Company: FCFS
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000840489-25-000055
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Company: FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 to determine whether such transaction is for the benefit of the Company and upon terms no less favorable to the Company than if the related party transaction was with an unrelated party. Other than described below, the Company had no transactions, nor are there any transactions currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant where any related party of the Company (such as an executive officer, director, nominee for election as a director or greater-than-5% beneficial owner of Company stock, or their immediate family members) had a material direct or indirect interest reportable under applicable SEC rules or that required approval of the Board of Directors under the Company’s related party transaction policy.

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The Company repurchased shares from AFF Services. Inc. in privately negotiated transactions on two separate dates. AFF Services, Inc. is partially owned and 100% controlled by the Douglas R. Rippel Revocable Trust (the "Trust"). Douglas R. Rippel, was a member of the Company’s board of directors until his retirement from the board in December 2024. Mr. Ripple is a co-trustee of the Trust and an indirect beneficial owner of the shares held by AFF Services, Inc. On May 22, 2024, the Company repurchased 720,950 shares from AFF Services, Inc. at a per share purchase price of $117.90, which represented a discount to the average closing sale price of the Company's common stock for the three, five and ten days ended May 22, 2024. On February 11, 2025, 300,000 shares were repurchased from AFF Services, Inc. at a per share purchase price of $113.43, which represented a discount to the average high and low sale price of the Company’s common stock on February 10, 2025.

### AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors. All members of the Audit Committee meet the independence standards and other criteria established by Nasdaq.

The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee management’s implementation of the Company’s financial reporting process. Management is responsible for the audited financial statements of the Company and for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In discharging its oversight role, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management and RSM US LLP (“RSM”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for