UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1718, 2016

LIME ENERGY CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

DELAWARE		001-16265		36-4197337
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4 Gateway Center, 4th Floor, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(201) 416-2575 ~~(Registrant’s~~ ~~telephone number, including area code)~~

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

OnAs previously disclosed on October 17, 2016, Lime Energy Co. (the “Company”) ~~announced~~and ~~that~~ the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) ~~has~~reached ~~authorized~~a ~~the~~ settlement ~~between~~with ~~the~~respect ~~Company~~to ~~and~~ the ~~SEC of the~~ previously-disclosed SEC investigation ~~commenced in 2012~~ into the Company’s revenue recognition practices and financial reporting ~~from~~during the 2010 to 2012 reporting periods. In connection with the settlement process, the SEC filed ~~today~~ a complaint against the Company and four former officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

~~Without~~The Company, without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC’s complaint, ~~the~~had ~~Company~~ consented to the entry of a final judgment pursuant to which it would pay a civil monetary penalty of $1 million, payable in 5 installments over the next 12 months~~, to settle the SEC’s claims against the Company~~. ~~The settlement is subject to Court approval.~~

~~There~~On ~~will~~October 18, be2016, nothe ~~current~~Court ~~period~~entered ~~financial~~a ~~impact~~final onjudgment which (i) approved the settlement; (ii) permanently enjoined the Company’s ~~results,~~from asviolating anSection 17(a) of ~~accrual~~the ~~for~~Securities ~~this~~Act ~~amount~~of ~~was~~1933, ~~established~~as ~~and~~amended, ~~expensed~~Sections in10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), and 13(b)(2)(B) of the ~~second~~Securities ~~fiscal~~Exchange ~~quarter~~Act of ~~2016~~1934, as ~~disclosed~~amended, inand ~~the~~rules 10b-5, ~~Company’s~~13a-1, ~~Quarterly~~and ~~Report~~13a-13 onpromulgated ~~Form~~thereunder; and (iii) ~~10-Q~~ordered ~~filed~~the onCompany ~~August 15,~~to ~~2016~~pay the agreed-to civil penalty.

~~“This~~There ~~settlement~~will ~~brings~~be ~~a close to a chapter that Lime Energy put behind us several years ago, a matter in which~~ no current ~~Lime~~period ~~Energy~~financial ~~employees~~impact ~~were~~on ~~involved”~~the ~~said Adam Procell, Lime Energy~~Company’s ~~President~~results, ~~and~~as ~~Chief~~an ~~Executive~~accrual ~~Officer.~~for ~~“While~~the itcivil ~~recalls~~penalty ~~that~~amount ~~unfortunate~~was ~~period~~established ofand ~~time~~expensed ~~more~~in ~~than~~the 4second ~~years~~fiscal ~~ago,~~quarter ~~this~~of ~~settlement also causes us to reflect on all that we have accomplished since then~~2016, ~~having~~as ~~built~~disclosed in the ~~nation~~Company’s ~~leading~~Quarterly ~~provider~~Report ofon ~~energy services to small and mid~~Form 10-~~sized~~Q ~~businesses,~~filed ~~now~~on ~~widely recognized for our integrity~~August 15, ~~innovation and commitment to serving our communities~~2016.”

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	LIME ENERGY CO.
Dated: October 17, 2016	By:	/s/ Bruce D. Torkelson
Dated: October 24, 2016	By:	/s/ Bruce D. Torkelson
		Bruce D. Torkelson
		Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

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