judgment in the review function. The second material weakness identified was due to inappropriate segregation of duties without designing and maintaining effective monitoring controls over the timely review of expenditures associated with asset retirement obligation spending, capital expenditures and lease operating expenses.
While these material weaknesses did not result in a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements, these internal control deficiencies were not remediated as of March 31, 2024 and there is a reasonable possibility that it could have resulted in a material misstatement in the Company's annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not have been detected. Accordingly, we have determined that these internal control deficiencies constituted material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. While management, under the oversight of our Audit Committee, has taken steps to implement our remediation plan as described more fully in Part I, Item 4. “Controls and Procedures” of this Form 10-Q/A, the material weaknesses described above will not be considered remediated until the enhanced controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that the related controls are effective. Furthermore, we can give no assurance that the measures we take will remediate the material weaknesses.
We can give no assurance that additional material weaknesses will not arise in the future. Any failure to remediate these material weaknesses, or the development of any new material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, could result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements and cause us to fail to meet our reporting and financial obligations, which in turn could have a negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, restrict our ability to access the capital markets, require significant resources to correct the material weaknesses or deficiencies, subject us to fines, penalties or judgments, harm our reputation or otherwise cause a decline in both investor confidence and the market price of our stock.
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Item 6. Exhibits
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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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Talos Energy Inc. |
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/s/ Sergio L. Maiworm, Jr. |
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Sergio L. Maiworm, Jr. |
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Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President |
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