First Cash announces three store acquisition.

ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 1996-- First Cash, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PAWN) today announced that it has acquired three pawn-shops in Baltimore, Md. This transaction represents First Cash's initial entry into another major market. Although the Company has an established base of stores in the Washington, DC metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area.

Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. , Baltimore is an untapped market for First Cash, and one that management feels will be just as profitable as the Company's other stores in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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 47 stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Its common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market

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CONTACT: First Cash, Inc.

Rick Powell or Rick Wessel, 817/460-3947

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