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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2019
Registration No. 333-228964
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
To
FORM SF-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
John Deere Receivables LLC
(Depositor)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA | 38-4090077 | 333-228964 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | (Commission File Number of Depositor) | ||
0001762590 | 0000027673 | John Deere Capital Corporation | ||
(Central Index Key Number of Depositor) | (Current Index Key Number of Sponsor) | (Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in its Charter) |
Suite 100
10587 Double R Blvd.
Reno, Nevada 89521
(775) 786-5527
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Todd E. Davies
Deere & Company
One John Deere Place
Moline, Illinois 61265-8098
(309) 765-5161
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
Jeffrey S. O’Connor, P.C. | Giselle M. Barth | |
Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Sidley Austin LLP | |
300 North LaSalle | 787 Seventh Avenue | |
Chicago, Illinois 606054 | New York, New York 10019 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form SF-3 are to be offered pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒
If this Form SF-3 is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form SF-3 is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered (1) | Amount to be Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit | Proposed Maximum Price | Amount of Registration Fee(4) | ||||
Asset Backed Notes | (2)(3) | 100% | (2)(3) | (2)(3) | ||||
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(1) | The Asset Backed Notes will be issued by trusts established by John Deere Receivables LLC (the “Registrant”). |
(2) | John Deere Receivables LLC, the Registrant under this registration statement, and John Deere Receivables, Inc. are wholly-owned subsidiaries of John Deere Capital Corporation. John Deere Receivables, Inc. previously registered $14,000,000,000 of securities under an existing registration statement, file number 333-208068, originally filed on November 17, 2015 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). As of the date of this filing, $9,258,270,000 of such securities remain unsold under the Prior Registration Statement (the “Unsold Securities”) and results in unused registration fees in the amount of $932,307.79 (the “Unused Filing Fee”). Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act of 1933, a portion of the Unused Filing Fee in the amount of $932,307.73 is offset against the registration fees due in connection with the registration of $7,692,308,000 of asset backed notes under this Registration Statement. The offering of the Unsold Securities under the Prior Registration Statement will be terminated and will be withdrawn upon the effectiveness of this Registration Statement. |
(3) | An unspecified additional amount of asset backed notes of each identified class is also being registered as may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices after the Registrant uses the Unused Filing Fees applied to this Registration Statement. The Registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fees for such additional asset backed notes in accordance with Rule 456(c) and 457(s) of the Securities Act. |
(4) | Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(s) of the Securities Act of 1933. |
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to Completion, [•], 20[•]
PROSPECTUS DATED [•], 20[•]
$[•]
John Deere Owner Trust 20[•]
Issuing Entity (CIK: [ ])
Aggregate Principal Amount | Class of Notes | |||
$[•] | Class A-1[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | ||
$[•] | Class A-2[A][*][**] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | ||
[$[•] | Class A-2B[*][**] | [LIBOR][•] plus [•]% Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes] | ||
$[•] | Class A-3[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | ||
$[•] | Class A-4[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | ||
[$[•] | Class B[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes] |
[* | NOTE: The number of classes is for illustrative purposes only. In a particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes offered.] |
[** | NOTE: the class A-2 notes are divided into fixed and floating rate classes for illustrative purposes only. In any particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes divided into fixed interest rate and floating interest rate classes.] |
John Deere Receivables LLC, Seller and Depositor (CIK:0001762590)
John Deere Capital Corporation, Sponsor and Servicer (CIK: 0000027673)
The notes represent obligations of the issuing entity only and do not represent obligations of or interests in John Deere Receivables LLC, John Deere Capital Corporation, Deere & Company or any of their affiliates.
The trust will own receivables consisting of [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts secured by new and used [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment, the security interests in the equipment financed thereby and the proceeds thereof.
Investing in the notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” on page 11 of this prospectus.
Interest | Price | Underwriting Discounts and Commissions | Proceeds to Depositor | Final Payment Date | ||||||
Class A-1 Notes[(1)] [*] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•] | |||||
Class A-2[A] Notes[(1)][*][**] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•] | |||||
[Class A-2B Notes[(1)][*][**] | [LIBOR][•] plus [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]] | |||||
Class A-3 Notes[(1)] [*] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•] | |||||
Class A-4 Notes[(1)] [*] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•] | |||||
[Class B Notes[(1)] [*] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]] | |||||
Total | $ | $ | $ |
[(1) | [[•]% of t][T]he [class [•]] notes will be retained by the [depositor][sponsor] or its affiliate on the closing date.] |
[* | NOTE: The number of classes is for illustrative purposes only. In a particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes offered.] |
[** | NOTE: The class A-2 notes are divided into fixed and floating rate classes for illustrative purposes only. In any particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes divided into fixed interest rate and floating interest rate classes.] |
The trust will pay interest and principal on the notes on the [•] day of each month or, if the [•] day is not a business day, on the next business day. The first distribution date will be [•], 20[•].
[Until the class A-1 notes are paid in full, the class A-1 notes will receive all distributions in respect of principal. After the class A-1 notes have been paid in full, principal payments on each payment date generally will be allocated between the remaining class A notes and the class B notes as described in this prospectus until the outstanding principal amount of the class B notes has been reduced to (and so long as it remains at) a specified floor amount, at which time the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes.] [The trust will enter into an interest rate hedge agreement with [ ] to hedge its floating interest rate obligations on the class [ ] notes.]
[[[•]% of t][T]he [class [•]] notes will be retained by the [depositor][sponsor] or its affiliate on the closing date and [, to the extent not necessary to satisfy credit risk retention requirements,] such notes may be sold at any time directly, including through a placement agent, or through underwriters.]
The issuing entity will have a reserve account in the initial amount of $[•] (equal to [•]% of the initial note value) that will provide credit enhancement for the notes to the extent described in this prospectus. Additionally, the certificate is subordinated to the notes to the extent described in this prospectus. [Insert description of other forms of credit enhancement as required by Item 1114(b) or 1115 or Regulation AB.]
Delivery of the notes in book-entry form only will be made on or about [•], 20[•].
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
[NAMES OF UNDERWRITERS]
The date of this prospectus is [•], 20[•].
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[To be included in Rule 424(h) filing of each pay-as-you-go takedown:]
[CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered (1) | Amount to be Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(1) | Proposed Maximum Price(1) | Amount of Registration Fee[(2)][(3)] | ||||
Asset Backed Notes | $ | 100% | $ | $ | ||||
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(1) | Estimated solely for purposes of calculating registration fee. |
[(2) | $[ ] of the registration fee related to the securities offered hereby is being offset, pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by the registration fee paid in connection with $[ ] of unissued asset-backed notes previously registered in connection with the [ ] filed by the depositor pursuant to [ ] on [ ], 20[ ].] |
[(3) | Pursuant to Rule 456(c) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, [the remaining registration fee related to the asset-backed notes offered hereby after offsetting the amounts described in footnote (2) above is paid herewith] / [the registration fee related to the asset-backed notes offered hereby is paid herewith].] |
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You should rely only on the information contained in this document or on information to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. The information in this document may only be accurate on the date of this document.
Content of Prospectus
This prospectus only relates to the notes. The certificate is not offered under this document.
We include cross-references in this prospectus to captions in this document where you can find further related discussions. The table of contents beginning on page [ ] of this prospectus provides the pages on which these captions are located.
This prospectus provides information regarding the pool of receivables held by the issuing entity and the terms of your notes.
You can find a listing of the pages where capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined under the caption “Index of Terms” beginning on page [ ] in this prospectus.
In this prospectus, “we” refers to John Deere Receivables LLC.
Dealer Prospectus Delivery Obligation
Until [•], 20[•], all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealer’s obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as an underwriter and with respect to its unsold allotments or subscriptions. Such delivery obligations may be satisfied by filing the prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
If you have received an electronic prospectus from an underwriter within the period during which there is an obligation to deliver a prospectus, the depositor or the underwriter will promptly deliver, or cause to be delivered, without charge, to you a paper copy of the prospectus upon receipt of a request by you or your representative.
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The following summary is a short description of the main terms of the notes. To fully understand the offering of the offered notes (as defined below), you will need to read this prospectus in its entirety. You will find a detailed description of the terms of the notes following this summary.
Class of Notes | Aggregate Principal Amount | Interest Rate | ||
A-1 | $[•] | [•]% | ||
A-2[A] | $[•] | [•]% | ||
[A-2B | $[•] | Floating Rate] | ||
A-3 | $[•] | [•]% | ||
A-4 | $[•] | [•]% | ||
[B | $[•] | [•]%] |
[*NOTE: While this prospectus describes [four][five] classes of class A notes and one class of class B notes, this description is for illustrative purposes only and there may be more or fewer classes of class A notes and/or class B notes in any transaction.]
[The class [A-2]A notes and the class [A-2]B notes are collectively sometimes referred to as the “class [A-2] notes”. The class [A-2]A notes and the class [A-2]B notes have equal rights to payments of principal and interest, which will be made ratably.]
[The interest rate for each class of notes will be a [fixed rate][,] [a floating rate,] [or a combination of a fixed and floating rate if that class has both a fixed rate class and a floating rate class]. [For example, the class [A-2] notes are divided into fixed and floating rate classes, and the class [A-2]A notes are the fixed rate notes and the class [A-2]B notes are the floating rate notes. We refer in this prospectus to notes that bear interest at a floating rate as “floating rate notes,” and to notes that bear interest at a fixed rate as “fixed rate notes.”]
[The issuing entity will also issue $[•] of class [•] [•]% notes which are not being offered by this prospectus. The class [•] notes are not being publicly registered and are anticipated to be retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof on the closing date [and may be sold at any time directly by the depositor, including through a placement agent or underwriters]. [Information about the class [•] notes is set forth herein solely to provide a better understanding of the [class A-1,] [class A-2[A],] [class A-2B,] [class A-3[,]][and][class A-4 notes] [and class B notes].]]
[The [class A-1,] [class A-2[A],] [class A-2B,] [class A-3 [,]][and] [class A-4 notes] [and class B notes] are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “offered notes”.]
The notes will be in book-entry form clearing through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the account of its participants, including Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. See “Description of the Notes —Book-Entry, Delivery and Form” in this prospectus.
John Deere Owner Trust 20[•] (the “trust”).
John Deere Receivables LLC (the “depositor”).
John Deere Capital Corporation (“JDCC” or the “sponsor” or the “servicer”).
The servicer will designate Deere Credit Services, Inc. (“Deere Credit Services”), a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deere & Company (“Deere” and, with its wholly owned subsidiaries, “John Deere”), as its agent to service the receivables.
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[●] | (the “indenture trustee”). |
[●] | (the “owner trustee”). |
Asset Representations Reviewer
[●] | (the “asset representations reviewer”). |
[Initial Interest Rate Hedge Counterpart[y][ies]
The initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] are identified in this prospectus and will have the long-term credit ratings, or will be supported by entities with the long-term credit ratings, set forth under “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]—The Initial Interest Rate Hedge Counterpart[y][ies]”.]
[●], | 20[●]. |
Payments on the notes will be made on the [•] day of each calendar month (or, if not a business day, the next business day), beginning [•], 20[•].
[In addition, if any class A-1 notes remain outstanding after the payment date on [•], 20[•], a special payment date for the payment of interest and principal on the class A-1 notes will occur on [•], 20[•], and will be the final payment date for the class A-1 notes.]
The interest rate for each class of notes is specified above. Interest on the class A-1 note[s, the class A-2B notes,] [the class A-3 notes] [and][,] [the class A-4 notes] [and the class B notes]] will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in the applicable interest period divided by 360. Interest on the class A-2[A] notes, the class A-3 notes [and,] the class A-4 notes [and the class B notes] will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. [Interest will not be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until all interest due on the class A notes on that payment date has been paid.]
[Interest on the floating rate notes will be calculated based on [LIBOR][•] (as defined herein) plus the applicable spread set forth on the cover page to this prospectus. The indenture trustee will determine [LIBOR][•] for each interest period on the [LIBOR][•] Determination Date (as defined herein). All determinations of [LIBOR][•] by the indenture trustee, in the absence of manifest error, will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the noteholders.]
The aggregate amount of principal payable on the notes on each payment date will generally be equal to the reduction in the note value of the receivables during a collection period. The note value of the receivables on any payment date is the present value of the unpaid scheduled payments on the receivables, discounted at [•]%. The discount rate will be established based on, among other things, market interest rates at the time the interest rates on the notes are determined. As of [•], 20[•] (the “cut-off date”), the initial note value is $[•] (the “initial note value”).
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[Until the class A-1 notes are paid in full, the class A-1 notes will receive all distributions in respect of principal. After the class A-1 notes have been paid in full, principal payments on each payment date generally will be allocated between the remaining class A notes and the class B notes as described in this prospectus until the outstanding principal amount of the class B notes has been reduced to (and so long as it remains at) a specified floor amount, at which time the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes. Additionally, any shortfall in the amount of funds available for principal payments on any payment date on which both the class A notes and class B notes would otherwise be entitled to receive principal payments will reduce the principal payment on the class B notes before the principal payment on the class A notes is reduced.
For a more detailed description of the Class B floor, see “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions.”]
Amounts allocated to payment of the principal of the [class A] notes will be applied in the following order of priority:
● | first, to payment in full of the class A-1 notes;[*] |
● | second, to payment in full of [each of] the class A-2[A] notes[ and the class A-2B notes, ratably];[*] |
● | third, to payment in full of the class A-3 notes; and[*] |
● | fourth, to payment in full of the class A-4 notes.[*] |
[*NOTE: This priority of principal payments is for illustrative purposes only. More, different or fewer classes of notes may pay principal pro rata with another class, or all of the classes may pay principal sequentially.]
[Following an event of default and acceleration of the notes, payments (including payments funded from proceeds from the sale of the receivables in connection with an event of default as described in this prospectus under the heading “Description of the Notes—The Indenture—Events of Default; Rights upon Event of Default”) will be made, after payment of fees, ratably to the [class A] noteholders first based on the amount of interest due on each note (in the case of payments of interest) and then based on the outstanding principal balance (in the case of payments of principal) until the principal balance of all of the [class A] notes is reduced to zero [, and thereafter to the class B noteholders until the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to zero].]
[The class A-1 notes will benefit from a “turbo” feature that applies the aggregate available funds on a payment date (after payment of administrator’s fees, interest on the notes[, the payments due to the hedge counterparty (other than certain subordinated hedge termination payments)], any required deposits in the reserve account, servicing fees, fees and expenses of the indenture trustee, the owner trustee and the trust and more senior allocations to repay principal on such notes on such payment date) to pay principal on the Class A-1 Notes until paid in full.]
See “Description of the Notes” and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” for additional detail on some of the calculations described above and for special priority rules that would apply under certain circumstances. A collection period for a payment date is the fiscal month specified in the sale and servicing agreement, which will end prior to that payment date.
The principal amount of each class of notes, to the extent not previously repaid, will be payable in full on the payment date specified below:
Class of Notes | Final Payment Date | |
A-1 | [•] | |
A-2[A] | [•] | |
[A-2B | [•]] | |
A-3 | [•] | |
A-4 | [•] | |
[B | [•]] |
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The servicer has the right to purchase the remaining receivables on any payment date when the note value of the receivables has become equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value of the receivables as of the cut-off date. If the servicer exercises this right, the [class A] notes outstanding at that time will be redeemed in full at a price equal to their unpaid principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest.
In general, the collections received in respect of the receivables in a collection period and any net investment earnings on the trust’s short-term investments from amounts deposited in the collection account and the reserve account will be applied on the next payment date in the following amounts and the following order of priority:
1. | [servicing fee to the servicer;] |
2. | administration fee to the administrator; |
3. | review fees to the asset representations reviewer, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[•] in any calendar year; |
4. | [any Net Hedge Payments due to [the] [an] interest rate hedge counterparty;] |
5. | interest on the [class A] notes [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest rate hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balances of the class A notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class A notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
6. | [interest on the class B notes] [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest rate hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balance of the class B notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class B notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
7. | principal on the notes in the priority described under “Description of the Notes—Payments of Principal”; |
8. | amount, if any, required to be deposited into the reserve account; |
9. | servicing fee to the servicer; provided that if JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is not the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid prior to any other application of funds on deposit in the collection account; |
10. | any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the indenture trustee, to the indenture trustee; |
11. | any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the owner trustee, to the owner trustee; |
12. | any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the asset representations reviewer (including as a result of the cap set forth in clause [(3)] above), to the asset representations reviewer; and |
13. | remaining amounts, if any, to the certificate distribution account. |
See “Description of the Notes” and “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” for additional details, including the amount of principal to be distributed, the priority of payments of principal on the notes and special priority rules that apply under certain circumstances.
The indenture will provide that if an “Event of Default” occurs and is continuing, then the indenture trustee or the holders of notes representing a majority of the outstanding amount of notes may declare the unpaid principal amount of the notes and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon immediately due and payable. Such “Events of Default” include:
(i) | default in the payment of interest on any note which continues for a period of five days; |
(ii) | default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any note when due and payable; |
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(iii) | default in the observance and performance of certain covenants or representations which default is not cured or otherwise eliminated within a specified grace period; and |
(iv) | the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events with respect to the trust or a substantial part of the trust estate. |
The servicer will be entitled to receive a servicing fee for each collection period in an amount equal to [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the first day of the collection period[; provided that in the case of the first payment date, the servicing fee will be an amount equal to the sum of (a) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the cut-off date (for the [•] collection period) and (b) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of [•], 20[•] (for the [•] collection period)].
So long as JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid after payments are made to the noteholders and to the reserve account as set forth in this prospectus. If JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC ceases to be the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid prior to any other application of funds on deposit in the collection account. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Servicing Compensation” in this prospectus.
On the closing date, the trust will also issue a certificate representing an undivided equity interest in the trust. The certificate [will not have a principal balance and] will not bear interest. On each payment date, the holder of the certificate will be entitled only to amounts remaining after payment of interest and principal due on the notes, payment of certain fees and expenses of the trust and any required deposit to the reserve account on such payment date. The certificate is not being offered hereby and will be retained by the depositor. The depositor’s retention of the certificate is intended to satisfy a portion of the sponsor’s risk retention obligation. See “Credit Risk Retention” in this prospectus for more information.
The trust will own only the following property:
● | the receivables and all monies due under the receivables on and after the cut-off date; |
● | the rights of the depositor under the purchase agreement; |
● | bank accounts into which those collections are deposited and the short-term investments made from those collections; |
● | security interests in the equipment financed under the receivables; |
● | the reserve account; |
● | any proceeds of repossessed equipment; |
● | rights to proceeds from certain insurance policies covering equipment financed under the receivables or obligors on the receivables; |
● | [Net Hedge Receipts and hedge termination payments from the interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies];] and |
● | any proceeds of the foregoing. |
The receivables will consist of [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts secured by new and used [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment, the security interests in the equipment financed thereby and the proceeds thereof. See “The Receivables Pool” for additional information regarding the receivables. On or prior to the closing date, the trust will purchase receivables having an aggregate principal balance plus accrued interest of approximately $[•] as of the cut-off date. [As of the cut-off date, the receivables had the following characteristics:
[POOL INFORMATION TO BE ADDED]
See “The Receivables Pool” for additional information regarding the receivables.
