Jefferson Capital, Inc. / DE

**1.**Organization, Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying combined and condensed consolidated financial statements include the combined and condensed consolidated results of operations of Jefferson Capital, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”). Jefferson Capital, Inc. is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Company and its subsidiaries in the U.S., Canada, the U.K and Latin America. provide debt recovery solutions and other related services across a broad range of consumer receivables, including credit card, secured and unsecured automotive, utilities, telecom and other receivables. The Company primarily purchases portfolios of consumer receivables at deep discounts to face value and manages them by working with individuals as they repay their obligations and work toward financial recovery. Previously charged-off receivables include receivables subject to bankruptcy proceedings. The Company also provides debt servicing and other portfolio management services to credit originators for non-performing loans. Through credit card acquisition programs, the Company earns credit card revenue. All deployments are purchased from independent third parties.

The Company purchases portfolios of receivables from a diverse client base, including Fortune 500 creditors, banks, fintech origination platforms, telecommunications providers, credit card issuers, and auto finance companies. The Company’s topfive clients accounted for 41.0% and 40.4%, with the top client representing 12.3% and 14.2% of purchases for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. For credit card receivables, the Company purchases fromtwo issuers.

Initial Public Offering June 2025

In June 2025, the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”), in which the selling shareholders sold 10,875,000 shares after giving effect to the underwriters’ exercise of the over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $15.00 per share. The Company also issued and sold 625,000 shares of its common stock in the IPO, which resulted in net proceeds of $4.5 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions. Prior to the IPO, our business operations were generally conducted through Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries. JCAP TopCo, LLC is a holding company and the direct parent of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC. JCAP TopCo, LLC was owned by (i) entities affiliated with J.C. Flowers, (ii) members of Management Invest, LLC, and (iii) former equity holders of Canaccede.

Following a series of transactions that we refer to collectively as the “Reorganization,” Jefferson Capital, Inc. became a holding company with no material assets other than 100% of the equity interests in JCAP TopCo, LLC, which remain a holding company with no material assets other than 100% of the equity interests in Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC. Jefferson Capital, Inc. also succeeded to federal NOLs, state NOLs and tax credit carryforwards under Section 381 of the Code as a result of its acquisition in the Reorganization of certain affiliated corporations that held direct or indirect equity interests in JCAP TopCo, LLC. As indirect parent of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC, following the Reorganization, Jefferson Capital, Inc. operates and controls all of the business and affairs, and consolidates the financial results of, Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries. To effect the Reorganization, the current direct and indirect owners of JCAP TopCo, LLC, which include (i) entities affiliated with J.C. Flowers, (ii) members of Management Invest, LLC, an entity through which employees of JCAP TopCo, LLC and its subsidiaries and certain of our directors hold equity interests, and (iii) former equity holders of Canaccede, exchanged their direct and indirect interests in JCAP TopCo, LLC for shares of our common stock. We refer to the entities affiliated with J.C. Flowers, members of Management Invest, LLC and former stockholders of Canaccede who own shares of our common stock following the Reorganization and the IPO as the “JCF Stockholders,” “Management Stockholders” and “Former Canaccede Stockholders,” respectively. As a result of the Reorganization and after giving effect to the completion of the IPO at the initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, as of June 30, 2025:

In addition, based on the initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, an aggregate of 9,060,082 shares of common stock were issued in exchange for the 27,937,232 Class B Units of JCAP TopCo, LLC outstanding immediately prior to the Reorganization, resulting in a total of 64,060,082 shares of common stock outstanding immediately after the Reorganization and before giving effect to the IPO. The number of shares of common stock that the Management Stockholders collectively received pursuant to the Reorganization was based in part on the value that Management Invest, LLC would have received under the distribution provisions of the limited liability agreement of JCAP TopCo, LLC, with shares of our common stock valued by reference to the ultimate initial public offering price of shares of common stock in the IPO. Specifically, of the 9,060,082 shares of common stock issued to the Management Stockholders in the Reorganization,6,418,775 shares were issued in respect of Class B Units of Management Invest, LLC (which correspond to Class B Units of JCAP TopCo, LLC) that are “in- the-money” but remain subject to certain vesting conditions specified in individual award agreements. These shares were issued as restricted stock either with the same time-based vesting requirements that the corresponding Class B Units were subject to prior to the Reorganization or, if such corresponding Class B Units had performance vesting requirements, with athree year time-vesting requirement. If the vesting conditions of the restricted stock are not satisfied, such restricted stock will be forfeited and canceled.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited combined and condensed consolidated interim financial statements include our accounts and those of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, and they reflect all adjustments which are necessary for a fair statement of results of operations, financial position, and cash flows as if entities had been combined for all periods presented and are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Such unaudited combined and condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.

