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FirstCash to Acquire UK Pawnshop Operator H&T Group
May 26, 2025 7:26 AM

03:42 AM EDT, 05/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- FirstCash Holdings ( FCFS ) said Wednesday it has agreed on terms to acquire H&T Group, a pawnshop operator in the UK, for 297 million British pounds ($394 million).

Under the terms of the deal, FirstCash's ( FCFS ) UK subsidiary will pay 6.50 pounds per H&T share as well as a final dividend of 0.11 pound per share on June 27, the company said.

FirstCash ( FCFS ) said it expects the deal to close in H2, subject to regulatory approvals, and to be "meaningfully" accretive to EPS.

The acquisition expands FirstCash's ( FCFS ) geographic footprint beyond the US and Latin America, the company said.

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