CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   April 2, 2007

CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Michigan 000-20202 38-1999511
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
25505 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 3000, Southfield, Michigan   48034-8339
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   248-353-2700

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 2, 2007, Credit Acceptance Corporation (the "Company") appointed Steven M. Jones President of the Company, effective immediately. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Brett A. Roberts, who assumed the position of President in late 2006 upon the departure of the Company’s former President, will no longer serve as President but continues as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Jones, age 43, has served as the Company’s Chief Originations Officer since June 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Jones was named the Company’s Chief Analytics Officer in December 2004, Chief Administrative Officer in November 2003, and Managing Director Credit Acceptance Corporation UK Limited in December 2001. He joined the Company in October 1997.





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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

         
    CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
          
April 4, 2007   By:   /s/ Kenneth S. Booth
       
        Name: Kenneth S. Booth
        Title: Chief Financial Officer