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[[•] receivables in the pool of receivables constitute exceptions to the underwriting criteria of JDCC, as described in “The Receivables Pool—Underwriting Criteria for Receivables” and “—Origination” in this prospectus.]]
Repurchases of Receivables ; Asset Representations Review
The depositor will be obligated to repurchase any receivable from the trust if:
● | the interest of the trust or the noteholders is materially adversely affected by a breach of any representation or warranty made by the depositor or JDCC with respect to the receivable; and |
● | the breach has not been cured following the discovery by or notice to the depositor of the breach. |
JDCC will be obligated to repurchase the receivable from the depositor under the purchase agreement contemporaneously with the depositor’s repurchase from the trust. The obligation of the depositor to repurchase any receivable with respect to which JDCC has breached a representation or warranty is subject to JDCC’s repurchase of the receivable. In general, this repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to noteholders, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or the certificateholder in respect of the trust for any uncured breach. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” in this prospectus.
In addition, consistent with its normal procedures, the servicer or the sub-servicer may, in its discretion, arrange with the obligor on a receivable to extend or modify the payment schedule for such receivable. Some of such arrangements may result in the servicer repurchasing the receivable for the purchase amount.
In addition, if the delinquency trigger is met or exceeded for a collection period and noteholders holding a majority of the outstanding principal balance of the notes of voting noteholders vote to direct an asset representations review as described under “The Receivables Pool—Asset Representations Review,” the asset representations reviewer will review all [60] day or more delinquent receivables to determine if certain representations and warranties made by the sponsor with regard to the receivables in the purchase agreement were satisfied. For a description of the asset representations review process, see “The Receivables Pool—Asset Representations Review” in this prospectus.
Subordination of the Certificate
The certificate, representing overcollateralization, will serve as credit enhancement for the notes, because on each payment date the certificate will only be entitled to receive excess cashflow, if any, remaining after payment of interest and principal due on the notes, payment of certain fees and expenses of the trust and any required deposit to the reserve account.
On the closing date, the initial note value will exceed the initial principal amount of the notes by approximately [•]%, which represents the amount of initial overcollateralization. On each payment date, the amount of principal required to be paid on the notes will be an amount equal to the reduction in the note value of the receivables during the related collection period (plus any principal shortfalls from prior payment dates), which is intended to maintain the amount of initial overcollateralization.
[Subordination of the Class B Notes]
[The class B notes will serve as credit enhancement for all of the class A notes because:
● | no interest will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until all of the interest due on the class A notes on such payment date has been paid; |
● | no principal will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until the principal payable on the class A notes on such payment date (other than any reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount) has been paid; and |
● | if the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to a specified floor, so long as any class A notes remain outstanding, the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes.] |
● | The trust will have a reserve account. Funds in the reserve account will be used to cover shortfalls in required payments on the notes [and hedge payments]. |
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● | On the closing date, $[●] (equal to [●]% of the initial note value) will be on deposit in the reserve account. |
● | As of any payment date, the amount on deposit in the reserve account will be required to equal [the lesser of (a)] [●]% of the initial note value [and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the [class A] notes]. [However, if the specified reserve reduction trigger is met on the payment date in [●], 20[●], [●], 20[●] or [●], 20[●], the percentage in clause (a) will be reduced to [●]% on such payment date and shall remain at such percentage for each payment date thereafter.] |
● | On each payment date, any collections on the receivables that remain after all payments having a higher priority of payment have been made will be applied, to the extent necessary, to increase the funds in the reserve account to the required amount. |
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Reserve Account and the Certificate” for a description of the required amount for the reserve account [and the specified reserve reduction trigger].
[The reserve account is expected to constitute an “eligible horizontal cash reserve account” under Regulation RR, and the sponsor intends (by itself or through a majority-owned affiliate) to establish and fund the reserve account in partial satisfaction of its risk retention obligations. See “Credit Risk Retention” in this prospectus for more information.]
[Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]]
[The trust will enter into [an] interest rate swap agreement[s] or similar interest rate hedging agreement[s], such as [an] interest rate cap agreement[s], with [an] [one or more] counterpart[y][ies] to hedge its floating rate interest obligations on the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [Class B] notes. The notional amount of such interest rate hedge agreement[s] will be equal to, or greater than, the outstanding principal amount of the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [Class B] notes, as applicable.]
[Under [the] [each] interest rate hedge agreement, for each interest period, the interest rate hedge counterparty’s payments will be calculated based on [LIBOR][●], and the trust’s payments will be calculated based on a fixed rate, as follows: ]
[Class A-1 Interest Rate Hedge | [●]%] | |
[Class A-2B Interest Rate Hedge | [●]%] | |
[Class A-3 Interest Rate Hedge | [●]%] | |
[Class A-4 Interest Rate Hedge | [●]%] | |
[Class B Interest Rate Hedge | [●]%] |
[[Each] [The] interest rate swap agreement or similar interest rate hedging agreement will terminate on the final scheduled maturity date for the related class of notes or earlier as described in “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s].”]
[To the extent that interest calculated on any payment date based on [LIBOR][●] exceeds interest calculated based on the applicable stated fixed rate: ]
[the [applicable] interest rate hedge counterparty will be obligated to pay an amount equal to the excess to the trust; and]
[that payment will constitute a portion of available collections.]
[Under an interest rate cap, the trust will be obligated to make an upfront payment to the counterparty, but will not be obligated to make further payments during the term of the cap. To the extent that [LIBOR][●] exceeds the specified cap rate for any payment date, the counterparty will be obligated to pay the trust an amount based on the excess. If [LIBOR][●] is below the specified cap rate for a payment date, no payment will be made for that payment date.]
[Likewise, to the extent that interest calculated based on the applicable stated fixed rate exceeds interest calculated based on [LIBOR][●], the trust will be obligated to pay an amount equal to the excess to the [applicable] interest rate hedge counterparty.]
[Net hedge payments rank higher in priority than interest payments on the notes.] [All hedge termination payments are pro rata with interest on the class of notes to which the [applicable] interest rate hedge relates and senior to other payments on the notes.] The obligations of an interest rate hedge counterparty will be unsecured except under the circumstances described below.]
[For a more detailed description of the initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] and the interest rate hedge agreement[s], see “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]—The Initial Interest Rate Hedge Counterpart[y][ies],” and “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s].”]
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[Overcollateralization is the amount by which the pool balance of all receivables held by the trust [, discounted by the discount rate,] exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the notes issued by the trust. Overcollateralization will be available to absorb certain losses that noteholders would otherwise incur. The initial amount of overcollateralization will equal $[•].
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Overcollateralization.”]
[Guaranteed Investment Contract[s]]
[The trust will enter into a guaranteed investment contract to serve as an additional source of funds to pay [principal of][interest on] the class [•]) notes.] [Additional information to be provided as material.]
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Guaranteed Investment Contract[s].”]
[[Credit][Liquidity] Facility]
[The issuing entity has entered into supplemental [credit enhancement agreements][liquidity agreements] for the class [•] notes as a source of funds to pay [principal of][interest on] such class of notes.
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—[Credit][Liquidity] Facility.”]
[The trust will enter into agreements with an insurer such that the insurer will guarantee payments of [principal][interest] on the securities. [Set forth all other information (including financial information pertaining to the insurer, to the extent required).]
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Surety Bond[s].”]
[Letter[s] of Credit]
[Add description of letter of credit and issuing bank, if applicable.][See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Letter[s] of Credit”.]
[For a payment date, excess spread is equal to [•].
In general, excess spread provides a source of funds to absorb losses on the receivables. To the extent the amount of excess spread exceeds the amount of any losses, it is available to pay principal on the notes. This causes the principal of the notes to be paid more rapidly than the principal of the receivables, which increases the amount of overcollateralization.
For more details about the use of excess spread as credit enhancement, you should read “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Excess Spread”.]
In the opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special federal tax counsel for the trust, the [offered][class A] notes will be [and the class B notes should be] characterized as debt for federal income tax purposes, to the extent the [offered] [class A] [class B] notes are treated as beneficially owned by a person other than the sponsor or its affiliates for such purposes, and the trust will not be characterized as a separate entity that is an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. See “Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Certain Iowa Tax Considerations” in this prospectus for information regarding the application of federal and certain state tax laws to the notes and the trust.
Subject to the considerations discussed under “ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus, the [offered][class A] notes [only] are eligible for purchase by employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)], and by other plans and arrangements that are subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
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[(the “Code”)]. [Class B notes are not eligible for purchase by employee benefit plans subject to ERISA, by other plans and arrangements subject to Section 4975 of the Code or by governmental plans, certain church plans and non-United States plans subject to other applicable federal, state or local laws or non-United States laws that impose restrictions similar to those of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.]
On the closing date, the class A-1 notes will be eligible securities for purchase by money market funds under paragraph (a)(11) of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Rule 2a-7 includes additional criteria for investments by money market funds, including additional requirements relating to portfolio maturity, liquidity and risk diversification. A money market fund purchasing class A-1 notes should consult its counsel before making a purchase.]
CUSIP NUMBERS
Each class of notes will have the following CUSIP number:
Class of Notes | CUSIP | |||
A-1 | ||||
A-2[A] | ||||
[A-2B | ] | |||
A-3 | ||||
A-4 | ||||
[B | ] |
CERTAIN INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT CONSIDERATIONS
The trust is not a “covered fund” under the regulations adopted to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule,” and is not registered or required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. In determining that the trust is not a “covered fund,” the trust is entitled to rely on the exception to the definition of “investment company” set forth in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act, although other exclusions or exemptions may also be available to the trust.
The depositor expects that the notes will receive credit ratings from two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations hired by the sponsor to rate the notes (the “hired NRSROs”). There can be no assurance that these ratings will not be lowered or withdrawn by a hired NRSRO if, in the opinion of the hired NRSRO, circumstances so warrant. JDCC has requested that each hired NRSRO maintain ongoing surveillance of its ratings assigned to the notes in accordance with the hired NRSRO’s policy, but we cannot assure you that a hired NRSRO will continue its surveillance of the ratings assigned to the notes. See “Risk Factors—Ratings of the notes may be lowered or withdrawn, or the notes may receive an unsolicited rating, which would adversely affect the value of the affected notes” in this prospectus.
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The following diagram summarizes the flow of funds relating to the transactions contemplated in this prospectus. Carefully read this prospectus for a complete description of the flow of funds.
[*Note: The flow of funds is for illustrative purposes only. In a particular transaction, there may be more or fewer steps. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments.”]
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You should consider the following risk factors in deciding whether to purchase any of the offered notes.
The notes may suffer losses because the trust’s only sources of funds are the receivables and the reserve account [and other available credit enhancement]. | The trust’s only sources of funds for making payments on the notes are collections on the receivables and funds in the reserve account[ and any other credit enhancement]. The notes will represent obligations solely of the trust and are not guaranteed or otherwise insured by the depositor, JDCC, Deere, any of their affiliates or any other entity. Consequently, noteholders must rely for repayment upon payments on the receivables and, if and to the extent available, amounts on deposit in the reserve account[ and any other credit enhancement]. |
Losses on the receivables may cause losses on the notes | Delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on all receivables are affected by economic or credit conditions generally. Adverse economic conditions affecting any state or region could increase delinquency, credit loss or repossession experience of the receivables originated in that state or region. |
Delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on agricultural equipment receivables may be affected by: |
● | government farm programs and policies, commodity market prices, harvest yields and real estate values; |
● | weather conditions such as flood, drought and early frost, or natural disasters; and |
● | the level of farmers’ income and/or cash flow. |
[Delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on turf equipment receivables may be affected by: |
● | the level of consumers’ income and/or cash flow; and |
● | the severity and timing of weather patterns.] |
Delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on construction equipment receivables may be affected by: |
● | real estate values, the level of housing starts and interest rates; and |
● | the level of nonresidential construction. |
[Delinquencies, repossessions and net losses on forestry equipment receivables may be affected by: |
● | changes in demand for forestry products; and |
● | prices for pulp and lumber.] |
[Sustained negative economic conditions and outlook could affect the U.S. housing market and other construction activities and may negatively impact one or more of the receivables listed above and may otherwise continue to affect delinquencies, repossessions and net losses.] If losses are incurred on the receivables and the funds in the reserve account are not sufficient to cover the resulting shortfalls in payments due on the notes, the noteholders may incur losses on their notes. If an event of default occurs in respect of the notes, the receivables may be sold to repay the notes. |
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Generally, when an account becomes 120 days delinquent, accrual of finance income is suspended, the collateral is repossessed, or the account is designated for litigation. There can be no assurance that the delinquency, repossession and net loss experience on the receivables will be comparable to JDCC’s prior experience or that new factors will not materially affect this experience in the future. |
The notes may suffer losses if the interests of other persons in the receivables are superior to the trust’s interest | To facilitate servicing and to minimize administrative burden and expense, the servicer will be appointed as custodian for the receivables by the trust, but will not stamp the receivables to reflect the sale and assignment of the receivables to the trust, nor amend the financing statements, if any, filed to perfect the security interest in the equipment financed thereby (the “financed equipment”) or the certificates of title, if applicable, of the financed equipment. [In the case of turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, the trust’s security interest in the financed equipment is based on the automatically perfected purchase money security interest transferred from JDCC and the depositor. Except in limited circumstances, no financing statements are filed with respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases]. |
Financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) will be filed reflecting the sale of the receivables by JDCC to the depositor and by the depositor to the trust. However, because the servicer will maintain possession of the receivables and not segregate or mark the receivables as belonging to the trust, another person could acquire an interest in a receivable evidenced by a tangible contract that is superior to the trust’s interest by obtaining physical possession of the document representing that receivable without knowledge of the assignment of the receivable to the trust. Additionally, another person could acquire an interest in a receivable evidenced by an electronic contract that is superior to the trust’s interest in the receivable if the servicer loses control over the authoritative copy of the contract and another party purchases the receivable evidenced by the contract without knowledge of the trust’s interest. If the servicer loses control over the contract through fraud, forgery, negligence or error, or as a result of a computer virus or a hacker’s actions or otherwise, a person other than the trust may be able to modify or duplicate the authoritative copy of the contract. If another person acquires an interest in a receivable that is superior to the trust’s interest in the receivable, some or all of the collections on that receivable may not be available to make payment on the notes. For more information about the security interest in the receivables, see “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables” in this prospectus. |
In the absence of amendments to the certificates of title, the trust may not have perfected security interests in the financed equipment securing the receivables originated in some states. [In the absence of financing statements being filed with respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, a purchaser of such turf equipment from the obligor may take the equipment free of the trust’s security interest if the purchaser, without knowledge of the trust’s security interest, buys the equipment for value and primarily for the buyer’s personal, family or household purposes.] The trust’s not having first priority perfected security interests or perfected purchase money security interests in some of the financed equipment securing the receivables may adversely affect the trust’s ability to realize on the collateral securing those receivables, and thus may reduce the proceeds available to make payments on the notes. |
In addition, the depositor will be obligated to repurchase any receivable (and JDCC will be obligated to purchase the receivable from the depositor contemporaneously with the depositor’s repurchase from the trust) sold to the trust as to which a perfected security interest in the name of JDCC in the financed equipment securing the receivable does not exist as of the date the trust purchased that receivable if: |
● | the failure to have a perfected security interest materially adversely affects the interest of the trust or the noteholders in the receivable; and |
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● | the failure has not been cured by the last day of the second, or, if the depositor elects, the first, month following the discovery by or notice to the depositor of the breach. |
If the security interest in the financed equipment is not perfected, the rights of the depositor, the trust and the indenture trustee to enforce that security interest to obtain payment on the related receivable may be impaired. To the extent the security interest in the financed equipment is perfected, the trust will have a prior claim over subsequent purchasers of the financed equipment and holders of subsequently perfected security interests. However, as against mechanics’ liens or liens for taxes unpaid by an obligor under a receivable, or through fraud or negligence, the trust could lose the priority of its security interest or its security interest in the financed equipment. Neither the depositor nor the servicer will have any obligation to repurchase a receivable as to which any of the aforementioned occurrences result in the trust’s losing the priority of its security interest or its security interest in the financed equipment after the date the trust purchased the receivable. |
The proceeds from the sale of any receivable may not cover the principal and interest payments on | The net proceeds of any sale of the receivables or the related financed equipment following an event of default may not cover the principal and interest due on the notes. In addition, until the final payment date for a class of notes, the amount of principal required to be paid on the notes of that class is limited to the amount available for the payment. Consequently, the failure to pay principal on a class of notes will not be an event of default until the final payment date for that class of notes. |
Ratings of the notes may be lowered or | A rating is not a recommendation to purchase, hold or sell securities, inasmuch as the rating does not comment as to market price or suitability for a particular investor. |
The ratings of the notes address the likelihood of the timely payment of interest on and the ultimate repayment of principal of the notes pursuant to their terms. There is no assurance that a rating will remain for any given period of time or that a rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency if in its judgment circumstances in the future so warrant. Additionally, we note that a hired NRSRO may have a conflict of interest where, as is the case with the ratings of the notes, the sponsor or the issuer of a note pays the fees charged by the hired NRSRO for its rating services. |
The sponsor has retained the hired NRSROs to assign ratings on the notes. The sponsor has not hired any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or “NRSRO,” to assign ratings on the notes and is not aware that any other NRSRO has assigned ratings on the notes. However, under Rule 17g-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), information provided to a hired NRSRO for the purpose of assigning or monitoring the ratings on the notes is required to be made available to any qualified NRSRO in order to make it possible for such non-hired NRSROs to assign unsolicited ratings on the notes. An unsolicited rating could be assigned at any time, including prior to the closing date, and none of the depositor, the sponsor, the underwriters or any of their affiliates will have any obligation to inform you of any unsolicited ratings assigned after the date of this prospectus. NRSROs, including the hired NRSROs, have different methodologies, criteria, models and requirements. If any non-hired NRSRO assigns an unsolicited rating on the notes, there can be no assurance that such rating will not be lower than the ratings provided by the hired NRSROs, which could adversely affect the market value of your notes and/or limit your ability to resell your notes and, for regulated entities, could affect the status of the notes as a legal investment or the capital treatment of the notes. Investors in the notes should consult with their legal counsel regarding the effect of the issuance of a rating by a non-hired NRSRO that is lower than the ratings issued by the hired NRSROs. In addition, if the sponsor fails to make available to the non-hired |
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NRSROs any information provided to any hired NRSRO for the purpose of assigning or monitoring the ratings on the notes, a hired NRSRO could withdraw its ratings on the notes, which could adversely affect the market value of your notes and/or limit your ability to resell your notes. |
Additionally, if a rating is subsequently lowered or withdrawn, the value of the affected notes would be adversely affected. In that event, no person or entity will be obligated to provide any additional credit enhancement. The rating of the notes is based primarily on the credit quality of the receivables, the subordination provided by the certificate and the availability of funds in the reserve account [, and, solely in the case of the class A notes, the subordination provided by the class B notes]. |
This prospectus sets forth certain circumstances in which the hired NRSROs are requested to confirm in writing that a proposed action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of notes. This prospectus also sets forth that if notice is received from a hired NRSRO that a proposed amendment to a transaction document would result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of notes, the amendment will require the consent of a majority of the noteholders. In this transaction, one of the hired NRSROs is only required to receive 10 business days’ prior notice of a proposed action or a proposed amendment and the reduction or withdrawal by such hired NRSRO of the then current rating of any class of notes because of the proposed action or the proposed amendment would not prevent the action or require noteholder approval, as the case may be. |
