
FORM 40-F [Check one] ☐REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(A) OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025Commission File Number 001-41824 Kolibri Global Energy Inc.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) British Columbia, Canada(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 1311(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable)) Not Applicable(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable)) 925 Broadbeck Drive, Suite 220Thousand Oaks, CA 91320(805) 484-3613(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices) Gary Johnson925 Broadbeck Drive, Suite 220Thousand Oaks, CA 91320(805) 484-3613(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code)of agent for service in the United States) Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to: Rick A. Werner, Esq.Alla Digilova, Esq.Haynes and Boone, LLP30 Rockefeller Plaza, 26th FloorNew York, New York 10112Tel. (212) 659-7300Fax (212) 884-8234 Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Nasdaq Capital Market Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None. Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None. For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form: Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the periodcovered by the annual report: 35,471,833 Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Actduring the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit such files). Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if theregistrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards†provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ † The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board toits Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registeredpublic accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ EXPLANATORY NOTE Kolibri Global Energy Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) is a Canadian public company whose common shares are listed onthe Toronto Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company is eligible to file its annual report pursuant to Section 13 ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on Form 40-F (this “Annual Report”) pursuant to the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system of the Exchange Act. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” as defined by Rule 3b-4 under theExchange Act. The equity securities of the Company are accordingly exempt from Sections 14(a), 14(b), 14(c), 14(f) and 16 of theExchange Act pursuant to Rule 3a12-3 of the Exchange Act. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report and the exhibits attached hereto may contain certain forward-looking information and statements, includingstatements relating to matters that are not historical facts and statements of the Company’s beliefs, intentions and expectations aboutdevelopments, results and events which will or may occur in the future, including “forward-looking s