Author: Ravi Shankar

Decision allows for uninterrupted manufacturing activities as T1 Energy continues construction on solar cell fab in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas and NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) (“T1,” “T1 Energy,” or the “Company”) announced it has received a waiver from the Department of Commerce that supports our advanced photovoltaic module manufacturing activities and plans to expand U.S. solar cell manufacturing. T1, the largest American-owned manufacturer of silicon-based TOPCon solar modules, requested the expedited waiver to import up to 1.725GW of solar cells to facilitate uninterrupted manufacturing at T1’s G1_Dallas solar module facility in order to meet existing and expected contracted demand.

The waiver relates to the Trump Administration’s Section 232 proclamation in August that takes decisive steps to prevent market dumping and price manipulation of imported polysilicon and solar products derived from polysilicon. T1 unequivocally supports the proclamation and believes the Commerce Department’s action strengthens American manufacturing and provides a foundation for a thriving domestic solar industry. T1 requested the waiver to ensure access to necessary solar cells for a limited duration while construction on the 2.1 GW Phase 1 of the Company’s G2_Austin solar cell fab in Rockdale, Texas continues. T1 expects to produce the first solar cells at G2 in the first quarter of 2027.

“We appreciate the Commerce Department’s support in granting this waiver, allowing us to deliver solar modules assembled in Texas and expand U.S. solar cell manufacturing capacity without any unnecessary delays,” said Dan Barcelo, Chairman and CEO of T1 Energy. “Since the Section 232 proclamation, customer demand for domestic solar cells and modules has meaningfully risen, and receiving a waiver positions T1 to meet this demand.”

About T1 Energy

T1 Energy Inc. (NYSE: TE) is an energy solutions provider building an integrated U.S. supply chain for solar. In December 2024, T1 completed a transformative transaction, positioning the Company as one of the leading solar manufacturing companies in the U.S., with a complementary solar and storage strategy. Based in the U.S. with plans to expand its operations in America, the Company is also exploring value optimization opportunities across its portfolio of assets in Europe.

To learn more about T1, please visit www.T1energy.com and follow on social media.

Investor contact:

Jeffrey Spittel
EVP, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
jeffrey.spittel@T1energy.com
Tel: +1 409 599 5706

Media contact:

Russell Gold
EVP, Strategic Communications
russell.gold@T1energy.com
Tel: +1 214 616 9715

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements with respect to the expected benefits of the waiver from the Department of Commerce and statements with respect to the expected timing for production of the first solar cells at G_2 Austin. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual future events, results, or achievements to be materially different from T1’s expectations and projections expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in T1’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 31, 2026, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on April 30, 2026, and in T1’s other filings with the SEC, including risks related to: (1) T1’s ability to (i) construct and equip manufacturing facilities in a timely and cost-effective manner; (ii) target and retain customers and suppliers; (iii) attract and retain key employees and qualified personnel; (iv) protect its intellectual property; (v) comply with legal and environmental regulations; (vi) compete in international markets in light of export and import controls; (vii) incur substantially more debt; (viii) remediate the material weakness in T1’s internal control over financial reporting or otherwise maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; and (ix) qualify for the advanced manufacturing production credit under Section 45X of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (2) T1’s ability to secure a comprehensive financing solution to fund the remaining capital expenditure for G2_Austin Phase 1 on favorable terms, or at all, and the timing of such financing; (3) the concentration of T1’s operations in Texas and its dependence on a limited number of suppliers; (4) changes adversely affecting the flow of components and materials from international vendors, the costs of raw materials, components, equipment, and machinery; (5) general economic and geopolitical conditions; (6) changes in applicable laws or regulations, including environmental, export control and tax laws and incentives and renewable energy targets, as well as international trade policies, including tariffs, on T1’s products and competitive position; (7) the outcome of any legal proceedings relating to T1’s products and services, including intellectual property or product liability claims, commercial or contractual disputes, warranty claims, and other proceedings; and (8) the capital-intensive nature of T1’s business and its ability to raise additional capital on attractive terms or service its debt. The above referenced filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to T1 as of the date of this press release, and T1 assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. T1 intends to use its website as a channel of distribution to disclose information which may be of interest or material to investors and to communicate with investors and the public. Such disclosures will be included on T1’s website in the ‘Investor Relations’ section. T1, and its CEO and Chairman of the Board, Daniel Barcelo, also intend to use certain social media channels, including, but not limited to, X, LinkedIn and Instagram, as means of communicating with the public and investors about T1, its progress, products, and other matters. While not all the information that T1 or Daniel Barcelo post to their respective digital platforms may be deemed to be of a material nature, some information may be. As a result, T1 encourages investors and others interested to review the information that it and Daniel Barcelo posts and to monitor such portions of T1’s website and social media channels on a regular basis, in addition to following T1’s press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts. The contents of T1’s website and its and Daniel Barcelo’s social media channels shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

HOUSTON, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded contracts to support the revamp of two ammonia plants owned and operated by AGF Nitrogen through its affiliated companies SKWP in Germany and LAT Nitrogen in Linz, Austria.

Utilizing KBR’s industry-leading ammonia technology and proven revamp capabilities, the upgrades will allow AGF Nitrogen to reduce natural gas consumption, improve energy efficiency, and lower CO₂ emissions in two of its key assets. Furthermore, the revamps will enable AGF Nitrogen to achieve its sustainability objectives while continuing to support food security for Europe. Responding to the evolving energy challenges in the European fertilizer production market, AGF Nitrogen has chosen to collaborate with KBR to deliver on these objectives.

Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide technology licensing, proprietary engineering design, post-BED services, process equipment and catalyst supply for the revamp of LAT Nitrogen’s 550 MTPD ammonia plant #2 in Linz, Austria. For SKWP’s 1,900 MTPD ammonia plant #2 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, KBR will provide technology licensing, post-BED services, process equipment and catalyst supply, back-end modifications and a new ammonia converter for the synthesis loop, building on the proprietary engineering work awarded to KBR in March 2026.

KBR will also modernize the existing steam reforming sections at both plants, bringing them to the highest industry performance standards through the integration of KBR’s proprietary KBR Reforming Exchange System (KRES) technology. Upon completion, both plants are expected to be among the most energy-efficient ammonia production facilities in their technology segment.

“We are proud to build on our long-standing relationship with AGF Nitrogen and support the continued modernization of its ammonia assets,” said Jay Ibrahim, President, KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions. “These awards demonstrate how KBR’s deep ammonia expertise and differentiated technologies can help customers improve the efficiency and performance of existing plants while reducing their carbon footprint. By combining proven ammonia technology with our energy transition capabilities, we are helping customers operate more efficiently while creating long-term value from existing assets.”

KBR has decades of experience in ammonia technology, spanning new plants, modernization and complex revamps, with its technology deployed in more than 260 ammonia plants worldwide. We deliver tailored revamp and physics-enabled AI solutions that help customers improve the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of existing ammonia plants while reducing emissions and maximizing long-term asset value.

About KBR
KBR is a global, capital-light lifecycle solutions company serving customers in high-complexity industrial, energy and infrastructure markets. Through its advisory, technical, engineering and operating expertise, KBR helps customers shape investments, reduce risk, deploy complex technologies, improve performance and deliver reliable outcomes across the asset lifecycle.

Following the planned separation of the Mission Technology Solutions business, KBR will operate as a focused standalone company with differentiated customer relationships, global execution capabilities and a capital-efficient business model. The company is positioned to benefit from long-term secular growth trends across energy security, energy transition, industrial modernization, and infrastructure investment. KBR’s 15,000 employees operate across more than 40 countries.

About Trinzic
KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions business is expected to be spun off as an independent public company in January 2027 and will then operate under the new name Trinzic. The name is inspired by the word intrinsic, reflecting the essential capabilities, deep expertise, speed and trusted performance that have defined the business for decades. Trinzic will enter the market as a global company and partner to customers supporting some of the highest priority missions across national security, human performance, global operations and space. Trinzic will launch with more than $5 billion in annual revenue, established partnerships and contracts, 18,000 employees and a global footprint.

About AGF Nitrogen
AGF Nitrogen brings together the AGROFERT Group’s nitrogen businesses across Europe, including leading producers, suppliers and distributors of ammonia, fertilizers and related products. A wholly owned subsidiary of AGROFERT, a.s., AGF Nitrogen comprises LAT Nitrogen group of companies, Lovochemie, a.s., Duslo, a.s., SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH, and GreenChem Holding B.V.

As Europe’s second-largest fertilizer producer, AGF Nitrogen provides essential products and services that support agriculture, food production, healthcare, transport, energy and defense. AGF Nitrogen’s annual production capacity is over 7 million tons of fertilizer and more than 3.5 million tons ammonia. Annual turnover is EUR 2.3 billion. AGF Nitrogen employs more than 5,400 people across Europe. Through its commitment to safety, reliability and operational excellence, the company helps meet the needs of more than 15,000 customers worldwide.

Forward Looking Statements

The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding KBR’s ammonia technology and revamp services are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond the company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Form 10-Qs and 8-Ks and other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which discuss some of the important risks, uncertainties and assumptions that the company has identified that may affect its business, results of operations and financial condition. Due to such risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

For further information, please contact:

Investors
Rachael Goldwait
Vice President, Investor Relations
713-753-5082
Investors@kbr.com

Media
Philip Ivy
Vice President, Global Communications and Marketing
713-753-3800
MediaRelations@kbr.com

Harvia Plc press release 22 October 2026 at 1:00 p.m. EEST

Harvia will publish its Interim report for the period of January−September 2026 on Thursday, 29 October 2026 at around 09:00 a.m. Finnish time. The stock exchange release and the presentation material will be available after publishing at https://harviagroup.com/reports-and-presentations/.

