CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   July 26, 2005

CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Michigan 000-20202 38-1999511
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
25505 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 3000, Southfield, Michigan   48034-8339
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   248-353-2700

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously announced, Credit Acceptance Corporation (the "Company") was unable to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. This resulted in a violation (the "Violation") of certain covenants in its Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 30, 2003, among the Company, CAC Warehouse Funding Corporation II, Wachovia Bank, National Association, Variable Funding Capital Corporation, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, and Systems & Services Technologies, Inc., as amended, and agreements related thereto (the "Loan Agreement"), its Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated August 25, 2004, among the Company, Credit Acceptance Auto Dealer Loan Trust 2004-1, Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2004-1, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Systems & Services Technologies, Inc., as amended (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), and agreements related thereto , and its Third Amended and Restated Credit Acceptance Corporation Credit Agreement dated as of June 9, 2004, among the Company, the Lenders which are parties thereto from time to time (each a "Bank" and collectively, the "Banks"), and Comerica Bank as Administrative Agent for the Banks , as amended, (the "Credit Agreement").

The Violation, and certain related violations, were previously waived by the necessary parties under the Loan Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the Credit Agreement by written waivers that expire on July 31, 2005.

On July 26, 2005, the Company and certain other parties to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and on July 29, 2005, the Company and certain other parties to the Loan Agreement and the Credit Agreement executed new waivers (i) extending the time for the required delivery of the Company's audited and unaudited financial statements and the filing of its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005, and September 30, 2005 to December 15, 2005, and (ii) waiving certain related violations. All three waivers expire on December 15, 2005 unless such financial statements are delivered and such reports are filed on or before December 15, 2005, in which case the waivers become permanent.

In connection with the new waivers, the Company entered into an amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement extending the commitment termination date under the Loan and Security Agreement from August 9, 2005 to December 15, 2005.

As previously announced, the SEC informed the Company on June 24, 2005 that the Company’s method for recording automobile loans should be changed to that of a servicer of loans generated by automobile dealers and a lender to those dealers, rather than an originator of consumer loans. As a result of this determination, the Company will be required to restate its previously reported financial results.





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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

         
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
          
July 29, 2005   By:   /s/ Douglas W. Busk
       
        Name: Douglas W. Busk
        Title: Treasurer