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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Phone: 949-753-6800

The annual meeting of the shareholders of Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (the “Company”) will be held at 10:00 a.m., local time, on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at the Company’s Nevada office at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, for the following purposes:

To elect directors to the Company’s Board of Directors each for a one-year term.

To ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

To approve an advisory resolution on executive compensation.

Shareholders will also transact such other business as may properly come before the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.

Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting in person, please complete, date, and sign the enclosed proxy exactly as your name appears thereon and promptly return it in the envelope provided, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. Proxies may be revoked at any time and, if you attend the meeting in person, your executed proxy will be returned to you upon request.

By Order of the Board of Directors

Brian Rayhill, Secretary

Dated: August 4, 2022

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 25, 2022.

The Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 are available at www.consumerportfolio.com/AnnualMeeting2022.html.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU OWN. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO VOTE BY COMPLETING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE PROXY CARD IN THE PRE-ADDRESSED RETURN ENVELOPE PROVIDED. IF GIVEN, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ATTACHED PROXY CARD.

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

949-753-6800

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD AUGUST 25, 2022

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INTRODUCTION

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (the “Company” or “CPS”) for use at the annual meeting of the shareholders and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”) scheduled to be held at 10:00 A.M. local time on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the Company’s office at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169.

All shares represented by properly executed proxies received in time will be voted at the Annual Meeting and, where the manner of voting is specified on the proxy, will be voted in accordance with such specifications. Any shareholder who executes and returns a proxy may revoke it at any time prior to the voting of the proxy by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Company, by executing a later-dated proxy, or by attending the meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Company.

The Board has fixed the close of business on Monday, July 5, 2022, as the record date (“Record Date”) for determining the holders of outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, without par value (“CPS Common Stock”) entitled to notice of, and to vote at the Annual Meeting. On that date, there were 21,190,339 shares of CPS Common Stock issued and outstanding. Each such share of CPS Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters to be voted upon at the meeting, except that holders of CPS Common Stock have the right to cumulative voting in the election of directors, as described herein under the heading “Voting of Shares.”

The notice of the Annual Meeting, this proxy statement and the form of proxy are first being mailed to shareholders of the Company on or about August 5, 2022. The Company will pay the expenses incurred in connection with the solicitation of proxies. The proxies are being solicited principally by mail. In addition, directors, officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally or by telephone, for which they will receive no payment other than their regular compensation. The Company will also request brokerage houses, nominees, custodians and fiduciaries to forward soliciting material to the beneficial owners of CPS Common Stock and will reimburse such persons for their expenses so incurred.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND ANNUAL MEETING

Q: WHAT IS THIS PROXY STATEMENT AND WHY AM I RECEIVING IT?

A: You are receiving this proxy statement in connection with an annual meeting of shareholders called by our Board in connection with soliciting shareholder votes for the purpose of (i) electing directors to the Board, each for a one-year term; (ii) ratifying the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and (iii) holding a non-binding vote on executive compensation, in each case, as more fully described in this proxy statement. Shareholders may also transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. You have been sent this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card because our Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at Annual Meeting called for the purpose of voting on the foregoing matters.

Q: WHAT INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT?

A: The information included in this proxy statement relates to the proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting, the voting process, compensation of our directors and most highly paid executive officers, and certain other required information.

Q: WHO IS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, AND WHAT VOTE IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSALS?

A: The Board has fixed the close of business on July 5, 2022, as the Record Date for determining the holders of outstanding shares of CPS Common Stock entitled to notice of, and to vote at the Annual Meeting. On that date, there were 21,190,339 shares of CPS Common Stock issued and outstanding. Each such share of CPS Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, except that holders of CPS Common Stock have the right to cumulative voting in the election of directors, as described in this proxy statement under the heading “Voting of Shares.” In order to approve each proposal, a quorum (a majority of outstanding shares of CPS Common Stock) must be present and (other than with respect to election of directors) a majority of all of the votes cast on the proposal at the Annual Meeting must be cast in favor of the proposal, which favorable votes cast must exceed 25% of the outstanding shares. Directors are elected by plurality vote. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as “votes cast” and will have no effect on the result of the vote, although they will count toward the presence of a quorum.

Q: HOW DOES THE BOARD RECOMMEND THAT I VOTE?

A: Our Board recommends that you vote

· “FOR” each of the nine nominees for election as directors (Proposal One)

· “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (Proposal Two)

· “FOR” the approval, by non-binding vote, of executive compensation (Proposal Three)

Q: HOW MAY I VOTE ON THE PROPOSALS IF I OWN SHARES IN MY OWN NAME?

A: If you own your shares in your own name, you may vote on the proposals presented in this proxy statement, whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, by completing, signing and dating the accompanying proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage-prepaid envelope. It is important that you vote your shares whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting in person. Any proxy that is returned using the form of proxy enclosed and which is not marked as to a particular item will be voted “FOR” the election of the nominees for director named herein; “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2022; “FOR” the approval, by non-binding vote, of executive compensation; and such proxy will also be deemed to grant discretionary authority to vote upon any other matters properly coming before the Annual Meeting.

Q: HOW MAY I VOTE ON THE PROPOSALS IF MY SHARES ARE HELD IN “STREET NAME” BY MY BROKER, BANK OR OTHER NOMINEE?

A: If your shares are held in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee, under certain circumstances the nominee may vote your shares. Brokerage firms have authority to vote shares for which their customers do not provide voting instructions on certain “routine” matters. The ratification of an accounting firm is an example of a routine matter. If you do not provide voting instructions to your brokerage firm, the brokerage firm may either: (1) vote your shares on routine matters, or (2) leave your shares unvoted. We encourage you to provide instructions to your brokerage firm by signing and returning your proxy. This ensures your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting. When a brokerage firm votes its customers’ unvoted shares on routine matters, these shares are counted for purposes of establishing a quorum to conduct business at the Annual Meeting and determining the outcome of the vote on routine matters.

Q: CAN I CHANGE MY MIND AND REVOKE MY PROXY?

A: Yes. Any shareholder who executes and returns a proxy may revoke it at any time prior to the voting of the proxy by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Company, by executing a later-dated proxy, or by attending the meeting and giving oral notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Company.

Q: CAN I VOTE MY SHARES IN PERSON?

A: Yes. The Annual Meeting is open to all holders of CPS Common Stock as of the Record Date. To vote in person, you will need to attend the Annual Meeting and bring with you evidence of your stock ownership. If your shares are registered directly in your name, you will need to bring valid government-issued identification. If your shares are held in the name of your broker, bank or another nominee, you will need to obtain and bring with you a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or nominee, and bring evidence of your stock ownership, together with valid identification.

Q: DO I HAVE DISSENTERS’ RIGHTS?

A: No. There are no “dissenters’ rights” applicable to any of the proposals presented in this proxy statement.

Q. WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS PROXY SOLICITATION?

A: Our Board is making this solicitation, and we will pay the entire cost of preparing, assembling, printing, mailing and distributing these proxy materials. In addition to the mailing of these proxy materials, the solicitation of proxies or votes may be made in person, by telephone or by electronic communications by our directors, officers and regular employees, who will not receive any additional compensation for such solicitation activities. We will also reimburse brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding proxy and solicitation materials to shareholders.

PROPOSAL NO. 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Nominations

The individuals named below have been nominated for election as directors of the Company at the Annual Meeting, and each has consented to be named in this proxy statement and agreed to serve as a director if elected. There are no family relationships among any of our directors, director nominees or executive officers. Except as described elsewhere in this proxy statement, there are no arrangements or understandings between any of our directors and any other person pursuant to which any person was selected as a director. Except as described elsewhere in this proxy statement, none of our directors, director nominees, executive officers or any of their associates has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in any matter to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, other than elections to office. There are no material proceedings in which any of our directors, executive officers or affiliates of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than five percent of any class of voting securities of the Company, or any associate of any such director, executive officer, affiliate of the Company, or security holder is a party adverse to the Company or has a material interest adverse to the Company.

The Board is elected annually. Each director serves until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successors is duly elected and qualified.

The names of the nominees, their principal occupations, and certain other information regarding them are set forth below. None of the nominees currently serves on the board of directors of any other publicly-traded companies.

Charles E. Bradley, Jr., 62, has been the President and a director of the Company since its formation in March 1991, and was elected Chairman of the Board in July 2001. Mr. Bradley has been the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since January 1992. From April 1989 to November 1990, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Barnard and Company, a private investment firm. From September 1987 to March 1989, Mr. Bradley, Jr. was an associate of The Harding Group, a private investment banking firm. Having been with the Company since its inception, Mr. Bradley brings comprehensive knowledge of the Company’s business, structure, history and culture to the Board and the Chairman position.

Stephen H. Deckoff, 56, is nominated to become a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Deckoff has been the Managing Principal of Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Black Diamond”), a privately held alternative asset management firm, since its founding in 1995. In that capacity, he is responsible for all portfolio management and business operations. Prior to 1995, Mr. Deckoff was a Senior Vice President of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Inc. (“Kidder”) and head of its Structured Finance Group. Prior to joining Kidder, Mr. Deckoff was a Managing Director in the Structured Finance Group at Bear Stearns & Co. (“Bear Stearns”), Inc. Before joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Deckoff worked in the Structured Finance Department of Chemical Securities, Inc. and the Fixed Income Research Department at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Deckoff will bring to the Board his extensive financial experience and expertise.

William W. Grounds, 66, has been a director of the Company since December 2021. From 2008 to 2021, he was the President and COO of Infinity World Development Corp., which is a subsidiary of a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates. The principal business of Infinity World Development Corp was a $5 billion investment in the CityCenter mixed use integrated resort property located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Grounds served on the board of MGM Resorts International, a hospitality and entertainment company, from 2013 to 2021 and of Remark Holdings Inc., a technology company, from 2013 to 2019. During his career he has held senior executive positions in major real estate private equity investment, development and construction entities. He brings to the Board experience as a director of publicly-traded companies, and skills in investment and general management.

