Company: FCFS
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000840489-25-000055
Chunk: 37

Company: FirstCash Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 37
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 Merger, as the president and chief operating officer. Prior to that, Mr. Stuart had been employed by Cash America since 2008.

(2) Mr. Hambleton joined the Company in December 2021, in conjunction with the AFF acquisition, as the AFF president. Prior to that, Mr. Hambleton had been employed by AFF since 2015.

All officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

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### EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

#### Compensation Discussion and Analysis

#### Compensation Program Overview
The long-term strategy and business plans of FirstCash are focused on primarily growing its core pawn revenues and income by opening new pawn locations, acquiring existing pawn stores in strategic markets and increasing revenue and operating profits in existing stores. Additionally, the retail POS payment solutions operations serve to diversify its revenues and provide additional opportunities for growth. The Company believes the successful execution of these strategies will drive long-term growth in stockholder returns.

The goal of the FirstCash executive compensation program is to attract, motivate and retain the highest quality executives who will provide leadership for the Company in order to execute its long-term strategies. The overriding compensation philosophy of the Company is to promote a “culture of ownership” among its executives by aligning their interests with those of its stockholders. The specific objectives of the Company’s compensation programs include:

• Linking Company performance with executive compensation, while not encouraging excessive risk-taking;

• Balancing short- and long-term Company performance with a weighting towards long-term performance; and

• Aligning executives’ interests with those of stockholders through long-term ownership of Company stock.

The Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors continually review and improve the Company’s pay practices for its executive officers (who are referred to in this Proxy Statement as the “named executive officers,” or “NEOs”) to ensure they reward and drive superior performance and align with stockholders’ interests.

The Company’s named executive officers for 2024 include:

| • |     | Rick L. Wessel      |     | Vice-Chairman of the Board and CEO                     |
| • |     | T. Brent Stuart     |     | President and COO                                      |
| • |     | R. Douglas Orr      |     | Executive Vice President, CFO, Secretary and Treasurer |
| • |     | Howard F. Hambleton |     | AFF President                                          |
| • |     | Raul R. Ramos       |     | SVP – Latin American Operations                        |

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