10-Q/A 1 d10qa.htm FORM 10-Q/A (Q.E. 12/31/2002) Form 10-Q/A (Q.E. 12/31/2002)
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-Q/A

 

(Mark One)

 

x   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2002

 

OR

 

¨   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                  to                 

 

Commission file number 1-10667

 


 

AmeriCredit Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas   75-2291093

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

801 Cherry Street, Suite 3900, Fort Worth, Texas 76102

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

(817) 302-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes  x    No  ¨

 

There were 154,705,177 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value outstanding as of January 31, 2003.

 



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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

AmeriCredit Corp. (the “Company”) hereby amends the Company’s Quarterly Report on the Form 10-Q for the six months ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2003.

 

The financial information for the six months ended December 31, 2002, has been restated. A review of the accounting treatment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” for certain interest rate swap agreements that were entered into prior to fiscal 2001 and used to hedge interest rate risk on a portion of the Company’s cash flows from credit enhancement assets indicated that the Company should have reclassified additional accumulated other comprehensive losses into earnings since the combination of the derivative instrument and the hedged item resulted in net unrealized losses that were not expected to be recovered in future periods. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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AMERICREDIT CORP.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q/A

 

               Page

Part I.

   FINANCIAL INFORMATION     
     Item 1.    Financial Statements (unaudited)     
          Consolidated Balance Sheets - December 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002    4
          Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Operations - Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001    5
          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Six Months Ended December 31, 2002 and 2001    6
          Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements    7
     Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    29
     Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    61
     Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    61

Part II.

   OTHER INFORMATION     
     Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    62
     Item 2.    Changes in Securities    62
     Item 3.    Defaults upon Senior Securities    62
     Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    62
     Item 5.    Other Information    63
     Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K    63

SIGNATURE

   65

 

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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

AMERICREDIT CORP.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited, Dollars in Thousands)

 

     December 31, 2002

    June 30, 2002

 
     (Restated)     (Restated)  

ASSETS

                

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 179,783     $ 92,349  

Finance receivables, net

     3,779,648       2,198,391  

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

     356,805       506,583  

Investments in Trust receivables

     791,343       691,065  

Restricted cash - gain on sale Trusts

     356,138       343,570  

Restricted cash - securitization notes payable

     117,205          

Restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

     303,420       56,479  

Property and equipment, net

     121,320       120,505  

Other assets

     284,359       208,075  
    


 


Total assets

   $ 6,290,021     $ 4,217,017  
    


 


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                

Liabilities:

                

Warehouse credit facilities

   $ 1,750,000     $ 1,751,974  

Securitization notes payable

     1,792,399          

Senior notes

     379,668       418,074  

Other notes payable

     69,683       66,811  

Funding payable

     122,278       126,893  

Accrued taxes and expenses

     163,210       194,260  

Derivative financial instruments

     88,020       85,922  

Deferred income taxes

     34,123       145,634  
    


 


Total liabilities

     4,399,381       2,789,568  
    


 


Shareholders’ equity:

                

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 20,000,000 shares authorized, none issued

                

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 230,000,000 shares authorized; 160,269,486 and 91,716,416 shares issued

     1,603       917  

Additional paid-in capital

     1,063,852       573,956  

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     23,077       70,843  

Retained earnings

     818,897       799,533  
    


 


       1,907,429       1,445,249  

Treasury stock, at cost (5,564,309 and 5,899,241 shares)

     (16,789 )     (17,800 )
    


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     1,890,640       1,427,449  
    


 


Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 6,290,021     $ 4,217,017  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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AMERICREDIT CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Operations

(Unaudited, Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


   

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

    2002

    2001

 
     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Revenue

                                

Finance charge income

   $ 133,943     $ 80,027     $ 224,572     $ 176,824  

Servicing fee income

     4,910       73,132       121,844       154,253  

Gain on sale of receivables

             108,690       132,084       201,620  

Other income

     5,613       3,377       10,633       6,250  
    


 


 


 


       144,466       265,226       489,133       538,947  
    


 


 


 


Costs and expenses

                                

Operating expenses

     109,242       108,390       225,068       207,766  

Provision for loan losses

     86,892       16,667       152,676       31,509  

Interest expense

     39,884       30,557       79,903       66,147  
    


 


 


 


       236,018       155,614       457,647       305,422  
    


 


 


 


(Loss) income before income taxes

     (91,552 )     109,612       31,486       233,525  

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (35,248 )     42,200       12,122       89,907  
    


 


 


 


Net (loss) income

     (56,304 )     67,412       19,364       143,618  
    


 


 


 


Other comprehensive (loss) income

                                

Unrealized (losses) gains on credit enhancement assets

     (95,037 )     22,947       (94,524 )     17,725  

Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges

     32,756       25,651       21,931       (14,737 )

Canadian currency translation adjustment

     305       (421 )     (3,121 )     (2,061 )

Income tax benefit (provision)

     23,978       (18,710 )     27,948       (1,150 )
    


 


 


 


Other comprehensive (loss) income

     (37,998 )     29,467       (47,766 )     (223 )
    


 


 


 


Comprehensive (loss) income

   $ (94,302 )   $ 96,879     $ (28,402 )   $ 143,395  
    


 


 


 


(Loss) earnings per share

                                

Basic

   $ (0.37 )   $ 0.80     $ 0.16     $ 1.71  
    


 


 


 


Diluted

   $ (0.37 )   $ 0.76     $ 0.16     $ 1.61  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average shares outstanding

     153,001,207       84,546,353       119,420,462       84,217,345  
    


 


 


 


Weighted average shares and assumed incremental shares

     153,001,207       88,669,914       120,032,197       89,253,406  
    


 


 


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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AMERICREDIT CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 
     (Restated)     (Restated)  

Cash flows from operating activities

                

Net income

   $ 19,364     $ 143,618  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:

                

Depreciation and amortization

     22,536       16,469  

Provision for loan losses

     152,676       31,509  

Deferred income taxes

     (82,918 )     5,340  

Accretion of present value discount

     (49,962 )     (47,154 )

Impairment of credit enhancement assets

     88,958       16,441  

Non-cash gain on sale of receivables

     (124,831 )     (189,537 )

Other

     4,240          

Distributions from Trusts, net of swap payments

     111,118       127,863  

Initial deposits to credit enhancement assets

     (58,101 )     (255,500 )

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                

Other assets

     (16,549 )     (29,465 )

Accrued taxes and expenses

     (28,695 )     43,225  

Purchases of receivables held for sale

     (647,647 )     (4,072,045 )

Principal collections and recoveries on receivables held for sale

     74,370       117,895  

Net proceeds from sale of receivables

     2,495,353       3,578,594  
    


 


Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

     1,959,912       (512,747 )
    


 


Cash flows from investing activities

                

Purchases of receivables

     (3,804,650 )        

Principal collections and recoveries on receivables

     143,872          

Purchases of property and equipment

     (2,333 )     (24,839 )

Change in restricted cash - securitization notes payable

     (117,205 )        

Change in restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

     (246,947 )     (38,154 )

Change in other assets

     (65,587 )     (46,334 )
    


 


Net cash used by investing activities

     (4,092,850 )     (109,327 )
    


 


Cash flows from financing activities

                

Net change in warehouse credit facilities

     (1,465 )     428,655  

Issuance of securitization notes

     1,837,591          

Payments on securitization notes

     (45,132 )        

Senior notes swap settlement

     9,700          

Retirement of senior notes

     (39,631 )        

Borrowings under credit enhancement facility

             182,500  

Debt issuance costs

     (13,683 )     (2,857 )

Net change in notes payable

     (8,226 )     10,951  

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     481,317       11,245  
    


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     2,220,471       630,494  
    


 


Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     87,533       8,420  

Effect of Canadian exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (99 )     11  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     92,349       45,016  
    


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 179,783     $ 53,447  
    


 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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AMERICREDIT CORP.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AmeriCredit Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”). All significant intercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2002, and for the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, are unaudited, but in management’s opinion include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the results for such interim periods. Certain prior year amounts, including the reclassification of certain cash accounts on the consolidated balance sheets as well as initial deposits to credit enhancement assets and purchases, sales, and principal collections and recoveries on receivables held for sale on the consolidated statements of cash flows, have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

 

The interim period financial statements, including the notes thereto, are condensed and do not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These interim period financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2002 that are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2003.

 

NOTE 2 - RESTATEMENT

 

On August 25, 2003, the Company issued a press release reporting a restatement of its financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2002, and for the first three quarters of the year ended June 30, 2003, as a result of a review of the accounting treatment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) for certain interest rate swap agreements that were entered into prior to 2001 and used to hedge interest rate risk on a portion of its cash flows from credit enhancement assets.

 

The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to hedge the variability in future excess cash flows attributable to fluctuations in interest rates on floating rate securities issued in connection with its securitizations accounted for as sales. The cash flows are expected to be received over the life of the securitizations. Prior to calendar 2001, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements outside of the securitization Trusts, at the corporate level. Upon implementation of SFAS 133 on July 1, 2000, the swap agreements were valued and recorded separately from the credit enhancement assets on the consolidated balance sheets, with changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements recorded in other comprehensive income.

 

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Unrealized losses or gains related to the interest rate swap agreements were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings as accretion was recorded on the hedged cash flows of the credit enhancement assets. However, as unrealized gains related to the credit enhancement assets declined due to worse than expected credit losses and unrealized losses related to the interest rate swap agreements increased due to a declining interest rate environment, a combined net unrealized loss position developed in accumulated other comprehensive income. Previously, the Company reclassified amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings based upon the cash flows of the credit enhancement assets utilizing a discount rate which resulted in all of the remaining unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive income being reclassified into earnings in the same period when the remaining accretion on the credit enhancement assets was projected to be realized. A review of this accounting treatment indicated that the Company should have reclassified additional accumulated other comprehensive losses into earnings since the combination of the derivative instrument and the hedged item resulted in net unrealized losses that were not expected to be recovered in future periods. Accordingly, the Company restated its financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2002, and for the first three quarters of the year ended June 30, 2003, to reclassify additional unrealized losses to net income from accumulated other comprehensive income. Additionally, in conjunction with the reclassification of unrealized losses to net income, the Company also recorded an other-than-temporary impairment during the June 2002 quarter that resulted in a write down of credit enhancement assets and a $4.9 million, net of tax, decrease in shareholders’ equity at June 30, 2002. The restatement had no effect on the cash flows of such transactions.

 

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The restatement resulted in the following changes to prior period financial statements (in thousands, except per share data):

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,


   Six Months Ended
December 31,


     2002

    2001

   2002

   2001

Servicing fee income:

                            

Previous

   $ 23,786     $ 94,571    $ 131,861    $ 179,806

As restated

     4,910       73,132      121,844      154,253

(Loss) income before taxes:

                            

Previous

   $ (72,676 )   $ 131,051    $ 41,503    $ 259,078

As restated

     (91,552 )     109,612      31,486      233,525

Net (loss) income:

                            

Previous

   $ (44,696 )   $ 80,596    $ 25,524    $ 159,333

As restated

     (56,304 )     67,412      19,364      143,618

Diluted (loss) earnings per share:

                            

Previous

   $ (0.29 )   $ 0.91    $ 0.21    $ 1.79

As restated

     (0.37 )     0.76      0.16      1.61

 

     December 31,
2002


   

June 30,

2002


Credit enhancement assets:

              

Previous

   $ 1,504,286     $ 1,549,132

As restated

     1,504,286       1,541,218

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income:

              

Previous

   $ (15,996 )   $ 42,797

As restated

     23,077       70,843

Shareholder’s equity:

              

Previous

   $ 1,890,640     $ 1,432,316

As restated

     1,890,640       1,427,449

 

NOTE 3 - LIQUIDITY

 

With respect to the Company’s securitization transactions covered by a financial guaranty policy, agreements with the insurers provide that if delinquency, default or net loss ratios in a Trust’s pool of receivables exceed certain targets, the specified credit enhancement levels would be increased. If a targeted ratio was exceeded in any Financial Security Assurance, Inc. (“FSA”) insured securitization and a waiver was not granted by FSA, excess cash flows from all of the Company’s FSA insured securitizations could be used by the insurer to increase credit enhancement for the securitization in which a ratio was exceeded to higher specified levels rather than being distributed to the Company. If a targeted ratio was exceeded for an extended period of time in larger or multiple securitizations requiring a greater amount of additional credit enhancement, there would be a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity.

 

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The Company believes that it is probable that net loss ratios on certain of its FSA insured securitization Trusts will exceed targeted levels during the March and June 2003 quarters.

 

As a result of expected seasonal increases in delinquency levels through February 2003 and the prospects for continued economic weakness, the Company believed it was likely that the initially targeted delinquency ratios would have been exceeded in certain of its FSA insured securitizations. Therefore, in September 2002, FSA agreed to revise the targeted delinquency ratios through and including the March 2003 distribution date. As of December 31, 2002, none of the Company’s securitizations had delinquency ratios in excess of the revised targeted levels. The Company anticipates that expected seasonal improvements in delinquency levels after February 2003 should result in the ratios being reduced below applicable initially targeted levels. However, if expected seasonal improvements do not materialize or if there is continued instability or further deterioration in the economy, initially targeted delinquency levels could be exceeded in certain FSA insured securitization Trusts.

 

The Company does not expect waivers to be granted if targeted net loss or delinquency levels are exceeded and estimates that $100.0 million to $150.0 million of cash otherwise distributable by the Trusts during the remainder of the fiscal year will be used to increase credit enhancement for FSA rather than being released to the Company.

 

The Company’s warehouse credit facilities contain various default covenants requiring certain minimum financial ratios and cumulative net loss, delinquency and repossession ratios. As of December 31, 2002, none of the Company’s warehouse credit facilities had financial ratios or performance ratios in excess of the targeted levels. Additionally, the Company’s funding agreements that mature in August, September and November 2003 contain default covenants requiring minimum credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Moody’s Investors Service. In the event of a one-notch downgrade from the Company’s current credit ratings, the Company would not have access to funds provided by these warehouse credit facilities.

 

Within the next twelve months, $1,789.1 million of the Company’s warehouse credit facilities are up for renewal. In order to realign the Company’s warehouse capacity with lower future loan origination volume, the Company anticipates that certain warehouse facilities will not be renewed. In addition, the Company may negotiate with its credit providers to modify the terms of other facilities that could result in release of some of its existing warehouse capacity. However, the Company believes the capacity available under the remaining warehouse credit facilities will be sufficient to meet the Company’s warehouse funding needs for calendar 2003.

 

The financing arrangement for one of the Company’s loan servicing centers is structured as a synthetic lease such that the Company is considered to lease the property for accounting purposes but is considered to own the property, subject to the indebtedness incurred to acquire and construct the property,

 

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for federal income tax and other purposes. This arrangement provides for rental payments to be made through the amended termination date in February 2003, at which time the Company will be required to purchase the property from the lessor for a purchase price equal to the amount of the outstanding debt. As of December 31, 2002, the amount of net outstanding debt under this lease financing arrangement was $29.4 million. The Company is currently negotiating a sale-leaseback agreement to refinance the obligation due upon the termination of the synthetic lease. If the Company does not execute the sale-leaseback agreement, it will be required to repay the outstanding debt to acquire the loan servicing center.

