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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number 000-20202
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
MICHIGAN
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  38-1999511
(IRS Employer Identification)
     
25505 WEST TWELVE MILE ROAD
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN
  48034-8339
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 248-353-2700
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s class of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
The number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01, outstanding on October 30, 2008 was 30,570,755.
 
 

 


 

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PART I. — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                               
Revenue:
                               
Finance charges
  $ 75,617     $ 56,743     $ 210,119     $ 162,240  
Other income
    4,490       4,315       15,771       14,455  
 
                       
Total revenue
    80,107       61,058       225,890       176,695  
 
                       
 
                               
Costs and expenses:
                               
Salaries and wages
    16,766       13,620       51,205       38,573  
General and administrative
    6,975       7,266       20,726       20,542  
Sales and marketing
    4,088       3,835       13,272       12,451  
Provision for credit losses
    8,383       5,931       31,792       13,602  
Interest
    10,954       9,030       31,702       26,781  
Other expense
    2       16       59       74  
 
                       
Total costs and expenses
    47,168       39,698       148,756       112,023  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating income
    32,939       21,360       77,134       64,672  
Foreign currency (loss) gain
    (2 )     26       (15 )     64  
 
                       
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
    32,937       21,386       77,119       64,736  
Provision for income taxes
    12,606       7,917       28,828       23,387  
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    20,331       13,469       48,291       41,349  
 
                       
Discontinued operations
                               
Gain (loss) from discontinued United Kingdom operations
    504       (9 )     548       (280 )
Provision (credit) for income taxes
    178       (1,282 )     218       (1,363 )
 
                       
Gain from discontinued operations
    326       1,273       330       1,083  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 20,657     $ 14,742     $ 48,621     $ 42,432  
 
                       
 
                               
Net income per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.68     $ 0.49     $ 1.61     $ 1.41  
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 0.67     $ 0.47     $ 1.57     $ 1.36  
 
                       
 
                               
Income from continuing operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.67     $ 0.45     $ 1.60     $ 1.38  
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 0.66     $ 0.43     $ 1.56     $ 1.32  
 
                       
 
                               
Gain from discontinued operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.01     $ 0.04     $ 0.01     $ 0.04  
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 0.01     $ 0.04     $ 0.01     $ 0.03  
 
                       
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    30,310,053       30,015,048       30,223,586       30,069,639  
Diluted
    31,024,455       31,139,612       30,994,466       31,228,893  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    As of  
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (Unaudited)          
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
                               
ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 934     $ 712  
Restricted cash and cash equivalents
    82,993       74,102  
Restricted securities available for sale
    3,933       3,290  
 
               
Loans receivable (including $16,067 and $16,125 from affiliates as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively)
    1,155,591       944,698  
Allowance for credit losses
    (119,184 )     (134,145 )
 
           
Loans receivable, net
    1,036,407       810,553  
 
           
 
               
Property and equipment, net
    21,550       20,124  
Income taxes receivable
    10,012       20,712  
Other assets
    14,527       12,689  
 
           
Total Assets
  $ 1,170,356     $ 942,182  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Liabilities:
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 79,845     $ 79,834  
Line of credit
    82,900       36,300  
Secured financing
    602,429       488,065  
Mortgage note and capital lease obligations
    6,608       7,765  
Deferred income taxes, net
    78,848       64,768  
 
           
Total Liabilities
    850,630       676,732  
 
           
 
               
Shareholders’ Equity:
               
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
           
Common stock, $.01 par value, 80,000,000 shares authorized, 30,570,110 and 30,240,859 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    306       302  
Paid-in capital
    9,983       4,134  
Retained earnings
    309,622       261,001  
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of $105 and $(7) at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively
    (185 )     13  
 
           
Total Shareholders’ Equity
    319,726       265,450  
 
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
  $ 1,170,356     $ 942,182  
 
           
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2008     2007  
(Dollars in thousands)      
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
               
Net income
  $ 48,621     $ 42,432  
Adjustments to reconcile cash provided by operating activities:
               
Provision for credit losses
    31,792       13,602  
Depreciation
    3,969       2,998  
Loss on retirement of property and equipment
          170  
Provision for deferred income taxes
    14,192       5,728  
Stock-based compensation
    2,827       2,340  
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
               
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (250 )     2,338  
Decrease (increase) in income taxes receivable
    10,700       (150 )
(Increase) decrease in other assets
    (1,838 )     2,811  
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    110,013       72,269  
 
           
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
               
Increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents
    (8,891 )     (18,909 )
Purchases of restricted securities available for sale
    (1,514 )     (550 )
Proceeds from sale of restricted securities available for sale
    271        
Maturities of restricted securities available for sale
    551       652  
Principal collected on Loans receivable
    466,122       446,419  
Advances to dealers and accelerated payments of dealer holdback
    (430,423 )     (453,413 )
Purchases of Consumer Loans
    (246,971 )     (81,395 )
Payments of dealer holdback
    (46,482 )     (55,610 )
Net decrease in other receivables
    23       290  
Purchases of property and equipment
    (5,395 )     (5,678 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (272,709 )     (168,194 )
 
           
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
               
Borrowings under line of credit
    573,900       470,900  
Repayments under line of credit
    (527,300 )     (472,000 )
Proceeds from secured financing
    453,700       433,000  
Repayments of secured financing
    (339,336 )     (332,544 )
Principal payments under mortgage note and capital lease obligations
    (1,157 )     (1,068 )
Repurchase of common stock
    (66 )     (9,529 )
Proceeds from stock options exercised
    2,102       2,129  
Tax benefits from stock based compensation plans
    990       2,166  
 
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    162,833       93,054  
 
           
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    85       (250 )
 
           
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    222       (3,121 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    712       8,528  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 934     $ 5,407  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
               
Cash paid during the period for interest
  $ 31,662     $ 25,939  
Cash paid during the period for income taxes
    2,033       14,552  
 
               
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Transactions:
               
Property and equipment acquired through capital lease obligations
  $     $ 47  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
     The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of actual results achieved for full fiscal years. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2007 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 for Credit Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”, “Credit Acceptance”, “we”, “our” or “us”). Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
     Since 1972, Credit Acceptance has provided auto loans to consumers, regardless of their credit history. Our product is offered through a nationwide network of automobile dealers who benefit from sales of vehicles to consumers who otherwise could not obtain financing; from repeat and referral sales generated by these same customers; and from sales to customers responding to advertisements for our product, but who actually end up qualifying for traditional financing.
     We refer to dealers who participate in our program and who share our commitment to changing consumers’ lives as “dealer-partners”. Upon enrollment in our financing program, the dealer-partner enters into a dealer servicing agreement with Credit Acceptance that defines the legal relationship between Credit Acceptance and the dealer-partner. The dealer servicing agreement assigns the responsibilities for administering, servicing, and collecting the amounts due on retail installment contracts (referred to as “Consumer Loans”) from the dealer-partners to us.
     We are an indirect lender from a legal perspective, meaning the Consumer Loan is originated by the dealer-partner and immediately assigned to us. If we discover a misrepresentation by the dealer-partner relating to a Consumer Loan assigned to us, we can demand that the Consumer Loan be repurchased for the current balance of the Consumer Loan less the amount of any unearned finance charge plus the applicable termination fee, which is generally $500. Upon receipt of such amount in full, we will reassign the Consumer Loan and our security interest in the financed vehicle to the dealer-partner.
     We have two primary programs: the Portfolio Program and the Purchase Program. Under the Portfolio Program, we advance money to dealer-partners (referred to as a “Dealer Loan”) in exchange for the right to service the underlying Consumer Loan. Under the Purchase Program, we buy the Consumer Loan from the dealer-partner (referred to as a “Purchased Loan”) and keep all amounts collected from the consumer. Dealer Loans and Purchased Loans are collectively referred to as “Loans”. The following table shows the percentage of Consumer Loans assigned to us under each of the programs:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Portfolio Program
    69.2 %     74.5 %     68.4 %     86.0 %
Purchase Program
    30.8 %     25.5 %     31.6 %     14.0 %

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
2. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS – (Continued)
     Dealer-partners that enroll in our programs have the option to either pay an upfront, one-time enrollment fee of $9,850 or defer payment by agreeing to allow us to keep 50% of their first accelerated dealer holdback payment (“Portfolio Profit Express”). Portfolio Profit Express is paid to qualifying dealer-partners after a pool of 100 or more Consumer Loans has been closed. Dealer-partners that enrolled in our programs prior to 2008 have the option to assign Consumer Loans under either the Portfolio Program or the Purchase Program. During 2008, we changed our eligibility requirements for new dealer-partner enrollments to restrict access to the Purchase Program. For dealer-partners that enrolled in our programs during the first eight months of 2008, only dealer-partners that elected to pay the upfront, one-time enrollment fee are initially allowed to assign Consumer Loans under either program. Dealer-partners that elected the deferred option during this period are only granted access to the Purchase Program after the first Portfolio Profit Express payment has been made under the Portfolio Program. For all dealer-partners enrolling in our programs after August 31, 2008, access to the Purchase Program is only granted after the first Portfolio Profit Express payment has been made under the Portfolio Program.
     Portfolio Program
     As payment for the vehicle, the dealer-partner generally receives the following:
  (i)   a down payment from the consumer;
 
  (ii)   a cash advance from us; and
 
  (iii)   after the advance has been recovered by us, the cash from payments made on the Consumer Loan, net of certain collection costs and our servicing fee (“dealer holdback”).
     We record the amount advanced to the dealer-partner as a Dealer Loan, which is classified within Loans receivable in our consolidated balance sheets. Cash advanced to dealer-partners is automatically assigned to the originating dealer-partner’s open pool of advances. At the dealer-partner’s option, a pool containing at least 100 Consumer Loans can be closed and subsequent advances assigned to a new pool. All advances due from a dealer-partner are secured by the future collections on the dealer-partner’s portfolio of Consumer Loans assigned to us. For dealer-partners with more than one pool, the pools are cross-collateralized so the performance of other pools is considered in determining eligibility for dealer holdback. We perfect our security interest in the Dealer Loans by taking possession of the Consumer Loans.
     The dealer servicing agreement provides that collections received by us during a calendar month on Consumer Loans assigned by a dealer-partner are applied on a pool-by-pool basis as follows:
    First, to reimburse us for certain collection costs;
 
    Second, to pay us our servicing fee;
 
    Third, to reduce the aggregate advance balance and to pay any other amounts due from the dealer-partner to us; and
 
    Fourth, to the dealer-partner as payment of dealer holdback.
     Dealer-partners have an opportunity to receive Portfolio Profit Express at the time a pool of 100 or more Consumer Loans is closed. The amount paid to the dealer-partner is calculated using a formula that considers the forecasted collections and the advance balance on the closed pool. If the collections on Consumer Loans from a dealer-partner’s pool are not sufficient to repay the advance balance, the dealer-partner will not receive dealer holdback.
     Since typically the combination of the advance and the consumer’s down payment provides the dealer-partner with a cash profit at the time of sale, the dealer-partner’s risk in the Consumer Loan is limited. We cannot demand repayment from the dealer-partner of the advance except in the event the dealer-partner is in default of the dealer servicing agreement. Advances are made only after the Consumer Loan is approved, accepted and assigned to us and all other stipulations required for funding have been satisfied. The dealer-partner can also opt to repurchase Consumer Loans assigned under the Portfolio Program at their own discretion.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
2. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS – (Concluded)
     For accounting purposes, the transactions described under the Portfolio Program are not considered to be loans to consumers. Instead, our accounting reflects that of a lender to the dealer-partner. The classification as a Dealer Loan for accounting purposes is primarily a result of (i) the dealer-partner’s financial interest in the Consumer Loan and (ii) certain elements of our legal relationship with the dealer-partner. The cash amount advanced to the dealer-partner is recorded as an asset on our balance sheet. The aggregate amount of all advances to an individual dealer-partner, plus accrued income, less repayments comprises the amount of the Dealer Loan recorded in Loans receivable.
Purchase Program
     We began offering a Purchase Program on a limited basis in March of 2005. The Purchase Program differs from our traditional Portfolio Program in that the dealer-partner receives a single payment from us at the time of origination instead of a cash advance and dealer holdback. Purchase Program volume increased significantly beginning in 2007 as the program was offered to additional dealer-partners.
     For accounting purposes, the transactions described under the Purchase Program are considered to be originated by the dealer-partner and then purchased by us. The cash amount paid to the dealer-partner is recorded as an asset on our balance sheet. The aggregate amount of all amounts paid to purchase Consumer Loans from dealer-partners, plus accrued income, less repayments, comprises the amount of Purchased Loans recorded in Loans receivable.
3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
     The carrying amount of restricted cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair value due to the short maturity of these instruments. The following table summarizes restricted cash and cash equivalents:
                 
    As of     As of  
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
(in thousands)          
Cash collections related to secured financings
  $ 55,082     $ 42,518  
Cash held in trusts for future vehicle service contract claims (1)
    27,911       18,266  
Cash held in escrow related to settlement of class action lawsuit
          13,318  
 
           
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents
  $ 82,993     $ 74,102  
 
           
 