Harvia will hold a webcast for analysts, investors and media on 29 October 2026 at 11:00 a.m. EET. The conference will be held in English. Harvia’s CEO Matias Järnefelt and CFO Ari Vesterinen will host the event. The webcast can be followed at https://harvia.events.inderes.com/q3-2026.

A recording of the webcast will be available after the event on the company’s website https://harviagroup.com/reports-and-presentations/.

HARVIA PLC

For further information, please contact:
CFO Ari Vesterinen, ari.vesterinen@harvia.com, tel. +358 40 5050 440

Harvia is one of the leading companies operating in the sauna market globally, as measured by revenue. Harvia’s brands and product portfolio are well known in the market, and the company’s comprehensive product portfolio strives to meet the needs of the international sauna market of both private and professional customers.

Harvia’s revenue totaled EUR 198.9 million in 2025. Harvia Group employs over 700 professionals in Finland, United States, Germany, Romania, China and Hong Kong, Austria, Italy, Estonia, and Sweden. The company is headquartered in Muurame, Finland, adjacent to its largest sauna and sauna component manufacturing facility.

Read more: https://harviagroup.com

Suominen Corporation’s press release on October 22, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. (EEST)

Suominen Corporation will publish its Interim report for January 1 – September 30, 2026, on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at approximately 9:00 a.m. (EET).

Charles Héaulmé, President & CEO, and Kimmo Raunio, CFO, will present the result in English in a webcast and a conference call for analysts, investors, and media on the same day at 10:30 a.m. (EET). The webcast can be followed at https://suominen.events.inderes.com/q3-2026. The recording of the webcast and the presentation material will be available after the event at www.suominen.fi.

Conference call participants can access the teleconference by registering at https://events.inderes.com/suominen/q3-2026/dial-in. The phone numbers and a conference ID to access the conference will be provided after the registration.

SUOMINEN CORPORATION
Corporate Communications

For further information, please contact:

Kimmo Raunio, CFO, tel. +358 10 214 3053

Distribution:

Nasdaq Helsinki
Main media
www.suominen.fi

About Suominen Corporation

Suominen manufactures nonwovens as roll goods for wipes and other applications. Our vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. The end products made of Suominen’s nonwovens are present in people’s daily life worldwide. Suominen’s net sales in 2025 were EUR 412.4 million and we have almost 700 professionals working in Europe and in the Americas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more at www.suominen.fi.

0.42 g/t Au over 62.5 metres in LBP1341A
0.36 g/t Au over 144.8 metres in LBP1347
0.30 g/t Au over 91.4 metres in LBP1293

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX: LGD; OTCQX: LGDTF) (“Liberty Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to report initial drill assays results, completing two phases of the planned 50,000 meter (“m”) reverse circulation (“RC”) drill program for 2026 at its Black Pine Oxide Gold Project (“Black Pine” or the “Project”) in southeastern Idaho, USA. Results released today conclude this season’s resource step-out drilling along the western and northern margins of the Rangefront Zone, together with the completion of resource conversion drilling within the two principal Legacy Rock Storage facilities.

KEY POINTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Rangefront

• Drilling defined a 200m x 400m northern extension to the oxide gold mineralization with grades above current reserve cutoff.
• Approximately 25 to 35 million tonnes (“Mt”) of inferred material above resource cutoff has been targeted for resource classification upgrade.
• Reliable orebody definition provided key data for detailed design of critical infrastructure.
• Mineralization remains open to the north.
• Intercept Highlights
  • LBP1341A: 0.42 grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”) g/t Au over 62.5 m
    • Including 0.63 g/t Au over 15.2 m
  • LBP1347: 0.36 g/t Au over 144.8 m
    • Including 1.27 g/t Au over 18.3 m
  • LBP1293: 0.30 g/t Au over 91.4 m
    • Including 0.54 g/t Au over 9.1

Legacy Rock Storage (“LRS”) Facility

• Mineralized material above reserve cutoff has been defined throughout the LRS facilities.
• Evaluation of material for use as reserves and/or construction material continues.
• Intercept Highlights
  • BP26BF_CD039: 0.86 g/t Au over 59.4 m
  • BP26BF_A029: 0.29 g/t Au over 38.1 m

Owen Nicholls, Director of Technical Services for Liberty Gold, commented: “The initial stages of the 2026 drill campaign at Black Pine have focused on areas with potential to have an impact on design work as we progress beyond our feasibility study and onto detailed engineering. Drilling between the current Rangefront resource and the feasibility heap leach pad has defined a northern extension to oxide mineralization and established a clear faulted eastern margin, thus providing crucial inputs for detailed engineering of future infrastructure. Legacy rock storage material characterization has been completed, and positive results suggest the potential to include the material in the early years of mine planning or for use as construction material. Overall, the drill results from the early stages of the 2026 campaign have expanded the mineralization footprint in Rangefront and provided ample data to de-risk engineering designs.”

Figure 1: Drill location map

RANGEFRONT ZONE
The first stage of the 2026 drill program in the Rangefront area focused on extending oxide gold mineralization beyond the current resource pit to the north. 7,417 m in 29 RC holes were drilled, and all results have been received. Another important objective of this drilling was to define an eastern limit of oxide mineralization to support final design decisions for heap leach pad construction.

Drilling was completed at an Indicated resource spacing so results can be incorporated into future resource estimation and mine planning. Approximately 25 to 35 Mt of inferred material above resource cut-off has been targeted for classification upgrade in the northern part of the resource shell. Assays, coupled with additional geological information gathered from the drill samples outside the resource shell support the continuity of Rangefront mineralization north toward M-zone (see Figure 1). The overall trend of the Rangefront mineralization is north-northwest, and a reliable eastern boundary of the orebody has been established. With this information detailed engineering design for the heap leach pad can progress.

The drilling was planned to upgrade the resource classification in an area approximately 200 m north by 600 m east-west. Drilling outside the feasibility resource has defined mineralization 200 m beyond the shell and extends along a NW trend up to 400 m wide in places (see Figure 2). The CN/FA ratio, an indicator of recovery performance, ranges from 61% to 98% and is consistent with Rangefront metallurgical characteristics. All the data identifies the mineralization as an extension of the orebody to the north and this is expected to have a positive impact on the future mineral resource update.

Figure 2: Rangefront cross-section

Significant intercepts include:

Drill Hole	From (m)	To (m)	Intercept (m)	Gold (g/t)	Au Cut-off
LBP1341A	222.5	285.0	62.5	0.42	0.1
including	242.3	257.6	15.2	0.63	0.5
including	265.2	269.8	4.6	1.42	0.5
LBP1282	225.6	274.3	48.8	0.39	0.1
including	227.1	237.7	10.7	0.89	0.5
LBP1347	167.6	312.4	144.8	0.36	0.1
including	233.2	251.5	18.3	1.27	0.5
including	262.1	281.9	19.8	0.5	0.5
LBP1348	22.9	108.2	85.3	0.36	0.1
including	41.1	53.3	12.2	0.59	0.5
including	59.4	73.2	13.7	1.13	0.5
LBP1293	208.8	300.2	91.4	0.30	0.10
including	221.0	230.1	9.1	0.54	0.50
Including	240.8	243.8	3.0	1.88	0.50
LBP1310	202.7	300.2	97.5	0.28	0.1
including	239.3	246.9	7.6	1.01	0.5
LBP1312	97.5	181.4	83.8	0.29	0.1
including	135.6	150.9	15.2	0.56	0.5
LBP1308	140.2	164.6	24.4	0.52	0.1
including	152.4	158.5	6.1	1.30	0.5
LBP1342	182.9	221.0	38.1	0.29	0.1
including	201.1	211.8	10.7	0.62	0.5

* Results are reported as drilled thickness, true thickness is approximately 70-100% of drilled thickness. Please refer to the full table at the link below for complete results.

LEGACY ROCK STORAGE FACILITIES
As part of Liberty Gold’s continued site development, a drill program to characterize the LRS facilities was incorporated into the 2026 drill campaign. 2,848 m in 73 RC holes have been completed over the approximate 22.9 million tonnes (“Mt”) and 7.9 Mt in CD and A facilities, respectively. The objective of the program was to define the material as Indicated resource and determine its metallurgical character. During detailed engineering, it will be determined if the LRS material can be incorporated into the mine plan as reserves or be used as construction material for the new heap leach pad.

Results received to date show consistent mineralization with gold grades above the current reserve cut-off. CN/FA ratios are highly variable across the total volume of each of the A and CD facilities, ranging from 8% to 98%. Additional analytical work such as Au-spiked cyanide solubility (“preg-rob”) assays is being used to better understand the variance and overall metallurgical performance.

Drilling in the CD LRS facility is complete and all assay results have all been received. Drilling in the A LRS facility has also been completed, with 14 holes received and 16 holes pending. The table below details the significant intercepts received to date:

Drill Hole	From (m)	To (m)	Intercept (m)	Gold (g/t)	Au Cut-off
BP26BF_CD039	6.1	65.5	59.4	0.86	0.1
BP26BF_CD038	6.1	65.5	59.4	0.53	0.1
BP26BF_CD033	0.0	21.3	21.3	0.44	0.1
BP26BF_CD018	0.0	35.1	35.1	0.29	0.1
BP26BF_A029	0.0	38.1	38.1	0.29	0.1
BP26BF_A027	0.0	35.1	35.1	0.31	0.1
BP26BF_A026	0.0	42.7	42.7	0.25	0.1
BP26BF_A025	0.0	27.4	27.4	0.24	0.1

* Results are reported as drilled thickness, true thickness is approximately 70-100% of drilled thickness. Please refer to the full table at the link below for complete results.