Louis M. Grasso, 76, has been a director of the Company since October 2020. Mr. Grasso was the founder and majority owner of PFC Corporation until his retirement in November 2011, upon sale of PFC’s portfolio of assets to Capstone Realty Advisors. Over a period of 35 years, PFC Corporation originated over $1.8 billion of mortgage loans, and issued $1.8 billion of mortgage-backed securities. He brings to the Board knowledge and experience bearing in particular on the Company’s strategies for meeting its capital requirements, and broad organizational and management skills.

Brian J. Rayhill, 59, has been a director of the Company since August 2006. Mr. Rayhill has been a practicing attorney in New York State since 1988, as the managing attorney of the Law Office of Brian Rayhill for the past five years. An experienced advocate, counselor and litigator, Mr. Rayhill brings legal knowledge and perspective to the Board.

William B. Roberts, 85, has been a director of the Company since its formation in March 1991. From 1981 until his retirement at the end of 2020, he was the President of Monmouth Capital Corp., an investment firm that specialized in management buyouts. Having spent decades in the business of finance, Mr. Roberts brings to the Board his perspective and judgment regarding means of financing its business.

James E. Walker III, 60, is nominated to become a director of the Company at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Walker is Managing Partner and Founder of VinsonVentures, LLC (“Vinson Ventures”), a boutique investment firm focused on building and growing early-stage companies, and the Executive Chairman of IntellPro, a “software as a service” based investment management software product for the asset management industry. Prior to starting Vinson Ventures, from June 2020 to August 2021, Mr. Walker served as CEO and Partner at Palm Ventures, LLC, a private investment firm in Greenwich, CT. From November 2017 to present, Mr. Walker has been a member of the board of directors of Starwood Real Estate Trust, a private real estate investment firm, and has served as the lead independent director. From 2018 to present, Mr. Walker has also served as a senior partner at Jadian Capital, an alternative investment firm. From 2008 through 2017, Mr. Walker was a Managing Partner of Fir Tree Partners, a global alternative asset management firm. Prior to joining Fir Tree, Mr. Walker was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Black Diamond, a privately held alternative asset management firmMr. Walker began his career in investment banking at Kidder and Bear Stearns. Mr. Walker joined the board of Clarus Corporation, a global company focused on the outdoor and consumer enthusiast markets, in February 2022. Mr. Walker also became a member of the advisory board for certain funds managed by Black Diamond in January 2022. Mr. Walker will bring to the Board his extensive investment management experience.

Gregory S. Washer, 61, has been a director of the Company since June 2007. He was the president and owner of Clean Fun Promotional Marketing, a promotional marketing company, from its founding in 1986 through its sale in September 2014. He continued to act as president of Clean Fun through August 2017, and is now retired. With his experience in promotions and marketing, Mr. Washer contributes to the Board significant organizational and operational management skills, combined with a wealth of experience in promotion and marketing of services.

Daniel S. Wood, 63, has been a director of the Company since July 2001. Mr. Wood was president of Carclo Technical Plastics (“Carclo”), a manufacturer of custom injection moldings, from September 2000 until his retirement in April 2007. Previously, from 1988 to September 2000, he was the chief operating officer and co-owner of Carrera Corporation, the predecessor to the business of Carclo. As president of Carclo, Mr. Wood was responsible for the overall operation of that company and for the quality and integrity of its financial statements. He brings to the Board the knowledge and perspective useful in evaluating the Company’s financial statements, and broad organizational and management skills.

Black Diamond Nomination Letter

The Company received from Black Diamond a nomination letter dated March 14, 2022, as supplemented on June 17, 2022, which requested the nomination to the Board of nominees identified by Black Diamond. On August 3, 2022, the Company received a notice from Black Diamond withdrawing its nomination letter. In exchange for such withdrawal, the Company agreed to nominate Mr. Deckoff and Mr. Walker for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

Committees

The members of the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”) are Mr. Rayhill (chairman), Mr. Grasso, Mr. Washer, and Mr. Wood. The Board has determined that each Audit Committee member is independent as defined under Nasdaq Listing Rules. The Audit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter adopted by the Board. The Audit Committee Charter is available on the Company’s website at https://ir.consumerportfolio.com/corporate-governance.

The Audit Committee has (i) reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 with the Company’s management; (ii) discussed with Crowe LLP (“Crowe”), the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and (iii) received the written disclosures and the letter from Crowe required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding Crowe’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning its independence, and discussed with Crowe its independence. Based on these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

The Audit Committee is empowered by the Board to review the financial books and records of the Company in consultation with the Company’s accounting and auditing staff and its independent auditors and to review with the accounting staff and independent auditors any questions that may arise with respect to accounting and auditing policy and procedure.

The Board has further determined that Mr. Wood has the qualifications and experience necessary to serve as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Item 407 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Mr. Wood, as president of Carclo, was responsible for the preparation and evaluation of the audited financial statements of that company.

The members of the Compensation Committee are Mr. Wood (chairman), Mr. Grounds, Mr. Adams, and Mr. Roberts. The Compensation Committee acts pursuant to a written charter adopted by the Board. The Compensation Committee Charter is available at the Company’s website at https://ir.consumerportfolio.com/corporate-governance. The Compensation Committee makes determinations as to general levels of compensation for all employees of the Company and the annual salary of each of the executive officers of the Company, and administers the Company’s compensation plans. Those plans include the Company’s Executive Management Bonus Plan and the CPS 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.

The members of the Nominating Committee are Mr. Washer (chairman), Mr. Adams, Mr. Grounds, and Mr. Rayhill. The Nominating Committee acts pursuant to a written charter adopted by the Board. The Nominating Committee Charter is available at the Company’s website at https://ir.consumerportfolio.com/corporate-governance. Nominations for Board positions are made on behalf of the Board by the Nominating Committee. The Board and the Nominating Committee believe that it is and remains appropriate to operate without a formal policy with regard to any director candidates who may in the future be recommended by shareholders. The Nominating Committee would consider such recommendations.

When considering a potential nominee, the Nominating Committee considers the benefits to the Company of such nomination, based on the nominee’s skills and experience related to managing a significant business, the willingness and ability of the nominee to serve, and the nominee’s character and reputation. The Company does not have a policy regarding the consideration of diversity in identifying nominees for director.

Shareholders who wish to suggest individuals for possible future consideration for Board positions should direct written correspondence to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive office, indicating whether the shareholder wishes to communicate with the Nominating Committee or with the Board as a whole. The present policy of the Company is to forward all such correspondence to the designated members of the Board. There have been no changes in the procedures regarding shareholder recommendations in the past year.

Shareholder Communications

Shareholders may send communications to the Board. Shareholders who wish to communicate with the Board should direct written correspondence to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive office. The present policy of the Company is to forward all such correspondence to the designated members of the Board.⁵

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Directors, executive officers and holders of in excess of 10% of CPS Common Stock are required to file reports concerning their transactions in and holdings of equity securities of the Company. Based on a review of reports filed by each such person, and inquiry of each regarding holdings and transactions, the Company believes that all reports required with respect to the year 2021 were timely filed, except that: (A) one Form 4 was filed one day late for each of Chris A. Adams, Danny Bharwani, Charles E. Bradley, Jeffrey P. Fritz, Louis M. Grasso, John P. Harton, Michael T. Lavin, Brian J. Rayhill, William B. Roberts, Teri L. Robinson, Laurie A. Straten, Christopher Terry, Gregory S. Washer, and Daniel S. Wood, on August 6, 2021, with respect to stock options granted on August 3, 2021, (B) two Form 4s were filed for Louis M. Grasso on (i) May 24, 2021 with respect to a transaction on May 18, 2021 and on (ii) June 25, 2021 with respect to a transaction on June 22, 2021, and (C) one Form 3 was filed late for William W. Grounds on April 29, 2022 with respect to Mr. Grounds being elected as director on December 1, 2021.

Meetings of the Board

The Board held five meetings and acted four times by written consent during 2021. The Audit Committee met five times during 2021, including at least one meeting per quarter to review the Company’s financial statements, while the Compensation Committee met three times and acted once by written consent during 2021. The Nominating Committee met twice during 2021. Each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and its committees that such individual was eligible to attend in 2021. The Company does not have a policy of encouraging directors to attend or discouraging directors from attending its annual meetings of shareholders. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and no other directors, attended last year’s annual meeting of shareholders.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" EACH OF THE NOMINEES ABOVE.

PROPOSAL NO. 2 – RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Audit Committee has appointed the accounting firm of Crowe to be the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2022. Crowe also performed the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2008 through 2021.

A proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s appointment of Crowe will be presented to shareholders at the Annual Meeting. If the shareholders do not ratify the selection of Crowe at the Annual Meeting, the Audit Committee will consider selecting another firm of independent public accountants. Representatives of Crowe are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. Such representatives will have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from shareholders in attendance.

Fees Paid to Auditors

The following table sets forth the fees accrued or paid to the Company’s independent registered public accounting firms for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Crowe has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since February 2009, and has reported on the Company’s financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2008 through 2021.

Audit and Non-Audit Fees	2020		2021
Audit Fees (1)	$	810,000	$	829,000
Audit-Related Fees (2)		219,700		180,850
Tax Fees (3)		286,850		450,950
All Other Fees		–		–
TOTAL	$	1,316,550	$	1,460,800

	(1)	Audit fees relate to professional services rendered in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, quarterly review of financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and audit services provided in connection with other statutory and regulatory filings.

	(2)	Audit-related fees comprise fees for professional services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements.

	(3)	The 2020 and 2021 tax fees represent services rendered in connection with preparation of state and federal tax returns for the Company and its subsidiaries.