These unaudited combined and condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 and have been prepared on a consistent basis with the accounting policies described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our final prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on June 27, 2025 (the “Prospectus.”)

All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Translation of Foreign Currencies

Foreign currency translation adjustments result from the process of translating financial statements from the Company’s foreign subsidiaries’ functional currency, mainly the Canadian dollar for the Company’s Canadian business and British Pound for the Company’s United Kingdom businesses, into the Company’s reporting currency, the U.S. dollar. Translation adjustments are reported as a component of other comprehensive income. Revenues and expenses are translated monthly utilizing average exchange rates and assets and liabilities are translated as of the balance sheet date utilizing the period end exchange rate.

The combined and condensed consolidated financial statements of certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using their local currency as the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars using period-end exchange rates, and revenues and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars using average exchange rates in effect during each period. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a component of other

comprehensive income or loss. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates, except for the change in retained earnings during the year which is the result of the income statement translation process. Intercompany transaction gains or losses at each period end arising from subsequent measurement of balances for which settlement is not planned or anticipated in the foreseeable future are included as translation adjustments and recorded within other comprehensive income or loss. Translation gains or losses are the material components of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss.

Use of Estimates

The combined and condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), and these principles require making estimates and assumptions affecting the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the combined and condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each reporting period. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the combined and condensed consolidated financial statements. The actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Significant estimates include the determination of recovery income associated with the investment in charged off receivables. The recognition of revenue from previously charged-off receivables is primarily calculated using ASC 326 – Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, which is commonly referred to as the Current Expected Credit Loss model or “CECL,” which is based on expected future collections and involved significant judgement, including forecasts of macroeconomic conditions and collection trends, which are inherently uncertain and may change over time. Additionally, estimates of future credit losses on credit card receivables may have a significant effect on the provision for loan losses.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies from the audited combined and condensed consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, included in the Prospectus.

Investments in Receivables

The Company typically purchases receivable portfolios that are either significantly delinquent or have been previously charged off by the seller. These financial assets have experienced more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality, and as such meet the definition of Purchased Credit Deteriorated or “PCD” under CECL. Under PCD accounting, the portfolios are initially recognized at amortized cost by adding the acquisition date estimate of expected credit losses to the asset’s purchase price with no provision expense recorded at acquisition date. Receivable portfolio purchases are then aggregated into pools based on similar risk characteristics. Examples of risk characteristics include financial asset type, collateral type, size, interest rate, date of origination, term, and geographic location. The Company’s static pools are typically grouped into credit card, purchased consumer bankruptcy, and mortgage portfolios. The Company further groups these static pools by geographic location. Once a pool is established, and aggregated based on similar risk characteristics, the portfolios will remain in the designated pool unless the underlying risk characteristics change. The purchase Effective Interest Rate (“EIR”) of a pool will not change over the life of the pool even if expected future cash flows change.

Write Off and Negative Allowance for Expected Recoveries: At purchase, the Company deems these portfolios to be uncollectible due to being significantly delinquent and previously being charged off by the seller prior to purchase. In accordance with its write-off policy, the Company immediately writes off the amortized cost of the purchased portfolios at acquisition. Subsequent to write-off, the Company establishes a negative allowance for expected recoveries equal to the amount the Company expects to collect over the life of the receivable portfolio. The negative allowance will not exceed the amortized cost basis of the purchased portfolios prior to charge off.

*Pooling:*The Company aggregates purchases of receivables into pools based on risk characteristics, primarily financial asset type and expected credit loss pattern. Once a pool is established, the composition of the pool will not change unless there is a change in the underlying risk characteristics of the individual loans.

Methodology: The negative allowance is calculated at a pool level and represents the amount of future expected recoveries discounted to present value. The discount rate used in the calculation is the effective interest rate that equates the purchase price of the portfolio and the expected future cash flows at the purchase date. An annual pool is created throughout the year as the Company purchases portfolios. The Company pools accounts with similar risk characteristics that are acquired in the same year. The blended effective interest rate will be adjusted to reflect new acquisitions and new cash flow estimates

until the end of the year. The effective interest rate for a pool is fixed for the remaining life of the pool once the year has ended. The effective interest rate will not change after the year has ended even if expected cash flows change for the pool.

Income Recognition: Under ASC 326, revenue related to investments in receivables is recognized for accretion / amortization due to the passage of time, changes in current period expected recoveries due to variances between actual and expected collections, and changes in future expected recoveries, discounted to present value. Discount accretion due to the passage of time based on the established pool effective interest rate (“EIR”) is shown in “Total portfolio income” of the combined and condensed consolidated statement of operations. Changes in current period expected recoveries due to variances between actual and expected collections and changes in future expected recoveries, discounted to present value, are shown in “Changes in recoveries” of the combined and condensed consolidated statement of operations. Additionally, the Company recognized performing loans carried at amortized cost and include accrued interest receivable, deferred fees, and costs. These loans are shown in “Total portfolio income” on the combined and consolidated statement of operations.

