CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. 10-Q

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we repurchased 263,185 shares from existing shareholders, as reflected in the table below. Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Total Number of Average Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Shares Price Paid Announced Plans or Under the Plans or Period(1) Purchased per Share Programs Programs (2) January 2023 42,327 $ 9.25 42,327 $ 7,950,921 February 2023 86,444 $ 11.31 86,444 $ 6,972,901 March 2023 134,414 $ 10.22 134,414 $ 5,599,077 Total 263,185 $ 10.42 263,185 ____________________ (1) Each monthly period is the calendar month. (2) Through March 31, 2023, our board of directors had authorized the purchase of up to $103.2 million of our outstanding securities, under a program first announced in our annual report for the year 2002, filed on June 26, 2003. All purchases described in the table above were under the program announced in June 2003, which has no fixed expiration date. Item 6. Exhibits The Exhibits listed below are filed with this report. 4.14 Instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of certain consolidated subsidiaries of the registrant are omitted pursuant to the exclusion set forth in subdivisions (b)(iv)(iii)(A) and (b)(v) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.601). The registrant agrees to provide copies of such instruments to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. 31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of the registrant . 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of the registrant . 32 Section 1350 Certifications .* * These Certifications shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. These Certifications shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registration statement specifically states that such Certifications are incorporated therein. 37 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. (Registrant) Date: May 10, 2023 By: /s/ CHARLES E. BRADLEY, JR. Charles E. Bradley, Jr. Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Date: May 10, 2023 By: /s/ DENESH BHARWANI Denesh Bharwani Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) 38