Audit Committee Supervision of Principal Accountant

The Audit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter adopted by the Board. Pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee pre-approves the audit and permitted non-audit fees to be paid to the independent auditor, and authorizes on behalf of the Company the payment of such fees, or refuses such authorization. The Audit Committee has delegated to its chairman the authority to approve performance of services on an interim basis. In the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, all services for which audit fees or audit related fees were paid were preapproved by the Audit Committee as a whole, or pursuant to such delegated authority.

In the course of its meetings, the Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of the non-audit fees outlined above is compatible with maintaining the independence of the audit firm, and has concluded that such independence is not and was not impaired.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF CROWE.

PROPOSAL NO. 3 – NON-BINDING VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

General

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) enable the shareholders to vote to approve, on an advisory or non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in accordance with the SEC’s rules in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement beginning on page 12, below. This proposal, commonly known as a “say- on-pay” proposal, gives the shareholders the opportunity to express their views on the Company’s named executive officers’ compensation as a whole. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation or any specific named executive officer, but rather the overall compensation of all of our named executive officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement. The Company’s current policy is to seek such say-on-pay votes annually, at every regular meeting of shareholders.

The say-on-pay vote is advisory, and therefore not binding on the Company, the Compensation Committee or the Board. The say-on-pay vote will, however, provide information to the Board and the Compensation Committee regarding investor sentiment about our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices, which the Compensation Committee will be able to consider when determining executive compensation for the remainder of the current fiscal year and beyond. The Board and its Compensation Committee value the opinions of the shareholders; accordingly, to the extent there is any significant vote against the named executive officer compensation as disclosed in this proxy statement, the Compensation Committee will consider the shareholders’ concerns and evaluate whether any actions are necessary to address those concerns.

Summary of 2021 Executive Compensation Program

Following is a summary of some of the key points of our 2021 executive compensation program:

It is simple, comprising base salary, an annual cash bonus pursuant to an incentive plan, and long-term equity incentives in the form of stock options.

The Compensation Committee controls all portions of the compensation payable to executive officers.

The Compensation Committee has from time to time exercised its discretion to reduce cash incentives otherwise payable under the bonus plan.

See the “Executive Compensation” section beginning on page 12, below, for more information.

We believe that the information provided above and within the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement demonstrates that our executive compensation program was designed appropriately and is working to ensure management’s interests are aligned with our shareholders’ interests to support long-term value creation. We also believe the compensation paid to our executive officers during 2021 was appropriate in light of our financial performance.

Accordingly, we ask that our shareholders vote “FOR” the following resolution, which will be presented at the Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the Company’s shareholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the compensation tables and the other related disclosure.”

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ADVISORY (NON-BINDING) VOTE APPROVING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY

Management Structure

The Board is responsible for overseeing the management of the Company. Its oversight is aimed at seeing to it that the Company’s business is managed to meet our goals, and that the interests of the shareholders are served.

Charles E. Bradley currently serves as both the Chairman of the Board and our Chief Executive Officer, and is the only member of our Board who is not independent of the Company. The Nominating Committee has determined that the remaining directors and director nominees are “independent” under applicable independence standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market. Largely because of the small number of directors (nine members in total), our Board has chosen not to designate any individual formally as the lead independent director. Each director retains his full oversight responsibility.

Our Board structure supports the independence of our non-management directors. Our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee are each composed solely of independent directors. Our bylaws provide that any two directors have the authority to call meetings of the Board, as do specified officers, including the president and the secretary. To enhance the possible use of that authority by independent directors, the Secretary of the Company is under standing instructions to call a meeting at the instance of any one director.

The Board believes that combining the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions is currently the most effective leadership structure given Mr. Bradley’s in-depth knowledge of our business and industry and his demonstrated ability to formulate and implement strategic initiatives. Mr. Bradley is continuously involved in developing and implementing our strategies, working closely with the Company’s other senior executives to seek continued disciplined growth and excellence in operations. His close involvement in management places Mr. Bradley in the best position to decide which business issues require consideration by the independent directors of the Board. In addition, having a combined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer enables us to speak with a unified voice to shareholders, customers and others concerned with our Company. The Board believes that combining the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman roles, as part of a governance structure that includes oversight of management responsibilities by independent directors, provides the preferred system for meeting the requirement that the Company be managed in the best interest of our shareholders.

Risk Oversight

The Board’s overall responsibility for directing the management of the Company includes risk oversight. The risk oversight function is performed at the Board level, and by the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

The Board as a whole in its regular meetings discusses and considers the risk inherent in the existing business of the Company and in proposed initiatives. Because the Company’s business consists of extending consumer credit to individuals believed to be of higher risk than others (sub-prime credit), the assessment of the risk assumed in such extensions of credit is a primary consideration on the part of the Board. Risk oversight is also a key function of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

The principal risk management function performed by the Audit Committee is the ongoing assessment of the credit estimates and allowances periodically recorded in the Company’s books. The committee reviews that assessment regularly. Other risk assessments performed by the Audit Committee include assessments of contingent liabilities, and of other reserves and allowances.

The principal risk management functions performed by the Compensation Committee are its setting and evaluation of objectives for the Chief Executive Officer, in connection with its administration of the executive management bonus plan. The Compensation Committee recognizes that the Company’s business of extending subprime credit inherently includes a conflict between growing the business and managing the risk of credit losses: one means to increase the Company’s business is to offer credit on terms that are priced too low for the risk assumed. The Compensation Committee manages that risk by insisting that objectives to grow the business are qualified by a mandate that credit quality be maintained at appropriate levels. To some extent, such risk management is shared with the Audit Committee, which performs the primary oversight of whether credit risk assumed is reflected with adequate allowances in the Company’s financial statements.

Code of Ethics

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, which applies to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller and others. A copy of the Code of Ethics may be obtained at no charge by written request to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Executive Officers

Jeffrey P. Fritz, 62, has been Executive Vice President of the Company since March 2014 and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since April 2006. From April 2006 to March 2014, Mr. Fritz served as Senior Vice President of the Company. From August 2004 to March 2006, Mr. Fritz served as Senior Vice President of Accounting. He served as a consultant to the Company from May 2004 to August 2004. Previously, Mr. Fritz served as the chief financial officer of SeaWest Financial Corp. from February 2003 to May 2004 and as the chief financial officer of AFCO Auto Finance from April 2002 to February 2003. He practiced public accounting with Glenn M. Gelman & Associates from March 2001 to April 2002 and was chief financial officer of Credit Services Group, Inc. from May 1999 to November 2000. From the Company’s inception to May 1999, he served as the Company’s CFO.

Michael T. Lavin, 50, has been the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer since March 2014. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President – General Counsel since March 2013, Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel since May 2009 and our Vice President- Legal since joining the Company in November of 2001. Mr. Lavin was previously engaged as a law clerk and an associate with the San Diego based large law firm (now defunct) of Edwards, Sooy & Byron from 1996 through 2000 and then as an associate with the Orange County based firm of Trachtman & Trachman from 2000 through 2001. Mr. Lavin also clerked for the San Diego District Attorney’s office and Orange County Public Defender’s office.

Laurie Straten, 56, has been Senior Vice President of Collections since August 2013. Prior to transitioning to Collections, she was promoted to Senior Vice President of Asset Recovery in April 2013. Prior to that she held the position of Vice President - Asset Recovery beginning in April 2005. Ms. Straten started with the Company in March 1996 as a Bankruptcy Specialist and over time accepted more responsibility within the Asset Recovery Department. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Straten worked for the FDIC and served in the United States Marine Corps.

Teri L. Robinson, 59, has been Senior Vice President of Originations since April 2007. Prior to that, she held the position of Vice President of Originations since August 1998. She joined the Company in June 1991 as an Operations Specialist. Previously, Ms. Robinson held an administrative position at Greco & Associates.

Except as described elsewhere in this proxy statement, there are no arrangements or understandings between any of our officers and any other person pursuant to which any person was selected as an officer.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with the Company’s management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in this proxy statement. Based on such review and discussions and relying thereon, we have recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth below be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.

THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Daniel S. Wood (chairman)

Chris A. Adams

William W. Grounds

William B. Roberts

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

2021 Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote Outcome

The Compensation Committee annually considers the results of the most recent advisory vote by shareholders to approve executive officer compensation. In the 2021 advisory vote, a majority of the voted shares (62.6%) approved of the compensation of our named executive officers. The Compensation Committee has noted the substantial negative vote, but has determined to retain the existing design, purposes and structure of our executive compensation programs. The Compensation Committee will continue to consider the results from future shareholder advisory votes regarding executive officer compensation in its future administration of executive compensation.

Compensation Objectives

The Company’s objectives with respect to compensation are several. The significant objectives are to cause compensation (i) to be sufficient in total amount to provide reasonable assurance of retaining key executives, (ii) to include a significant contingent component, so as to provide strong incentives to meet designated Company objectives, and (iii) to include a significant component tied to the price of the Common Stock, so as to align management’s incentives with shareholder interests. The Compensation Committee is charged with administering the Company’s compensation plans to meet those objectives. To the extent that elements of compensation would not advance such objectives, or would do so less effectively than would other elements, the Compensation Committee seeks to avoid paying compensation in those forms.

Role of the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer

Our Board has authorized the Compensation Committee, which is composed solely of independent directors, to make all decisions regarding executive compensation, including administration of our compensation plans. In that regard, the Compensation Committee:

Reviews and discusses with management the factors underlying our compensation policies and decisions, including overall compensation objectives;

Reviews and approves all Company goals and objectives (both financial and non-financial) relevant to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer;

Evaluates, together with the other independent directors, the performance of the Chief Executive Officer in light of these goals and objectives and that individual’s overall effectiveness;

Fixes and approves each element of the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer;

Reviews the performance evaluations of all other members of executive management (the Chief Executive Officer prepares and presents to the Compensation Committee the performance evaluations of the other executive officers);

Reviews and approves each element of compensation, as well as the terms and conditions of employment, of those other executive officers;

Grants awards under our equity compensation plans and oversees the administration of those plans; and

Reviews the costs and structure of our key employee benefit and fringe-benefit plans and programs.

