First Cash Financial Services, Inc. is a leading provider of specialty consumer financial services and related retail products. Its pawn stores make small loans secured by pledged personal property, retail pawned merchandise acquired through loan forfeitures and in certain locations provide short-term advances and credit services products. The Company's short-term advance locations provide various combinations of short-term advance products, check-cashing, credit services and other financial services products. First Cash also operates automobile dealerships and related financing operations focused exclusively on the "buy-here/pay-here" segment of the used vehicle market. The Company owns and operates approximately 400 stores and buy-here/pay-here dealerships in 13 U.S. states and 8 states in Mexico. In addition, First Cash is an equal partner in Cash & Go, Ltd., a joint venture, which owns and operates 40 check-cashing and financial services kiosks located inside convenience stores.

First Cash was founded in 1988. Its stores are located in Texas, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington and Mexico. The Company's principal executive offices are located in Arlington, Texas.

First Cash has been recognized for five consecutive years by Forbes magazine as one of its "200 Best Small Companies". This annual ranking is based on a combination of profitability and growth performance measures over the most current one and five-year periods.

First Cash's common stock (ticker symbol "FCFS") is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, which has the highest initial listing standards of any stock exchange in the world based on financial and liquidity requirements.

690 East Lamar Blvd., Suite 400
Arlington, Texas 76011
(817) 460-3947