Regional Management Corp. Announces Grant of Employment Inducement Awards
Regional Management Corp. (NYSE:RM), a diversified consumer finance company, today announced the grant of employment inducement awards to Lakhbir S. Lamba, the newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
The Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board approved the following employment inducement awards to Mr. Lamba on October 30, 2025: (i) an initial restricted stock award to be granted on November 10, 2025 for such number of shares as will be determined by dividing $350,000 by the closing price of the common stock on the grant date; (ii) a separate restricted stock award, expected to be granted during the Company's fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2026, for such number of shares as will be determined by dividing $1,250,000 by the closing price of the common stock on the grant date; and (iii) a performance restricted stock unit award, expected to be granted during the Company's fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2026, for such number of shares as will be determined by dividing $1,250,000 by the fair value of each unit, calculated on or as close in time as practicable to the grant date. These awards were approved as a material inducement for Mr. Lamba to enter into an offer of employment in reliance on the employment inducement award exception to New York Stock Exchange Listing Rule 303A.08.
So long as Mr. Lamba's employment continues from the grant date until the applicable vesting date or as may be otherwise provided under the terms of the applicable award agreements: (i) the restricted stock awards will vest in equal installments on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date (in the case of the 2025 award) or the Company's fiscal year-end date (in the case of the award to be granted in 2026); and (ii) the performance restricted stock unit award will vest, if at all, on December 31, 2028, based upon the achievement of performance criteria established by the Human Resources and Compensation Committee prior to the grant date.
About Regional Management Corp.
Regional Management Corp. (NYSE:RM) is a diversified consumer finance company that provides attractive, easy-to-understand installment loan products primarily to customers with limited access to consumer credit from banks, thrifts, credit card companies, and other lenders. Regional Management operates under the name "Regional Finance" online and in branch locations in 19 states across the United States. Most of its loan products are secured, and each is structured on a fixed-rate, fixed-term basis with fully amortizing equal monthly installment payments, repayable at any time without penalty. Regional Management sources loans through its multiple channel platform, which includes branches, centrally managed direct mail campaigns, digital partners, and its consumer website. For more information, please visit www.RegionalManagement.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain various "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact but instead represent Regional Management Corp.'s expectations or beliefs concerning future events. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning financial outlooks or future plans, objectives, goals, projections, strategies, events, or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements related thereto. Words such as "may," "will," "should," "likely," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "projects," "believes," "estimates," "outlook," and similar expressions may be used to identify these forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they were made and are about matters that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of the control of Regional Management. As a result, actual performance and results may differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Therefore, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Factors that could cause actual results or performance to differ from the expectations expressed or implied in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: managing growth effectively, implementing Regional Management's growth strategy, and opening new branches as planned; Regional Management's convenience check strategy; Regional Management's policies and procedures for underwriting, processing, and servicing loans; Regional Management's ability to collect on its loan portfolio; Regional Management's insurance operations; exposure to credit risk and repayment risk, which risks may increase in light of adverse or recessionary economic conditions; the implementation of evolving underwriting models and processes, including as to the effectiveness of Regional Management's custom scorecards; changes in the competitive environment in which Regional Management operates or a decrease in the demand for its products; the geographic concentration of Regional Management's loan portfolio; the failure of third-party service providers, including those providing information technology products; changes in economic conditions in the markets Regional Management serves, including levels of unemployment and bankruptcies; impacts of a prolonged U.S. federal government shutdown; the ability to achieve successful acquisitions and strategic alliances; the ability to make technological improvements as quickly as competitors; security breaches, cyber-attacks, failures in information systems, or fraudulent activity; the ability to originate loans; reliance on information technology resources and providers, including the risk of prolonged system outages; changes in current revenue and expense trends, including trends affecting delinquencies and credit losses; any future public health crises, including the impact of such crisis on our operations and financial condition; changes in operating and administrative expenses; the departure, transition, or replacement of key personnel; the ability to timely and effectively implement, transition to, and maintain the necessary information technology systems, infrastructure, processes, and controls to support Regional Management's operations and initiatives; changes in interest rates; existing sources of liquidity may become insufficient or access to these sources may become unexpectedly restricted; exposure to financial risk due to asset-backed securitization transactions; risks related to regulation and legal proceedings, including changes in laws or regulations or in the interpretation or enforcement of laws or regulations; changes in accounting standards, rules, and interpretations and the failure of related assumptions and estimates; the impact of changes in tax laws and guidance, including the timing and amount of revenues that may be recognized; risks related to the ownership of Regional Management's common stock, including volatility in the market price of shares of Regional Management's common stock; the timing and amount of future cash dividend payments; and anti-takeover provisions in Regional Management's charter documents and applicable state law.
The foregoing factors and others are discussed in greater detail in Regional Management's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Regional Management will not update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or the non-occurrence of anticipated events, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required by law. Regional Management is not responsible for changes made to this document by wire services or Internet services.
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