 

In January 2003, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the Company’s credit rating to ‘B+’, ‘B+’ and ‘B1’, respectively. These downgrades resulted in additional postings of $22.5 million to a restricted cash account for the Company’s derivative collateral lines.

 

On February 12, 2003, the Company announced an operating plan in an effort to preserve and strengthen its capital and liquidity position. The plan includes a decrease in loan origination volume to approximately $750.0 million per quarter by June 2003 and a reduction of operating expenses through downsizing its workforce and consolidating its branch office network. A restructuring charge of $40.0 million to $50.0 million is expected to be incurred in the March 2003 quarter in connection with the plan. Subject to continued access to the securitization markets, the Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to operate under its new plan through calendar 2003.

 

The Company believes that it will continue to require the execution of securitization transactions in order to operate under its new plan in calendar 2003. In addition, the Company believes that it must utilize a securitization structure involving the purchase of a financial guaranty insurance policy in order to execute a transaction based on current market conditions. FSA has indicated to the Company that it is unlikely to provide insurance for the Company’s securitizations for the first half of calendar 2003. Accordingly, the Company must seek to purchase financial guaranty insurance policies from other providers. The Company also anticipates that required credit enhancement levels will increase on its future securitization transactions, requiring the use of additional liquidity to support the Company’s securitization program. There can be no assurance that funding will be available to the Company through the execution of securitization transactions or, if available, that the funding will be on acceptable terms. If the Company is unable to execute securitization transactions on a regular basis, it would not have sufficient funds to meet its liquidity needs and, in such event, the Company would be required to further revise the scale of its business, including possible discontinuation of loan origination activities, which would have a material adverse affect on the Company’s ability to achieve its business and financial objectives.

 

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NOTE 4 – SECURITIZATIONS

 

Prior to October 1, 2002, the Company structured its securitization transactions to meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables under GAAP and, accordingly, recorded a gain on sale of receivables when it sold auto receivables in a securitization transaction.

 

The Company has changed the structure of its securitization transactions, beginning with transactions closed subsequent to September 30, 2002, to no longer meet the criteria for sale of finance receivables. Accordingly, following a securitization, the finance receivables and the related securitization notes payable remain on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company recognizes finance charge and fee income on the receivables and interest expense on the securities issued in the securitization transaction, and records a provision for loan losses to cover probable loan losses on the receivables. This change has significantly impacted the Company’s December 2002 results of operations compared to its historical results because there is no gain on sale of receivables in the quarter ended December 31, 2002.

 

A summary of the Company’s securitization activity and cash flows from special purpose entities used for securitizations (the “Trusts”) is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,


   Six Months Ended
December 31,


     2002

   2001

   2002

   2001

Receivables securitized:

                           

Sold

          $ 1,924,998    $ 2,507,906    $ 3,649,997

Secured financing

   $ 2,032,287             2,032,287       

Net proceeds from securitization:

                           

Sold

            1,873,165      2,495,353      3,578,594

Secured financing

     1,837,591             1,837,591       

Gain on sale of receivables

            108,690      132,084      201,620

Servicing fees:

                           

Sold

     77,950      66,147      160,840      123,540

Secured financing

     8,641             8,641       

Distributions from Trusts, net of swap payments:

                           

Sold

     47,856      57,130      111,118      127,863

Secured financing

     27,096             27,096       

 

The Company retains an interest in the receivables sold in the form of credit enhancement assets. The Company also retains servicing responsibilities for receivables transferred to the Trusts. The Company earns a monthly base servicing fee of 2.25% per annum on the outstanding principal balance of its domestic serviced receivables and supplemental fees (such as late charges) for servicing the receivables sold. The Company believes that servicing fees received on its domestic securitization pools would fairly compensate a substitute servicer should one be required, and, accordingly, the Company records neither a servicing asset nor a servicing liability. The Company recorded a servicing liability related to the servicing of its Canadian

 

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securitization pool because it does not receive a monthly servicing fee for its servicing obligations. The servicing liability is included in accrued taxes and expenses on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31 and June 30, 2002, the Company was servicing $14,191.3 million and $12,500.7 million, respectively, of finance receivables that have been transferred to the Trusts.

 

NOTE 5 - FINANCE RECEIVABLES

 

Finance receivables consist of the following (in thousands):

 

    

December 31,

2002


   

June 30,

2002


 

Finance receivables owned

   $ 2,017,242     $ 2,261,718  

Finance receivables securitized

     1,980,839          

Less nonaccretable acquisition fees

     (75,350 )     (40,618 )

Less allowance for loan losses

     (143,083 )     (22,709 )
    


 


     $ 3,779,648     $ 2,198,391  
    


 


 

Because of the Company’s decision to change the structure of its securitization transactions to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables (see Note 4), finance receivables are carried at amortized cost at December 31, 2002. At June 30, 2002, finance receivables were classified as held for sale and carried at the lower of cost or fair value.

 

Provisions for loan losses are charged to operations in amounts sufficient to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level considered adequate to cover probable credit losses on finance receivables. The Company reviews charge-off experience factors, delinquency reports, historical collection rates, estimates of the value of the underlying collateral, economic trends, such as unemployment rates, and other information in order to make the necessary judgments as to probable credit losses on finance receivables. Receivables are charged-off to the allowance for loan losses when the Company repossesses and disposes of the collateral or the account is otherwise deemed uncollectable.

 

A summary of the nonaccretable acquisition fees and allowance for loan losses is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


   

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

    2002

    2001

 

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 115,155     $ 61,225     $ 63,327     $ 52,363  

Provision for loan losses

     86,892       16,667       152,676       31,509  

Acquisition fees

     35,091       38,774       79,497       79,948  

Allowance related to receivables sold to Trusts

             (37,351 )     (44,766 )     (76,242 )

Net charge-offs

     (18,705 )     (13,545 )     (32,301 )     (21,808 )
    


 


 


 


Balance at end of period

   $ 218,433     $ 65,770     $ 218,433     $ 65,770  
    


 


 


 


 

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NOTE 6 - CREDIT ENHANCEMENT ASSETS

 

The investors in and insurers of the asset-backed securities sold by the Trusts have no recourse to the Company’s assets other than the credit enhancement assets. The credit enhancement assets are subordinate to the interests of the investors in and insurers of the Trusts, and the value of such assets is subject to the credit risks related to the receivables sold to the Trusts. Credit enhancement assets would be drawn down to cover monthly principal and interest payments to the investors and administrative fees in the event that cash generated from the securitization Trusts was not sufficient to cover these payments.

 

Credit enhancement assets consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     December 31,
2002


   June 30,
2002


Gain on sale Trusts:

             

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

   $ 356,805    $ 506,583

Investments in Trust receivables

     791,343      691,065

Restricted cash

     356,138      343,570
    

  

     $ 1,504,286    $ 1,541,218
    

  

Secured financing Trusts:

             

Restricted cash

   $ 117,205       
    

      

 

A summary of activity in the credit enhancement assets related to the gain on sale Trusts is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


   

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

    2002

    2001

 

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 1,685,248     $ 1,244,817     $ 1,541,218     $ 1,151,275  

Initial deposits to credit enhancement assets

             174,750       58,101       255,500  

Non-cash gain on sale of receivables

             99,859       124,831       189,537  

Payments on credit enhancement facility

             (9,192 )             (25,019 )

Distributions from Trusts

     (61,567 )     (75,630 )     (139,943 )     (158,983 )

Accretion of present value discount

     20,391       28,424       74,163       43,641  

Other-than-temporary impairment

     (70,649 )     (7,305 )     (88,958 )     (16,441 )

(Decrease) increase in unrealized gain

     (69,254 )     44,951       (64,221 )     61,164  

Canadian currency translation adjustment

     117               (905 )        
    


 


 


 


Balance at end of period

   $ 1,504,286     $ 1,500,674     $ 1,504,286     $ 1,500,674  
    


 


 


 


 

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At the time of securitization of finance receivables, the Company is required to pledge assets equal to a specified percentage of the securitization pool to support the securitization transaction. Typically, the assets pledged consist of cash deposited to a restricted account and additional receivables delivered to the Trust, which create overcollateralization. These assets represent initial deposits to credit enhancement assets. If the securitization is accounted for as a sale of receivables, a non-cash gain on sale of receivables is recognized consisting of interest-only receivables from Trusts net of the present value discount related to the assets pledged as initial deposits to credit enhancement assets. The interest-only receivables from Trusts represent the present value of the estimated excess cash flows expected to be received by the Company over the life of the securitization.

 

The securitization transactions require the percentage of assets pledged to support the transaction to increase until a specified level is attained. Excess cash flows generated by the Trusts are added to the restricted cash account or used to pay down outstanding debt in the Trusts, creating overcollateralization until the required percentage level of assets has been reached. Collections of excess cash flows reduce the interest-only receivables from Trusts, and are retained by the Trust to increase restricted cash or investments in Trust receivables. Once the targeted percentage level of assets is reached, additional excess cash flows generated by the Trusts are released to the Company as distributions from Trusts. The required percentage level of assets will increase if targeted delinquency and net loss ratios are exceeded (see Note 3). Additionally, as the balance of the securitization pool declines, the amount of pledged assets needed to maintain the required percentage level is reduced.

 

Accretion of present value discount represents accretion of the excess of the estimated future distributions from Trusts over the book value of the credit enhancement assets using the interest method over the expected life of the securitization; the accretion of present value discount is included in servicing fee income. The Company does not accrete the present value discount in a period when such accretion would cause an other-than-temporary impairment in a securitization pool.

 

Unrealized gains generally represent changes in the fair value of credit enhancement assets as a result of favorable differences between actual securitization pool performance and the original assumptions for such performance or changes in those assumptions as to future securitization pool performance. An other-than-temporary impairment results when the present value of anticipated cash flows is below the carrying value of the credit enhancement assets.

 

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Significant assumptions used in determining the gain on sale of receivables were as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


 

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2001

  2002

    2001

 

Cumulative credit losses (including unrealized gains at time of sale)

       12.5%   12.5 %   12.5 %

Discount rate used to estimate present value:

                

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

       14.0%   14.0 %   14.0 %

Investments in Trust receivables

  

      9.8%

  9.8 %   9.8 %

Restricted cash

         9.8%   9.8 %   9.8 %

 

Significant assumptions used in measuring the fair value of credit enhancement assets related to the gain on sale Trusts at the balance sheet dates are as follows:

 

    

December 31,

2002


   

June 30,

2002


 

Cumulative credit losses (including remaining unrealized gains at time of sale)

   10.7% - 13.6 %   10.4% - 12.7 %

Discount rate used to estimate present value:

            

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

   14.0 %   14.0 %

Investments in Trust receivables

   9.8 %   9.8 %

Restricted cash

   9.8 %   9.8 %

 

The Company has not presented the expected weighted average life and prepayment assumptions used in determining the gain on sale and in measuring the fair value of credit enhancement assets due to the stability of these two attributes over time. A significant portion of the Company’s prepayment experience relates to defaults that are considered in the cumulative credit loss assumption. The Company’s voluntary prepayment experience on its receivables portfolio typically has not fluctuated with changes in market interest rates or other economic or market factors.

 

Subsequent to September 30, 2002, the Company’s securitization transactions were structured as secured financings. Cash pledged to support the securitization transaction is deposited to a restricted account and recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as restricted cash - securitization notes payable. Additionally, investments in Trust receivables, or overcollateralization, is calculated as the difference between finance receivables securitized and securitization notes payable. Under the secured financing securitization structure, interest-only receivables from Trusts are

 

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not reflected as an asset but will be recognized through earnings in future periods.

 

NOTE 7 - WAREHOUSE CREDIT FACILITIES

 

As of December 31, 2002, warehouse credit facilities consist of the following (in millions):

 

Maturity


   Facility Amount

   Advances
Outstanding


  

Finance

Receivables
Pledged


U.S.:

                    

September 2003 (a)

   $ 250.0              

November 2003 (a)

     500.0              

December 2003 (a)(b)

     500.0    $ 500.0    $ 519.4

June 2004 (a)(b)

     750.0      750.0      756.5

February 2005 (a)(b)

     500.0      500.0      338.3

March 2005 (a)(c)

     2,545.0              
    

  

  

     $ 5,045.0    $ 1,750.0    $ 1,614.2
    

  

  

Canada:

                    

May 2003 (a)

   CDN $ 100.0              

August 2003 (a)

     150.0              
    

             
     CDN $ 250.0              
    

             

(a)   At the maturity date, the outstanding debt balance can either be repaid in full or over time based on the amortization of receivables pledged.
(b)   These facilities are revolving facilities through the date stated above. During the revolving period, the Company has the ability to substitute receivables for cash, or vice versa.
(c)   $380.0 million of this facility matures in March 2003, and the remaining $2,165.0 million matures in March 2005.

 

The Company’s warehouse credit facilities are administered by agents on behalf of institutionally managed commercial paper or medium term note conduits. Under these funding agreements, the Company transfers finance receivables to special purpose finance subsidiaries of the Company. These subsidiaries, in turn, issue notes to the agents, collateralized by such finance receivables and cash. The agents provide funding under the notes to the subsidiaries pursuant to an advance formula, and the subsidiaries forward the funds to the Company in consideration for the transfer of auto receivables. While these subsidiaries are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, these subsidiaries are separate legal entities and the finance receivables and other assets held by these subsidiaries are legally owned by these subsidiaries and are not available to creditors of AmeriCredit Corp. or its other subsidiaries. Advances under the funding agreements bear interest at commercial paper, London Interbank Offered Rates (“LIBOR”) or prime rates plus specified fees depending upon the source of funds provided by the agents. The funding agreements contain various covenants requiring certain minimum financial ratios and cumulative net loss, delinquency and repossession ratios. As of December 31, 2002, none of

 

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the Company’s warehouse credit facilities had financial ratios or performance ratios in excess of the targeted levels. In addition, the Company’s funding agreements that mature in August, September and November 2003 contain default covenants requiring minimum credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Moody’s Investors Service. In the event of a one-notch downgrade from the Company’s current credit ratings, the Company would not have access to funds provided by these warehouse credit facilities. The Company is also required to hold certain funds in restricted cash accounts to provide additional collateral for borrowings under the facilities. As of December 31 and June 30, 2002, these restricted cash accounts totaled $267.4 million and $29.4 million, respectively.

