Item 8.01. Other Events

The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Ameritrans Capital Corporation (the "Company") has deferred the declaration and payment of the dividend of $0.28125 per share on its 9-3/8% cumulative participating redeemable preferred stock, $.01 par value, $12.00 face value (the "Preferred Stock") for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, for shareholders of record as of June 30, 2009.
The declaration and payment of the Preferred Stock dividend will be deferred until such time as the Company completes its review for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The Board currently anticipates completing this process by the end of July. The dividend on the Preferred Stock will accrue and will be paid to shareholders, when and as declared by the Board of the Company.

No dividends on the Preferred Stock will be declared or paid or set apart for payment unless payments of interest and repayment of principal then due on any other indebtedness of the Company are made and dividends which have been deferred, have been, or contemporaneously are, declared and paid on all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. Any dividend payment made on the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the dividend deferred for the period April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009.

The information furnished is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein by reference.