(1)   The claims reserve associated with the trusts are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
Deferred Debt Issuance Costs
     As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, deferred debt issuance costs were $4.7 million (net of accumulated amortization of $4.7 million) and $3.3 million (net of accumulated amortization of $2.0 million), respectively, and are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. Expenses associated with the issuance of debt instruments are capitalized and amortized as interest expense over the term of the debt instrument on a level-yield basis for term secured financings and on a straight-line basis for lines of credit and revolving secured financings.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Concluded)
New Accounting Pronouncements
     Fair Value Measurements. In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods of those fiscal years. However, on February 12, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (“FSP FAS 157-2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). FSP FAS 157-2 defers the effective date of SFAS 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years for items within the scope of FSP FAS 157-2. We adopted the applicable portions of SFAS 157 on January 1, 2008 (See Note 7). The deferred portions of SFAS 157 will not have an impact on our financial statements. The adoption of the applicable portions of SFAS 157 for financial assets and liabilities did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
     Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities. In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure financial assets and liabilities (except for those that are specifically exempted from SFAS 159) at fair value. The election to measure a financial asset or liability at fair value can be made on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable. The difference between carrying value and fair value at the election date is recorded as a transition adjustment to opening retained earnings. Subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in earnings. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. At this time, we have not elected to measure any financial assets or liabilities at fair value under SFAS 159.
     Disclosures About Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures About Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. We are currently evaluating the impact that SFAS 161 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
4. LOANS RECEIVABLE
A summary of changes in Loans receivable is as follows (in thousands):
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30, 2008  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 859,691     $ 284,718     $ 1,144,409  
New loans (1)
    109,027       61,697       170,724  
Transfers (2)
    (3,472 )     3,472        
Dealer holdback payments
    13,736             13,736  
Net cash collections on loans
    (122,400 )     (29,398 )     (151,798 )
Write-offs
    (21,423 )     (15 )     (21,438 )
Recoveries
          3       3  
Other
    (8 )           (8 )
Currency translation
    (37 )           (37 )
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 835,114     $ 320,477     $ 1,155,591  
 
                 
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30, 2007  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 813,192     $ 60,249     $ 873,441  
New loans (1)
    101,205       39,481       140,686  
Transfers (2)
    (1,731 )     1,731        
Dealer holdback payments
    16,661             16,661  
Net cash collections on loans
    (130,958 )     (8,850 )     (139,808 )
Write-offs
    (4,956 )     (13 )     (4,969 )
Recoveries
          5       5  
Other
    (86 )           (86 )
Currency translation
    103             103  
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 793,430     $ 92,603     $ 886,033  
 
                 
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 804,245     $ 140,453     $ 944,698  
New loans (1)
    430,423       246,971       677,394  
Transfers (2)
    (5,571 )     5,571        
Dealer holdback payments
    46,482             46,482  
Net cash collections on loans
    (393,851 )     (72,502 )     (466,353 )
Write-offs
    (46,519 )     (34 )     (46,553 )
Recoveries
          18       18  
Other
    (10 )           (10 )
Currency translation
    (85 )           (85 )
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 835,114     $ 320,477     $ 1,155,591  
 
                 
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 724,645     $ 29,926     $ 754,571  
New loans (1)
    453,413       81,395       534,808  
Transfers (2)
    (3,710 )     3,710        
Dealer holdback payments
    55,610             55,610  
Net cash collections on loans
    (424,778 )     (22,279 )     (447,057 )
Write-offs
    (12,139 )     (173 )     (12,312 )
Recoveries
          24       24  
Other
    140             140  
Currency translation
    249             249  
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 793,430     $ 92,603     $ 886,033  
 
                 
 
(1)   New Dealer Loans includes advances to dealer-partners and Portfolio Profit Express.
 
(2)   Transfers relate to Dealer Loans that are now considered to be Purchased Loans when we exercise our right to the dealer holdback of certain dealer-partners’ Consumer Loans once they are inactive and have originated less than 100 Consumer Loans.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
4. LOANS RECEIVABLE – (Continued)
A summary of changes in the allowance for credit losses is as follows (in thousands):
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30, 2008  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 125,814     $ 6,445     $ 132,259  
Provision for credit losses (1)
    5,122       3,268       8,390  
Write-offs
    (21,423 )     (15 )     (21,438 )
Recoveries
          3       3  
Currency translation
    (30 )           (30 )
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 109,483     $ 9,701     $ 119,184  
 
                 
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30, 2007  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 128,425     $ 857     $ 129,282  
Provision for credit losses (2)
    5,505       126       5,631  
Write-offs
    (4,956 )     (13 )     (4,969 )
Recoveries
          5       5  
Currency translation
    88             88  
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 129,062     $ 975     $ 130,037  
 
                 
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 133,201     $ 944     $ 134,145  
Provision for credit losses (3)
    22,878       8,773       31,651  
Write-offs
    (46,519 )     (34 )     (46,553 )
Recoveries
          18       18  
Currency translation
    (77 )           (77 )
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 109,483     $ 9,701     $ 119,184  
 
                 
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007  
    Dealer Loans     Purchased Loans     Total  
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 127,881     $ 910     $ 128,791  
Provision for credit losses (4)
    13,108       214       13,322  
Write-offs
    (12,139 )     (173 )     (12,312 )
Recoveries
          24       24  
Currency translation
    212             212  
 
                 
Balance, end of period
  $ 129,062     $ 975     $ 130,037  
 
                 
 
(1)   Does not include a provision for credit losses of $(11) related to other items.
 
(2)   Does not include a provision for credit losses of $300 related to other items.
 
(3)   Does not include a provision for credit losses of $141 related to other items.
 
(4)   Does not include a provision for credit losses of $280 related to other items.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
4. LOANS RECEIVABLE – (Concluded)
     The increase in the provision for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to a reduction in estimated future collection rates during the second quarter of 2008. Our forecast as of March 31, 2008 assumed that Loans within our current portfolio would produce similar collection rates as produced by historical Loans with the same attributes and we expected net cash flows of $1.3 billion from our Loan portfolio. During the second quarter of 2008, we modified our forecasting methodology which now assumes that Loans originated in 2006, 2007 and 2008 will perform 100 to 300 basis points lower than historical Loans with the same attributes. As a result we reduced our estimate of future cash flows on these same Loans by $22.2 million, or 1.7%. Of the total reduction, $20.8 million was recorded as provision for credit losses during the second quarter of 2008. This new expectation is consistent with recent experience and included both the lower realized collection rates experienced during the second quarter of 2008 as well as lower expected recoveries on repossession sales as a result of a decline in used vehicle values that occurred during the second quarter of 2008. We did not modify our forecast related to 2005 and prior Loans as these Loans continue to perform as expected.
     During the first quarter of 2008, in conjunction with our implementation of a new forecasting methodology, we reevaluated our forecast of future collections on old, fully-reserved Dealer Loans. As a result, we wrote off $22.7 million of Dealer Loans and the related allowance for credit losses as we were no longer forecasting any future collections on these Dealer Loans. This write-off had no impact on net income for the first quarter of 2008 as all of these Dealer Loans were fully-reserved. During the third quarter of 2008, we wrote off $16.5 million of Loans to one individual dealer-partner in accordance with our write-off policy as we were no longer forecasting any future collections on these Loans. This dealer-partner has not assigned any Consumer Loans to us for several years. As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had an allowance for credit losses of $16.4 million and $16.2 million, respectively, on Loans to this dealer-partner.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
5. DEBT
     We currently use four primary sources of debt financing: (i) a revolving secured line of credit with a commercial bank syndicate; (ii) revolving secured warehouse facilities with institutional investors; (iii) SEC Rule 144A asset-backed secured financings (“Term ABS 144A”) with qualified institutional investors; and (iv) a residual credit facility with an institutional investor. General information for each of our financing transactions in place as of September 30, 2008 is as follows (dollars in thousands):
                             
    Wholly owned   Issue       Revolving Maturity   Financing   Interest Rate at
Financings   Subsidiary (1)   Number   Close Date   Date   Amount   September 30, 2008
Revolving Line of Credit
  n/a   n/a   January 25, 2008   June 22, 2010   $ 153,500     At the Company’s option, either Eurodollar rate plus 125 basis points (5.18%) or the prime rate minus 105 basis points (3.95%)
 
                           
Revolving Secured
Warehouse Facility (1)
  CAC Warehouse
Funding Corp. II
  2003-2   August 27, 2008   August 26, 2009   $ 325,000     Commercial paper rate plus 100 basis points (4.36%) or LIBOR plus 200 basis points (5.93%) (4)
 
                           
Revolving Secured
Warehouse Facility (1)
  CAC Warehouse
Funding III, LLC
  2008-2   May 27, 2008   May 23, 2010   $ 50,000     Commercial paper rate plus 77.5 basis points (4.14%) or LIBOR plus 177.5 basis points (5.70%) (4)
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2006-2 (1)
  Credit Acceptance
Funding LLC 2006-2
  2006-2   November 21, 2006   November 15, 2007 (2)   $ 100,000     Fixed rate (5.38%)
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2007-1 (1)
  Credit Acceptance
Funding LLC 2007-1
  2007-1   April 12, 2007   April 15, 2008 (2)   $ 100,000     Fixed rate (5.32%)
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2007-2 (1)
  Credit Acceptance
Funding LLC 2007-2
  2007-2   October 29, 2007   October 15, 2008 (2)   $ 100,000     Fixed rate (6.22%) (3)
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2008-1 (1)
  Credit Acceptance
Funding LLC 2008-1
  2008-1   April 18, 2008   April 15, 2009 (2)   $ 150,000     Fixed rate (6.37%) (3)
 
                           
Residual Credit Facility (1)
  Credit Acceptance
Residual Funding LLC
  2006-3   August 27, 2008   August 26, 2009   $ 50,000     LIBOR plus 350 basis points (7.43%) or the commercial paper rate plus 250 basis points (5.86%) (4)
 
(1)   Financing made available only to a specified subsidiary of the Company.
 
(2)   Loans will amortize after the revolving maturity date based on the cash flows of the contributed assets.
 
(3)   Includes a floating rate obligation that has been converted to a fixed rate via an interest rate swap.
 
(4)   The LIBOR rate is used if funding is not available from the commercial paper market.

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(UNAUDITED)
5. DEBT – (Continued)
     Additional information related to the amounts outstanding on each facility is as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Revolving Line of Credit
                               
Maximum outstanding balance
  $ 82,900     $ 56,200     $ 128,400     $ 70,200  
Average outstanding balance
    56,282       39,699       59,038       41,286  
 
                               
Revolving Secured Warehouse Facility (2003-2) (1)
                               
Maximum outstanding balance
  $ 264,061     $ 261,000     $ 297,211     $ 293,500  
Average outstanding balance
    258,743       234,933       262,398       221,996  
 
                               
Revolving Secured Warehouse Facility (2008-2)
                               
Maximum outstanding balance
  $ 50,000     $     $ 50,000     $  
Average outstanding balance
    50,000             50,000        
 
(1)   Includes amounts owing after February 12, 2008 to an institutional investor that did not renew their participation in the facility. The amount due did not reduce the amount available on the Warehouse Facility. See “Revolving Secured Warehouse Facilities” for additional information.
                 
    As of September 30,   As of December 31,
    2008   2007
Revolving Line of Credit
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 82,900     $ 36,300  
Letter(s) of credit
    55       173  
Amount available for borrowing
    70,545       38,527  
Interest rate
    3.35 %     5.60 %
 
               
Revolving Secured Warehouse Facility (2003-2)
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 246,000     $ 198,100  
Amount available for borrowing
    79,000       226,900  
Contributed eligible Loans
    324,123       254,294  
Interest rate
    4.36 %     5.76 %
 
               
Revolving Secured Warehouse Facility (2008-2)
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 50,000     $  
Amount available for borrowing
           
Contributed eligible Loans
    62,516        
Interest rate
    5.70 %      
 
               
Term ABS 144A 2006-2
               
Balance outstanding
  $     $ 89,965  
Contributed eligible Dealer Loans
          129,950  
Interest rate
          5.38 %
 
               
Term ABS 144A 2007-1
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 56,429     $ 100,000  
Contributed eligible Dealer Loans
    101,520       130,841  
Interest rate
    5.32 %     5.32 %
 
               
Term ABS 144A 2007-2
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 100,000     $ 100,000  
Contributed eligible Dealer Loans
    125,008       132,695  
Interest rate
    6.22 %     6.22 %
 
               
Term ABS 144A 2008-1
               
Balance outstanding
  $ 150,000     $  
Contributed eligible Loans
    189,342        
Interest rate
    6.37 %      
 
               
Residual Credit Facility
               
Balance outstanding
  $     $  
Certificate Pledged
          28,513  
Interest rate
    5.86 %     6.56 %