2026 DRILL CAMPAIGN ONGOING WORK
The remaining drilling planned for 2026 is designed to strengthen geological and resource confidence in the initial years of production, further define mineralization around existing deposit areas, and support ongoing engineering and permitting activities. The remaining objective of the 2026 Black Pine drill campaign include:

• “Drill-to-Measured” programs in the Discovery (11,145 m in 205 RC holes), J (2,845 m in 60 RC holes), and Rangefront (11,605 m in 181 RC holes) areas designed to increase resource confidence and de-risk the initial years of the mine plan; completion of these programs will be weather dependent.
• Step-out drilling to test potential expansion of the mineralized footprint in F Zone and M Zone and further define the margins of the Rangefront mineralized systems to the west, south, and southeast.
• Compliance drilling to add data for geotechnical and near-surface hydrologic conditions required for project engineering and fixed surface infrastructure design.

Drilling and assay processing remain underway, and additional results will be reported as they become available.

For a table showing complete drill results for the current release, see this link: https://libertygold.ca/wp-content/uploads/BP_Intercepts20261022.pdf

ABOUT LIBERTY GOLD
Liberty Gold is a U.S.-focused gold company advancing Black Pine, its 100% owned oxide gold project in Idaho, located within the Great Basin, one of the world’s most productive and mining-friendly gold regions. Black Pine is a large-scale, past-producing, run-of-mine heap leachable gold deposit advancing through permitting toward a potential construction decision. The Company’s strategy is centered on advancing high-quality, long-life gold assets, with a clear focus on technical simplicity, strong environmental performance, project executability, collaborative permitting processes, and value creation. This reflects Liberty Gold’s commitment to the discipline of delivery. The Company is led by an experienced team with a track record of discovery, development, and delivering sustained long-term value.

For more information, visit libertygold.ca or contact:

Susie Bell, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Phone: 604-632-4677 or Toll Free 1-877-632-4677
info@libertygold.ca

Owen Nicholls, P.Geo., Director of Technical Services for Liberty Gold, is the Company’s designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and has supervised the preparation of and approved the information contained in this release.

QUALITY ASSURANCE – QUALITY CONTROL
Drill composites were calculated using a cut-off of 0.10 g/t Au. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. True widths of the mineralized intervals vary between 50% and 100% of the reported lengths due to varying drill hole orientations but are typically in the range of 70% to 90% of true width. Drill samples were assayed by ALS Limited in Reno, Nevada for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with an AA finish, or if over 5.0 g/t Au were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. For these samples, the gravimetric data were utilized in calculating gold intersections. For any samples assaying over 0.10 parts per million an additional cyanide leach analysis is done where the sample is treated with a 0.25% NaCN solution and rolled for an hour. An aliquot of the final leach solution is then centrifuged and analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. QA/QC for all drill samples consists of the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch. All holes are also analyzed for a 51 multi-element geochemical suite by ICP-MS. ALS Geochemistry-Reno is ISO 17025:2005 Accredited, with the Elko and Twin Falls prep lab listed on the scope of accreditation. 

This news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements or information concerning, future financial or operating performance of Liberty Gold and its business, operations, properties and condition; planned de-risking activities at Liberty Gold’s mineral properties; future updates to the mineral resource, the potential quantity, recoverability and/or grade of minerals; the potential size of a mineralized zone or potential expansion of mineralization; proposed exploration and development of Liberty Gold’s exploration property interests; the results of mineral resource estimates or mineral reserve estimates and preliminary feasibility studies; and the Company’s anticipated expenditures.

Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “seek”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “planned”, “expect”, “project”, “predict”, “potential”, “targeting”, “intends”, “believe”, “potential”, and similar expressions, or describes a “goal”, or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices of gold, and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, favourable operating conditions, political stability, timely receipt of governmental or regulatory approvals, including any stock exchange approvals; receipt of a financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licenses and permits and obtaining required licenses and permits, labour stability, stability in market conditions, availability of equipment, results or timing of any mineral resources, resource conversion, pre-feasibility study, mineral reserves, or feasibility study; the availability of drill rigs, successful resolution of disputes and anticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Liberty Gold and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct.

Such forward-looking information, involves known and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, risks related to the interpretation of results and/or the reliance on technical information provided by third parties as related to the Company’s mineral property interests; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; current economic conditions; future prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; the costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; the timing and success of exploration activities generally; the timing or results of the publication of any mineral resources, mineral reserves or feasibility studies; delays in permitting; possible claims against the Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals, financing, timing of the completion of exploration as well as those factors discussed in the Annual Information Form of the Company dated March 25, 2026, in the section entitled “Risk Factors”, under Liberty Gold’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

Although Liberty Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results, and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Liberty Gold disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except for material differences between actual results and previously disclosed material forward-looking information, or as otherwise required by law.

Except for statements of historical fact, information contained herein or incorporated by reference herein constitutes forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. All forward-looking statements and forward-looking information attributable to us is expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources

The information, including any information incorporated by reference, and disclosure documents of Liberty Gold that are filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities concerning mineral properties have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws.

Without limiting the foregoing, these documents use the terms “measured resources”, “indicated resources”, “inferred resources” and “mineral reserves”. These terms are Canadian mining terms as defined in, and required to be disclosed in accordance with, NI 43-101, which references the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the “CIM”) – CIM Definition Standards, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended. However, these standards differ significantly from the mineral property disclosure requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in Regulation S-K Subpart 1300 (the “SEC Modernization Rules”) under the United States Securities Act of 1934, as amended. The Company does not file reports with the SEC and is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards.

Without limiting the foregoing, these documents use the terms “measured resources”, “indicated resources”, “inferred resources” and “mineral reserves”. These terms are Canadian mining terms as defined in, and required to be disclosed in accordance with, NI 43-101, which references the guidelines set out in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the “CIM”) – CIM Definition Standards, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended. However, these standards differ significantly from the mineral property disclosure requirements of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in Regulation S-K Subpart 1300 (the “SEC Modernization Rules”) under the United States Securities Act of 1934, as amended. The Company does not file reports with the SEC and is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards.

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FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FCFS), the leading international operator of more than 3,300 retail pawn stores, today announced record revenue and earnings results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2026. The Company also announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.46 per share, an increase of 10% over the previous quarterly dividend, which will be paid in November 2026. In addition, during the third quarter of 2026, the Company repurchased $123 million of common stock, bringing the total year-to-date share repurchases to $250 million.

Mr. Rick Wessel, chief executive officer, stated, “FirstCash delivered another outstanding quarter of operating results, with third quarter pawn revenue growth of 28%. Pawn demand remains exceptionally strong with a record $908 million in pawn receivables and all geographic segments posting double-digit increases in both same-store pawn receivables and pawn fees. Our merchandise sales channels were also robust, evidenced by continued strength in sales growth, margins and inventory turnover metrics.

“We are also pleased to announce that 14 pawn stores were added during the quarter, bringing year-to-date additions to a total of 42 locations across four countries. As we enter the fourth quarter, with the added stores, strong pawn books and appropriate inventory levels, we believe we are well-positioned to close out another record year of operating results.

“FirstCash has set new records for revenue and earnings in each quarter this year. For the trailing twelve months, revenues are now $4.3 billion, net income totals $406 million and adjusted EBITDA totals $835 million. The impressive earnings growth continues to drive increased operating cash flows as well, providing ample capacity for shareholder returns through stock repurchases and cash dividends. More importantly, we remain committed to expanding our industry-leading global footprint through accretive pawnshop acquisitions and new store openings in each geographic segment,” concluded Mr. Wessel.

This release contains adjusted financial measures, which exclude certain non-operating and/or non-cash income and expenses, that are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the descriptions and reconciliations to GAAP of these and other non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this release.

