Form 8-K ASTA FUNDING INC For: Jun 30

 

 

UNITED STATES

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): June 30, 2015

 

 

ASTA FUNDING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-35637		22-3388607
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

210 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey		07632
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 201-567-5648

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On July 1, 2015, Asta Funding, Inc. issued a press release announcing it is in compliance with Nasdaq reporting requirement. The Company has filed all its outstanding Securities and Exchange (“SEC”) reports and is current upon filing the Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2014 and Reports on Form 10-Q for the first two quarterly periods of fiscal year 2015. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 8.01 of the Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.

 

Item 9.01

Exhibits

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated July 1, 2015

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

				ASTA FUNDING, INC.
Date: July 2, 2015				By:		/s/ Robert J. Michel
						Robert J. Michel
						Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

 

NASDAQ: ASFI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Robert J. Michel, CFO

Asta Funding, Inc.

(201) 567-5648

Asta Funding, Inc. Announces it is in Compliance with Nasdaq Reporting Requirements

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - July 1, 2015 - Asta Funding, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASFI) (the “Company”) announced today that it has received a letter from Nasdaq dated June 30, 2015 determining the Company is back in compliance with reporting requirements of Nasdaq. The Company has filed all its outstanding Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports and is current upon filing the Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2014 and the Reports on Form 10-Q for the first two quarterly periods of fiscal year 2015.

Based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Asta Funding, Inc., is a leading consumer receivable asset management company that specializes in the purchase, management and liquidation of performing and non-performing consumer receivables. For additional information, please visit our website at http://www.astafunding.com.

This document contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” or “will.” These forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For us, particular uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements include: our ability to purchase defaulted consumer receivables at appropriate prices, changes in government regulations that affect our ability to collect sufficient amounts on our defaulted consumer receivables, our ability to employ and retain qualified employees, changes in the credit or capital markets, changes in interest rates, deterioration in economic conditions, negative press regarding the debt collection industry which may have a negative impact on a debtor’s

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willingness to pay the debt we acquire, potential regulation or limitation of interest rates and other fees advanced by Pegasus under federal and/or state regulation, a change in statutory or case law which limits or restricts the ability of Pegasus to charge or collect fees and interest at anticipated levels, plaintiff’s being unsuccessful in whole or in part in the litigation upon which our funds are provided, the continued services of the senior management of Pegasus to source and analyze cases in accordance with the underwriting guidelines of Pegasus, and such other factors that may be identified from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings and other public announcements including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part 1, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2014. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, as they speak only as of the date made. Except as required by law, we assume no duty to update or revise our forward-looking statements.

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