JDCC or the depositor may have to repurchase receivables | JDCC will make representations and warranties with respect to the characteristics of the receivables in the pool. In certain circumstances, JDCC and the depositor may be obligated to repurchase these receivables if these representations and warranties have been breached. In general, the repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to noteholders, the certificateholder, the indenture trustee or the owner trustee in respect of the trust for any uncured breach. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” and “The Receivables Pool—Asset Representations Review” in this prospectus. |
Federal and state laws impose requirements upon creditors in connection with extensions of retail credit and collections and certain of these laws make an assignee of a contract liable to the obligor of the contract for any violation by the lender. [Many federal and state consumer protection laws regulate consumer contracts such as the turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases. If any of such turf equipment receivables do not comply with one or more of these laws, the servicer may be prevented from or delayed in collecting amounts due on the receivables.] JDCC will make representations and warranties relating to the receivables’ compliance with law and the enforceability of the related contracts. In certain circumstances, JDCC and the depositor may be required to repurchase these receivables if these representations and warranties have been breached. In general, the repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to noteholders, the certificateholder, the indenture trustee or the owner trustee in respect of the trust for any uncured breach. See “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Consumer Protection Laws” in this prospectus. |
Consistent with its normal procedures, the servicer or sub-servicer may, in its discretion and on a case-by-case basis, arrange with the obligor on a receivable to extend or modify the payment schedule. Some of these arrangements as described in this prospectus will result in the servicer purchasing the receivable for the purchase amount. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” in this prospectus. |
JDCC and its affiliates must comply with governmental laws and regulations that are subject to change and involve significant costs | JDCC and its affiliates are governed by numerous laws and subject to the supervision and examination of various regulatory agencies. In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act-”) |
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was signed into law, which significantly affects the financial services industry, including equipment financing and securitizations. The financial services industry is subject to increasing regulation, such as additional disclosure requirements and other obligations, as well as restrictions on pricing and enforcement proceedings. The Dodd-Frank Act also created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with rulemaking and enforcement authority over consumer finance businesses. |
In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) authority to act as receiver of certain financial companies and their affiliates in specific situations under the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority (“OLA”) provisions. No assurances can be given that OLA would not apply to JDCC or its affiliates, including the depositor and the trust, or, if it were to apply, would not result in a repudiation of any contract to which the entity in receivership was a party, or in the recovery of any receivables transferred under any such contract. Application of the OLA provisions (including regulations relating to OLA which the FDIC may adopt in the future) could result in delays in payments on the notes or in reductions of amounts available to make payments on the notes. See “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables—Dodd-Frank Act Orderly Liquidation Authority Provisions” in this prospectus. |
Compliance with applicable laws and regulations may be costly because new processes, forms, controls and additional infrastructure may be required to comply with new requirements. Any failure to comply with these laws and regulations could result in significant statutory civil and criminal penalties, monetary damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, possible revocation of licenses and damage to reputation, brand and valued customer relationships. Although many provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act have been implemented through rulemaking by the applicable federal regulatory agencies, some provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act remain subject to ongoing rulemaking by such federal regulatory agencies. Therefore, the full impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on the financial markets and its participants, and on the securitization market in particular, will not be known until such rulemaking has been completed and implemented. |
No assurances can be given that the Dodd-Frank Act and their implementing regulations, or the imposition of additional regulations including OLA, will not have a significant adverse impact on the trust, the depositor, the sponsor, or the servicer, including on the servicing of the receivables, or the price that a subsequent purchaser would be willing to pay for the notes. |
Delays in processing payments or distributions on the notes could occur if JDCC ceases to act as servicer or Deere Credit Services ceases to act as sub-servicer | If JDCC were to cease acting as servicer or if Deere Credit Services were to cease acting as sub-servicer, delays in processing payments on the receivables and information in respect thereof could occur and result in delays in payments to the noteholders. |
You will have limited ability to resell notes | There is currently no secondary market for the notes. The underwriters currently intend to make a market in the offered notes, but they are not required to do so, and they may stop making a market at any time. A secondary market may not develop. If a secondary market does develop, it may not give you sufficient liquidity to allow you to resell your notes when you want to. |
[Payments on the class B notes are junior to payments on the Class A Notes] | [Interest and principal payments on the class B notes will be junior to payments on the class A notes as follows: |
● | no interest will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until all of the interest due on the class A notes on such payment date has been paid; |
● | no principal will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until the principal payable on the class A notes on such payment date (other than any reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount) has been paid; and |
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● | if the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to a specified floor, so long as any class A notes remain outstanding, the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes.] |
[Noteholders may suffer a loss on their investment from interest rate fluctuations if the Class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [Class B] notes interest rate hedge[s] terminate[s]] | [The class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes bear interest at floating rates, while the payments due under the receivables are calculated using fixed interest rates. The trust will enter into [a separate] [an] interest rate hedge for [each of] the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes to mitigate the risk associated with an increase in [[LIBOR][•] that results in the interest payable on such notes exceeding the amount available to make these payments.] |
[If [an] [the] interest rate hedge is terminated or [an] [the] interest rate hedge counterparty fails to perform its obligations under [an] [the] interest rate hedge agreement, the noteholders will be exposed to the risk that the interest rate on the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes will be greater than the fixed rate payable by the trust under the [related] interest rate hedge agreement, which could leave the trust without sufficient funds to make all required payments on the notes.] |
[The interest rate hedge counterparty’s claim for payments other than termination payments will be higher in priority than payments on the note. [Any interest rate hedge counterparty’s claim for termination payments will be at the same priority with interest on the class of notes.] If there is a shortage of funds available on any payment date, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.] |
The interest rate hedge[s] generally may not be terminated except upon (a) failure of either party to make payments when due, (b) insolvency of either party, (c) illegality, (d) an acceleration of the notes resulting from an event of default under the indenture, (e) the liquidation of the trust’s assets by the indenture trustee, (f) the making of an amendment or supplement to the indenture or any of certain other transaction documents that affects such interest rate hedge agreement without the consent of the interest rate hedge counterparty, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, or (g) certain tax consequences arising from (i) administrative or judicial procedures, (ii) changes in tax law or (iii) certain mergers and asset transfers. |
Depending on market interest rates prevailing at the time of the termination, a termination payment may be due to the trust or to the interest rate hedge counterparty. The amount of any such termination payment will be based on the market value of the interest rate hedge which may be positive or negative for the trust. Any such termination payment could, if market interest rates or other conditions have changed materially, be substantial. A payment due to the interest rate hedge counterparty would be made by the trust out of funds that would otherwise be available to make payments on the notes. To the extent not paid by a replacement interest rate hedge counterparty, any hedge termination payments would be paid from available funds on the same priority level with payments of interest on the class of notes to which the [applicable] interest rate hedge relates, and will reduce the amount of funds available for payments of interest and principal on the notes. |
[If the interest rate hedge counterparty fails to make a termination payment owed to the trust, the trust may not be able to enter into a replacement interest rate hedge, and, to the extent the interest rate on the floating rate class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [Class B] notes[, as applicable,] exceeds the fixed rate the trust would have been required to pay the hedge counterparty under such interest rate hedge, the amount available to pay principal of and interest on the notes will be reduced. |
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If [an] [the] interest rate hedge is terminated and no replacement hedge is entered into, you may experience delays and/or reductions in the interest and principal payments on your notes.] |
[Retention of [[•]% of t][t]he class [•] notes by the depositor or an affiliate of the depositor may reduce the liquidity of the class [•] notes | [[•]% of t][T]he class [•] notes will be retained by the depositor or an affiliate of the depositor on the closing date, but[, to the extent not necessary to satisfy credit risk retention requirements,] may subsequently be sold directly by the depositor or through a placement agent or an underwriter after the closing date in one or more negotiated transactions or otherwise at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale. Accordingly, the market for such retained notes may be less liquid than would otherwise be the case. In addition, if any retained notes are subsequently sold in the secondary market, demand and market price of notes already in the market could be adversely affected. Additionally, if any retained notes are subsequently sold in the secondary market, the voting power of the noteholders of the outstanding notes may be diluted.] |
Bankruptcy or insolvency of JDCC could result in delays or reductions in payments on the notes | The depositor has taken steps in structuring the transactions contemplated hereby that are intended to ensure that the voluntary or involuntary application for relief by JDCC under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or other insolvency laws will not result in legal consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the depositor with those of JDCC. These steps include: |
● | the creation of the depositor as a separate, limited-purpose limited liability company pursuant to articles of organization containing certain limitations, including restrictions on the nature of the depositor’s business; and |
● | a restriction on the depositor’s ability to commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any insolvency law without the prior unanimous affirmative vote of all the depositor’s directors. |
However, there can be no assurance that the activities of the depositor would not result in a court’s concluding that the assets and liabilities of the depositor should be consolidated with those of JDCC in a proceeding under any insolvency law. |
JDCC will warrant to the depositor in the purchase agreement that the sale of the receivables by it to the depositor is a valid legal sale of the receivables to the depositor. In addition, JDCC and the depositor will treat the transactions described in this prospectus as a legal sale of the receivables to the depositor, and the depositor will take all actions that are required to perfect the depositor’s ownership interest in the receivables. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if JDCC were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case, and a creditor or trustee-in-bankruptcy of the debtor or the debtor itself were to take the position that a sale of receivables to the depositor should be recharacterized as a pledge of those receivables to secure a borrowing of the debtor, then delays in payments of collections of receivables to the depositor could occur, or should the court rule in favor of the creditor, trustee or debtor, reductions in the amount of the payments could result. |
If any transfer of receivables to the depositor is recharacterized as a pledge, a tax or government lien on the property of JDCC arising before the transfer of a receivable to the depositor may have priority over the depositor’s interest in the receivable. If the transactions contemplated in this prospectus are treated as a sale, for legal purposes the receivables would not be part of JDCC’s bankruptcy estate and would not be available to JDCC’s creditors. |
In addition, while JDCC is the servicer, cash collections held by JDCC may, subject to certain conditions, be commingled and used for the benefit of JDCC prior to each payment date and, in the event of the bankruptcy of JDCC, the trust may not have a perfected interest in these collections. |
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Lack of liquidity in the secondary market could limit your ability to resell the notes | Events in the global financial markets, including the weakened financial condition of several major financial institutions, problems related to the housing market and securities backed directly or indirectly by mortgages and other financial assets, the depressed value of various assets in secondary markets, the forced sale of asset-backed and other securities by certain investors, the lowering of ratings on certain asset-backed securities and uncertainty surrounding the exit of the United Kingdom (or any other country) from the European Union and any country’s abandonment of the euro, caused, and may in the future cause, a significant reduction in liquidity in the secondary market for asset-backed securities, which could limit your ability to resell your notes and/or adversely affect the price of your notes. Your ability to resell your notes may also be adversely affected if economic conditions result in increases in delinquencies by obligors on the receivables and such increases in delinquencies cause potential purchasers of your notes to become concerned about possible defaults by obligors. In addition, general economic concerns about the servicer or the sponsor, as well as general concerns about financial stability in the [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] industries, may also lead to decreased liquidity for the notes. For more information about how a lack of liquidity may impact your ability to resell your notes, see “Risk Factors—You will have limited ability to resell notes.” |
In some states the trust may not have a perfected security interest in the financed equipment | To facilitate servicing and to minimize administrative burden and expense, the servicer will be appointed custodian for the receivables by the trust, but will not stamp the receivables to reflect the sale and assignment of receivables to the trust, nor amend the financing statements filed to perfect the security interest in the financed equipment or the related certificates of title, if applicable, of the financed equipment. In the absence of amendments to the certificates of title, in some states the trust may not have perfected security interests in the financed equipment securing the receivables. See “—The notes may suffer losses if the interests of other persons in the receivables are superior to the trust’s interest” and “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables.” |
If the protection provided to the investment of the noteholders by the subordination of the certificate and by the availability of the funds in the reserve account, if any, is insufficient, the trust must rely solely on the payments from the obligors on the receivables, and the proceeds from the repossession and sale of financed equipment that secures defaulted receivables. In that event, certain factors, such as the trust’s not having first perfected security interests in some of the financed equipment, may affect the trust’s ability to realize on the collateral securing the receivables, and may reduce the proceeds to be distributed to the holders of the notes. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” and “Reserve Account and the Certificate” and “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables.” |
Subordination may cause some classes of notes to bear additional credit risk | [Principal of each class of notes will be paid sequentially (so long as the notes have not been accelerated following an event of default). Therefore, classes of notes that have a higher (i.e., 2 being higher than 1) sequential numerical designation will be outstanding longer and therefore will be exposed to risk of losses on the receivables during periods after other classes of notes have received all amounts payable on their notes and after credit enhancement may have been applied and not replenished.] |
[The rights of the holders of any class of notes to receive payments of interest and principal may be subordinated to one or more other classes of notes. Holders of subordinated classes of notes will bear more credit risk than the more senior classes. In addition, to the extent specified in this prospectus, the rights of the holders of the certificates to receive payments of principal will be subordinated in priority of payment to payments of principal and interest on the notes.] |
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[Subordination may take the following forms: |
● | interest payments on any date on which interest is due will first be allocated to the more senior classes; |
● | principal payments on the subordinated classes might not begin until principal of the more senior classes is repaid in full; |
● | subordinated classes bear the first risk of losses; and |
● | if the indenture trustee had to sell receivables, the net proceeds of that sale may be allocated first to pay principal and interest on the more senior classes. |
The timing and priority of payment, seniority, allocations of losses and method of determining payments on the respective classes of notes and certificates of any trust will be described in this prospectus. ] |
Potential early payment of notes due to | All the receivables will be repayable at any time. Each prepayment will shorten the weighted average life of the receivables and the weighted average lives of the notes. Prepayment includes: |
● | voluntary prepayments, including voluntary prepayments in connection with a refinancing due to trade-ins and issuance of a new note; |
● | liquidations due to default; and |
● | receipts of proceeds from insurance policies. |
The rate of prepayments on the receivables may be influenced by a variety of economic, financial, climatic and other factors. In particular, the amount of prepayments on agricultural equipment receivables has historically tended to increase during periods in which farmers have strong cash flows. |
Any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or slower incidence of prepayment of receivables will be borne entirely by the noteholders. Also, see “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” and “—Servicing Procedures” regarding JDCC’s obligation to repurchase the receivables under certain circumstances, “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Termination” regarding the servicer’s option to purchase the receivables and “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables” regarding the sale of the receivables if an insolvency event with respect to the depositor occurs. |
Yield on the notes could be lower than you anticipate | In the case of notes purchased at a discount, the risk that a slower than anticipated rate of principal payments on the receivables could result in an actual yield that is less than the anticipated yield and, in the case of any notes purchased at a premium, the risk that a faster than anticipated rate of principal payments on the receivables could result in an actual yield that is less than the anticipated yield. |
JDCC may commingle collections on the receivables with its own funds and invest the collections for its own benefit | The servicer will deposit all payments on receivables and all proceeds of receivables collected during each collection period into the collection account within two business days of receipt and identification thereof. However, if JDCC satisfies certain requirements for monthly or less frequent remittances as described in this prospectus, then so long as JDCC is the servicer and provided that: |
● | there exists no servicer default; and |
● | each other condition to making monthly or less frequent deposits that may be specified by each hired NRSRO is satisfied. |
JDCC will not be required to deposit such amounts into the collection account until on or before the business day preceding the payment date. Pending deposit into the collection account, collections may be invested by the servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit, and will not be segregated from funds of the servicer. If the servicer were unable to remit these funds, noteholders might incur a loss. |
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[Uncertainty relating to LIBOR and potential phasing out of LIBOR after 2021 may adversely affect the value of the notes.] | [The interest rate to be borne by the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes is based on a spread over One-Month LIBOR. The London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, serves as a global benchmark for home mortgages, student loans and what various issuers pay to borrow money. On July 27, 2017, the Chief Executive Officer of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) announced that by the end of 2021 (the “London Interbank Offered Rate Phase-Out Date”), LIBOR would no longer be sustained through the FCA’s efforts to compel banks’ participation in setting the benchmark. In the announcement, the Chief Executive Officer of the FCA stated that the London interbank market is no longer sufficiently active to determine reliable rates. It is not currently known whether the IBA, the entity responsible for administering LIBOR, will continue to quote LIBOR after the London Interbank Offered Rate Phase-Out Date. The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited has not proposed an alternative benchmark rate, nor has it outlined a process or schedule for introducing an alternative benchmark rate, if any.] |
[If a published LIBOR rate is unavailable at any time after the issuance date of the notes, the rate of interest on the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes will be determined using alternative methods. These alternative methods may result in lower interest payments than would have been made if LIBOR were available in its current form. As a result of the foregoing, the rate at which the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes bear interest could be adversely affected by the phasing out of the rate entirely or the unavailability of such rate and may have an adverse effect on the interest rate, yield, value and marketability of the notes.] |
A negative One-Month LIBOR rate could result in the interest rate applied to the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes decreasing to 0.00% for the related interest accrual period. |
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The issuing entity, John Deere Owner Trust 20[•], will be a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware under the trust agreement between the depositor and the owner trustee for the transactions described in this prospectus. After its formation, the trust will not engage in any activity other than:
● | acquiring, holding and managing the receivables and the other assets of the trust and proceeds from those assets; |
● | issuing the notes; |
● | [making Net Hedge Payments and hedge termination payments pursuant to the interest rate hedge agreement[s];] |
● | making payments on the notes; |
● | issuing and making distributions on the certificate representing the beneficial equity interest in the trust; and |
● | engaging in other activities that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the foregoing or that are incidental thereto or connected with those activities. |
Upon the issuance of the notes and the certificate, the trust will use the proceeds to purchase the receivables from the depositor pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement. The servicer will initially service the receivables and will be compensated for acting as the servicer. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Servicing Compensation.” Upon the issuance of the notes and the certificate, following the transfer of the receivables and other related trust assets to the trust, the depositor will have no continuing duties with respect to the securities or the pool assets other than certain reporting obligations described elsewhere in this prospectus.
The trust agreement may be amended by the depositor and the owner trustee, without the consent of any of the noteholders or the certificateholder, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in the trust agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in the trust agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders or the certificateholder; provided, however, that such action, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any noteholder or the certificateholder, provided further that 10 days’ (or, in the case of one of the hired NRSROs, 10 business days’) prior written notice of any such amendment be given to each hired NRSRO and, if a hired NRSRO notifies the owner trustee that such amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the notes, such amendment shall become effective with the consent of the noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the notes; provided further that any solicitation of such consent shall disclose the downgrading or withdrawal that would result from such amendment.