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
5. DEBT – (Continued)
Line of Credit Facility
     During the first quarter of 2008, we increased the amount of our line of credit facility with a commercial bank syndicate from $75.0 million to $153.5 million. In addition, the maturity of the line of credit facility was extended from June 20, 2009 to June 22, 2010. There were no other material changes to the terms of the line of credit facility.
     Borrowings under the credit facility are subject to a borrowing-base limitation. This limitation equals 80% of the net book value of Loans, less a hedging reserve (not exceeding $1.0 million), the amount of letters of credit issued under the line of credit, and the amount of other debt secured by the collateral which secures the line of credit. Borrowings under the credit agreement are secured by a lien on most of our assets. We must pay annual and quarterly fees on the amount of the facility.
Revolving Secured Warehouse Facilities
     We have two revolving secured warehouse facilities that are provided to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. One is a $325.0 million facility with an institutional investor and the other is a $50.0 million facility with another institutional investor.
     During the first quarter of 2008, we extended the maturity of the $325.0 million facility from February 13, 2008 to February 11, 2009. The amount of the facility was reduced from $425.0 million to $325.0 million. The reduction in the amount of the facility is due to one of the two institutional investors (the “Nonextending Investor”) not renewing their participation in the facility. The amount owing to the Nonextending Investor has been reduced to zero. During the third quarter of 2008, we extended the maturity of the $325.0 million facility from February 11, 2009 to August 26, 2009 and increased the interest rate on borrowings under the facility from a floating rate equal to the commercial paper rate plus 65 basis points, to the commercial paper rate plus 100 basis points.
     The $325.0 million facility requires that certain amounts outstanding under the facility be refinanced within 360 days of the most recent refinancing. The most recent refinancing occurred in October of 2008. If such refinancing does not occur, the facility will cease to revolve, will amortize as collections are received and, at the option of the institutional investor, may be subject to acceleration and foreclosure.
     During the second quarter of 2008, we entered into a $50.0 million revolving warehouse facility with an institutional investor. This facility was fully drawn as of September 30, 2008.
     Under these facilities we can contribute Loans to our wholly owned subsidiaries in return for cash and equity in each subsidiary. In turn, each subsidiary pledges the Loans as collateral to institutional investors to secure financing that will fund the cash portion of the purchase price of the Loans. The financing provided to each subsidiary under the applicable facility is limited to the lesser of 80% of the net book value of the contributed Loans or the facility limit.
     The subsidiaries are liable for any amounts due under the applicable facility. Even though the subsidiaries and the Company are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, the financing is non-recourse to us. As the subsidiaries are organized as separate legal entities from the Company, assets of the subsidiaries (including the conveyed Loans) will not be available to satisfy the general obligations of the Company. All of each subsidiaries’ assets have been encumbered to secure its obligations to its respective creditors.
     Interest on borrowings under the facilities has been limited to a maximum rate of 6.75% through interest rate cap agreements. The subsidiaries pay us a monthly servicing fee equal to 6% of the collections received with respect to the conveyed Loans. The fee is paid out of the collections. Except for the servicing fee and holdback payments due to dealer-partners, we do not have any rights in any portion of such collections until all outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other related costs are paid in full.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
5. DEBT – (Continued)
Term ABS 144A Financings
     In 2007 and 2008, three of our wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Funding LLCs”), each completed a secured financing transaction. In connection with these transactions, we conveyed Loans on an arms-length basis to each Funding LLC for cash and the sole membership interest in that Funding LLC. In turn, each Funding LLC conveyed the Loans to a respective trust that issued notes to qualified institutional investors. Financial insurance policies were issued in connection with the 2007 transactions. The policies guarantee the timely payment of interest and ultimate repayment of principal on the final scheduled distribution date. In the 2007 transactions, the notes were initially rated “Aaa” by Moody’s Investor Service (“Moody’s”) and “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”) based upon the financial insurance policy. Due to downgrades in the debt ratings of the insurers, at September 30, 2008 the 2007 transactions were rated “A-” by S&P and “A3” by “Moody’s. The 2008 transaction was rated “A” by S&P.
     Each financing has a specified revolving period during which we may be required, and are likely, to convey additional Loans to each Funding LLC. Each Funding LLC will then convey the Loans to their respective trust. At the end of the revolving period, the debt outstanding under each financing will begin to amortize.
     The financings create loans for which the trusts are liable and which are secured by all the assets of each trust. Such loans are non-recourse to us, even though the trusts, the Funding LLCs and the Company are consolidated for financial reporting purposes. Because the Funding LLCs are organized as separate legal entities from the Company, their assets (including the conveyed Loans) are not available to satisfy our general obligations. We receive a monthly servicing fee on each financing equal to 6% of the collections received with respect to the conveyed Loans. The fee is paid out of the collections. Aside from the servicing fee and payments due to dealer-partners, we do not receive, or have any rights in the collections. However, in our capacity as Servicer of the Loans, we do have a limited right to exercise a “clean-up call” option to purchase Loans from the Funding LLCs under certain specified circumstances. Alternatively, when a trust’s underlying indebtedness is paid in full, either through collections or through a prepayment of the indebtedness, the trust is to pay any remaining collections over to its Funding LLC as the sole beneficiary of the trust. The collections will then be available to be distributed to us as the sole member of the respective Funding LLC.
     The table below sets forth certain additional details regarding the outstanding Term ABS 144A Financings (dollars in thousands):
                             
            Net Book Value of Dealer       Expected
Term ABS 144A   Issue       Loans Conveyed at       Annualized
Financing   Number   Close Date   Closing   Revolving Period   Rates (1)
Term ABS 144A 2007-1
  2007-1   April 12, 2007   $ 125,700     12 months
(Through April 15, 2008)
    7.2 %
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2007-2
  2007-2   October 29, 2007   $ 125,000     12 months
(Through October 15, 2008)
    8.0 %
 
                           
Term ABS 144A 2008-1
  2008-1   April 18, 2008   $ 86,615     12 months
(Through April 15, 2009)
    6.9 %
 
(1)   Includes underwriter’s fees, insurance premiums and other costs.
Residual Credit Facility
     Another wholly owned subsidiary, Credit Acceptance Residual Funding LLC (“Residual Funding”), has a $50.0 million secured credit facility with an institutional investor. This facility allows Residual Funding to finance its purchase of trust certificates from special-purpose entities (the “Term SPEs”) that have purchased Dealer Loans under our term securitization transactions. Historically, the Term SPEs’ residual interests in Dealer Loans, represented by their trust certificates, have proven to have value that increases as their term securitization obligations amortize. This facility enables the Term SPEs to realize and distribute to us up to 70% of that increase in value prior to the time the related term securitization senior notes are paid in full.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
5. DEBT – (Concluded)
     Residual Funding’s interests in Dealer Loans, represented by its purchased trust certificates, are subordinated to the interests of term securitization senior noteholders. However, the entire arrangement is non-recourse to us. Residual Funding is organized as a separate legal entity from the Company. Therefore its assets, including purchased trust certificates, are not available to satisfy our general obligations, even though Residual Funding and the Company are consolidated for financial reporting purposes.
     During the third quarter of 2008, we extended the maturity of the facility from September 9, 2008 to August 26, 2009 and increased the interest rate on borrowings under the facility from a floating rate equal to the commercial paper rate plus 145 basis points, to the commercial paper rate plus 250 basis points.
Debt Covenants
     As of September 30, 2008, we are in compliance with various restrictive debt covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios and other financial conditions. The most restrictive covenants require a minimum ratio of our assets to debt and a minimum ratio of our earnings before interest, taxes and non-cash expenses to fixed charges. The covenants also limit the maximum ratio of our funded debt to tangible net worth. Additionally, we must maintain consolidated net income of not less than $1.00 for the two most recently ended fiscal quarters. Some of the debt covenants may indirectly limit the payment of dividends on common stock.
6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
     Interest Rate Caps. We purchase interest rate cap agreements to manage the interest rate risk on our $325.0 million and $50.0 million revolving secured warehouse facilities. As we have not designated these agreements as hedges as defined under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”), as amended, changes in the fair value of these agreements will increase or decrease net income.
     As of September 30, 2008, seven interest rate cap agreements with various maturities between July 2009 and February 2011 were outstanding with a cap rate of 6.75% and a fair value of $0.1 million. As of December 31, 2007, four interest rate cap agreements with various maturities between May 2008 and June 2010 were outstanding with a cap rate of 6.75% and a fair value of $6,000.
     Interest Rate Swaps. As of September 30, 2008 we had $106.4 million in fixed rate debt, and $200.0 million in floating rate debt outstanding under Term ABS 144A asset-backed secured borrowings. We have entered into two interest rate swaps to convert $50.0 million and $150.0 million in floating rate Term ABS 144A asset-backed secured borrowings into fixed rate debt bearing a rate of 6.28% and 6.37%, respectively. The fair value of the interest rate swaps is based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, which are influenced by a number of factors, including interest rates, amount of debt outstanding, and number of months until maturity. As we have not designated the interest rate swap related to the $50.0 million in floating rate debt as a hedge as defined under SFAS 133, changes in the fair value of this swap will increase or decrease interest expense. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the impact on interest expense was ($0.3) million and approximately ($38,000), respectively. As of September 30, 2008, the interest rate swap had a fair value of ($0.4) million.
     We have designated the interest rate swap related to the $150.0 million floating rate debt as a cash flow hedge as defined under SFAS 133. The effective portion of changes in the fair value will be recorded in other comprehensive income, net of income taxes, and the ineffective portion of changes in fair value will be recorded in interest expense. There has been no such ineffectiveness since the inception of this hedge through the third quarter of 2008. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the impact on other comprehensive income, net of tax, was approximately $40,000 and ($0.2) million, respectively. As of September 30, 2008, the interest rate swap had a fair value of ($0.3) million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS – (Concluded)
     For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, we formally document all relationships between the hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk-management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes linking all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet. We also formally assess (both at the hedge’s inception and on a quarterly basis) whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions have been highly effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of hedged items and whether those derivatives may be expected to remain highly effective in the future periods. When it is determined that a derivative is not (or has ceased to be) highly effective as a hedge, we would discontinue hedge accounting prospectively.
     At September 30, 2008, we had minimal exposure to credit loss on the interest rate swaps. We do not believe that any reasonably likely change in interest rates would have a materially adverse effect on our financial position, our results of operations or our cash flows.
     We recognize our derivative financial instruments as either other assets or accounts payable and accrued liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets.
7. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
     Effective January 1, 2008, we adopted SFAS 157, which clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, SFAS 157 establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. As required under SFAS 157, we group assets and liabilities at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. These levels are:
  Level 1   Valuation is based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.
 
  Level 2   Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.
 
  Level 3   Valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use at least one significant assumption not observable in the market. These unobservable assumptions reflect estimates or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
     The following table provides the fair value measurements of applicable assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2008 (in thousands):
                         
                    Total
    Level 1   Level 2   Fair Value
Assets
                       
Restricted securities available for sale
  $ 3,933     $     $ 3,933  
Derivative instruments
          92       92  
 
                       
Liabilities
                       
Derivative instruments
  $     $ 701     $ 701  

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
     In the normal course of our business, we have Dealer Loans with affiliated dealer-partners owned or controlled by: (i) our majority shareholder and Chairman; and (ii) a member of the Chairman’s immediate family. Our Dealer Loans to affiliated dealer-partners and non-affiliated dealer-partners are on the same terms.
     Affiliated Dealer Loan balances were $16.1 million as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007. Affiliated Dealer Loan balances were 1.9% and 2.0% of total consolidated Dealer Loan balances as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. A summary of related party Dealer Loan activity is as follows (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Three Months Ended
    September 30, 2008   September 30, 2007
    Affiliated           Affiliated    
    dealer-partner   % of   dealer-partner   % of
    activity   consolidated   activity   consolidated
New loans
  $ 2,217       2.0 %   $ 1,644       1.6 %
 
Affiliated dealer-partner revenue
  $ 1,024       1.9 %   $ 1,090       2.2 %
 
Dealer holdback payments
  $ 530       3.9 %   $ 344       2.1 %
                                 
    Nine Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30, 2008   September 30, 2007
    Affiliated           Affiliated    
    dealer-partner   % of   dealer-partner   % of
    activity   consolidated   activity   consolidated
New loans
  $ 8,736       2.0 %   $ 8,202       1.8 %
 
Affiliated dealer-partner revenue
  $ 3,036       1.9 %   $ 3,503       2.4 %
 
Dealer holdback payments
  $ 1,660       3.6 %   $ 1,367       2.5 %
     Beginning in 2002, entities owned by our majority shareholder and Chairman began offering secured lines of credit to third parties in a manner similar to a program previously offered by us. In December 2004, our majority shareholder and Chairman sold his ownership interest in these entities; however, he continues to have indirect control over these entities and has the right or obligation to reacquire the entities under certain circumstances until December 31, 2014 or the repayment of the related purchase money note.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
9. CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS
     Net Income Per Share
     Basic net income per share has been computed by dividing net income by the basic number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share has been computed by dividing net income by the diluted number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding using the treasury stock method. The share effect is as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
                               
Basic number of common shares outstanding
    30,310,053       30,015,048       30,223,586       30,069,639  
 
                               
 
                               
Dilutive effect of stock options
    591,667       1,056,255       654,531       1,102,069  
Dilutive effect of unvested time based restricted stock
    62,735       68,309       56,349       57,185  
Dilutive effect of vested performance based restricted stock units
    60,000             60,000        
 
                               
Dilutive number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding
    31,024,455       31,139,612       30,994,466       31,228,893  
 
                               
     There were no stock options or restricted stock that would be anti-dilutive for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007.
     Stock Compensation Plans
     Pursuant to our Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), which was approved by shareholders on May 13, 2004, we reserved 1.0 million shares of our common stock for the future granting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, and performance awards to employees, officers, and directors at any time prior to April 1, 2014. Shares available for future grants under the Incentive Plan totaled 429,757 as of September 30, 2008.
     Below is a summary of the activity under the Incentive Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007:
         
Restricted Stock   Number of Shares
Outstanding as of December 31, 2007
    201,872  
Granted
    80,123  
Vested
    (20,198 )
Forfeited
    (12,560 )
 
       
Outstanding as of September 30, 2008
    249,237  
 
       
         
Restricted Stock   Number of Shares
Outstanding as of December 31, 2006
    146,028  
Granted
    56,669  
Vested
    (708 )
Forfeited
    (17 )
 
       
Outstanding as of September 30, 2007
    201,972  
 
       
     On February 22, 2007, the compensation committee approved an award of 300,000 restricted stock units to our Chief Executive Officer. Each restricted stock unit represents and has a value equal to one share of our common stock. The restricted stock units will be earned over a five year period based upon the annual increase in our adjusted economic profit. Any earned shares will be distributed on February 22, 2014. As of September 30, 2008, 60,000 restricted stock units have been earned.
     Expenses related to restricted stock grants and the award of restricted stock units is as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Restricted stock compensation expense
  $ 483     $ (309 )   $ 1,194     $ 129  
Restricted stock units compensation expense
    537       771       1,634       2,175  
 
