CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION CACC

expiry = 2004-09-09...R CASH BY CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF UP TO 3 MILLION SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $20.00 NOR LESS THAN $14.00 PER SHARE THE TENDER OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2004, UNLESS THE TENDER OFFER IS EXTENDED. Credit Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation ("CAC"), is offering to purchase for cash up to 3 million shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, upon the terms and subject to the c...

listed = True...more than 3 million shares in the tender offer, subject to applicable law. THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED. THE TENDER OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS. SEE SECTION 7. Our shares are listed and traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "CACC." On August 10, 2004, the last trading day prior to the commencement of the tender offer, the closing price of our shares on the Nasdaq National Market was $14.10 per share. YOU ARE URGED TO OBTAIN CURRENT MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR THE SHARES BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER AND AT WHICH PURCHASE PRICE OR PURCHA...

mechanism = DUTCH...rchase shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, in a tender offer. What will the purchase price for the shares be and what will be the form of payment?...................... We are conducting the tender offer through a procedure commonly called a modified "Dutch Auction." This procedure allows you to select the price within a price range specified by us at which you are willing to sell your shares. The price range for the tender offer is $14.00 to $20.00 per share. We will select the lowest purchase price that will allow us to buy 3 million shares or, if a lesser number of shares are properly tendered,...

must_tender_all = True...by us 4 in our reasonable judgment, that these events will occur. See Section 7. What happens if more than 3 million shares are tendered in the tender offer?............. We will purchase shares: - first, from all holders of "odd lots" of less than 100 shares who properly tender all of their shares at or below the purchase price selected by us and do not properly withdraw them before the expiration date; - second, after purchasing the shares from the "odd lot" holders, from all other shareholders who properly tender shares at or below the purchase price selected by us, on a pro rata basis, subject to the conditional tender provisio...

price = USD 14.0-20.0...re commonly called a modified "Dutch Auction." This procedure allows you to select the price within a price range specified by us at which you are willing to sell your shares. The price range for the tender offer is $14.00 to $20.00 per share. We will select the lowest purchase price that will allow us to buy 3 million shares or, if a lesser number of shares are properly tendered, all shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Al...

price = USD 14.0-20.0...n (the "Company" or "CAC"), in connection with the offer by the Company to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), at a price between $14.00 and $20.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase dated August 11, 2004 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Le...

threshold = 100...ce. ODD LOTS. For purposes of the tender offer, the term "odd lots" shall mean all shares properly tendered prior to the expiration date at prices at or below the purchase price and not properly withdrawn by any person, referred to as an "odd lot holder," who owns beneficially or of record an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and so certifies in the appropriate place on the letter of transmittal and, if applicable, on the notice of guaranteed delivery. To qualify for this preference, an odd lot holder must tender all shares owned beneficially or of record by the odd lot holder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3. As set forth above, odd l...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFEREX-99.(A)(1)(I) 2 k87243exv99wxayx1yxiy.txt OFFER TO PURCHASE EXHIBIT (a)(1)(i) OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH BY CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION OF UP TO 3 MILLION SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT A PURCHASE PRICE NOT GREATER THAN $20.00 NOR LESS THAN $14.00 PER SHARE THE TENDER OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2004, UNLESS THE TENDER OFFER...

txn_type = TENDER_OFFER...Company to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), at a price between $14.00 and $20.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase dated August 11, 2004 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal"), which together, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the "Offer" and which are appended to and filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively. Capitalized term...