The Compensation Committee is authorized to form subcommittee(s) and to retain experts and consultants to assist in the discharge of its responsibilities. To date it has not done so.

The Chief Executive Officer, who attends meetings of the Compensation Committee by invitation of the Committee’s chairman, assists the Committee in determining the compensation of our other executive officers by, among other things:

Proposing annual merit increases to the base salaries of the other executive officers;

Establishing annual individual performance objectives for the other executive officers and evaluating their performance against such objectives (the Committee reviews these performance evaluations); and

Making recommendations, from time to time, for special stock option and restricted stock grants (e.g., for motivational or retention purposes) to other executive officers.

The other executive officers do not have a role in determining their own compensation, other than to discuss their annual individual performance objectives and results achieved with the Chief Executive Officer.

Our Overall Approach

The Compensation Committee has put into place a compensation system consisting of three key components: base salary, an annual cash bonus pursuant to an incentive plan, and long-term equity incentives in the form of stock options.

The table below provides comparative information regarding the components of our year 2021 executive compensation program. We are applying the same elements in our executive compensation program for the year 2022.

Element	Form	Objectives and Basis

Base Salary	Cash	· Attract and retain high quality personnel · Targeted to be superior to compensation offered by our competitors

Annual Incentive Bonus	Cash	· Achieve objectives set annually · Annual bonus amount is set and computed as a percentage of base salary · Actual payout determined by Company and individual performance · Target total cash (base salary + target bonus) designed to be superior to compensation offered by our competitors

Long-Term Incentive Compensation	Stock options	· Align interests of executives with those of shareholders; · Target long-term incentive award size designed to retain executives through long-term vesting and the potential for wealth accumulation, contingent on benefit to the shareholders

The Compensation Committee has from time to time considered providing additional elements of executive compensation. It has considered elements such as restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, compensation contingent on a change in control, defined benefit pension plans, deferred cash compensation, and supplemental retirement plans (supplemental in the sense that they exceed the limits for tax advantaged treatment). To date, the Compensation Committee has elected not to pay compensation in such forms, having determined that the Company’s objectives are better met by one or more of the elements of compensation that it does pay.

Regarding restricted stock and restricted stock units, the Compensation Committee has noted that any form of equity equivalent to or closely tied to common stock does serve to meet the objective of aligning officers’ personal interest with that of the shareholders generally. The Compensation Committee believes, however, that the objective is better met by grants of stock options than by grants of share equivalents, because recipients of the grants will face the same degree of variance in results at a lesser cost to the Company, when option grants are compared to grants of restricted stock units. Further, unlike restricted stock, option grants will not provide a reward to the holder absent an improvement over time in the Company’s stock price. The committee has elected not to provide material perquisites as compensation, having determined that cash is a better medium of exchange.

Regarding compensation that would be payable contingent on a change in control of the Company, the Compensation Committee believes that there are certain legitimate objectives to be met by such contingent compensation. As of the date of this proxy statement, however, no such contingent compensation plans are in place. Regarding defined benefit pension plans, deferred cash compensation and supplemental retirement plans, the Compensation Committee believes that the Company’s retention objective is better met by straight cash payments, whether in the form of base salary or in the form of bonus compensation. In particular with respect to plans for deferred compensation, the Committee believes those make sense for the Company and for the recipient only on the basis of assumptions regarding future tax rates payable by each. Having no assurance that such assumptions would be correct, the Compensation Committee has chosen not to put into place any special deferred compensation programs for the Company’s executive officers. Those officers do participate in a Company-sponsored tax-deferred savings plan, commonly known as a 401(k) plan, on the same terms available to Company employees generally.

The Compensation Committee may in the future revisit its conclusions as to any of the components discussed above, or may consider other forms of compensation.

The Base Salary Element

With respect to the retention objective, the Compensation Committee considers an executive’s base salary to be the most critical component. Acting primarily on the basis of recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee adjusts other officers’ base salaries annually, with the adjustment generally consisting of a 2% to 10% increase from the prior year’s rate. Where exceptional circumstances apply, such as recruitment of a new executive officer, a promotion to executive officer status or a special need to retain an individual officer, the Chief Executive Officer may recommend, and the Compensation Committee may approve, a larger increase.

The Company’s general approach in setting the annual compensation of its named executive officers is to set those officers’ base compensation by reference to their base rates for the preceding year. During the year ended December 2021, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles E. Bradley, Jr., received $995,000 in base salary. In setting that rate in the first quarter of 2021, the Compensation Committee considered the base salary rate that the Company had paid in the prior year ($995,000), the desirability of providing an annual increase, the desirability of ensuring retention of the services of the Company’s incumbent Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s financial performance, and the levels of Chief Executive Officer compensation prevailing among other financial services companies. The Compensation Committee considered whether to adjust officers’ base compensation for 2021, and determined not to increase the base rate for the Chief Executive Officer or the other named executive officers.

The Annual Incentive Bonus (EMB) element

To encourage executive officers and key management personnel to exercise their best efforts and management skills toward causing the Company to meet its overall objective, and toward achieving designated specific individual objectives, the Company has implemented an Executive Management Bonus Plan, with annual payouts. Under the Company’s bonus plan as applied to the year ended December 2021, the Company’s two executive vice presidents (each of whom is among the named executive officers) were eligible to receive a cash bonus of up to 140% of their base salaries, and the Company’s senior vice presidents (two of whom are among the named executive officers) were eligible to receive a cash bonus of up to 110% of their base salaries. The Chief Executive Officer was eligible to receive a cash bonus of up to 500% of his base salary. The implementation of this element for the year 2021 is discussed below.

The Long-Term Incentive Compensation Element

The Compensation Committee also awards incentive and non-qualified stock options under the Company’s stock option plans. Such awards are designed to assist in the retention of key executives and management personnel and to create an incentive to create shareholder value over a sustained period of time. The Company believes that stock options are a valuable tool in compensating and retaining employees. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Compensation Committee granted stock options to the Company’s executive officers. All such grants were awarded on August 3, 2021, and all carry exercise prices equal to the market price for CPS Common Stock at the date of grant. The terms of such options are described below, under the caption “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Last Fiscal Year.” The numbers of shares made subject to each of the option grants were based on various factors relating to the responsibilities of the individual officers and to the extent of previous grants to such individuals.

Because the exercise price of all options granted is equal to or above the fair market value of CPS Common Stock on the date of grant, the option holders may realize value only if the stock price appreciates from the price on the date the options were granted. This design is intended to focus executives on the enhancement of shareholder value over the long term.

Other Elements

The Company also maintains certain broad-based employee benefit plans, such as medical and dental insurance, and a qualified defined contribution retirement savings plan (401(k) plan), in which executive officers are permitted to participate. Such officers participate on the same terms as non-executive personnel who meet applicable eligibility criteria, and are subject to any legal limitations on the amounts that may be contributed or the benefits that may be payable under the plans. The Company does not maintain any form of defined benefit pension or retirement plan in which executive officers may participate, nor does it maintain any form of supplemental retirement savings or supplemental deferred compensation plan.

Exercise of Discretion

In exercising its discretion as to the level of executive compensation and its components, the Compensation Committee considers a number of factors. Members of the Compensation Committee conduct informal surveys of compensation paid to comparable executives within and without the consumer finance industry. The Compensation Committee finds these data useful primarily in evaluating the overall level of compensation paid or to be paid to the Company’s executive officers. The Compensation Committee noted that the Company met and exceeded its budget objectives for the year. Operational factors considered included individual and group management goals; indicators of the performance and credit quality of the Company’s servicing portfolio, including levels of delinquencies and charge-offs; and indicators of successful management of personnel, including employee stability. All of such factors are assessed with reference to the judgment of the Compensation Committee as to the degree of difficulty of achieving desired outcomes. With respect to payment of annual bonuses and grants of stock options, the Compensation Committee also takes note of factors relating to the degree of the Company’s success over the most recent year.

Specific Objectives and Evaluation

In the first quarter of 2021 the Compensation Committee designated specific objectives with respect to the Chief Executive Officer to be accomplished within the year 2021, and fixed weights to be associated with each such objective. The Chief Executive Officer proposed to the committee specific annual objectives with respect to each other executive officer of the Company, which the committee, after making certain modifications, approved. These objectives and the Compensation Committee’s administration of the annual incentive bonus element of compensation are discussed in detail below, under the heading “ - Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Last Fiscal Year - Executive Management Bonus Plan.”

Grants of Options

The Compensation Committee’s award of stock options to the Company’s officers in August 2021 included option grants to the Chief Executive Officer and the other named executive officers. In determining the appropriate level of such grant, the Compensation Committee considered the long-term performance of the Chief Executive Officer and the desirability of providing significant incentive for future performance, as well as the desirability of ensuring that officer’s continued retention by the Company, and the various factors noted above with respect to option grants generally. These grants and the Committee’s administration of the long-term incentive element of compensation are discussed in detail below, under the heading “-Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Last Fiscal Year – Equity Incentives.”

Stock Ownership, Hedging and Pledging. Our Board and Compensation Committee have considered whether to establish a minimum stock ownership goal for members of our senior management. We have elected not to do so, considering that such a policy would either be strict and mandatory, in which case it would undermine the compensatory objectives of our equity compensation plans, or would be merely hortatory, in which case it could be expected to have little effect. We have also noted that the multiyear vesting terms of the equity incentives granted under our plans have the effect of aligning our executives’ individual personal financial incentives with the future price performance of the Company’s stock.

