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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation

The Company, in the ordinary course of business, is a party to various legal and regulatory proceedings and other general claims. Although no assurances can be given, in management’s opinion, such outstanding proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

The Company believes it has meritorious defenses to all of the claims and intends to vigorously defend itself against such claims. However, legal and regulatory proceedings involve an inherent level of uncertainty and no assurances can be given regarding the ultimate outcome of any such matters or whether an adverse outcome would not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. Other than as described below, the Company is unable to determine whether a future loss will be incurred for any of its material outstanding legal and regulatory proceedings or to estimate a range of loss with respect to such proceeding, if any, and accordingly, no material amounts have been accrued in the Company’s financial statements for legal and regulatory proceedings.

On November 12, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) initiated a civil action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “District Court”) against FirstCash, Inc. and Cash America West, Inc., and later amended the complaint to include numerous Company subsidiaries as defendants. The CFPB’s lawsuit alleged violations of the Military Lending Act in connection with pawn transactions. The CFPB sought an injunction, redress for affected borrowers and a civil monetary penalty. On July 11, 2025, with the District Court’s approval and without admitting or denying the allegations, the Company and the CFPB agreed to settle and resolve all matters in dispute. As part of the settlement, the Company has agreed to offer a new pawn lending product for covered members of the U.S. military and their immediate families and dependents. Additionally, the Company will pay consumer redress in fees or principal returned to affected customers, which is estimated by the Company to be no more than $7.0 million, and a $4.0 million fine to the CFPB victims' relief fund. As a result, the Company accrued $11.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2025 to reflect the settlement, which is included in administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Pending H&T Acquisition

Under the terms of the pending H&T Acquisition, H&T shareholders will be entitled to receive 650 pence per share in cash. The total equity value for the H&T Acquisition, including cash consideration for the shares, is approximately £291.4 million ($396.3 million USD using GBP/USD exchange rate of 1.36) and H&T had outstanding indebtedness of approximately £72.6 million as of June 30, 2025 ($98.7 million USD using GBP/USD exchange rate of 1.36), which the Company expects will remain outstanding following the closing of the H&T Acquisition. The Company intends to borrow on its Credit Facility to finance the H&T Acquisition, which may include the repayment of H&T’s outstanding indebtedness if such debt does not remain outstanding following the closing of the H&T Acquisition, and to pay related fees and expenses. The Company also entered into the Bridge Facility, which provides a backstop for the anticipated financing of the H&T Acquisition and satisfies
the “certain funds” requirements under the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. The H&T Acquisition is expected to be consummated in the third quarter of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions, including, but not limited to, receipt of the required approvals by the FCA.

Gold Forward Sales Contracts

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had contractual commitments to deliver a total of 72,500 gold ounces between July 2025 and June 2027 at a weighted-average price of $2,826 per ounce. The ounces required to be delivered over this time period are less than the historical volume of scrap gold normally produced, and the Company expects to have the required gold ounces to meet the commitments as they come due.