Termination of Registration of a Class of Security Under Section 12(b) (15-12b)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number 1-35637

Asta Funding, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

210 Sylvan Avenue

Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

(201) 567-5648

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None

(Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:


		Rule 12g-4(a)(1)		☒
		Rule 12g-4(a)(2)		☐
		Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		☒
		Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		☐
		Rule 15d-6		☐
		Rule 15d-22(b)		☐

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: One*

*On September 29, 2020, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 8, 2020, and as amended June 25, 2020, by and among Asta Funding, Inc. (the “Company”), Asta Finance Acquisition Inc. (“Parent”) and Asta Finance Acquisition Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Asta Funding, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.