Catrina Marie Ralston Form 3 CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES / Catrina Marie Ralston ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ralston Catrina Marie

(Last) (First) (Middle)

3800 HOWARD HUGHES PRKWY

(Street)

LAS VEGAS NV 89169

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/16/2022

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. [ CPSS ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Sr. Vice President

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, no par value	4,446	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(1)	08/03/2028	Common stock, no par value	30,000	4.95	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(2)	06/01/2027	Common stock, no par value	30,000	2.47	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(3)	08/08/2026	Common stock, no par value	30,000	3.53	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(4)	05/09/2025	Common stock, no par value	25,640	3.48	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(5)	05/17/2024	Common stock, no par value	30,000	4.35	D
Employee stock option (right to buy)	(6)	05/12/2023	Common stock, no par value	35,632	3.48	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Becomes or became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 7,500 shares on 8/3/2022, 8/3/2023, 8/3/2024, and 8/3/2025.

2. Becomes or became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 7,500 shares on 6/1/2021, 6/1/2022, 6/1/2023, and 6/1/2024.

3. Becomes or became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 7,500 shares on 8/8/2020, 8/8/2021, 8/8/2022, and 8/8/2023.

4. Original grant of 30,000 options became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 7,500 shares on 5/9/2019, 5/9/2020, 5/9/2021, and 5/9/2022.

5. Became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 7,500 shares on 5/17/2018, 5/17/2019, 5/17/2020, and 5/17/2021.

6. Original grant of 60,000 options became exercisable in 4 equal installments of 15,000 shares on 5/12/2017, 5/12/2018, 5/12/2019, and 5/12/2020.

	/s/ Catrina Ralston	12/27/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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