Asta Funding Inc (ASFI): Hedge Fund Mangrove Partners Snapping Up

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F.
Nathaniel August
 
(a)
As of the close of business on the date hereof, Mr. August did not directly own any Shares. As a director of each of Mangrove Partners and Mangrove Capital, Mr. August may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,102,427 Shares directly owned by Mangrove Master Fund.
Percentage: Approximately 17.4%
 
(b)
1. Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
 
2. Shared power to vote or direct vote: 2,102,427
 
3. Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
 
4. Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 2,102,427
 
(c)
Mr. August has not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty (60) days.
As of the close of business on the date hereof, the Reporting Persons collectively beneficially owned an aggregate of 2,102,427 Shares, constituting approximately 17.4% of the Shares outstanding.
Each of the Reporting Persons, as a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer owned by the other Reporting Persons.  The filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, the beneficial owners of any securities of the Issuer he or it does not directly own.  Each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer reported herein that he or it does not directly own.
 
(d)
No person other than the Reporting Persons is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Shares.
 
(e)
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
On March 2, 2016, the Reporting Persons entered into a Joint Filing Agreement pursuant to which the Reporting Persons agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law.  The Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.
Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
 
99.1
Joint Filing Agreement, dated March 2, 2016, by and among the Reporting Persons.

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