                       
Total expense
  $ 1,020     $ 462     $ 2,828     $ 2,304  
 
                       

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
9. CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS – (Concluded)
     On October 2, 2008, the compensation committee approved an award of 100,000 restricted stock units to our President. Each restricted stock unit represents and has a value equal to one share of our common stock. The restricted stock units will be earned over a five year period based upon the annual increase in our adjusted economic profit. Any earned shares will be distributed on February 22, 2016.
10. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
     We have two reportable business segments: United States and Other. The United States segment primarily consists of the United States automobile financing business. We are currently liquidating all businesses classified in the Other segment.
     Selected segment information is set forth below (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Revenue:
                               
United States
  $ 80,101     $ 61,031     $ 225,856     $ 176,593  
Other
    6       27       34       102  
 
                       
Total revenue
  $ 80,107     $ 61,058     $ 225,890     $ 176,695  
 
                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes:
                               
United States
  $ 32,968     $ 21,302     $ 77,260     $ 64,550  
Other
    (31 )     84       (141 )     186  
 
                       
Total income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
  $ 32,937     $ 21,386     $ 77,119     $ 64,736  
 
                       
                 
    As of     As of  
    September 30, 2008     December 31, 2007  
Segment Assets
               
United States
  $ 1,169,385     $ 940,307  
Other
    971       1,875  
 
           
Total Assets
  $ 1,170,356     $ 942,182  
 
           
11. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
     Our comprehensive income information is set forth below (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Net income
  $ 20,657     $ 14,742     $ 48,621     $ 42,432  
Unrealized (loss) gain on securities available for sale, net of tax
    (37 )     24       (32 )     28  
Unrealized gain (loss) on interest rate swap, net of tax
    40             (166 )      
 
                       
Comprehensive income
  $ 20,660     $ 14,766     $ 48,423     $ 42,460  
 
                       

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 8 — Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as Item 1- Consolidated Financial Statements, in this Form 10-Q.
Critical Success Factors
     Critical success factors for us include access to capital and the ability to accurately forecast Consumer Loan performance.
     Our strategy for accessing the capital required to grow is to: (i) maintain consistent financial performance, (ii) maintain modest financial leverage, and (iii) maintain multiple funding sources. At September 30, 2008 our funded debt to equity ratio is 2.2:1. We currently use four primary sources of debt financing: (i) a revolving secured line of credit with a commercial bank syndicate; (ii) revolving secured warehouse facilities with institutional investors; (iii) SEC Rule 144A asset-backed secured borrowings (“Term ABS 144A”) with qualified institutional investors; and (iv) a residual credit facility with an institutional investor.
     At the time of Consumer Loan acceptance or purchase, we forecast future expected cash flows from the Consumer Loan. Based on these forecasts, an advance or one time payment is made to the related dealer-partner at a level designed to achieve an acceptable return on capital. If Consumer Loan performance equals or exceeds our original expectation, it is likely our target return on capital will be achieved.
Consumer Loan Performance
     The following table compares our forecast of Consumer Loan collection rates as of September 30, 2008, with the forecasts as of June 30, 2008, as of December 31, 2007, and at the time of assignment, segmented by year of assignment:
                                                         
Loan   Forecasted Collection Percentage as of   Variance in Forecasted Collection Percentage from
Assignment   September 30,   June 30,   December 31,   Initial   June 30,   December 31,   Initial
Year   2008   2008   2007 (1)   Forecast   2008   2007   Forecast
1999
    72.1 %     72.1 %     72.0 %     73.6 %     0.0 %     0.1 %     -1.5 %
2000
    72.5 %     72.5 %     72.4 %     72.8 %     0.0 %     0.1 %     -0.3 %
2001
    67.4 %     67.4 %     67.3 %     70.4 %     0.0 %     0.1 %     -3.0 %
2002
    70.4 %     70.4 %     70.6 %     67.9 %     0.0 %     -0.2 %     2.5 %
2003
    73.9 %     74.0 %     74.1 %     72.0 %     -0.1 %     -0.2 %     1.9 %
2004
    73.5 %     73.5 %     73.5 %     73.0 %     0.0 %     0.0 %     0.5 %
2005
    74.1 %     74.1 %     73.8 %     74.0 %     0.0 %     0.3 %     0.1 %
2006
    70.3 %     70.2 %     70.9 %     71.4 %     0.1 %     -0.6 %     -1.1 %
2007
    68.2 %     68.2 %     71.1 %     70.7 %     0.0 %     -2.9 %     -2.5 %
2008
    68.2 %     69.0 %           69.7 %     -0.8 %           -1.5 %
 
(1)   These forecasted collection percentages differ from those previously reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and our 2007 earnings release as they have been revised for a new methodology for forecasting future collections on Loans that we implemented during the first quarter of 2008.
     We forecast future Loan cash flows by comparing Loans in our current portfolio to historical Loans with the same attributes. The attributes include both variables captured at Loan origination like credit bureau data, application data, Loan data and vehicle data as well as variables captured subsequent to Loan origination such as collection and delinquency data. Our forecast as of March 31, 2008 assumed that Loans within our current portfolio would produce similar collection rates as produced by historical Loans with the same attributes. During the second quarter of 2008, we modified our forecasting methodology, which now assumes that Loans originated in 2006, 2007 and 2008 will perform 100 to 300 basis points worse than historical Loans with the same attributes.

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     During the third quarter, actual Loan performance for 2007 and prior originations was consistent with our revised forecast. As a result, forecasted collection rates on 2007 and prior Loans remained consistent with our forecasts for these same Loans three months ago. Actual Loan performance was slightly worse than expected for 2008 originations. As a result, the table above shows a decline in the forecasted collection rate for 2008 Loans from 69.0% to 68.2%. The forecasted collection rate for 2008 Loans as of September 30, 2008 includes both Loans that were in our portfolio as of June 30, 2008 and Loans received during the most recent quarter. The following table summarizes the change in our forecast for each of these segments:
                         
    Forecasted Collection Percentage as of    
    September 30,   June 30,    
2008 Loan Assignment Period   2008   2008   Variance
January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008
    68.3 %     69.0 %     -0.7 %
July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008
    68.0 %            
     As a result of the current economic uncertainty, we are cautious about our forecasts of future collection percentages. However, we believe our current estimates are reasonable for the following reasons:
    Our forecasts start with the assumption that Loans in our current portfolio will perform like historical Loans with similar attributes.
 
    We reduced our forecasts during the second quarter on Loans originated in 2006 through 2008 by 100 to 300 basis points based on recent trends and a concern about the worsening economic environment.
 
    Actual Loan performance during the third quarter was consistent with our forecast as of June 30, 2008 for Loans originated in 2007 and prior periods.
 
    Actual Loan performance during the third quarter was slightly below our forecast as of June 30, 2008 for Loans originated during the first six months of 2008, and our forecasted collection rate for these Loans was reduced accordingly.
 
    We have reduced the forecasted collection rate used at Loan inception to price new Loan originations. As of September 1, 2008, the forecasted collection rate used at Loan inception is approximately 300 basis points lower than identical Loans originated a year ago.
 
    Our current forecasting methodology, when applied against historical data, produces a consistent result as the Loans age.
     If the economic environment continues to deteriorate, our Loan collection rates may continue to decline. Knowing this, we set prices at Loan inception to increase the likelihood of achieving an acceptable return on capital, even if collection results are worse than we currently forecast. A 100 basis point change in the collection rate impacts the after-tax return on capital by approximately 30 basis points for Dealer Loans, and approximately 65 basis points for Purchased Loans.
     Since the cash flows available to repay Loans are generated, in most cases, from the underlying Consumer Loans, the performance of the Consumer Loans is critical to our financial results. The following table presents forecasted Consumer Loan collection rates, advance rates (includes amounts paid to acquire Purchased Loans), the spread (the forecasted collection rate less the advance rate), and the percentage of the forecasted collections that had been realized as of September 30, 2008. Payments of dealer holdback and Portfolio Profit Express are not included in the advance percentage paid to the dealer-partner. All amounts are presented as a percentage of the initial balance of the Consumer Loan (principal + interest). The table includes both Dealer Loans and Purchased Loans.

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    As of September 30, 2008
    Forecasted           % of Forecast
Loan Assignment Year   Collection %   Advance %   Spread %   Realized
1999
  72.1%   48.7%   23.4%   99.6%
2000
  72.5%   47.9%   24.6%   99.2%
2001
  67.4%   46.0%   21.4%   98.7%
2002
  70.4%   42.2%   28.2%   98.3%
2003
  73.9%   43.4%   30.5%   97.8%
2004
  73.5%   44.0%   29.5%   96.7%
2005
  74.1%   46.9%   27.2%   94.0%
2006
  70.3%   46.6%   23.7%   78.5%
2007
  68.2%   46.5%   21.7%   48.1%
2008
  68.2%   44.9%   23.3%   15.1%
     The following table presents forecasted Consumer Loan collection rates, advance rates (includes amounts paid to acquire Purchased Loans), and the spread (the forecasted collection rate less the advance rate) as of September 30, 2008 for Purchased Loans and Dealer Loans separately:
                                 
            Forecasted        
    Loan Assignment Year   Collection %   Advance %   Spread %
Purchased loans
    2007       68.0 %     48.9 %     19.1 %
 
    2008       67.5 %     47.2 %     20.3 %
 
                               
Dealer loans
    2007       68.2 %     45.9 %     22.3 %
 
    2008       68.6 %     43.7 %     24.9 %
     Although the advance rate on Purchased Loans is higher as compared to the advance rate on Dealer Loans, Purchased Loans do not require us to pay dealer holdback. The increase in the spread between the forecasted collection rate and the advance rate occurred as a result of pricing changes implemented during the first nine months of 2008.
     The following table summarizes Consumer Loan dollar growth in each of the last seven quarters compared with the same period in the previous year:
         
Year over Year
Growth in Consumer Loan Dollar Volume
Three Months Ended
  % Change
March 31, 2007
    41.1 %
June 30, 2007
    43.9 %
September 30, 2007
    2.2 %
December 31, 2007
    23.3 %
March 31, 2008
    28.5 %
June 30, 2008
    40.6 %
September 30, 2008
    27.5 %
     Unit volume and dollar volume grew at roughly the same rate during the third quarter of 2008 due to various pricing changes implemented at the end of the second quarter and in the third quarter of 2008 that have reduced the average loan size.

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     The following table summarizes key information regarding Purchased Loans:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
New Purchased Loan unit volume as a percentage of total unit volume
    30.8 %     25.5 %     31.6 %     14.0 %
 
                               
Net Purchased Loan receivable balance as a percentage of the total net receivable balance as of the end of the period
    30.0 %     12.1 %     30.0 %     12.1 %

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Results of Operations
     Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007
     The following is a discussion of our results of operations and income statement data on a consolidated basis.
                                 
    Three Months             Three Months        
    Ended             Ended        
    September 30,     % of     September 30,     % of  
    2008     Revenue     2007     Revenue  
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)                        
Revenue:
                               
Finance charges
  $ 75,617       94.4 %   $ 56,743       92.9 %
Other income
    4,490       5.6       4,315       7.1  
 
                       
Total revenue
    80,107       100.0       61,058       100.0  
Costs and expenses:
                               
Salaries and wages
    16,766       20.9       13,620       22.3  
General and administrative
    6,975       8.7       7,266       11.9  
Sales and marketing
    4,088       5.1       3,835       6.3  
Provision for credit losses
    8,383       10.5       5,931       9.7  
Interest
    10,954       13.7       9,030       14.8  
Other expense
    2             16        
 
                       
Total costs and expenses
    47,168       58.9       39,698       65.0  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating income
    32,939       41.1       21,360       35.0  
Foreign currency (loss) gain
    (2 )           26        
 
                       
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
    32,937       41.1       21,386       35.0  
Provision for income taxes
    12,606       15.7       7,917       13.0  
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    20,331       25.4       13,469       22.0  
 
                       
Discontinued operations
                               
Gain (loss) from discontinued United Kingdom operations
    504       0.6       (9 )      
Provision (credit) for income taxes
    178       0.2       (1,282 )     (2.1 )
 
                       
Gain from discontinued operations
    326       0.4       1,273       2.1  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 20,657       25.8 %   $ 14,742       24.1 %
 
                       
 
                               
Net income per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.68             $ 0.49          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 0.67             $ 0.47          
 
                           
 
                               
Income from continuing operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.67             $ 0.45          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 0.66             $ 0.43          
 
                           
 
                               
Gain from discontinued operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.01             $ 0.04          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 0.01             $ 0.04          
 
                           
 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    30,310,053               30,015,048          
Diluted
    31,024,455               31,139,612          

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    Nine Months             Nine Months        
    Ended             Ended        
    September 30,     % of     September 30,     % of  
    2008     Revenue     2007     Revenue  
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)                        
Revenue:
                               
Finance charges
  $ 210,119       93.0 %   $ 162,240       91.8 %
Other income
    15,771       7.0       14,455       8.2  
 
                       
Total revenue
    225,890       100.0       176,695       100.0  
Costs and expenses:
                               
Salaries and wages
    51,205       22.7       38,573       21.8  
General and administrative
    20,726       9.2       20,542       11.6  
Sales and marketing
    13,272       5.9       12,451       7.0  
Provision for credit losses
    31,792       14.1       13,602       7.7  
Interest
    31,702       14.0       26,781       15.2  
Other expense
    59             74        
 