In addition, the trust agreement may also be amended by the depositor and the owner trustee, with prior written notice to the hired NRSROs, with the consent of the noteholders evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the notes and the consent of the certificateholder (which consents will not be unreasonably withheld) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the trust agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders or the certificateholder; provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit of the noteholders or the certificateholder or (b) reduce the percentage of the outstanding amount of the notes required to consent to any such amendment or eliminate the consent of the certificateholder to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding notes and the certificate.
[The trust agreement will provide that the owner trustee does not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy with respect to the trust without the prior approval of the certificateholder, including the depositor, and the delivery to the owner trustee by the certificateholder of the certificate certifying that the certificateholder reasonably believes that the trust is insolvent.]
The servicer, the asset representations reviewer, the indenture trustee and each noteholder will agree that they will not at any time institute against the depositor or the trust, or join in any institution against the depositor or the trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the certificate, the notes or any of the transaction documents. However, the depositor, the servicer and the indenture trustee are not prohibited from filing any claim or taking any action with respect to any insolvency proceeding that was instituted against the trust by any person other than such party.
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The trust agreement will provide that the trust will be dissolved upon certain bankruptcy events with respect to the depositor, including the filing of a decree or order by a court in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding which order remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days, and the commencement by the depositor of a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding.
The depositor will retain the certificate. The issuance of the certificate and the proceeds from the initial sale of the notes will be used by the trust to purchase the receivables from the depositor pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement among the trust, the depositor and the servicer. No other expenses incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of the receivables are payable from the proceeds of the issuance of the notes. [The sale of the receivables by the depositor to the trust will be treated as a secured financing rather than a sale for accounting purposes.] The servicer will initially service the receivables pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, and will be compensated for acting as the servicer. The servicer will designate Deere Credit Services, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deere, as its agent to service the receivables as sub-servicer at the servicer’s expense. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Servicing Compensation” in this prospectus. To facilitate servicing and to minimize the administrative burden and expense, the servicer will be appointed custodian for the receivables by the trust, but will not stamp the receivables to reflect the sale and assignment of the receivables to the trust, nor amend the financing statements, if any, filed to perfect the security interest in the equipment financed thereby or the certificates of title, if applicable, of the financed equipment. In the absence of amendments to the certificates of title, the trust may not have perfected security interests in the financed equipment securing the receivables originated in some states. [In the case of turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, the trust’s security interest in the financed equipment is based on the automatically perfected purchase money security interest transferred from JDCC and the depositor. Except in limited circumstances, no financing statements are filed with respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases. In the absence of financing statements being filed with respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, a purchaser of such turf equipment from the obligor may take the equipment free of the trust’s security interest if the purchaser, without knowledge of the trust’s security interest, buys the equipment for value and primarily for the buyer’s personal, family or household purposes. See “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables” in this prospectus.]
If the protection provided to the investment of the noteholders by the availability of funds in the reserve account is insufficient, the trust must rely solely on payments from or on behalf of the obligors on the receivables and the proceeds from the repossession and sale of the financed equipment that secures defaulted receivables. In that event, certain factors, such as the trust’s not having first priority perfected security interests or perfected purchase money security interests in some of the financed equipment subject to the receivables, may affect the trust’s ability to realize on the collateral securing those receivables, and may reduce the proceeds available to make payments on the notes. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions”, “—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Reserve Account and the Certificate” and “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables” in this prospectus.
The trust’s fiscal year [-end is [•] of each year] [will consist of 52 weeks or 53 weeks, and will end on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The fiscal year-end dates through the final payment date for the [class A-4 notes] will be [•], 20[•], [•], 20[•], and [•], 20[•]. All such fiscal years will contain 52 weeks, with the exception of fiscal year[s] 20[•] and 20[•] which will contain 53 weeks]. The trust’s principal offices are in [•], in care of [•], as owner trustee, at the address listed below under “—The Owner Trustee” in this prospectus.
The property of the trust will include:
● | a pool of receivables transferred to the trust; |
● | all monies, including accrued interest, due under the receivables on or after the cut-off date; |
● | amounts that from time to time may be held in one or more accounts established and maintained by the servicer pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, as described in this prospectus; |
● | security interests in the equipment financed under the receivables; |
● | the right to proceeds from insurance policies covering equipment financed under the receivables or the obligors on the receivables; |
● | proceeds of any repossessed equipment; |
● | rights of the depositor under the purchase agreement with JDCC; |
● | [rights under the hedge agreement and payments made by hedge counterparties under the hedge agreement]; |
● | interest earned on short-term investments made by the trust; and |
● | any proceeds of the foregoing. |
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The receivables will arise from financing proposed by JDCC in connection with retail sales by John Deere dealers of new and used [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment to retail purchasers (the “obligors”). The receivables are acquired by JDCC from the originators, Deere and John Deere Construction and Forestry Company (the “sales companies”), which either originated the receivables in the ordinary course of business in connection with retail sales by the dealers or, in limited instances, acquired the receivables from the dealers in the ordinary course of business.
The receivables will continue to be serviced by the servicer and evidence direct or indirect financing made available by JDCC to the obligors. On or before the closing date, JDCC will sell the receivables to the depositor for sale to the trust.
Security Interest in the Receivables
The indenture will create a security interest in the receivables owned by the trust in favor of the indenture trustee on behalf of the noteholders. The trust will perfect such security interest by filing a financing statement under the UCC with the appropriate authority in the State of Delaware. The trust will be obligated to maintain such perfected security interest.
The following table illustrates the capitalization of the trust as of the cut-off date as if the issuance of the notes and the certificate had taken place on that date:
Class A-1[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | $ [•] | ||
Class A-2[A][*][**] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | [•] | ||
[Class A-2B[*][**] | Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes[(1)] | [•]] | ||
Class A-3[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | [•] | ||
Class A-4[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | [•] | ||
[Class B[*] | [•]% Asset Backed Notes | [•]] | ||
Certificate/Overcollateralization | [•] | |||
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Total | $ [•] | |||
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[(1) | Interest accrues at a per annum rate of [LIBOR][•] + [•]%.] |
[* | NOTE: The number of classes is for illustrative purposes only. In a particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes offered.] |
[** | NOTE: The class A-2 notes are divided into fixed and floating rate classes for illustrative purposes only. In any particular transaction, there may be more or fewer classes divided into fixed interest rate and floating interest rate classes.] |
[•] will act as the owner trustee under the trust agreement. [•] is a [banking corporation] [national banking association]. The owner trustee maintains its principal office at [•].
[Insert description of Owner Trustee, including prior experience as Owner Trustee for ABS transactions involving similar assets as required by Item 1109(a)(2) of Regulation AB]
The owner trustee’s liability in connection with the issuance and sale of the notes and the certificate is limited solely to the express obligations of the owner trustee set forth in the trust agreement and the sale and servicing agreement. In no event shall the owner trustee have any responsibility to monitor compliance with or enforce compliance with the credit risk retention requirements for asset-backed securities or other rules or regulations relating to risk retention. The owner trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of such rules, nor shall it be liable to any noteholder, certificateholder, the depositor, the servicer or any other person for violation of such rules now or hereafter in effect. The owner trustee shall not be required to monitor, initiate or conduct any proceedings to enforce the obligations of the trust, the depositor, the servicer or any other person with respect to any breach of representation or warranty under any transaction document and the owner trustee shall not have any duty to conduct any investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any receivable by any person pursuant to any transaction document. In the ordinary course of its business, the owner trustee and its affiliates have engaged and may in the future engage in commercial banking, trustee or financial advisory transactions with the depositor, the servicer and their affiliates. [The owner trustee is an affiliate of [•], one of the underwriters and an affiliate of [•], which is one of a number of banks with which Deere and JDCC maintain ordinary banking relationships and from which Deere and JDCC have obtained credit facilities and lines of credit.]
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The owner trustee is, and any successor owner trustee must be, a financial institution with trust powers, with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision by state or federal authorities. Under the administration agreement, JDCC, as administrator, is obligated to perform on behalf of the owner trustee all of the administrative obligations of the owner trustee under the trust agreement. The owner trustee shall not have any liability for those obligations that the administrator has agreed to perform.
The owner trustee may resign at any time, in which event the administrator will be obligated to appoint a successor owner trustee. The administrator may also remove the owner trustee if the owner trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as owner trustee under the trust agreement or if the owner trustee becomes insolvent. In either of these circumstances, the administrator will be obligated to appoint a successor owner trustee. Any resignation or removal of the owner trustee and appointment of a successor owner trustee will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor owner trustee. Expenses associated with replacing the owner trustee with a successor owner trustee will be paid by the depositor, unless the removal is a result of the willful misconduct or negligence of the owner trustee, in which case, such expenses will be the responsibility of the replaced owner trustee.
The depositor will pay the fees of the owner trustee. The depositor will reimburse and indemnify the owner trustee for all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses that are incurred by the owner trustee or arise out of its actions in connection with the trust, except where such liabilities, losses, damages or expenses arise from the owner trustee’s willful misconduct or negligence. The owner trustee will not be liable for any error in judgment made in good faith and will not be liable for any action taken at the direction of the administrator or any noteholder. The owner trustee will not be required to expend its own funds or incur any financial liability in respect of any of its actions as owner trustee if the owner trustee determines that repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it.
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THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSOR AND SERVICER
John Deere Receivables LLC (“JDRL” or the “depositor”) is a Nevada limited liability company created in August 2018. JDCC is the sole member of the depositor. JDRL was formed for the limited purpose of purchasing retail receivables, transferring those receivables to third parties and performing any activities incidental to, and necessary or convenient for, the accomplishment of those purposes (including repurchase obligations for breaches of representations and warranties regarding receivables). The principal executive offices of JDRL are located at 10587 Double R Blvd, Suite 100, Reno, Nevada 89521, and its telephone number is (775) 786-5527.
The depositor has taken steps in structuring the transactions contemplated hereby that are intended to ensure that the voluntary or involuntary application for relief by JDCC under any insolvency law will not result in consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the depositor with those of JDCC. These steps include:
● | the creation of the depositor as a separate, limited-purpose limited liability company pursuant to articles of organization containing certain limitations, including restrictions on the nature of the depositor’s business; and |
● | a restriction on the depositor’s ability to commence a voluntary case or proceeding under any insolvency law without the prior unanimous affirmative vote of all of the depositor’s directors. |
However, there can be no assurance that the activities of the depositor would not result in a court’s concluding that the assets and liabilities of the depositor should be consolidated with those of JDCC in a proceeding under any insolvency law. See “Risk Factors—Bankruptcy or insolvency of JDCC could result in delays or reductions in payments on the notes.”
In addition, the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, the servicer, the asset representations reviewer, all noteholders and the certificateholder will covenant that they will not at any time institute against the depositor any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
JDCC will warrant to the depositor in the purchase agreement that the sale of the receivables by it to the depositor is a valid sale of the receivables to the depositor. In addition, JDCC and the depositor will treat the transactions described in this prospectus as a sale of the receivables to the depositor, and the depositor will take all actions that are required to perfect the depositor’s ownership interest in the receivables. See “Risk Factors—Bankruptcy or insolvency of JDCC could result in delays or reductions in payments on the notes.”
[The sponsor intends to satisfy its risk retention obligation under Regulation RR by causing the depositor, its wholly owned affiliate, to retain an “eligible vertical interest” in the form of [•]% of each class of notes.] [The sponsor intends to satisfy its risk retention obligation under Regulation RR by causing the depositor, its wholly owned affiliate, to retain a combination of an “eligible vertical interest” in the form of [•]% of each class of notes and an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in the form of the certificate.] [The sponsor intends to satisfy its risk retention obligation under Regulation RR by causing the depositor, its wholly owned affiliate, to retain an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in the form of the certificate and to establish and fund the reserve account which is expected to constitute an “eligible horizontal cash reserve account” under Regulation RR.] [The sponsor intends to satisfy its risk retention obligation under Regulation RR by causing the depositor, its wholly owned affiliate, to retain an “eligible horizontal residual interest” in the form of the certificate.] [The depositor may transfer the certificate to another majority-owned affiliate of the sponsor on or after the closing date to the extent permitted under Regulation RR.] None of the sponsor, the depositor or any of their affiliates may sell, transfer or hedge the retained interest except to the extent permitted by Regulation RR.] [For more information about the required retention of credit risk in the transaction by the sponsor, you should read “Credit Risk Retention.”]
The depositor has met the registrant requirements contained in General Instruction I.A.1. to Form SF-3.
John Deere’s operations are categorized into three major business segments:
● | the agriculture and turf segment primarily manufactures and distributes a full line of agriculture and turf equipment and related service parts—including large, medium and utility tractors; tractor loaders; combines, cotton pickers, cotton strippers and sugarcane harvesters; related harvesting front-end equipment; sugarcane loaders and pull-behind scrapers; tillage, seeding and application equipment, including sprayers, nutrient management and soil preparation machinery; hay and forage equipment, including self-propelled forage harvesters and attachments, balers and mowers; turf and utility equipment, including riding lawn equipment and walk-behind mowers, golf course equipment, utility vehicles, and commercial mowing equipment, along with a broad line of associated implements; integrated agricultural management systems technology and solutions; and other outdoor power products. |
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● | the construction and forestry segment primarily manufactures and distributes a broad range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling and timber harvesting—including backhoe loaders; crawler dozers and loaders; four-wheel-drive loaders; excavators; motor graders; articulated dump trucks; landscape loaders; skid-steer loaders; and log skidders, feller bunchers, log loaders, log forwarders, log harvesters and related attachments. |
The products and services produced by the segments above are marketed primarily through independent retail dealer networks and major retail outlets.
● | the financial services segment primarily finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. In addition, it provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, finances retail revolving charge accounts and offers extended equipment warranties. |
Deere is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and in accordance therewith files reports and other information with the SEC. For further information regarding Deere, reference is made to those reports and other information which are available as described under “Where You Can Find More Information” in this prospectus.
John Deere Capital Corporation
JDCC is the sponsor and servicer. JDCC is a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, and commenced operations in 1958. John Deere Financial Services, Inc., a wholly owned finance holding subsidiary of Deere, is the parent of JDCC. JDCC’s executive offices are located at 10587 Double R Blvd, Suite 100, Reno, Nevada 89521. Its telephone number is (775) 786-5527. JDCC and its subsidiaries provide and administer financing for retail purchases of new equipment manufactured by John Deere’s agriculture and turf and construction and forestry divisions and used equipment taken in trade for this equipment. JDCC and its subsidiaries generally purchase retail installment sales and loan contracts (“retail notes”) from John Deere. John Deere generally acquires these retail notes through John Deere retail dealers. JDCC and its subsidiaries also purchase and finance a limited amount of non-John Deere retail notes.
JDCC subsidiaries also finance and service revolving charge accounts, in most cases acquired from and offered through merchants in the agriculture and turf and construction and forestry markets. JDCC and its subsidiaries also provide wholesale financing for inventories of John Deere agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment owned by dealers of those products. JDCC and its subsidiaries also lease John Deere equipment and a limited amount of non-John Deere equipment to retail customers.
JDCC subsidiaries also offer credit enhanced international export financing to select customers and dealers, which generally involves John Deere products.
JDCC is the sponsor that initiates and organizes the issuance by the trust and is the servicer of the receivables. JDCC’s role as sponsor includes directing the issuance of the notes by the trust, establishing the terms of the notes, and working with the hired NRSROs, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee, legal counsel, accountants and the underwriters in connection with offering of the notes. JDCC and its predecessors, directly or through one of its affiliated companies, including Deere Credit Services, have been sponsoring and servicing retail installment contracts receivables since 1958. As of [•], 20[•], JDCC was servicing a total portfolio of approximately $[•] billion in retail notes. JDCC services all of the retail notes that have been securitized by JDCC, which as of [•], 20[•] totaled approximately $[•] billion in retail notes. [Except as provided in this prospectus, there] [There] have been no defaults or performance trigger events in any of its public retail agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment receivables securitizations. JDCC has not taken any actions outside of its ordinary performance to prevent such events. There have been no material changes in JDCC’s policies or procedures for its servicing of retail agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment receivables during the three years preceding the date of this prospectus and JDCC has not had material disclosures nor been terminated as a servicer due to its servicing activities.
JDCC and its subsidiaries [have a fiscal year-end of [•] of each year] [use a 52-week or 53-week fiscal year, in each case, ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period. The fiscal year-end dates for 20[•], 20[•], and 20[•] were [•], 20[•], [•], 20[•], and [•], 20[•], respectively (each, a “Specified Fiscal Year End Date”). All such fiscal years contained 52 weeks, with the exception of fiscal year[s] 20[•], which contained 53 weeks].
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At [•], 20[•], JDCC and its subsidiaries had [•] and [•] full- and part-time employees, respectively. At that date, net receivables and leases administered by JDCC, which include receivables administered but not owned, were $[•] [billion]. The sponsor has significant securitization experience and has sponsored various securitizations of assets similar to the receivables held by the trust in registered U.S. transactions. JDCC was the sole sponsor of each of these transactions. No securitizations sponsored or serviced by JDCC have defaulted or experienced an early amortization triggering event. The following table sets forth the aggregate principal amount of the notes and certificates issued in the public securitizations sponsored by JDCC:
John Deere Owner Trust | Aggregate Principal Amount (Notes and Certificates) | |||
20[•] | $ | [•] | ||
2018-B | $ | 883,556,803 | ||
2018 | $ | 772,501,002 | ||
2017-B | $ | 879,210,529 | ||
2017 | $ | 778,093,285 | ||
2016-B | $ | 774,572,916 | ||
2016 | $ | 775,481,477 | ||
2015-B | $ | 770,260,178 | ||
2015 | $ | 1,021,359,183 | ||
2014-B | $ | 1,035,811,582 | ||
2014 | $ | 1,032,994,050 | ||
2013-B | $ | 870,372,823 | ||
2013 | $ | 873,258,402 | ||
2012-B | $ | 1,062,657,975 | ||
2012 | $ | 1,032,313,144 | ||
2011 | $ | 1,157,621,971 | ||
2010 | $ | 747,429,380 | ||
2009-B | $ | 775,459,440 | ||
2009 | $ | 702,403,218 | ||
2008 | $ | 653,678,817 | ||
2007 | $ | 1,016,079,095 | ||
2006 | $ | 802,510,248 | ||
2005 | $ | 751,775,240 | ||
2004 | $ | 756,988,476 | ||
2003 | $ | 757,696,670 | ||
2001 | $ | 931,575,802 | ||
1999-A | $ | 805,741,832 | ||
1995-A | $ | 750,353,833 | ||
1994-A | $ | 500,077,200 | ||
1993-A | $ | 600,098,154 | ||
1993-B | $ | 600,245,250 | ||
1992-A | $ | 500,136,353 | ||
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The following table sets forth the size of the portfolio of retail installment contracts serviced by JDCC at each Specified Fiscal Year End Date or such other specified date:[Add in (1) Data presented includes retail installment contracts that have been sold but are serviced by JDCC. as a footnote below the chart]
20[•] | 20[•] | 20[•] | 20[•] | 20[•] | 20[•] | |||||||
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Retail installment contracts (1) | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] |
The servicer will designate Deere Credit Services, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deere and of the servicer, as its agent to service the receivables as sub-servicer at the servicer’s expense. Deere Credit Services was incorporated in 1986 in the State of Delaware and has acted as sub-servicer with respect to all of the retail installment contracts receivables serviced by JDCC in connection with the depositor’s registered securitizations of retail installment receivables contracts. The servicing procedures and practices adopted by Deere Credit Services, as sub-servicer, are the same as those adopted by JDCC. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Servicing Procedures.”
