Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

NOTE 8: REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST

The following table provides a summary of the activities in our redeemable noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2012:



	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
	(in thousands)
Balance as of September 30, 2012	$	53,681
Acquisition of redeemable noncontrolling interest	2,836
Sale of additional shares to parent	(7,981		)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	1,438
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests	(651		)
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	49,323

On November 1, 2012, we acquired a 51% interest in Tuyo (See note 2 for details).

On November 14, 2012, we acquired an additional 23% of the ordinary shares outstanding of Cash Genie, our U.K. online lending business, for $10.4 million, increasing our ownership percentage from 72% to 95%, with the remaining 5% held by local management. The consideration paid to the selling shareholder was paid in the form of 592,461 shares of EZCORP Class A Non-Voting Common Stock. This transaction was treated as an equity transaction and not an adjustment to the purchase price of the our initial controlling interest acquisition of Cash Genie.

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The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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