                       
Total costs and expenses
    148,756       65.9       112,023       63.3  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating income
    77,134       34.1       64,672       36.7  
Foreign currency (loss) gain
    (15 )           64        
 
                       
Income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
    77,119       34.1       64,736       36.6  
Provision for income taxes
    28,828       12.8       23,387       13.2  
 
                       
Income from continuing operations
    48,291       21.3       41,349       23.5  
 
                       
Discontinued operations
                               
Gain (loss) from discontinued United Kingdom operations
    548       0.2       (280 )     (0.2 )
Provision (credit) for income taxes
    218       0.1       (1,363 )     (0.7 )
 
                       
Gain from discontinued operations
    330       0.1       1,083       0.5  
 
                       
Net income
  $ 48,621       21.4 %   $ 42,432       24.0 %
 
                       
 
                               
Net income per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 1.61             $ 1.41          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 1.57             $ 1.36          
 
                           
 
                               
Income from continuing operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 1.60             $ 1.38          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 1.56             $ 1.32          
 
                           
 
                               
Gain from discontinued operations per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.01             $ 0.04          
 
                           
Diluted
  $ 0.01             $ 0.03          
 
                           
 
                               
Weighted average shares outstanding:
                               
Basic
    30,223,586               30,069,639          
Diluted
    30,994,466               31,228,893          

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Continuing Operations
     Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007
     The following table highlights changes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in 2007:
                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30, 2008   September 30, 2008
Income from continuing operations
    50.9 %     16.8 %
 
Finance charges
    33.3 %     29.5 %
 
Average outstanding balance of Loan portfolio
    37.7 %     35.0 %
 
Average yield on Loan portfolio
    -1.1 %     -1.5 %
 
Operating expenses
    12.6 %     19.1 %
 
Provision for credit losses
    41.3 %     133.7 %
     Income from continuing operations increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 primarily due to the Company being able to achieve operating expense efficiencies while growing the Loan portfolio. The increase in the average outstanding balance of our Loan portfolio has resulted in an increase in finance charges, partially offset by a decrease in the average yield on our Loan portfolio. The average outstanding balance of our Loan portfolio increased due to increases in both the number of active dealer-partners on our program and volume per active dealer-partner. The average yield on our Loan portfolio decreased primarily due to the continued impact of pricing changes made during 2006 and early 2007 in response to a difficult competitive environment, which also caused finance charges to grow slower than the average outstanding balance of our Loan portfolio.
     For the three months ended September 30, 2008, income from continuing operations grew faster than finance charges, which was caused by slower growth in operating expenses due to efficiencies gained. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, income from continuing operations grew slower than finance charges due to additional provision for credit losses recorded during the second quarter of 2008 resulting from lower than expected collection results and a reduction in forecasted future collection rates. The additional provision for credit losses was offset by slower growth in operating expenses.
     The following table summarizes the changes in active dealer-partners and corresponding Consumer Loan unit volume:
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
    2008     2007     % Change  
Consumer Loan unit volume
    27,636       21,784       26.9  
Active dealer-partners (1)
    2,270       1,953       16.2  
 
                   
Average volume per active dealer-partner
    12.2       11.2       8.9  
 
                       
Consumer Loan unit volume from dealer-partners active both periods
    18,393       17,293       6.4  
Dealer-partners active both periods
    1,244       1,244        
 
                   
Average volume per dealer-partner active both periods
    14.8       13.9       6.4  
 
                       
Consumer Loan unit volume from new dealer-partners
    1,792       1,190       50.6  
New active dealer-partners (2)
    300       258       16.3  
 
                   
Average volume per new active dealer-partner
    6.0       4.6       30.4  
 
                       
Attrition (3)
    20.6 %     19.5 %        

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(1)   Active dealer-partners are dealer-partners who have received funding for at least one Loan during the period.
 
(2)   New active dealer-partners are dealer-partners who enrolled in our program and have received funding for their first Loan from us during the periods presented.
 
(3)   Attrition is measured according to the following formula: decrease in Consumer Loan unit volume from dealer-partners who have received funding for at least one Loan during the comparable period of the prior year but did not receive funding for any Loans during the current period divided by prior year comparable period Consumer Loan unit volume.
     Other Income. The following table highlights the changes, as a percentage of revenue, of other income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in 2007:
                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
Percentage of Revenue, September 30, 2007
    7.1 %     8.2 %
Interest income on secured financings
    -0.4 %     -0.5 %
Income from dealer support programs
    -0.2 %     -0.5 %
Profit-sharing payments
    0.0 %     0.8 %
Other
    -0.9 %     -1.0 %
 
               
Percentage of Revenue, September 30, 2008
    5.6 %     7.0 %
 
               
     The decrease in other income was primarily a result of:
    Decreased interest income on secured financings due to a decrease in interest rates earned on cash investments relating to secured financing transactions.
 
    Decreased income from dealer support programs due to the discontinuance of certain dealer-partner support programs.
     The decreases above, for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, were offset by the following:
    An increase in annual profit-sharing payments received during the first quarter of 2008 from third party vehicle service contract and guaranteed asset protection providers. Since we have only received these payments since 2007, the amounts of these payments are currently not estimable due to a lack of historical information. As a result, the revenue related to these payments is recognized in the period the payments are received. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008 we received a total of $2.9 million in profit sharing-payments compared to $1.2 million in payments received in the same period of 2007.
     Salaries and Wages. For the three months ended September 30, 2008, salaries and wages expense, as a percentage of revenue, decreased from 22.3% to 20.9%, as compared to the same period in 2007. Salaries and wages expense can be categorized into originations, servicing and support functions. Salaries and wages expense related to originations and servicing grew slower than revenue, while support expenses grew faster than revenue, due to the following:
    Origination expenses decreased primarily due to operating efficiencies gained in our dealer-partner service center.
 
    Servicing expenses decreased primarily due to higher average Loan balances.
 
    Support expenses increased primarily due to spending in Information Technology.
     For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, salaries and wages expense, as a percentage of revenue, increased from 21.8% to 22.7%, as compared to the same period in 2007. Salaries and wages expense related to servicing remained consistent, as a percentage of revenue, while originations and support grew faster than revenue, due to the following:
    Origination expenses increased primarily due to a smaller percentage of Loan origination costs being deferred. For Dealer Loans, certain underwriting costs are considered Loan origination costs and are deferred and expensed over the life of the loan as an adjustment to finance charge revenue while, for Purchased Loans, all underwriting costs are expensed immediately. Since Purchased Loans represent a greater proportion of Consumer Loans assigned to us, the deferral was lower for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007. This increase was offset by operating efficiencies gained in our dealer-partner service center.
 
    Support expenses increased primarily due to spending in Information Technology, Analytics and Finance.

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     General and Administrative. The following table summarizes the change in general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of revenue, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in 2007:
                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
Percentage of Revenue, September 30, 2007
    11.9 %     11.6 %
Data processing and consulting fees
    -1.9 %     -1.2 %
Michigan business tax
    -0.2 %     -0.4 %
Legal expense
    -0.1 %     -0.4 %
Other
    -1.0 %     -0.4 %
 
               
Percentage of Revenue, September 30, 2008
    8.7 %     9.2 %
 
               
     The decrease, as a percentage of revenue, in general and administrative expense was primarily a result of:
    Higher expense in 2007 related to data processing and consulting fees for investments in new systems, processes, and facilities to support growth initiatives.
 
    The Michigan business tax is recorded in provision for income taxes starting in 2008 due to a change in the nature of the tax.
 
    Higher legal expense in 2007 related to a legal settlement.
     Sales and Marketing. The following table shows the increases in sales and marketing expense and the unit volume of Loan originations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in 2007:
                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30, 2008   September 30, 2008
Sales and marketing expense
    6.6 %     6.6 %
 
               
Unit volume of Loan originations
    26.9 %     22.0 %
     The increase in sales and marketing expense is due to the increase in the unit volume of Loan originations offset by the discontinuance of certain dealer-partner support programs and lower utilization of various other dealer-partner programs.
     Provision for Credit Losses. The increase in the provision for credit losses for the three months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, was consistent with the increase in the average outstanding balance of the Loan portfolio. The increase in the provision for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, was primarily due to a reduction in estimated future collection rates resulting from a modification of our forecasting methodology on Consumer Loans during the second quarter of 2008. The modified methodology increased the provision for credit losses as lower forecasted collection rates increased the amount of Loan impairments. For additional information, see discussion of Critical Accounting Estimates.
     Interest. The following table shows the average outstanding debt balance and the pre-tax average cost of debt for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same periods in 2007:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
(Dollars in thousands)   2008   2007   2008   2007
Interest expense
  $ 10,954     $ 9,030     $ 31,702     $ 26,781  
 
Average outstanding debt balance
  $ 706,637     $ 477,930     $ 659,193     $ 454,595  
 
Pre-tax average cost of debt
    6.4 %     7.6 %     6.4 %     7.9 %

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     The increase in interest expense was primarily the result of an increase in the average outstanding debt balance from borrowings used to fund new Loans offset by a reduction in our pre-tax average cost of debt due to overall reductions in underlying market rates.
     Provision for Income Taxes. The effective tax rate increased to 38.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2008, from 37.0% for the same period in 2007. The increase for the quarter was primarily due to a decrease in the provision for uncertain state tax positions recorded in the third quarter of 2007. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the effective tax rate increased to 37.4%, from 36.1% in the same period of 2007. The increase was primarily due to a decrease in our reserve for uncertain tax positions recorded in 2007.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
     We need capital to fund new Loans and pay dealer holdback. Our primary sources of capital are cash flows from operating activities, collections of Consumer Loans and borrowings through four primary sources of financing: (i) a revolving secured line of credit with a commercial bank syndicate; (ii) revolving secured warehouse facilities with institutional investors; (iii) SEC Rule 144A asset-backed secured borrowings (“Term ABS 144A”) with qualified institutional investors; and (iv) a residual credit facility with an institutional investor. There are various restrictive debt covenants for each source of financing and we are in compliance with those covenants as of September 30, 2008. For information regarding these financings and the covenants included in the related documents, see Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, which are incorporated herein by reference.
     Since the beginning of 2008 we have:
    Expanded our bank line of credit to $153.5 million and renewed to June 2010
 
    Renewed our $325.0 million warehouse facility to August 2009
 
    Completed a $150.0 million asset-backed secured financing with an institutional investor
 
    Completed a $50.0 million two-year revolving credit facility with another institutional investor
 
    Renewed our $50.0 million residual credit facility to August 2009
     Based on our available capital, we are targeting a 10% reduction in year-over-year Consumer Loan unit volume for the fourth quarter of 2008. Our target growth rate in 2009 will depend on our success in securing additional financing and renewing our existing debt facilities. If no additional capital is obtained, during the first six months of 2009, we expect to continue to target unit volumes that are approximately 10% lower than the prior year comparable period.
     In August of 2009, our $325.0 million warehouse facility and our $50.0 million residual credit facility (collectively referred to as the “maturing facilities”) mature. If we are unsuccessful in renewing the maturing facilities, and alternative financing cannot be obtained, additional reductions in Loan origination volumes will be required. Given current conditions in the credit markets, there can be no assurance that the maturing facilities will be renewed or that alternative financing will be obtained. In the event that the maturing facilities are not renewed, no further advances would be made under the maturing facilities. Assuming the Company continues to be in compliance with all debt covenants, the amount outstanding would be repaid over time as the collections on the Loans securing the maturing facilities are received.
     The following table summarizes targeted Loan origination volumes under two scenarios: (1) the maturing facilities are renewed (or replaced) but no other additional capital is obtained during 2009; and (2) no additional capital is obtained during 2009 and the maturing facilities are not renewed.
                         
    Estimated Loan Origination Volume for the Years Ended December 31,
            2009
            Assuming Maturing   Assuming Maturing
            Facilities are Renewed   Facilities are Not Renewed
(Dollars in thousands)   2008   (or Replaced)   (or Replaced)
Loan dollar volume
  $ 800,000     $ 600,000     $ 550,000  
 
Average Loans receivable balance, net
  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,100,000     $ 1,050,000  
     Cash and cash equivalents increased to $0.9 million at September 30, 2008 from $0.7 million at December 31, 2007. Our total balance sheet indebtedness increased to $691.9 million at September 30, 2008 from $532.1 million at December 31, 2007. This increase was primarily a result of borrowings used to fund new Loans in 2008.

