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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report in connection with the filing of the Original Form 10-Q on August 4, 2017. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted 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 our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Subsequent to the evaluation made in connection with the filing of the Original Form 10-Q, we identified an error related to our application of ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. In connection with the restatement and filing of this Form 10-Q/A, our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, reevaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of July 1, 2017 due to the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to the adoption and application of ASU 2016-15, as described below.

Material Weakness in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We did not maintain effective controls over the adoption of new accounting standards. Specifically, we did not maintain effective controls to evaluate and document the impact of new accounting standards, including communication with the appropriate individuals in coming to our conclusions on the application of new standards.

This control deficiency resulted in the misstatement of our operating and investing cash flows and related financial disclosures, and in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the quarters ended April 1, 2017 and July 1, 2017, including the comparable prior periods. Additionally, this control deficiency could result in a misstatement of the aforementioned account balances or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected. Accordingly, our management has determined that this control deficiency constitutes a material weakness.

Remediation of Material Weakness

The remediation of this material weakness will primarily include steps to improve the evaluation and documentation of new accounting standards’ impacts and communication with the appropriate individuals. We plan to have these remediation steps in place during our 2017 fiscal year but will allow for testing to determine operating effectiveness before concluding on remediation.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with other members of management, evaluated the changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended July 1, 2017. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended July 1, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

See Note 13, Commitments, Contingencies and Debt, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of legal proceedings.

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