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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 2021
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Atlanticus Holdings Corporation
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
         
Georgia
 
000-53717
 
58-2336689
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 770-828-2000
 
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:
 
         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 class
Trading Symbol
Name of exchange on which registered
     
Common Stock, no par value
ATLC
Nasdaq Global Select Market
     
7.625% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value
ATLCP
Nasdaq Global Select Market
     
6.125% Senior Notes due 2026
ATLCL
Nasdaq Global Select 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 8.01. Other Events.
 
On November 30, 2021, Atlanticus Holdings Corporation, a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), issued and sold an additional $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.125% Senior Notes due November 30, 2026 (the “Additional Notes”), pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase the Additional Notes granted to the underwriters in the underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of November 17, 2021, by and between the Company and B. Riley Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein.
 
The net proceeds to the Company, inclusive of the previously disclosed issuance and sale of $135,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.125% Senior Notes due November 30, 2026 pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, were approximately $142.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses.
 
A copy of the legal opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP relating to the legality of the Additional Notes is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
5.1
 
Opinion of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
23.1
 
Consent of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP to the filing of Exhibit 5.1 herewith (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1
 
Press Release, dated November 30, 2021.
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Atlanticus Holdings Corporation
 
       
       
Date: November 30, 2021
By: 
/s/ William R. McCamey
 
   
Name: William R. McCamey
 
   
Title: Chief Financial Officer