As part of our comprehensive compliance policy, we remind all Company executive officers of the mandatory legal prohibition on selling short Company shares. We also prohibit Company executive officers from entering into transactions that would have the effect of causing those individuals to benefit from a decline in the price of CPS Common Stock, such as the purchase of “put” options. We prohibit such “hedging” transactions but we do not find it appropriate to prohibit our executive officers from pledging their shares of CPS Common Stock as security for a loan. We believe that the beneficial incentives of owning CPS Common Stock remain substantially the same with or without such a pledge.

Summary of Compensation

The following table summarizes all compensation earned during the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, and the other three most highly compensated individuals (such five individuals, the “named executive officers”) who were serving in such position or as executive officers at any time in 2021. It lists their names, the principal positions in which they served in those years, and each component of compensation paid with respect to those years.

Summary Compensation Table

Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation		Options Awards (1)		All Other Compensation (2)		Total

Charles E. Bradley, Jr.	2021	$	995,00	$	2,900,000	$	795,300	$	360	$	4,690,660
President & Chief	2020		995,000		2,600,000		318,696		360		3,914,056
Executive Officer	2019		995,000		2,600,000		334,290		480		3,929,770

Jeffrey P Fritz	2021		411,000		401,000		238,590		360		1,050,950
Executive Vice President	2020		411,000		327,000		119,511		360		857,871
& Chief Financial Officer	2019		411,000		233,000		100,287		480		744,767

Michael T. Lavin	2021		411,000		575,000		238,590		360		1,224,950
Executive Vice President	2020		411,000		493,000		199,185		360		1,103,545
& Chief Operating Officer	2019		411,000		461,000		100,287		480		972,767

Teri L. Robinson	2021		368,000		403,000		159,060		360		930,420
Senior Vice President	2020		368,000		355,000		106,232		360		829,592
- Originations	2019		368,000		328,000		66,858		480		763,338

Laurie A. Straten	2021		368,000		359,000		159,060		360		886,420
Senior Vice President	2020		368,000		355,000		106,232		360		829,592
- Servicing	2019		362,000		328,000		66,858		480		757,338

(1)

Represents the dollar value of accrued for financial accounting purposes in connection with the grant of such options, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 and SFAS 123R. Value was estimated using a Black-Scholes model for 2019, 2020, and 2021. For the year 2021 the weighted average fair value per option was $2.6510, based on assumptions of 4.11 years expected life, expected volatility of 71.38%, and a risk-free rate of 0.51%. For the year 2020 the weighted average fair value per option was $1.33, based on assumptions of 4.11 years expected life, expected volatility of 72.10%, and a risk-free rate of 0.26%. For the year 2019 the weighted average fair value per option was $1.11, based on assumptions of 4.11 years expected life, expected volatility of 37.13%, and a risk-free rate of 1.53%. In all cases, we assumed a dividend yield of 0.0%.

(2)

Amounts in this column represent premiums paid by the Company for group life insurance.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Last Fiscal Year

Equity Incentives

In the year ended December 31, 2021, we did not grant any stock awards or stock appreciation rights to any of our named executive officers. We granted options to substantially all of our management level employees on August 3, 2021. The option grants noted in the tables above and below were awarded to the named executive officers as part of those grants. We also granted awards under our Executive Management Bonus Plan, which were evaluated and paid out after the end of the year. The amounts paid are shown in the table above (Summary Compensation Table) as “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

In the August 2021 grant, the Chief Executive Officer received an option to purchase 300,000 shares of CPS Common Stock at the market closing price ($4.95 per share) on the date of grant, with such right to purchase to become exercisable in increments of 25% on each of the first through fourth anniversaries of the grant date, and to expire on the seventh anniversary. Each of the other executive officers of the Company received a grant at that time on the same terms. Mr. Fritz and Mr. Lavin received such grants with respect to 90,000 shares each, and Ms. Robinson and Ms. Straten each received such a grant with respect to 60,000 shares.

The table below provides information regarding the awards granted to the named executive officers in 2021.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards

Grant

Number of Shares Underlying

Exercise

Grant Date Fair

Name

Threshold

Target

Maximum

Date

Options

Price

Value

Mr. Bradley

–

8/03/2021

300,000

4.95

795,300

–

4,975,000

–

Mr. Fritz

–

8/03/2021

90,000

4.95

238,590

–

575,400

–

Mr. Lavin

–

8/03/2021

90,000

4.95

238,590

–

575,400

–

Ms. Robinson

–

8/03/2021

60,000

4.95

159,060

–

404,800

–

Ms. Straten

–

8/03/2021

60,000

4.95

159,060

–

404,800

–

The “target” and “maximum” figures appearing in the table above represent the maximum cash payout under the individual executives’ Executive Management Bonus Plan awards as of the date the incentive was fixed. The actual payout to each individual named in the table above has been determined and paid prior to the date of this proxy statement. That amount was in each case materially less than the maximum (approximately 58% of the maximum, in the case of the Chief Executive Officer). The respective actual payments are described below, and appear above in the Summary Compensation Table under the heading “Non-Equity Plan Compensation.” Because each non-equity incentive plan award has been settled and paid, the future payout under such awards as of the date of this proxy statement is in each case zero. The “grant date fair value” figures appearing in the table above, which are the computed fair values of stock option awards, are computed as described in note 1 to the Summary Compensation Table.

Executive Management Bonus Plan

The Executive Management Bonus Plan award granted to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Bradley, called for him to meet as many as possible of six separate operational and financial objectives within the year 2021. The Compensation Committee assigned to each of those objectives a value as a percentage of base salary. The objectives and their weightings were as follows: to meet or exceed the Company’s quarterly budgeted earnings (25% each quarter, total of 100%), to raise up to $60 million of debt capital (60%), to renew or replace one of the specific warehouse credit facilities (50%), to execute three rated securitization transactions (30% each, 90% total), to increase the Company’s annual originations of receivables to each of four targets (100% in the aggregate, creditable in increments of 25% for reaching aggregate amounts of $800 million, $850 million, $900 million, and $950 million), and to cause CPS Common Stock to trade in excess of each of four targets (100% in the aggregate, creditable in increments of 25% for reaching prices of $4.50, $5.00, $5.50, and $6.00 per share).

The total of the seven weightings is 500%; accordingly, the target and maximum possible value to that officer of the award was 500% of his base salary for 2021.

In a series of meetings, the Compensation Committee evaluated the Chief Executive Officer’s performance in comparison to the goals. The Compensation Committee determined that the budget objective was met in all four quarters of 2021, and credited the Chief Executive Officer with the maximum value, or 100%. The Company was successful in raising new debt capital in June 2021, in the amount of $50 million. The Compensation Committee credited the Chief Executive Officer with the full 60% designated for that objective.

The Compensation Committee also determined that the renewal of the warehouse line was not completed in 2021 and found no credit was earned in that respect.

The Compensation Committee noted that the Company had executed four rated securitizations during the year, three of them after the objective was fixed, representing the full creditable performance of 90%. It determined that our originations volume exceeded $1.1 billion for the year while maintaining credit quality, representing creditable performance in the full amount of 100%. The Compensation Committee noted that the stock price objective was exceeded with respect to all targets and credited the Chief Executive Officer with the maximum value of 100%.

The aggregate valuation of all creditable performance for the Chief Executive Officer was thus 450%, which would imply a bonus payment under our Executive Management Bonus Plan of $4,478,000. The committee elected to pay a bonus less than the maximum creditable percentage, in the amount of $2,900,000, representing 291% of our Chief Executive Officer’s base salary.

The Executive Management Bonus Plan awards granted to the named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer are evaluated on a more subjective basis, and were set by the Compensation Committee in consultation with and on the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer. Factors used in determining the amount of bonus for the two named executive officers who are executive vice presidents of the Company are these: (I) an evaluation of the executive’s skills and performance, 30%, (II) whether the executive has met two individual objectives approved by the Compensation Committee, 18% in aggregate, (III) whether the Company as a whole has met or exceeded budget targets, 12%, (IV) a subjective evaluation of that executive’s departments, 30%, and (V) a discretionary allocation recommended by the Chief Executive Officer and approved by the Compensation Committee, 50%.

Numerical scores are assigned to each of these factors, up to the maximum percentages stated above, and can result in a maximum bonus of 140% of base compensation.

Similar factors are applied in determining the amount of annual bonus for executive officers who are senior vice presidents of the Company: (I) skills and performance, 30%, (II) two individual objectives, 18%, (III) Company budget, 12%, (IV) subjective evaluation of that executive’s department, 20%, and (V) discretionary allocation, 30%, resulting in a maximum bonus of 110% of base compensation.

Following the end of the year 2021, our Compensation Committee evaluated each named executive officer’s performance in relation to these standards and goals. The Company met its overall budget target in each quarter, and each officer accordingly received full credit with respect to that target.

With respect to the individual factors, the Compensation Committee, acting in part on the advice of our Chief Executive Officer, determined that creditable performance for 2021 for each named executive officer other than the Chief Executive Officer was as set forth below:

	Maximum percentage	Creditable percentage		Base Salary		Result (rounded to nearest $1000)
Mr. Fritz	140%	97.5%	$	411,000	$	401,000
Mr. Lavin	140	140		411,000		575,000
Ms. Robinson	110	109.5		368,000		403,000
Ms. Straten	110	97.6		368,000		359,000

On that basis, the Compensation Committee approved payments to these named executive officers in the amounts shown in the rightmost column.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-end

The following table sets forth as of December 31, 2021 the number of unexercised options held by each of the named executive officers, the number of shares subject to then exercisable and unexercisable options held by such persons and the exercise price and expiration date of each such option. Each option referred to in the table was granted at an option price per share no less than the fair market value per share on the date of grant. None of such individuals holds a stock award; accordingly, only information concerning option awards is presented.