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Affiliations Among Transaction Parties
The diagram below illustrates the ownership structure among the affiliated transaction parties.
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER
[•], [a Delaware limited liability company], will act as the “asset representations reviewer” under the asset representations review agreement.
[Insert description of asset representations reviewer, including prior experience as asset representations reviewer for ABS transactions involving similar assets as required by Item 1109(b)(2) of Regulation AB].
[•] is not, and will not be during the term of this transaction, affiliated with the sponsor, the servicer, the depositor, the trust, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or any of their affiliates. Additionally, [•] was not hired by the sponsor or the underwriters, and is not affiliated with any party hired by the sponsor or the underwriters, to perform pre-closing due diligence services with respect to the receivables.
The asset representations reviewer will receive as compensation an annual fee equal to $[•] which is payable by the sponsor upon receipt of a written invoice therefor. To the extent the sponsor does not pay any portion or all of such annual fee within thirty days of its receipt of a written invoice, the trust will pay such unpaid amount in accordance with the priority of payments described under
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“Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments.” In addition, if the asset representations reviewer conducts a review of receivables after a delinquency trigger percentage is met or exceeded and the noteholders vote to perform the review, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a fee of $[•] for each receivable review completed by it, which will be paid from collections of the trust in accordance with the priority of payments described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments.” If all or a portion of a review fee is not paid by the trust on a payment date, the servicer will pay such unpaid amount within thirty days of receipt of a written invoice therefor. The asset representations reviewer will also be entitled to reimbursement for all costs, expenses and indemnification amounts incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties under the asset representations review agreement. The costs, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the asset representations reviewer will be paid by the sponsor, and to the extent such amounts remain unpaid after thirty days of the sponsor’s receipt of a written invoice therefor, will be paid from collections of the trust in accordance with the priority of payments described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments.”
The asset representations reviewer will not be liable to the trust, the servicer, the indenture trustee or any other person for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of an action in its capacity as asset representations reviewer pursuant to the asset representations review agreement, or for errors in judgment, whether arising from express or implied duties under the asset representations review agreement. However, the asset representations reviewer will be liable for its own willful misconduct, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the asset representations review agreement.
The asset representations reviewer and its officers, directors, employees and agents will be indemnified by the servicer for all costs, expenses, losses, damages and liabilities resulting from the performance of its obligations under the asset representations review agreement (including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any loss, damage or liability), other than any cost, expense, loss, damage or liability resulting from (i) the asset representations reviewer’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the asset representations review agreement or (ii) the asset representations reviewer’s breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in the asset representations review agreement. To the extent such amounts are not paid by the servicer they will be paid by the trust as described in the second preceding paragraph.
The asset representations reviewer will indemnify each of the trust, the depositor, the servicer, the owner trustee and the indenture trustee and their respective officers, directors, successors, assigns, legal representatives, agents, and servants from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes, claims, actions, investigations, proceedings, costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) which arise from the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the asset representations reviewer in performing its obligations and duties under the asset representations review agreement; provided, however, that the asset representations reviewer will not be liable for or required to indemnify any such person from and against expenses arising or resulting from such person’s own willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence, or the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by such person in the asset representations review agreement. The asset representations reviewer will not be liable for any amount in excess of the fees received by it in accordance with the terms of the asset representations review agreement.
The asset representations reviewer may not resign unless it determines it is legally unable to perform its obligations under the asset representations review agreement and there is no reasonable action that it could take to make the performance of its obligations under the asset representations review agreement permissible under applicable law. If the asset representations reviewer fails to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements under the asset representations review agreement, becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, or no longer satisfies applicable eligibility criteria, the administrator may remove the asset representations reviewer and terminate its obligations under the asset representations review agreement. The administrator will be obligated to engage a successor asset representations reviewer meeting the eligibility criteria set forth in the asset representations review agreement after any such resignation or removal. No resignation or removal of the asset representations reviewer will be effective, and the asset representations reviewer will continue to perform its obligations under the asset representations review agreement, until a successor asset representations reviewer has accepted its engagement for such purpose.
To the extent expenses incurred by the asset representations reviewer in connection with the replacement of the asset representations reviewer are not paid by the asset representations reviewer that is being replaced, the trust will pay such expenses to the asset representations reviewer in accordance with the priority of payments set forth under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments.” Any resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of the asset representations reviewer, or the appointment of a new asset representations reviewer, will be reported by the servicer in the Form 10-D for the related collection period, together with a description of the circumstances surrounding the change and, if applicable, information regarding the new asset representations reviewer.
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Underwriting Criteria for Receivables
The receivables will consist of receivables purchased by JDCC from the sales companies as described in this prospectus. JDCC purchases and enters into contracts in accordance with its credit standards, which are generally based upon:
● | the obligor’s ability to repay the obligation; |
● | the obligor’s credit history; and |
● | the obligor’s down payment on the financed equipment. |
General
The terms and the conditions on which JDCC acquires retail note receivables from John Deere are governed by agreements with John Deere, which may be terminated by either John Deere or JDCC on 30 days’ notice. As provided in these agreements, JDCC agrees to the terms and conditions for purchasing the retail notes from John Deere. Under these agreements, John Deere is not obligated to sell retail notes to JDCC, and JDCC is obligated to purchase retail notes from John Deere only if the retail notes comply with the terms and conditions set by JDCC.
The basis on which John Deere originates or acquires retail notes from the dealers is governed by agreements with the John Deere dealers, which may be terminated at will by either the dealers or John Deere. In originating or acquiring these retail notes from dealers, the terms and conditions, as set forth in agreements with the dealers, conform with the terms and conditions adopted by JDCC in determining the acceptability of retail notes to be purchased from John Deere. The dealers are not obligated to refer or sell these notes to John Deere and John Deere is not obligated to accept these retail notes from the dealers. In practice, retail notes are originated or acquired from dealers generally if the terms of these retail notes and the creditworthiness of the customers are acceptable to JDCC for purchase of these retail notes from John Deere. JDCC acts on behalf of both itself and John Deere in determining the acceptability of the retail notes and in acquiring acceptable retail notes from dealers.
Receivables are eligible for acceptance if they conform to prescribed JDCC underwriting guidelines.
JDCC guidelines relating to down payment requirements and contract terms on retail notes are generally as follows:
Down Payment | Contract Term | |||||||
Agricultural equipment (new and used): | ||||||||
Seasonal payments | 20% | 3-7 crop years | ||||||
Monthly payments | 10% | 36-84 months | ||||||
Turf equipment (new and used): | ||||||||
Seasonal payments | 10% | 3-7 years | ||||||
Monthly payments | 10% | 36-84 months | ||||||
Construction and forestry equipment: | ||||||||
New | 10% | 48-60 months | ||||||
Used | 15% | 36-48 months |
While the above-mentioned down payment requirements are generally JDCC’s minimum guidelines, historically agricultural contracts have typically received greater down payments than these guidelines due to factors such as trade-in values where the customer has a strong equity position in the equipment that is being traded in. In limited circumstances, retail notes may be accepted and acquired even though they do not conform in all respects to JDCC’s general underwriting terms. Acceptance and acquisition of these retail notes is based on steps specified in JDCC’s written underwriting guidelines, which include proper documentation of any underwriting exceptions and receipt of prior approvals at the appropriate authority level. JDCC determines whether retail notes should be accepted and how they should be serviced. JDCC’s underwriting guidelines provide that acceptance of these retail notes is subject to various factors such as the obligor’s prior payment history with JDCC and other creditors, and may also be dependent in part on one or more of the following risk mitigants: higher down payment than guideline, accelerated payment schedule or risk sharing with the originating John Deere dealer. Officers of JDCC are responsible for establishing policies and reviewing the performance of JDCC in accepting and collecting retail notes. JDCC normally makes all of its own routine collections, settlements and repossessions on retail notes.
Additionally, while JDCC uses automated acceptance decisions to more efficiently process applications, the credit scoring used in that process is not a minimum level for approval within the underwriting criteria and applications may be reviewed manually for reasons unrelated to credit scoring.
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Credit Review and Acceptance
JDCC has a web-based credit application system which provides quotes, credit approvals and documentation. Within JDCC this same system interfaces with JDCC’s decision engine module and loan accounting system. Retail credit applications are entered into the system by dealers. An internal credit score is then automatically calculated primarily from the application data plus credit bureau information. If the application is approved, dealers print the required documentation and obtain the customer’s signatures. The contract is then submitted to JDCC, where it is audited to ensure compliance with JDCC’s standard terms.
John Deere documents some of its retail notes through electronic installment contracts. Retail notes may be evidenced by electronic installment sales contracts, which are classified as “electronic chattel paper” under the UCC.
A deposit equal to one percent of the face amount of certain John Deere agricultural and turf equipment retail notes originating from each dealer is withheld by JDCC from that dealer. Any subsequent retail note losses are charged against the withheld deposits, subject to a per customer limit of $[•] for qualifying dealers. At the end of each calendar quarter, the balance of each dealer’s withholding account in excess of (i) a specified percentage (ranging from one half of one percent to three percent based on dealer qualifications) of the total balance outstanding on retail notes originating with that dealer, or (ii) the excess above an agreed dollar amount, is remitted to the dealer. To the extent that these deposits withheld from the dealer from whom the retail note was acquired cannot absorb a loss on a retail note, it is charged against JDCC’s allowance for credit losses. No such deposits withheld from a dealer will be pledged for the benefit of, or otherwise transferred to, the trust for the notes. There is no withholding of dealer deposits on John Deere construction and forestry products.
JDCC requires that theft and physical damage insurance be carried on all goods securing retail notes. The customer may, at his or her own expense, have JDCC or the seller of the goods purchase this insurance or obtain it from other sources.
Agricultural Equipment
The agricultural credit scoring system used by JDCC is statistically derived from historical data and application information. All agricultural retail notes have been evaluated using this scoring system since December 1986. The scorecards are updated and changes are implemented periodically. JDCC uses the credit scoring system to automate some acceptance decisions.
The agricultural retail installment and loan contracts that may be part of the receivables pool are normally financed up to 90% of the dealer invoice price of the financed equipment. In certain circumstances up to 115% of the dealer invoice price of the equipment may be financed.
[Turf Equipment
JDCC evaluates the credit risk of the turf equipment credit applications it receives by using a scoring system that was statistically derived from historical data. All turf equipment retail notes have been evaluated using this scoring system since January 1995. The scoring system is updated and changes are implemented periodically. JDCC uses the credit scoring system to automate some acceptance decisions.
The turf equipment retail installment and loan contracts that may be part of the receivables pool are normally financed up to 90% of the dealer invoice price. In certain circumstances up to 130% of the dealer invoice price may be financed.]
Construction & Forestry Equipment
All construction and forestry retail notes accepted since July 1987 have been scored using a distinct construction scoring system that was statistically derived from historical data. Construction scorecards are reviewed and updated periodically. During 1997, an auto-approval process, which utilizes credit score and other criteria, was implemented. Based on the credit score, an application for a loan will currently be priced in one of four pricing tiers.
The construction and forestry retail installment and loan contracts that may be part of the receivables pool are normally financed in an amount ranging from 100% to 115% of the dealer invoice price of the financed equipment.
Billing, Collection and Non-Performance Procedures
Billing and Collections
All payments are applied first to other charges, such as late charges, then to interest and then to principal. Most retail notes have a ten-day grace period. If the payment is not received by the end of this period, past due interest or late charges may accrue from the payment due date on the past due payment amount, depending on the obligor’s state of residence.
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Agricultural, turf, construction and forestry accounts enter an automated collection system at 10 days past due and are behavior-scored. The collection system features automated work assignments and scheduling and provides collection activity statistics for reporting and evaluation purposes.
Collection strategies are employed according to the behavior score and the applicable past due category: 1-59 days delinquent, 60-119 days delinquent, and over 120 days delinquent. The telephone collection process (calls and letters) will continue until all means to collect the account have been exhausted. Generally, a decision is made whether to continue collections efforts or to repossess when the account reaches 120 days past due for agricultural notes and 90 days for construction notes. At any time, if the account is deemed uncollectible, the equipment may be repossessed regardless of the past due status. The dealer that sold the equipment to the customer and facilitated the note request generally provides assistance with collecting or repossessing the past due account. Agricultural and turf equipment dealers often provide assistance in order to protect their reserve accounts and preserve customer relationships, while construction and forestry dealers provide assistance primarily to preserve customer relationships.
The use of the collection system and the collection strategies designed above, the use of dealer assistance to resolve delinquencies and repossess equipment when other means of collection have been exhausted, and the use of dealer reserves for the agricultural portion of the business, help to minimize losses.
Deferrals
JDCC makes every effort to collect accounts promptly. However, occasionally it becomes necessary to grant a deferral on part or all of a scheduled installment. Factors for determining whether a deferral should be granted to a customer generally include:
● | equity in the equipment; |
● | payment potential; |
● | payment history; and |
● | individual circumstance (e.g., loss of crops, funding delay relating to approved operating loans or government payments, illness, etc.). |
Deferrals are only granted after the customer has demonstrated a true need and the ability for repayment remains highly probable. Before granting a deferral, significant effort is made to obtain a partial payment. The dealer that facilitated the origination of the retail note being considered for a deferral is usually contacted for consultation, since the dealer’s reserve is at risk for agricultural and turf notes.
Deferrals are utilized to better align scheduled payments with a customer’s revised cash flows. Customers in the agricultural, construction, forestry, and commercial turf markets occasionally experience cash flow interruptions primarily as a result of timing of governmental payments, efforts to optimize grain values through delayed or revised grain marketing plans, weather events, and delays in construction projects. Most agricultural note payments are due annually to match harvest and estimated cash flows. [Construction, forestry and turf] notes are generally structured with monthly payments or irregular payment schedules to align with the seasonality of the customer’s work. A deferral of all or part of a scheduled installment may result in reduced or delayed receipt of collections with respect to the receivables.
Repossession Procedures
If it becomes impossible to collect on a past due account, the only option may be to repossess the equipment. The decision to repossess is almost always made in consultation with the selling dealer.
The selling dealer is typically asked to recover agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment. If the dealer does not or cannot do so, an outside repossession agency is hired. The dealer, or in rare instances a third party, provides storage space until the equipment is sold or the past due status is cured.
Recovery Process
The customer is given the option, in writing, to redeem the repossessed equipment for up to three weeks (depending on the relevant state regulation) from the date of repossession. The amount due plus any repossession costs and legal fees must be paid in cash or certified funds before the equipment is released. If the customer does not redeem the equipment, JDCC disposes of it in a commercially reasonable manner. Once the equipment is physically on the dealer’s lot, the selling process begins. If the selling dealer purchases the retail note, the equipment is reassigned to the dealer. If, however, the selling dealer declines to purchase the retail note and the customer does not cure the past due status, the equipment is listed for sale to both John Deere dealers and approved equipment brokers.
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Purchase offers are reviewed and either accepted or rejected. Many times a higher sale price is negotiated with the party making the offer. Under this scenario, eighty days normally elapse from the time the decision to repossess the equipment is made until the equipment is sold and settled for.
In the case of agricultural and turf notes, JDCC charges the reserve account of the dealer that originated a defaulted note for losses and any appropriate unrecovered expenses of repossession, disposition and collection of deficiency balances. No such reserves will be pledged for the benefit of, or otherwise transferred to, the issuing entity for the notes. JDCC does pursue the customer for deficiency balances and, when payments are received, the selling dealer’s reserve is credited, if appropriate. Construction and forestry dealers do not have a reserve account so deficiencies are pursued against the customer with the amount collected being used to offset the loss JDCC recognized when the collateral was sold.
The asset representations reviewer will conduct a review of receivables that are 60 days or more delinquent for their compliance with certain representations and warranties made by the sponsor about the receivables in the purchase agreement upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
● | the delinquency trigger (as defined below) occurs, and |
● | the following occurs: |
¡ | at least 5% of the noteholders, measured by the outstanding principal balance of the notes, demand a vote of the noteholders to determine if a review should be performed, and |
¡ | at least a majority of the noteholders, measured by the outstanding principal balance of the notes of the noteholders voting, choose to initiate an asset representations review. |
For more information regarding the asset representations reviewer, see “Asset Representations Reviewer” in this prospectus.
Asset Representations Review Delinquency Trigger
An [agricultural, construction, turf, or forestry] contract is considered delinquent in accordance with the servicer’s normal procedures. A “delinquent” receivable is a receivable for which payment of at least [95%] of the required payment for agricultural contracts and [90%] of the required payment for [construction], [turf], and [forestry] contracts has not been received by the servicer by the due date. The servicer’s procedures may change subject to the sale and servicing agreement.
The “delinquency trigger” will occur with respect to a collection period, when the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (x) the payoff amount of all [60] day or more delinquent receivables (other than purchased receivables and liquidated receivables) as of the last day of such collection period over (y) the pool balance as of the last day of such collection period, equals or exceeds the delinquency trigger percentage (defined below).
The “payoff amount” for a delinquent receivable is calculated as of the close of business on the last day of a collection period, and is equal to the remaining unpaid principal balance of such delinquent receivable, plus accrued but unpaid interest and related fees.
The “pool balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a collection period will be the aggregate principal balance of the receivables (excluding purchased receivables and liquidated receivables) less the aggregate write down amount as of the last day of such collection period.
The “principal balance” of a receivable, as of the close of business on the last day of a collection period, means the amount financed minus the sum of (i) that portion of all scheduled payments paid on or prior to such day allocable to principal using the actuarial method, (ii) any payment of the purchase amount with respect to the receivable purchased by the servicer or repurchased by the seller and allocable to principal and (iii) any prepayment in full or any partial prepayments applied to reduce the principal balance of the receivable.
A “liquidated receivable” means a receivable in respect of which the financed equipment has been sold or otherwise disposed of or which the servicer has determined to charge-off without realizing on the financed equipment and “liquidation proceeds” means all proceeds of a liquidated receivable, net of expenses incurred by the servicer in connection with such liquidation and any amounts required by law to be remitted to the obligor on such liquidated receivable.
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A “purchased receivable” means a receivable purchased by the depositor or the servicer from the trust as required or permitted by the sale and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” in this prospectus.
The “write down amount” for any collection period for any 180-day receivable or repossessed receivable will be the excess of (a) the principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest on such receivable as of the last day of the collection period during which the receivable became a 180-day receivable or repossessed receivable, as applicable, over (b) the estimated realizable value of the receivable, as determined by the servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures for the related collection period, which write down amount may be adjusted to zero by the servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures if the receivable has ceased to be a 180-day receivable as provided in the definition of “180-day receivable.”
