Exhibit 99.1
Conn’s, Inc. Provides Update on Liquidity
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 20, 2020—Conn’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: CONN) (“Conn’s” or the “Company”), a specialty retailer of furniture and mattresses, home appliances, consumer electronics and home office products, and provider of consumer credit, today announced that on March 18, 2020, the Company borrowed an additional $275 million under its $650 million Revolving Credit Facility, maturing in May of 2022. The proceeds from the incremental Revolving Credit Facility borrowings are currently being held on the Company’s balance sheet. Inclusive of this borrowing, Conn’s has over $280 million in cash on its balance sheet at this time. Conn’s now has an immediately available borrowing capacity of approximately $123 million under its Revolving Credit Facility. The increased borrowings are a precautionary measure to increase Conn’s cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of the current uncertainty resulting from theCOVID-19 outbreak.
About Conn’s, Inc.
Conn’s HomePlus is a specialty retailer currently operating 135+ retail locations inAlabama,Arizona,Colorado,Georgia,Louisiana,Mississippi,Nevada,New Mexico,North Carolina,Oklahoma,South Carolina,Tennessee,TexasandVirginia.
The Company’s primary product categories include:
| • | Furniture and mattress, including furniture and related accessories for the living room, dining room and bedroom, as well as traditional and specialty mattresses; |
| • | Home appliance, including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers and ranges; |
| • | Consumer electronics, including LED, OLED, QLED, Ultra HD, and internet-ready televisions, gaming consoles, home theater and portable audio equipment; and |
| • | Home office, including computers, printers and accessories. |
Additionally, Conn’s HomePlus offers a variety of products on a seasonal basis. Unlike many of its competitors, Conn’s HomePlus provides flexiblein-house credit options for its customers in addition to third-party financing programs and third-partylease-to-own payment plans.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including but not limited to, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include information concerning our future financial performance, business strategy, plans, goals and objectives. Statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “predict,” “will,” “potential,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations. We can give no assurance that such statements will prove to be correct, and actual results may differ materially. A wide variety of potential risks, uncertainties, and other factors could materially affect our ability to achieve the results either expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: general economic conditions impacting our customers or potential customers; our ability to execute periodic securitizations of future originated customer loans on favorable terms; our ability to continue existing customer financing programs or to offer new customer financing programs; changes in the delinquency status of our credit portfolio; unfavorable developments in ongoing litigation; increased regulatory oversight; higher than anticipated net charge-offs in the credit portfolio; the success of our planned opening of new stores; technological and market developments and sales trends for our major product offerings; our ability to manage effectively the selection of our major product offerings; our ability to protect against cyber-attacks or data security breaches and to protect the integrity and security of individually identifiable data of our customers and employees; our ability to fund our operations, capital expenditures, debt repayment and expansion from cash flows from operations, borrowings from our revolving credit facility, and proceeds from accessing debt or equity markets; and the effects of theCOVID-19 outbreak; and other risks detailed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019 and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize (or the consequences of such a development changes), or should our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, or to provide periodic updates or guidance. All forward-looking statements attributable to us, or to persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
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SM Berger & Company
Andrew Berger
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