Name	Number of securities underlying unexercised options (exercisable)		Number of securities underlying unexercised options (unexercisable)			Option exercise price		Option expiration date
Charles E. Bradley, Jr.		140,000		–		$	1.20	4/3/2022
		60,000		–		$	1.94	7/16/2022
		100,000		–		$	3.72	11/8/2022
		250,000		–		$	6.86	2/1/2023
		250,000		–		$	7.97	5/7/2023
		300,000		–		$	6.11	5/19/2022
		300,000		–		$	3.48	5/12/2023
		300,000		–		$	4.35	5/17/2024
		225,000		75,000	(1)	$	3.48	5/9/2025
		150,000		150,000	(2)	$	3.53	8/8/2026
		60,000		180,000	(3)	$	2.47	6/1/2027
		–		300,000	(4)	$	4.95	8/3/2028


Jeffrey P. Fritz	36,000	–		$	1.20	4/3/2022
	14,000	–		$	1.94	7/16/2022
	60,000	–		$	6.86	2/1/2023
	60,000	–		$	7.97	5/7/2023
	90,000	–		$	6.11	5/19/2022
	90,000	–		$	3.48	5/12/2023
	90,000	–		$	4.35	5/17/2024
	67,500	22,500	(1)	$	3.48	5/9/2025
	45,000	45,000	(2)	$	3.53	8/8/2026
	22,500	67,500	(3)	$	2.47	6/1/2027
	–	90,000	(4)	$	4.95	8/3/2028

Michael T. Lavin	21,600	–		$	1.20	4/3/2022
	8,400	–		$	1.94	7/16/2022
	75,000	–		$	6.86	2/1/2023
	60,000	–		$	7.97	5/7/2023
	90,000	–		$	6.11	5/19/2022
	90,000	–		$	3.48	5/12/2023
	90,000	–		$	4.35	5/17/2024
	67,500	22,500	(1)	$	3.48	5/9/2025
	45,000	45,000	(2)	$	3.53	8/8/2026
	37,500	112,500	(3)	$	2.47	6/1/2027
	–	90,000	(4)	$	4.95	8/3/2028

Teri L. Robinson	36,000	–		$	1.20	4/3/2022
	14,000	–		$	1.94	7/16/2022
	60,000	–		$	6.86	2/1/2023
	60,000	–		$	7.97	5/7/2023
	60,000	–		$	6.11	5/19/2022
	60,000	–		$	3.48	5/12/2023
	60,000	–		$	4.35	5/17/2024
	45,000	15,000	(1)	$	3.48	5/9/2025
	30,000	30,000	(2)	$	3.53	8/8/2026
	20,000	60,000	(3)	$	2.47	6/1/2027
	–	60,000	(4)	$	4.95	8/3/2028

Laurie A. Straten	18,000	–		$	1.20	4/3/2022
	7,000	–		$	1.94	7/16/2022
	25,000	–		$	6.86	2/1/2023
	90,000	–		$	7.97	5/7/2023
	60,000	–		$	6.11	5/19/2022
	60,000	–		$	3.48	5/12/2023
	60,000	–		$	4.35	5/17/2024
	45,000	15,000	(1)	$	3.48	5/9/2025
	30,000	30,000	(2)	$	3.53	8/8/2026
	20,000	60,000	(3)	$	2.47	6/1/2027
	–	60,000	(4)	$	4.95	8/3/2028

	(1)	Became exercisable as to the unexercisable portion on May 9, 2022.
	(2)	Becomes exercisable as to cumulative increments of one-half of the unexercisable portion on August 8, 2022 and 2023.
	(3)	Becomes exercisable as to cumulative increments of one-third of the unexercisable portion on June 1, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
	(4)	Becomes exercisable as to cumulative increments of 25% of the unexercisable portion on August 3, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year

All of the five named executive officers exercised stock options during 2021. The table below shows the realized value and the number of options exercised for those three individuals. None of our officers hold stock awards; accordingly, no stock awards vested during 2021.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

	Value realized on exercise (1)		Number of shares acquired on exercise
Mr. Bradley	$	4,284,660		699,999
Mr. Fritz		157,000		50,000
Mr. Lavin		223,600		50,000
Ms. Robinson		246,250		65,000
Ms. Straten		174,745		37,750

(1)

The value realized is the difference between the fair market value of CPS Common Stock on the date of exercise (the closing price reported by Nasdaq) and the exercise price of the option.

Executive Management Bonus Plan (Non-equity Incentive Plan)

The salary and cash bonus of the named executive officers are determined by the Compensation Committee. The compensation appearing in the Summary Compensation Table above under the caption “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” is paid pursuant to an executive management bonus plan (the “EMB Plan”). The EMB Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee. Among other things, the Compensation Committee selects participants in the EMB Plan from among the Company’s executive officers and determines the performance goals, target amounts and other terms and conditions of awards under the EMB Plan. With respect to officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, determinations of base salary and of criteria relating to the EMB Plan are based in part on evaluations of such officers prepared by the Chief Executive Officer, which are furnished to and discussed with the Compensation Committee.

Director Compensation

Throughout 2021, we paid our non-employee directors a retainer of $5,167 per month, with an additional fee of $500 per month for service on a Board committee ($1,000 for a committee chairman). Non-employee directors also received per diem fees of $1,000 for attendance in person at meetings of the Board, or $500 for attendance by telephone. No per diem fees are paid for attendance at committee meetings. The Board in 2021 approved issuance to each non-employee director of options to purchase an aggregate of 30,000 shares. The exercise prices of all such options are the closing price of CPS Common Stock on the date of grant, which was $4.95 per share. The following table summarizes compensation received by our directors for the year 2021:

Name of Director	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash (1)		Option Awards (2)		Total
Charles E. Bradley, Jr. (3)		–		–		–
Louis M. Grasso		66,004		78,243		144,247
William W. Grounds (4)		11,334		–		11,334
Brian J. Rayhill		89,504		78,243		167,747
William B. Roberts		70,504		78,243		148,747
Gregory S. Washer		78,004		78,243		156,247
Daniel S. Wood		89,004		78,243		167,247

	(1)	This column reports cash compensation earned in 2021 for Board and committee service.
	(2)	This column represents the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the 2021 fiscal year for the fair value of stock options granted to the directors in 2021. The fair value was estimated using a binomial option-pricing model in accordance with SFAS 123R. The fair value per option was $2.61, based on assumptions of 3.24 years expected life, expected volatility of 79.20%, expected dividend yield of 0.0%, and a risk-free rate of 0.37%. In addition to the stock option awards granted in 2021, our directors held at December 31, 2021 option awards granted in previous years. The total options held at December 31, 2021 represent the right to purchase shares as follows: Mr. Bradley, 2,840,000 shares; Mr. Grasso, 60,000 shares; Mr. Rayhill, 410,000 shares; Mr. Roberts, 60,000 shares; Mr. Washer, 330,000 shares; and Mr. Wood, 345,000 shares.
	(3)	Mr. Bradley’s compensation as Chief Executive Officer of the Company is described elsewhere in this proxy statement. He received no additional compensation for service on the Board.
	(4)	Mr. Grounds was elected a director at the shareholder meeting held December 1, 2021 and thus did not receive any option awards issued earlier in 2021.

Pension Plans

The Company’s officers do not participate in any pension or retirement plan, other than a tax-qualified defined contribution plan (commonly known as a 401(k) plan).

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control

This section provides information regarding payments and benefits to the named executive officers that would be triggered by termination of the officer’s employment (including resignation, or voluntary termination; severance, or involuntary termination; and retirement) or a change of control of the Company.

Each of the named executive officers is an at-will employee and, as such, does not have an employment contract. In addition, if the officer’s employment terminates for any reason other than a change of control of the Company, any unvested stock options are terminated, and vested options become subject to accelerated expiration: ordinarily three months following separation from service, or twelve months in the case of disability, retirement or death. Accordingly, there are no payments or benefits that are triggered by any termination event (including resignation and severance) other than in connection with a change of control of the Company.

Benefits Triggered by Change of Control or Termination after Change of Control

Our stock option plans provide that each employee of ours who holds outstanding unexpired options under our stock option may have the right to exercise such options following a change of control of the Company, without regard to the date such option would first be exercisable. Each of the named executive officers holds such options. The “acceleration” of options is mandatory following certain changes of control, and subject to the discretion of the Compensation Committee following certain others. Acceleration is mandatory in the event of (i) the sale, or other disposition of substantially all of the Company’s assets, or (ii) a merger or similar transaction in which shareholders of the Company hold less than 50% of the shares of the surviving entity; provided, however, that acceleration following a merger or similar transaction is mandatory only if the holder suffers a Qualifying Termination (defined below) within one year following the transaction, or if the surviving entity does not provide the holder with an equivalent award. Acceleration is also mandatory if a holder suffers a Qualifying Termination within one year following (iii) a change within a three-year period in the membership of a majority of the Board (excluding changes recommended by the Board), or (iv) a person’s acquisition of outstanding voting securities of the Company, other than directly from the Company and without approval of the Board, resulting in that person’s having beneficial ownership of greater than 25% of the Company.

Under our stock option plans, the Compensation Committee may exercise its discretion to provide for acceleration under other circumstances than those described above with respect to any particular stock option or class of stock options. The committee would expect to exercise its discretion with the intention of preserving the value of the stock option award. To date, such discretion has not been exercised. A “Qualifying Termination” is a termination of the holder’s employment by the Company other than for cause, disability or death, or by the holder for “good reason” (principally relating to a material diminution in the holder’s authority, compensation or responsibilities, or a relocation of greater than 50 miles). The preceding description applies to options held by officers and employees. Options issued to non-employee directors accelerate without the exercise of discretion upon any of the four categories of change of control described above.

As of December 31, 2021, each of the named executive officers would realize a benefit if unvested stock options were to become immediately exercisable upon a change in control, based on the value of the shares underlying such options at the closing market price on December 31, 2021, which was $11.85 per share. The respective amounts of such possible benefit are set forth in the following table:

Potential Value Upon Acceleration
Mr. Bradley	$	5,634,150
Mr. Fritz		1,816,875
Mr. Lavin		2,238,975
Ms. Robinson		1,351,950
Ms. Straten		1,351,950

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The table below sets forth the number and percentage of shares of the CPS Common Stock (our only class of voting securities) owned beneficially as of July 5, 2022 (the Record Date) by (i) each person known to us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding CPS Common Stock, (ii) each director nominee and each named executive officer, and (iii) all of our director nominees and executive officers, as a group. Except as otherwise indicated, and subject to applicable community property and similar laws, each of the persons named has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown as beneficially owned by such persons. Percent of class is calculated by reference to 21,190,339 shares outstanding on the Record Date. Except as otherwise noted, each person named in the table has a mailing address at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (1)			Percent of Class
Charles E. Bradley, Jr.		5,030,336			22.2%
Steven H. Deckoff		5,127,165	(2)		24.2%
Louis M. Grasso		70,300			*
William W. Grounds		4,600			*
Brian J. Rayhill		449,896			2.1%
William B. Roberts		930,078			4.4%
James E. Walker, III		0			*
Gregory S. Washer		563,803			2.6%
Daniel S. Wood		482,017			2.2%
Jeffrey P. Fritz		693,437			3.2%
Michael T. Lavin		834,162			3.8%
Teri L. Robinson		749,614			3.5%
Laurie A. Straten		509,961			2.4%
All nominees and executive officers combined (16 persons)		17,196,475	(3)		64.4%

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Building One, 6300 Bee Cave Road, Austin, Texas, 78746		1,688,184	(4)		8.0%

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* Less than 1%.

(1)

Includes certain shares that may be acquired within 60 days after July 5, 2022 from the Company upon exercise of options, as follows: Mr. Bradley, 1,490,001 shares; Mr. Grasso, 60,000 shares; Mr. Rayhill, 362,000 shares; Mr. Roberts, 30,000 shares; Mr. Washer, 240,000 shares; Mr. Wood, 315,000 shares; Mr. Fritz, 525,000 shares; Mr. Lavin, 570,000 shares; Ms. Robinson, 414,000 shares; and Ms. Straten, 395,000 shares. Of Mr. Bradley’s shares, 1,099,878 are pledged to secure loan(s) to him. The calculation of beneficial ownership also includes, in the case of the executive officers, an approximate number of shares each executive officer could be deemed to hold through contributions made to the Company’s Employee 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”). The 401(k) Plan provides an option for all participating employees to purchase stock in the Company indirectly by buying units in a mutual fund. Each “unit” in the mutual fund represents an interest in CPS Common Stock, cash and cash equivalents.

(2)

Mr. Deckoff shares beneficial ownership of such shares with an investment fund of which he is the managing principal, Black Diamond Capital Management L.L.C. (“Black Diamond”). The principal business address of Black Diamond is One Sound Shore Drive, Suite 200, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.

(3)

Includes 5,518,501 shares that are not outstanding as of the date of this proxy statement, but which may be acquired within 60 days after July 5, 2022 upon exercise of options.

(4)

Based on a report on Schedule 13G filed by the named person on February 8, 2022.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The table below presents information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, including the CPS 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as of December 31, 2021.

Plan Category	Outstanding Options		Weighted average exercise price of Outstanding Options		Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans
Plans approved by shareholders		13,074,551	$	4.54		3,881,331
Plans not approved by shareholders		None		N/A		N/A
Total		13,074,551	$	4.54		3,881,331

Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio

The Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes a mandate that public companies disclose the ratio of the compensation of their Chief Executive Officer to their median employee. Our Chief Executive Officer -median employee pay ratio calculation for 2021 is 86:1. We determined the pay ratio by dividing the total 2021 compensation of the Chief Executive Officer as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table by the total 2021 compensation of the median employee, using the same components of compensation as used in the Summary Compensation Table for the Chief Executive Officer.

There have been no changes to our employee population or compensation arrangements that we believe would result in a significant change in the pay ratio. Accordingly, we have computed the ratio by reference to the same employee who we identified as our median employee for the year 2020, who was determined using the compensation of employees who were actively employed on December 31, 2020. We then computed the ratio by reference to that employee’s total compensation for the year 2021, which was $54,760. The total compensation of the Chief Executive Officer Charles Bradley in 2021 was $4,690,660.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During fiscal 2021, the Compensation Committee consisted of Mr. Wood (chairman), Chris A. Adams, Mr. Grounds, and Mr. Roberts. (Mr. Adams is not standing for re-election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.) None of the members of the Compensation Committee is a present or past employee or officer of the Company or its subsidiaries. During fiscal 2021, none of our executive officers served on the board of directors or compensation committee of another company that had an executive officer who served on our Board or our Compensation Committee.

CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

Citigroup. On July 10, 2008, CPS and its wholly owned subsidiary Folio Funding II, LLC, as borrower, agreed with Citigroup Financial Products Inc. (“CGFP”), an affiliate of Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”), to amend and restate the agreements governing a pre-existing revolving residual credit facility. CGFP was the note purchaser in and administrative agent of that credit facility. The amendments included the issuance to an affiliate of CGFP of a ten-year warrant to purchase (for nominal consideration) 2,500,000 shares of CPS Common Stock, which warrant was subsequently transferred to CGFP. Upon issuance of such warrant, CGFP became a person with beneficial ownership of greater than 5% of CPS Common Stock. On March 10, 2010, the Company repurchased a portion of the warrant, representing 500,000 of the 2,500,000 shares available for purchase upon exercise of such warrant. On July 10, 2018, CGFP exercised the remaining warrant, receiving 1,999,995 shares after surrender of shares equal in value to the nominal exercise price. On October 20, 2021, the Company purchased 1,999,995 shares of its stock from CGFP for a purchase price of $12.5 million, the prevailing market price at the time of the sale. The shares purchased, which represented approximately 8.7% of the common shares outstanding prior to the transaction, have been cancelled and retired.

In September 2011, and approximately quarterly thereafter, CGMI acted as a placement agent of asset-backed notes issued by securitization trusts sponsored by CPS. The issuances of investment-grade and below investment-grade notes, and the placement compensation to CGMI, from January 1, 2020 to the present, are set forth in the table below. In each case, one or more other placement agents also received compensation for placing such notes, as well as CGMI.

	Investment-grade notes issued		Below investment-grade notes issued		Fees paid to CGMI
January 2020	$	227,240,000	$	32,760,000	$	787,117
June 2020		179,935,000		22,408,000		328,280
September 2020		221,000,000		31,200,000		784,245

January 2021		211,925,000		18,620,000		370,654
April 2021		210,000,000		30,000,000		706,368
July 2021		266,700,000		24,300,000		477,908
November 2021		310,501,000		38,701,000		1,024,460

February 2022		290,400,000		26,400,000		505,139
April 2022		341,850,000		53,750,000		1,160,627
August 2022		356,84034,000		34,760,000		620,697

On May 11, 2012, the Company entered into a one-year revolving credit agreement (the “Citi Warehouse Agreement”) and related agreements with affiliates of Citigroup and others, under which the lenders agreed to lend up to a maximum of $100 million, secured by automobile receivables. In connection with the Citi Warehouse Agreement, the Company paid a closing fee of $1,000,000. The Company first incurred indebtedness under the Citi Warehouse Agreement in the amount of $9.1 million on May 14, 2012. The Company used the proceeds of that draw for working capital.

Following earlier extensions in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020, the Company and the lenders agreed on July 15, 2022 to extend the revolving term of the Citi Warehouse Agreement to July 14, 2024, and to increase the maximum amount that may be borrowed to $200,000,000. The advance percentage is dependent on characteristics of the pledged receivables, the terms of future term securitizations executed by CPS, and on performance of receivables purchased by CPS within the preceding three years, as to which there can be no assurance. Loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a floating rate set as a margin above the secured overnight financing rate. The loans are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of certain defined events of default. In connection with the 2022 renewal and expansion of the Citi Warehouse Agreement, we paid a closing fee of approximately $1,800,000. In connection with the December 2020 two-year renewal of the credit facility, we paid a closing fee of $1.0 million, representing a fee calculated as the product of 0.5% per year, the facility maximum, and the two years by which the revolving period was extended.

The maximum principal amount of indebtedness under the Citi Warehouse Agreement during 2021 was $100 million. During 2021, the Company paid $365.9 million of principal and $1.4 million of interest on such debt. As of August 3, 2022, the principal amount owed was $43.3 million. The Company intends to incur additional indebtedness under the Citi Warehouse Agreement from time to time as it purchases motor vehicle receivables from dealers.

CPS Leasing. The Company holds 80% of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of CPS Leasing, Inc. (“CPSL”). The remaining 20% of CPSL is held by Charles E. Bradley, Jr., who is the Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the Board. CPSL engaged in the equipment leasing business, and is currently in the process of liquidation as its leases come to term. The Company financed the operations of CPSL by making operating advances and by advancing to CPSL the fraction of the purchase prices of its leased equipment that CPSL did not borrow under its lines of credit. The aggregate amounts of the advances made by the Company and outstanding to CPSL as of December 31, 2020 and 2021 were approximately $90,000, and $60,000, respectively.

Policy on Related Party Transactions and Director Independence. The agreements and transactions described above, other than those described under the caption “Citigroup,” were entered into by the Company with parties who personally benefited from such transactions and who had a control or fiduciary relationship with the Company. It is the Company’s policy that any such transactions with persons having a control or fiduciary relationship with the Company may take place only if approved by the Audit Committee or by the members of the Board who are disinterested with respect to the transaction, and independent in accordance with the standards for director independence prescribed by Nasdaq. Such policy is maintained in writing in the charter of the Audit Committee. The agreements and transactions above were reviewed and approved by the members of the Board who were disinterested with respect to the transaction.