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	As Reported (GAAP)								Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
In thousands, except per share amounts	2026				2025				2026				2025
Revenue	$	1,101,167			$	935,579			$	1,101,167			$	935,579
Net income	$	101,152			$	82,807			$	116,181			$	100,633
Diluted earnings per share	$	2.33			$	1.86			$	2.68			$	2.26
EBITDA (non-GAAP measure)	$	208,194			$	172,821			$	213,008			$	180,554
Weighted-average diluted shares		43,335				44,472				43,335				44,472

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	As Reported (GAAP)								Adjusted (Non-GAAP)
In thousands, except per share amounts	2026				2025				2026				2025
Revenue	$	3,227,506			$	2,602,624			$	3,227,506			$	2,602,624
Net income	$	302,321			$	226,203			$	345,343			$	273,032
Diluted earnings per share	$	6.89			$	5.07			$	7.87			$	6.12
EBITDA (non-GAAP measure)	$	613,866			$	468,535			$	625,070			$	488,563
Weighted-average diluted shares		43,870				44,603				43,870				44,603

Consolidated Operating Highlights

• Diluted earnings per share for the third quarter increased 25% over the prior-year quarter on a GAAP basis while adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 19% compared to the prior-year quarter.
• Year-to-date diluted earnings per share increased 36% over the prior-year period on a GAAP basis and adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 29% compared to the prior-year period.
• Net income for the third quarter totaled $101 million, a 22% increase over the prior-year quarter on a GAAP basis, while adjusted net income increased 15% compared to the prior-year quarter.
• Year-to-date net income totaled $302 million, a 34% increase over the prior-year period on a GAAP basis, while adjusted net income increased 26% compared to the prior-year period.
• Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure) for the third quarter was $213 million, an 18% increase over the prior-year quarter. On a year-to-date basis, adjusted EBITDA increased 28% compared to the prior-year period.
• Consolidated revenue totaled $1.1 billion for the quarter and $3.2 billion year-to-date. Total revenue for the third quarter increased 18% over the prior-year quarter and net revenue (gross profit) increased 15% compared to the prior-year quarter. Year-to-date, both revenue and net revenue increased 24% over the prior-year period.   
• Revenues and segment income from the Company’s pawn segments both increased 28% in the third quarter over last year. Year-to-date revenues from the Company’s pawn segments increased 37% while pawn segment income increased 47% over the same prior-year period.
• Consolidated assets at September 30, 2026 totaled a record $5.6 billion, including record pawn receivables of $908 million. This compares to assets of $5.2 billion and pawn receivables of $788 million a year ago.
• For the trailing twelve month period ended September 30, 2026, the Company reported:
  • Revenues of $4.3 billion
  • Net income of $406 million on a GAAP basis and adjusted net income of $462 million
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $835 million
  • Operating cash flows of $679 million and adjusted free cash flows (a non-GAAP measure) of $393 million

Growth Platforms

• During the third quarter, the Company added 14 retail pawn locations:
  • Four acquired stores (three in the U.S. and one in the U.K.)
  • Ten de novo store openings (six in Latin America, two in the U.S. and two in the U.K.)
• Year-to-date, a total of 42 stores have been added through acquisitions and new store openings while over the past twelve months, 70 total stores have been added.
• As of September 30, 2026, the Company had 3,352 locations, comprised of 1,215 U.S. locations, 1,839 locations in Latin America and 298 U.K. locations.
• Ramsdens acquisition update:
  • During the third quarter of 2026, both the Ramsdens’ shareholders and the U.K. financial regulator (Financial Conduct Authority) approved the previously announced acquisition.
  • The Company continues to target for the transaction to close by the end of 2026, pending receipt of the required anti-trust approval and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
  • Upon satisfaction of all required closing conditions, the addition of Ramsdens would add over 175 U.K. locations and increase the Company’s store base to more than 3,500 locations.
• The Company’s real estate portfolio of owned pawn locations now totals 480 properties, of which 14 were acquired in the third quarter, bringing the number of real estate locations acquired year-to-date to 37. The Company believes these are strategic investments that protect valuable store locations and reduce future operating expenses. Most of the owned properties are in the U.S. and now represent 39% of the total U.S. store base.
• American First Finance (“AFF”) had approximately 17,000 active retail and e-commerce point-of-sale merchant partner locations at September 30, 2026, representing an 8% increase compared to a year ago.

U.S. Pawn Segment Operating Results

• Total segment revenue increased 18% in both the third quarter and year-to-date periods, reflecting especially strong same-store revenue growth coupled with contributions from late 2025 acquisitions.
• Segment pre-tax operating income increased 19% compared to the prior-year quarter. The resulting segment pre-tax operating margin was 26% for the third quarter of 2026, which equaled the prior-year quarter. Year-to-date segment pre-tax operating income increased 25% compared to the prior-year period. The resulting year-to-date segment pre-tax operating margin increased to 27% compared to 25% in the comparable prior-year period.
• Pawn receivables increased 14% in total at September 30, 2026 compared to last year. Same-store pawn receivables increased 12%, 25% on a two-year stacked basis and 35% on a three-year stacked basis. This represented the thirteenth consecutive quarter of double-digit same-store receivables growth.
• Pawn loan fees increased 12% in the third quarter while retail merchandise sales increased 10%, both compared to the prior-year quarter. On a same-store basis, pawn fees increased 11% and retail sales increased 7%.
• Retail sales margins were 42% for the third quarter of 2026 versus 43% in the third quarter of 2025. Inventories aged greater than one year at September 30, 2026 remained low at 1.6% of total inventories, which excludes aged inventories from six recently acquired stores, improving from 1.9% at September 30, 2025.

Latin America Pawn Segment Operating Results

Note: Certain growth rates below are calculated on a constant or local currency basis, a non-GAAP financial measure defined at the end of this release. The average U.S. dollar to Mexican peso exchange rate for the third quarter of 2026 was 17.2 pesos per U.S. dollar, a favorable change of 8% versus the comparable prior-year period, and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2026 was 17.4 pesos per U.S. dollar, a favorable change of 11% versus the prior-year period.

• Total segment revenue in the third quarter of 2026 increased 35% on a U.S. dollar basis and 27% on a constant currency basis compared to the prior-year quarter. Year-to-date, segment revenue increased 39% on a U.S. dollar basis compared to the prior-year period and increased 26% on a local currency basis.
• Third quarter segment pre-tax operating income increased 37% on a U.S. dollar basis compared to last year and increased 35% on a local currency basis. Year-to-date, segment pre-tax operating income increased 45% on a U.S. dollar basis compared to the prior-year period and increased 39% on a local currency basis.
• Pawn receivables, both in total and on a same-store basis, as of September 30, 2026, increased 19% on a U.S. dollar basis while increasing 15% on a constant currency basis compared to the prior year. Two-year stacked same-store receivable growth increased 44% in total and 33% on a currency adjusted basis. This represents the eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit same-store receivables growth and the fifth consecutive quarter of 15% or greater same-store receivables growth.
• Total and same-store pawn loan fees in the third quarter increased 24% on a U.S. dollar basis and 15% on a constant currency basis compared to the prior-year quarter.
• Total and same-store retail merchandise sales in the third quarter increased 24% and 25%, respectively, on a U.S. dollar basis compared to the prior-year quarter. On a constant currency basis, both total and same-store retail merchandise sales increased 16% in the third quarter compared to the prior-year quarter.
• Retail sales margins were 35% in the third quarter of 2026 versus 36% in the third quarter of 2025. Inventories aged greater than one year at September 30, 2026 remained low, improving to 1.3% compared to 1.4% at September 30, 2025.

U.K. Pawn Segment Operating Results

• Total revenues in the third quarter were $99 million, with strong growth over the prior-year quarter (partially pre-acquisition) in both pawn fees and merchandise sales.
• Segment pre-tax operating income for the third quarter of 2026 was $29 million, resulting in a segment pre-tax operating margin of 29%. Year-to-date segment pre-tax operating income was $102 million, resulting in a segment pre-tax operating margin of 34%.
• Pawn receivables at September 30, 2026 totaled $215 million, an increase of 14% on a U.S. dollar basis. On a local currency basis, total pawn receivables increased 15% and same-store pawn receivables increased 14% compared to a year ago.

American First Finance (AFF) – Retail POS Payment Solutions Segment Operating Results

• Third quarter segment pre-tax operating income totaled $33 million. This represented a sequential increase over the second quarter of 2026 but a decrease compared to the third quarter of 2025, due primarily to the loss of earnings from previously reported merchant partner bankruptcies. Year-to-date segment pre-tax operating income totaled $88 million.
• Gross transaction volume of lease and loan originations during the third quarter decreased 15% compared to the prior-year quarter, due primarily to continued weakness in the furniture industry coupled with an increased strategic focus on merchant quality. For the year-to-date period, overall gross transaction volume decreased 9% over the prior-year period.
• Net revenues in the third quarter decreased 20% compared to the prior-year quarter, while year-to-date net revenues decreased 24% compared to the prior-year period.
• The third quarter combined average monthly net charge-off rate for lease and finance products was 5.6%, an improvement over 5.8% in the prior-year quarter.

Cash Flow and Liquidity

• Driven by contributions from each of the Company’s four business segments, consolidated operating cash flows for the twelve month period ended September 30, 2026 totaled $679 million which represents an increase of 18% compared to the same prior-year period.
• Adjusted free cash flows, which include net fundings/repayments of pawn loans and finance receivables, totaled $393 million for the twelve month period ended September 30, 2026, an increase of 27% compared to the same prior-year period.
• The operating cash flows helped fund significant growth in earning assets, continued investments in the pawn store platform, real estate and shareholder returns over the past twelve months:
  • Existing-store pawn earning assets (pawn receivables and inventories) increased $235 million compared to last year.
  • A total of 29 pawn stores were acquired for a combined purchase price of $89 million.
  • 41 de novo pawn stores were opened with a combined investment of approximately $18 million in fixed assets and working capital.
  • Strategic real estate purchases for the underlying real estate at 47 existing pawn stores totaled $87 million, bringing the number of Company-owned properties to 480.
  • Shareholder returns, comprised of stock repurchases and cash dividends, totaled $349 million.
• In August 2026, the Company amended the terms of its long-term, unsecured bank credit agreement to increase the size of the facility from $700 million to $1.055 billion and extend its maturity date from August 2029 to August 2031. The amendment also modified other key terms, the most significant of which allows for a net debt leverage ratio of up to 3.5 times adjusted EBITDA. The amended agreement also reduces the unused fee under the facility and provides for direct borrowings in British pounds sterling of up to a $500 million U.S. dollar equivalent.
• Based on trailing twelve month actual results, the Company’s net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio was 2.7x at September 30, 2026. Including the estimated pro forma EBITDA contributions from acquisitions and other lender-permitted adjustments over the past twelve months, the ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA at September 30, 2026 was 2.6x, an improvement compared to the same ratio of 2.9x at September 30, 2025, following the acquisition of H&T.

