SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report - August 5, 2004 ------------------------------- (Date of Earliest Event Reported) POPULAR ABS, INC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (as depositor under a certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 31, 2004, providing for the issuance of Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-2) (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 333-104580-04 52-2029487 - ------------------------ --------------------- ----------------------- (State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer I.D. No.) 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19803 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 478-6160 Item 5. Other Events. - --------------------- Effective August 5, 2004, Equity One, Inc., the Registrant's parent corporation, became a wholly owned operating subsidiary of Popular Financial Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Popular North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Popular, Inc., a diversified, publicly owned bank holding company incorporated under the General Corporation Law of Puerto Rico. Additionally, effective August 13, 2004, the Registrant changed its corporate name from Equity One ABS, Inc. to Popular ABS, Inc. (the "Name Change"). The Name Change was approved by Joint Unanimous Written Consent of the Registrant's Board of Directors and Sole Shareholder on August 13, 2004. On August 13, 2004, the Registrant filed a Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effectuate the Name Change. 2 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 hereunto duly authorized. POPULAR ABS, INC. By: /s/ James H. Jenkins ------------------------------------- James H. Jenkins, Executive Vice President and CFO Dated: August 18, 2004 3