The nine directors of the Company following the Annual Meeting will be (assuming the election of each of the nominees named in this proxy statement) Charles E. Bradley, Jr., Steven H. Deckoff, Louis M. Grasso, William W. Grounds, Brian J. Rayhill, William B. Roberts, James E. Walker III, Gregory S. Washer, and Daniel S. Wood, of whom Messrs. Rayhill, Grasso, Washer, and Wood compose the Audit Committee. The Board has concluded that other than Mr. Bradley (who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer), each of the other nominees is independent in accordance with the director independence standards prescribed by Nasdaq, and has determined that none of them has a material relationship with the Company that would impair his independence from management or otherwise compromise his ability to act as an independent director.

FURTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MEETING

Voting of Shares

The Board recommends that an affirmative vote be cast in favor of each of the nominees and proposals listed on the proxy card. The Board knows of no other matters that may be brought before the Annual Meeting which require submission to a vote of the shareholders. If any other matters are properly brought before the meeting, however, the persons named in the enclosed proxy or their substitutes will vote in accordance with their best judgment on such matters to the extent permitted by Rule 14a-4(c) of the Exchange Act.

Votes cast in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting will be tabulated by the Inspector of Elections with the assistance of the Company’s transfer agent. The Inspector of Elections will also determine whether or not a quorum is present. In general, California law provides that a quorum consists of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented either in person or by proxy, that is, a minimum of 10,595,170 shares of the 21,190,339 shares outstanding at the Record Date.

You are entitled to one vote per share on each matter other than election of directors. As to election of directors, you may cumulate votes and give any nominee an aggregate number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected (nine) times the number of your shares, or distribute that number of votes among as many nominees as you see fit. However, no one will be entitled to cumulate votes for any nominee unless the nominee’s name has been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder wishing to cumulate votes has given notice at the Annual Meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate votes. If anyone has given such notice, all shareholders may cumulate their votes for nominees. We are seeking discretionary authority to cumulate votes of shares represented by proxies. The nine persons properly placed in nomination at the meeting and receiving the most affirmative votes will be elected as directors.

Approval of each of the other proposals requires the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares voting on the proposal, provided that such affirmative votes are at least a majority of the required quorum, that is, the affirmative votes must be greater than the negative votes, and must be no less than 5,297,586. Provided that at least the minimum number of affirmative votes are cast in favor of such proposals, an abstention will have no effect on the outcome; however, if less than 5,297,586 affirmative votes are cast in favor of such proposals, then each abstention will have an effect equivalent to that of a negative vote.

The Inspector of Elections will treat abstentions as shares that are present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, but as not voting for purposes of determining the approval of any matter submitted to the shareholders for a vote. Any proxy that is returned using the form of proxy enclosed and that is not marked as to a particular item will be voted “FOR” the director nominees named in this proxy statement, “FOR” ratification of Crowe as the Company’s auditors for the year 2022, “FOR” the approval, by non-binding vote, of executive compensation; and will be deemed to grant discretionary authority to vote upon any other matters properly coming before the Annual Meeting, including procedural matters such as a recess or adjournment. We believe that brokers holding shares for their customers in general will not be permitted to vote without instruction from their customers on any proposal other than ratification of the selection of independent auditors. If a broker indicates on the enclosed proxy or its substitute that it does not have discretionary authority as to certain shares to vote on a particular matter (“broker non-votes”), those shares will be considered as abstentions with respect to that matter, and will have the effect of abstentions as described above. While there is no definitive specific statutory or case law authority in California concerning the proper treatment of abstentions and broker non-votes, the Company believes that the tabulation procedures to be followed by the Inspector of Elections are consistent with the general statutory requirements in California concerning voting of shares and determination of a quorum.

Shareholder Nominations and Proposals

We plan to hold our 2023 Annual Meeting on June 1, 2023. In order to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2023 Annual Meeting, any proposals by shareholders intended to be presented at such meeting must be received by the Secretary of the Company at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 no later than April 6, 2023 and must comply with Rule 14a-8 adopted under the Exchange Act, which lists the requirements for the inclusion of shareholder proposals in company-sponsored proxy materials. Notice of any director nomination or other proposal that you intend to present at the 2023 Annual Meeting, but do not intend to have included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting, must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company by mail at the address given above, a reasonable time before we send our proxy materials for that meeting. The proxy we solicit for the 2023 Annual Meeting will confer discretionary authority on the Company’s proxies to vote on any proposal presented by a shareholder at that meeting for which we have not been provided with such notice.

Availability of Annual Report on Form 10-K

We have provided a copy of our 2021 Annual Report with this proxy statement. Shareholders may obtain, without charge, a copy of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, upon written request. Any such request should be directed to “Corporate Secretary, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169.” The annual report on Form 10-K is also available on our website, at the following address:

http://www.consumerportfolio.com/2022Form10K.html

“Householding” of Proxy Materials

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (such as brokers, banks, trustees and other nominees) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements and annual reports with respect to two or more shareholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those shareholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for shareholders and cost savings for companies.

A number of banks, brokers, trustees and other nominees with account holders who are our shareholders may be householding our proxy materials. A single notice of annual meeting, proxy statement and annual report be delivered to multiple shareholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from one or more of the affected shareholders. Once you have received notice from your bank, broker, trust or other nominee that it will be householding communications to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate notice of annual meeting, proxy statement, and annual report, please notify your bank, broker, trust or other nominee and direct your request to c/o the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive office. Shareholders who currently receive multiple copies of this proxy statement at their address and would like to request householding of their communications should contact their bank, broker, trust or other nominee.

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 25, 2022

The undersigned shareholder of CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. to be held at the offices of said corporation at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89169 on August 25, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., and hereby appoints Charles E. Bradley, Jr. and Laurie A. Straten, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution and revocation, and each with all powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present, to vote the Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. Common Stock of the undersigned at such meeting and any postponements or adjournments of such meeting, as set forth below, and in their discretion upon any other business that may properly come before the meeting (and any such postponements or adjournments).

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side.)

Please date, sign and mail your proxy card in the envelope provided as soon as possible. Meeting date is AUGUST 25, 2022 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIAL : The Notice of Meeting, proxy statement and proxy card are available at www.consumerportfolio.com/AnnualMeeting2022.html Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, AND “FOR” PROPOSALS 2 AND 3. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE  FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 1. Election of Directors: ☐ ☐ ☐ 2. To ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2022. 3. To approve an advisory resolution on executive compensation. 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof. ☐ FOR ALL NOMINEES ☐ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ALL NOMINEES ☐ FOR ALL EXCEPT (See instructions below) INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as shown here:  NOMINEES:  Charles E. Bradley, Jr.  Stephen H. Deckoff  Louis M. Grasso  William W. Grounds  Brian J. Rayhill  William B. Roberts  James E. Walker III  Gregory S. Washer  Daniel S. Wood ☐ ☐ ☐ THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED OR, IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES, FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3, AND AS SAID PROXIES DEEM ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY POSTPONEMENTS OR ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. PLEASE VOTE, SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THIS CARD. To change the address on your account, please check the box at right and indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note that changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via this method. ☐ Signature Date of Shareholder Signature Date of Shareholder Note: Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 25, 2022

The undersigned shareholder of CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement with respect to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. to be held at the offices of said corporation at 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89169 on AUGUST 25, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., and hereby appoints Charles E. Bradley, Jr. and Laurie A. Straten, and each of them, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution and revocation, and each with all powers that the undersigned would possess if personally present, to vote the Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. Common Stock of the undersigned at such meeting and any postponements or adjournments of such meeting, as set forth below, and in their discretion upon any other business that may properly come before the meeting (and any such postponements or adjournments).

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ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.

AUGUST 25, 2022

PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS

INTERNET - Access “www.voteproxy.com” and follow the on-screen instructions. Have your proxy card available when you access the web page.
TELEPHONE - Call toll-free 1-800-PROXIES (1-800-776-9437) in the United States or +1-718-921-8500 from foreign countries from any touch-tone telephone and follow the instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call.
Vote online/phone until 11:59 PM EST the day before the meeting. MAIL – Sign, date and mail your proxy card in the envelope provided as soon as possible.
IN PERSON - You may vote your shares in person by attending the Annual Meeting.

NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIAL: The Notice of Meeting, proxy statement and proxy card are available at www.consumerportfolio.com/AnnualMeeting2022.html

Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided IF you are not voting via telephone.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, AND “FOR” PROPOSALS 2 AND 3. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE  FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 1. Election of Directors: ☐ ☐ ☐ 2. To ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as independent auditors of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2022. 3. To approve an advisory resolution on executive compensation. 4. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof. ☐ FOR ALL NOMINEES ☐ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ALL NOMINEES ☐ FOR ALL EXCEPT (See instructions below) INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and fill in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as shown here:  NOMINEES:  Charles E. Bradley, Jr.  Stephen H. Deckoff  Louis M. Grasso  William W. Grounds  Brian J. Rayhill  William B. Roberts  James E. Walker III  Gregory S. Washer  Daniel S. Wood ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED OR, IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES, FOR PROPOSALS 2 AND 3, AND AS SAID PROXIES DEEM ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANY POSTPONEMENTS OR ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. PLEASE VOTE, SIGN, DATE AND PROMPTLY RETURN THIS CARD. To change the address on your account, please check the box at right and indicate your new address in the address space above. Please note that changes to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via this method. ☐ Signature Date of Shareholder Signature Date of Shareholder Note: Please sign exactly as your name or names appear on this Proxy. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.