-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PotQzD2h4GLvtuan3bmUXfHeOzD5tTL+7hu6pyOWg0wG7qsVjpwxwR3ltc6O4+fq o73hAzqE6sfXxU10D62UMg== 0001398432-10-000470.txt : 20100723 0001398432-10-000470.hdr.sgml : 20100723 20100723095403 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001398432-10-000470 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100721 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100723 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100723 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERITRANS CAPITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001064015 IRS NUMBER: 522102424 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-00193 FILM NUMBER: 10966211 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 747 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123552449 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 747 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: 4TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 8-K 1 i10972.htm Ameritrans 8-K



U.S. 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


July 21, 2010

Date of Report

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)


AMERITRANS CAPITAL CORPORATION

 (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

333-63951

52-2102424

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organiztion)

(Commission
File No.)

(I.R.S. Employee
I.D. Number)


830 Third Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address of principal executive offices (Zip Code)


(212) 355-2449

 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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

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

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

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




Item 8.01.  Other Events.


On July 9, 2010, Ameritrans Capital Corporation (the “Company”) issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the declaration of a dividend on its 9 3/8% Cumulative Participating Redeemable Preferred Stock. The press release also announced the reconstitution of certain of the offices held by certain officers of Ameritrans and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elk Associates Funding Corporation (“Elk”) to coordinate the offices held by officers in Ameritrans and Elk with one another.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release, dated July 23, 2010



SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly authorized and caused the undersigned to sign this Report on the Registrant’s behalf.


AMERITRANS CAPITAL CORPORATION



By:  /s/ Michael Feinsod                

Name:  Michael Feinsod

Title: Chief Executive Officer and President



Dated: July 23, 2010



Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release, dated July 23, 2010

 

 

 


 EX-99.1 2 exh99_1.htm Exhibit 99.1

Exhibit 99.1



Ameritrans Capital Corporation Declares Dividend on 9 3/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock and Appoints Officers of Ameritrans and Elk Associates Funding Corporation


NEW YORK, July 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- On July 21, 2010, the Board of Directors of Ameritrans Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTC, AMTCP) (“Ameritrans”) declared a dividend of $0.28125 per share on its 9 3/8% Cumulative Participating Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) for the quarterly period commencing April 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2010.  The dividend is payable to holders of Preferred Stock of record as of August 2, 2010 and will be paid as soon as practicable thereafter.


Also on July 21, 2010, at a joint meeting of the Board of Directors of Ameritrans and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elk Associates Funding Corporation (“Elk”), certain offices held by officers of Ameritrans and Elk were reconstituted so that officers would generally hold identical offices in both Ameritrans and Elk. Below is a list of the offices held by each officer in Ameritrans and Elk following such action.


Name

 

Office of Ameritrans and Elk


Michael Feinsod

 


Chief Executive Officer, President, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Treasurer;

Gary Granoff

 

Chairman, Managing Director

Silvia M. Mullens

 

Executive Vice President and Secretary

Ellen Walker

 

Executive Vice President

Lee Forlenza

 

Senior Vice President; and

Margaret Chance

 

Vice President.


About Ameritrans


Ameritrans Capital Corporation is an internally managed, closed-end investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Ameritrans originates, structures and manages a portfolio of secured business loans and selected equity securities. Ameritrans’ wholly owned subsidiary Elk Associates Funding Corporation was licensed by the United States Small Business Administration as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) in 1980.


This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those presently anticipated or projected. Ameritrans Capital Corporation cautions investors not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as to management’s expectations on this date.

 

 

Ameritrans Capital Corporation
Michael Feinsod, 212-355-2449



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