Company Name: Cash America International, Inc.
Public Availability Date: June 4, 2007
Document Sections:
INQUIRY LETTER
APPENDIX
STAFF REPLY LETTER
[INQUIRY LETTER]
March 29, 2007
Martin P. Dunn
Deputy Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities & Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Shareholder Proposal Submitted to Cash America International
Via FAX 202-772-9349
Dear Mr. Dunn:
On March 14, 2007, I wrote to you on behalf of Christian Brothers Investment
Services, Inc. (the "Proponent"), which has submitted a shareholder proposal to
Cash America International, inc. ("Cash America" or the "Company") for
consideration at its year 2007 meeting of shareholders, in which letter I
requested reconsideration of the Staff's grant of a no-action letter, dated
March 5, 2007, to the Company on the ground that the Proponent's proposal
related to the Company's "ordinary business operations (i.e. credit policies,
loan underwriting and customer relations)".
In further support of our contention that shareholder proposals concerning
Predatory Lending raise important matters of policy for the Company, and
therefore are not excludable by virtue of Rule 14a-8(i)(7), we draw your
attention to the fact that yesterday, March 28, 2007, the United States House
Ways and Means Committee passed HR 1677, Section 7 of which is aimed at short
term refund anticipation predatory loans, which loans are not unlike the short
term predatory loans made by the Company. HR 1677 was introduced on March 26,
2007, and Section 7 is set forth as Appendix A to this letter.
In this connection, we note that the March 28, 2007, edition of The Wall Street
Journal said that Internal Revenue Commissioner Mark Everson had
attacked "predatory" refund loans, which are short-term loans made by
private-sector businesses at exceptionally high interest rates, typically to
poor people.
We reiterate our requests that the Staff reconsider its grant of a no-action
letter to the Company and deny the Company's request. In the event that upon
reconsideration of the Staff decision the Staff adheres to that earlier
decision, please request the Commission to review the Staff determination.
We would appreciate your telephoning the undersigned at 941-349-6164 with
respect to any questions in connection with this matter or if the staff wishes
any further information. Faxes can be received thru at the same number.
Sincerely yours,
/s/
Paul M. Neuhauser
cc: Paul W. Talbot
John Wilson
Dan Rosan
Fr. Mike Hoolahan
[APPENDIX]
EXHIBIT A
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON IRS DEBT INDICATORS FOR PREDATORY REFUND ANTICIPATION
LOANS.
(a) In General. Subsection (f) of section 6011 (relating to promotion of
electronic filing) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(3) Prohibition on irs debt indicators for predatory refund anticipation loans.
"(A) In general. In carrying out any program under this subsection, the
Secretary shall not provide a debt indicator to any person with respect to any
refund anticipation loan if the Secretary determines that the business practices
of such person involve refund anticipations loans and related charges and fees
that are predatory.
"(B) Refund anticipation loan. For purposes of this paragraph, the term `refund
anticipation loan' means a loan of money or of any other thing of value to a
taxpayer secured by the taxpayer's anticipated receipt of a Federal tax refund.
"(C) IRS debt indicator. For purposes of this paragraph, the term `debt
indicator' means a notification provided through a tax return's acknowledgment
file that a refund will be offset to repay debts for delinquent Federal or State
taxes, student loans, child support, or other Federal agency debt.".
[STAFF REPLY LETTER]
June 4, 2007
Paul M. Neuhauser
Attorney at Law
5770 Midnight Pass Road
Sarasota, FL 34242
Re: Cash America International, Inc. Incoming letter dated March 29, 2007
Dear Mr. Neuhauser:
This is in response to your letter dated March 29, 2007, which we received on
April 26, 2007, concerning a shareholder proposal submitted to Cash America by
Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. On March 5, 2007, we issued our
response expressing our informal view that we would not recommend enforcement
action to the Commission if Cash America omitted the proposal from its proxy
materials in reliance on rule 14a-8(i)(7). On March 26, 2007, we issued our
response indicating that after reviewing the information contained in your March
14, 2007 letter, we found no basis to reconsider our position and determined not
to present your request to the Commission. After reviewing the information
contained in your March 29, 2007 letter, we find no basis to reconsider our
position.
Sincerely,
/s/
Martin P. Dunn
Deputy Director
cc: Paul M. Talbot
Associate General Counsel
Cash America International, Inc.
1600 West 7\th/ Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
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