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     Restricted cash and cash equivalents increased to $83.0 million at September 30, 2008 from $74.1 million at December 31, 2007. The following table summarizes restricted cash and cash equivalents:
                 
    As of     As of  
    September 30,     December 31,  
(in thousands)   2008     2007  
Cash collections related to secured financings
  $ 55,082     $ 42,518  
Cash held in trusts for future vehicle service contract claims (1)
    27,911       18,266  
Cash held in escrow related to settlement of class action lawsuit
          13,318  
 
           
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents
  $ 82,993     $ 74,102  
 
           
 
(1)   The claims reserve associated with the trusts are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
     Restricted Securities Available for Sale
     Restricted securities consist of amounts held in accordance with vehicle service contract trust agreements. We determine the appropriate classification of our investments in debt securities at the time of purchase and reevaluate such determinations at each balance sheet date. Debt securities for which we do not have the intent or ability to hold to maturity are classified as available for sale, and stated at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of income taxes included in the determination of comprehensive income and reported as a component of shareholders’ equity.
     Restricted securities available for sale consisted of the following:
                                 
    As of September 30, 2008  
            Gross     Gross        
            Unrealized     Unrealized     Estimated Fair  
(in thousands)   Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
US Government and agency securities
  $ 1,137     $ 46     $     $ 1,183  
Corporate bonds
    2,825       8       (83 )     2,750  
 
                       
Total restricted securities available for sale
  $ 3,962     $ 54     $ (83 )   $ 3,933  
 
                       
                                 
    As of December 31, 2007  
            Gross     Gross        
            Unrealized     Unrealized     Estimated Fair  
(in thousands)   Cost     Gains     Losses     Value  
US Government and agency securities
  $ 1,584     $ 40     $     $ 1,624  
Corporate bonds
    1,686       10       (30 )     1,666  
 
                       
Total restricted securities available for sale
  $ 3,270     $ 50     $ (30 )   $ 3,290  
 
                       
     The cost and estimated fair values of debt securities by contractual maturity were as follows (securities with multiple maturity dates are classified in the period of final maturity). Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
                                 
    As of September 30, 2008     As of December 31, 2007  
            Estimated             Estimated  
(in thousands)   Cost     Fair Value     Cost     Fair Value  
Contractual Maturity
                               
Within one year
  $ 755     $ 750     $ 1,096     $ 1,100  
Over one year to five years
    3,207       3,183       2,174       2,190  
 
                       
Total restricted securities available for sale
  $ 3,962     $ 3,933     $ 3,270     $ 3,290  
 
                       

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     Contractual Obligations
     A summary of the total future contractual obligations requiring repayments as of September 30, 2008 is as follows (in thousands):
                                         
    Payments Due by Period  
            Less than                    
    Total     1 year     1-3 Years     3-5 Years     Other  
Long-term debt, including current maturities and capital leases (1)
  $ 691,937     $ 421,827     $ 270,110     $     $  
Operating lease obligations
    1,960       913       611       436        
Purchase obligations (2)
    537       341       196              
Other long-term obligations (3)
    11,223                         11,223  
 
                             
Total contractual obligations (4)
  $ 705,657     $ 423,081     $ 270,917     $ 436     $ 11,223  
 
                             
 
(1)   Long-term debt obligations included in the above table consist solely of principal repayments. We are also obligated to make interest payments at the applicable interest rates, as discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements. Based on the actual amounts outstanding under our revolving line of credit and warehouse facilities at September 30, 2008, the forecasted amounts outstanding on all other debt and the actual interest rates in effect as of September 30, 2008, interest is expected to be approximately $7.9 million during 2008; $13.3 million during 2009; and $6.6 million during 2010 and thereafter.
 
(2)   Purchase obligations consist solely of contractual obligations related to the information system and facilities needs of the Company.
 
(3)   Other long-term obligations included in the above table consist solely of reserves for uncertain tax positions recognized under FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Tax — An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”).
 
(4)   We have contractual obligations to pay dealer holdback to our dealer-partners; however, as payments of dealer holdback are contingent upon the receipt of customer payments and the repayment of advances, these obligations are excluded from the table above.
     Based upon anticipated cash flows, management believes that cash flows from operations and its various financing alternatives will provide sufficient financing for debt maturities and for future operations, subject, as discussed above, to the need to reduce Loan originations if we are unable to renew or refinance our maturing facilities. Our ability to borrow funds may be impacted by many economic and financial market conditions. If the various financing alternatives were to become limited or unavailable to us, our operations and liquidity could be materially and adversely affected.

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Critical Accounting Estimates
     Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we review our accounting policies, assumptions, estimates and judgments to ensure that our financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with GAAP. Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 discusses several critical accounting estimates, which we believe involve a high degree of judgment and complexity. There have been no material changes to the estimates and assumptions associated with these accounting estimates from those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, except as described below:
     The recognition of finance charge revenue and the allowance for credit losses involve significant estimates based on our forecast of future collections. During the first quarter of 2008, we implemented a new methodology for forecasting future collections on Consumer Loans. The new methodology increased the dollar amount of overall forecasted collections by 0.3%. While the new methodology produces overall collection rates that are very similar to those produced by the prior methodology, the new methodology utilizes a more sophisticated approach which allows us to expand the number of variables on which the forecast is based. As a result, we believe the new forecast improves the precision of our estimates in two respects: (i) the new forecast is believed to be more accurate when applied to a smaller group of Consumer Loans which allows us to forecast more accurately at the dealer pool level and more precisely measure the performance of specific segments of our portfolio and (ii) the new forecast is believed to be more sensitive to changes in Consumer Loan performance and will allow us to react more quickly to changes in Consumer Loan performance. Implementation of the new methodology resulted in a reversal of $3.4 million in provision for credit losses as higher forecasted collections reduced the amount of Loan impairment. In conjunction with our implementation of the new forecasting methodology, we reevaluated our forecast of future collections on old, fully-reserved Dealer Loans. As a result, we wrote off $22.7 million of Dealer Loans and the related allowance for credit losses as we were no longer forecasting any future collections on these Dealer Loans. This write-off had no impact on net income for the first quarter of 2008 as all of these Dealer Loans were fully-reserved.
     Our forecast of future collections as of March 31, 2008 assumed that Loans within our current portfolio would produce similar collection rates as produced by historical Loans with the same attributes and we expected net cash flows of $1.3 billion from our Loan portfolio. During the second quarter of 2008, we modified our forecasting methodology which now assumes that Loans originated in 2006, 2007 and 2008 will perform 100 to 300 basis points lower than historical Loans with the same attributes. As a result we reduced our estimate of future cash flows on these same Loans by $22.2 million, or 1.7%. Of the total reduction, $20.8 million was recorded as provision for credit losses during the second quarter of 2008. This new expectation is consistent with recent experience and included both the lower realized collection rates experienced during the second quarter of 2008 as well as lower expected recoveries on repossession sales as a result of a decline in used vehicle values that occurred during the second quarter of 2008. We did not modify our forecast related to 2005 and prior Loans as these Loans continue to perform as expected.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
     We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Forward-Looking Statements
     We make forward-looking statements in this report and may make such statements in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We may also make forward-looking statements in our press releases or other public or shareholder communications. Our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and include information about our expectations and possible or assumed future results of operations. When we use any of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “assumes,” “forecasts,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans”, “target” or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements.
     We claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for all of our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our outlook only as of the date of this report. While we believe that our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially since the statements are based on our current expectations, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the factors set forth in Item 1A of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, other risk factors discussed herein or listed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the following:
    Our inability to accurately forecast and estimate the amount and timing of future collections could have a material adverse effect on results of operations.
 
    We may be unable to continue to access or renew funding sources and obtain capital on favorable terms needed to maintain and grow the business.
 
    The conditions of the U.S. and international capital markets may adversely affect lenders the Company has relationships with, causing us to incur additional cost and reducing our sources of liquidity, which may adversely affect our financial position, liquidity and results of operations.
 
    Due to increased competition from traditional financing sources and non-traditional lenders, we may not be able to compete successfully.
 
    We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow to service our outstanding debt and fund operations.
 
    Requirements under credit facilities to meet financial and portfolio performance covenants.
 
    Interest rate fluctuations may adversely affect our borrowing costs, profitability and liquidity.
 
    The substantial regulation to which we are subject could result in potential liability.
 
    Adverse changes in economic conditions, or in the automobile or finance industries or the non-prime consumer market, could adversely affect our financial position, liquidity and results of operations and our ability to enter into future financing transactions.
 
    Litigation we are involved in from time to time may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
 
    We are dependent on our senior management and the loss of any of these individuals or an inability to hire additional personnel could adversely affect our ability to operate profitably.
 
    Our inability to properly safeguard confidential consumer information.
 
    Our operations could suffer from telecommunications or technology downtime or increased costs.
 
    Natural disasters, acts of war, terrorist attacks and threats or the escalation of military activity in response to such attacks or otherwise may negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
     Other factors not currently anticipated by management may also materially and adversely affect our results of operations. We do not undertake, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update or alter our statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
     Refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 for a complete discussion of our market risk. There have been no material changes to the market risk information included in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
     Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
     (a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
     (b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
     See Index of Exhibits following the signature page, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
             
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION    
    (Registrant)    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Kenneth S. Booth    
 
           
    Kenneth S. Booth    
    Chief Financial Officer    
    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    
    October 31, 2008    

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
             
Exhibit            
No.           Description
 
           
4(f)(113)
    1     Amendment No. 4 as of August 27, 2008, to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2007 among the Company, CAC Warehouse Funding Corporation II, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Variable Funding Capital Company, LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Systems & Services Technologies, Inc.
 
           
4(f)(114)
    1     Second Amendment dated as of August 27, 2008, to the Certificate Funding Agreement dated September 20, 2006, among the Company, Credit Acceptance Residual Funding LLC, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Variable Funding Capital Company LLC, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
 
           
4(f)(115)
    2     Amendment No. 3 dated as of July 10, 2008, to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2007, among the Company, CAC Warehouse Funding Corporation II, Wachovia Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Variable Funding Capital Company, LLC, Park Avenue Receivables Company LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Systems & Services Technologies, Inc.
 
           
4(f)(116)
    2     Third Amendment, dated as of July 31, 2008, to Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 10, 2002, among Comerica Bank, as collateral agent, and various lenders and note holders.
 
           
4(f)(117)
    2     Fifth Amendment, dated as of July 31, 2008, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated February 7, 2006, between Credit Acceptance Corporation, the Banks which are parties thereto from time to time, and Comerica Bank as Administrative Agent for the Banks.
 
           
31(a)
    2     Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
           
31(b)
    2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
           
32(a)
    2     Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
           
32(b)
    2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
1.   Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 29, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
2.   Filed herewith.

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EX-4.F.115 2 k46817exv4wfw115.htm EX-4.F.115 EX-4.F.115
Exhibit 4(f)(115)
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
          AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 10, 2008 (this “Amendment”), is entered into in connection with that certain SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of August 31, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING CORPORATION II, a Nevada corporation, (the “Borrower”), CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, (“Credit Acceptance”) as the originator, the servicer or the custodian, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an investor for the VFCC Purchaser Group (an “Investor”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as an investor for the PARCO Purchaser Group (an “Investor”) and the other Investors from time to time party thereto, VARIABLE FUNDING CAPITAL COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“VFCC”), a CP conduit or a lender, PARK AVENUE RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a CP conduit” or a lender and the other CP conduits from time to time party thereto, WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WCM”), as deal agent (the “Deal Agent”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association with its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina (“Wachovia”), as the liquidity agent for the VFCC Purchaser Group (a “Liquidity Agent”); JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association with its headquarters in New York, New York, as the liquidity agent for the PARCO Purchaser Group (a “Liquidity Agent”) and the other Liquidity Agents from time to time party thereto, SYSTEMS & SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation as the backup servicer (the “Backup Servicer”) and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, a Delaware corporation, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).
          Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
          WHEREAS, each of the signatories hereto is party to the Loan Agreement;
          WHEREAS, each of the signatories hereto agrees that the facility under the Loan Agreement is now, and immediately following the date hereof shall be, in the Revolving Period with regard to each Purchaser Group; and
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Loan Agreement in certain respects as provided herein;

 


 

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and in the Loan Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the signatories hereto agree as follows:
     Section 1. Amendment.
     (a) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by replacing reference to “6.0%” in clause (i) of the definition of “Amortization Event” with “5.0%”.
     Section 2. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the date hereof, upon the receipt by the Deal Agent of an executed counterpart of this Amendment from each party hereto.
     Section 3. Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     Section 4. Captions. The captions in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
     Section 5. Agreement to Remain in Full Force and Effect. Except as amended hereby, the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified, adopted and confirmed in all respects. All references in the Loan Agreement to “herein,” or words of like import, and all references to the Loan Agreement in any agreement or document shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.
     Section 6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     Section 7. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Amendment.
     Section 8. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby certifies that (i) the representations and warranties made by it in Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof, as though made on and as of the date hereof and (ii) as of the date hereof, there is no Termination Event or Servicer Termination Event or event which, with the passage of time of the giving of notice, could result in a Termination Event or a Servicer Termination Event.

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     Section 9. Waiver of Notice. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any notice in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment.
[Signature page follows]

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date and year first above written.
         
  CAC WAREHOUSE FUNDING
CORPORATION II
, as Borrower
 
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk    
    Name:   Douglas W. Busk   
    Title:   Treasurer   
 
  CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk    
    Name:   Douglas W. Busk   
    Title:   Treasurer   
 

 


 

         
  WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC
, as Deal Agent and Collateral Agent
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad J. Kobos    
    Name:   Chad J. Kobos   
    Title:   Director   
 
  WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
, as Liquidity Agent and
Investor
 
 
  By:   /s/ Kevin McConnell    
    Name:   Kevin McConnell   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
  VARIABLE FUNDING CAPITAL
COMPANY LLC
, as a CP Conduit and a
Lender
 
 
  By:   Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as attorney-in-fact    
     
  By:   /s/ Haojin Wu    
    Name:   Haojin Wu   
    Title:   Vice President   
 

 

EX-4.F.116 3 k46817exv4wfw116.htm EX-4.F.116 EX-4.F.116
Exhibit 4(f)(116)
Execution Copy
THIRD AMENDMENT TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
     This Third Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 31, 2008 (“Third Amendment”) is entered into by and among (a) Comerica Bank (“Comerica”), acting in its capacity as agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for and on behalf of the various financial institutions which are, or may from time to time hereafter become, parties to the Credit Agreement and (b) Comerica, in its capacity as collateral agent hereunder (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”), and is acknowledged by Credit Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation (“Company”) as issuer of the Benefited Obligations and by the Guarantors.
RECITALS
     A. Agent, Collateral Agent, each of the undersigned Lenders (or their predecessors), and certain Noteholders entered into that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 15, 1998 which was acknowledged by the Company as of such date and which was amended by the parties by First Amendment (“First Amendment”) dated as of March 30, 2001 and that Second Amendment (“Second Amendment” dated as of June 10, 2002) (as so amended, the “Intercreditor Agreement”).
     B. At the request of the Company, and in connection with certain amendments to be made to the Credit Agreement concurrently with this Third Amendment, the undersigned parties have agreed to amend the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, but only as set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties have entered into this Third Amendment to make further amendments to the Intercreditor Agreement, as follows:
     1. Section 11(b) is hereby amended and restated, in its entirety, as follows:
“(b) This Agreement may be amended, modified or waived only by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by or on behalf of the Required Future Debt Holders, the Required Lenders and the Required Noteholders, the Collateral Agent and the Company; provided that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default or after the commencement of an Enforcement, this Agreement may be amended or modified without the written consent of Company so long as such amendment or modification does not modify the obligations of the Company or any Obligor under any Financing Agreement.”
     2. Except to the extent otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
     3. Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lenders, and Company hereby acknowledge that, subject to the terms hereof, the Intercreditor Agreement is and shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms.

