SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -

This week, Credit Acceptance Corp. announced plans to offer $300 million of senior notes due in 2021.

Company officials said they intend to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under their revolving credit facility, to redeem in full the $350.0 million outstanding principal amount of their 9.125 percent first priority senior secured notes due in 2017 in accordance with the terms of the indenture governing the 2017 notes.

"Pending this application of the net proceeds from the offering, the net proceeds may be invested in short-term investments or applied to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility without reducing the lenders' commitments thereunder," Credit Acceptance said.

The notes will be offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

"This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction," company officials said.

"The notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute a notice of redemption with respect to the 2017 notes or an obligation to issue any such notice of redemption," they went on to say.