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)
AUGUST 10, 2007
ASTA FUNDING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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0-26906
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22-3388607 |
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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210 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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07632 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 201-567-5648
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below): N/A
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On August 9, 2007, Asta Funding, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release regarding results for
the three and nine months ended June 30, 2007. A copy of this press release is being furnished as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A teleconference discussing those results was held
the following day, August 10, 2007. A copy of the transcript of that teleconference is being
furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on
Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 9.2 shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of
that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
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99.1
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Press release dated August 9, 2007. |
99.2
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Transcript of August 10, 2007 teleconference. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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ASTA FUNDING, INC.
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Date: August 10, 2007 |
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/s/ Mitchell Cohen
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Mitchell Cohen |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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