 


 

     4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
* * *
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
             
    COMERICA BANK,
as Agent and as Collateral Agent, and for and on
behalf of the Lenders (as specifically authorized by
the Lenders)
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Timothy Bishop    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Vice President    
Signature Page to Third Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement
(849187)

 


 

             
    Acknowledged by:
 
           
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk    
 
           
 
           
    Its: Treasurer    
 
           
    Date: June 31, 2002    
 
           
    AUTO FUNDING AMERICA OF NEVADA INC.    
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY    
    BUYERS VEHICLE PROTECTION PLAN, INC.    
    CAC LEASING, INC.    
    VEHICLE REMARKETING SERVICES, INC.    
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF NEVADA, INC.    
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.    
    CAC REINSURANCE, LTD.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk    
 
           
    Name: Douglas W. Busk    
    Title: Treasurer    
    Address for Notices:    
    c/o Credit Acceptance Corporation    
    25505 W. 12 Mile Road, Suite 3000    
    Southfield, Michigan 48034    
    Fax No.: 248-353-9776    
    Telephone No.: 248-353-2700    
    Attention: Doug Busk    
Signature Page to Third Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement
(849187)

 

EX-4.F.117 4 k46817exv4wfw117.htm EX-4.F.117 EX-4.F.117
Exhibit 4(f)(117)
Execution Version
FIFTH AMENDMENT
TO
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
     This Fifth Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Fifth Amendment”) is made as of July 31, 2008 by and among Credit Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation (“Company”), Comerica Bank and the other banks signatory hereto (individually, a “Bank” and collectively, the “Banks”) and Comerica Bank, as administrative agent for the Banks (in such capacity, “Agent”).
RECITALS
     A. Company, Agent and the Banks entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Acceptance Corporation Credit Agreement dated as of February 7, 2006 (as amended by First Amendment dated September 20, 2006, Second Amendment dated January 19, 2007, Third Amendment dated June 14, 2007, Fourth Amendment dated as of January 25, 2008, and as may be further amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) under which the Banks renewed and extended (or committed to extend) credit to the Company, as set forth therein.
     B. The Company has requested that Agent and the Banks agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and Agent and the Banks are willing to do so, but only on the terms and conditions set forth in this Fifth Amendment.
     NOW, THEREFORE, Company, Agent and the Banks agree:
1.   Section 1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding or amending and restating (in their entirety), as the case may be, the following specified definitions, as follows:
 
    “Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary” shall mean VSC Re Company, a District of Columbia corporation.
 
    “Future Debt” shall mean Debt evidenced by Long Term Notes; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt outstanding at any time from and after the date hereof shall not exceed Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000); and provided further that, at the time any such Debt is incurred, the Funding Conditions have been satisfied. For the purposes of this definition, “Long Term Notes” shall mean unsecured or secured non-revolving promissory notes to be issued by the Company, which Debt shall have a term extending at least beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date then in effect, have an amortization schedule not greater than level amortization to maturity (but with no principal payments required for a period of at least 12 months) and have no requirement for mandatory early repayment except (x) upon default, (y)

 


 

    following a change in control or (z) following the sale of any material portion of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent of the proceeds of such sale.
 
    “Permitted Securitization(s)” shall mean each transfer or encumbrance (each a “disposition”) of (I) specific Dealer Loan Pools (and any interest in and lien on the Installment Contracts, motor vehicles, and other rights and financial assets relating thereto) or specific Purchased Contracts (and any interest in and lien on motor vehicles and other rights and financial assets relating thereto), or (II) the trust certificate issued to evidence the residual interest in Dealer Loan Pools or Purchased Contracts and other financial assets transferred or encumbered pursuant to a prior Permitted Securitization, in each case by the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries to one or more Special Purpose Subsidiaries or, in the case of a Securitization Transaction described in Clause (II) of this definition (a “Bridge Securitization”), from one Special Purpose Subsidiary to another Special Purpose Subsidiary, conducted in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Each disposition in clause (I) shall identify with reasonable certainty the specific Dealer Loan Pools or Purchased Contracts, as applicable, covered by such disposition; and (x) such Dealer Loan Pools or Purchased Contracts shall have performance and other characteristics so that the quality of such Dealer Loan Pools or Purchased Contracts, as the case may be, is comparable to, but not materially better than, the overall quality of the Company’s Dealer Loan Pools or Purchased Contracts, as applicable, as determined in good faith by the Company in its reasonable discretion or (y) with respect to any such assets assigned to an uncapped Dealer Loan Pool subsequent to such Dealer Loan Pool becoming a Securitized Pool in conformity with the standards set forth in clause (x) of this subparagraph (a), the assets covered by such dispositions were assigned to such Dealer Loan Pool in the order such assets were originated and without the exercise of any discretion by the Company;
(b) Both before and after giving effect to such disposition (and taking into account any reduction in the Indebtedness with the proceeds of such disposition as required hereunder), the Company shall be in compliance with the Borrowing Base Limitation, and, in the case of any disposition to an uncapped Securitized Pool, none of the assets covered by such disposition were included, prior to such disposition, in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Agent under Section 7.3(d) or in an updated Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Agent under Section 7.3(m) or otherwise at the discretion of the Company;
(c) Each such Securitization Transaction shall be structured on the basis of the issuance of Debt or other similar securities by one or more Special Purpose Subsidiaries which Debt or other securities shall be without recourse to Company and its other Subsidiaries, except to the extent of normal and customary representations and warranties given as of the date of each such disposition, and not as continuing representations and warranties, and otherwise on normal and customary terms and conditions for comparable asset based securitization transactions, which may include Cleanup Call provisions (it being understood that, for purposes of this subparagraph (c), the terms and conditions

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governing Securitization Transactions made by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement or, if later, the date of the most recent amendment to this Agreement entered into by the Company, Agent and the requisite Banks, shall be deemed to have been made on normal and customary terms and conditions for comparable Securitization Transactions);
(d) Concurrently with each such disposition (except for dispositions to an uncapped Securitized Pool whether or not pursuant to a revolving, expansion or relending feature included in a Prior Securitization (for purposes of this definition, a “Revolving Feature”), in each case to the extent that no disposition proceeds are available as a result of such dispositions for application hereunder), the net proceeds of such disposition (net of customary third party transaction fees and expenses and, if applicable, after applying the proceeds of such disposition to repay any Debt to which the related financial assets are subject and which is secured by a Lien on such financial assets, or otherwise as permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement):
shall be applied to reduce the principal balance outstanding under the Revolving Credit (to the extent then outstanding, and including the aggregate amount of drawings made under any Letter of Credit for which the Agent has not received full payment) by the amount of such net proceeds, subject to the right to reborrow in accordance with this Agreement;
provided, however, that to the extent that, on the date any reduction of the principal balance outstanding under the Revolving Credit shall be required under this clause (d), the Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit is being carried, in whole or in part, at the Eurodollar-based Rate and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may, after prepaying that portion of the Indebtedness then carried at the Prime-based Rate, deposit the amount of such required principal reductions in a cash collateral account to be held by the Agent, for and on behalf of the Banks (which shall be an interest-bearing account), on such terms and conditions as are reasonably acceptable to Agent and the Majority Banks and, subject to the terms and conditions of such cash collateral account, sums on deposit therein shall be applied (until exhausted) to reduce the principal balance of the Revolving Credit on the last day of each Interest Period attributable to the applicable Eurodollar-based Advances of the Revolving Credit; and provided further that Agent and the Banks acknowledge that any proceeds of any such Debt incurred pursuant to a Permitted Securitization remaining after the application of such proceeds as required by this clause (d) may be held or invested in Permitted Investments or otherwise invested or applied in any manner not prohibited by this Agreement; and
(e) Both immediately before and after such disposition, no Default or Event of Default (whether or not related to such disposition) has occurred and is continuing.
In connection with each Permitted Securitization to be conducted hereunder, as applicable, the Company shall provide the following:

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(i) in the case of the proposed execution of the initial Securitization Documents for a new Securitization Transaction, to the Agent and the Banks (x) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date of consummation thereof (or such lesser period as approved by Agent), proposed drafts of the material Securitization Documents covering the applicable Securitization Transaction, including without limitation the proposed form of the release of financial assets, and any related exhibits or schedules, to be contributed thereto (“Form of Release”) and (y) within twenty (20) Business Days following the consummation thereof, executed copies of such Securitization Documents, including, if applicable, a summary of any material changes from the draft documents delivered to Agent and the Banks prior thereto;
(ii) for each disposition of financial assets (subject to clause (iii), below) after the Company’s delivery of Securitization Documents to the Agent in accordance with the immediately preceding clause (i) (including the first disposition under a new Securitization Transaction), to the Agent, not less than three (3) Business Days (the “Notice Period”) prior to the proposed transfer of such financial assets pursuant to the applicable Securitization Transaction (or such lesser period as approved by Agent), written notice that the Company intends to make a disposition of financial assets (identifying the applicable Securitization Transaction, and the approximate amount of financial assets to be transferred), accompanied by a certification:
     (x) that the applicable Securitization Transaction (and related dispositions) will constitute a Permitted Securitization hereunder,
     (y) that the applicable Securitization Documents remain in effect substantially in the form previously furnished to Agent (or identifying any material changes, and attaching any material amendment, supplement or other modification previously entered into in respect of such Prior Securitization), and
     (z) that, after giving effect to such disposition, it will be in compliance with the Borrowing Base Limitation and either (A) none of the assets covered by such disposition were included in the most recent quarterly Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Agent under Section 7.3(d) hereof prior to such disposition or (B) a new Borrowing Base Certificate (and any supporting information reasonably required by Agent) dated as of the proposed date of the applicable disposition and, based on projected information, giving effect to such disposition and confirming compliance with the Borrowing Base Limitation, is attached to such certificate;
whereupon, unless Agent has notified Company that the requirements for a Permitted Securitization have not been satisfied with respect to such Securitization Transaction prior to the expiration of the Notice Period, the financial assets covered by such disposition which had been originated prior to the date of such release may be transferred by the Company pursuant to the applicable Permitted Securitization and the Company shall be authorized to

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execute and deliver and/or file, as the case may be, appropriate releases of such financial assets using the Form of Release previously furnished to Agent, and shall promptly deliver a copy of such release (and all exhibits and schedules thereto) to Agent;
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding clause (ii) of this post-amble, in the case of a disposition of assets to an uncapped Securitized Pool previously transferred pursuant to a Prior Securitization, no prior notice from Company to Agent shall be required under such clause and, subject to the requirements set forth in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition, all such financial assets (whether originated before or after the date of the transfer of the uncapped Securitized Pool), shall be released and the Lien of the Security Agreement shall be deemed not to have attached to any such assets when the Company or any of its Subsidiaries subsequently acquires rights in, to or under such assets and such assets are transferred to an uncapped Securitized Pool. Furthermore, in the case of the transfer of financial assets from a Prior Securitization to a new Securitization Transaction or by one Special Purpose Subsidiary to another pursuant to a Bridge Securitization, in each case in compliance with this Agreement, the Lien of the Security Agreement shall be deemed not to attach to any financial assets so transferred, even if such transfers are made through the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries for reassignment as part of a single transaction. If, however, in any case other than those described in this clause (iii), the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Subsidiary) reacquires rights in such financial assets, the Lien of the Security Agreement shall be deemed automatically to reattach to such assets without any further action on the part of Agent or the Banks; and
(iv) promptly following the reasonable request of Agent, any additional information (including without limitation collection information and/or a “static pool analysis”) reasonably requested by Agent in connection with such Securitization Transaction.
Furthermore, in connection with each applicable Securitization Transaction, the Agent agrees, promptly following the reasonable request of Company, to execute a written confirmation, in form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, confirming the Company’s compliance with the requirements set forth herein and the release from the Lien of the Security Agreement of those financial assets released, or deemed released, hereunder.
“Revolving Credit Optional Increase” shall mean Seventy One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($71,500,000).
“Significant Subsidiary(ies)” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary (i) which is designated by the Company (in writing to Agent) as a Significant Subsidiary or (ii) which has total assets (but excluding in the calculation of total assets, for any Subsidiary, any assets which constitute Intercompany Loans, Advances and Investments by such Subsidiary to Company outstanding from time to time and any assets which are acquired or arise pursuant to a Permitted Securitization, including any equity interest in a

