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Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Dealership

7 July 1999

Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Dealership In Greater Harrisburg, Pa. Area

    LAS VEGAS--July 7, 1999--Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. (OTC BB:UPCA)(Uniprime) announced today that it has acquired a dealership just outside of Harrisburg, Pa.
    Moving quickly on the heels of its recent acquisition of Addy's Harbor Imports in Conway, a short distance from the center of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Uniprime today announced the acquisition of Curtis Ford, a Ford & Mercury dealership in New Bloomfield, Pa., approximately 16 miles NW of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania.
    New Bloomfield is an upscale, middle-class community serving the state capital, and many of the residents are government employees. This was one of the main attractions from the Uniprime point of view when doing their demographic study as it underscores the stability of the area and the lack of turnover due to on-going, career government employment. The demographic studies also show that within a 30 minute driving radius the dealership will be able to draw upon a population of 200,000, enough to meet target projections for both sales and service.
    The official takeover date is set for July 7th.
    This well established facility sits on 6 acres and has a showroom for the two vehicle lines as well as service and parts departments.
    Since the dealership has been under-managed for a period of time, this has been reflected in its sales performance. Uniprime expects that once its "OK DEAL" selling system with a fully trained staff, plus its advertising and non-prime finance departments are all in full operation, it will be able to increase new and used vehicle sales from its current modest level of approximately 30 units per month to approximately 125 units per month, with a sizeable increase in vehicle gross profits as well.
    Gross Revenues are expected to be in the range of $28 -- $30 million annually with $1.15 million in net profits on anticipated annual sales volume of 1,500 new and used vehicles.
    Uniprime Capital Acceptance, Inc. is embarking upon an aggressive dealership acquisition program and looking to acquire a minimum of fifty (50) retail automotive dealerships over a 3 1/2 year period, which it believes will place it among the top ten mega-dealership groups in the country in overall unit sales.

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