Shareholder Returns

• The Board of Directors declared a $0.46 per share fourth quarter cash dividend, which will be paid on November 24, 2026 to stockholders of record as of November 13, 2026. This represents a 10% increase over the previous quarterly dividend.
• On an annualized basis, the dividend is now $1.84 per share, representing an increase of 10% over the previous annualized dividend of $1.68 per share. Any future dividends are subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors.
• The Company repurchased 592,000 shares of common stock during the third quarter of 2026 at an average price of $208.64 per share for a total cost of $123 million. Year-to-date, the Company repurchased 1,210,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $206.66 per share for a total cost of $250 million. The Company has $50 million remaining on the share repurchase program authorized in July 2026. Future share repurchases are subject to expected liquidity, acquisition and other investment opportunities, debt covenant restrictions, market conditions and other relevant factors.
• Over the past twelve months, the Company has repurchased 1,367,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $201.49 per share for a total cost of $275 million and paid out $74 million in cash dividends, representing a payout ratio of 86% of net income over the same period.
• The Company generated an 18% return on equity and an 8% return on assets for the twelve months ended September 30, 2026. Using adjusted net income for the twelve months ended September 30, 2026, the adjusted return on equity was 20% while the adjusted return on assets was 9%.

2026 Outlook

The Company’s outlook for the remainder of 2026 continues to be highly positive with continued double-digit revenue growth and operating margin expansion expected from pawn operations in the fourth quarter. The estimates provided below do not include revenue and earnings contributions from any potential fourth quarter acquisitions.

Pawn Operations:

Pawn operations remain the primary earnings driver as the Company expects the combined U.S., Latin America and U.K. pawn segments to be approximately 90% of total net revenue and segment level pre-tax income for 2026.

U.S. Pawn

• While the Company will begin to lap several larger domestic acquisitions made in the fourth quarter of 2025, it continues to expect a low-double-digit growth rate in pawn receivables and fees in the fourth quarter and retail sales growth of approximately 8% to 10% for the quarter. Store operating expenses are projected to grow in a mid-single-digit range in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Latin America Pawn

• The current exchange rate for the Mexican peso is equal to the prior year rate of approximately 18.3 to 1, making fourth quarter guidance in U.S. dollars and constant currency essentially equivalent.
• For the fourth quarter of 2026, assuming the current exchange rate, the Company expects low- to mid-teens growth in pawn receivables and fees, with slightly higher expected growth in retail sales. Driven by greater store counts and compensation costs, operating expenses are expected to increase 10% to 12%.

U.K. Pawn

• Pawn receivables and fees for the fourth quarter are expected to grow at a mid- to high-single-digit range versus the prior year, while retail sales gross profit is expected to increase in a low-double-digit range. Operating expenses are expected to increase approximately 10% driven in part by new store additions in 2026.

Retail POS Payment Solutions (AFF) Operations:

• Given continued softness in furniture and other discretionary, large-ticket retail sales, gross transaction volumes for lease and loan originations for the fourth quarter of 2026 are forecast to decrease in the mid-teens percentage range compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, which is consistent with the implied prior guidance.
• Net revenue (after depreciation of leased merchandise and lease and loan loss provisioning) is expected to decrease 15% to 20% for the fourth quarter, reflecting reduced origination activity over the past year. Operating expenses in the fourth quarter are expected to remain at a run rate similar to the third quarter.

Other Expenses and Tax Rates:

• Corporate administrative expenses for the fourth quarter of 2026 are expected to remain at a run rate which is similar to the first three quarters of 2026, while interest expense for the fourth quarter of 2026 is expected to increase approximately 5% over the prior-year quarter assuming current interest rates.
• The full year 2026 consolidated effective income tax rate is expected to range from 26% to 27% of income before income taxes.

Additional Commentary and Analysis   

Mr. Wessel further commented on FirstCash’s third quarter results and outlook for the remainder of 2026, “The demand for pawn lending and deep-value retailing remains strong given the continued inflationary environment. We believe our customers see tremendous value in each of our core products and services, whether through a small non-recourse loan, easily and safely selling an unneeded personal item or shopping at a value-oriented retailer that also offers an interest-free layaway program.

“The strength in our pawn operations continues to be evidenced by the record third quarter and year-to-date revenue and earnings results. Third quarter pawn receivables remained at record levels in each segment, both in total and on a per-store basis, and we expect continued demand strength in the fourth quarter. Retail sales growth for the quarter was impressive as well, with consolidated double-digit same-store comps and margins at or above targeted levels. We also believe that we are well-positioned for the holiday season with a solid book of layaway deposits and appropriate levels of fresh, value-priced inventory.

“We are pleased to have added 14 pawn locations this quarter and 42 stores year-to-date, demonstrating our continued focus on platform growth, and we continue to see significant additional opportunities to further grow our store base. While primarily focused on completing the Ramsdens acquisition in the U.K., there is a strong pipeline of other potential acquisition opportunities in various stages of evaluation and diligence across multiple geographic regions.

“In parallel with the growth of the core pawn business, we also remain focused on execution fundamentals and operating efficiencies. Most notably this year, we completed the rollout of our FirstPawn point-of-sale and loan management system across all H&T stores and its jewelry processing center. We expect the FirstPawn system will further optimize their pawn and merchandise conversion cycles, which should improve customer service, pawn yields, inventory turns and retail margins while enabling further revenue and operating synergies.

“Shareholder returns remain a priority as well and we are pleased to announce a 10% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.46 per share, payable in November. Combined with $123 million of share repurchases in the third quarter and $250 million year-to-date, this further underscores our commitment to returning excess cash to shareholders while still funding organic growth, strategic acquisitions and real estate purchases.

“During the third quarter, FirstCash also expanded and extended its revolving unsecured credit facility. Strong demand from both new and existing bank partners allowed us to increase total commitments from $700 million to over $1 billion, providing substantial committed capital through August 2031 to support continued growth in both our U.S. and international operations in addition to shareholder returns through dividends and buybacks.

“In summary, we remain focused on disciplined execution across all three pawn geographies and selective, accretive growth driven by the strong acquisition pipeline we are seeing in all markets. We believe the combination of strong operating cash flow, a strengthened balance sheet and a favorable demand backdrop positions us well for continued revenue and earnings growth into 2027,” concluded Mr. Wessel.

About FirstCash

FirstCash is the leading international operator of pawn stores focused on serving cash and credit-constrained consumers. FirstCash operates more than 3,300 pawn stores in the U.S., Latin America and the U.K. Most of the stores 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’s pawn operations account for approximately 90% of net revenue, with the remainder provided by its wholly owned subsidiary, AFF, a leading provider of customer payment solutions at the point-of-sale for retailers of consumer goods and services.

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, http://www.americanfirstfinance.com and http://www.handt.co.uk.

Forward-Looking Information    

This release contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition, outlook and prospects of FirstCash Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together, the “Company”), including the Company’s outlook for 2026 and the Company’s previously announced Ramsdens acquisition. 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 “outlook,” “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 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.

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 and risks may include, without limitation, risks related to the extensive regulatory environment in which the Company operates, including uncertainty involving the present regulatory environment in the jurisdictions 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; 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, if at all, and the ability of the Company to successfully integrate such acquisitions; risks related to the acquisition of Ramsdens, in particular, the ability to obtain the necessary anti-trust approval and to satisfy the other customary closing conditions in the expected timeframe, if at all, and the ability to achieve the anticipated benefits from the acquisition of Ramsdens on the anticipated timeline, if at all; potential changes in consumer behavior and shopping patterns which could impact demand for the Company’s pawn loan, retail, lease-to-own (“LTO”) and retail finance products; labor shortages and increased labor costs; a deterioration in the economic conditions in the United States, Latin America and the United Kingdom, including as a result of geopolitical conflicts, inflation, elevated interest rates, increased energy costs and trade policy, which potentially could have an impact on discretionary consumer spending and demand for the Company’s products; currency fluctuations, primarily involving the Mexican peso and British pound sterling; 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; risks related to the Company’s ability to prevent cyber attacks, other cybersecurity incidents, security breaches or other disruptions to its information technology systems; risks related to the Company’s ability to develop, operate and adapt its information technology infrastructure suitable for the nature of its business and to successfully transition acquired businesses to its information technology platform; risks related to the Company’s ability to keep pace with the adoption of generative artificial intelligence and other machine learning technologies to remain competitive; risks related to the contraction in sales activity or store closures at merchant partners of the Company’s retail point-of-sale (“POS”) payment solutions business; the ability of the Company’s retail POS payment solutions business to continue to grow its base of merchant partners; 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 I, 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.

