Edgar Filing: Trinity Place Holdings Inc.

October 3, 2012

/s/ Gary Binkoski

Gary Binkoski

Chief Financial Officer


		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 12b-25 NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING		OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0058 Expires: August 31, 2015 Estimated average burden hours per response . . . . . 2.50


				SEC FILE NUMBER 1-8546

				CUSIP NUMBER 89656D101



(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: August 25, 2012

		¨ 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

Trinity Place Holdings Inc.

Full Name of Registrant

Syms Corp.

Former Name if Applicable

One Syms Way

Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)

Secaucus, New Jersey 07094

City, State and Zip Code

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)


x		(a) The reason 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 why 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.

Trinity Place Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) requires additional time to complete the financial statements, related footnotes and other disclosures in its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 25, 2012. The predecessor to the Company, Syms Corp. (“Syms”), together with its subsidiaries, filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Case”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”), and as of August 25, 2012 were operating as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Court.

On August 30, 2012, the Court entered an order confirming the Modified Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Syms Corp. and Its Subsidiaries (the “Plan”). On September 14, 2012, the Plan became effective and Syms and its subsidiaries consummated their reorganization under Chapter 11 through a series of transactions contemplated by the Plan and emerged from bankruptcy. As part of those transactions, reorganized Syms merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation and successor issuer pursuant to Rule 12g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).

The Bankruptcy Case resulted in a severe reduction in the Company’s workforce and the devotion of substantially all of the Company’s resources to activities necessary to conclude the Bankruptcy Case. This will be the Company’s first Form 10-Q filed after the emergence from bankruptcy. In accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act, the Company anticipates filing its Form 10-Q within several days, but in no event later than five calendar days following the due date.

PART IV — OTHER INFORMATION

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


Gary Binkoski	201	902-9600
(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 ¨

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(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.

Due to adverse business conditions, the Bankruptcy Case, and other circumstances, there was a significant adverse change in the Company’s results of operations for the quarter ended August 25, 2012, as compared to the same fiscal quarter in the prior year. Since the same quarter in 2011, Syms ceased its retail operations and liquidated its inventory, furniture and fixtures, and transitioned from the going concern basis to the liquidation basis of accounting. This transition has caused the presentation of assets and liabilities in the Company’s financial statements to differ significantly from that reported by Syms in the corresponding 2011 period.

Under the Plan, the Company will attempt to monetize its real estate assets over time in a manner intended to maximize their value for the benefit of creditors and shareholders. The Company’s current business plan includes the monetization of 16 commercial real estate properties and the development of 28-42 Trinity Place in Lower Manhattan. The Company also plans to explore the licensing of its intellectual property, including its rights to the Filene’s Basement trademark, the Stanley Blacker and Maine Bay brands, and the intellectual property associated with the well-known Running of the Brides event and An Educated Consumer is Our Best Customer slogan. The discontinuation of retail operations and the change in the Company’s business plan will continue to impact the Company's results of operations. These results will be reflected using the liquidation basis of accounting as of August 25, 2012, and management is in the process of calculating and verifying the results, which are from prior to the effectiveness of the Plan. For these reasons, the Company is unable to reasonably estimate its results of operations for the quarter ended August 25, 2012.


	Trinity Place Holdings, Inc.
	(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

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.


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