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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-24-002539
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240130

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Atlanticus Holdings Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001464343
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6141]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				582336689
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40485
		FILM NUMBER:		24577176

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIVE CONCOURSE PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		770-828-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIVE CONCOURSE PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CompuCredit Holdings Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090515
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 300</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Atlanta, Georgia</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>9.25% Senior Notes due 2029</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">File No. 333-255834</p>

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			<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size: 10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Description of Registrant</b>&#8217;<b>s Securities to be Registered.</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The securities registered hereby are the 9.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (the &#8220;Senior Notes&#8221;) of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;). The description set forth in the section &#8220;Description of the Notes&#8221; in the Company&#8217;s prospectus supplement dated January 25, 2024 and in the section &#8220;Description of Debt Securities&#8221; in the accompanying prospectus that constitutes a part of the Company&#8217;s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255834), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2021, are incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464343/000143774921027208/ex_309387.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2021, between Atlanticus Holdings Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2021)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464343/000143774924002534/ex_620567.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2024, between Atlanticus Holdings Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2024)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1464343/000143774924002534/ex_620567.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form of 9.25% Senior Notes due 2029 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.2 above)</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Date: January 30, 2024</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Atlanticus Holdings Corporation</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ William R. McCamey</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Name: William R. McCamey</p>
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