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News Release -
13-Feb-2002
AmeriCredit Announces $1.6 Billion Asset-Backed Securitization
FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002--AMERICREDIT
CORP. (NYSE:ACF) announced today the pricing of a $1.6 billion
offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through lead
managers Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse First Boston and
co-managers Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown,
Merrill Lynch & Co. and Wachovia Securities. The company uses proceeds
from securitization transactions to provide long-term financing of
automobile loans.
The securities will be issued via an owner trust, AmeriCredit
Automobile Receivables Trust 2002-A, in five classes of Notes:
Note Class Amount Average Life Price Interest Rate
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A-1 $ 250,000,000 0.30 years 100.0000 1.92%
A-2-A 225,000,000 0.89 years 99.9917 2.66%
A-2-B 225,000,000 0.89 years 100.0000 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.14%
A-3 500,000,000 2.04 years 100.0000 1 mo. LIBOR + 0.20%
A-4 400,000,000 3.44 years 99.9826 4.66%
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$1,600,000,000
The weighted average coupon paid by AmeriCredit is 4.0%.
The Class A-1 Notes will be rated A-1+ by Standard & Poor's,
Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and F-1+ by Fitch, Inc.
Notes in classes A-2-A through A-4 will be rated AAA by Standard &
Poor's, Aaa by Moody's and AAA by Fitch. Timely principal and interest
payments on the Notes are guaranteed by an insurance policy provided
by Financial Security Assurance Inc.
This transaction represents AmeriCredit Corp.'s 30th
securitization of automobile receivables in which a total of more than
$21.8 billion of automobile receivables-backed securities has been
issued.
AmeriCredit Corp. is the largest independent middle-market auto
finance company in North America. Using its branch network and
strategic alliances with auto groups and banks, the company makes auto
loans to consumers who are typically unable to obtain financing from
traditional sources. AmeriCredit has one million active loan customers
throughout the United States and Canada and more than $12 billion in
managed auto receivables. The company was founded in 1992 and is
headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information visit
www.americredit.com.
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AmeriCredit Corp., Fort Worth |
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Kim Pulliam, 817/302-7009 |
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Susan Sheffield, 817/302-7355 |
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