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) February 25, 2019

 

  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)  

 

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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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

We have appointed Michael T. Lavin as our chief operating officer, effective February 25, 2019.

 

Mr. Lavin, 46, has been our Executive Vice President - Chief Legal Officer since March 2014, and continues in that role. Prior to March 2014, he was our 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.

 

   

 

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: March 1, 2019 By: /s/ JEFFREY P. FRITZ
  Jeffrey P. Fritz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Signing on behalf of the registrant