UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 12b-25
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
Commission File Number: 0-15086
(Check One): Form 10-K Form 20-F Form 11-K x Form 10-Q Form 10-D
Form N-SAR Form N-CSR
For Period Ended: March 31, 2005
| [ ] 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:
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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: XYBERNAUT CORPORATION
Former Name if Applicable: N/A
Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number): 12701 Fair Lakes Circle
City, State and Zip Code: Fairfax, Virginia 22033
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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; | ||||
| o | (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 the Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, 10-D, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period.
As previously disclosed, Grant Thornton LLP advised Xybernaut Corporation (the “Company”) on April 14, 2005, that it resigned as the Company’s registered independent accounting firm because it could no longer rely on management’s representations. In addition, the Company confirmed that it continues to face a severe liquidity crisis and possible insolvency, and as a result, the Company has retained Alfred F. Fasola, a consultant with extensive financial and management restructuring expertise, to advise the Company with respect to reducing costs, conserving cash, restructuring and other alternatives to attempt to maximize shareholder value.
The Company has also previously announced that investors and others should refrain from relying upon the Company’s historical financial statements, together with the related audit reports the Company received from Grant Thornton LLP, for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2003, and interim quarterly reports for the quarters ended March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, September 30, 2003, March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004.
On April 19, 2005, the Company announced that its Audit Committee had concluded its own internal investigation and had reached the conclusion that there were, among others, violations of the Company’s disclosure and internal controls.
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Currently, the Company has not engaged a new accounting firm to perform auditing services; however, the Audit Committee is considering engaging a new accounting firm to perform auditing services. In the event the Company engages a new accounting firm, the Company intends to instruct such new accounting firm to perform audits of the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and perform reviews, in accordance with applicable accounting standards, of the interim periods for the quarters ended March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, September 30, 2003, March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and March 31, 2005. Upon the conclusion of such audits and reviews, the Company would file, as may be required, any amended Form 10-K and Form 10-Q for such periods. At this time, the Company cannot provide assurance that it will engage a new accounting firm, and if so, when such filings will be made.
As a result of the foregoing, the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 could not be filed by the prescribed due date without unreasonable effort or expense.
PART IV
OTHER INFORMATION
| (1) | Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification. |
| Bruce C. Hayden | (703) | 631-6925 | |
| (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 x No | |||
| The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 has not been filed. | ||||
| (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? x 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. | ||||
| The Company’s results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 may change significantly from the results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Prior to the completion of its financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 and pending the Company’s determination as to whether prior period adjustments need to be made to the financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, the Company is unable to estimate reasonably the anticipated change in results of operations from the quarter ended March 31, 2004. | ||||
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Xybernaut Corporation
Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 11, 2005 | By:/s/ Bruce C. Hayden Bruce C. Hayden Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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