WASHINGTON,D.C FORM 8-K

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1 UNITEDSTATES SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION WASHINGTON,D.C FORM 8-K CurrentReport PursuanttoSection13or15(d)ofTheSecuritiesExchangeActof1934 September25,2018 (DateofReport-DateofEarliestEventReported) FIRSTCASH, INC. (Exactnameofregistrantasspecifiedinitscharter) Delaware (Stateorotherjurisdiction ofincorporation) (Commission FileNumber) (IRSEmployer IdentificationNo.) 1600 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas (Addressofprincipalexecutiveoffices,includingzipcode) (817) (Registrant stelephonenumber,includingareacode) NONE (Formernameorformeraddress,ifchangedsincelastreport) ChecktheappropriateboxbelowiftheForm8-Kfilingisintendedtosimultaneouslysatisfythefilingobligationoftheregistrantunderany ofthefollowingprovisions: owrittencommunicationspursuanttorule425underthesecuritiesact(17cfr ) osolicitingmaterialpursuanttorule14a-12undertheexchangeact(17cfr240.14a-12) opre-commencementcommunicationspursuanttorule14d-2(b)undertheexchangeact(17cfr d-2(b)) opre-commencementcommunicationspursuanttorule13e-4(c)undertheexchangeact(17cfr e-4(c)) IndicatebycheckmarkwhethertheregistrantisanemerginggrowthcompanyasdefinedinRule405oftheSecuritiesActof1933( ofthischapter)orrule12b-2ofthesecuritiesexchangeactof1934( b-2ofthischapter). Emerginggrowthcompanyo Ifanemerginggrowthcompany,indicatebycheckmarkiftheregistranthaselectednottousetheextendedtransitionperiodforcomplying withanyneworrevisedfinancialaccountingstandardsprovidedpursuanttosection13(a)oftheexchangeact.o

2 Item Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. On September 25, 2018, FirstCash, Inc. (the Company ), acting pursuant to authorization from its Board of Directors, provided written noticetothenewyorkstockexchange( NYSE )thatthecompanyintendstotransferthelistingofitscommonstock,parvalue$0.01per share( CommonStock ),fromthenysetothenasdaqglobalselectmarket( Nasdaq ).ThenoticestatedthattheCompanyexpectsto voluntarilyterminatethelistingofthecommonstockonthenyseonoctober5,2018andthecompanyintendstotransferitslistingto Nasdaqthefollowingtradingday,October8,2018.TheCommonStockwillcontinuetotradeunderitscurrentstocksymbol, FCFS. AcopyofthepressreleaseissuedbytheCompanyonSeptember25,2018inconnectionwiththetransferofthelistingofitsCommonStock fromthenysetonasdaqisattachedheretoasexhibit99.1. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d)exhibits: 99.1 PressRelease,datedSeptember25,2018,announcingtransferoflisting. 2

3 SIGNATURES PursuanttotherequirementsoftheSecuritiesExchangeActof1934,theregistranthasdulycausedthisreporttobesignedonitsbehalfby theundersignedthereuntodulyauthorized. Dated:September25,2018 FIRSTCASH,INC. (Registrant) /s/r.douglasorr R.DouglasOrr ExecutiveVicePresidentandChiefFinancialOfficer (AsPrincipalFinancialandAccountingOfficer) 3

4 EXHIBIT99.1 FirstCash Announces Move to Nasdaq; Transfer Expected to Take Effect October 8; Ticker Symbol to Remain FCFS FortWorth,Texas(September25,2018)--FirstCash,Inc.(the Company )(NYSE:FCFS),theleadinginternationaloperatorofmorethan 2,400 pawn stores in the U.S. and four countries in Latin America, today announced that it is voluntarily transferring the listing of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share ( Common Stock ) to The Nasdaq Global Select Market ( Nasdaq ) from the New York Stock Exchange( NYSE ). FirstCash expectsitscommonstock tobegintradingon NasdaqonOctober8, 2018, andwillcontinue tobelisted underthetickersymbol FCFS. Mr.RickWessel,chiefexecutiveofficer,stated, Wearepleasedtore-joinmanyoftheworld'smostsuccessfulandinnovativecompanies listedonnasdaq.webelievethismovewillprovideuswithgreatercost-effectivenessandaccesstonasdaq'suniqueportfoliooftoolsand servicestoconnectwithourinvestorsmoreefficiently.wewanttothankthenysefortheirvaluedpartnershipoverthelastfewyears." About First Cash FirstCashistheleadinginternationaloperatorofpawnstoreswithover2,400retailpawnandconsumerlendinglocationsin25U.S.states and Latin America, which includes all the states in Mexico and the countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Colombia. The Company employs approximately 18,000 people between the U.S. and Latin America. FirstCash focuses on serving cash and credit constrained consumers primarily through its retail pawn locations, which buy and sell a wide variety of jewelry, consumer electronics, power tools, householdappliances,sportinggoods,musicalinstrumentsandothermerchandise,andmakesmallconsumerpawnloanssecuredbypledged personalproperty.approximately97%ofthecompany srevenuesarefrompawnoperations. FirstCashisacomponentcompanyinboththeStandard & Poor s SmallCap 600 Index andtherussell 2000 Index.Foradditional information regarding FirstCash and the services it provides, visit FirstCash s websites located at and

5 Forward-Looking Information This release contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition and prospects of FirstCash, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together, the Company ). Forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as believes, projects, expects, may, estimates, should, plans, targets, intends, could, would, anticipates, potential, confident, optimistic, or the negative thereof,orothervariationsthereon,orcomparableterminology,orbydiscussionsofstrategy,objectives,estimates,guidance,expectations andfutureplans.forward-lookingstatementscanalsobeidentifiedbythefactthesestatementsdonotrelatestrictlytohistoricalorcurrent matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Because forward-looking statementsrelatetomattersthathavenotyetoccurred,thesestatementsareinherentlysubjecttorisksanduncertainties. These forward-looking statements are made to provide the public with management s current assessment of the Company s business. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurances such expectations will prove to be accurate. Security holders are cautioned such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Certain factors may cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements made in this release. Such factorsmayinclude,withoutlimitation,therisks,uncertaintiesandregulatorydevelopmentsdiscussedanddescribedinthecompany s2017 annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) on February 20, 2018, including the risks describedinpart1,item1a, RiskFactors thereof,andotherreportsfiledsubsequentlybythecompanywiththesec.manyoftheserisks 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. The forwardlookingstatementscontainedinthisreleasespeakonlyasofthedateofthisrelease,andthecompanyexpresslydisclaimsanyobligationor undertakingtoreportanyupdatesorrevisionstoanysuchstatementtoreflectanychangeinthecompany sexpectationsoranychangein events,conditionsorcircumstancesonwhichanysuchstatementisbased,exceptasrequiredbylaw. Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontact: GarJackson GlobalIRGroup Phone:(817) gar@globalirgroup.com DougOrr,ExecutiveVicePresidentandChiefFinancialOfficer Phone:(817) investorrelations@firstcash.com Website:ir.firstcash.com 2