The Company provides an allowance for credit losses on loans and fees receivable. Judgement is required to assess the estimate of current expected credit losses. Management continuously evaluates its estimate for determining the most appropriate allowance for credit losses. The allowance for credit losses on loans and fees receivable is computed at the pool level using a roll-rate methodology. Management considers several factors in the measurement of the allowance, including historical loss rates, current delinquency and roll-rate trends, the effects of changes in the economy, changes in underwriting criteria, and estimated recoveries. The estimated allowance consists of both qualitative and quantitative adjustments. A reasonable and supportable forecast is considered as part of the qualitative adjustments, as permitted by ASC 326. The allowance is estimated based on the amortized cost basis of the loan including principal, accrued interest receivable, deferred fees, and costs. The Company places receivables on non-accrual at 90 days past due and writes off the accrued interest at 180 days past due. Expected recoveries are included in the measurement of the allowance for credit losses.

The Company does not record an allowance related to unfunded commitments as these agreements are unconditionally cancelable by the Company.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenues primarily include Revenues from receivable portfolios associated with Investments in receivables, which is revenue recognized from engaging in debt purchasing and recovery activities. The Company fully writes off the amortized costs (i.e., face value net of noncredit discount) of the individual receivables it acquires immediately after purchasing the portfolio. The Company then records a negative allowance that represents the present value of all expected future recoveries for pools of receivables that share similar risk characteristics using a discounted cash flow approach, which is presented as “Investment in receivable portfolios, net” in the Company’s combined and condensed consolidated balance sheet. The discount rate is an EIR established based on the purchase price of the portfolio and the expected future cash flows at the time of purchase. In recent periods the Company has purchased performing receivable portfolios and continues to do so at a deep discount. The credit quality of these portfolios continues to meet the definition of PCD, but the Company believes it will successfully collect a significant portion where the consumer will pay on a normal schedule.

Debt purchasing revenue includes two components:

The Company measures expected future recoveries based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 requires disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within the segment measure of profit or loss. This guidance was applied retrospectively and became effective for annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2024. The Company has adopted ASU 2023-07 effective December 31, 2024 and concluded that the application of this guidance did not have any material impact on its combined and condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 15 for more information.

Recent Accounting Standards or Updates Not Yet Adopted

In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative, to amend certain disclosure and presentation requirements for a variety of topics within the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). These amendments align the requirements in the ASC to the removal of certain disclosure requirements set out in Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K, announced by the SEC. The effective date for each amended topic in the ASC is either the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, or on June 30, 2027, if the SEC has not removed the requirements by that date. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating these provisions and the impact they may have on its combined and condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions and apply to all entities subject to income taxes. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this ASU and the impact on its combined and condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses for public business entities. The objective of ASU 2024-03 is to address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses. The ASU does not change the expense captions an entity presents on the face of the income statement; rather, it requires disaggregation of certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within the footnotes to the financial statements. The effective date for annual reporting periods is after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating these provisions of this ASU and the impact they may have on its combined and condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

2**.**Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders of Jefferson Capital, Inc. by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding from June 27, 2025, the date of the IPO

through June 30, 2025. Diluted EPS is computed using the same components as basic EPS, with the denominator adjusted for nonvested share awards from June 27, 2025, the date of the IPO, through June 30, 2025.

The historical earnings per unit are not meaningful or comparable because, prior to the IPO and Reorganization, Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC, the predecessor to Jefferson Capital, Inc., was a single member limited liability company. Accordingly, earnings per unit are not presented for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. In addition, because the nature of the Reorganization described in Note 1 does not constitute a stock dividend, stock split or reverse stock split, basic EPS and diluted EPS does not give retroactive effect to the Reorganization in a manner similar to a stock split or stock dividend in the historical financial statements of the Company. Therefore, EPS for periods preceding the Reorganization and IPO is not presented.

The components of earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 are (in thousands, except per share amounts):

(1) Options outstanding at June 30, 2025 to purchase 457,542 were not included in the computation of dilutive earnings per share as they were anti-dilutive.

3**.**Acquisitions

Effective December 3, 2024, the Company’s U.S. subsidiary Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to purchase certain assets from Conn’s, Inc. (“Conn’s) though a bankruptcy process for $244.9 million in cash (the “Conn’s Portfolio Purchase”).

Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC hired 197 of the former full-time equivalents (“FTE”) of Conn’s on December 4, 2024, to manage and service the assets acquired in the Conn’s Portfolio Purchase through their remaining life and entered into certain vendor contracts to maintain continuity of account servicing. In addition, Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC was assigned a lease in San Antonio, Texas that had originally been entered into by Conn’s on November 10, 2024, at Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC’s request, in part to ensure that the Company would have its desired facility in place by the closing of the Conn’s Portfolio Purchase. Jefferson Capital relocated the 197 new FTE of Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC to the new San Antonio facility in January 2025. As of June 30, 2025119 FTE remain.

The Conn’s portfolio purchase was accounted for as an asset acquisition in accordance with the asset acquisition method of accounting as detailed in ASC 805-50, Business Combinations—Related Issues (“ASC 805”). Generally, under asset acquisition accounting, acquiring assets in groups not only requires ascertaining the cost of the asset (or net assets), but also allocating that cost to the individual assets (or individual assets and liabilities) that make up the group. The cost of the group of assets acquired in an asset acquisition is allocated to the individual assets acquired or liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values of net identifiable assets acquired other than certain “non-qualifying” assets (for example cash)

and does not give rise to goodwill. The Company has determined the relative fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as of the date of acquisition, as presented (in thousands):

The investments in receivables, net exhibited more than insignificant credit deterioration on the acquisition date and were valued as per ASC 326, CECL methodology for PCD assets.

The Company has allocated the purchase price by evaluating the market value of each asset or liability acquired at the time of purchase. The Company utilized the same methodology in allocating purchase price as a business combination by evaluating the market value of each item acquired at the time of purchase. The market values were determined by using the approximate costs of the services provided today. The market value apportionment percentage of each respective item was then applied to the purchase price to establish the allocated book values.

For the acquired intangible assets, the weighted-average amortization period isthirty-one (31) months for both intellectual property and assembled workforce, as well as the combined total. There will be no residual value at the end of the life. For the information technology hardware, the depreciable life isthirty-six (36) months, which follows the Company’s policy.

In the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized portfolio revenue of $54.7 million, servicing revenue of $6.8 million and net operating income of $42.8 million related to the Conn’s portfolio purchase.

In the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recognized portfolio revenue of $9.4 million, servicing revenue of $1.9 million and net operating income of $3.1 million related to the Conn’s portfolio purchase.

4**.**Fair Value Measurements

The Company measures the fair values of its assets and liabilities, where applicable, based on the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or the price paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, i.e., the “exit price”. Under applicable accounting standards, fair value measurements are categorized into one of three levels based on the inputs to the valuation technique with the highest priority given to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and the lowest priority given to unobservable inputs. The Company categorizes its fair value measurements of financial instruments based on this three-level hierarchy. The following is a brief description of each level:

The Company does not have any financial instruments that are subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis.

Financial Instruments Not Required to Be Carried at Fair Value

The table below summarizes fair value estimates for the Company’s financial instruments that are not required to be carried at fair value.

The carrying amounts in the following table are recorded in the combined and condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Investment in receivables, net

The fair value of investments in receivables, net is measured using Level 3 inputs by discounting the estimated future cash flows generated by the Company’s proprietary forecasting models. The key inputs include the estimated future gross cash flow, average cost to collect, and a discount rate. The determination of such inputs requires significant judgment. The Company evaluates the use of key inputs on an ongoing basis and refines the data as it continues to obtain market data. See Note 5 to the combined and condensed consolidated financial statements.

Credit card receivables, net

The fair value approximates the carrying value, due to their short-term nature.

Credit agreements

The fair value of notes payable is measured using Level 3 inputs. The fair value approximates the principal value due to the short-term adjustable-rate nature of the notes payable.

Senior unsecured bonds due 2026, 2029 and 2030

The fair value estimates for the Senior Unsecured Bond are based on quoted market prices that were obtained from secondary market broker quotes. Accordingly, the Company uses Level 2 inputs for its fair value estimates.

5**.**Investment in receivables, net

The following table presents the roll forward of the balance of the investment in receivables, net for the following periods (in thousands):

The table below provides the detail on the establishment of negative allowance for expected recoveries of portfolios purchased during the periods presented (in thousands):

Recoveries above or below forecast represent over and under-performance in the reporting period, respectively. Actual collections during the six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, overperformed the projected collections by approximately $10.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The Company believes the collection overperformance was primarily driven by continued strong collection performance.

When reassessing the forecasts of expected lifetime recoveries during the six months ended June 30, 2025, management considered historical and current collection performance and believes that for certain static pools sustained collections underperformance resulted in decreased total expected recoveries. As a result, the Company has updated its forecast, resulting in a net decrease of total estimated remaining collections, which in turn, when discounted to present value, resulted in a negative change in expected future period recoveries of approximately $5.4 million and $2.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.

