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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 29, 2024

 

  CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.  
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)  

 

california   1-11416   33-0459135

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

  

  3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 1400, Las Vegas, NV 89169  
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)  

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (949) 753-6800

 

  Not Applicable  
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)  

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value CPSS The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Global Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

 

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

 

 

 

  

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information contained in Item 2.03 of this report is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The registrant disclaims any implication that the agreements relating to the transactions described in this report are other than agreements entered into in the ordinary course of its business.

 

On March 29, 2024, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (“CPS” or the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Page Nine Funding LLC (the “Borrower”) renewed a revolving credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") and related agreements, all of which have been in place since November 2015. The agent to act on behalf of the several lenders (“Lenders”) under the Credit Agreement is a subsidiary of Ares Management LLC. Loans under the Credit Agreement are to be secured by automobile receivables that CPS now holds or may purchase in the future from dealers, which receivables CPS would then sell or contribute to the Borrower.

 

Under the Credit Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Lenders have agreed to lend from time to time prior to the funding termination date up to a maximum of $200 million to be outstanding at any time. The amount that may be advanced under the Credit Agreement will be up to 88% of the principal amount of eligible pledged receivables. 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. The funding termination date is March 31, 2026, or earlier upon the occurrence of defined funding termination events. The amounts outstanding could become due at an earlier date, if any of certain defined events of default were to occur.

 

Loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a floating rate set as a margin above the secured overnight financing rate. In connection with renewal of the Credit Agreement, CPS has paid a closing fee of $2,000,000.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information provided in response to Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

CPS first incurred indebtedness under the revolving credit agreement in November 2015. CPS intends to incur indebtedness from time to time as it purchases motor vehicle receivables from dealers. CPS does not undertake to provide updates regarding the amount of indebtedness outstanding from time to time, and no inference should be drawn that such indebtedness has not changed.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Neither financial statements nor pro forma financial information are filed with this report.

 

(d) Exhibits

  

One exhibit is included with this report:

 

99.1 News release re renewal of credit facility.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
   
Dated: April 4, 2024 By: /s/ Denesh Bharwani                             
 

Denesh Bharwani

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Signing on behalf of the registrant

 

 

 2 

Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

 

CPS ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF $200 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY

 

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 1, 2024 (GlobeNewswire) -- Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPSS) (“CPS” or the “Company”) today announced that on March 29, 2024, it renewed its two-year revolving credit agreement with Ares Agent Services, L.P.

 

Loans under the renewed credit agreement will be secured by automobile receivables that CPS now holds, will originate directly, or will purchase from dealers in the future. CPS may borrow on a revolving basis through March 31, 2026, after which CPS will have the option to repay the outstanding loans in full or to allow them to amortize through March 31, 2028.

 

About Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc.

 

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. is an independent specialty finance company that provides indirect automobile financing to individuals with past credit problems or limited credit histories. We purchase retail installment sales contracts primarily from franchised automobile dealerships secured by late model used vehicles and, to a lesser extent, new vehicles. We fund these contract purchases on a long-term basis through the securitization markets and service the contracts over their lives.

 

Forward-looking statements in this news release include the Company's expectation that the revolving period will extend for two years, and that an amortization period may follow. The revolving credit agreement renewed on March 29, 2024, provides for both a revolving period and an amortization period to follow, but it is possible that the Company may suffer certain defaults or events of default that would terminate the revolving period or result in acceleration of maturity of the credit extended. In general, such defaults or events of default would result from losses that the Company might incur in the future. In turn, such losses might result from poor performance of receivables acquired or to be acquired by the Company, from increases in the rate of consumer bankruptcy filings, which could adversely affect the Company’s rights to collect payments from its portfolio; from changes in government regulations affecting consumer credit; or from adverse economic conditions, either generally or in geographic areas in which the Company's business is concentrated.

 

Investor Relations Contact

 

Danny Bharwani, EVP/ Chief Financial Officer

949-753-6811