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (unaudited, in thousands)
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	480,981			$	410,968			$	1,417,078			$	1,167,149
Pawn loan fees		267,290				221,088				792,429				603,781
Leased merchandise income		103,057				132,540				348,743				429,242
Interest and fees on retail finance products		73,749				81,683				222,046				231,171
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		172,541				86,710				437,154				168,691
Other revenue		3,549				2,590				10,056				2,590
Total revenue		1,101,167				935,579				3,227,506				2,602,624
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		294,274				248,723				857,942				703,173
Depreciation of leased merchandise		63,113				76,028				215,822				243,119
Provision for lease losses		17,021				27,920				71,204				88,025
Provision for loan losses		40,790				40,347				123,564				118,468
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		140,159				68,220				335,955				138,479
Other cost of revenue		267				634				1,425				634
Total cost of revenue		555,624				461,872				1,605,912				1,291,898
Net revenue		545,543				473,707				1,621,594				1,310,726
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses		269,106				236,528				806,273				673,607
Administrative expenses		66,723				58,845				199,326				166,631
Depreciation and amortization		32,283				29,034				96,239				80,400
Interest expense		37,678				32,216				107,908				86,024
Interest income		(434	)			(908	)			(1,078	)			(2,664	)
(Gain) loss on foreign exchange		(435	)			(219	)			201				(1,504	)
Merger and acquisition expenses		3,760				9,472				10,983				12,711
Other income, net		(1,805	)			(3,740	)			(9,055	)			(9,254	)
Total expenses and other income		406,876				361,228				1,210,797				1,005,951
Income before income taxes		138,667				112,479				410,797				304,775
Provision for income taxes		37,515				29,672				108,476				78,572
Net income	$	101,152			$	82,807			$	302,321			$	226,203

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited, in thousands)
	September 30,								December 31,
	2026				2025				2025
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$	203,159			$	130,240			$	125,197
Accounts receivable, net		122,476				115,850				115,854
Pawn loans		907,670				788,130				831,497
Finance receivables, net		124,115				153,134				150,274
Inventories		598,551				456,273				487,232
Leased merchandise, net		74,705				99,725				114,283
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		36,360				49,008				32,131
Total current assets		2,067,036				1,792,360				1,856,468
Property and equipment, net		883,675				786,389				808,050
Operating lease right of use asset		366,097				371,311				365,621
Goodwill		2,035,199				1,970,358				2,023,426
Intangible assets, net		185,351				246,722				231,140
Other assets		12,549				9,775				9,796
Deferred tax assets, net		9,266				5,401				6,262
Total assets	$	5,559,173			$	5,182,316			$	5,300,763
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	222,801			$	163,412			$	212,615
Customer deposits and prepayments		95,792				84,520				83,908
Lease liability, current		111,201				111,327				111,291
Total current liabilities		429,794				359,259				407,814
Revolving unsecured credit facility		169,000				575,000				559,000
Other long-term debt		2,278,072				1,638,106				1,649,434
Deferred tax liabilities, net		159,590				155,295				158,819
Lease liability, non-current		249,386				255,010				248,934
Total liabilities		3,285,842				2,982,670				3,024,001
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		575				575				575
Additional paid-in capital		1,766,506				1,766,282				1,771,379
Retained earnings		1,917,822				1,584,851				1,670,583
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(67,890	)			(76,766	)			(64,835	)
Common stock held in treasury, at cost		(1,343,682	)			(1,075,296	)			(1,100,940	)
Total stockholders’ equity		2,273,331				2,199,646				2,276,762
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	5,559,173			$	5,182,316			$	5,300,763

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
SEGMENT RESULTS
(unaudited)

The Company organizes its operations into four reportable segments as follows:

• United States pawn (“U.S. pawn”)
• Latin America pawn (“LatAm pawn”)
• United Kingdom pawn (“U.K. pawn”)
• Retail POS payment solutions (American First Finance or “AFF”)

Operating expenses of the three pawn segments include salary and benefit expenses of store-level employees, occupancy costs, bank and other treasury fees, security, insurance, utilities, supplies and other costs incurred by the pawn stores. Operating expenses of the AFF segment include salary and benefit expenses of operations-focused departments, payment processing charges, data analytics and decisioning costs, information technology costs, advertising costs and other operational costs incurred by AFF.

Corporate expenses and income, which include administrative expenses, corporate depreciation and amortization, interest expense, interest income, (gain) loss on foreign exchange, merger and acquisition expenses, and other income, net, are presented on a consolidated basis and are not allocated between the segments. Intersegment transactions related to AFF’s LTO payment solution product offered in U.S. pawn stores are eliminated from consolidated totals.

The Company completed the acquisition of H&T, the leading pawn operator in the United Kingdom, on August 14, 2025, the date the balance sheet and operating results of H&T, as reported in the U.K. pawn segment, were included in the Company’s consolidated financial results.

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. SEGMENT RESULTS (unaudited, in thousands)
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
	U.S. Pawn				LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				AFF				Intersegment Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	278,937			$	179,935			$	22,527			$	—			$	(418	)		$	480,981
Pawn loan fees		155,939				83,103				28,248				—				—				267,290
Leased merchandise income		—				—				—				103,057				—				103,057
Interest and fees on retail finance products		—				—				—				73,749				—				73,749
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		79,827				47,668				45,046				—				—				172,541
Other revenue		—				—				3,549				—				—				3,549
Total revenue		514,703				310,706				99,370				176,806				(418	)			1,101,167
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		162,007				117,341				15,161				—				(235	)			294,274
Depreciation of leased merchandise		—				—				—				63,256				(143	)			63,113
Provision for lease losses		—				—				—				17,015				6				17,021
Provision for loan losses		—				—				—				40,790				—				40,790
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		67,572				39,884				32,703				—				—				140,159
Other cost of revenue		—				—				267				—				—				267
Total cost of revenue		229,579				157,225				48,131				121,061				(372	)			555,624
Net revenue		285,124				153,481				51,239				55,745				(46	)			545,543
Segment expenses:
Operating expenses		142,399				84,341				20,529				21,837				—				269,106
Depreciation		9,437				4,568				1,510				749				—				16,264
Total segment expenses		151,836				88,909				22,039				22,586				—				285,370
Segment pre-tax operating income	$	133,288			$	64,572			$	29,200			$	33,159			$	(46	)		$	260,173

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2025
	U.S. Pawn				LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				AFF				Intersegment Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	252,963			$	144,644			$	14,066			$	—			$	(705	)		$	410,968
Pawn loan fees		138,867				67,199				15,022				—				—				221,088
Leased merchandise income		—				—				—				132,540				—				132,540
Interest and fees on retail finance products		—				—				—				81,683				—				81,683
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		45,607				17,831				23,272				—				—				86,710
Other revenue		—				—				2,590				—				—				2,590
Total revenue		437,437				229,674				54,950				214,223				(705	)			935,579
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		145,411				92,931				10,755				—				(374	)			248,723
Depreciation of leased merchandise		—				—				—				76,253				(225	)			76,028
Provision for lease losses		—				—				—				28,005				(85	)			27,920
Provision for loan losses		—				—				—				40,347				—				40,347
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		38,520				15,000				14,700				—				—				68,220
Other cost of revenue		—				—				634				—				—				634
Total cost of revenue		183,931				107,931				26,089				144,605				(684	)			461,872
Net revenue		253,506				121,743				28,861				69,618				(21	)			473,707
Segment expenses:
Operating expenses		133,024				70,327				10,225				22,952				—				236,528
Depreciation		8,464				4,443				742				687				—				14,336
Total segment expenses		141,488				74,770				10,967				23,639				—				250,864
Segment pre-tax operating income	$	112,018			$	46,973			$	17,894			$	45,979			$	(21	)		$	222,843

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. SEGMENT RESULTS (unaudited, in thousands)
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
	U.S. Pawn				LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				AFF				Intersegment Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	838,442			$	514,092			$	65,839			$	—			$	(1,295	)		$	1,417,078
Pawn loan fees		463,809				239,321				89,299				—				—				792,429
Leased merchandise income		—				—				—				348,743				—				348,743
Interest and fees on retail finance products		—				—				—				222,046				—				222,046
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		199,530				106,454				131,170				—				—				437,154
Other revenue		—				—				10,056				—				—				10,056
Total revenue		1,501,781				859,867				296,364				570,789				(1,295	)			3,227,506
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		477,416				335,170				46,047				—				(691	)			857,942
Depreciation of leased merchandise		—				—				—				216,309				(487	)			215,822
Provision for lease losses		—				—				—				71,462				(258	)			71,204
Provision for loan losses		—				—				—				123,564				—				123,564
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		164,631				89,691				81,633				—				—				335,955
Other cost of revenue		—				—				1,425				—				—				1,425
Total cost of revenue		642,047				424,861				129,105				411,335				(1,436	)			1,605,912
Net revenue		859,734				435,006				167,259				159,454				141				1,621,594
Segment expenses:
Operating expenses		428,623				247,249				60,962				69,439				—				806,273
Depreciation		27,207				14,155				4,306				2,199				—				47,867
Total segment expenses		455,830				261,404				65,268				71,638				—				854,140
Segment pre-tax operating income	$	403,904			$	173,602			$	101,991			$	87,816			$	141			$	767,454

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
	U.S. Pawn				LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				AFF				Intersegment Eliminations				Consolidated
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	754,106			$	401,132			$	14,066			$	—			$	(2,155	)		$	1,167,149
Pawn loan fees		407,763				180,996				15,022				—				—				603,781
Leased merchandise income		—				—				—				429,242				—				429,242
Interest and fees on retail finance products		—				—				—				231,171				—				231,171
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		107,839				37,580				23,272				—				—				168,691
Other revenue		—				—				2,590				—				—				2,590
Total revenue		1,269,708				619,708				54,950				660,413				(2,155	)			2,602,624
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		434,318				259,249				10,755				—				(1,149	)			703,173
Depreciation of leased merchandise		—				—				—				243,925				(806	)			243,119
Provision for lease losses		—				—				—				88,276				(251	)			88,025
Provision for loan losses		—				—				—				118,468				—				118,468
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		92,009				31,770				14,700				—				—				138,479
Other cost of revenue		—				—				634				—				—				634
Total cost of revenue		526,327				291,019				26,089				450,669				(2,206	)			1,291,898
Net revenue		743,381				328,689				28,861				209,744				51				1,310,726
Segment expenses:
Operating expenses		395,790				196,158				10,225				71,434				—				673,607
Depreciation		24,155				13,173				742				2,091				—				40,161
Total segment expenses		419,945				209,331				10,967				73,525				—				713,768
Segment pre-tax operating income	$	323,436			$	119,358			$	17,894			$	136,219			$	51			$	596,958