At the time of the Conn’s portfolio purchase, which was the majority performing receivables, the Company established an allowance for credit losses of $251.3 million. Additionally, due to the discount paid to face value on the portfolio, the Company also established a non-credit discount of $89.3 million at the time of purchase.

The Company places performing receivables on nonaccrual status when the receivables are greater than 90 days. To facilitate the monitoring of credit quality for performing receivables, and for the purpose of determining an appropriate allowance for losses for these receivables, the Company utilizes payment history and current payment status. The table below presents the information on the past due and non-accrual buckets for the assets acquired in the Conn’s portfolio purchase, and does not include all other purchased loans as they were charged-off at the time of purchase, as of June 30, 2025(in thousands):

The following table presents non-accrual performing loans by segment (in thousands).

For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company purchased receivable portfolios with face values of $4,517.0 million for a purchase price of $300.5 million or 6.7% of face value. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company purchased receivable portfolios with face values of $4,060.6 million for a purchase price of $241.9 million or 6.0% of face value. The price paid relative to the face amount of receivables will vary based upon the type of debt purchased, the age of the debt at the time of acquisition and the overall debt acquisition market. The percentage reported represents the weighted average of activity for the period and is a function of the mix of assets acquired in any period. For the receivables purchased in the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the estimated amount of cash flows to be collected were $564.0 million and $475.6 million (as of purchase), respectively.

6**.**Credit Card Receivables

The following table summarizes the credit card receivables, gross of allowance for credit losses, by geography (in thousands):

The Company places credit card receivables on nonaccrual status when the credit card receivables are greater than 90 days past due or within 60 days of being notified that the customer is in bankruptcy status, whichever is earlier. The below

tables present the information on the Company’s past due and non-accrual credit card receivables as of June 30, 2025, and 2024.

Age analysis of past-due credit card receivables at June 30, 2025 (in thousands)

Age analysis of past-due credit card receivables at June 30, 2024 (in thousands)

The following table summarizes the change in the allowance for credit losses for the Company’s credit card receivables portfolio (in thousands).

Non-Accrual Loans

The following table presents non-accrual loans by segment (in thousands).

No interest income was recorded for the non-accrual receivables for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

7**.**Goodwill

The Company tests goodwill for impairment at least annually as of June 30, or more frequently, if certain events or circumstances warrant. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, and fiscal year 2024, the Company recordedno impairments of goodwill at the Company’s reporting units.

The following table summarizes the changes in goodwill (in thousands) in the Company’s reportable segments:

8**.**Notes Payable, Net

On August 4, 2021, the Company completed an offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% senior notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) under an indenture (the “2026 Notes Indenture”), dated as of August 4, 2021, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee. The 2026 Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2026 Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing on February 15, 2022. The 2026 Notes mature on August 15, 2026. At any time and from time to time prior to August 15, 2023, the 2026 Notes were able to be redeemed at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of holders of 2026 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, plus the applicable premium as of the applicable redemption date. On and after August 15, 2023, the 2026 Notes may be redeemed, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices set forth below. The 2026 Notes will be redeemable at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of holders of the 2026 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on August 15 of each of the years indicated below:

The 2026 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional debt; (ii) incur certain liens; (iii) make certain

investments; (iv) create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts from the Company’s restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors under the 2026 Notes Indenture; (v) enter into certain transactions with affiliates (vi) sell certain assets, including capital stock of the Company’s subsidiaries; (vii) designate the Company’s subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; and (viii) pay dividends, redeem or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments.

These notes incurred issuance costs of $6.9 million, including legal expenses and origination fees, which decrease the carry balance of the notes. These expenses were capitalized at the time of issuance and are being amortized over the 5-year life of the bonds. At June 30, 2025, the balance of the capitalized bond issuance costs is $1.5 million.

On February 28, 2022, the Company amended its credit agreement entered into on May 21, 2021 (the “Credit Agreement”) to include a new $150.0 million Canadian sub-facility to go alongside the $35.0 million UK sub-facility.

On April 26, 2023, the Company amended and extended its Credit Agreement to an aggregate commitment of $600 million with a 5-year maturity of April 26, 2028.

On September 29, 2023, the Company amended its Credit Agreement to an aggregate commitment of $750 million and modified its sub-facility limits to $85 million for the Canadian sub-facility and $50 million for the U.K. sub-facility.

