10-Q/A 1 form10qa1fqe63009.txt FORM 10Q/A NO 1 - FQE 6-30-09 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q/A AMENDMENT NO. 1 (Mark One) X QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ____________ to ____________ Commission File Number: 0-21802 ----------------------- N-VIRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 34-1741211 (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 3450 W. Central Avenue, Suite 328 Toledo, Ohio 43606 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (419) 535-6374 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T ( 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company X Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No X As of August 4, 2009, 5,104,957 shares of N-Viro International Corporation $ .01 par value common stock were outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None. We refer to N-Viro International Corporation as "N-Viro," "us," "we" and "our" in this report. EXPLANATORY NOTE: This Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q amends the Company's Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009 to respond to certain comments from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the original filing of the Form 10-Q, and does not modify or update the disclosures therein in any way except for changes to the disclosures in Item 4T-- Controls and Procedures-Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with the other filings of the Company made with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the filing of the original Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including any amendments to those filings. The staff stated in its comment letter that we must state the conclusions of our principal executive and financial officers regarding whether our disclosure controls and procedures are effective or not effective. The staff also stated that we should remove our disclosure implying that the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures is part of our effectiveness assessment. We have revised Item 4T-- Controls and Procedures - Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures to include the conclusions of our principal executive and financial officers as to the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. We also have removed the statement disclosure implying that the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures is part of our effectiveness assessment. ITEM 4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. As of the end of the period covered by this report, management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based upon the evaluation, out principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. We lack personnel in accounting and financial staff to sufficiently monitor and process financial transactions in an efficient and timely manner. Consequently, we lack sufficient technical expertise, reporting standards and written policies and procedures. Specifically, controls were not effective to ensure that significant non-routine transactions, accounting estimates, and other adjustments were appropriately reviewed, analyzed and monitored by competent accounting staff on a timely basis. This has resulted in a significant number of immaterial out-of-period adjustments to our consolidated financial statements. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, will be or 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. Additionally, disclosure controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people and/or by management override of such controls. The design of any system of disclosure controls also is based in part upon 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. Over time, disclosure controls and procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, and/or the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate. Also, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. MANAGEMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) as set forth in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. Based on our evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2008 for the reasons described below. As stated in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, we reported that, based on the assessment of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2008. We identified the following material weakness: We lacked personnel in accounting and financial staff to sufficiently monitor and process financial transactions in an efficient and timely manner. Our history of losses has severely limited our budget to hire and train enough accounting and financial personnel needed to adequately provide this function. Consequently, we lacked sufficient technical expertise, reporting standards and written policies and procedures. This has resulted in a significant number of immaterial out-of-period adjustments to our consolidated financial statements. Specifically, controls were not effective to ensure that significant non-routine transactions, accounting estimates, and other adjustments were appropriately reviewed, analyzed and monitored by competent accounting staff on a timely basis. We continue to develop and implement a remediation plan to address the material weakness. To date, our remediation efforts have included adoption of an expense reimbursement policy and the hiring of an employee to assist in the financial area of our business. However, due to our continuing lack of financial resources to hire and train accounting and financial personnel, we have not yet fully remedied this material weakness. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, there were no material changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. While we are not aware of any material errors to date, our inability to maintain the adequate internal controls may result in a material error in our financial statements. Further, because of its inherent limitations, internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system will be met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 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. N-VIRO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Date: March 10, 2010 /s/Timothy R. Kasmoch -------------------- --------------------- Timothy R. Kasmoch Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)