Oportun Financial Corp 8-K, filed Apr 6, 2022
Oportun Financial Corp (OPRT)
8-K
2022-04-06
For: 2022-03-31
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About this 8-K
Oportun Financial Corp filed this 8-K on April 6, 2022, reporting on events of March 31, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 2.03: New debt or off-balance-sheet obligation
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On April 4, 2022, Oportun Financial Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the sale of $228 million of loans through the issuance of amortizing asset-backed notes (the “Notes”) and asset-backed certificates (the “Certificates”), both of which are secured by a pool of its unsecured and secured personal installment loans.
Oportun and funds managed by Ellington Management Group both contributed collateral and were co-sponsors of the transaction, which totaled $400 million. The Notes were priced with a weighted average fixed interest rate of 3.83% per annum. Oportun also sold its portion of the Certificates. By selling both its Notes and residual interest, Oportun achieved a sale of loans at an all-in yield of 6.75% on its portion of the transaction. The sale was completed on March 31, 2022.
The Notes and the Certificates were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of March 31, 2022 (the “2022-1 Base Indenture”) entered into among Oportun Funding 2022-1 as issuer (the “Issuer”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “Securities Intermediary”) and depositary bank (in such capacity, the “Depositary Bank”), as supplemented by the Series 2022-1 Indenture Supplement (the “2022-1 Indenture Supplement” and together with the 2022-1 Base Indenture, the “2022-1 Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Trustee, the Securities Intermediary and the Depositary Bank. The Notes and Certificates were offered and sold in a private placement exempt from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The foregoing description of the 2022-1 Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2022-1 Indenture, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
The disclosure provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 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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| Date: | April 6, 2022 | By: | /s/ Jonathan Coblentz | ||||||||
| Jonathan Coblentz | |||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer | |||||||||||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||
Oportun Sells $228 million of loans through Amortizing Asset-Backed Securitization
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. – April 4, 2022 – Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT), a mission-driven fintech and digital banking platform, today announced the sale of $228 million of loans through the issuance of amortizing asset-backed notes secured by a pool of its unsecured and secured personal installment loans. Oportun and funds managed by Ellington Management Group both contributed collateral and were co-sponsors of the transaction, which totaled $400 million in issued asset-backed notes. The notes were priced with a weighted average fixed interest rate of 3.83% per annum. Oportun also sold its share of the residual interest in the pool. By selling both its notes and residual interest, Oportun achieved a sale of loans at an all-in yield of 6.75% on its portion of the transaction.
“We are excited about this transaction because the structure allowed us to sell our loans at an attractive price while generating capital and reducing our credit exposure,” said Jonathan Coblentz, Oportun’s Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer.
The offering included three classes of fixed rate notes: Class A, Class B, and Class C notes. DBRS, Inc. rated all classes of notes, assigning ratings of AA (low) (sf), A (low) (sf) and BBB (low) (sf), respectively. Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC rated the Class A and Class B notes, assigning ratings of A (sf) and BBB (sf), respectively. The notes were placed with a diversified mix of institutional investors in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as sole book-runner.
About Oportun
Oportun (Nasdaq: OPRT) is an A.I.-powered digital banking platform that seeks to make financial health effortless for anyone. Driven by a mission to provide inclusive and affordable financial services, Oportun helps its nearly 1.5 million hardworking members meet their daily borrowing, savings, banking, and investing needs. Since inception, Oportun has provided more than $12 billion in responsible and affordable credit, saved its members more than $2 billion in interest and fees, and automatically helped members set aside more than $7.2 billion for rainy days and other needs. In recognition of its responsibly designed products, Oportun has been certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) since 2009.