The Credit Agreement contains five financial covenants:

On February 2, 2024, the Company completed an offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) under an indenture (the “2029 Notes Indenture”), dated as of February 2, 2024, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. The 2029 Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2029 Notes is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, commencing on August 15, 2024. The 2029 Notes mature on February 15, 2029. At any time and from time to time prior to February 15, 2026, the 2029 Notes may be redeemed at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of holders of 2029 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, plus the applicable premium as of the applicable redemption date. On and after February 15, 2026, the 2029 Notes may be redeemed, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices set forth below. The 2029 Notes will be redeemable at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the 2029 Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of holders of the 2029 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on February 15 of each of the years indicated below:

The 2029 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit the Company’s ability and the ability of the Company’s restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional debt; (ii) incur certain liens; (iii) make certain investments; (iv) create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts from the Company’s restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors under the 2029 Notes Indenture; (v) enter into certain transactions with affiliates;

(vi) merge or consolidate with another person, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; (vii) sell certain assets, including capital stock of the Company’s subsidiaries; (viii) designate the Company’s subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; and (ix) pay dividends, redeem or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments.

These notes incurred issuance costs of $6.8 million, including legal expenses and origination fees, which decrease the carry balance of the notes. These expenses were capitalized at the time of issuance and are being amortized over the 5-year life of the bonds. At June 30, 2025, the balance of the capitalized bond issuance costs is $4.9 million.

On November 13, 2024, the Company amended its Credit Agreement to an aggregate commitment of $825 million through the exercise of its accordion feature and modified its sub-facility limits to $110 million for the Canadian sub-facility and $665 million for the U.S. sub-facility.

On May 2, 2025, Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC completed an offering of $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% senior notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) under an indenture (the “2030 Notes Indenture”), dated as of May 2, 2025, among Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. The 2030 Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC and are guaranteed by certain of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2030 Notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2025. The 2030 Notes mature on May 15, 2030.

At any time and from time to time prior to May 15, 2027, the 2030 Notes may be redeemed at Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of holders of 2030 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, plus the applicable premium as of the applicable redemption date. On and after May 15, 2027, the 2030 Notes may be redeemed, at Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices set forth below. The 2030 Notes will be redeemable at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the 2030 Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of holders of the 2030 Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on May 15 of each of the years indicated below:

The 2030 Notes Indenture contains covenants that limit Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s ability and the ability of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur or guarantee additional debt; (ii) incur certain liens; (iii) make certain investments; (iv) create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts from Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors under the 2030 Notes Indenture; (v) enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (vi) merge or consolidate with another person, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s assets; (vii) sell certain assets, including capital stock of Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s subsidiaries; (viii) designate Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC’s subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; and (ix) pay dividends, redeem or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments.

Components of interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024 (in thousands):

As of June 30, 2025, the outstanding balances of notes payable were $1,181.5 million with the aggregated average interest rate of 8.10%. In comparison, as of June 30, 2024, the outstanding balances of notes payable were $845.0 million with the aggregated average interest rate of 8.08%.

The Company incurred costs related to the issuance and origination of its notes payable which are deferred and recorded net of the debt balance and amortized to interest expense over the life of the debt on an effective interest method. The unamortized debt issuance costs related to the notes payable were $18.5 million and $15.2 million as of June 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all the financial covenants of its notes payable.

9. Leases

The Company enters into leases as a lessee for data centers, office buildings, and technology equipment and are included in other selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s combined and condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The components of lease expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024, are presented as follows (in thousands):

The following table provides supplemental combined and condensed consolidated balance sheet information related to leases as of June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Supplemental lease information is summarized below (in thousands, except rate and lease term):

Minimum future payments on non-cancellable operating leases as of June 30, 2025, are summarized as follows (in thousands):

10**.**Stock Based Compensation

Prior to the initial public offering in June, 2025, the Company maintained the JCAP TopCo, LLC 2018 Underlying Units Plan (the “Plan”) and the Management Invest LLC 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “Management Invest Plan”), effective August 31, 2018, to promote the long-term growth and profitability of the Company by providing certain of the Company’s employees and other service providers who were involved in the Company’s growth with an opportunity to acquire equity interests that enable them to share in the appreciation of value of the Company, thereby encouraging such persons to contribute to and participate in the success of the Company.

Under the Plan, awards of Class B Units representing limited liability company interests in JCAP TopCo, LLC, a holding company and direct parent of the Company, were issued to Management Invest LLC, which in turn issued corresponding awards of Class B Units in Management Invest LLC to certain of the Company’s employees and other service providers. As of June 26, 2025, there were 26,932,232 Class B units available for issuance, of which 26,932,232 were issued and outstanding. The Plan units qualified as liability awards since they would have been settled in cash upon redemption and were included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the combined and condensed consolidated balance sheet. The unit value was calculated based on the estimated fair value of the Company over the original investment amount. Generally, thirty percent (30%) of the units vested infive equal installments on each of the first five anniversaries of their respective grant dates, and the remaining seventy percent (70%) vested upon a change of control if applicable distribution thresholds were achieved. The Company valued its units awarded under the Plan based on the market approach. The Company utilized public company comparable information to establish the measure of invested capital (“MOIC”), which was then applied against the strike prices of the respective vested portion of the units awarded under the Plan to calculate the compensation exposure.

