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 1219, 2014

FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-54781

75-2243266

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

101 Hudson Street
Jersey City, New Jersey

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

07302

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 604-1800

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Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on October 16, 2013, Franklin Credit Management Corporation (“FCRM” or the “Company”) and Thomas J. Axon, Chairman, President and majority stockholder of Franklin Credit Management Corporation, on October 11, 2013 entered into a capital contribution agreement (the “Agreement”), effective September 30, 2013.

Pursuant to and under the terms of the Agreement, Mr. Axon shall receive one share of non-transferrable restricted Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) of the Company, par value $0.001, for every $2 the Company receives in capital contributions made by Mr. Axon. An aggregate of 2,050,000 shares of Preferred Stock has been reserved for issuance under the terms of the Agreement.

Per the Agreement, Mr. Axon, on August 1219, 2014, was issued ~~100~~450,000 shares of Preferred Stock at the price of two dollars ($2.00) per share, for an aggregate price of $~~200~~900,000.00, which the Company received from Mr. Axon in cash on August 1219, 2014. Accordingly, when combined with the prior issuances, Mr. Axon has been issued a total of 12,~~600~~050,000 shares of Preferred Stock under the terms of the Agreement.

Mr. Axon now holds a sufficient number of shares of Preferred Stock to exercise his irrevocable and exclusive option under the Agreement (the “Option”) to exchange 2,050,000 shares of Preferred Stock for any right, title and interest of the Company in two specifically designated real estate properties owned by the Company located in the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York (the “Real Estate”), which he has not yet exercised. Prior to the exercise of the Option, Mr. Axon shall not have any ownership rights in, and the Company shall retain the right to use and possess the Real Estate, including the right to any rental income received from the Real Estate.

The Company issued the shares of Preferred Stock without registration in reliance on the exemptions provided under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 505 and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. Mr. Axon, an executive officer and director of the Company, is an “accredited investor” (as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D), who is purchasing restricted shares of Preferred Stock for investment only, under a private placement conducted without the use of any form of general solicitation or advertising, and not for resale or distribution.

The Agreement grants to Mr. Axon an irrevocable and exclusive option to exchange 2,050,000 shares of Preferred Stock for any right, title and interest of the Company in two specifically designated real estate properties owned by the Company located in the borough of Manhattan in the city of New York (the “Real Estate”), exercisable on or after the date on which the Company has received a total of $4.1 million in cash capital contributions from Mr. Axon (the “Option”). Prior to the exercise of the Option, Mr. Axon shall not have any ownership rights in, and the Company shall retain the right to use and possess the Real Estate, including the right to any rental income received from the Real Estate.

Each share of Preferred Stock (a) carries a cumulative dividend rate of 7% per annum, to be paid if and as declared by FCRM’s board of directors or as otherwise provided under the Agreement, in preference to any payment of any dividend on the common stock of the Company; (b) has no liquidation preference; and (c) shall be automatically converted into shares of common stock of the Company in the event Mr. Axon does not make his required monthly capital contribution within 60 days of its due date, subject to a limited cure period, which may be granted at the sole discretion of the Audit Committee. To the extent any shares of Preferred Stock are converted into shares of common stock, the conversion rate shall equal (a) the aggregate capital contributions made by Mr. Axon to the Company, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends, divided by (b) the greater of (x) the closing price of the common stock of the Company on the day immediately prior to the date of conversion or if such day is not during a “window period” during which Mr. Axon would otherwise be permitted to purchase Company securities, under the Company’s insider trading policy then in effect, then the first business day of the next “window period” that would be applicable to Mr. Axon or (y) $0.41.

The Company has the right, but not the obligation, to accelerate the Agreement and to repurchase all or, at its election, a portion of the shares of Preferred Stock from Mr. Axon at the purchase price paid for such shares of Preferred Stock plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company into any other corporation or other entity or person. Mr. Axon, in lieu of the Company’s exercise of its right to purchase shares of Preferred Stock, will have within thirty (30) days of acceleration to exercise the Option to acquire the Real Estate.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Franklin Credit Management Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:	August 12, 2014
		FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
		By:	/s/ Kevin P. Gildea
		Name:	Kevin P. Gildea
		Title:	EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

Date: August 25, 2014

	FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION


	By:	/s/ Kevin P. Gildea
	Name:	Kevin P. Gildea
	Title:	EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

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