A “180-day receivable” with respect to any collection period will be any receivable as to which a scheduled payment is 180 days or more delinquent by the last day of the collection period and which has not become a liquidated receivable or a repossessed receivable; provided that a receivable shall cease to be a 180-day receivable if the servicer subsequently receives payment in full of each scheduled payment that was previously 180 days or more delinquent.
A “repossessed receivable” with respect to any collection period will be any defaulted receivable as to which the financed equipment securing the defaulted receivable has been repossessed by the last day of the collection period.
The delinquency trigger percentage applicable to this transaction will be [•]%.
The sponsor believes that the delinquency trigger percentage is appropriate based on an analysis of the historical [60] day or more delinquency rate over the life of the sponsor’s other transactions. For each of the [•] registered [and selected private] offerings of notes backed by [•] completed by the sponsor from 20[•] to 20[•], the sponsor determined the maximum delinquency ratio across all settlement periods. The sponsor then multiplied this maximum historical delinquency ratio by [•] times and rounded to the nearest [•]% to derive the delinquency trigger percentage. Because the sponsor’s other transactions have not experienced significant historical delinquencies and given the relatively stable economic period related to the agricultural market for the majority of periods for which delinquency data was recorded, the multiple is intended to account for future volatility and stressed economic conditions. The sponsor further believes the multiple is reasonable to account for monthly fluctuations in cash flows and delinquency rates associated with seasonality of the business, and the effect that large obligors can have on the overall delinquency rate.
[Include chart comparing the delinquency trigger against delinquencies that have been disclosed for prior securitized pools of the sponsor for the asset type in accordance with Item 1105 of Regulation AB]
For more information regarding delinquent receivables for the sponsor’s prior securitized pools, see “The Receivables Pool—Static Pool Information” in this prospectus.
The servicer will monitor delinquent receivables and will include on the monthly statement to noteholders the percentage of receivables that are delinquent in each monthly period in 30 or 31 day increments up to [180] days and whether the delinquency trigger percentage has been met or exceeded for the related collection period. If the delinquency trigger percentage has been met or exceeded for the related collection period, the servicer will provide a notice to the sponsor, the depositor and the indenture trustee, and will include a notice on the monthly servicer report and on the Form 10-D, that the delinquency trigger has occurred.
Voting
Noteholders will have [90] days from the date of filing of the Form 10-D which reports that the delinquency trigger has occurred, to vote on whether [60] day or more delinquent receivables should be reviewed by the asset representations reviewer. Noteholders may exercise this right by contacting the [indenture trustee] as directed in the Form 10-D.
If the voting noteholder is the record holder of any notes, no verification procedures will be required. If the voting noteholder is not the record holder of any notes and is instead a beneficial owner of notes, the [indenture trustee] may require no more verification than (1) a written certification from the noteholder that it is a beneficial owner of a specified principal balance of the notes and (2) one additional form of documentation, such as a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from the broker or dealer or other similar document. If less than 5% of the noteholders by aggregate principal balance of the outstanding notes (as of the date the Form 10-D disclosing the occurrence of the delinquency trigger was filed) demand that a vote be conducted to determine if an asset representations review should be initiated within the [90]-day period described above, no additional vote will be required and no asset representations review will be conducted. Notes held by the sponsor or servicer, or any of their respective affiliates, will not be included in the calculation of determining whether 5% of noteholders have elected to initiate a vote.
If at least 5% of the noteholders by aggregate principal amount of the notes outstanding as of the date the Form 10-D disclosing the occurrence of the delinquency trigger was filed (excluding notes held by the sponsor or servicer, or any of their respective affiliates) demand that a vote be conducted, the indenture trustee will initiate a vote of all noteholders by distributing such notice to each noteholder
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and delivering such notice to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for distribution to beneficial owners of the notes, and the servicer will disclose on the Form 10-D for each collection period in which the noteholders demand that a vote be conducted the voting procedures that will be used in connection with such vote. Noteholders will be allowed to vote for at least [150] days after the filing date of the related Form 10-D that disclosed that a delinquency trigger occurred. If at the end of that period, at least a majority of the noteholders by aggregate principal amount of the notes that were voted (excluding notes held by the sponsor or servicer, or any of their respective affiliates) vote to initiate an asset representations review, the indenture trustee will notify the servicer and the depositor, and the servicer will in turn direct the asset representations reviewer to conduct a review as set forth below under “—Asset Representations Review of Receivables.” In addition, the indenture trustee will provide a notice of the result of the vote to all noteholders and to DTC for distribution to the beneficial owners of the notes.
Asset Representations Review of Receivables
Upon the approval of the noteholders as set forth above under “—Voting,” the servicer will provide the asset representations reviewer with access to copies of documents necessary to perform its review within [45] days of the servicer’s receipt of notice from the indenture trustee as described in the immediately preceding paragraph. The servicer may redact such documents if necessary to remove personally identifiable information to the extent such redaction does not change the meaning or usefulness of the documents. Once the asset representations reviewer receives such documents, it will then commence a review of all receivables that are [60] days or more delinquent as of the end of the collection period preceding the date on which the requisite percentage of noteholders voted to initiate an asset representations review (each, an “ARR Receivable”). The asset representations reviewer will compare such ARR Receivables to certain asset level representations and warranties made by the sponsor on the closing date with respect to the receivables. If any ARR Receivable was included in a prior asset representations review, the asset representations reviewer will not conduct additional tests on such ARR Receivable and will include the previously reported results in its review report. If the servicer notifies the asset representations reviewer that an ARR Receivable has been paid in full by the related obligor or purchased from the trust in accordance with the transfer and servicing agreements, the asset representations reviewer will immediately terminate its review of such ARR Receivable. The related representations and warranties are measured as of the time of origination, the cut-off date or the closing date as specified in the purchase agreement. The procedures to be used by the asset representations reviewer will be set forth in the asset representations review agreement, which will be filed with the final prospectus.
The asset representations reviewer will only determine whether:
● | an ARR Receivable satisfied certain asset level representations and warranties made by the sponsor in the purchase agreement, |
● | an ARR Receivable failed to satisfy such representations or warranties, [or] |
● | there is missing or insufficient documentation to determine whether a representation or warranty was satisfied[, or] |
● | [there was no evidence that a receivable failed to satisfy any representation or warranty]. |
The asset representations reviewer will not determine whether any failures to meet the representations and warranties resulted in breaches of the representations and warranties or whether the sponsor or the depositor would be required to repurchase any such ARR Receivable. Additionally, the asset representations reviewer’s review will not determine the reason for the delinquency of any ARR Receivable, the creditworthiness of any obligor, the overall quality of any ARR Receivable, the compliance of the servicer with its covenants with respect to the servicing of the ARR Receivable or the cause, materiality or recourse with respect to any failure to satisfy the representations and warranties.
The asset representations reviewer will be required to complete its review within [60] days of receiving access to the documents necessary to start its review, provided that such deadline will be extended for an additional [30] days in respect of any ARR Receivable in respect of which additional information was required by the asset representations reviewer for the purpose of completing the related review. The asset representations reviewer will provide the trust, the indenture trustee, the sponsor, the depositor and the servicer with (i) a detailed report of its findings and (ii) a summary of its report within [ ] business days of completing its review. The summary of the asset representations reviewer’s report will be included in the statement to noteholders on the Form 10-D for the collection period in which such summary report was provided. A complete copy of the asset representations reviewer’s report will be provided to any noteholder by the indenture trustee at the written request of such noteholder, which report will include receivable-level information necessary for any repurchase requests and the result of each test performed by the asset representations reviewer on each ARR Receivable. Upon receiving a review report from the asset representations reviewer, the servicer will redact such report to remove any personally identifiable information before providing the report to the indenture trustee in connection with any written request from a noteholder.
After receiving the asset representations review report, the depositor will take appropriate action, as necessary, to determine whether there is any breach of any representation and warranty that materially and adversely affects the interests of the trust or the
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noteholders in an ARR Receivable. If there is such a breach, unless the breach is cured, the depositor will repurchase the affected ARR Receivable from the trust. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables.” None of the issuing entity, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee, the asset representations reviewer, the administrator or the servicer is obligated to investigate the accuracy of the representations and warranties with respect to the ARR Receivables subject to the asset representations review.
[Financial Condition of the Sponsor or the Servicer]
[To the extent material, add disclosure regarding the financial condition of the sponsor, the servicer and any other party responsible for repurchasing a receivable as a result of a breach of any representations or warranties.]
Unless any breach of the sponsor or the depositor’s representations and warranties related to the receivables that materially and adversely affects the interest of the trust or the noteholders in the related receivable shall have been cured by the last day of the second month following the month of the discovery thereof by the sponsor or the depositor or receipt by the sponsor or depositor of written notice from the depositor, the servicer, the indenture trustee or the owner trustee, as applicable, of such breach, the depositor shall be obligated to, and, if necessary, the depositor or the trust shall enforce the obligation of the sponsor to, repurchase the related receivable if the breach materially and adversely affects the interest of the trust or the noteholders in such receivable. In order to make a repurchase request, a noteholder will be required to provide a notice to the indenture trustee, and any such repurchase request from the indenture trustee or any noteholder must set forth (i) each receivable that it is requesting be repurchased, (ii) the specific representation or warranty that the noteholder alleges was breached, (iii) the loss that occurred as a result of such breach and (iv) the material and adverse effect of such breach on the interest of the trust or the noteholders in such receivable. General allegations relating to the entire pool of receivables or an unspecified subset of the pool will not be considered a sufficient description for purposes of the notice. If any such party delivers a repurchase request as described in the second preceding sentence, and such request is not resolved, the alleged breach has not been cured or the receivable has not been repurchased within [•] days of receipt of the repurchase request, the requesting party has the right to refer the matter to a dispute resolution process described below. This right applies to all repurchase requests made in accordance with the transaction documents and is not limited to repurchase requests made in connection with a review pursuant to the asset representations review process described above under “—Asset Representations Review of Receivables.” This right applies only to repurchase requests based on an alleged breach by the depositor or the sponsor of a representation or warranty made with respect to a receivable in the transaction documents which breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the trust or the noteholders [or the certificateholder] in such receivable, and is not a mechanism for requesting repurchase or other relief from losses resulting from changes in the credit quality of the receivable or other market conditions. If a receivable is paid off, satisfied or repurchased, no requests to repurchase will be permitted, and there will be no further right to mediation or arbitration regarding that receivable. None of the representations and warranties related to the receivables relate to the performance of the receivables or to any credit losses that may occur as a result of a default by the related obligor on the receivable. Furthermore, the dispute resolution procedures described below apply only to the specific receivables that are related to the dispute and no method such as statistical sampling will be permitted for the purpose of determining additional receivables that may be subject to a repurchase request; provided, that methods such as statistical sampling may be used to determine whether noncompliance with the representations and warranties constitutes a breach that materially and adversely affects the interest of the trust or the noteholders in such receivable.
If the indenture trustee receives a notice from the sponsor or the depositor indicating that a repurchase request remains unresolved after the [•]-day period, it will promptly notify the related requesting party, which notice will also inform the requesting party that it has [•] days from the date of such notice to notify the sponsor and the depositor if it intends to pursue dispute resolution with respect to such repurchase request. The requesting party, including a noteholder, will then have the right to refer the matter to mediation (including non-binding arbitration) or third-party binding arbitration at its discretion. If the requesting party selects binding arbitration, it will give up its right to sue in court. In each case, the process will be administered by [the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”)] [the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)] [JAMS (“JAMS”)][a nationally-recognized alternative dispute resolution facilitator (“ADR Facilitator”)] pursuant to [the AAA’s Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures] [FINRA’s Code of Arbitration Procedure and Code of Mediation Procedure] [JAMS’ Rules and Procedures] [the ADR Facilitator’s governing rules and procedures], as applicable, or any successor rules or procedures (the “[AAA][FINRA][JAMS][ADR] Rules”). The mediation or arbitration will take place in New York, New York. If the requesting party chooses to pursue dispute resolution, it (i) must initiate the proceedings within [•] days after the end of the [•]-day period and (ii) provide notice (as defined by the [AAA][FINRA][JAMS][ADR] Rules) to the sponsor and the depositor of its intent to pursue resolution through mediation or arbitration (as specified in such notice) [at [insert email address or other address]], within the applicable statute of limitations period and within [•] days after the date of the notice specifying that the repurchase request remains unresolved following the end of the [•]-day period. The depositor must respond to the notice within [•] days and must submit to the method of dispute resolution requested.
The indenture trustee will have no obligation to pursue or otherwise be involved in resolving any repurchase request, including any such request that becomes subject to a dispute resolution proceeding, unless it is directed to do so by noteholders holding not less than a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes, and such noteholders have offered to the indenture trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements, advances and liabilities that might be incurred by it,
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its agents and its counsel in compliance with such direction. For the avoidance of doubt, if the indenture trustee does not agree to pursue or otherwise be involved in resolving any repurchase request, the related noteholders may independently pursue a dispute resolution proceeding as described herein.
If the requesting party chooses to refer the matter to mediation, the depositor and the requesting party will agree on a neutral mediator approved by [the AAA][FINRA][JAMS][the ADR Facilitator] within [•] days of the depositor’s response to the requesting party’s notice of its intent to refer the matter to mediation. If the parties cannot agree on a mediator, one will be appointed by [the AAA][FINRA][JAMS][the ADR Facilitator] in accordance with the applicable [AAA][FINRA][JAMS][ADR] Rules in effect at the time of such proceeding. The parties will mutually agree on the allocation of expenses incurred in connection with the mediation or, if the parties cannot agree, the expenses will be allocated between the depositor and the requesting party in accordance with the applicable [AAA][FINRA][JAMS][ADR] Rules in effect at the time of such proceeding, and no such expenses will be payable by the trust. If the requesting party is unsatisfied with the result of the mediation, the requesting party may choose to submit the matter to binding arbitration. If the requesting party selects binding arbitration, it will give up its right to sue in court.
If the requesting party chooses to refer the matter to arbitration, the matter will be referred to a panel of three arbitrators to be selected in accordance with the [AAA][FINRA][JAMS][ADR] Rules in effect at the time of such proceeding. The arbitrators will have the authority to schedule, hear and determine any motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, according to New York law, and will do so at the motion of any party. Discovery will be completed within [•] days of appointment of the panel and will be limited for each party to [two] witness depositions not to exceed [five] hours, [two] interrogatories, [one] document request and [one] request for admissions. The arbitrators, however, may grant additional discovery if, based on the facts and circumstances of the particular dispute, good cause exists, there is an unavoidable delay or with the consent of all of the relevant parties. Briefs will be limited to no more than [ten] pages each, and will be limited to initial statements of the case, discovery motions and a pre-hearing brief. The evidentiary hearing on the merits will commence no later than [•] days following the appointment of the panel and will proceed for no more than [•] consecutive business days, with equal time allotted to each side for the presentation of direct evidence and cross examination. In each case, the panel of arbitrators will have discretion to modify these timeframes if, based on the facts and circumstances of the particular dispute, good cause exists, there is an unavoidable delay or with the consent of all of the relevant parties. The panel will render its decision on the matter within [•] days of the selection of the panel. The panel will decide the matter in accordance with the terms of the sale and servicing agreement, including choice-of-law provisions, and will not be permitted to award punitive or special damages. The panel will also determine which parties to the arbitration will be responsible for paying the dispute resolution fees, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in this process. Judgment on the award will be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Once the alleged breach with respect to a receivable has been reviewed by a panel, the panel’s decision will be binding with respect to that receivable, and such receivable may not be the subject of any additional mediation or arbitration.
In all cases, the proceedings of the mediation or arbitration, including the occurrence of such proceedings, the nature and amount of any relief sought or granted and the results of any discovery taken in the matter, will be kept strictly confidential by both parties, except to the extent described in the sale and servicing agreement or as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order.
If [the AAA][FINRA][JAMS][the ADR Facilitator] no longer exists, or if its rules would no longer permit mediation or arbitration of the dispute, the matter will be administered by another nationally recognized mediation or arbitration organization selected by the depositor, using its relevant rules then in effect. However, if any such rules are inconsistent with the terms of the mediation or arbitration stated in the sale and servicing agreement, the sale and servicing agreement terms will apply. Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York City, but any party may appear by video conference or teleconference.
Selection Criteria for Receivables
The receivables described in this prospectus were purchased by JDCC from the sales companies and in accordance with certain credit standards as described under “The Trust—The Trust Property” and “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus. The depositor will purchase the receivables from JDCC pursuant to the purchase agreement and sell them to the trust pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement.
The large majority of the aggregate principal balance of the receivables represents financing of new and used equipment manufactured or distributed by John Deere. The receivables consist of [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment retail installment sale and loan contracts secured by new and used [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment, the security interests in the equipment financed thereby and the proceeds thereof. John Deere categorizes its [agricultural equipment receivables], [turf equipment receivables], [construction equipment receivables] and [forestry equipment receivables] based on the type or use of equipment comprising the greatest initial principal balance of the original receivable contract. Based on this system, the receivables in the pool consist exclusively of [•]% [agricultural equipment] receivables, [•]% [turf equipment] receivables, [•]% [construction equipment] receivables and [•]% [forestry equipment] receivables. However, each receivable could be secured by more than one of the above types of equipment as financed equipment.
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The receivables were selected from JDCC’s portfolio by several criteria, including, as of the cut-off date, the following. Except as described under “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables” in this prospectus, each receivable:
● | was originated in the United States; |
● | has an obligor that has a mailing address in the United States; |
● | has a fixed interest rate (“APR”), including an APR of 0% if the receivable is a non-interest bearing receivable; |
● | is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the financed equipment; |
● | has a scheduled maturity not later than [•], 20[•]; |
● | provides for scheduled payments that fully amortize the amount financed; |
● | has an outstanding principal balance of at least $[•]; and |
● | is not more than [•] days past due. |
See “The Receivables Pool—Underwriting Criteria for Receivables” and “—Origination” in this prospectus. Because all retail installment contracts follow the underwriting processes as described in this prospectus, the depositor has concluded that it can provide reasonable assurance that none of the receivables in the pool were originated with exceptions to JDCC’s written underwriting guidelines.
As of the cut-off date, no single obligor on the receivables accounted for more than [•]% of the receivables. As of the cut-off date, no obligor on any receivable was noted in the related records of the servicer or the sub-servicer as having filed for bankruptcy. [Additionally, as of the cut-off date, none of the receivables is more than 30 days past due.] No selection procedures believed by JDCC or the depositor to be adverse to the noteholders were used in selecting the receivables.
Each receivable provides for fixed payments on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual, annual or other basis. Most receivables relating to agricultural equipment pay on an annual basis and most other receivables pay on a monthly basis. The fixed payments provided for under each receivable are sufficient to amortize fully the amount financed and pay finance charges, if any, over the original term of the receivable.
Approximately [•]% of the receivables (by remaining principal balance as of the cut-off date) are evidenced by electronic contracts.
