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o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Maryland						46-3755188
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4800 T Rex Avenue, Suite 120, Boca Raton, Florida						33431
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share

NEWT

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

5.75% Notes due 2024

NEWTL

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

5.50% Notes due 2026

NEWTZ

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial or accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 USC. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $357,118,000 as of the last business day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of 2020, based on a closing price on that date of $18.22 on the Nasdaq Global Market. For the purposes of calculating this amount only, all directors and executive officers of the Registrant have been treated as affiliates.

As of March 26, 2021, there were 22,400,465 shares issued and outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share.

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement relating to the registrant’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days following the end of the Company’s fiscal year, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K as indicated herein.

Newtek Business Services Corp., or together with its subsidiaries, where applicable, the Company, which may also be referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”, is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”),

The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2021 (“the Original Filing”), is to include the following exhibit:

23.2 Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Newtek Merchant Solutions, LLC

The auditor’s consent for Newtek Merchant Solutions, LLC was inadvertently omitted in the Original Filing. The sole purpose of this Amendment is to correct this inadvertent omission of the consent from the Original Filing.

This Amendment speaks as of the date of the Original Filing. Except as noted herein, the Amendment does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Original Filing (other than to include Exhibit 23.2 as described above), or reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing.

This Amendment contains only the exhibit to the Original Filing that is being corrected and new certifications pursuant to Sections 302 and 1350 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Unaffected parts or exhibits of the Original Filing are not included herein. Information not affected by this Amendment remains unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time of the Original Filing.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Amendment to the Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.


	NEWTEK BUSINESS SERVICES CORP.

Date: June 7, 2021	By:	/S/ BARRY SLOANE
		Barry Sloane
		Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: June 7, 2021	By:	/S/ NICHOLAS LEGER
		Nicholas Leger
		Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)


Number						Description

23.2						Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with respect to Newtek Merchant Solutions, LLC and Subsidiaries filed herewith.

31.1						Certification by Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, furnished herewith.

31.2						Certification by Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, furnished herewith.

32.1						Certification by Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.

32.2						Certification by Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herewith.