As part of the initial public offering, all of the Class B Units issued pursuant to the Plan were crystalized and converted into shares of common stock on the basis of the Exchange Ratio used to convert the Class A Units and Class C Units. The conversion took into account the number of Class B Units held, the applicable distribution threshold and the value of the distributions that the holder would have been entitled to receive through their indirect ownership interest in JCAP TopCo, LLC had JCAP TopCo, LLC been liquidated on the date of such conversion in accordance with the terms of the distribution waterfall set forth in the JCAP TopCo LLC Agreement. If in-the-money, the Class B Units were converted into a number of shares based on the respective distribution thresholds and terms of such awards, and if out-of-the-money, were canceled.

For Class B Units that were in-the-money but unvested and subject solely to time vesting requirements, such Class B Units were converted into shares of restricted stock and subject to the same time vesting requirements that the corresponding Class B Units were subject to prior to the Reorganization. For Class B Units that were in-the-money but unvested and subject to performance vesting requirements, those were converted into shares of restricted stock and subject to athree-year time-vesting requirement in equal increments from the date of the initial public offering, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting dates (provided, that any such unvested shares of restricted stock will be subject to acceleration in the event of a holder’s termination of service without cause or due to such holder’s death or disability). The conversion of such in-the-money unvested Class B Units was evidenced by individual restricted stock agreements and were not issued under the Company’s 2025 Incentive Award Plan (the “2025 Plan”). Specifically,6,418,775 shares were issued in respect of Class B Units of Management Invest, LLC (which correspond to Class B Units of JCAP TopCo, LLC) that are “in- the-money”. These shares were issued as restricted stock either with the same time-based vesting requirements that the corresponding Class B Units were subject to prior to the Reorganization or, if such corresponding Class B Units had performance vesting requirements, with a three year time-vesting requirement. If the vesting conditions of the restricted stock are not satisfied, such restricted stock will be forfeited and canceled. Holders of converted restricted stock awards will be eligible to receive dividends in the event the Company determines to pay dividends in respect of its common stock. For Class B Units that were in-the-money and fully vested, those were converted into shares of common stock. With respect to Class B Units that were out-of-the-money and were canceled in the Reorganization, we issued new stock options under the 2025 Plan to the employee and director holders of such canceled Class B Units to put them in an approximately equivalent economic position in terms of number of options and exercise prices as they would be in if their Class B Units were not canceled and instead exchanged for new options. Such options were granted effective as of immediately following the determination of the initial public offering price per share of our common stock and were in an amount equal to the number of the out-of-the-money Class B Units that were canceled, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, and have an exercise price per share equal to the distribution threshold of the out-of-the-money Class B Units, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio (or if greater, the initial public offering price per share of our common stock). The options are subject to the same time-vesting requirements that the corresponding Class B Units were subject to prior to the Reorganization. In connection with the IPO, an aggregate of 457,542 options were issued and all are out-of-the-money at the initial public offering price per share with a weighted average exercise price of $24.81 per share.

A summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested equity-based awards as of June 30, 2025 is presented below with the comparative period havingno restricted stock orstock options issued.

For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, stock-based compensation expense recognized was $(7.9) million and $1.9 million, respectively. The change in stock-based compensation expense is driven by the reversal of stock-based compensation expense due to the impact of the initial public offering on the outstanding Class B units. As of June 30, 2025, the total unrecognized equity-based compensation expense related to unvested restricted shares was$96.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average term of 3.0 years.

**11.**Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into forward flow purchase agreements. A forward flow purchase agreement is a commitment to purchase receivables over a duration that is typically three totwelve months, but can be longer, generally with a specifically defined volume range, frequency, and pricing. Typically, these forward flow contracts

have provisions that allow for early termination or price re-negotiation should the underlying quality of the portfolio deteriorate over time or if any particular month’s delivery is materially different than the original portfolio used to price the forward flow contract. Certain of these forward flow purchase agreements may also have termination clauses, whereby the agreements can be canceled by either party upon providing a certain specified amount of notice.

As of June 30, 2025, and 2024 the Company had entered into forward flow purchase agreements for the purchase of receivables with an estimated minimum aggregate purchase price of approximately $257.3 million and $332.1 million, respectively. The Company expects actual purchases under these forward flow purchase agreements to be significantly greater than the estimated minimum aggregate purchase price.

