Current Report Filing (8-k)

 

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 4, 2018

 

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ASTA FUNDING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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

 

210 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
[phone]

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
the registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

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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:

 

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Item  8.01

Other Events .

 

On September 6, 2018, Asta Funding, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company received notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that a Nasdaq Hearing Panel (the “Panel”) determined to continue the listing of the Company’s common stock while the Company works to file all restated and delayed periodic reports due to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as discussed in the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018, May 16, 2018 and August 15, 2018. More specifically, on or before November 30, 2018, the Company must be current with all SEC periodic public filings, which will include each Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods ended December 31, 2017, March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018. The Company is also required to provide the Panel with updates of material events that occur during the exception period.

 

While the Company is doing everything within its control to file all required SEC periodic reports as soon as reasonably practicable, there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to meet the Panel’s deadline.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements related to the restatements discussed above. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect the Company’s forward-looking statements include, among other things, risks related to our ability to timely complete the filings described above. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 and other filings with the SEC. Unless required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated September 6 , 2018

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

Date: September 6, 2018	Asta Funding, Inc.
	By:	/s/  Bruce R. Foster
	Name:	Bruce R. Foster
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer