Nicholas Financial 4th Quarter & End of Year Earnings Report

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-KSB for the year ended March 31, 2005. 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.

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

	Three Months Ended March 31,		Year Ended March 31,
	2006	2005	2006	2005
Revenue:
Interest income on finance receivables	$ 12,130	$ 9,087	$ 42,503	$ 32,583
Sales	40	94	174	249
	12,170	9,181	42,677	32,832
Expenses:
Operating	4,779	3,761	17,396	13,692
Provision for credit losses	1,477	591	3,909	2,397
Interest expense	1,171	911	4,332	3,630
	7,427	5,263	25,637	19,719

Operating Income before income taxes	4,743	3,918	17,040	13,113
Income tax expense	1,805	1,550	6,481	5,033
Net income	$ 2,938 =======	$ 2,368 =======	$ 10,559 =======	$ 8,080 =======
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Earnings per share:
Basic	$ 0.30 =======	$ 0.24 =======	$ 1.07 =======	$ 0.85 =======
Diluted	$ 0.28 =======	$ 0.23 =======	$ 1.01 =======	$ 0.80 =======
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Weighted average shares	9,894,472 =======	9,835,170 =======	9,873,237 =======	9,462,620 =======
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Weighted average shares and assumed dilution	10,488,415 =======	10,459,810 =======	10,474,291 =======	10,082,694 =======

(Historical shares outstanding and earnings per share have been adjusted for June 17, 2005 stock split)

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

	March 31,	March 31,
	2006	2005
Cash	$ 1,729	$ 853
Finance receivables, net	140,198	113,708
Other Assets	7,568	6,254
Total Assets	$ 149,495 =======	$ 120,815 =======
Line of credit	$ 82,416	$ 65,331
Other notes payable	-	1,000
Other liabilities	8,830	7,726
Total Liabilities	91,246	74,057
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Shareholder's Equity	58,249	46,758
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Total Liabilities & Shareholders' equity	$ 149,495 =======	$ 120,815 =======

Portfolio Summary	Three Months Ended March 31		Year Ended March 31
	2006	2005	2006	2005
Average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (1)	$ 158,955,951 ============	$ 135,721,213 ============	$ 149,634,203 ============	$ 129,292,768 ============
Average indebtedness (2)	$ 80,160,083 ============	$ 64,093,923 ============	$ 73,664,722 ============	$ 63,697,012 ============
Finance revenue (3)	$ 12,129,940	$ 9,087,356	$ 42,502,615	$ 32,582,965
Interest expense	1,171,024	910,716	4,332,414	3,630,267
Net finance revenue	$ 10,958,916 ============	$ 8,176,640 ============	$ 38,170,201 ============	$ 28,952,698 ============
Weighted average contractual rate (4)	24.45% ============	24.39% ============	24.14% ============	24.15% ============
Average Cost of Borrowed Funds (2)	5.84% ============	5.68% ============	5.88% ============	5.70% ============
Gross Portfolio Yield (5)	30.52%	26.78%	28.40%	25.20%
Interest expense as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest	2.95%	2.68%	2.89%	2.81%
Provision for credit losses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest	3.71%	1.74%	2.61%	1.85%
Net portfolio yield (5)	23.86%	22.36%	22.90%	20.54%
Operating expenses as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (6)	11.94%	10.88%	11.45%	10.36%
Pre-tax yield as a percentage of average finance receivables, net of unearned interest (7)	11.92% ============	11.48% ============	11.45% ============	10.18% ============
Write-off to liquidation (8)	4.25%	4.35%	5.44%	6.28%
Net charge-off percentage (9)	4.17%	3.88%	4.98%	5.46%


Note: All three 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 March 31,
	2006		2005
Contracts
Gross Balance Outstanding	$ 214,509,842		$ 176,758,883

Delinquencies

30 to 59 days	$2,718,246	1.27%	$1,934,136	1.10%
60 to 89 days	521,319	0.24%	408,651	0.23%
90 + days	220,664	0.10%	249,547	0.14%

Total Delinquencies	$3,460,229 ========	1.61% ========	$2,592,334 ========	1.47% ========

Direct Loans
Gross Balance Outstanding	$ 8,208,542 =========		$ 5,627,852 =========
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Delinquencies

30 to 59 days	$59,910	0.73%	$37,520	0.67%
60 to 89 days	16,258	0.20%	6,945	0.12%
90 + days	10,139	0.12%	23,892	0.42%

Total Delinquencies	$86,307 ========	1.05% ========	$68,357 ========	1.21% ========

The following table presents selected information on Contracts purchased by the Company, net of unearned interest:
	Three Months Ended March 31		Year Ended March 31
Contracts	2006	2005	2006	2005
Purchases	$31,171,507	$26,150,114	$109,357,511	$87,546,711
Weighted APR	24.40%	24.33%	24.03%	24.05%
Avg. Discount	8.93%	8.91%	8.78%	8.78%
Avg.Term (months)	45	44	45	44
Average Loan	$ 8,756	$ 8,398	$ 8,795	$ 8,387
# of Contracts	3,560	3,114	12,434	10,439