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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

July 7, 2023

Date of Report (date of Earliest Event Reported)

NEWTEKONE, INC.

(Exact Name of Company as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland			814-01035			46-3755188
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)			(Commission File No.)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4800 T Rex Avenue, Suite 120, Boca Raton, Florida 33431

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

(212) 356-9500

(Company’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share

NEWT

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

5.75% Notes due 2024

NEWTL

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

5.50% Notes due 2026

NEWTZ

Nasdaq Global Market LLC

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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     o

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. o

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

On May 16, 2023, NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiary Newtek Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) appointed M. Scott Price as the Company’s and the Bank’s Chief Financial Officer and entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Price effective as of May 16, 2023 (the “Employment Agreement”). On July 7, 2023, the Company, the Bank and Mr. Price entered into an amendment to the Employment Agreement which changed Mr. Price's annual base compensation to $433,000 effective as of July 1, 2023. All other terms and terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement remain unchanged. The foregoing description of the terms of the amendment to the Employment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Employment Agreement and the amendment thereto, which will be filed as exhibits to the Company’s next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

			NEWTEKONE, INC.
Date: July 7, 2023			By:			/S/    BARRY SLOANE
						Barry Sloane
						Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board