NT 10-Q 1 fm12b25-063005.txt SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 12b-25 Commission File Number 0-24363 NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING (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: June 30, 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:______________________________________ 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 Interplay Entertainment Corp. -------------------------------------------------------- Former name if applicable ________________________________________________________________________________ Address of principal executive office (Street and number) 1682 Langley ________________________________________________________________________________ City, state and zip code Irvine, California 92614 ------------------------------------------------------- 12b25-1 PART II RULE 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, 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR or Form N-CSR, or portion [X] | thereof, will be filed on or before the 15th 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 why the Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F 10-Q, N-SAR, N-CSR, or the transition report portion thereof, could not be filed within the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.) Interplay Entertainment Corp.'s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005, could not be filed within the prescribed time period because the registrant was unable, without unreasonable effort or expense , to finalize its quarterly financial data . The registrant anticipates filing the June 30, 2005 10-Q within a short period of time. PART IV OTHER INFORMATION (1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification Herve Caen (310) 432-1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 the answer is no, identify report(s). [X] Yes [_] No 12b25-2 (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 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. Interplay Entertainment Corp. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Date August 12, 2005 By /s/ Herve Caen ------------------- --------------------------------------------- Name: Herve Caen Title: Chief Executive Officer and Interim 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). 12b25-3