UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 28, 2023

 

Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

New York		000-25991		11-3474831
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

60 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck, NY		11021
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(516) 444-3400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

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

 

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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 $0.001 per share		LOAN		The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in 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 ☐

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On November 28, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to a recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Vanessa Kao to serve as a Director of the Company, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholder of the Company, or until her earlier resignation or removal, to fill an existing vacancy on the Board.

 

Ms. Kao has been the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, vice president, treasurer and secretary since rejoining the Company in June 2011. From January 2014 through April 2016, she was also the Chief Financial Officer of Jewish Marketing Solutions LLC. Since April 2016, she has been serving as a consultant to Jewish Marketing Solutions LLC. From July 2004 through April 2006, she served as the Company’s assistant Chief Financial Officer. From April 2006 through December 2013, she was the Chief Financial Officer of DAG Jewish Directories, Inc. Ms. Kao holds a M.B.A. in Finance and MIS/E-Commerce from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor’s degree of Business Administration in Finance from the National Taipei University in Taiwan.

 

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Kao and any other person pursuant to which she was elected as a Director, and except as otherwise described herein, there are no transactions in which Ms. Kao has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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, hereunto duly authorized.

 

	MANHATTAN BRIDGE CAPITAL, INC.
Date: November 29, 2023	By:	/s/ Assaf Ran
	Name:	Assaf Ran
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer