COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BFH) ("Bread Financial" or the "Company") announced today the launch of an underwritten public offering of depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of its Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), with a liquidation preference of $25 per Depositary Share (equivalent to $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock).

The Company expects to apply to list the Depositary Shares on The New York Stock Exchange.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Depositary Shares for general corporate purposes, which may include contributing or lending all or a portion of the proceeds to one of its subsidiary banks, Comenity Capital Bank, and share repurchases.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as joint bookrunners for the offering.

Consummation of the offering of the Depositary Shares is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully complete this transaction on the terms described above, or at all.

The offering is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and a prospectus supplement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained from Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1-212-834-4533; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649; and RBC Capital Markets, LLC at 1-866-375-6829.

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering of these securities may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering.

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