 

NOTE 8 - SECURITIZATION NOTES PAYABLE

 

The Company has changed the structure of its securitization transactions to no longer meet the criteria for sale of finance receivables. Accordingly, following a securitization, the finance receivables and related securitization notes payable remain on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

Securitization transactions structured as secured financings are as follows (dollars in millions):

 

Transaction


  

Date


   Original
Amount


  

Original

Weighted

Average

Interest

Rate


   

Balance at

December 31,

2002


2002-EM

  

                            October 2002

   $ 1,700.0    3.2 %   $ 1,654.8

C2002-1 Canada (a)

  

                        November 2002

     137.0    5.5 %     137.6
         

        

          $ 1,837.0          $ 1,792.4
         

        


(a)   Amounts do not include the $19.0 million of asset-backed securities issued that were retained by the Company.

 

NOTE 9 - SENIOR NOTES

 

In July 2002, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of $175.0 million 9.25% senior notes due in May 2009 to redeem the remaining $39.6 million 9.25% senior notes due in May 2004.

 

NOTE 10 - COMMON STOCK

 

On October 1, 2002, the Company completed a secondary offering of 67,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $7.50 per share. On November 13, 2002, an additional 1,500,000 shares were issued to cover over-allotments. The net proceeds of the secondary offering were approximately $481.0 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the secondary offering for initial credit enhancement deposits in securitization transactions as well as for other working capital needs and general corporate purposes.

 

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NOTE 11 - WARRANTS

 

Agreements with FSA, an insurer of certain of the Company’s securitization transactions, provide for an increase in credit enhancement requirements when specified delinquency ratios or other portfolio performance measures are exceeded. In September 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with FSA to raise the specified delinquency levels through and including the March 2003 distribution date. In consideration for this agreement, the Company issued to FSA five-year warrants to purchase 1,287,691 shares of the Company’s common stock at $9.00 per share. The Company recorded interest expense of $6.6 million related to this agreement.

 

NOTE 12 - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

Cash payments for interest costs and income taxes consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31,


     2002

   2001

Interest costs (none capitalized)

   $ 79,275    $ 65,335

Income taxes

     110,286      40,097

 

During the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Company entered into capital lease agreements for property and equipment of $11.2 million and $18.5 million, respectively.

 

NOTE 13 - DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

 

As of December 31 and June 30, 2002, the Company had interest rate swap agreements with underlying notional amounts of $2,173.0 million and $1,595.7 million, respectively. These agreements had unrealized losses of approximately $19.3 million and $41.2 million as of December 31 and June 30, 2002, respectively. The ineffectiveness related to the interest rate swap agreements was not material for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2002. The Company estimates approximately $14.3 million of unrealized losses included in other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months. Under the terms of its derivative financial instruments, the Company is required to pledge certain funds to be held in restricted cash accounts if the market value of the derivative financial instruments exceeds an agreed upon amount. As of December 31 and June 30, 2002, these restricted cash accounts totaled $56.5 million and are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

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NOTE 14 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

A reconciliation of weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


  

Six Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

    2001

   2002

   2001

Weighted average shares outstanding

     153,001,207       84,546,353      119,420,462      84,217,345

Incremental shares resulting from assumed conversions:

                            

Stock options

             4,123,561      604,337      5,036,061

Warrants

                    7,398       
            

  

  

               4,123,561      611,735      5,036,061
    


 

  

  

Weighted average shares and assumed incremental shares

     153,001,207       88,669,914      120,032,197      89,253,406
    


 

  

  

Net (loss) income

   $ (56,304 )   $ 67,412    $ 19,364    $ 143,618
    


 

  

  

(Loss) earnings per share:

                            

Basic

   $ (0.37 )   $ 0.80    $ 0.16    $ 1.71
    


 

  

  

Diluted

   $ (0.37 )   $ 0.76    $ 0.16    $ 1.61
    


 

  

  

 

Basic (loss) earnings per share have been computed by dividing net (loss) income by weighted average shares outstanding.

 

Diluted (loss) earnings per share have been computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted average shares and assumed incremental shares. Assumed incremental shares were computed using the treasury stock method. The average common stock market price for the period was used to determine the number of incremental shares.

 

Options to purchase approximately 15.6 million and 1.6 million shares of common stock were outstanding at December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, but were not included in the computation of diluted (loss) earnings per share because the option exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares or a net loss was incurred during the period and, therefore, the effect of including these options would be antidilutive.

 

NOTE 15 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Guarantees of Indebtedness

 

The Company has guaranteed the timely payment of principal and interest on the Class E tranches of the asset-backed securities issued in its 2000-1, 2001-1 and 2002-1 securitization transactions. The total outstanding balance of the subordinated asset-backed securities guaranteed by the Company was $51.2

 

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million and $78.3 million at December 31 and June 30, 2002, respectively. Subordinated asset-backed securities guaranteed by the Company are expected to mature by the end of calendar 2004. Because the Company does not expect the guarantees to be funded prior to expiration, no liability is recorded on the consolidated balance sheet to reflect estimates of future cash flows for settlement of the guarantees.

 

The Company also guarantees the payment of outstanding debt under one of its Canadian warehouse facilities. As of December 31, 2002, there were no outstanding borrowings under the facility.

 

The payment of principal and interest on the Company’s senior notes is guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (see Note 16). As of December 31, 2002, the carrying value of the senior notes was $379.7 million.

 

The Company guarantees the principal and interest payments under the synthetic lease financing agreement. As of December 31, 2002, the amount of net outstanding debt under this synthetic lease financing agreement was $29.4 million. If the Company were required to perform under this guarantee, the Company believes it would be able to recover the amount paid under the guarantee by selling the property. Neither the property, the outstanding debt incurred to acquire and construct the property nor the guarantee is recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

Additionally, the Company and its primary operating subsidiary, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., guarantee the payment of principal and interest under a construction loan for one of the Company’s loan servicing centers. As of December 31, 2002, the amount of outstanding debt under this loan was $24.7 million and is reflected as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

As a consumer finance company, the Company is subject to various consumer claims and litigation seeking damages and statutory penalties, based upon, among other things, usury, disclosure inaccuracies, wrongful repossession, violations of bankruptcy stay provisions, certificate of title disputes, fraud and breach of contract. Some litigation against the Company could take the form of class action complaints by consumers. As the assignee of finance contracts originated by dealers, the Company may also be named as a co-defendant in lawsuits filed by consumers principally against dealers. The damages and penalties claimed by consumers in these types of matters can be substantial. The relief requested by the plaintiffs varies but includes requests for compensatory, statutory and punitive damages.

 

Following the Company’s earnings announcement on January 16, 2003, several complaints have been filed by shareholders against the Company and certain of the Company’s officers and directors alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. These lawsuits, which seek class action status, all contend that deferments were

 

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improperly granted by the Company to avoid delinquency triggers in securitization transactions and enhance cash flow, thereby causing the Company to misrepresent its financial performance throughout the alleged class period. The Company believes that its granting of deferments, which is a common practice within the auto finance industry, complied at all times with the covenants contained in its securitization and warehouse financing documents, and that its deferment activities were properly disclosed to all constituents, including shareholders, asset-backed investors, creditors and credit enhancement providers. In the opinion of management, these lawsuits are without merit and the Company intends to vigorously defend against them.

 

The Company believes that it has taken prudent steps to address the litigation risks associated with its business activities. In the opinion of management, the resolution of the litigation pending or threatened against the Company, including the proceedings specifically described in this section, will not have a material affect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

NOTE 16 - GUARANTOR CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The payment of principal and interest on the Company’s senior notes is guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The separate financial statements of the Subsidiary Guarantors are not included herein because the Subsidiary Guarantors are wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries of the Company and are jointly, severally and unconditionally liable for the obligations represented by the senior notes. The Company believes that the condensed consolidating financial information for the Company, the combined Subsidiary Guarantors and the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries provides information that is more meaningful in understanding the financial position of the Subsidiary Guarantors than separate financial statements of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

The following consolidating financial statement schedules present consolidating financial data for (i) AmeriCredit Corp. (on a parent only basis), (ii) the combined Subsidiary Guarantors, (iii) the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) an elimination column for adjustments to arrive at the information for the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (v) the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for by the parent company using the equity method for purposes of this presentation. Results of operations of subsidiaries are therefore reflected in the parent company’s investment accounts and earnings. The principal elimination entries set forth below eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions.

 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2002

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

     AmeriCredit
Corp.


    Guarantors

    Non-
Guarantors


   Eliminations

    Consolidated

 

ASSETS

                                       

Cash and cash equivalents

           $ 179,783                    $ 179,783  

Finance receivables, net

             529,136     $ 3,250,512              3,779,648  

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

             1,054       355,751              356,805  

Investments in Trust receivables

             20,719       770,624              791,343  

Restricted cash - gain on sale Trusts

             2,805       353,333              356,138  

Restricted cash - securitization notes payable

             10,890       106,315              117,205  

Restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

                     303,420              303,420  

Property and equipment, net

   $ 349       120,971                      121,320  

Other assets

     9,324       253,322       21,713              284,359  

Due from affiliates

     1,324,385               3,491,590    $ (4,815,975 )        

Investment in affiliates

     944,772       4,907,226       37,393      (5,889,391 )        
    


 


 

  


 


Total assets

   $ 2,278,830     $ 6,025,906     $ 8,690,651    $ (10,705,366 )   $ 6,290,021  
    


 


 

  


 


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                                       

Liabilities:

                                       

Warehouse credit facilities

                   $ 1,750,000            $ 1,750,000  

Securitization notes payable

                     1,811,416    $ (19,017 )     1,792,399  

Senior notes

   $ 379,668                              379,668  

Other notes payable

     66,882     $ 2,801                      69,683  

Funding payable

             121,191       1,087              122,278  

Accrued taxes and expenses

     22,955       132,794       7,461              163,210  

Derivative financial instruments

             88,020                      88,020  

Due to affiliates

             4,815,975              (4,815,975 )        

Deferred income taxes

     (81,315 )     (38,507 )     153,945              34,123  
    


 


 

  


 


Total liabilities

     388,190       5,122,274       3,723,909      (4,834,992 )     4,399,381  
    


 


 

  


 


Shareholders’ equity:

                                       

Common stock

     1,603       37,719       92,166      (129,885 )     1,603  

Additional paid-in capital

     1,063,852       26,237       3,739,421      (3,765,658 )     1,063,852  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     23,077       (20,721 )     83,239      (62,518 )     23,077  

Retained earnings

     818,897       860,397       1,051,916      (1,912,313 )     818,897  
    


 


 

  


 


       1,907,429       903,632       4,966,742      (5,870,374 )     1,907,429  

Treasury stock

     (16,789 )                            (16,789 )
    


 


 

  


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     1,890,640       903,632       4,966,742      (5,870,374 )     1,890,640  
    


 


 

  


 


Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 2,278,830     $ 6,025,906     $ 8,690,651    $ (10,705,366 )   $ 6,290,021  
    


 


 

  


 


 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Balance Sheet

June 30, 2002

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

    

AmeriCredit

Corp.


    Guarantors

   

Non -

Guarantors


   Eliminations

    Consolidated

 

ASSETS

                                       

Cash and cash equivalents

           $ 90,806     $ 1,543            $ 92,349  

Receivables held for sale, net

             430,573       1,767,818              2,198,391  

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

             7,828       498,755              506,583  

Investments in Trust receivables

             15,609       675,456              691,065  

Restricted cash

             2,906       340,664              343,570  

Restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

                     56,479              56,479  

Property and equipment, net

   $ 349       120,156                      120,505  

Other assets

     16,748       173,383       17,944              208,075  

Due from affiliates

     985,354               1,766,102    $ (2,751,456 )        

Investment in affiliates

     961,472       3,181,643       21,269      (4,164,384 )        
    


 


 

  


 


Total assets

   $ 1,963,923     $ 4,022,904     $ 5,146,030    $ (6,915,840 )   $ 4,217,017  
    


 


 

  


 


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                                       

Liabilities:

                                       

Warehouse credit facilities

                   $ 1,751,974            $ 1,751,974  

Senior notes

   $ 418,074                              418,074  

Other notes payable

     63,569     $ 3,242                      66,811  

Funding payable

             126,091       802              126,893  

Accrued taxes and expenses

     39,925       151,106       3,229              194,260  

Derivative financial instruments

             85,922                      85,922  

Due to affiliates

             2,751,456            $ (2,751,456 )        

Deferred income taxes

     14,906       20,062       110,666              145,634  
    


 


 

  


 


Total liabilities

     536,474       3,137,879       1,866,671      (2,751,456 )     2,789,568  
    


 


 

  


 


Shareholders’ equity:

                                       

Common stock

     917       32,779       83,408      (116,187 )     917  

Additional paid-in capital

     573,956       26,237       2,126,942      (2,153,179 )     573,956  

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     70,843       (7,588 )     112,910      (105,322 )     70,843  

Retained earnings

     799,533       833,597       956,099      (1,789,696 )     799,533  
    


 


 

  


 


       1,445,249       885,025       3,279,359      (4,164,384 )     1,445,249  

Treasury stock

     (17,800 )                            (17,800 )
    


 


 

  


 


Total shareholders’ equity

     1,427,449       885,025       3,279,359      (4,164,384 )     1,427,449  
    


 


 

  


 


Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,963,923     $ 4,022,904     $ 5,146,030    $ (6,915,840 )   $ 4,217,017  
    


 


 

  


 


 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Income Statement

Six Months Ended December 31, 2002

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

    

AmeriCredit

Corp.


    Guarantors

    Non-
Guarantors


    Eliminations

    Consolidated

Revenue

                                      

Finance charge income

           $ 45,022     $ 179,550             $ 224,572

Servicing fee income (loss)

             187,590       (65,746 )             121,844

Gain on sale of receivables

             1,737       130,347               132,084

Other income

   $ 23,964       359,176       814,698     $ (1,187,205 )     10,633

Equity in income of affiliates

     24,186       98,431               (122,617 )      
    


 


 


 


 

       48,150       691,956       1,058,849       (1,309,822 )     489,133
    


 


 


 


 

Costs and expenses

                                      

Operating expenses

     5,000       207,321       12,747               225,068

Provision for loan losses

             78,276       74,400               152,676

Interest expense

     26,804       424,401       815,903       (1,187,205 )     79,903
    


 


 


 


 

       31,804       709,998       903,050       (1,187,205 )     457,647
    


 


 


 


 

Income (loss) before income taxes

     16,346       (18,042 )     155,799       (122,617 )     31,486

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (3,018 )     (44,842 )     59,982               12,122
    


 


 


 


 

Net income

   $ 19,364     $ 26,800     $ 95,817     $ (122,617 )   $ 19,364
    


 


 


 


 

 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Income Statement

Six Months Ended December 31, 2001

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

     AmeriCredit
Corp.


