Credit Acceptance Corporation Announces Completion of $50 Million Credit Facility

Credit Acceptance Corporation announced today the completion of a $50.0 million credit facility with Variable Funding Capital Company LLC, a multi-seller commercial paper conduit administered by Wachovia Securities. Prior to this facility, the effective amount the Company's special purpose entities could borrow against collateral previously contributed by the Company to term securitizations decreased as those related term securitizations amortized. This facility allows the Company's special purpose entities to utilize more of their borrowing capacity throughout the life of the related term securitization.

The facility, which was entered into by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Credit Acceptance Residual Funding LLC (``Residual Funding'), will allow Residual Funding to finance its purchase of trust certificates from special purpose entities (the ``Term SPEs') that purchased loans to dealer-partners under the Company's 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. The new facility enables the Term SPEs to realize and distribute to the Company up to 65% of that value prior to the time the related term securitization senior notes are paid in full.

Residual Funding's interests in dealer loans, represented by its purchased trust certificates, are subordinated to the interests of term securitization senior noteholders but the entire arrangement is non-recourse to the Company.

Residual Funding did not make a draw on the facility at closing. The facility matures September 19, 2007 with draws under the facility bearing interest at a floating rate equal to LIBOR or the commercial paper rate plus 145 basis points.

The Company's contracted relationship with its dealer-partners remains unaffected. The dealer-partners' rights to future payments of dealer holdback are preserved and the Company will continue to recognize its servicing fee on amounts collected.

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