Cash America International, Inc Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

Cash America International, Inc (CSH)

Q1 2010 Earnings Call

April 22, 2010, 10:45 a.m. ET

Executives

Daniel Feehan - President, Chief Executive Officer

Thomas Bessant - Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

David Burtzlaff - Stephens Inc.

Elizabeth Pierce - Roth Capital Partners

Richard Shane - Jefferies & Co.

Bill Carcache - Macquarie Research

John Hecht - JMP Securities

William Armstrong - C.L. King & Associates

Isabel Sterk - C.K. Cooper

John Rowan - Sidoti & Company

Joshua Elving - Feltl & Company

Henry Coffey - Stern Agee

Gregg Hillman - First Wilshire Securities

Presentation

Operator

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by and welcome to the Cash America International, Incorporated quarterly 2010 earnings release conference call. During the presentation all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards we will conduct a question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Thursday, April 22, 2010. It is now my pleasure to introduce Daniel Feehan, Chief Executive Officer and President. You may go ahead, sir.

Daniel Feehan

Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our call for the first quarter of 2010. Joining me this morning, as usual, is Tom Bessant, our Chief Financial Officer. Tom will lead off the review today of our financial performance for the quarter. I will then rejoin the call to provide my perspective as well as my views on our near-term outlook. We'll then have an opportunity to open the call for questions following my remarks.

Before beginning, please bear with me while I read our Safe Harbor disclosure. While on this call comments made by Tom or me may contain forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition and prospects of Cash America International Inc. and its subsidiaries. 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 risks and uncertainties contained in the company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.