    Guarantors

   

Non-

Guarantors


   Eliminations

    Consolidated

Revenue

                                     

Finance charge income

           $ 45,340     $ 131,484            $ 176,824

Servicing fee income

             134,339       19,914              154,253

Gain on sale of receivables

             15,354       186,266              201,620

Other income

   $ 22,526       266,318       159,061    $ (441,655 )     6,250

Equity in income of affiliates

     145,270       158,016              (303,286 )      
    


 


 

  


 

       167,796       619,367       496,725      (744,941 )     538,947
    


 


 

  


 

Costs and expenses

                                     

Operating expenses

     5,026       190,985       11,755              207,766

Provision for loan losses

             5,209       26,300              31,509

Interest expense

     20,187       285,882       201,733      (441,655 )     66,147
    


 


 

  


 

       25,213       482,076       239,788      (441,655 )     305,422
    


 


 

  


 

Income before income taxes

     142,583       137,291       256,937      (303,286 )     233,525

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (1,035 )     (7,979 )     98,921              89,907
    


 


 

  


 

Net income

   $ 143,618     $ 145,270     $ 158,016    $ (303,286 )   $ 143,618
    


 


 

  


 

 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended December 31, 2002

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

    

AmeriCredit

Corp.


    Guarantors

   

Non-

Guarantors


    Eliminations

    Consolidated

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

                                        

Net income

   $ 19,364     $ 26,800     $ 95,817     $ (122,617 )   $ 19,364  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:

                                        

Depreciation and amortization

     2,015       13,233       7,288               22,536  

Provision for loan losses

             78,276       74,400               152,676  

Deferred income taxes

     (95,487 )     (47,412 )     59,981               (82,918 )

Accretion of present value discount

             4,706       (54,668 )             (49,962 )

Impairment of credit enhancement assets

                     88,958               88,958  

Non-cash gain on sale of receivables

             160       (124,991 )             (124,831 )

Other

     3,932       347       (39 )             4,240  

Distributions from Trusts, net of swap payments

             (27,180 )     138,298               111,118  

Initial deposits to credit enhancement assets

                     (58,101 )             (58,101 )

Equity in income of affiliates

     (24,186 )     (98,431 )             122,617          

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                                        

Other assets

     1,088       (18,719 )     1,082               (16,549 )

Accrued taxes and expenses

     (14,835 )     (18,102 )     4,242               (28,695 )

Purchases of receivables held for sale

             (647,647 )     (2,513,384 )     2,513,384       (647,647 )

Principal collections and recoveries receivables held for sale

             7,928       66,442               74,370  

Net proceeds from sale of receivables

             2,513,384       2,495,353       (2,513,384 )     2,495,353  
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash (used) provided by operating activities

     (108,109 )     1,787,343       280,678               1,959,912  
    


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                                        

Purchases of receivables

             (3,804,650 )     (1,734,691 )     1,734,691       (3,804,650 )

Principal collections and recoveries on receivables

             12,332       131,540               143,872  

Net proceeds from sale of receivables

             1,734,691               (1,734,691 )        

Purchases of property and equipment

             (2,333 )                     (2,333 )

Change in restricted cash - securitization notes payable

             (10,773 )     (106,432 )             (117,205 )

Change in restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

                     (246,947 )             (246,947 )

Change in other assets

             (66,212 )     625               (65,587 )

Net change in investment in affiliates

     (3,758 )     (1,624,129 )     (16,126 )     1,644,013          
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash used by investing activities

     (3,758 )     (3,761,074 )     (1,972,031 )     1,644,013       (4,092,850 )
    


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                                        

Net change in warehouse credit facilities

                     (1,465 )             (1,465 )

Issuance of securitization notes

                     1,856,612       (19,021 )     1,837,591  

Payments on securitization notes

                     (45,132 )             (45,132 )

Senior note swap settlement

     9,700                               9,700  

Retirement of senior notes

     (39,631 )                             (39,631 )

Debt issuance costs

     (679 )     (234 )     (12,770 )             (13,683 )

Net change in notes payable

     (7,896 )     (330 )                     (8,226 )

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     481,317       4,940       1,621,237       (1,626,177 )     481,317  

Net change in due (to) from affiliates

     (327,822 )     2,058,579       (1,728,784 )     (1,973 )        
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     114,989       2,062,955       1,689,698       (1,647,171 )     2,220,471  
    


 


 


 


 


Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     3,122       89,224       (1,655 )     (3,158 )     87,533  

Effect of Canadian exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (3,122 )     (247 )     112       3,158       (99 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

             90,806       1,543               92,349  
    


 


 


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $       $ 179,783     $       $       $ 179,783  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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AmeriCredit Corp.

Consolidating Statement of Cash Flow

Six Months Ended December 31, 2001

(Restated)

(Unaudited, in Thousands)

 

    

AmeriCredit

Corp.


    Guarantors

   

Non-

Guarantors


    Eliminations

    Consolidated

 

Cash flow from operating activities:

                                        

Net income

   $ 143,618     $ 145,270     $ 158,016     $ (303,286 )   $ 143,618  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:

                                        

Depreciation and amortization

     1,606       11,923       2,940               16,469  

Provision for loan losses

             5,209       26,300               31,509  

Deferred income taxes

     (85,604 )     2,448       88,496               5,340  

Accretion of present value discount

                     (47,154 )             (47,154 )

Impairment of credit enhancement assets

                     16,441               16,441  

Non-cash gain on sale of receivables

                     (189,537 )             (189,537 )

Distributions from Trusts, net of swap payments

                     127,863               127,863  

Initial deposits to credit enhancement assets

                     (255,500 )             (255,500 )

Equity in income of affiliates

     (145,270 )     (158,016 )             303,286          

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                                        

Other assets

     (485 )     (25,382 )     (3,598 )             (29,465 )

Accrued taxes and expenses

     42,760       2,143       (1,678 )             43,225  

Purchase of receivables held for sale

             (4,072,045 )     (4,161,160 )     4,161,160       (4,072,045 )

Principal collections and recoveries on receivables held for sale

             (1,697 )     119,592               117,895  

Net proceeds from sale of receivables

             4,161,160       3,578,594       (4,161,160 )     3,578,594  
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash (used) provided by operating activities

     (43,375 )     71,013       (540,385 )             (512,747 )
    


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from investing activities:

                                        

Purchases of property and equipment

             (24,839 )                     (24,839 )

Change in restricted cash - warehouse credit facilities

             (3,241 )     (34,913 )             (38,154 )

Change in other assets

             (37,599 )     (8,735 )             (46,334 )

Net change in investment in affiliates

     (5,844 )     (493,688 )     (5,170 )     504,702          
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash used by investing activities

     (5,844 )     (559,367 )     (48,818 )     504,702       (109,327 )
    


 


 


 


 


Cash flows from financing activities:

                                        

Net change in warehouse credit facilities

             56,878       371,777               428,655  

Borrowings under credit enhancement facility

                     182,500               182,500  

Debt issuance costs

     (168 )             (2,689 )             (2,857 )

Net change in notes payable

     10,951                               10,951  

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock

     11,245       (12,460 )     517,162       (504,702 )     11,245  

Net change in due (to) from affiliates

     25,306       454,241       (479,547 )                
    


 


 


 


 


Net cash provided by financing activities

     47,334       498,659       589,203       (504,702 )     630,494  
    


 


 


 


 


Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (1,885 )     10,305                       8,420  

Effect of Canadian exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     1,885       (1,874 )                     11  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

             45,016                       45,016  
    


 


 


 


 


Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $       $ 53,447     $       $       $ 53,447  
    


 


 


 


 


 

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

GENERAL

 

The Company generates revenue and cash flows primarily from finance charge income earned on finance receivables held on its balance sheet and from servicing securitized finance receivables accounted for as a sale. The Company purchases auto finance receivables from franchised and select independent automobile dealerships and, to a lesser extent, makes auto loans directly to consumers. As used herein, “loans” include auto finance receivables originated by dealers and purchased by the Company as well as extensions of credit made directly by the Company to consumer borrowers. To fund the acquisition of finance receivables prior to securitization, the Company utilizes borrowings under its warehouse credit facilities. The Company earns finance charge income on the finance receivables and pays interest expense on borrowings under its warehouse credit facilities.

 

The Company periodically transfers receivables to securitization trusts (“Trusts”) that, in turn, sell asset-backed securities to investors. Prior to October 1, 2002, the Company recognized a gain on the sale of receivables to the Trusts, which represents the difference between the sale proceeds to the Company, net of transaction costs, and the Company’s net carrying value of the receivables, plus the present value of the estimated future excess cash flows expected to be received by the Company over the life of the securitization. Excess cash flows result from the difference between the finance charges received from the obligors on the receivables and the interest paid to investors in the asset-backed securities, net of credit losses and expenses.

 

Excess cash flows from the Trusts are initially utilized to fund credit enhancement requirements in order to attain specific credit ratings for the asset-backed securities issued by the Trusts. Once predetermined credit enhancement requirements are reached and maintained, excess cash flows are distributed to the Company. Credit enhancement requirements will increase if targeted delinquency or net loss ratios are exceeded (see Liquidity and Capital Resources section). In addition to excess cash flows, the Company earns monthly base servicing fee income of 2.25% per annum on the outstanding principal balance of domestic receivables securitized and collects other fees such as late charges as servicer for those Trusts.

 

The Company has changed the structure of its securitization transactions beginning with transactions closed subsequent to September 30, 2002, to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables. Accordingly, following a securitization, the finance receivables and the related securitization notes payable remain on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company recognizes finance charge and fee income on the receivables and interest expense on the securities issued in the securitization transaction, and records a provision for loan losses to cover probable loan losses on the receivables. This change has significantly impacted the Company’s December 2002 results of operations compared to its historical results because there is

 

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no gain on sale of receivables in the quarter ended December 31, 2002. Historical results may not be indicative of the Company’s future results.

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

 

On February 12, 2003, the Company announced an operating plan in an effort to preserve and strengthen its capital and liquidity position. The plan includes a decrease in loan origination volume to approximately $750.0 million per quarter by June 2003 and a reduction of operating expenses through downsizing its workforce and consolidating its branch office network. A restructuring charge of $40.0 million to $50.0 million is expected to be incurred in the March 2003 quarter in connection with the plan. Subject to continued access to the securitization markets, the Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to operate under its new plan through calendar 2003.

 

Attached to this filing on Form 10-Q, as exhibit 99.2, is a press release dated February 12, 2003, announcing the Company’s operating plan.

 

On August 25, 2003, the Company issued a press release reporting a restatement of its financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2002, and for the first three quarters of the year ended June 30, 2003, as a result of a review of the accounting treatment under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”) for certain interest rate swap agreements that were entered into prior to 2001 and used to hedge interest rate risk on a portion of its cash flows from credit enhancement assets.

 

The Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to hedge the variability in future excess cash flows attributable to fluctuations in interest rates on floating rate securities issued in connection with its securitizations accounted for as sales. The cash flows are expected to be received over the life of the securitizations. Prior to calendar 2001, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements outside of the securitization Trusts, at the corporate level. Upon implementation of SFAS 133 on July 1, 2000, the swap agreements were valued and recorded separately from the credit enhancement assets on the consolidated balance sheets, with changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements recorded in other comprehensive income. Unrealized losses or gains related to the interest rate swap agreements were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings as accretion was recorded on the hedged cash flows of the credit enhancement assets. However, as unrealized gains related to the credit enhancement assets declined due to worse than expected credit losses and unrealized losses related to the interest rate swap agreements increased due to a declining interest rate environment, a combined net unrealized loss position developed in accumulated other comprehensive income. Previously, the Company reclassified amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings based upon the cash flows of the credit enhancement assets utilizing a discount rate which resulted in all of the remaining unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive income being reclassified into earnings in the same period when the remaining accretion on the credit enhancement assets was

 

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projected to be realized. A review of this accounting treatment indicated that the Company should have reclassified additional accumulated other comprehensive losses into earnings since the combination of the derivative instrument and the hedged item resulted in net unrealized losses that were not expected to be recovered in future periods. Accordingly, the Company restated its financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2002, and for the first three quarters of the year ended June 30, 2003, to reclassify additional unrealized losses to net income from accumulated other comprehensive income. Additionally, in conjunction with the reclassification of unrealized losses to net income, the Company also recorded an other-than-temporary impairment during the June 2002 quarter that resulted in a write down of credit enhancement assets and a $4.9 million, net of tax, decrease in shareholders’ equity at June 30, 2002. The restatement had no effect on the cash flows of such transactions.

 

The restatement resulted in the following changes to prior period financial statements (in thousands, except per share data):

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,


   Six Months Ended
December 31,


     2002

    2001

   2002

   2001

Servicing fee income:

                            

Previous

   $ 23,786     $ 94,571    $ 131,861    $ 179,806

As restated

     4,910       73,132      121,844      154,253

(Loss) income before taxes:

                            

Previous

   $ (72,676 )   $ 131,051    $ 41,503    $ 259,078

As restated

     (91,552 )     109,612      31,486      233,525

Net (loss) income:

                            

Previous

   $ (44,696 )   $ 80,596    $ 25,524    $ 159,333

As restated

     (56,304 )     67,412      19,364      143,618

Diluted (loss) earnings per share:

                            

Previous

   $ (0.29 )   $ 0.91    $ 0.21    $ 1.79

As restated

     (0.37 )     0.76      0.16      1.61

 

     December 31,
2002


   

June 30,

2002


Credit enhancement assets:

              

Previous

   $ 1,504,286     $ 1,549,132

As restated

     1,504,286       1,541,218

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income:

              

Previous

   $ (15,996 )   $ 42,797

As restated

     23,077       70,843

Shareholder’s equity:

              

Previous

   $ 1,890,640     $ 1,432,316

As restated

     1,890,640       1,427,449

 

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions which affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the amount of revenue and costs and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those differences may be material. The accounting estimates that the Company believes are the most critical to understanding and evaluating the Company’s reported financial results include the following:

 

Gain on sale of receivables

 

The Company periodically transfers receivables to Trusts that, in turn, sell asset-backed securities to investors. Prior to October 1, 2002, the Company recognized a gain on the sale of receivables to the Trusts, which represents the difference between the sale proceeds to the Company, net of transaction costs, and the Company’s net carrying value of the receivables, plus the present value of the estimated future excess cash flows to be received by the Company over the life of the securitization. The Company has made assumptions in order to determine the present value of the estimated future excess cash flows to be generated by the pool of receivables sold. The most significant assumptions made are the cumulative net credit losses to be incurred on the pool of receivables sold, the timing of those losses and the rate at which the estimated future excess cash flows are discounted. The assumptions used represent the Company’s best estimates. The use of different assumptions could produce different financial results.

 

Fair value measurements

 

Certain of the Company’s assets, including the Company’s derivative financial instruments and credit enhancement assets related to gain on sale Trusts, are recorded at fair value. Fair values for derivative financial instruments are based on third-party quoted market prices, where possible. However, market prices are not readily available for the Company’s credit enhancement assets and, accordingly, fair value is determined using discounted cash flow models. The most significant assumptions made are the cumulative net credit losses to be incurred on the pool of receivables sold, the timing of those losses and the rate at which estimated future excess cash flows are discounted. The assumptions used represent the Company’s best estimates. The use of different assumptions would result in different carrying values for the Company’s credit enhancement assets and a change in the accretion of present value discount and impairment of credit enhancement assets recognized through the consolidated statements of operations.