Employee Savings and Retirement Plan

The Company sponsors defined contribution plans in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. The U.S. plan is organized as a 401(k) plan under which all employees are eligible to make voluntary contributions to the plan up to 100% of their compensation, subject to IRS limitations, as defined in the plan. The Company makes matching contributions of 25% of up to 6% of an employee’s salary. In Canada, the Company has a Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan (DPSP) in which the Company contributes 3% of salary to their DPSP fund. Employees contributing to the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) receive up to a 2% match, bringing the potential total match to 5% of salary. In the U.K., the Company operates the government contribution plan where employees contribute 5% of their salary and the Company contributes 3% of the employee salary on a monthly basis. Employees can make additional contributions to the plan via their salary, either by one off extra contribution or increasing the monthly percentage but must contribute a minimum of 5%. Total compensation expense related to the Company’s contributions was $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the period ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Commitments to extend credit

The Company, in the normal course of business through its credit card programs, has the obligation to purchase the credit card receivables from the issuing bank, thereby incurring off-balance-sheet risk. This risk includes the cardholder’s rights to borrow up to the maximum credit limit on their credit card accounts, which is $15.5 million as of June 30, 2025 and $17.5 million as of June 30, 2024, beyond their current balances. The Company has not experienced a situation in which all of the Company’s cardholders have exercised their entire available line of credit at any given point in time, nor does management anticipate this will ever occur in the future. Also, the Company can, subject to certain regulatory requirements, reduce or cancel these available credit limits.

Contingent payments

As part of the Company’s acquisition of Canaccede Financial Group, Ltd. “(Canaccede”) in March 2020, an exit incentive was awarded to the former shareholders of Canaccede for up to $15.625 million Canadian dollars that would be payable only on a Liquidity Event for J.C. Flowers (“JCF”), defined to mean a final exit, that yielded net returns to JCF in excess of certain hurdles as defined in the purchase agreement. The payment, which is contingent on a Liquidity Event and achieving certain hurdles, would be based on cash-on-cash returns to JCF, measured at that final exit, as an equity-linked incentive with capped upside and designed to be paid with sale proceeds received from a new owner. Each year the Company reassesses the fair value of the exit incentive payment to determine whether such amount should be recorded within the combined and condensed consolidated financial statements. As of June 30, 2025, the Company determined that the occurrence in the future of a Liquidity Event above the requisite MOIC thresholds will be probable by December 31, 2027. As a result, the Company accrued a liability related to the Canaccede Exit Incentive Payment of $8.6 million as of June 30, 2025, reflecting the net present value of an anticipated payment of the maximum amount. This has been recorded as expense on the income statement in other selling, general and administrative with the offset being a liability on the balance sheet in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Litigation

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. For periods ended June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 there areno material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party.

**12.**Income Taxes

The Company's effective tax rate was 13.1% and 5.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate was 23.0% and 5.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company recognized a provision on pre-tax income, reduced by non-taxable income related to the period in which the Company was treated as a Partnership for US income tax purposes.

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA") was signed into law and contains several changes to federal tax law. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the OBBBA on our combined and condensed consolidated financial statements.

**13.**Related Party Transactions

In February 2023, Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, one of the Company’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries, entered into a participation agreement (the “Participation Agreement”) with HH Warehouse LLC (“HH Warehouse”), pursuant to which Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC sold a 26.75% beneficial ownership interest (the “Portfolio Interest”) in a portfolio of performing installment loans (the “Portfolio”) to HH Warehouse for $2.9 million and agreed to administer the Portfolio and pay HH Warehouse a share of the collections proportionate to the size of the Portfolio Interest. In July 2024, Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC entered into an amendment to the Participation Agreement with HH Warehouse, pursuant to which Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC repurchased the Portfolio Interest from HH Warehouse for $1.4 million and assumed all rights and obligations related to the Portfolio Interest. Christopher Giles, a member of the Company’s board of directors, served as Vice President of HH Warehouse and held 12.86% of the membership interests in HH Warehouse at the time of such transactions.

**14.**Segment Reporting

The Company’s operating segments are based on the Company’s geographies, which is how management monitors and assesses performance. The Company’s geographies are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Latin America. The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) is the Chief Executive Officer. Assets are not reported by operating segment to the CODM.

For the Company’s operating segments, the CODM uses net operating income to allocate resources (including employees, property, and financial or capital resources). Additionally, the Company prepares an annual budget at the segment level. The CODM considers budget-to-actual variances on a monthly basis for the profit or loss measure when making decisions about allocating capital and personnel to the segments. The CODM also uses segment operating income to assess the performance for each segment by comparing the results of each segment with one another and for determining the compensation of certain employees.

The following table provides segment measure of profit and loss, presenting Net operating income, by each operating segment (in thousands) and is the measure that the CODM utilizes to determine resource and investment allocations:

**15.**Subsequent Events

Other than the below, there have been no events since June 30, 2025 that require recognition or disclosure in the combined and condensed consolidated financial statements.

On August 13, 2025, the Company declared a dividend of $0.24 per share.