FirstCash Announces Commencement of Offering of Senior Notes
- FirstCash Holdings, Inc. initiates a $500 million senior notes offering to repay borrowings.
- The Notes are unsecured senior obligations guaranteed by FirstCash and its subsidiaries.
- Proceeds from the offering will be used to repay a portion of the Issuer's outstanding borrowings under its revolving unsecured credit facility.
- The offering is targeted towards qualified institutional buyers.
- The Notes are offered in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers or outside the U.S. to non-U.S. persons.
- The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other jurisdiction.
- This notice does not constitute an offer to sell the Notes or a solicitation for an offer to purchase the Notes.
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The announcement by FirstCash Holdings, Inc. regarding the private placement of $500 million in senior notes due 2032 is a significant event, reflecting the company's capital management strategy. The use of proceeds to repay existing debt under the company's revolving unsecured credit facility indicates a proactive approach to managing its leverage and interest expense. This could potentially improve the company's debt profile and creditworthiness, which is an important factor for investors and credit rating agencies.
From a financial perspective, the interest rate and terms of the new senior notes compared to the existing debt will be crucial in evaluating the impact on the company's cost of capital. If the new notes carry a lower interest rate, this could result in interest savings and provide more financial flexibility for FirstCash. However, if the rate is higher, it might increase the company's interest burden, which could be a concern for stakeholders.
The offering's reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S highlights the regulatory landscape that FirstCash must navigate. Rule 144A allows for the sale of securities to qualified institutional buyers without the need for a public offering, which can expedite the process and reduce disclosure requirements. Regulation S provides an exemption for offerings made outside the U.S. to non-U.S. persons. These exemptions can streamline the capital raising process but also limit the pool of potential investors to those who meet specific criteria.
It is important to note that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, which means they cannot be sold to the general public in the United States. This could affect the liquidity of the Notes, as they may only be traded among qualified institutional buyers, potentially impacting their market value.
The decision to issue senior notes may reflect broader market conditions and investor appetite for corporate debt. In a low-interest-rate environment, issuing debt can be an attractive option for companies to finance operations or manage existing debt. However, the market's response to the offering will depend on FirstCash's credit rating, the perceived risk of the investment and prevailing economic conditions.
Investors will likely scrutinize FirstCash's financials, including cash flow and earnings, to assess the company's ability to meet its debt obligations. The terms of the offering, such as the interest rate and the offering's size relative to the company's overall debt structure, will also be important factors in determining the attractiveness of the Notes to institutional investors.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FCFS) today announced that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FirstCash, Inc. (the “Issuer”), has commenced an offering through a private placement, subject to market and other conditions, of
FirstCash intends to use the proceeds from the offering to repay a portion of the Issuer’s outstanding borrowings under its revolving unsecured credit facility, after payment of fees and expenses related to the offering.
The Notes are being offered in a private placement, solely to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or outside the United States to persons other than “U.S. persons” in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
This notice does not constitute an offer to sell the Notes, nor a solicitation for an offer to purchase the Notes, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.
Forward-Looking Information
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the Notes offering and the intended use of the net proceeds thereof. Forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “projects,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “should,” “plans,” “targets,” “intends,” “could,” “would,” “anticipates,” “potential,” “confident,” “optimistic,” or the negative thereof, or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, objectives, estimates, guidance, expectations, outlook and future plans. Forward-looking statements can also be identified by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements are made to provide the public with management’s current expectations with regard to the Notes offering and the intended use of the net proceeds thereof. While the Company believes the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurances such expectations will prove to be accurate. Security holders are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Certain factors may cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements made in this release. Such factors may include, without limitation, the Company’s ability to consummate the offering of the Notes; risks related to the extensive regulatory environment in which the Company operates; risks associated with the legal and regulatory proceedings that the Company is a party to, or may become a party to in the future, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit filed against the Company; risks related to the Company’s acquisitions, including the failure of the Company’s acquisitions, to deliver the estimated value and benefits expected by the Company and the ability of the Company to continue to identify and consummate acquisitions on favorable terms; potential changes in consumer behavior and shopping patterns which could impact demand for the Company’s pawn loan, retail, lease-to-own and retail finance products, including, as a result to, changes in the general economic conditions; labor shortages and increased labor costs; a deterioration in the economic conditions in the United States and Latin America, including as a result of inflation and rising interest rates, which potentially could have an impact on discretionary consumer spending and demand for the Company’s products; currency fluctuations, primarily involving the Mexican peso; competition the Company faces from other retailers and providers of retail payment solutions; the ability of the Company to successfully execute on its business strategies; and other risks discussed and described in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the risks described in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” thereof, and other reports filed with the SEC. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, nor can the Company predict, in many cases, all of the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of the date of this release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to report any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.
About FirstCash
FirstCash is the leading international operator of pawn stores and a leading provider of technology-driven point-of-sale payment solutions, both focused on serving cash and credit-constrained consumers. FirstCash’s approximately 3,000 pawn stores in the U.S. and Latin America buy and sell a wide variety of jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, musical instruments and other merchandise, and make small non-recourse pawn loans secured by pledged personal property. FirstCash, through its wholly owned subsidiary, AFF, also provides lease-to-own and retail finance payment solutions for consumer goods and services through a nationwide network of approximately 11,600 active retail merchant partner locations. As one of the largest omni-channel providers of “no credit required” payment options, AFF’s technology provides its merchant partners with seamless leasing and financing experiences in-store, online, in-cart and on mobile devices.
FirstCash is a component company in both the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 Index® and the Russell 2000 Index®. FirstCash’s common stock (ticker symbol “FCFS”) is traded on the Nasdaq, the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market. For additional information regarding FirstCash and the services it provides, visit FirstCash’s websites located at http://www.firstcash.com and http://www.americanfirstfinance.com.
| For further information, please contact: | |
| Gar Jackson | |
| Global IR Group | |
| Phone: | (817) 886-6998 |
| Email: | gar@globalirgroup.com |
| Doug Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| Phone: | (817) 258-2650 |
| Email: | investorrelations@firstcash.com |
| Website: | investors.firstcash.com |
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