 

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Allowance for loan losses

 

The Company reviews charge-off experience factors, delinquency reports, historical collection rates, estimates of the value of the underlying collateral, economic trends, such as unemployment rates, and other information in order to make the necessary judgments as to probable credit losses on finance receivables. Receivables are charged-off to the allowance for loan losses when the Company repossesses and disposes of the collateral or the account is otherwise deemed uncollectable. As of December 31, 2002, the Company believes that the allowance for loan losses is adequate to cover probable losses inherent in its receivables; however, because the allowance for loan losses is based on estimates, there can be no assurance that the ultimate charge-off amount will not exceed such estimates.

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” as amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 137, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - Deferral of the Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 133, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133,” Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 138, “Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 149, “Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”), on July 1, 2000. Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives that arose prior to the initial application of SFAS 133 and that were previously deferred as adjustments of the carrying amount of hedged items were not adjusted. Accordingly, the Company did not record a transition adjustment from the adoption of SFAS 133.

 

The Company sells fixed rate auto receivables to Trusts that, in turn, sell either fixed rate or floating rate securities to investors. The interest rates on the floating rate securities issued by the Trusts are indexed to various London Interbank Offered Rates (“LIBOR”). The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements to convert floating rate exposures on securities issued by the Trusts to fixed rates, hedging the variability in future excess cash flows to be received by the Company over the life of the securitization attributable to interest rate risk. These interest rate swap agreements are designated as cash flow hedges and are highly effective in hedging the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk from both an accounting and economic perspective.

 

The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and the related unrealized gains or losses on these agreements are deferred and included in shareholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. These unrealized gains or losses are recognized as an adjustment to income over the same period in which cash flows from the related credit enhancement assets affect earnings. However, if the Company expects the continued reporting of a loss in accumulated other comprehensive income would lead to recognizing a net loss on the combination of the interest rate swap agreements and the hedged asset, the loss is reclassified to earnings for the amount that is not expected to be recovered. Additionally, to the extent that any of these contracts are not considered to be perfectly effective in offsetting the change in the value of the cash flows being hedged, any changes in fair value relating to the ineffective portion of these contracts are recognized in income.

 

During fiscal 2002, the Company also utilized an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the change in fair value of certain of its fixed rate senior notes. The change in fair value of the interest rate swap agreement and the senior notes were recognized in income. The interest rate swap agreement has been terminated and the previous adjustments to the carrying value of the senior notes are being amortized into interest expense over the expected life of the senior notes on an effective yield basis.

 

The Company formally documents all relationships between interest rate swap agreements and the underlying asset, liability or cash flows being hedged, as well as its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedge transactions. At hedge inception and at least quarterly, the Company also formally assesses whether the interest rate swap agreements that are used in hedging transactions have been highly effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows or fair value of the hedged items and whether those interest rate swap agreements may be expected to remain highly effective in future periods. The Company will discontinue hedge accounting prospectively when it is determined that an interest rate swap agreement has ceased to be highly effective as a hedge.

 

The Company also utilizes interest rate cap agreements as part of its interest rate risk management strategy for securitization transactions as well as for warehouse credit facilities. The Trusts and the Company’s wholly-owned special purpose finance subsidiaries typically purchase interest rate cap agreements to limit variability in excess cash flows from receivables sold to the Trusts or financed under warehouse credit facilities due to potential increases in interest rates. The purchaser of the interest rate cap agreement pays a premium in return for the right to receive the difference in the interest cost at any time a specified index of market interest rates rises above the stipulated “cap” rate. The interest rate cap agreement purchaser bears no obligation or liability if interest rates fall below the “cap” rate. The Company’s special purpose finance subsidiaries are contractually required to purchase interest rate cap agreements as credit enhancement in connection with securitization transactions and warehouse credit facilities. As part of the Company’s interest rate risk management strategy and when economically feasible, the Company may simultaneously sell a corresponding interest rate cap agreement in order to offset the premium paid to purchase the interest rate cap agreement and thus retain the interest rate risk. The fair value of the interest rate cap agreements purchased and sold by the Company is included in other assets and derivative financial instruments, respectively, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The intrinsic value of the interest rate cap agreements purchased by the Trusts is reflected in the valuation of the credit enhancement assets.

 

The Company does not hold any interest rate cap or swap agreements for trading purposes.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2002 as compared to

        Three Months Ended December 31, 2001

 

Revenue:

 

The Company’s average managed receivables outstanding consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

On book

   $ 3,136,066    $ 1,653,046

Serviced

     12,930,404      10,232,783
    

  

     $ 16,066,470    $ 11,885,829
    

  

 

Average managed receivables outstanding increased by 35% as a result of the purchase of loans in excess of collections and charge-offs. The Company purchased $1,887.0 million of auto loans during the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to purchases of $2,035.7 million during the three months ended December 31, 2001. This decrease resulted from a reduction of the Company’s branch network in November 2002 offset by a slight increase in loan production at branches open during both periods. Loan purchases at branch offices opened prior to December 31, 2000, were 2% higher for the twelve months ended December 31, 2002, versus the twelve months ended December 31, 2001. The Company operated 232 auto lending branch offices as of December 31, 2002, compared to 254 as of December 31, 2001.

 

The average new loan size was $16,706 for the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to $16,322 for the three months ended December 31, 2001. The average annual percentage rate for finance receivables purchased during the three months ended December 31, 2002, was 16.6%, compared to 17.7% during the three months ended December 31, 2001. Decreasing short-term market interest rates have lowered the Company’s cost of funds, allowing the Company to pass along some of this benefit to consumers in the form of lower loan pricing.

 

Finance charge income increased by 67% to $133.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002, from $80.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001. Finance charge income was higher due to an increase in average on book receivables that resulted primarily from the Company’s decision to change the structure of securitization transactions to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables. The Company’s effective yield on its on book finance receivables decreased to 16.9% for the three months ended December 31, 2002, from 19.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2001. The effective yield decreased due to lower loan pricing.

 

In the three months ended December 31, 2002, the Company’s securitization transactions were structured as secured financings. Therefore, no gain on sale

 

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was recorded for finance receivables securitized. The gain on sale of receivables was $108.7 million, or 5.6% of receivables securitized, for the three months ended December 31, 2001.

 

Significant assumptions used in determining the gain on sale of receivables for the three months ended December 31, 2001, were as follows:

 

Cumulative credit losses (including unrealized gains at time of sale)

   12.5 %

Discount rate used to estimate present value:

      

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

   14.0 %

Investments in Trust receivables

   9.8 %

Restricted cash

   9.8 %

 

The cumulative credit loss assumptions utilized at the time of sale of receivables were determined using a range of possible outcomes based on historical experience, credit attributes for the specific pool of receivables and general economic factors. The unrealized gains at time of sale represent the excess of the fair value of credit enhancement assets over the Company’s carrying value related to such interests when receivables are sold.

 

Servicing fee income decreased to $4.9 million, or 0.2% of average serviced auto receivables, for the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to $73.1 million, or 2.8% of average serviced auto receivables, for the three months ended December 31, 2001. Servicing fee income represents accretion of the present value discount on estimated future excess cash flows from the Trusts, base servicing fees and other fees earned by the Company as servicer of the receivables sold to the Trusts. Servicing fee income also includes other-than-temporary impairment charges of $70.6 million and $7.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Other-than-temporary impairment resulted from increased default rates caused by the continued weakness in the economy, lower than expected recovery proceeds caused by depressed used car values and the expectation that current economic conditions will continue for the foreseeable future. In addition, the Company’s credit enhancement assets are carried on its financial statements based on the present value of future cash distributions from securitization trusts. The expected delay in cash distributions from FSA insured securitizations reduces the present value of such cash distributions and results in further other-than-temporary impairment.

 

Costs and Expenses:

 

Operating expenses increased to $109.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002, from $108.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001. As an annualized percentage of average managed receivables outstanding, operating expenses decreased to 2.7% for the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to 3.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2001. The ratio improved as a result of economies of scale realized from a growing receivables portfolio when compared to the three months ended December 31, 2001, and automation of loan origination, processing and servicing functions.

 

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The slight increase in operating expenses resulted primarily from a $6.9 million charge incurred by the Company related to its November 2002 reduction in workforce. The Company eliminated approximately 6.5% of its workforce to align the Company’s cost structure with planned lower loan origination growth. The charge was offset by operating expense savings subsequent to the reduction in workforce.

 

The provision for loan losses increased to $86.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002, from $16.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001. As an annualized percentage of average on book finance receivables, the provision for loan losses was 11.0% and 4.0% for the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Approximately $55.3 million of the increase in the provision for loan losses is due to the Company’s new securitization transaction structure that results in the securitization being accounted for as a secured financing. Under this new structure, finance receivables remain on the Company’s balance sheet throughout their term, and credit losses related to those securitized receivables are provided for as a charge to operations. The remaining increase reflects the general expectation that current economic conditions, including elevated unemployment rates, will result in a higher number of charge-offs, and that depressed wholesale auction prices on the sale of repossessed vehicles will increase the amount charged-off per loan.

 

Interest expense increased to $39.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002, from $30.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001, due to higher debt levels. Average debt outstanding was $3,482.3 million and $2,260.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in average debt outstanding reflects the accounting for securitization transactions subsequent to September 30, 2002, as secured financings. The Company’s effective rate of interest paid on its debt decreased to 4.5% from 5.4% as a result of lower short-term market interest rates.

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 38.5% for the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001.

 

Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income:

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Unrealized (losses) gains on credit enhancement assets

   $ (95,037 )   $ 22,947  

Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges

     32,756       25,651  

Canadian currency translation adjustment

     305       (421 )

Income tax benefit (expense)

     23,978       (18,710 )
    


 


     $ (37,998 )   $ 29,467  
    


 


 

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Credit Enhancement Assets

 

The unrealized (losses) gains on credit enhancement assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Unrealized gains at time of sale

           $ 15,039  

Unrealized holding (losses) gains related to changes in credit loss assumptions

   $ (68,742 )     38,577  

Unrealized holding losses related to changes in interest rates

     (511 )     (5,268 )

Net reclassification of unrealized gains into earnings

     (25,784 )     (25,401 )
    


 


     $ (95,037 )   $ 22,947  
    


 


 

The unrealized gains at time of sale represent the excess of the fair value of credit enhancement assets over the Company’s carrying value related to such interests when receivables are sold. No unrealized gain at time of sale was recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2002, due to the change in the structure of securitization transactions entered into subsequent to September 30, 2002, to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables.

 

Changes in the fair value of credit enhancement assets as a result of modifications to the credit loss assumptions are reported as unrealized holding gains or losses in other comprehensive (loss) income until realized, or, in the case of unrealized holding losses considered to be other-than-temporary, as a charge to operations. The cumulative credit loss assumptions used to estimate the fair value of credit enhancement assets are periodically reviewed by the Company and modified to reflect the actual credit performance for each securitization pool through the reporting date as well as estimates of future losses considering several factors including changes in the general economy. Differences between cumulative credit loss assumptions used in individual securitization pools can be attributed to the original credit attributes of a pool, actual credit performance through the reporting date and pool seasoning to the extent that changes in economic trends will have more of an impact on the expected future performance of less seasoned pools.

 

The Company increased the cumulative credit loss assumptions (including remaining unrealized gains at time of sale) used in measuring the fair value of credit enhancement assets to a range of 10.7% to 13.6% as of December 31, 2002, from a range of 11.1% to 12.5% as of September 30, 2002, which, together with the expected delay in cash distributions from FSA insured securitizations, caused an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $70.6 million and an unrealized holding loss of $68.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002. The range of cumulative credit loss assumptions was

 

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increased to reflect adverse actual credit performance compared to previous assumptions primarily due to lower than anticipated recovery values as well as expectations for higher future losses due to continued weakness in the general economy during the three months ended December 31, 2002. Unrealized holding gains of $38.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001, resulted from a decline in cumulative credit loss assumptions for certain securitization Trusts where actual credit performance was better than expected.

 

Unrealized holding losses related to changes in interest rates of $0.5 million and $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, resulted primarily from a decrease in estimated future cash flows from the Trusts due to lower interest income earned on the investment of restricted cash and collections accounts. The lower earnings were partially offset by a decrease in interest rates payable to investors on the floating rate tranches of securitization transactions.

 

Net unrealized gains of $25.8 million and $25.4 million were reclassified into earnings during the three months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and relate primarily to recognition of actual excess cash collected over the Company’s initial estimate and recognition of unrealized gains at time of sale. Included in the $25.8 million of net unrealized gain recognized during the period is net unrealized gain of $6.0 million related to fluctuations in interest rates offset by cash flow hedges described below.

 

Cash flow hedges

 

Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges were $32.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to $25.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2001. Expectations that short-term market interest rates will remain lower for an extended period of time during the three months ended December 31, 2002, resulted in an increase in the liability related to the Company’s interest rate swap agreements. Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges are reclassified into earnings as unrealized gains or losses related to interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s credit enhancement assets are reclassified into earnings. Net unrealized losses reclassified into earnings were $51.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2002.

 

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Net Margin:

 

Net margin is the difference between finance charge and other income earned on the Company’s receivables and the cost to fund the receivables as well as the cost of debt incurred for general corporate purposes.

 

The Company’s net margin as reflected on the consolidated statements of operations is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

   $ 139,556     $ 83,404  

Interest expense

     (39,884 )     (30,557 )
    


 


Net margin

   $ 99,672     $ 52,847  
    


 


 

The Company evaluates the profitability of its lending activities based partly upon the net margin related to its managed auto loan portfolio, including on-book and gain on sale receivables. The Company uses this information to analyze trends in the components of the profitability of its managed auto portfolio. Analysis of net margin on a managed basis allows the Company to determine which origination channels and loan products are most profitable, guides the Company in making pricing decisions for loan products and indicates if sufficient spread exists between the Company’s revenues and cost of funds to cover operating expenses and achieve corporate profitability objectives. Additionally, net margin on a managed basis facilitates comparisons of results between the Company and other finance companies (i) that do not securitize their receivables or (ii) due to the structure of their securitization transactions, are not required to account for the securitization of their receivables as a sale.

 

Net margin for the Company’s managed finance receivables portfolio is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

   $ 704,516     $ 552,961  

Interest expense

     (195,011 )     (188,309 )
    


 


Net margin

   $ 509,505     $ 364,652  
    


 


 

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Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables outstanding is as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

     17.4 %     18.5 %

Interest expense

     (4.8 )     (6.3 )
    


 


Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables

     12.6 %     12.2 %
    


 


Average managed finance receivables

   $ 16,066,470     $ 11,885,829  
    


 


 

Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables increased for the three months ended December 31, 2002, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2001, as the Company was able to retain some of the benefit of declining interest rates in its loan pricing strategies.