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. SEGMENT RESULTS (unaudited)
Pawn Operating Metrics (dollars in thousands, except as otherwise noted)
	As of September 30, 2026
	U.S. Pawn					LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				Total Pawn
Earning assets:
Pawn loans	$	487,245				$	205,484			$	214,941			$	907,670
Inventories		336,233					155,690				106,628				598,551
	$	823,478				$	361,174			$	321,569			$	1,506,221
Average outstanding pawn loan amount (in ones)	$	319				$	103			$	905			$	241
Composition of pawn collateral:
Jewelry	73		%			48		%		99		%		72		%
General merchandise	27		%			52		%		1		%		28		%
	100		%			100		%		100		%		100		%
Composition of inventories:
Jewelry	63		%			52		%		99		%		67		%
General merchandise	37		%			48		%		1		%		33		%
	100		%			100		%		100		%		100		%
Percentage of inventory aged greater than one year	2.9		%	(1)		1.3		%		11.6		%		4.0		%	(1)
Inventory turns (trailing twelve months cost of merchandise sales divided by average inventories)	2.8 times					3.9 times				2.0 times				3.0 times

(1)	Percentage of inventory aged greater than one year is 1.6% for U.S. pawn and 3.3% for total pawn excluding certain recently acquired U.S. stores which have historically carried significantly higher levels of aged jewelry inventory.

	As of September 30, 2025
	U.S. Pawn				LatAm Pawn				U.K. Pawn				Total Pawn
Earning assets:
Pawn loans	$	426,288			$	173,203			$	188,639			$	788,130
Inventories		266,452				124,081				65,740				456,273
	$	692,740			$	297,284			$	254,379			$	1,244,403
Average outstanding pawn loan amount (in ones)	$	290			$	100			$	768			$	229
Composition of pawn collateral:
Jewelry	72		%		42		%		98		%		72		%
General merchandise	28		%		58		%		2		%		28		%
	100		%		100		%		100		%		100		%
Composition of inventories:
Jewelry	59		%		40		%		99		%		60		%
General merchandise	41		%		60		%		1		%		40		%
	100		%		100		%		100		%		100		%
Percentage of inventory aged greater than one year	1.9		%		1.4		%		7.9		%		2.6		%
Inventory turns (trailing twelve months cost of merchandise sales divided by average inventories)	2.8 times				3.9 times				2.6 times				3.1 times

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC. SEGMENT RESULTS (unaudited)
Retail POS Payment Operating Metrics (dollars in thousands)
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025
Gross transaction volume:
Leased merchandise	$	72,233			$	104,772			$	254,911			$	309,594
Finance receivables (1)		140,243				144,012				423,401				435,217
Total gross transaction volume	$	212,476			$	248,784			$	678,312			$	744,811

(1)

During the third quarter of 2025, AFF began assisting certain customers in applying for a direct-to-consumer unsecured installment loan that is underwritten and fully retained by AFF’s bank partner (“OBS Loans”). OBS Loans are not reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as a finance receivable. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, gross transaction volume includes $22.9 million and $50.5 million, respectively, of OBS Loans originated by AFF’s bank partner through the assistance of AFF. For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, gross transaction volume includes $10.4 million of OBS Loans originated by AFF’s bank partner through the assistance of AFF.

	As of September 30,
Earning assets:	2026				2025
Leased merchandise, net:
Leased merchandise, before allowance for lease losses	$	122,807			$	164,215
Less allowance for lease losses		(48,046	)			(64,306	)
Leased merchandise, net	$	74,761			$	99,909
Finance receivables, net:
Finance receivables, before allowance for loan losses (1)	$	222,946			$	268,855
Less allowance for loan losses		(98,831	)			(115,721	)
Finance receivables, net	$	124,115			$	153,134

(1)

Does not include $45.5 million and $9.7 million of outstanding OBS Loans held by AFF’s bank partner as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Combined finance receivables, before allowance for loan losses, and OBS Loans totaled $268.4 million and $278.5 million as of September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025
Leased merchandise portfolio metrics:
Provision rate (1)	23.6		%		26.7		%		28.0		%		28.5		%
Average monthly net charge-off rate (2)	6.6		%		6.7		%		6.5		%		6.2		%
Delinquency rate (3)	26.5		%		25.5		%		26.5		%		25.5		%
Finance receivables portfolio metrics:
Provision rate (1)	29.1		%		28.0		%		29.2		%		27.2		%
Average monthly net charge-off rate (2)	5.1		%		5.2		%		4.8		%		4.8		%
Delinquency rate (3)	22.8		%		22.4		%		22.8		%		22.4		%

(1)	Calculated as provision for lease or loan losses as a percentage of the respective gross transaction volume originated.
(2)	Calculated as charge-offs, net of recoveries, as a percentage of the respective average earning asset balance before allowance for lease or loan losses.
(3)	Calculated as the percentage of the respective contractual earning asset balance owed that is 1 to 89 days past due (the Company charges off leases and finance receivables when they are 90 days or more contractually past due).

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
PAWN STORE LOCATIONS AND MERCHANT PARTNER LOCATIONS

Pawn Operations

As of September 30, 2026, the Company operated 3,352 pawn store locations composed of 1,215 stores in 29 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, 1,732 stores in 32 states in Mexico, 77 stores in Guatemala, 18 stores in El Salvador, 12 stores in Colombia and 298 stores in the U.K.

The following tables detail pawn store count activity:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2026
	U.S.			LatAm			U.K.			Total
Total locations, beginning of period	1,212			1,836			295			3,343
New locations opened	2			6			2			10
Locations acquired	3			—			1			4
Consolidation of existing pawn locations (1)	(2	)		(3	)		—			(5	)
Total locations, end of period	1,215			1,839			298			3,352
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
	U.S.			LatAm			U.K.			Total
Total locations, beginning of period	1,207			1,837			286			3,330
New locations opened	3			16			11			30
Locations acquired	11			—			1			12
Consolidation of existing pawn locations (1)	(6	)		(14	)		—			(20	)
Total locations, end of period	1,215			1,839			298			3,352

(1)	Store consolidations, which include certain acquired locations that have been combined with overlapping stores, represent closings for which the Company expects to maintain a significant portion of the customer base in the consolidated location.

Retail POS Payment Solutions

As of September 30, 2026, AFF provided LTO and retail POS payment solutions for consumer goods and services through a network of approximately 17,000 active retail merchant partner locations. This compares to the active door count of approximately 15,800 locations at September 30, 2025.

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

The Company uses certain financial calculations such as adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, adjusted free cash flow, adjusted return on equity, adjusted return on assets and constant currency results as factors in the measurement and evaluation of the Company’s operating performance and period-over-period growth. The Company derives these financial calculations on the basis of methodologies other than generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), primarily by excluding from a comparable GAAP measure certain items the Company does not consider to be representative of its actual operating performance. These financial calculations are “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined under the SEC rules. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures in operating its business because management believes they are less susceptible to variances in actual operating performance that can result from the excluded items, other infrequent charges and currency fluctuations. The Company presents these financial measures to investors because management believes they are useful to investors in evaluating the primary factors that drive the Company’s core operating performance and provide greater transparency into the Company’s results of operations. However, items that are excluded and other adjustments and assumptions that are made in calculating these non-GAAP financial measures are significant components in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial performance. These non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, the Company’s GAAP financial measures. Further, because these non-GAAP financial measures are not determined in accordance with GAAP, and are thus susceptible to varying calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly-titled measures of other companies.

The Company has adjusted the applicable financial calculations to exclude merger and acquisition expenses, amortization of acquired intangible assets, the CFPB litigation settlement and certain other income and expenses. The Company does not consider these items to be related to the organic operations of the Company’s businesses or its continuing operations and are generally not relevant to assessing or estimating the long-term performance of the Company. In addition, excluding these items allows for more accurate comparisons of the financial results to prior periods. Merger and acquisition expenses include incremental costs directly associated with merger and acquisition activities, including professional fees, legal expenses, severance, retention and other employee-related costs, contract breakage costs, costs related to the consolidation of technology systems and corporate facilities and other integration costs, among others.

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share

Management believes the presentation of adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share provides investors with greater transparency and provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial performance and prospects for the future by excluding items that management believes are non-operating in nature and are not representative of the Company’s core operating performance. In addition, management believes the adjustments shown below are useful to investors in order to allow them to compare the Company’s financial results for the current periods presented with the prior periods presented.

