A Dark Vector Cognition product

Item 9. A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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Item 9. A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s chief executive officer and executive vice president – chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Report. Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and executive vice president – chief financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report, were effective such that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting is set forth in Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young, LLP, has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2023. See “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” which appears in Exhibit 99.1.

Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9.B. OTHER INFORMATION

Rule 10b5-1 trading plans

On May 4, 2023, Kevin Jacobsen, executive vice president – chief financial officer, entered into a trading plan designed to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. The plan provides for sales of up to 3,346 shares of the Company's common stock beginning on August 14, 2023 and ending August 14, 2024 or when all of the shares have been sold.

On June 2, 2023, Kirsten Marriner, executive vice president – chief people and corporate affairs officer, entered into a trading plan designed to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act. The plan provides for the potential exercise and sale of up to 48,911 options between August 31, 2023 and August 31, 2024.

Each trading plan is in accordance with our insider trading policy. Actual sale transactions will be disclosed publicly in filings with the SEC in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations.

ITEM 9.C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable.

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