 

The following is a reconciliation of finance charge and other income as reflected on the Company’s consolidated statements of income to the Company’s managed basis finance charge and other income (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

Finance charge and other income per consolidated statements of income

   $ 139,556    $ 83,404

Adjustments to reflect income earned on receivables in gain on sale Trusts

     564,960      469,557
    

  

Managed basis finance charge and other income

   $ 704,516    $ 552,961
    

  

 

The following is a reconciliation of interest expense as reflected on the Company’s consolidated statements of income to the Company’s managed basis interest expense (in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

Interest expense per consolidated statements of income

   $ 39,884    $ 30,557

Adjustments to reflect interest expense incurred on receivables in gain on sale Trusts

     155,127      157,752
    

  

Managed basis interest expense

   $ 195,011    $ 188,309
    

  

 

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Six Months Ended December 31, 2002 as compared to  

    Six Months Ended December 31, 2001

 

Revenue:

 

The Company’s average managed receivables outstanding consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

On book

   $ 2,547,350    $ 1,808,214

Serviced

     13,134,949      9,513,853
    

  

     $ 15,682,299    $ 11,322,067
    

  

 

Average managed receivables outstanding increased by 39% as a result of the purchase of loans in excess of collections and charge-offs. The Company purchased $4,306.1 million of auto loans during the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to purchases of $4,070.9 million during the six months ended December 31, 2001.

 

The average new loan size was $16,724 for the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to $16,290 for the six months ended December 31, 2001. The average annual percentage rate for finance receivables purchased during the six months ended December 31, 2002, was 17.0%, compared to 17.9% during the six months ended December 31, 2001. Decreasing short-term market interest rates have lowered the Company’s cost of funds, allowing the Company to pass along some of this benefit to consumers in the form of lower loan pricing.

 

Finance charge income increased by 27% to $224.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from $176.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001. Finance charge income was higher due to an increase in average on book receivables that resulted primarily from the Company’s decision to change the structure of securitization transactions to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables. The Company’s effective yield on its on book finance receivables decreased to 17.5% for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from 19.4% for the six months ended December 31, 2001. The effective yield decreased due to lower loan pricing.

 

The gain on sale of receivables decreased by 34% to $132.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from $201.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001. The decrease in gain on sale of receivables resulted from the Company’s decision to structure securitization transactions closed subsequent to September 30, 2002, as secured financings. During the six months ended December 31, 2002, $2,507.9 million of finance receivables securitized were accounted for as sales of receivables as compared to $3,650.0 million during the six months ended December 31, 2001. The gain as a percentage of the receivables securitized in gain on sale Trusts remained

 

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relatively stable at 5.3% for the six months ended December 31, 2002, as compared to 5.5% for the six months ended December 31, 2001.

 

Significant assumptions used in determining the gain on sale of receivables were as follows:

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Cumulative credit losses (including unrealized gains at time of sale)

   12.5 %   12.5 %

Discount rate used to estimate present value:

            

Interest-only receivables from Trusts

   14.0 %   14.0 %

Investments in Trust receivables

   9.8 %   9.8 %

Restricted cash

   9.8 %   9.8 %

 

The cumulative credit loss assumptions utilized at the time of sale of receivables were determined using a range of possible outcomes based on historical experience, credit attributes for the specific pool of receivables and general economic factors. The unrealized gains at time of sale represent the excess of the fair value of credit enhancement assets over the Company’s carrying value related to such interests when receivables are sold.

 

Servicing fee income decreased to $121.8 million, or 1.8% of average serviced auto receivables, for the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to $154.3 million, or 3.2% of average serviced auto receivables, for the six months ended December 31, 2001. Servicing fee income represents accretion of the present value discount on estimated future excess cash flows from the Trusts, base servicing fees and other fees earned by the Company as servicer of the receivables sold to the Trusts. Servicing fee income also includes other-than-temporary impairment charges of $89.0 million and $16.4 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Other-than-temporary impairment resulted from increased default rates caused by the continued weakness in the economy, lower than expected recovery proceeds caused by depressed used car values and the expectation that current economic conditions will continue for the foreseeable future. In addition, the Company’s credit enhancement assets are carried on its financial statements based on the present value of future cash distributions from securitization trusts. The expected delay in cash distributions from FSA insured securitizations reduces the present value of such cash distributions and results in further other-than-temporary impairment.

 

Costs and Expenses:

 

Operating expenses increased to $225.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from $207.8 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001. As an annualized percentage of average managed receivables outstanding, operating expenses decreased to 2.8% for the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to 3.6% for the six months ended December 31, 2001. The ratio improved as a result of economies of scale realized from a growing receivables

 

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portfolio and automation of loan origination, processing and servicing functions. The dollar amount of operating expenses increased by $17.3 million, or 8%, primarily due to a $6.9 million charge related to a 6.5% reduction in the Company’s workforce during the month of November 2002.

 

The provision for loan losses increased to $152.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from $31.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001. As an annualized percentage of average on book finance receivables, the provision for loan losses was 11.9% and 3.5% for the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Approximately $101.3 million of the increase in the provision for loan losses is due to the Company’s new securitization transaction structure that results in the securitization being accounted for as a secured financing. Under this new structure, finance receivables remain on the Company’s balance sheet throughout their term, and credit losses related to those securitized receivables are provided for as a charge to operations. The remaining increase reflects the general expectation that current economic conditions, including elevated unemployment rates, will result in a higher number of charge-offs, and that depressed wholesale auction prices on the sale of repossessed vehicles will increase the amount charged-off per loan.

 

Interest expense increased to $79.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, from $66.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001, due to higher debt levels. Average debt outstanding was $3,141.4 million and $2,257.1 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The increase in average debt outstanding reflects the accounting for securitization transactions subsequent to September 30, 2002, as secured financings. The Company’s effective rate of interest paid on its debt decreased to 5.0% from 5.8% as a result of lower short-term market interest rates.

 

The Company’s effective income tax rate was 38.5% for the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001.

 

Other Comprehensive Loss:

 

Other comprehensive loss consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Unrealized (losses) gains on credit enhancement assets

   $ (94,524 )   $ 17,725  

Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges

     21,931       (14,737 )

Canadian currency translation adjustment

     (3,121 )     (2,061 )

Income tax benefit (provision)

     27,948       (1,150 )
    


 


     $ (47,766 )   $ (223 )
    


 


 

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Credit Enhancement Assets

 

The unrealized (losses) gains on credit enhancement assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Unrealized gains at time of sale

   $ 11,091     $ 25,105  

Unrealized holding (losses) gains related to changes in credit loss assumptions

     (75,957 )     54,046  

Unrealized holding gains (losses) related to changes in interest rates

     646       (11,664 )

Net reclassification of unrealized gains into earnings

     (30,304 )     (49,762 )
    


 


     $ (94,524 )   $ 17,725  
    


 


 

The unrealized gains at time of sale represent the excess of the fair value of credit enhancement assets over the Company’s carrying value related to such interests when receivables are sold. Unrealized gains at time of sale were lower for the six months ended December 31, 2002, as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2001, due to the change in the structure of securitization transactions entered into subsequent to September 30, 2002, to no longer meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables.

 

Changes in the fair value of credit enhancement assets as a result of modifications to the credit loss assumptions are reported as unrealized holding gains or losses in other comprehensive (loss) income until realized, or, in the case of unrealized holding losses considered to be other-than-temporary, as a charge to operations. The cumulative credit loss assumptions used to estimate the fair value of credit enhancement assets are periodically reviewed by the Company and modified to reflect the actual credit performance for each securitization pool through the reporting date as well as estimates of future losses considering several factors including changes in the general economy. Differences between cumulative credit loss assumptions used in individual securitization pools can be attributed to the original credit attributes of a pool, actual credit performance through the reporting date and pool seasoning to the extent that changes in economic trends will have more of an impact on the expected future performance of less seasoned pools.

 

The Company increased the cumulative credit loss assumptions (including remaining unrealized gains at time of sale) used in measuring the fair value of credit enhancement assets to a range of 10.7% to 13.6% as of December 31, 2002, from a range of 10.4% to 12.7% as of June 30, 2002, which, together with the expected delay in cash distributions from FSA insured securitizations, caused an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $89.0 million and an unrealized holding loss of $76.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002. The range of cumulative credit loss assumptions was increased to

 

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reflect adverse actual credit performance compared to previous assumptions primarily due to lower than anticipated recovery values as well as expectations for higher future losses due to continued weakness in the general economy during the six months ended December 31, 2002. Unrealized holding losses of $54.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001, resulted from an increase in cumulative credit loss assumptions for certain securitization Trusts due to expectations of a general decline in the economy.

 

Unrealized holding gains related to changes in interest rates of $0.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, resulted primarily from an increase in estimated future cash flows from the Trusts due to lower interest rates payable to investors on the floating rate tranches of securitization transactions. Unrealized holding losses related to changes in interest rates of $11.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001, resulted primarily from a decrease in estimated future cash flows from the Trusts due to lower interest income earned on the investment of restricted cash and collections accounts. The lower earnings were partially offset by a decrease in interest rates payable to investors on the floating rate tranches of securitization transactions.

 

Net unrealized gains of $30.3 million and $49.8 million were reclassified into earnings during the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and relate primarily to recognition of actual excess cash collected over the Company’s initial estimate and recognition of unrealized gains at time of sale. Included in the $30.3 million of net unrealized gain recognized during the period is $12.3 million related to fluctuations in interest rates offset by cash flow hedges described below.

 

Cash flow hedges

 

Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges were $21.9 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to unrealized losses of $14.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2001. Expectations that short-term market interest rates will remain lower for an extended period of time during the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, resulted in an increase in the liability related to the Company’s interest rate swap agreements. This increase in the liability was offset by the reclassification of unrealized losses into earnings. Unrealized losses on cash flow hedges are reclassified into earnings as unrealized gains or losses related to interest rate fluctuations on the Company’s credit enhancement assets are reclassified into earnings. Net unrealized losses reclassified into earnings were $60.4 million for the six months ended December 31, 2002.

 

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Net Margin:

 

Net margin is the difference between finance charge and other income earned on the Company’s receivables and the cost to fund the receivables as well as the cost of debt incurred for general corporate purposes.

 

The Company’s net margin as reflected on the consolidated statements of operations is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

   $ 235,205     $ 183,074  

Interest expense

     (79,903 )     (66,147 )
    


 


Net margin

   $ 155,302     $ 116,927  
    


 


 

The Company evaluates the profitability of its lending activities based partly upon the net margin related to its managed auto loan portfolio, including on-book and gain on sale receivables. The Company uses this information to analyze trends in the components of the profitability of its managed auto portfolio. Analysis of net margin on a managed basis allows the Company to determine which origination channels and loan products are most profitable, guides the Company in making pricing decisions for loan products and indicates if sufficient spread exists between the Company’s revenues and cost of funds to cover operating expenses and achieve corporate profitability objectives. Additionally, net margin on a managed basis facilitates comparisons of results between the Company and other finance companies (i) that do not securitize their receivables or (ii) due to the structure of their securitization transactions, are not required to account for the securitization of their receivables as a sale.

 

Net margin for the Company’s managed finance receivables portfolio is as follows (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

   $ 1,391,244     $ 1,065,505  

Interest expense

     (397,001 )     (367,801 )
    


 


Net margin

   $ 994,243     $ 697,704  
    


 


 

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Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables outstanding is as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

 

Finance charge and other income

     17.6 %     18.7 %

Interest expense

     (5.0 )     (6.5 )
    


 


Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables

     12.6 %     12.2 %
    


 


Average managed finance receivables

   $ 15,682,299     $ 11,322,067  
    


 


 

Net margin as a percentage of average managed finance receivables increased for the six months ended December 31, 2002, compared to the six months ended December 31, 2001, as the Company was able to retain some of the benefit of declining interest rates in its loan pricing strategies.

 

The following is a reconciliation of finance charge and other income as reflected on the Company’s consolidated statements of income to the Company’s managed basis finance charge and other income (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

Finance charge and other income per consolidated statements of income

   $ 235,205    $ 183,074

Adjustments to reflect income earned on receivables in gain on sale Trusts

     1,156,039      882,431
    

  

Managed basis finance charge and other income

   $ 1,391,244    $ 1,065,505
    

  

 

The following is a reconciliation of interest expense as reflected on the Company’s consolidated statements of income to the Company’s managed basis interest expense (in thousands):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

Interest expense per consolidated statements of income

   $ 79,903    $ 66,147

Adjustments to reflect interest expense incurred on receivables in gain on sale Trusts

     317,098      301,654
    

  

Managed basis interest expense

   $ 397,001    $ 367,801
    

  

 

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CREDIT QUALITY

 

The Company provides financing in relatively high-risk markets, and, therefore, anticipates a corresponding high level of delinquencies and charge-offs.

 

Finance receivables on the Company’s balance sheets include receivables purchased but not yet securitized and receivables securitized by the Company after September 30, 2002. Provisions for loan losses are charged to operations in amounts sufficient to maintain the allowance for loan losses on the balance sheet at a level considered adequate to cover probable credit losses on finance receivables at December 31, 2002. Finance receivables are charged-off to the allowance for loan losses when the Company repossesses and disposes of the collateral or the account is otherwise deemed uncollectable.

 

Prior to October 1, 2002, the Company periodically sold receivables to Trusts in securitization transactions accounted for as a sale of receivables and retained an interest in the receivables sold in the form of credit enhancement assets. Credit enhancement assets are reflected on the Company’s balance sheet at fair value, calculated based upon the present value of estimated excess future cash flows from the Trusts using, among other assumptions, estimates of future credit losses on the receivables sold. Charge-offs of receivables that have been sold to Trusts decrease the amount of excess future cash flows from the Trusts. If such charge-offs are expected to exceed the Company’s original estimates of cumulative credit losses or if the actual timing of these losses differs from expected timing, the fair value of credit enhancement assets is written down through an other-than-temporary impairment charge to earnings.

