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AmeriCredit Completes 2nd Asset-Backed Securitization in Canada.


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FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002

AMERICREDIT CORP. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:ACF (Advanced Communications Function) An earlier official product line name for IBM SNA programs, such as VTAM (ACF/VTAM) and NCP (ACF/NCP).

ACF - Advanced Communications Function
) announced the pricing of a C$246,125,000 offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through lead manager Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. and selling agents CIBC World Markets CIBC World Markets is the investment banking division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. It helps governments, large companies, and other large institutions obtain capital and credit and is a primary dealer in U.S. Treasury securities.  Inc., TD Securities Inc. and Royal Bank Capital Markets.

AmeriCredit uses proceeds from securitization transactions to provide long-term financing of automobile loans.

This transaction represents AmeriCredit's second securitization of its Canadian loan portfolio. This transaction is similar to the

company's US dollar denominated senior subordinated securitizations

and employs a combination of subordinated notes, overcollateralization and a reserve fund to support the ratings instead of bond insurance.

The securities will be issued via AmeriCredit Canada Automobile Receivables Trust and represent Series C2002-1. Four classes of notes will be issued in addition to a variable pay note (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) in the amount of C$65,000,000. The four classes are:

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Note Class     Amount          Average Life      Interest Rate
----------  -------------      ------------     ------------------
   A-1      C$ 36,437,000       0.54 years       3 mo CDOR + 0.20%
   A-2        100,000,000       2.04 years          4.084%
     B         22,688,000       4.04 years          7.395%
     C         22,000,000       4.04 years          8.539%
               ----------
            C$181,125,000
            =============



The weighted average coupon Weighted average Coupon

The weighted average of the gross interest rates of mortgages underlying a pool as of the pool issue date; the balance of each mortgage is used as the weighting factor.
 paid by AmeriCredit is 5.5% (including the VPN).

The note classes are rated by Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service Moody's Investors Service

A leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm.


Moody's Investors Service

A leading firm engaged in credit rating, risk analysis, and research of fixed-income securities and their issuers.
, Inc. and Dominion Bond Rating Service Dominion Bond Rating Service is a credit rating agency based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1976, it is one of the largest credit rating agencies in Canada. It is one of five Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations in the United States, though significantly smaller  Limited (DBRS DBRS Dominion Bond Rating Service ). The

ratings by note class are:

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Note Class         Standard & Poor's        Moody's            DBRS
----------         -----------------        -------            ----
    A-1                 AAA                   Aaa          R-1 (high)
    A-2                 AAA                   Aaa               AAA
      B                   A                    A2                 A
      C                 BBB                  Baa2               BBB



This transaction represents AmeriCredit's 37th securitization of automobile receivables in which a total of more than $27 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 purchases installment contracts made by auto dealers to consumers who are

typically unable to obtain financing from traditional sources.

AmeriCredit has more than one million customers throughout the United States and Canada and more than $15 billion in managed auto receivables. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. . For more information, visit www.americredit.com.
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