U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
(Check One):
[X]Form 10-K [ ]Form 20-F [ ]Form 11-K [ ]Form 10-Q [ ]Form N-SAR
For Period Ended: December 31, 1997
[ ] 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:
Read Attached Instruction Sheet Before Preparing Form. Please
Print or Type.
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: Peerless Tube Company
Former Name if Applicable: N/A
Address of Principal Executive Office:
58 Locust Avenue,
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Part II - Rules 12b-25(b) and (c)
If the subject report could not be filed without reasonable effort or expense
and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the following should
be completed. (Check box if appropriate)
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(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, 11-K or Form N-SAR, 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 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
12(b)-25(c) has been attached if applicable.
PART III - Narrative
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q,
N-SAR, or the transition report or portion thereof could not be filed within the
prescribed period.
The Company has experienced delays in gathering certain
information and in performing certain accounting procedures which has
resulted in a delay in calculating the final year-end reports necessary
to complete the Form 10-K.
Part IV - Other Information
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification:
W. Raymond Felton, Esq. (908) 549-5600
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(Name) (Area Code) (Telephone No.)
(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 the answer is no,
identify report(s).
[X] 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 [X] No
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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.
Peerless Tube Company
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(Name of Registrant as specified in charter)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 31, 1998 By:/s/ George J. Blumenschein
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George J. Blumenschein
Director of Finance
INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer 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.
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