 

The following table presents certain data related to the receivables portfolio (dollars in thousands):

 

     December 31, 2002

     On Book

    Serviced

  

Total

Managed


Principal amount of receivables

   $ 3,998,081     $ 12,210,492    $ 16,208,573
            

  

Allowance for loan losses and nonaccretable acquisition fees

     (218,433 )             
    


            

Receivables, net

   $ 3,779,648               
    


            

Number of outstanding contracts

     267,283       957,653      1,224,936
    


 

  

Average principal amount of outstanding contract (in dollars)

   $ 14,958     $ 12,750    $ 13,232
    


 

  

Allowance for loan losses and nonaccretable acquisition fees as a percentage of receivables

     5.5 %             
    


            

 

The following is a summary of managed finance receivables which are (i) more than 30 days delinquent, but not yet in repossession, and (ii) in repossession (dollars in thousands):

 

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     December 31, 2002

 
     On Book

    Serviced

    Total Managed

 
     Amount

   Percent

    Amount

   Percent

    Amount

   Percent

 

Delinquent contracts:

                                       

31 to 60 days

   $ 147,513    3.7 %   $ 1,341,599    11.0 %   $ 1,489,112    9.2 %

Greater than 60 days

     61,701    1.5       601,038    4.9       662,739    4.1  
    

  

 

  

 

  

       209,214    5.2       1,942,637    15.9       2,151,851    13.3  

In repossession

     16,793    0.4       213,687    1.8       230,480    1.4  
    

  

 

  

 

  

     $ 226,007    5.6 %   $ 2,156,324    17.7 %   $ 2,382,331    14.7 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

 

     December 31, 2001

 
     On Book

    Serviced

    Total Managed

 
     Amount

   Percent

    Amount

   Percent

    Amount

   Percent

 

Delinquent contracts:

                                       

31 to 60 days

   $ 76,357    3.2 %   $ 975,428    9.7 %   $ 1,051,785    8.5 %

Greater than 60 days

     40,625    1.7       427,062    4.3       467,687    3.8  
    

  

 

  

 

  

       116,982    4.9       1,402,490    14.0       1,519,472    12.3  

In repossession

     17,896    0.8       116,274    1.2       134,170    1.1  
    

  

 

  

 

  

     $ 134,878    5.7 %   $ 1,518,764    15.2 %   $ 1,653,642    13.4 %
    

  

 

  

 

  

 

Delinquencies in the Company’s managed receivables portfolio may vary from period to period based upon the average age or seasoning of the portfolio, seasonality within the calendar year and economic factors. Due to the Company’s target customer base, a relatively high percentage of accounts become delinquent at some point in the life of a loan and there is a fairly high rate of account movement between current and delinquent status in the portfolio. Delinquencies on a total managed basis were higher as of December 31, 2002, compared to December 31, 2001, due to continued weakness in the economy, including higher unemployment rates, and, to a lesser extent, an increase in the average age of the Company’s managed receivables portfolio.

 

In accordance with its policies and guidelines, the Company, at times, offers payment deferrals to consumers, whereby the consumer is allowed to move a delinquent payment to the end of the loan generally by paying a fee (approximately the interest portion of the payment deferred). The Company’s policies and guidelines, as well as certain contractual restrictions in the Company’s securitization transactions, limit the number and frequency of deferments that may be granted. An account for which all delinquent payments are deferred is classified as current at the time the deferment is granted. Thereafter, such account is aged based on the timely payment of future installments in the same manner as any other account. Contracts receiving a payment deferral as an average quarterly percentage of average managed auto receivables outstanding were 6.0% and 5.7% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2002, respectively, and 5.0% and 4.9% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2001, respectively. Of the total amount deferred, on book

 

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finance receivables receiving a payment deferral were 1.4% and 1.2% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2002, respectively, and 2.7% and 2.3% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2001, respectively. The Company believes that payment deferrals granted according to its policies and guidelines are an effective portfolio management technique and result in higher ultimate cash collections from the portfolio.

 

The following table presents charge-off data with respect to the Company’s managed finance receivables portfolio (dollars in thousands):

 

    

Three Months Ended

December 31,


   

Six Months Ended

December 31,


 
     2002

    2001

    2002

    2001

 

On Book:

                                

Repossession charge-offs

   $ 21,578     $ 16,755     $ 41,139     $ 29,068  

Less: Recoveries

     (8,492 )     (8,373 )     (18,610 )     (14,770 )

Mandatory charge-offs (1)

     5,619       5,163       9,772       7,510  
    


 


 


 


Net charge-offs

   $ 18,705     $ 13,545     $ 32,301     $ 21,808  
    


 


 


 


Serviced:

                                

Repossession charge-offs

   $ 256,761     $ 157,700     $ 513,235     $ 293,334  

Less: Recoveries

     (103,867 )     (69,769 )     (222,232 )     (136,766 )

Mandatory charge-offs (1)

     65,003       28,436       118,579       55,749  
    


 


 


 


Net charge-offs

   $ 217,897     $ 116,367     $ 409,582     $ 212,317  
    


 


 


 


Total managed:

                                

Repossession charge-offs

   $ 278,339     $ 174,455     $ 554,374     $ 322,402  

Less: Recoveries

     (112,359 )     (78,142 )     (240,842 )     (151,536 )

Mandatory charge-offs (1)

     70,622       33,599       128,351       63,259  
    


 


 


 


Net charge-offs

   $ 236,602     $ 129,912     $ 441,883     $ 234,125  
    


 


 


 


Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average managed receivables outstanding

     5.8 %     4.3 %     5.6 %     4.1 %
    


 


 


 


Net recoveries as a percentage of gross repossession charge-offs

     40.4 %     44.8 %     43.4 %     47.0 %
    


 


 


 



(1)   Mandatory charge-offs represent accounts charged-off in full with no recovery amounts realized at time of charge-off.

 

Net charge-offs as an annualized percentage of average managed receivables outstanding may vary from period to period based upon the average age or seasoning of the portfolio and economic factors. Net charge-offs increased for the periods ended December 31, 2002, compared to the periods ended December 31, 2001, due to continued weakness in the economy, including higher unemployment rates, and due to lower net recoveries on repossessed vehicles.

 

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Recoveries as a percentage of repossession charge-offs decreased due to general declines in used car auction values.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

The Company’s primary sources of cash have been borrowings under its warehouse credit facilities and transfers of finance receivables to Trusts in securitization transactions. The Company’s primary uses of cash have been purchases of finance receivables and funding credit enhancement requirements for securitization transactions.

 

The Company used cash of $4,452.3 million and $4,072.0 million for the purchase of finance receivables during the six months ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively. These purchases were funded initially utilizing warehouse credit facilities and subsequently through either the sale of finance receivables or the long-term financing of finance receivables in securitization transactions.

 

As of December 31, 2002, warehouse credit facilities consisted of the following (in millions):

 

Maturity


   Facility
Amount


  

Advances

Outstanding


U.S.:

             

September 2003 (a)

   $ 250.0       

November 2003 (a)

     500.0       

December 2003 (a)(b)

     500.0    $ 500.0

June 2004 (a)(b)

     750.0      750.0

February 2005 (a)(b)

     500.0      500.0

March 2005 (a)(c)

     2,545.0       
    

  

     $ 5,045.0    $ 1,750.0
    

  

Canada:

             

May 2003 (a)

   CDN $ 100.0       

August 2003 (a)

     150.0       
    

      
     CDN $ 250.0       
    

      

(a)   At the maturity date, the outstanding debt balance can either be repaid in full or over time based on the amortization of receivables pledged.
(b)   These facilities are revolving facilities through the date stated above. During the revolving period, the Company has the ability to substitute receivables for cash, or vice versa.
(c)   $380.0 million of this facility matures in March 2003, and the remaining $2,165.0 million matures in March 2005.

 

The Company’s warehouse credit facilities contain various default covenants requiring certain minimum financial ratios and cumulative net loss, delinquency and repossession ratios. As of December 31, 2002, none of the Company’s warehouse credit facilities had financial ratios or performance ratios in excess of the targeted levels. Additionally, the Company’s funding

 

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agreements that mature in August, September and November 2003 contain default covenants requiring minimum credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Moody’s Investors Service. In the event of a one-notch downgrade from the Company’s current credit ratings, the Company would not have access to funds provided by these warehouse credit facilities.

 

Within the next twelve months, $1,789.1 million of the Company’s warehouse credit facilities are up for renewal. In order to realign the Company’s warehouse capacity with lower future loan origination volume, the Company anticipates that certain warehouse facilities will not be renewed. In addition, the Company may negotiate with its credit providers to modify the terms of other facilities that could result in release of some of its existing warehouse capacity. However, the Company believes the capacity available under the remaining warehouse credit facilities will be sufficient to meet the Company’s warehouse funding needs for calendar 2003.

 

The Company has completed thirty-seven auto receivable securitization transactions through December 31, 2002. The proceeds from the transactions were primarily used to repay borrowings outstanding under the Company’s warehouse credit facilities.

 

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A summary of these transactions is as follows (in millions):

 

Transaction (a)


  

Date


  

Original

Amount


  

Balance at

December 31, 2002


1999-B

  

May 1999

   $ 1,000.0    $ 130.3

1999-C

  

August 1999

     1,000.0      179.4

1999-D

  

October 1999

     900.0      185.6

2000-A

  

February 2000

     1,300.0      320.2

2000-B

  

May 2000

     1,200.0      367.3

2000-C

  

August 2000

     1,100.0      387.0

2000-1

  

November 2000

     495.0      175.5

2000-D

  

November 2000

     600.0      248.5

2001-A

  

February 2001

     1,400.0      621.1

2001-1

  

April 2001

     1,089.0      504.7

2001-B

  

July 2001

     1,850.0      1,044.5

2001-C

  

September 2001

     1,600.0      999.8

2001-D

  

October 2001

     1,800.0      1,156.1

2002-A

  

February 2002

     1,600.0      1,185.6

2002-1

  

April 2002

     990.0      755.4

2002-A Canada (b)

  

May 2002

     145.0      113.8

2002-B

  

June 2002

     1,200.0      1,003.7

2002-C

  

August 2002

     1,300.0      1,148.6

2002-D

  

September 2002

     600.0      545.9

2002-EM

  

October 2002

     1,700.0      1,654.8

C2002-1 Canada (b)(c)

  

November 2002

     137.0      137.6
         

  

          $ 23,006.0    $ 12,865.4
         

  


(a)   Transactions originally totaling $4,845.5 million have been paid off as of December 31, 2002.
(b)   The balance at December 31, 2002, reflects fluctuations in foreign currency translation rates and principal pay downs.
(c)   Amounts do not include the $19.0 million of asset-backed securities issued that were retained by the Company.

 

Prior to October 1, 2002, the Company structured its securitization transactions to meet the criteria for sales of finance receivables under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. The Company changed the structure of securitization transactions completed subsequent to September 30, 2002, to no longer meet the criteria for sale of finance receivables. This change in securitization structure does not change the Company’s requirement to provide credit enhancement in order to attain specific credit ratings for the asset-backed securities issued by the Trusts. The Company typically makes an initial deposit to a restricted cash account and transfers finance receivables in excess of the amount of asset-backed securities issued to create initial overcollateralization. The Company subsequently uses excess cash flows generated by the Trusts to either increase the restricted cash account or repay the outstanding asset-backed securities on an accelerated basis, thereby creating additional credit enhancement through overcollateralization in the Trusts. When the credit enhancement levels reach specified percentages of the Trust’s pool of receivables, excess cash flows are distributed to the Company.

 

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The Company’s initial cash deposit and overcollateralization transfer for its 2002-EM securitization transaction equaled the full credit enhancement amount required by the financial guaranty policy provider. Therefore, excess cash flows from 2002-EM were distributed to the Company beginning the first month after the receivables were securitized. The Company intends to fund only the initial deposit requirement in future securitization transactions rather than funding the full credit enhancement amount as was the case in the 2002-EM transaction.

 

The Company employs two types of securitization structures to meet its credit enhancement requirements. The structure the Company has utilized most frequently involves the purchase of a financial guaranty policy issued by an insurer to cover the asset-backed securities as well as the use of reinsurance and other alternative credit enhancement products to reduce the required initial deposit to the restricted cash account and initial overcollateralization. The reinsurance used to reduce the Company’s initial cash deposit has typically been arranged by an insurer of the asset-backed securities. However, outstanding reinsurance commitments of $200.0 million from Financial Security Assurance, Inc. (“FSA”) were cancelled by the Company in January 2003. Accordingly, the Company must provide the required initial credit enhancement deposit in future securitization transactions from its existing capital resources.

 

The Company had a credit enhancement facility with a financial institution which the Company used to fund a portion of the initial cash deposit for securitization transactions through October 2001, similar to the amount covered by the reinsurance as described above. In June 2002, the Company replaced the credit enhancement facility with a $130.0 million letter of credit from a financial institution. This letter of credit does not represent funded debt and, therefore, is not recorded as debt on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. A total of $2.5 million was outstanding under this letter of credit as of December 31, 2002.

 

The Company’s second securitization structure involves the sale of subordinated asset-backed securities in order to provide credit enhancement for the senior asset-backed securities. The subordinated asset-backed securities replace a portion of the Company’s initial credit enhancement deposit otherwise required in a securitization transaction in a manner similar to the utilization of reinsurance or other alternative credit enhancements described in the preceding paragraphs. In August 2002, the Company entered into a revolving credit enhancement facility that provides for borrowing up to $290.0 million for the financing of bonds rated BBB- and BB- by the rating agencies in connection with subordinated securitization transactions. The Company has not utilized this facility and believes that it is unlikely this facility will be utilized prior to its expiration in August 2003 since current market conditions for execution of a senior subordinated securitization transaction by the Company are unfavorable.

 

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Cash flows related to securitization transactions were as follows (in millions):

 

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,


     2002

   2001

Initial credit enhancement deposits:

             

Gain on sale Trusts:

             

Restricted cash

   $ 50.2    $ 255.5

Overcollateralization

     7.9       

Borrowings under credit enhancement facility

            182.5

Secured financing Trusts:

             

Restricted cash

     59.2       

Overcollateralization

     176.4       

Distributions from Trusts:

             

Gain on sale Trusts

     111.1      127.9

Secured financing Trusts

     27.1       

 

With respect to the Company’s securitization transactions covered by a financial guaranty policy, agreements with the insurers provide that if delinquency, default or net loss ratios in a Trust’s pool of receivables exceed certain targets, the specified credit enhancement levels would be increased. If a targeted ratio was exceeded in any FSA insured securitization and a waiver was not granted by FSA, excess cash flows from all of the Company’s FSA insured securitizations could be used by the insurer to increase credit enhancement for the securitization in which a ratio was exceeded to higher specified levels rather than being distributed to the Company. If a targeted ratio was exceeded for an extended period of time in larger or multiple securitizations requiring a greater amount of additional credit enhancement, there would be a material adverse effect on the Company’s liquidity.

 

The Company believes that it is probable that net loss ratios on certain of its FSA insured securitization Trusts will exceed targeted levels during the March and June 2003 quarters.

 

As a result of expected seasonal increases in delinquency levels through February 2003 and the prospects for continued economic weakness, the Company believed it was likely that the initially targeted delinquency ratios would have been exceeded in certain of its FSA insured securitizations. Therefore, in September 2002, FSA agreed to revise the targeted delinquency ratios through and including the March 2003 distribution date. As of December 31, 2002, none of the Company’s securitizations had delinquency ratios in excess of the revised targeted levels. The Company anticipates that expected seasonal improvements in delinquency levels after February 2003 should result in the ratios being reduced below applicable initially targeted levels. However, if expected seasonal improvements do not materialize or if there is continued instability or further deterioration in the economy, initially

 

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targeted delinquency levels could be exceeded in certain FSA insured securitization Trusts.

 

The Company does not expect waivers to be granted if targeted net loss or delinquency levels are exceeded and estimates that $100.0 million to $150.0 million of cash otherwise distributable by the Trusts during the remainder of the fiscal year will be used to increase credit enhancement for FSA rather than being released to the Company.

