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): December 22, 2008
ASTA FUNDING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 0-26906 | 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.) |
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On March 2, 2007 Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC (“Palisades XVI”), an affiliate of Asta Funding, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Receivables Financing Agreement, as amended on July 1, 2007, December 27, 2007 and May 19, 2008 (as amended the “Agreement”), with a major financial institution, pursuant to which Palisades XVI borrowed approximately $227 million in order to pay a portion of the purchase price for a portfolio of approximately $6.9 billion in face value receivables. On December 1, 2008, as a result of the actual collections being lower than the minimum collection rates required under the Agreement for the month ended November 30, 2008, a termination event occurred under the Agreement. In order to resolve this issue, the parties to the Agreement executed a Waiver (the “Waiver”) dated as of December 1, 2008. The Waiver provides that, among other things, the termination event will be waived until December 22, 2008.
On December 22, 2008, the Company received an extension of this Waiver until December 31, 2008.
The description of the Waivers set forth herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Waivers, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended September 30, 2008.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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: December 23, 2008
By: /s/ Mitchell Cohen
Mitchell Cohen
Chief Financial Officer