SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BARRON ALAN (Last) (First) (Middle) 690 E LAMAR BLVD 400 (Street) ARLINGTON TX 76011 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST CASH FINANCIAL SERVICES INC [ FCFS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/05/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Variable Forward Contract	(1)(2)	05/05/2006		J		0(1)(2)		05/05/2006(1)(2)	05/05/2008(1)(2)	Common Stock	147,600	(1)(2)	0(1)(2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On May 5, 2006, the Reporting Person entered into a variable forward contract (the "Contract") with an unaffiliated securities brokerage firm. Under the terms of the Contract, the brokerage firm sold an aggregate of 149,700 shares of common stock of the Issuer ("Common Stock") into the public market. (continued in Note 2 below)

2. (continued from Note 1 above) The contract requires that on May 5, 2008 (the "Settlement Date"), the Reporting Person will deliver to the brokerage firm a number of shares of Common Stock (or at the election of the Reporting Person, the cash equivalent of such shares) as follows: (a) if the price of the Common Stock on the Settlement Date ("Settlement Price") is less than $20.506 ("Downside Protection Price"), a delivery of 149,700 shares; (b) if the Settlement Price is equal to or greater than the Downside Protection Price but less than $30.76 ("Upside Protection Price"), a fraction equal to the Downside Protection Price divided by the Settlement Price; and (c) if the Settlement Price is greater than or equal to the Upside Protection Price, a fraction equal to 1 - (Upside Protection Price - Downside Protection Price) / Settlement Price. In consideration of the Contract, the Reporting Person received an advance of $2,504,915.13.

	/s/ Alan Barron	05/08/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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