The following tables provide a reconciliation between net income and diluted earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP to adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share, which are shown net of tax (in thousands, except per share amounts):

																	Trailing Twelve
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended								Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025				2026				2025
	In Thousands				In Thousands				In Thousands				In Thousands				In Thousands				In Thousands
Net income, as reported	$	101,152			$	82,807			$	302,321			$	226,203			$	406,493			$	309,750
Adjustments, net of tax:
Merger and acquisition expenses		2,837				8,513				8,254				11,001				9,524				11,032
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		11,423				10,613				34,531				29,129				46,457				38,701
CFPB litigation settlement		—				—				—				9,390				—				9,390
Other expense (income), net		769				(1,300	)			237				(2,691	)			(21	)			(427	)
Adjusted net income	$	116,181			$	100,633			$	345,343			$	273,032			$	462,453			$	368,446

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025
	Per Share				Per Share				Per Share				Per Share
Diluted earnings per share, as reported	$	2.33			$	1.86			$	6.89			$	5.07
Adjustments, net of tax:
Merger and acquisition expenses		0.07				0.19				0.19				0.25
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		0.26				0.24				0.79				0.65
CFPB litigation settlement		—				—				—				0.21
Other expense (income), net		0.02				(0.03	)			—				(0.06	)
Adjusted diluted earnings per share	$	2.68			$	2.26			$	7.87			$	6.12

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) and Adjusted EBITDA

The Company defines EBITDA as net income before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, interest expense and interest income and adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted for certain items, as listed below, that management considers to be non-operating in nature and not representative of its actual operating performance. The Company believes EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are commonly used by investors to assess a company’s financial performance, and adjusted EBITDA is used as a starting point in the calculation of the consolidated total debt ratio as defined in the Company’s senior unsecured notes. The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):

																	Trailing Twelve
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended								Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025				2026				2025
Net income	$	101,152			$	82,807			$	302,321			$	226,203			$	406,493			$	309,750
Income taxes		37,515				29,672				108,476				78,572				147,092				104,558
Depreciation and amortization		32,283				29,034				96,239				80,400				127,645				106,834
Interest expense		37,678				32,216				107,908				86,024				143,177				113,221
Interest income		(434	)			(908	)			(1,078	)			(2,664	)			(1,349	)			(3,192	)
EBITDA		208,194				172,821				613,866				468,535				823,058				631,171
Adjustments:
Merger and acquisition expenses		3,760				9,472				10,983				12,711				12,641				12,753
CFPB litigation settlement		—				—				—				11,000				—				11,000
Other expense (income), net		1,054				(1,739	)			221				(3,683	)			(803	)			(676	)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	213,008			$	180,554			$	625,070			$	488,563			$	834,896			$	654,248

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow

For purposes of its internal liquidity assessments, the Company considers free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow. The Company defines free cash flow as cash flow from operating activities less purchases of furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements and net fundings/repayments of pawn loan and finance receivables, which are considered to be operating in nature by the Company but are included in cash flow from investing activities. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as free cash flow adjusted for merger and acquisition expenses paid that management considers to be non-operating in nature.

Free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow are commonly used by investors as additional measures of cash generated by business operations that may be used to repay scheduled debt maturities and debt service or, following payment of such debt obligations and other non-discretionary items, that may be available to invest in future growth through new business development activities or acquisitions, repurchase stock, pay cash dividends or repay debt obligations prior to their maturities. These metrics can also be used to evaluate the Company’s ability to generate cash flow from business operations and the impact that this cash flow has on the Company’s liquidity. However, free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities or other income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table reconciles cash flow from operating activities to free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow (in thousands):

																	Trailing Twelve
	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended								Months Ended
	September 30,								September 30,								September 30,
	2026				2025				2026				2025				2026				2025
Cash flow from operating activities	$	141,988			$	135,803			$	472,393			$	379,297			$	679,038			$	577,446
Cash flow from certain investing activities:
Pawn loans made		(666,476	)			(523,115	)			(1,995,764	)			(1,416,821	)			(2,673,171	)			(1,851,035	)
Pawn loans repaid		366,958				269,868				1,143,076				800,966				1,539,148				1,055,542
Recovery of pawn loan principal through sale of forfeited collateral		306,785				185,106				711,909				517,122				954,120				694,484
Investments in finance receivables		(87,180	)			(103,343	)			(283,490	)			(338,295	)			(385,771	)			(473,397	)
Proceeds from finance receivables		82,491				84,164				264,339				263,139				343,472				345,113
Purchases of furniture, fixtures, equipment and improvements		(18,090	)			(11,553	)			(55,954	)			(37,419	)			(73,441	)			(49,632	)
Free cash flow		126,476				36,930				256,509				167,989				383,395				298,521
Merger and acquisition expenses paid, net of tax benefit		2,837				8,513				8,254				11,001				9,524				11,032
Adjusted free cash flow	$	129,313			$	45,443			$	264,763			$	178,990			$	392,919			$	309,553

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Adjusted Return on Equity and Adjusted Return on Assets

Management believes the presentation of adjusted return on equity and adjusted return on assets provides investors with greater transparency and provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial performance by excluding items that management believes are non-operating in nature and not representative of the Company’s core operating performance.

Adjusted return on equity and adjusted return on assets for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2026 are calculated as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Trailing Twelve
	Months Ended
	September 30, 2026
Adjusted net income (1)	$	462,453
Average stockholders’ equity (average of five most recent quarter-end balances)	$	2,273,922
Adjusted return on equity (trailing twelve months adjusted net income divided by average equity)	20		%
Average total assets (average of five most recent quarter-end balances)	$	5,377,829
Adjusted return on assets (trailing twelve months adjusted net income divided by average total assets)	9		%

(1)	See detail of adjustments to net income in the “Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share” section above.

Constant Currency Results

The Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, however, certain performance metrics discussed in this release are presented on a “constant currency” basis, which is considered a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company’s management uses constant currency results to evaluate operating results of business operations in Latin America and the U.K., which are transacted in local currencies in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and the U.K. The Company also has operations in El Salvador, where the reporting and functional currency is the U.S. dollar.

The Company believes constant currency results provide valuable supplemental information regarding the underlying performance of its business operations in Latin America and the U.K., consistent with how the Company’s management evaluates such performance and operating results. Constant currency results reported herein are calculated by translating certain balance sheet and income statement items denominated in local currencies using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable period, as opposed to the current comparable period, in order to exclude the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations for purposes of evaluating period-over-period comparisons. 

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

Latin America Pawn Segment Constant Currency Results

The following table presents operating results for the Latin America pawn segment using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable periods (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2026												Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026
					Currency				Constant								Currency				Constant
	U.S.				Exchange				Currency				U.S.				Exchange				Currency
	Dollar				Rate				Basis				Dollar				Rate				Basis
	Basis				Fluctuations				(Non-GAAP)				Basis				Fluctuations				(Non-GAAP)
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$	179,935			$	(12,846	)		$	167,089			$	514,092			$	(53,251	)		$	460,841
Pawn loan fees		83,103				(5,953	)			77,150				239,321				(24,859	)			214,462
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales		47,668				—				47,668				106,454				—				106,454
Total revenue		310,706				(18,799	)			291,907				859,867				(78,110	)			781,757
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold		117,341				(8,346	)			108,995				335,170				(34,561	)			300,609
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold		39,884				(2,914	)			36,970				89,691				(9,535	)			80,156
Total cost of revenue		157,225				(11,260	)			145,965				424,861				(44,096	)			380,765
Net revenue		153,481				(7,539	)			145,942				435,006				(34,014	)			400,992
Segment expenses:
Operating expenses		84,341				(5,893	)			78,448				247,249				(24,963	)			222,286
Depreciation		4,568				(315	)			4,253				14,155				(1,395	)			12,760
Total segment expenses		88,909				(6,208	)			82,701				261,404				(26,358	)			235,046
Segment pre-tax operating income	$	64,572			$	(1,331	)		$	63,241			$	173,602			$	(7,656	)		$	165,946

The following table presents earning assets for the Latin America pawn segment using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable period (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2026
					Currency				Constant
	U.S.				Exchange				Currency
	Dollar				Rate				Basis
	Basis				Fluctuations				(Non-GAAP)
Earning assets:
Pawn loans	$	205,484			$	(5,852	)		$	199,632
Inventories		155,690				(4,433	)			151,257
	$	361,174			$	(10,285	)		$	350,889

FIRSTCASH HOLDINGS, INC.
RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
TO GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(unaudited)

U.K. Pawn Segment Constant Currency Results

The following table presents earning assets for the U.K. pawn segment using the exchange rate from the prior-year comparable period (in thousands):

	As of September 30, 2026
					Currency				Constant
	U.S.				Exchange				Currency
	Dollar				Rate				Basis
	Basis				Fluctuations				(Non-GAAP)
Earning assets:
Pawn loans	$	214,941			$	2,865			$	217,806
Inventories		106,628				1,421				108,049
	$	321,569			$	4,286			$	325,855

Exchange Rates for the Mexican Peso, Guatemalan Quetzal, Colombian Peso and British Pound Sterling

	September 30,						Favorable /
	2026			2025			(Unfavorable)
U.S. dollar / Mexican peso exchange rate:
End-of-period	17.8			18.4			3	%
Three months ended	17.2			18.6			8	%
Nine months ended	17.4			19.5			11	%
U.S. dollar / Guatemalan quetzal exchange rate:
End-of-period	7.6			7.7			1	%
Three months ended	7.6			7.7			1	%
Nine months ended	7.6			7.7			1	%
U.S. dollar / Colombian peso exchange rate:
End-of-period	3,341			3,901			14	%
Three months ended	3,193			4,003			20	%
Nine months ended	3,501			4,131			15	%
British pound sterling / U.S. dollar exchange rate:
End-of-period	1.33			1.35			(1	)%
Three months ended	1.34			1.35			(1	)%
Nine months ended	1.34			1.31			2	%

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