First Cash Announces 8 Percent Unit Growth.ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1996--First Cash, Inc. (Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. :"PAWN") today announced that it has acquired another four pawnshops in the Mid-Atlantic region. This transaction continues First Cash's rapid growth; with their latest acquisitions, the Company now has 54 stores, an 8 percent increase in unit growth since its July 31, 1996 fiscal year end. Chief Executive Officer Rick Powell stated, "I am pleased with the Company's continuing growth and expect a continued significant growth rate for the foreseeable fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. future." First Cash, Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, establishment and operation of pawn stores, which lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property and retail previously-owned merchandise acquired through loan forfeitures. The Company currently operates 54 stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). and Washington, D.C. Its common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "PAWN." CONTACT: First Cash, Inc. Rick Wessel or Scott Williamson Scott Ryan Williamson (born February 17, 1976 in Fort Polk North, Louisiana) is a right-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played for the Cincinnati Reds (1999-2003), Boston Red Sox (2003-04), Chicago Cubs (2005-2006), and San Diego Padres (2006). , 817/460-3947 |
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