[The financed equipment securing a receivable of an obligor held by the trust may also secure, through cross-collateralization provisions, other receivables of the same obligor originated by Deere, John Deere Construction & Forestry Company or certain affiliates, which may consist of equipment retail installment contracts or other receivables such as revolving loans, and which receivables, if equipment retail installment contracts, may or may not be included in the trust. In addition, equipment retail installment contracts relating to an obligor which may not be included in the trust may provide that a default under such equipment retail installment contract could cause a default of other equipment retail installment contracts of the same obligor which may be included in the trust. Under the purchase agreement, JDCC will represent, subject to certain limitations, that each of the trust’s receivables is secured by a perfected purchase money security interest in the related financed equipment. A perfected purchase money security interest in the financed equipment would be senior to any security interest in such financed equipment arising under any such cross-collateralization provisions included in any other equipment retail installment contract not included in the trust.]
[As of the cut-off date, [•] of the receivables, having an aggregate balance of $[•], have been more than 30 days past due at least once since their origination, of which [•] receivables, having an aggregate balance of $[•], have been more than 60 days past due at least once since their origination[, of which [•] receivables, having an aggregate balance of $[•], have been more than 90 days past due at least once since their origination, and of which [•] receivables, having an aggregate balance of $[•], have been more than 120 days past due at least once since their origination]. The aggregate balance of the receivables represents the aggregate balance of all receivables that are past due by the specified number of days, including receivables in repossession and has been calculated as the sum of the principal balance of the receivables plus accrued interest thereon as of the cut-off date. As of the cut-off date, none of the receivables has been more than [•] days past due since their origination.]
In connection with the offering of the notes, the depositor has performed a review of the receivables in the pool and the disclosure regarding the receivables required to be included in this prospectus by Item 1111 of Regulation AB (such disclosure, the
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“Rule 193 Information”). This review was designed and effected to provide reasonable assurance that the Rule 193 Information is accurate in all material respects. As part of this review, the depositor consulted with both internal and external counsel, was assisted by responsible personnel of Deere and JDCC and engaged a third party to assist it with certain components of the review. The depositor determined the nature, extent and timing of the review and the level of assistance provided by any such third party. The depositor had ultimate authority and control over, and assumes all responsibility for, the review and the findings and conclusions of the review. The depositor attributes all findings and conclusions of the review to itself.
In designing the review, members of the Deere legal and Deere securitization groups identified the Rule 193 Information to be covered and identified the review procedures for each portion of the Rule 193 Information.
Descriptions consisting of factual information were reviewed and approved by management of JDCC’s operations group to ensure the accuracy of such descriptions. Members of the Deere legal group also reviewed the Rule 193 Information consisting of descriptions of portions of the transaction documents and compared the Rule 193 Information to the related transaction documents to ensure the descriptions were accurate. Members of the Deere and JDCC securitization groups also consulted with internal regulatory personnel and counsel, as well as external counsel, with respect to the description of the legal and regulatory provisions that may materially and adversely affect the performance of the receivables or payments on the notes.
Additionally, a review was performed by members of the Deere and JDCC securitization groups that involved applying systemic and manual filters to the pool data tape, which is a data tape prepared by the depositor which includes certain attributes of the receivables, and then comparing that data against a checklist containing all pool selection criteria as defined in the relevant transaction documents. The purpose of this component of the overall review was to test whether the receivables in the pool conformed to pool selection criteria in all material aspects as set forth under “The Receivables Pool” in this prospectus, as well as criteria set forth in the relevant transaction documents.
Further, the depositor randomly selected [•] retail installment sale contract files identified in the pool selection process and believed to be representative of the receivables pool. The depositor compared certain information in those contract files it deemed to be relevant, given the scope of the Rule 193 Information, to data contained in the associated receivables pool data tape. The depositor found no discrepancies that it considers to be material.
In addition, the depositor had the information in the pool composition and stratification tables set forth under the section “The Receivables Pool—Composition of the Receivables” in this prospectus independently recalculated. The information was recalculated using the information in the pool data tape and stratification formulas. Upon recalculation of the information in the tables, the depositor found no discrepancies in the pool composition and stratification tables.
The depositor’s review of the receivables is also supported by JDCC’s extensive control processes used in the day-to-day operation of its business. These controls include financial reporting controls required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regular internal audits of key business functions, including receivables contract purchasing, servicing and systems processing, internal credit policy and underwriting compliance, and securitization processes. In addition, JDCC has an integrated network of computer applications to ensure that receivables information is accurately entered, captured and maintained in its receivables and other systems. These computer systems are subject to change control processes, automated controls testing and control review programs to determine whether systems controls are operating effectively and accurately. All of these controls and procedures form part of the review to ensure integrity of data and information and accuracy of securitization disclosures (including the Rule 193 Information).
[After completion of the review described above and its evaluation of the findings of such review, the depositor has concluded, with reasonable assurance, that the disclosure related to the Rule 193 Information in this prospectus are accurate in all material respects.]
The composition of the receivables and the distribution of the receivables by APR, equipment type, payment frequency, current principal balance plus accrued interest, and the geographic distribution, all as of the cut-off date, are set forth in the following tables. For purposes of the data in the following tables only, aggregate balances of the receivables have been calculated as the sum of the principal balances of the receivables plus accrued interest thereon as of the cut-off date. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
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Composition of the Receivables
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Weighted | Aggregate | Number of | Weighted | Weighted | Average | |||||
[•]% | $[•] | [•] | [•] months | [•] months | $[•] | |||||
([•]% to [•]%) | ([•] to [•] months)(1) | ([•] to [•] months)(1)(2) | ($[•] to $[•]) |
(1) | Based on scheduled payments and assuming no prepayments. |
(2) | For purposes of this table, the original term of each receivable begins on the date of origination of the receivable and continues through the scheduled maturity. |
Average Original Balance (Range) | Total Accrued Interest | Weighted Average Credit Scores | ||
$[•] | $[•] | [•] | ||
($[•] to $[•]) | ([•] to [•]) |
(1) | Credit scores relate to the FICO® score of the obligors, which is a credit score derived from a scoring system created by the Fair Isaac Corporation. A FICO® score is used to evaluate creditworthiness on the basis of, among other things, information that a credit bureau keeps about the applicant for credit and the debt service-to-income ratio of the applicant. The highest FICO® score a person can receive is 850 and the lowest 300. [•]% of the aggregate balance of the receivables pool did not contain a FICO® score and thus was excluded from the calculation. |
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Distribution of the Receivables by APR
APR Range | Number of Receivables | Aggregate Balance | Percent of Aggregate Balance | |||
0.00% to 0.49% | [•] | $[•] | [•]% | |||
0.50% to 0.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
1.00% to 1.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
1.50% to 1.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
2.00% to 2.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
2.50% to 2.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
3.00% to 3.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
3.50% to 3.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
4.00% to 4.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
4.50% to 4.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
5.00% to 5.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
5.50% to 5.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
6.00% to 6.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
6.50% to 6.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
7.00% to 7.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
7.50% to 7.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
8.00% to 8.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
8.50% to 8.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
9.00% to 9.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
9.50% to 9.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
10.00% to 10.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
10.50% to 10.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
11.00% to 11.49% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
11.50% to 11.99% | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
12.00% and above | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
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Distribution of the Receivables by Equipment Type
Equipment Type(1) | Number of Receivables | Aggregate Balance | Percent of Aggregate Balance | |||
[Agricultural] | ||||||
New | [•] | $[•] | [•]% | |||
Used | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
[Construction] | ||||||
New | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Used | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
[Turf] | ||||||
New | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Used | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
[Forestry] | ||||||
New | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Used | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
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(1) | John Deere categorizes its receivables based on the type or use of equipment comprising the greatest initial principal balance of the original receivable contract. |
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Distribution of the Receivables by Payment Frequency
Payment Frequency | Number of Receivables | Aggregate Balance | Percent of Aggregate Balance | |||
Annual | [•] | $[•] | [•]% | |||
Semiannual | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Quarterly | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Monthly | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
Other | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
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Current Balance Range | Number of Receivables | Aggregate Balance | Percent of Aggregate Balance | |||
$ 500.00 – $ 10,000.00 | [•] | $[•] | [•]% | |||
10,000.01 – 20,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
20,000.01 – 30,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
30,000.01 – 40,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
40,000.01 – 50,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
50,000.01 – 100,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
100,000.01 – 200,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
200,000.01 – 300,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
300,000.01 – 400,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
400,000.01 – 500,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
500,000.01 – 600,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
600,000.01 – 700,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
700,000.01 – 800,000.00 | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
800,000.01 – and above | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||
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Geographic Distribution of the Receivables
Geographic Distribution(1) | Number of Receivables | Aggregate Balance | Percent of Aggregate Balance | |||||||||
Alabama | [•] | $[•] | [•]% | |||||||||
Alaska | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Arizona | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Arkansas | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
California | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Colorado | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Connecticut | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Delaware | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
District of Columbia | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Florida | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Georgia | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Hawaii | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Idaho | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Illinois | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Indiana | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Iowa | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Kansas | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Kentucky | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Louisiana | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Maine | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Maryland | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Massachusetts | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Michigan | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Minnesota | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Mississippi | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Missouri | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Montana | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Nebraska | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Nevada | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
New Hampshire | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
New Jersey | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
New Mexico | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
New York | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
North Carolina | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
North Dakota | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Ohio | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Oklahoma | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Oregon | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Pennsylvania | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Rhode Island | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
South Carolina | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
South Dakota | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Tennessee | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Texas | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Utah | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Vermont | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Virginia | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Washington | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
West Virginia | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Wisconsin | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
Wyoming | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||
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[If 10% or more of the pool assets are or will be located in any one state or other geographic region, any economic or other factors specified to such state or region that may materially impact the pool assets or pool asset cash flows will be described.]
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Original Scheduled Payments
Collection Period | Gross Scheduled Payments(1) | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] |
(1) | This table presents scheduled payments on the receivables as of the cut-off date and does not reflect prepayments that may occur. The actual performance of the receivables may differ from this table. See “Maturity and Prepayment Considerations” in this prospectus for a discussion of various factors affecting the rate of prepayments of the receivables. |
JDCC’s Historical Delinquencies; Repossessions and Net Losses
Set forth below is certain information concerning JDCC’s experience in the United States pertaining to delinquencies and repossessions on its entire portfolio (excluding a small portion of the total JDCC retail installment portfolio related to receivables that are not candidates for securitization within the JDOT program) of retail [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment receivables (including variable rate receivables, fixed rate receivables and variable rate receivables that are subject to an interest rate cap arrangement). The division of the receivables in the pool among [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment differs from the division in JDCC’s entire portfolio. For factors that have affected JDCC’s delinquencies, repossessions and net losses in the past and are expected to do so in the future, see “Risk Factors—Losses on the receivables may cause losses on the notes” in this prospectus.
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Delinquency Experience
The following tables show certain information concerning delinquencies at each Specified Fiscal Year End Date or such other specified date:
At the Related Specified Fiscal Year End Date, | At [•], | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Contracts | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending Portfolio | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Period of Delinquency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30–59 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
60–89 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
90–119 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
120–149 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
150–179 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
180+ Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] �� | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Delinquencies as a Percent of Ending Portfolio | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ending Portfolio Amount of Contracts(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ending Portfolio | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | ||||||||||||||
Period of Delinquency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30–59 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
60–89 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
90–119 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
120–149 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
150–179 Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
180+ Days | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Delinquencies | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | $ | [•] | ||||||||||||||
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Total Delinquencies as a Percent of Ending Portfolio | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% |
(1) | Ending portfolio amounts and percentages are based on the outstanding balance of each contract. The information in the table includes previously sold contracts that continued to be serviced by Deere Credit Services. A contract is considered delinquent if the obligor paid less than (i) 95% of the scheduled payment on an agricultural contract by the due date, or (ii) 90% of the scheduled payment on a construction, turf or forestry contract by the due date. |
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Credit Loss/Repossession Experience(1)
The following table shows certain information concerning credit loss/repossession experience as of each Specified Fiscal Year End Date or such other specified date:
At the Related Specified Fiscal Year End | For the [•] Months Ended [•], | |||||||||||||
20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ] | 20[ ](5) | 20[ ](5) | ||||||||
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Total [Agricultural, Turf, | ||||||||||||||
Average Portfolio Managed During the Period(2) | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | $ [•] | |||||||
Repossessions as a Percentage of Average Portfolio Managed(2) | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||||
Net Losses as a Percentage of Average Portfolio Managed(3) | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||||
Net Losses as a Percentage of Liquidations(3)(4) | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% |
(1) | Except as indicated, all amounts and percentages are based on the outstanding balance of each contract. |
(2) | Average portfolio managed includes [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment retail notes owned by JDCC, other financial institutions and securitization trusts. All of these retail notes are serviced by Deere Credit Services. |
(3) | Net losses are equal to the aggregate net balances of all contracts that are determined to be uncollectible and liquidated, or uncollectible and written off, less any recoveries (before giving effect to any recoveries relating to dealer reserves). Dealer reserves in respect of the receivables are not available to the trust. |
(4) | Liquidations represent a reduction in the outstanding balances of the contracts as a result of cash payments and charge-offs. |
(5) | Rates have been annualized for [•], 20[•] and [•], 20[•]. Annualized rates are not necessarily indicative of the experience for a full year. |
Set forth in Appendix A hereto is certain static pool information regarding cumulative net losses, delinquencies and prepayment history for JDCC’s prior securitized pools of retail [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment receivables in the past [five] years shown both in a tabular and graphical presentation.
JDCC’s underwriting standards and procedures have remained stable over time. However, we cannot assure you that the prepayment, loss or delinquency experience of the receivables sold to the trust will be comparable to the historical prepayment, loss or delinquency experience of any of the securitized pools sponsored by JDCC. In this regard, you should note how the characteristics of the receivables in those securitized pools differ from each other and from the characteristics of the trust’s receivables. Such differences, along with the varying economic conditions applicable to those securitized pools, may make it unlikely that the trust’s receivables will perform in the same way that any of those pools has performed. See the table entitled “Characteristics of Prior Securitized Pools” in Appendix A hereto for a summary of certain information related to the original characteristics of JDCC’s prior securitized pools. Information regarding prior securitization transactions sponsored by JDCC contained on the John Deere website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered part of, this prospectus.
JDCC, as sponsor, has [no] activity to report under Rule 15Ga-1(a) for the three-year period ending [•], 20[•].
[The depositor, as securitizer, filed its most recent Form ABS-15G for Rule 15Ga-1(a) with the SEC on [•], 20[•]. The depositor’s CIK number is: 0001762590.]
For more information on obtaining a copy of the filing, you should read “Where You Can Find More Information” in this prospectus.
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MATURITY AND PREPAYMENT CONSIDERATIONS
All the receivables in the pool can be prepaid at any time. Each prepayment will shorten the weighted average life of the receivables and the weighted average life of the notes. Prepayment includes:
● | voluntary prepayments, including voluntary prepayments in connection with a refinancing due to trade-ins and issuance of a new note; |
● | liquidations due to default; and |
● | receipts of proceeds from insurance policies. |
The “weighted average life” of a debt instrument means the average amount of time in which each dollar of principal is repaid. The rate of prepayments on the receivables may be influenced by a variety of economic, financial, climatic and other factors. The amount of prepayments on agricultural equipment installment sale and loan contracts similar to the receivables has historically tended to increase during periods in which farmers have strong cash flows. In addition, under certain circumstances, JDCC is obligated to repurchase specific receivables pursuant to the purchase agreement, the depositor is obligated to repurchase specific receivables pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, and the servicer is obligated to purchase specific receivables pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables” and “—Servicing Procedures” in this prospectus. Any reinvestment risks resulting from a faster or slower incidence of prepayment of receivables than is expected by a noteholder will be borne entirely by the noteholder. See also “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” regarding the servicer’s option to purchase the receivables when the note value is [•]% or less of the initial note value as of the cut-off date. This purchase would result in the redemption of the notes that are outstanding.
The following information is given solely to illustrate the effect of prepayments of the receivables on the weighted average lives of the notes under the stated assumptions and is not a prediction of the prepayment rate that might actually be experienced by the receivables.
Prepayments on retail installment contracts can be measured relative to a prepayment standard or model. The model used in this prospectus is based on a constant prepayment rate (“CPR”). CPR is determined by the percentage of principal outstanding at the beginning of a period that prepays during that period, stated as an annualized rate. The CPR prepayment model, like any prepayment model, does not purport to be either an historical description of prepayment experience or a prediction of the anticipated rate of prepayment.
The tables on pages [•] and [•] below have been prepared on the basis of certain assumptions, including that:
● | all of the receivables have an APR of [•]%; |
● | the initial note value is equal to $[•]; |
● | the notes are issued in the initial principal amounts set forth on the cover of this prospectus; |
● | the receivables prepay in full at the specified monthly CPR, and there are no defaults, losses or repurchases; |
● | each scheduled payment on the receivables is made on the last day of each collection period; |
● | the servicing fee is [•]% per annum calculated based on the note value as of the first day of the collection period (rather than on the pool balance as of such date as required under the sale and servicing agreement)[; provided that in the case of the first payment date, the servicing fee will be an amount equal to the sum of (a) [•]% per annum of the note value as of the cut-off date (for the first collection period) and (b) [•]% per annum of the note value at the beginning of the second collection period (for the second collection period)]; and all other fees and expenses are assumed to be zero; |
● | [the servicer exercises the optional redemption on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value (however, this assumption is not made as to the “Weighted average life without optional redemption (years)” numbers in the last row of each of the following tables)]; |
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● | distributions are made on each payment date (assuming each payment date occurs on the[•] day of each month) in accordance with the description set forth under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” without giving effect to the final payment date of any class of notes; |
● | no investment earnings are earned on any account; and |
● | the closing date is [•], 20[•]. |
The tables indicate, on the basis of the foregoing assumptions, the weighted average life of each class of notes and the percentage of the initial principal balance of each class of notes that would be outstanding after each of the payment dates shown at various CPR percentages.
The information included in the following tables represents forward-looking statements and involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The actual characteristics and performance of the receivables will differ from the assumptions used in constructing the tables on pages [•] and [•]. The assumptions used are hypothetical and have been provided only to give a general sense of how the principal cash flows might behave under varying prepayment scenarios. For example, it is highly unlikely that the receivables will prepay at a constant CPR until maturity or that all of the receivables will prepay at the same CPR. Moreover, the diverse terms of receivables could produce slower or faster principal distributions than indicated in the tables at the various CPRs specified. Any difference between such assumptions and the actual characteristics and performance of the receivables will affect the percentages of initial balances outstanding over time and the weighted average lives of the notes.
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Percentage of Initial Principal Amount of the Notes at Various CPR Percentages
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Payment Date | 0% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 0% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing Date | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weighted average life with optional redemption | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Optional redemption date | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average life without optional redemption (years)(1) | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] |
(1) | The weighted average life of a class A-1 note[,][or a] class A-2[A] note is determined by: (a) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on the applicable [class A] note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the [class A] note to the related payment date, (b) adding the results, and (c) dividing the sum by the related initial principal amount of the [class A] note. |
(2) | To the optional redemption date specified in the table, which is based on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value under the assumptions (rather than on the basis of the principal balance of the receivables as required under the sale and servicing agreement). See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus. |
This table has been prepared based on the assumptions described on page [ ] (including the assumptions regarding the characteristics and performance of the receivables, which will differ from the actual characteristics and performance thereof) and should be read in conjunction therewith.
