SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _____________________ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 12 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 12, 1999 MERIT Securities Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Virginia 03992 54-1736551 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.) of incorporation) 10900 Nuckols Road, 3rd Floor, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (804) 217-5800 Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant. Not Applicable. Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. Not Applicable. Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership. Not Applicable. Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant. Not Applicable. Item 5. Other Events. On March 29, 1999, the Registrant issued $294,952,000 initial principal balance of its Collateralized Mortgage Bonds, Series 12, Class1- A1, Class 1-A2, Class 1A3, Class 1-M1 and Class 1-M2 (the "Bonds") pursuant to the Series 12 Supplement dated as of March 1, 1999 (the "Series 12 Supplement"), to the Indenture dated as of November 1, 1996 (the "Original Indenture" and, collectively with the Series 12 Supplement, the "Indenture"), between the Registrant and Chase Bank of Texas National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The Bonds were issued with the initial principal amount as set forth below. The Class Interest Rates and the Stated Maturities of the Bonds are as follows: Designation Principal Amount Rate Maturity (with Call/without Call) Class 1-A1 $ 71,000,000 6.16% 1.0/1.0 years Class 1-A2 $ 40,750,000 6.19% 2.5/2.5 years Class 1-A3 $128,327,000 6.45% 4.6/7.6 years Class 1-M1 $ 30,867,000 6.88% 5.0/9.6 years Class 1-M2 $ 24,008,000 7.35% 5.0/8.6 years As security for the Bonds, the Registrant pledged a pool of fully amortizing Loans to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The Loans were purchased by the Registrant in a privately-negotiated transaction with Issuer Holding Corp. ("IHC") pursuant to a Sales Agreement dated September 20, 1996, between the Registrant and RMCI. The Bonds have been sold by the Registrant to Greenwich Capital Markets Inc. (the "Underwriter") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 20, 1996, among the Underwriter, the Registrant and RMCI. The description of the Mortgage Loans pledged to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture begins on the following page. The amounts contained in the following tables have been rounded to the nearest dollar amount or percentage, as applicable. Asterisks (*) in the following tables indicate values between 0.0% and 0.5%. 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 thereunto duly authorized. April 12, 1998 MERIT SECURITIES CORPORATION By: Lisa R. Cooke Description of the Mortgage Pool and Mortgaged Premises Except as otherwise indicated, the Loans underlying the Merit 12 Securities have the following characteristics as of March 1, 1999 (the "Cut-off Date"): (Due to rounding conventions in the Scheduled Principal Balance and Percent of Scheduled Principal Balance columns in each of the following tables, column totals may not equal the sum of the amounts in such columns.) Current Scheduled Principal Balances Current Scheduled Principal Percent of Scheduled Principal 1 - 20,000 2 20,001 - 30,000 10 30,001 - 40,000 18 40,001 - 50,000 18 50,001 - 60,000 19 60,001 - 70,000 13 70,001 - 80,000 7 80,001 - 90,000 5 90,001 - 100,000 3 100,001 - 110,000 2 110,001 - 120,000 1 120,001 - 130,000 1 130,001 - 200,000 1 Totals: 100 The average Unpaid Principal Balance is $44,740 , the maximum Unpaid Principal Balance is $197,249 and the minimum Unpaid Principal Balance is $4,244. Current Note Rates Current Note Rates (%) Percent of Scheduled Principal Balance (%) 5.750 - 5.999 3 6.000 - 6.249 * 6.250 - 6.499 4 6.500 - 6.749 5 6.750 - 6.999 11 7.000 - 7.249 1 7.250 - 7.499 6 7.500 - 7.749 6 7.750 - 7.999 10 8.000 - 8.249 1 8.250 - 8.499 4 8.500 - 8.749 4 8.750 - 8.999 9 9.000 - 9.249 1 9.250 - 9.499 4 9.500 - 9.749 5 9.750 - 9.999 8 10.000 - 10.249 1 10.250 - 10.499 3 10.500 - 10.749 3 10.750 - 10.999 4 11.000 - 11.249 1 11.250 - 11.499 2 11.500 - 11.749 1 11.750 - 11.999 2 12.000 - 12.249 * 12.250 - 12.499 * 12.500 - 12.749 * 12.750 - 12.999 * 13.000 - 13.249 * 13.250 - 13.499 * 13.500 - 13.749 * Totals: 100 The weighted average current interest rate per annum is 8.47%. Remaining Term to Stated Maturity Remaining Term (Months) Percent of Scheduled Principal Balance (%) 1 - 200 11 201 - 320 19 321 - 330 2 331 - 340 11 341 - 350 2 351 - 355 19 356 - 360 36 Totals: 100 Original Loan To Value Original Loan To Value(1) Original LTV Ratio(%) Unpaid Principal Balance(%) 50.00 and below 1 50.01 - 55.00 1 55.01 - 60.00 1 60.01 - 65.00 1 65.01 - 70.00 2 70.01 - 75.00 3 75.01 - 80.00 11 80.01 - 85.00 16 85.01 - 90.00 34 90.01 - 95.00 28 95.01 - 100.00 2 Totals: 100 (1) The Loan-to-Value Ratio of a Contract is equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the original amount financed and the fair market value of the property at the time of origination. The fair market value of the manufactured homes is the total amount of the related contract plus any cash downpayment and the value of any trade-in and in the case of a land-secured Contract, the value of the land securing the Contract as appraised by an independent appraiser The weighted average original loan-to-value ratio is 86.37% . State Distribution of Properties State Distribution of Properties State Unpaid Principal Balance(%) Texas 17 North Carolina 14 Michigan 11 South Carolina 10 Georgia 9 Kentucky 4 Arkansas 4 Tennessee 4 Virginia 3 West Virginia 3 Ohio 3 Washington 3 Oregon 3 Florida 3 Arizona 2 Oklahoma 1 Mississippi 1 Idaho 1 Alabama 1 Indiana 1 New York 1 Others* 2 Totals: 100 *Others include: California, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont.