Nicholas Financial Reports 3rd Quarter Results

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including competitive factors, the management of growth, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2007. Such statements are based on the beliefs of the Company’s management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Company management. Actual events or results may differ materially. All forward looking statements and cautionary statements included in this document are made as of the date hereby based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward looking statement or cautionary statement.

NICHOLAS FINANCIAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited, Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

	Three Months Ended December 31,		Nine Months Ended December 31,
	2007	2006	2007	2006
Revenue:
Interest income on finance receivables	$ 12,593	$ 11,707	$ 37,301	$ 34,576
Sales	21	23	61	90
	12,614	11,730	37,362	34,666
Expenses:
Operating	4,982	4,604	14,983	13,871
Provision for credit losses	2,467	1,194	5,281	2,856
Interest expense	1,611	1,452	4,843	4,075
	9,060	7,250	25,107	20,802

Operating income before income taxes	3,554	4,480	12,255	13,864
Income tax expense	1,318	1,710	4,638	5,296
Net income	$ 2,236 =======	$ 2,770 =======	$ 7,617 =======	$ 8,568 =======
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Earnings per share:
Basic	$ 0.22 =======	$ 0.28 =======	$ 0.76 =======	$ 0.86 =======
Diluted	$ 0.22 =======	$ 0.27 =======	$ 0.74 =======	$ 0.83 =======
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Weighted average shares	10,045,000 =======	9,935,000 =======	10,028,000 =======	9,927,000 =======
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Weighted average shares and assumed dilution	10,298,000 =======	10,264,000 =======	10,346,000 =======	10,270,000 =======

NICHOLAS FINANCIAL, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, Dollars in Thousands)

	December 31,	March 31,
	2007	2007
Cash	$ 4,705	$ 1,499
Finance receivables, net	171,939	164,365
Other Assets	8,203	7,155
Total Assets	$ 184,847 =======	$ 173,019 =======
Line of credit	$ 99,903	$ 94,012
Other liabilities	7,880	9,200
Total liabilities	107,783	103,212
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Shareholder's equity	77,064	69,807
Total liabilities & Shareholders' equity	$ 184,847 =======	$ 173,019 =======

Portfolio Summary	Three Months Ended December 31		Nine Months Ended December 31
	2007	2006	2007	2006
Average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (1)	$ 192,408,861 ============	$ 174,444,124 ============	$ 189,618,834 ============	$ 169,638,227 ============
Average indebtedness (2)	$ 98,899,680 ============	$ 88,950,919 ============	$ 96,177,013 ============	$ 85,716,061 ============
Finance revenue (3)	$ 12,593,397	$ 11,706,732	$ 37,301,655	$ 34,575,726
Interest expense	1,610,758	1,451,647	4,842,628	4,074,541
Net finance revenue	$ 10,982,639 ============	$ 10,255,086 ============	$ 32,459,027 ============	$ 30,501,185 ============
Weighted average contractual rate (4)	24.14% ============	23.78% ============	24.25% ============	23.95% ============
Average Cost of Borrowed Funds (2)	6.51% ============	6.53% ============	6.71% ============	6.34% ============
Gross Portfolio Yield (5)	26.18%	26.84%	26.23%	27.18%
Interest expense as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest	3.35%	3.33%	3.41%	3.20%
Provision for credit losses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest	5.13%	2.74%	3.71%	2.24%
Net portfolio yield (5)	17.70%	20.77%	19.11%	21.74%
Operating expenses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (6)	10.23%	10.46%	10.41%	10.80%
Pre-tax yield as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (7)	7.47% ============	10.31% ============	8.70% ============	10.94% ============
Write-off to liquidation (8)	10.35%	7.96%	8.77%	6.91%
Net charge-off percentage (9)	9.51%	7.38%	7.98%	6.47%


Note: All three and nine month key performance indicators expressed as percentages have been annualized (1) Average finance receivables, net of unearned interest, represents the average of gross finance receivables, less unearned interest throughout the period. (2) Average indebtedness represents the average outstanding borrowings under the Line and notes payable-related party. Average cost of borrowed funds represents interest expense as a percentage of average indebtedness. (3) Finance revenue does not include revenue generated by Nicholas Data Services, Inc. (NDS) the wholly-owned software subsidiary of Nicholas Financial, Inc. (4) Weighted average contractual rate represents the weighted average annual percentage rate (APR) of all Contracts purchased and direct loans originated during the period. (5) Gross portfolio yield represents finance revenues as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest. Net portfolio yield represents finance revenue minus (a) interest expense and (b) the provision for credit losses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest. (6) Operating expenses represent total expenses, less interest expense, the provision for credit losses and operating costs associated with NDS. (7) Pre-tax yield represents net portfolio yield minus operating expenses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest. (8) Write-off to liquidation percentage is defined as net charge-offs divided by liquidation. Liquidation is defined as beginning receivable balance plus current period purchases minus voids and refinances minus ending receivable balance. (9) Net charge-off percentage represents net charge-offs divided by average finance receivables, net of unearned interest, outstanding during the period.

The following tables present certain information regarding delinquency rates experienced by the Company with respect to Contracts and under its direct loan program.
	At December 31,
	2007		2006
Contracts
Gross Balance Outstanding	$ 233,992,372		$ 233,992,372

Delinquencies

30 to 59 days	$8,908,945	3.48%	$4,942,628	2.11%
60 to 89 days	2,933,134	1.14%	1,682,993	0.72%
90 + days	1,402,143	0.55%	691,092	0.30%

Total Delinquencies	$10,989,625		$10,052,202

Direct Loans
Gross Balance Outstanding	$ 10,052,202		$ 7,904,426
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Delinquencies

30 to 59 days	$212,084	1.93%	$94,912	0.95%
60 to 89 days	77,503	0.71%	55,635	0.55%
90 + days	91,271	0.83%	25,482	0.25%

Total Delinquencies	$380,858	3.47%	$176,029	1.75%

The following tables presents selected information on Contracts purchased by the Company, net of unearned interest.
	Three Months Ended December 31		Nine Months Ended December 31
Contracts	2007	2006	2007	2006
Purchases	$25,469,763	$29,101,987	$83,498,826	$85,834,957
Weighted APR	24.08%	23.66%	24.13%	23.84%
Avg. Discount	8.34%	8.53%	8.18%	8.46%
Weighted Avg. Term (months)	48	46	48	46
Average Loan	$ 9,316	$ 9,100	$ 9,369	$ 9,073
# of Contracts	2,734	3,198	8,912	9,460