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AmeriCredit Corp. Stock Split

18 August 1998

AmeriCredit Corp. Announces Stock Split

    FORT WORTH, Texas--Aug. 18, 1998--Americredit Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 2-for-1 stock split in the form of a 100% stock dividend for shareholders of record at the close of business on September 11, 1998, payable on September 30, 1998.
    AmeriCredit is a national consumer finance company specializing in purchasing, securitizing and servicing automobile loans and originating and selling home equity loans. AmeriCredit maintains a web site at http://www.americredit.com that contains further information on the Company.