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Special Purpose Subsidiary) in excess of one percent (1%) of Company’s Consolidated Tangible Net Worth (or five percent (5%) in the case of CAC Reinsurance, Ltd.), determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter based upon the financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.3(b) or 7.3(c) hereof, as the case may be (and giving effect to any changes in net worth shown in such financial statements on the required date of delivery thereof); provided however that, whether or not it satisfies the aforesaid net worth test, none of any Special Purpose Subsidiary, the Scottish Partnership, the US LLC (so long as it is considered a Foreign Subsidiary hereunder) or the Luxembourg Subsidiary shall be a Significant Subsidiary and the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary shall be considered a Significant Subsidiary solely for purposes of Section 7.20(a)(ii) hereof and not for any other purpose.
2.   Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 8.2 in its entirety as follows:
“8.2 Business Purposes. Engage in, or make any investment in any business engaged in, the provision of property and casualty insurance (other than the activities conducted by the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary relating to the Company’s motor vehicle service program (“Service Program Activities”) which shall be conducted in the manner described on the attached Schedule 8.2), unless the Company or such Subsidiary shall maintain reinsurance of its underwriting risk with a third party(ies) rated “A-” or better by S&P or “A3” or better by Moody’s for all of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s exposure in excess of one hundred percent (100%) of the premiums written by the Company or such Subsidiary; or engage in any business if, after giving effect thereto, the general nature of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would no longer be the provision of financing programs for the purchase of used motor vehicles, motor vehicle service protection programs, credit life, accident and health insurance programs, guaranteed asset protection program and other programs related to the foregoing (it being understood that, in the course of the provision of such programs, the Company may be obligated to remit monies to Dealers under Dealer Agreements (including, without limitation, with respect to Installment Contracts, claims or refunds under insurance policies, or claims or refunds under service contracts, and to make deposits in trust or otherwise as required under reinsurance agreements or pursuant to state regulatory requirements); provided, however, that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall manage and operate such businesses in substantially the same manner that they are managed and operated as of the date hereof, except with respect to Service Program Activities which shall be conducted in accordance with Schedule 8.2.
3.   Section 8.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (c) thereof and amending and restating Section 8.6(d) and adding new Section 8.6(e) as follows:
“(d) Liens on the property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Dealer Loans, Dealer Loan Pools, Installment Contracts, leases or other financial assets, not otherwise permitted under subparagraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 8.6 if the obligations secured by such Liens are disclosed on Schedule 8.6 hereto or, for all Liens not disclosed on such Schedule, do not exceed, in an aggregate amount from time to time outstanding, Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000); provided, however, that for purposes of determining the aggregate amount of obligations

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outstanding from time to time under this clause (d) where the outstanding amount of such obligations is not readily determinable or where such amount is subject to substantial variation, such obligations will be tested on the basis of the aggregate amount of cash or letters of credit deposited from time to time to secure such obligations (but only to the extent such obligations are secured solely by cash collateral or letters of credit); and
“(e) Liens on any or all of its properties or assets granted by the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business in favor of a primary insurer.”
4.   Section 8.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating Section 8.8(d) as follows:
“(d)(i) Intercompany Loans, Advances and Investments made pursuant to the New Restructuring or the restructuring of the ownership of the Company’s Subsidiaries (but without the transfer of any cash or other property other than to the extent necessary, upon formation, to meet minimum capitalization requirements, if any, under applicable law), (ii) Intercompany Loans, Advances and Investments by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary (excluding any Special Purpose Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary excluded from the definition of Significant Subsidiary by the proviso at the end of such definition) to or in any other such Domestic Subsidiary, or any Person that concurrently with such Investment becomes such a Domestic Subsidiary, made while no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iii) Intercompany Loans permitted under Section 8.5(g), (iv) Intercompany Loans, Advances and Investments by the Company to or in the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary through the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000), plus any amounts necessary to fund ordinary course upfront costs for actuary fees, attorney fees and miscellaneous expenses in each case related to the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary and to provide for ordinary course annual operating costs for actuary fees, attorney fees, and miscellaneous expenses in each case related to the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary, provided that at the time of each such Investment no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (v) Intercompany Loans, Advances and Investments existing immediately prior to the Effective Date to or in any Foreign Subsidiaries;”
5.   Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated by deleting such Schedule and inserting the replacement Schedule 1.1 attached hereto as Attachment 1 in its place.
6.   Schedule 6.5 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated by deleting such Schedule and inserting the replacement Schedule 6.5 attached hereto as Attachment 2 in its place.
7.   New Schedules 8.2 and 8.6 to the Credit Agreement are hereby added in the forms attached hereto as Attachment 3 and 4, respectively.
8.   This Fifth Amendment shall become effective, according to the terms and as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction by the Company of the following conditions:

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  (a)   Agent shall have received counterpart originals of (i) this Fifth Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Company and the requisite Banks and (ii) a Reaffirmation of Loan Documents duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors.
 
  (b)   Agent shall have received for distribution to the Banks, a work fee of $10,000 for each Bank which has approved this Fifth Amendment prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
 
  (c)   Agent shall have received from a responsible senior officer of the Company a certification (i) that all necessary actions have been taken by the Company to authorize execution and delivery of this Fifth Amendment, supported by such resolutions or other evidence of corporate authority or action as reasonably required by Agent and the Majority Banks and that no consents or other authorizations of any third parties are required in connection therewith; and (ii) that, after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the proposed effective date of the Fifth Amendment.
    Agent shall give notice to Company and the Banks of the occurrence of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
 
9.   The Company ratifies and confirms, as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the amendments contained herein, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 6.1 through 6.18, inclusive, of the Credit Agreement and acknowledges that such representations and warranties are and shall remain continuing representations and warranties during the entire life of the Credit Agreement.
 
10.   The Banks authorize the Agent, on or after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, to enter into, for and on behalf of the Banks, a Third Amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form of Attachment 5 hereto.
 
11.   Except as specifically set forth above, this Fifth Amendment shall not be deemed to amend or alter in any respect the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes issued thereunder or any of the other Loan Documents, or to constitute a waiver by the Banks or Agent of any right or remedy under or a consent to any transaction not meeting the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes issued thereunder or any of the other Loan Documents.
 
12.   Unless otherwise defined to the contrary herein, all capitalized terms used in this Fifth Amendment shall have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
 
13.   This Fifth Amendment may be executed in counterpart in accordance with Section 13.10 of the Credit Agreement.
 
14.   This Fifth Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.
[Signatures Follow on Succeeding Pages]

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Attachment 1
Schedule 1.11
PRICING MATRIX
                 
    The Applicable Margin For   Applicable Fee Percentage For
        Advances        
    Advances   carried at the        
Notwithstanding   carried at the   Eurodollar-   Revolving   Letter of
the Company’s   Prime-based   based Rate shall   Credit Facility   Credit
Rating Level:   Rate shall be   be   Fee   Fee
    minus 1.05%   1.25%   .50%   1.375%
(inclusive of
facing fee)
 
1   All terms as defined in the Agreement.

 


 

Attachment 2
Schedule 6.5
Subsidiaries and Compliance Information
[Company to add new subsidiary information for Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary]
                 
                Tax
                Identification
                Number and
            Jurisdiction   other
        Type of   of   identification
Correct Legal Name   Address   Organization   Organization   numbers
Arlington Investment Company   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-3411637
Auto Funding America Inc.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-3523899
Auto Funding America of Nevada Inc.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Nevada State
of Michigan
  38-3589855
Auto Lease Services LLC   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  State of Delaware   38-3544147
AutoNet Finance Company.com, Inc.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-3485932
Buyers Vehicle Protection Plan, Inc.*   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-2957446
CAC (TCI), Ltd.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Turks & Caicos   98-0379770
CAC Funding Corp.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Nevada   38-3417412
CAC International Holdings, LLC   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Michigan   N/A
CAC Leasing, Inc.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-3307332

 


 

                 
                Tax
                Identification
                Number and
            Jurisdiction   other
        Type of   of   identification
Correct Legal Name   Address   Organization   Organization   numbers
CAC Luxembourg S.a.r.l   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Luxembourg   N/A
CAC of Canada Company   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Canada   N/A
Credit Acceptance of Nevada, Inc.*   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Nevada   38-3126705
CAC Reinsurance, Ltd.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Turks and Caicos Islands   38-3337060
CAC Scotland   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Scottish Partnership   Scotland   N/A
CAC UK Funding Limited   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Private Limited Company   England and Whales   N/A
CAC Warehouse Funding Corp.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Nevada   05-0566880
CAC Warehouse Funding Corporation II   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Nevada   90-0247399
Credit Acceptance Corporation Ireland Limited   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Ireland   N/A
Credit Acceptance Corporation of South Dakota, Inc.   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of South Dakota   38-3126704
Credit Acceptance Corporation UK Limited   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Private Limited Company   England and Wales   N/A
Credit Acceptance
Motors, Inc.
  25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   Michigan   36-4577938
Credit Acceptance Wholesale Buyers
Club, Inc.
  25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   30-0036555
Vehicle Remarketing Services, Inc.*   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Corporation   State of Michigan   38-3354454

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                Tax
                Identification
                Number and
            Jurisdiction   other
        Type of   of   identification
Correct Legal Name   Address   Organization   Organization   numbers
VSC Re Company1   1333 H Street, NW DC 20005   Corporation   District of Columbia   [not yet assigned]
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2006-1   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Delaware   02-0773858
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2006-2   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Delaware   11-3794787
Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2006-2   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Trust Company   Delaware   11-3794787
Credit Acceptance Residual Funding LLC   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Delaware   06-1796940
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2007-1   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Delaware   74-3209807
Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2007-1   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Trust Company   Delaware   74-3209807
Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2007-2   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Limited Liability
Company
  Delaware   61-1542988
Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2007-2   25505 W. Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, MI 48034
  Trust Company   Delaware   30-6149740
 
*   Significant Domestic Subsidiary
 
1   This entity had not yet been formed.

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Attachment 3
Schedule 8.2
Description of Operations of Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary
     The Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary will enter into one or more quota share (which may be up to 100%) reinsurance agreements with the direct writers or ceding insurers for CA’s vehicle service contract programs. Under a quota share arrangement, the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary assumes a percentage of the service contract liability and receives that percentage of the net premium. The net premium paid to the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary becomes part of the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary’s asset base and the assets are titled in the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary’s name. However, insurance regulations prevent the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary from simply holding the Reserves on its balance sheet. Rather, the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary must have collateral with the ceding insurer equal to the ceded reserves. To do this, the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary would either create a reinsurance trust account, as the grantor, whereby it would deposit the ceded reserves for the benefit of the ceding insurer or alternatively, the Domestic Reinsurance Subsidiary could deliver an Letter of Credit (LOC) to the ceding insurer in the amount of the ceded reserves and keep its assets in its own hands. Credit Acceptance anticipates it will use the trust structure.

 


 

Attachment 4
Schedule 8.6
     Description of balance differential swap agreement dated as of April 18, 2008 entered into with Wachovia Bank in connection with the most recent Permitted Securitization funded by Wachovia Bank:
     On April 18, 2008, Credit Acceptance Corporation entered into a Balance Differential Swap agreement with Wachovia Bank, National Association. The trade obligates both parties to make monthly cash payments to the other, which payments are netted out to a single payment each month. The amount and direction of the monthly payment depends on both the level of the benchmark interest rate and the amount of debt outstanding on the Class A Asset Backed Note issued by Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust 2008-1. Credit Acceptance Corporation is required to make cash collateral deposits for the benefit of Wachovia as credit support for its obligations under this Balance Differential Swap.

 


 

Attachment 5
Attach form of Third Amendment to Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 31, 2008

 


 

     WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
             
    COMERICA BANK,
       as Agent
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Timothy Bishop    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE
CORPORATION
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Treasurer    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    BANKS:
 
           
    COMERICA BANK
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Timothy Bishop    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Daniel R. Petrik    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Senior Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael S. Cameli    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Director    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    FIFTH THIRD BANK
(Eastern Michigan)
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John Antonczak    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    NATIONAL CITY BANK
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Kell    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 


 

             
    RBS CITIZENS, N.A.
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Dolson    
 
           
 
           
 
  Its:   Senior Vice President    
Signature Page For
CAC Fifth Amendment
(848191)

 

EX-31.A 5 k46817exv31wa.htm EX-31.A EX-31.A
EXHIBIT 31 (a)
Credit Acceptance Corporation
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Brett A. Roberts, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Credit Acceptance Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: October 31, 2008  /s/ Brett A. Roberts    
  Brett A. Roberts   
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   

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EX-31.B 6 k46817exv31wb.htm EX-31.B EX-31.B
         
EXHIBIT 31 (b)
Credit Acceptance Corporation
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Kenneth S. Booth, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Credit Acceptance Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: October 31, 2008  /s/ Kenneth S. Booth    
  Kenneth S. Booth   
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   

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EX-32.A 7 k46817exv32wa.htm EX-32.A EX-32.A
         
EXHIBIT 32 (a)
Credit Acceptance Corporation
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report on form 10-Q of Credit Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Brett A. Roberts, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Date: October 31, 2008  /s/ Brett A. Roberts    
  Brett A. Roberts   
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   

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EXHIBIT 32 (b)
Credit Acceptance Corporation
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report on form 10-Q of Credit Acceptance Corporation (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Kenneth S. Booth, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:
     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
     
Date: October 31, 2008  /s/ Kenneth S. Booth    
  Kenneth S. Booth   
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   
 

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