Cash America Completes Acquisition of 34 Pawn Lending Locations in Georgia and North Carolina

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 18, 2013--Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE:CSH) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a chain of 34 pawn lending locations in the States of Georgia (31 locations) and North Carolina (three locations). These stores were owned by PawnMart, Inc. and operate primarily under the PawnMart brand in both markets. Cash America previously announced that it had signed a definitive agreement in connection with the acquisition in August 2013, with the intention of completing the acquisition during the fourth quarter of 2013. After completion of the transaction, Cash America operates 48 locations in Georgia and 20 locations in North Carolina.

Management expects that the acquisition will be immediately accretive to earnings; however, the incremental earnings from the additional operating locations will not materially affect its expectations, published October 24, 2013, for the final quarter of fiscal 2013, which included the anticipated benefit of the acquisition.

The aggregate purchase consideration for the PawnMart acquisition was approximately $61 million. The full amount of the consideration was paid in cash and funded through borrowings under Cash America’s line of credit.

As of September 30, 2013, Cash America International, Inc. (the “Company”) operated 995 total locations offering specialty financial services to consumers, which included the following:

Additionally, as of September 30, 2013, the Company offered consumer loans over the Internet to customers:

For additional information regarding the Company and the services it provides, visit the Company’s websites located at:

http://www.cashamerica.com							http://www.poundstopocket.co.uk
http://www.enova.com							http://www.dollarsdirect.com.au
http://www.cashnetusa.com							http://www.dollarsdirect.ca
http://www.netcredit.com							http://www.goldpromise.com
http://www.cashlandloans.com							http://www.mrpayroll.com
http://www.quickquid.co.uk

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This release contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition, operations and prospects of the Company. The actual results of the Company could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties including, without limitation: the effect of or changes in domestic and foreign pawn, consumer credit, tax and other laws and governmental rules and regulations applicable to the Company's business or changes in the interpretation or enforcement thereof; the regulatory and examination authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the U.S. and the UK Financial Conduct Authority which will become the Company’s primary regulator in the UK in 2014; public perception of the Company’s business, including its consumer loan business and its business practices; changes in the political, regulatory or economic environment in foreign countries where the Company operates or in the future may operate; the Company’s ability to process or collect consumer loans through the Automated Clearing House system; fluctuations, including a sustained decrease, in the price of gold or deterioration in economic conditions; the effect of any current or future litigation proceedings or any judicial decisions or rule-making that affect the Company, its products or its arbitration agreements; the actions of third parties who provide, acquire or offer products and services to, from or for the Company; changes in demand for the Company’s services, the Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified executive officers; a prolonged interruption in the Company’s operations of its facilities, systems and business functions, including its information technology and other business systems; the ability of the Company to open new locations in accordance with its plans or to successfully integrate newly acquired businesses into the Company’s operations; changes in competition; interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in the capital markets; changes in the Company’s ability to satisfy its debt obligations or to refinance existing debt obligations or obtain new capital to finance growth; security breaches, cyber attacks or fraudulent activity; compliance with laws and regulations applicable to international operations; the implementation of new, or changes in the interpretation of existing, accounting principles or financial reporting requirements; acts of God, war or terrorism, pandemics and other events; the effect of any of such changes on the Company’s business or the markets in which it operates; and other risks and uncertainties indicated in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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. When used in this release, terms such as “believes,” “estimates,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “may,” “forecasts,” “projects” and similar expressions and variations as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.