 

The financing arrangement for one of the Company’s loan servicing centers is structured as a synthetic lease such that the Company is considered to lease the property for accounting purposes but is considered to own the property, subject to the indebtedness incurred to acquire and construct the property, for federal income tax and other purposes. This arrangement provides for rental payments to be made through the amended termination date in February 2003, at which time the Company will be required to purchase the property from the lessor for a purchase price equal to the amount of the outstanding debt. As of December 31, 2002, the amount of net outstanding debt under this lease financing arrangement was $29.4 million. The Company is currently negotiating a sale-leaseback agreement to refinance the obligation due upon the termination of the synthetic lease. If the Company does not execute the sale-leaseback agreement, it will be required to repay the outstanding debt to acquire the loan servicing center.

 

In January 2003, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the Company’s credit rating to ‘B+’, ‘B+’ and ‘B1’, respectively. These downgrades resulted in additional postings of $22.5 million to a restricted cash account for the Company’s derivative collateral lines.

 

On February 12, 2003, the Company announced an operating plan in an effort to preserve and strengthen its capital and liquidity position. The plan includes a decrease in loan origination volume to approximately $750.0 million per quarter by June 2003 and a reduction of operating expenses through downsizing its workforce and consolidating its branch office network. A restructuring charge of $40.0 million to $50.0 million is expected to be incurred in the March 2003 quarter in connection with the plan. Subject to continued access to the securitization markets, the Company believes that it has sufficient liquidity to operate under its new plan through calendar 2003.

 

The Company believes that it will continue to require the execution of securitization transactions in order to operate under its new plan in calendar 2003. In addition, the Company believes that it must utilize a securitization structure involving the purchase of a financial guaranty insurance policy in order to execute a transaction based on current market conditions. FSA has indicated to the Company that it is unlikely to provide insurance for the Company’s securitizations for the first half of calendar 2003. Accordingly, the Company must seek to purchase financial guaranty insurance policies from other providers. The Company also anticipates that required credit enhancement levels will increase on its future securitization transactions,

 

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requiring the use of additional liquidity to support the Company’s securitization program. There can be no assurance that funding will be available to the Company through the execution of securitization transactions or, if available, that it will be on acceptable terms. If the Company is unable to execute securitization transactions on a regular basis, it would not have sufficient funds to meet its liquidity needs and, in such event, the Company would be required to further revise the scale of its business, including possible discontinuation of loan origination activities, which would have a material adverse affect on the Company’s ability to achieve its business and financial objectives.

 

INTEREST RATE RISK

 

Fluctuations in market interest rates impact the Company’s warehouse credit facilities and securitization transactions. The Company’s gross interest rate spread, which is the difference between interest earned on its finance receivables and interest paid, is affected by changes in interest rates as a result of its dependence upon the issuance of variable rate securities and the incurrence of variable rate debt to fund its purchases of finance receivables.

 

Warehouse Credit Facilities

 

Finance receivables purchased by the Company and pledged to secure borrowings under its warehouse credit facilities bear fixed interest rates. Amounts borrowed under the Company’s warehouse credit facilities bear interest at variable rates that are subject to frequent adjustments to reflect prevailing market interest rates. To protect the interest rate spread within each warehouse credit facility, the Company’s special purpose finance subsidiaries are contractually required to purchase interest rate cap agreements in connection with borrowings under the Company’s warehouse credit facilities. The purchaser of the interest rate cap agreement pays a premium in return for the right to receive the difference in the interest cost at any time a specified index of market interest rates rises above the stipulated “cap” rate. The purchaser of the interest rate cap agreement bears no obligation or liability if interest rates fall below the “cap” rate. As part of the Company’s hedging strategy, the Company simultaneously sells a corresponding interest rate cap agreement in order to offset the premium paid to purchase the interest rate cap agreement. The fair value of the interest rate cap agreements purchased and sold is included in other assets and derivative financial instruments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

Securitizations

 

The interest rate demanded by investors in the Company’s securitization transactions depends on prevailing market interest rates for comparable transactions and the general interest rate environment. Therefore, securities issued under the Company’s securitization transactions may bear fixed or variable interest rates. The Company utilizes several strategies to minimize the impact of interest rate fluctuations in its gross interest rate margin, including the use of derivative financial instruments, the sale or pledging of

 

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auto receivables to securitization trusts and pre-funding of securitization transactions.

 

The securitization of finance receivables allows the Company to lock in an interest rate on the funding for specific pools of receivables, thereby ensuring a gross interest rate spread throughout the term of the finance receivables. Pre-funding securitizations is the practice of issuing more asset-backed securities than needed to cover finance receivables initially sold or pledged to the Trust. The proceeds from the pre-funded portion are held in an escrow account until additional receivables are delivered to the Trust in amounts up to the pre-funded balance held in the escrow account. The use of pre-funded securitizations allows the Company to lock in borrowing costs with respect to the finance receivables subsequently delivered to the Trust. However, the Company incurs an expense in pre-funded securitizations during the period between the initial securitization and the subsequent delivery of finance receivables equal to the difference between the interest earned on the proceeds held in the escrow account and the interest rate paid on the asset-backed securities outstanding.

 

In its securitization transactions, the Company transfers fixed rate finance receivables to Trusts that, in turn, sell either fixed rate or floating rate securities to investors. The fixed rates on securities issued by the Trusts are indexed to market interest rate swap spreads for transactions of similar duration or various LIBOR and do not fluctuate during the term of the securitization. The floating rates on securities issued by the Trusts are indexed to LIBOR and fluctuate periodically based on movements in LIBOR. Derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swap and cap agreements, are used to manage the gross interest rate spread on these transactions. The Company uses interest rate swap agreements to convert the variable rate exposures on these securities to a fixed rate, thereby (i) locking in the gross interest rate spread to be earned by the Company over the life of a securitization accounted for as a secured financing that would have been affected by changes in interest rates or (ii) hedging the variability in future excess cash flows to be received by the Company over the life of a securitization accounted for as a sale that would have been attributable to interest rate risk. The Company utilizes such arrangements to modify its net interest sensitivity to levels deemed appropriate based on the Company’s risk tolerance. In circumstances where the interest rate risk is deemed to be tolerable, usually if the risk if less than one year in term at inception, the Company may choose not to hedge potential fluctuations in cash flows due to changes in interest rates. The Company’s special purpose finance subsidiaries are contractually required to provide additional credit enhancements on its floating rate securities even if the Company chooses not to hedge its future cash flows. To comply with this requirement, the special purpose finance subsidiary purchases an interest rate cap agreement. The Company simultaneously sells a corresponding interest rate cap agreement to offset the premium paid to purchase the interest rate cap agreement. The fair value of the interest rate cap agreements purchased by the non-consolidated special purpose finance subsidiaries is considered in the valuation of the credit enhancement assets. The fair value of the interest rate cap agreements sold

 

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by the Company is included in derivative financial instruments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate cap agreements are reflected in interest expense.

 

The Company also used an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the fair value of certain of its fixed rate senior notes. In August 2002, the Company terminated this interest rate swap agreement. The fair value of the agreement at termination date of $9.7 million is reflected as a premium in the carrying value of the senior notes and is being amortized into interest expense over the expected term of the senior notes.

 

Management monitors the Company’s hedging activities to ensure that the value of hedges, their correlation to the contracts being hedged and the amounts being hedged continue to provide effective protection against interest rate risk. However, there can be no assurance that the Company’s strategies will be effective in minimizing interest rate risk or that increases in interest rates will not have an adverse effect on the Company’s profitability. All transactions are entered into for purposes other than trading. There have been no material changes in the Company’s interest rate risk exposure since June 30, 2002.

 

CURRENT ACCOUNTING PROUNCEMENTS

 

In June 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” (“SFAS 146”). SFAS 146 addresses the accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and certain costs associated with those activities. SFAS 146 guidance will be applied to costs related to the Company’s revised operating plan.

 

In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others” (“FIN 45”). This interpretation clarifies the disclosures required in quarterly and annual financial statements about obligations under certain guarantees issues. FIN 45 also provides guidance on when a guarantor is required to recognize a liability for the obligation taken in issuing the guarantee. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this interpretation will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. This interpretation is effective for guarantees issued or modified after December 15, 2002. The required disclosures are effective for and are included in the Company’s December 31, 2002, quarterly financial statements.

 

In December 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure” (“SFAS 148”). SFAS 148 amends Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”) to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. In

 

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addition, this statement amends disclosure requirements of SFAS 123 to require disclosures in both annual and quarterly financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this statement will have any impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. This statement is effective for the Company’s March 31, 2003, quarterly financial statements.

 

In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” (“FIN 46”). This interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements,” addresses consolidation by business enterprises of variable interest entities with certain characteristics. FIN 46 is effective immediately for all enterprises with variable interests in variable interest entities created after January 31, 2003 and is effective beginning with the September 30, 2003, quarterly financial statements for all variable interests in a variable interest entity created before February 1, 2003. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this interpretation will have any impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations as the Company’s securitization transactions accounted for as sales of finance receivables were structured using qualified special purpose entities, which are excluded from the scope of this interpretation.

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The preceding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section contains several “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements are those that use words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “plan”, “may”, “will”, “likely”, “should”, “estimate”, “continue”, “future” or other comparable expressions. These words indicate future events and trends. Forward-looking statements are the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to many assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ significantly from historical results or from those anticipated by the Company. The most significant risks are detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2002. It is advisable not to place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Item   3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Because the Company’s funding strategy is dependent upon the issuance of interest-bearing securities and the incurrence of debt, fluctuations in interest rates impact the Company’s profitability. Therefore, the Company employs various hedging strategies to minimize the risk of interest rate fluctuations. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations - Interest Rate Risk” for additional information regarding such market risks.

 

Item   4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports it files under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Such controls include those designed to ensure that information for disclosure is communicated to management, including the Executive Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

The Chairman, CEO and CFO, with the participation of management, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within ninety days before the filing date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on their evaluation, they have concluded, to the best of their knowledge and belief, that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective. No significant changes were made in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

 

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Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item   1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

As a consumer finance company, the Company is subject to various consumer claims and litigation seeking damages and statutory penalties, based upon, among other things, usury, disclosure inaccuracies, wrongful repossession, violations of bankruptcy stay provisions, certificate of title disputes, fraud and breach of contract. Some litigation against the Company could take the form of class action complaints by consumers. As the assignee of finance contracts originated by dealers, the Company may also be named as a co-defendant in lawsuits filed by consumers principally against dealers. The damages and penalties claimed by consumers in these types of matters can be substantial. The relief requested by the plaintiffs varies but includes requests for compensatory, statutory and punitive damages.

 

Following the Company’s earnings announcement on January 16, 2003, several complaints have been filed by shareholders against the Company and certain of the Company’s officers and directors alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. These lawsuits, which seek class action status, all contend that deferments were improperly granted by the Company to avoid delinquency triggers in securitization transactions and enhance cash flow, thereby causing the Company to misrepresent its financial performance throughout the alleged class period. The Company believes that its granting of deferments, which is a common practice within the auto finance industry, complied at all times with the covenants contained in its securitization and warehouse financing documents, and that its deferment activities were properly disclosed to all constituents, including shareholders, asset-backed investors, creditors and credit enhancement providers. In the opinion of management, these lawsuits are without merit and the Company intends to vigorously defend against them.

 

The Company believes that it has taken prudent steps to address the litigation risks associated with its business activities. In the opinion of management, the resolution of the litigation pending or threatened against the Company, including the proceedings specifically described in this section, will not have a material affect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Item   2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES

 

Not Applicable

 

Item   3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

Not Applicable

 

Item   4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

Not Applicable

 

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Item   5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Not Applicable

 

Item   6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

          

(a) Exhibits:

      

*10.1

  Indenture, dated September 30, 2002 among CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as trustee of AmeriCredit Canada Automobile Receivables Trust and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as indenture trustee
      

*10.2

  Series C2002-1 Supplemental Indenture, dated November 22, 2002 between CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as trustee of AmeriCredit Canada Automobile Receivables Trust, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as indenture trustee
      

*10.3

  Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated November 15, 2002, among AmeriCredit Financial Services of Canada Ltd., Bank One, NA, and CIBC Mellon Trust Company
      

*10.4

  Limited Guarantee, dated November 22, 2002, by AmeriCredit Corp. in favour of CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as Trustee of AmeriCredit Canada Automobile Receivables Trust
      

*10.5

  Class VPN Loan Agreement, dated November 22, 2002, between CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as trustee of AmeriCredit Canada Automobile Receivables Trust, The Trust Company Bank of Montreal, and AmeriCredit Financial Services of Canada Ltd.
      

*10.6

  Supplement No. 2, dated October 15, 2002, to Amended and Restated Indenture dated February 22, 2002, among AmeriCredit Master Trust, Bank One, NA, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, formerly known as Bankers Trust Company
      

*10.7

  Amendment No. 1, dated December 1, 2002, among AmeriCredit MTN Receivables Trust, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation, and Meridian Funding Corporation, LLC, to the Security Agreement dated December 18, 2000
      

*10.8

  Amendment No. 1, dated December 1, 2002, among AmeriCredit MTN II Receivables Trust, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation, and Meridian Funding Corporation, LLC, to the Security Agreement dated June 12, 2001
      

*10.9

  Amendment No. 1, dated December 1, 2002, among AmeriCredit MTN III Receivables Trust, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., MBIA Insurance Corporation, and Meridian Funding Corporation, LLC, to the Security Agreement dated February 25, 2002
      

*10.10

  Seventh Letter Modification Agreement, dated December 13, 2002, between Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association and ACF Investment Corp., to Construction Loan Agreement dated June 29, 2001 (“Loan Agreement”)
      

*10.11

  Warrant Agreement, dated September 26, 2002, between AmeriCredit Corp. and FSA Portfolio Management Inc.
      

31.1

  Officers’ Certifications of Periodic Report pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
      

32.1

  Officers’ Certifications of Periodic Report pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
      

*99.1

  Press release dated February 12, 2003, related to revised net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2002
      

*99.2

  Press release dated February 12, 2003, related to revised operating plan to preserve and strengthen liquidity position

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           (b) Reports on Form 8-K
          

A report on Form 8-K was filed with the Commission on October 15, 2002, announcing a $1.7 billion asset-backed securitization. Reports on Form 8-K were filed with the Commission on October 23, 2002, and January 17, 2003, to report the Company’s press releases dated October 18, 2002, announcing first quarter earnings and January 16, 2003, announcing second quarter earnings, respectively.

          

Certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company filed reports on Form 8-K during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2002, reporting monthly information related to securitization trusts.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

         

AmeriCredit Corp.


          (Registrant)

Date: September 29, 2003

   By:   

/s/ Preston A. Miller


          (Signature)
         

Preston A. Miller

         

Executive Vice President,

         

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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