UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 12b-25

 

Commission File Number: 33-94884

CUSIP Number: 190643106

 

NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING

 

(Check One):  ☒ Form 10-K      ☐ Form 20-F      ☐ Form 11-K      ☐ Form 10-Q      ☐ Form 10-D      ☐ Form N-SAR      ☐ Form N-CSR

 

For Period Ended: December 31, 2016

 

☐   Transition Report on Form 10-K

 

☐   Transition Report on Form 20-F

 

☐   Transition Report on Form 11-K

 

☐   Transition Report on Form 10-Q

 

☐   Transition Report on Form N-SAR

 

For the Transition Period Ended: ___________________

 

Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein .

 

If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the item(s) to which the notification relates: _______________________

 

 

 

PART I - REGISTRANT INFORMATION

 

Full name of registrant: Coates International, Ltd.

 

Former name if applicable: N/A

 

Address of principal executive office (Street and Number): 2100 Highway 34

 

City, state and zip code: Wall Township, New Jersey 07719

 

 

PART II - RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)

 

If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate)

 

☒	(a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;
☒	(b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 11-K, Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q or subject distribution report on Form 10-D, or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day following the prescribed due date; and
☐	(c) The accountant’s statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.

 

PART III - NARRATIVE

 

State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR or N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.

 

Coates International, Ltd. (the “Registrant”) was unable, without unreasonable effort or expense, to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the “Annual Report”) by the March 31, 2017 filing date applicable to smaller reporting companies due to a delay experienced by the Registrant in completing its financial statements and other disclosures in the Annual Report. As a result, the Registrant is still in the process of compiling required information to complete the Annual Report and its independent registered public accounting firm requires additional time to complete its audit of the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 to be incorporated in the Annual Report. The Registrant anticipates that it will file the Annual Report no later than the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed filing date.

 

PART IV - OTHER INFORMATION

 

(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification:

 

Barry C. Kaye		(732) 449-7717
(Name)		(Area Code) (Telephone Number)

 

(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no, identify report(s). ☒ Yes   ☐ No

 

(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof? ☐ Yes   ☒ No

 

If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.

 

 

COATES INTERNATIONAL, LTD. has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 31, 2017	By:	/s/ Barry C. Kaye
		Barry C. Kaye
		Chief Financial Officer

 

INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer of the registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the registrant by an authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of the representative’s authority to sign on behalf of the registrant shall be filed with the form.

 

ATTENTION

 

Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal Violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).

 

 

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