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

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)			July 12, 2013
AMERITRANS CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware		814-00193		52-2102424
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
50 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 109 Jericho, New York				11753
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 355-2449

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))

~~Date~~Item 5.02 Departure of ~~Report~~Directors ~~(Date~~or Certain Officers; Election of ~~earliest~~Directors; ~~event~~Appointment ~~reported)~~of ~~June~~Certain ~~26,~~Officers; ~~2013~~Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

~~AMERITRANS~~As ~~CAPITAL~~previously ~~CORPORATION~~disclosed, on June 26, 2013, Robert C. Ammerman filed an action in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (~~Exact~~the ~~name~~“Action”) against the four directors (the “Preferred Directors”) of ~~registrant~~Ameritrans Capital Corporation (the “Company”) elected by the separate vote of the holders of the Company’s 9 ⅜% participating cumulative preferred stock, face value $12.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and against the Company as ~~specified~~nominal indefendant. ~~its~~The ~~charter~~action seeks an order to validate actions taken by putative written consents (the “Consents”) of the holders of a majority of the Preferred Stock delivered by Mr. Ammerman and certain other holders of Preferred Stock to the Company, including the removal of the incumbent Preferred Directors and the appointment of Mr, Ammerman, Peter Kagunge, Frank Strohm and Arthur D. Little (the “Ammerman Faction”) as Preferred Directors. In connection with the Action, Mr. Ammerman is seeking the entry of a status quo order that would limit the ability of the incumbent board to take certain actions during the pendency of the Action. On July 12, 2013, Mr. Ammerman filed a related action in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware seeking to invalidate the provisions of the Company’s bylaws establishing the quorum and vote required for board action and alleging breach of fiduciary duty. Mr. Ammerman has moved to expedite these proceedings. On July 12, 2013, each of Michael Feinsod, Peter Boockvar, Howard F. Sommer, John R. Laird, Ivan J. Wolpert, Steven Etra and Elliott Singer, comprising all of the directors of the Company, resigned as directors of the Company. Prior to such resignation, the Board appointed the Ammerman Faction to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of the Preferred Directors. Mr. Feinsod has also notified the Company of his resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the close of business today. Also, on July 8, 2013, Richard L. Feinstein resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company.

Delaware		814-00193		52-2102424
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(CommissionFile Number)		(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)

Prior to their resignations, Messrs. Sommer, Boockvar amd Laird were members of the Board’s audit committee and Messrs. Wolpert, Boockvar and Laird were members of the Board’s Governance, Compensation, and Nominating Committee.

50 Jericho Quadrangle, Suite 109 Jericho, New York		11753
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 355-2449
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))

After attempts to resolve the Action proved unsuccessful, each member of the Board, in light of the Company’s business and prospects and the effect of the action described above thereon, independently determined that it is advisable for such member to resign from the Board, so long as appropriate provision is made such that a Board constituting a majority of the total number of directors is in place following all such resignations.

Item 85.~~01 Other~~03 ~~Events~~ Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

OnPrior ~~June~~to ~~26,~~their ~~2013~~resignations, ~~Robert C. Ammerman filed an action in~~ the ~~Court~~Board ofalso ~~Chancery~~amended of the ~~State of Delaware against the four directors (the “Preferred Directors”) of Ameritrans Capital Corporation (the “~~Company~~”) elected by the separate vote of the holders of the Company~~’s 9bylaws ⅜%to ~~participating~~replace ~~cumulative preferred stock, face value $12.00 per share (~~the ~~“Preferred~~supermajority ~~Stock”),~~quorum and ~~against~~voting ~~the~~provisions ~~Company~~relating asto ~~nominal defendant. The~~ action ~~seeks an order to validate actions taken~~ by ~~putative written consents (~~the ~~“Consents”)~~Board ofwith ~~the~~simple ~~holders of a~~ majority ofquorum ~~the~~and ~~Preferred~~voting ~~Stock delivered by Mr~~provisions. ~~Ammerman~~A ~~and~~copy ~~certain other holders~~ of ~~Preferred Stock to~~ the ~~Company,~~amendment including the removal of the incumbent Preferred Directors and the appointment of four different individuals, including Mr. Ammerman (the “Ammerman Faction”) as Preferred Directors. The action also seeks to ~~invalidate~~ the ~~provisions of the~~ Company’s bylaws ~~establishing~~is ~~the~~attached ~~quorum~~as ~~and~~Exhibit ~~vote required for board action~~3.1 ~~Mr.~~hereto ~~Ammerman~~and ~~has moved to expedite the proceedings. He~~ is ~~also~~incorporated ~~apparently~~by ~~seeking~~reference ~~the entry of a status quo order that would limit the ability of the board to take certain actions during the pendency of the action~~herein.

~~The~~Item ~~Company believes the appointment of the Ammerman Faction pursuant to the Consents was invalid~~9.01 ~~The~~Financial ~~Company~~Statements ~~believes that these latest actions reflect Mr. Ammerman’s continuing strategy to advance his own private interests, rather than those of the Company~~ and ~~all of its stakeholders, even at the cost of crippling the Company’s operations during a critical period for the Company~~Exhibits. The Company is troubled by Mr. Ammerman’s routine failure to provide full and fair disclosure of his self-serving actions to the Company’s public shareholders, in apparent violation of Federal securities laws. These securities laws require large shareholders such as Mr. Ammerman who attempt to affect any change in the Company’s board of directors or in the operations of the Company to clearly and continually publicly update public shareholders with respect to such shareholders’ plans and proposals with respect to the Company. In keeping with his apparent strategy of keeping public shareholders in the dark regarding actions that will affect their interests in the Company, Mr. Ammerman has continually failed to publicly disclose his plans, proposals and even past actions with respect to the Company.

Federal securities laws also require that an information statement regarding actions proposed to be taken by written consent without a meeting be filed by the Company in preliminary and definitive form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and distributed to shareholders a fixed period of time prior to the effectiveness of such action by written consent. Mr. Ammerman’s failed bid to present his purported reconstitution of a majority of the board as a fait accompli, taken by secret written action, made no provision for the dissemination of fair and complete information to public shareholders. Exhibits:

~~The Company intends to vigorously defend itself from the actions filed by Mr~~3.1 Amendment ~~Ammerman and~~ to ~~take~~Bylaws all other actions it deems advisable, including, without limitation, actions against Mr. Ammerman, to address the various Federal securities law violations that it believes have deprived its public shareholders of ~~their~~Ameritrans ~~rights~~Capital ~~to full and complete information~~Corporation.

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	AMERITRANS CAPITAL CORPORATION
Date: July 2, 2013	By:	/s/ Michael Feinsod
Date: July 12, 2013	By:	/s/ Michael Feinsod
		Name: Michael Feinsod
		Name: Michael Feinsod Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
		Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

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