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GM Financial Announces $1.3 Billion Senior Subordinate Asset-Backed Securitization

GM Financial announced pricing of a $1.3 billion offering of automobile receivables through lead managers Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS and Wells Fargo Securities.

by Staff
September 11, 2012
2 min to read


FORT WORTH, Texas — General Motors Financial Company (GM Financial) announced the pricing of a $1.3 billion offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through lead managers Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS and Wells Fargo Securities. Co-managers are Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, and RBC Capital Markets. GM Financial uses net proceeds from securitization transactions for long-term financing of its receivables. The securities will be issued via an owner trust, AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-4, in seven classes of notes:

Note Class




Amount




Average Life




Price




Interest Rate

A-1




$

191,100,000




0.18 years




100

.00000




0

.30000%

A-2





462,000,000




0.99 years




99

.99656




0

.49%

A-3





270,280,000




2.26 years




99

.98423




0

.67%

B





99,470,000




3.04 years




99

.98102




1

.31%

C





123,480,000




3.59 years




99

.98550




1

.93%

D





121,430,000




4.04 years




99

.96607




2

.68%

E





32,240,000




4.05 years




99

.98364




3

.82%





$

1,300,000,000































The weighted average coupon on the notes to be paid by GM Financial is 1.5 percent. The note classes are rated by Fitch and Standard & Poor’s. The ratings by note class will be at least:

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Note Class




Fitch




S&P

A-1




F1+ (sf)




A-1+ (sf)

A-2




AAA (sf)




AAA (sf)

A-3




AAA (sf)




AAA (sf)

B




AA (sf)




AA (sf)

C




A (sf)




A (sf)

D




BBB (sf)




BBB (sf)

E




BB (sf)




BB (sf)










The 2012-4 transaction will have initial credit enhancement of 7.25 percent, consisting of a 2 percent cash deposit and 5.25 percent overcollateralization. Total required enhancement will build to 14.25 percent of the then-outstanding receivable pool balance, which includes the initial 2 percent cash deposit.

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