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[[Percentage of Initial Principal Amount of the Notes at Various CPR Percentages]
A-2B Notes | ||||||||||
Payment Date | 0% | 10% | 12% | 16% | 18% | |||||
Closing Date | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||||
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Optional redemption date | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||
Weighted average life without optional redemption | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] |
(1) | [The weighted average life of a class A-2B note is determined by: (a) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on the applicable class A2-B note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the class A-2B note to the related payment date, (b) adding the results, and (c) dividing the sum by the related initial principal amount of the class A-2B note.] |
(2) | [To the optional redemption date specified in the table, which is based on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value under the assumptions (rather than on the basis of the principal balance of the receivables as required under the sale and servicing agreement). See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus.] |
[This table has been prepared based on the assumptions described on page [ ] (including the assumptions regarding the characteristics and performance of the receivables, which will differ from the actual characteristics and performance thereof) and should be read in conjunction therewith.]]
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Percentage of Initial Principal Amount of the Notes at Various CPR Percentages
Class A-3 Notes | Class A-4 Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payment Date | 0% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 0% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing Date | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weighted average life with optional redemption | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Optional redemption date | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average life without optional redemption | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] |
(1) | The weighted average life of a class A-3 note or a class A-4 note is determined by: (a) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on the applicable [class A] note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the [class A] note to the related payment date, (b) adding the results, and (c) dividing the sum by the related initial principal amount of the [class A] note. |
(2) | To the optional redemption date specified in the table, which is based on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value under the assumptions (rather than on the basis of the principal balance of the receivables as required under the sale and servicing agreement). See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus. |
This table has been prepared based on the assumptions described on page [ ] (including the assumptions regarding the characteristics and performance of the receivables, which will differ from the actual characteristics and performance thereof) and should be read in conjunction therewith.
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[Percentage of Initial Principal Amount of the Notes at Various CPR Percentages]
Class B Notes | ||||||||||||
Payment Date | 0% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 18% | ||||||
Closing Date | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
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Optional redemption date | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | ||||||
Weighted average life without optional | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] |
(1) | [The weighted average life of a class B note is determined by: (a) multiplying the amount of each principal payment on the applicable B note by the number of years from the date of issuance of the class B note to the related payment date, (b) adding the results, and (c) dividing the sum by the related initial principal amount of the class B note.] |
(2) | [To the optional redemption date specified in the table, which is based on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value under the assumptions (rather than on the basis of the principal balance of the receivables as required under the sale and servicing agreement). See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” in this prospectus.] |
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The risk retention regulations in 17 C.F.R. Part 246 (“Regulation RR”) of the Exchange Act require the sponsor, either directly or through its majority-owned affiliates, to retain an economic interest in the credit risk of the receivables.
[Combination Vertical and Horizontal Interest Option]
[The [depositor][sponsor] will satisfy the risk retention requirements of Regulation RR by retaining a combination of an “eligible vertical interest” and an “eligible horizontal residual interest” under Regulation RR. The [depositor][sponsor] expects that the percentage of the “eligible vertical interest” and the percentage of the fair value of the “eligible horizontal residual interest” will equal at least five.] [Include following disclosure for both Eligible Vertical Interest Option and Eligible Horizontal Residual Interest Option.]
[Eligible Vertical Interest Option]
[The [depositor][sponsor]’s retention of [•]% of each class of notes satisfies the requirements for an “eligible vertical interest” under Regulation RR. The [sponsor][depositor], or [a][another] majority-owned affiliate of JDCC, is required to retain this interest until the later of two years from the closing date, the date the pool balance is one-third or less of the initial pool balance, or the date the principal amount of the notes is one-third or less of the original principal amount. JDCC, the depositor or any of their affiliates may not hedge the retained interest during this period. If the percentage of each class of notes and the residual interest retained by the [depositor][sponsor] on the closing date is materially different than [•]%, JDCC or the sub-servicer will include the retained percentage in the first investor report.
By retaining the “eligible vertical interest,” the [depositor][sponsor] will be a noteholder of [•]% of each class of notes and will be entitled to receive [•]% of all payments of interest and principal made on each class of notes and, if any class of notes incurs losses, will bear [•]% of those losses. Each class of notes retained by the [depositor][sponsor] as part of the “eligible vertical interest” will have the same terms as all other notes in that class, except that the notes retained by the [depositor][sponsor] will not be included for purposes of determining whether a required percentage of any class of notes have taken any action under the indenture or any other transaction document.]
[Eligible Horizontal Residual Interest Option]
[The sponsor intends to satisfy its obligation to retain credit risk by [retaining] [causing the depositor, John Deere Receivables LLC, its wholly owned affiliate, to retain] an eligible horizontal residual interest in the form of [the class [•] notes and] the certificate [and to fund an eligible horizontal cash reserve account on the closing date]. The fair value of [the class [•] notes and] the certificate [and the amount funded to the reserve account] is expected to represent at least 5% of the sum of the fair value of the notes and the certificate on the closing date. Under Regulation RR, the [sponsor] [depositor], or another majority-owned affiliate of [sponsor] [depositor], is required to retain the eligible horizontal residual interest until the later of the date that is two years from the closing date, the date the pool balance is 33% or less of the initial pool balance, or the date the unpaid principal amount of the notes is 33% or less of the original principal amount of the notes. None of JDCC, the [sponsor] [depositor] or any of their affiliates may sell, transfer or hedge the retained interest during this period other than as permitted by Regulation RR.
The certificate retained by the depositor is expected to satisfy the requirements for an “eligible horizontal residual interest” under Regulation RR. In general, the certificate represents the right to payments received on the receivables not needed to make payments on the notes, cover losses on the receivables, [make deposits into the reserve account] or pay certain expenses and fees of the trust. Because the certificate is subordinated to [each class of] [the] notes and is only entitled to amounts not needed on a payment date to make payments on the notes or to make other required payments or deposits according to the priority of payments described in “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreement—Distributions—Priority of Payments”, the certificate absorbs losses on the receivables by reduction of, first, excess collections and, second, overcollateralization before any losses are incurred by the notes. For a further description of the material terms of the certificate, please read “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Reserve Account and Certificate.”
[The reserve account is expected to satisfy the requirements for an “eligible horizontal cash reserve account” under Regulation RR. The reserve account will be funded from a portion of the offering proceeds for the offered notes on the closing date in an amount equal to $[•], which is expected to represent approximately [•]% of the fair value of the notes and the certificate on the closing date and approximately [•]% of the $[•] million amount expected to represent 5% of the fair value of the notes and the certificate on the closing date. Funds will be withdrawn from cash in the reserve account to the extent that the total distribution amount (after the payment of the administration fee, the asset representations reviewer review fee and, if JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is not the servicer, the servicing fee) with respect to any collection period is less than the amount of principal and interest payable on the notes on the related payment date and will be deposited in the note distribution account. After payment in full of amounts due on the notes and the final distribution is made on the certificate, the amount on deposit in the reserve account may be released to JDCC or its
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affiliates. Interest earned on amounts on deposit in the reserve account each month, if any, will be made available as part of the total distribution amount for each payment date. For a further description of the material terms of the reserve account, please read “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Reserve Account and Certificate.”] [Insert any other disclosure required by Rule 4(c)(1) of Regulation RR (17 CFR 264.4).]]
The fair value of the notes and the certificate is summarized below. Totals may not foot due to rounding:
Interest Rates | Fair Value (in millions) | Fair Value (as a percentage of the fair value amount of the notes and certificates) | ||||||||||
Class A[-1] notes | $ | % | ||||||||||
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[Class B notes] | ||||||||||||
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Total | $ | % |
The [fair value of the Class A-1 notes is assumed to be equal to the initial principal amount, or par amount, and the] fair value of the Class A[-2] notes[, Class A-[•] notes and Class B notes] reflects the discounted price to public for such classes of notes, in each case, based on the pricing of the notes.
[Collectively, the certificate and the amount deposited in the reserve account on the closing date are expected to represent [•]% of the fair value of the notes and certificate on the closing date.]
The sponsor determined the fair value of the notes and the certificate using a fair value measurement framework under generally accepted accounting principles. In measuring fair value, the use of observable and unobservable inputs and their significance in measuring fair value are reflected in the fair value hierarchy assessment, with Level 1 inputs favored over Level 3 inputs.
● Level 1—inputs include quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable,
● Level 2—inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments and observable inputs such as interest rates and yield curves, and
● Level 3—inputs include data not observable in the market and reflect management judgment about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the instrument.
The fair value of the notes is categorized within Level 2 of the hierarchy, reflecting the use of inputs derived from prices for similar instruments. The fair value of the certificates is categorized within Level 3 of the hierarchy as inputs to the fair value calculation are generally not observable.
To calculate the fair value of the certificate, the sponsor used an internal valuation model. This model projects future cash flows from the pool of receivables, the interest and principal payments on each class of notes, the servicing fee, the administration fee, and other fees and expenses due and payable from the transaction’s cashflows. The model also assumes that the servicer will exercise its clean up call option on the earliest date on which the note value is equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value, which, for purposes of the fair value calculation, is estimated to occur on the [•] payment date following the closing date. The resulting certificate cash flows are discounted to present value based on a discount rate that reflects the credit exposure to these cash flows. In completing these calculations, the sponsor made the following assumptions:
● | except as otherwise described in the following bullets, cash flows in respect of the receivables are calculated using the assumptions described under the heading “Maturity and Prepayment Considerations—Weighted Average Lives” in this prospectus; |
● | [interest accrues on the notes at the rates described above and interest on the class [•] notes will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days occurring in the related period for which interest is payable divided by 360] [and] interest on the class [•] notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months]; |
● | the delinquency trigger related to an asset representations review does not occur; |
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● | cash flows from the receivables are calculated using the scheduled payments adjusted for assumptions regarding prepayments and net losses as described below. |
● | receivables prepay at a constant prepayment rate (“CPR”) of [•]% based on amortization resulting from voluntary prepayments only and does not take into account net losses; |
● | cumulative net losses on the receivables, as a percentage of the initial pool balance, occur each month at the following rates: |
Month | Cumulative | Month | Cumulative | Month | Cumulative | |||||
1 | % | 17 | % | 33 | % | |||||
2 | % | 18 | % | 34 | % | |||||
3 | % | 19 | % | 35 | % | |||||
4 | % | 20 | % | 36 | % | |||||
5 | % | 21 | % | 37 | % | |||||
6 | % | 22 | % | 38 | % | |||||
7 | % | 23 | % | 39 | % | |||||
8 | % | 24 | % | 40 | % | |||||
9 | % | 25 | % | 41 | % | |||||
10 | % | 26 | % | 42 | % | |||||
11 | % | 27 | % | 43 | % | |||||
12 | % | 28 | % | 44 | % | |||||
13 | % | 29 | % | 45 | % | |||||
14 | % | 30 | % | 46 | % | |||||
15 | % | 31 | % | 47 | % | |||||
16 | % | 32 | % | 48 | % |
; and
• | certificate cash flows are discounted at [•]%. |
The sponsor developed these inputs and assumptions by considering the following factors:
● | Discount rate applicable to initial note value and aggregate initial principal amount of the notes—determined considering the composition of the receivables, pricing of the notes and interest rates on the notes; |
● | CPR rate—estimated considering the composition of the receivables and the performance of its prior securitized pools described in “The Receivables Pool—Static Pool Information”, with more consideration given to CPR trends of more recent vintages of securitized pools; |
● | Cumulative net loss rate—estimated using assumptions for both the magnitude of lifetime cumulative net losses and the shape of the cumulative net loss curve. The lifetime cumulative net loss assumption and shape of the cumulative net loss curve was developed considering the composition of the receivables, the performance of prior securitized pools described in “The Receivables Pool—Static Pool Information”, the performance of JDCC’s overall receivable portfolio with similar attributes to that of the securitized pool from the past [•] years, current agricultural and construction industry conditions, and the cumulative net loss assumptions of the hired NRSROs. Default and recovery rate estimates are included in the cumulative net loss assumption; and |
● | Discount rate applicable to the residual cash flows to which the certificate is entitled—estimated to reflect the credit exposure to the certificate cash flows. Due to the lack of an actively traded market in asset-backed certificates, the discount rate is an internally derived number calculated by the sponsor using a mix of quantitative and qualitative information, that includes consideration of risk premiums of other finance companies that are publicly disclosed, and qualitative factors that consider the first-loss exposure and credit risk of the underlying receivables. |
JDCC believes that the inputs and assumptions described above include the inputs and assumptions that could have a material impact on the fair value calculation or a prospective noteholder’s ability to evaluate the fair value calculation. The fair value of the notes and the certificate was calculated based on the assumptions described above, including the assumptions regarding the characteristics and performance of the receivables, which will differ from the actual characteristics and performance of the receivables. You should be sure you understand these assumptions when considering the fair value calculation.
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JDCC will recalculate the fair value of the notes and the certificate following the closing date to reflect the issuance of the notes and any material changes in the methodology or inputs and assumptions described above. The first monthly report to noteholders following the closing date will include: (i) the fair value of the certificate as a percentage of the sum of the fair value of the notes and the certificate and as a dollar amount; [(ii) the amount deposited to the reserve account as a percentage of the sum of the fair value of the notes and certificate as of the closing date and as a dollar amount;][ (iii) the total of (i) and (ii);] and [(iv)] a description of any material changes in the methodology or inputs and assumptions used to calculate the fair value.]
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POOL FACTORS AND TRADING INFORMATION
The “note pool factor” for each class of notes will be a seven-digit decimal, which the servicer will compute prior to each distribution with respect to that class of notes, indicating the remaining outstanding principal balance of that class of notes as of the applicable payment date, as a fraction of the initial outstanding principal balance of the class.
[The “certificate pool factor” for the certificates will be a seven-digit decimal, which the servicer will compute prior to each distribution with respect to the certificates, indicating the remaining certificate balance of the certificates as of the applicable payment date, as a fraction of the initial certificate balance.]
Each note pool factor [and certificate pool factor] will be initially 1.0000000, and after that will decline to reflect reductions in the outstanding principal balance of the applicable class of notes[ or the certificate balance]. A noteholder’s portion of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of a class of notes is the product of:
● | the original denomination of such noteholder’s note; and |
● | the applicable note pool factor. |
[A certificateholder’s portion of the aggregate outstanding certificate balance for the certificates is the product of:
● | the original denomination of the certificateholder’s certificate; and |
● | the applicable certificate pool factor. |
If so provided in this prospectus with respect to the trust, pursuant to the indenture, the noteholders of record will receive reports on or about each payment date concerning the payments received on the receivables, the pool balance, each note pool factor and various other items of information.
If so provided in this prospectus with respect to the trust, the certificateholder of record will receive reports on or about each payment date concerning the payments received on the receivables, the related pool balance, the certificate pool factor and various other items of information. In addition, securityholders of record during any calendar year will be furnished information for tax reporting purposes not later than the latest date permitted by law. See “Description of the Notes—Reports to Noteholders.”]
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General
The notes will be issued under the indenture. A copy of the indenture will be filed with the SEC. Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every aspect of the notes and the indenture under which they will be issued. We urge you to read the indenture because it, and not this description, defines your rights as a holder of notes. See “Where You Can Find More Information” on page [ ] for information on how to obtain a copy of the indenture.
Unless and until definitive notes are issued, all references in this prospectus to actions by noteholders refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its participating organizations, and all references in this prospectus to distributions, notices, reports and statements to noteholders refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to DTC or its nominee, as the registered holder of the notes for distribution to noteholders in accordance with DTC’s procedures with respect thereto. See “—Book-Entry, Delivery and Form” and “—Definitive Notes” below.
Payments of Interest
The class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes [will bear interest at a fixed rate[, and the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes will bear interest at a floating rate. The interest rate payable on the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes will equal [LIBOR][•] plus the [applicable] spread amount set forth under “Summary of Terms—Offered Securities.”] [.]
[The per annum interest rate (the “interest rate”) for each class of notes is as follows:
Class of Notes | Interest Rate | |
Class A-1 | [•]% | |
Class A-2[A] | [•]% | |
[Class A-2B | [LIBOR] [•] + [•] % ] | |
Class A-3 | [•]% | |
Class A-4 | [•]% | |
[Class B | [•]%] |
[The [class A-1] [class A-2B] [class A-3] [class A-4] [class B] interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] will be the calculation agent[s] for the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes, [respectively,] and [each] will determine (using, for so long as such interest rate hedge is outstanding, the rate provided by such interest rate hedge counterparty) [LIBOR][•] for each interest period on the second London Banking Day prior to the beginning of that interest period.]
“[•]” means [add benchmark interest].
“[•] Determination Date” means [•].
[References to LIBOR may be replaced by another benchmark rate adopted by the market in replacement of LIBOR.]
[“One-Month LIBOR” means, for the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes and for each interest period, the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for a period of one month corresponding to such interest period which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11: 00 a.m., London time, on the related LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, the rate for that interest period will be determined as if “USD-LIBOR Reference Banks Rate” had been specified as the applicable rate.]
[“USD-LIBOR Reference Banks Rate” means, for each interest period, the rate determined on the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by the four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the [relevant] interest rate hedge counterparty at approximately 11: 00 a.m., London time, on the related LIBOR Determination Date to prime banks in the London interbank market for a period of one month commencing on the first day of the interest period for which such rate is being determined and in a Representative Amount. [Each] [The] interest rate hedge counterparty (in its capacity as calculation agent under the interest rate hedge) will request the principal London office of each of four major banks in the London interbank market selected by such interest rate hedge counterparty to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that interest period will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that interest period will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by major banks in New York City, selected by such interest rate hedge counterparty, at approximately 11: 00 a.m., New York City time, on the related LIBOR Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks for a period of one month commencing on the first day of the interest period for which such rate is being determined and in a Representative Amount.]
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[“LIBOR Determination Date” means the day that is two London Banking Days preceding the first day of an interest period and with respect to the first LIBOR Determination Date, the day that is two London Banking Days preceding the closing date.]
[“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.]
[“Representative Amount” means, on any [LIBOR][•] Determination Date, an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes[, as applicable,] on the immediately preceding payment date or the closing date, as applicable.]
[In the event [one of] the interest rate hedge[s] terminate[s] and is not replaced or the [relevant] interest rate hedge counterparty fails to provide a calculation of [•] [LIBOR] for the class [A-1] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes, the indenture trustee will become the calculation agent for such class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes[, as applicable,] and will determine the applicable [•][LIBOR] itself, using the methods described above.]
A “payment date” will be the 15th day of each month or, if any of those dates is not a business day, the next succeeding business day, commencing [•], 20[•]. [In addition, if any class A-1 notes remain outstanding after the payment date in [•], 20[•], a special payment date for the payment of interest and principal on the class A-1 notes will occur on [•], 20[•], and will be the final payment date for the class A-1 notes.] Interest on the class A-1 notes[, the class A-2B notes][, the class A-3 notes] [and][,] [the class A-4 notes] [and class B notes]] will accrue from and including the closing date or from and including the most recent payment date to which interest has been paid to but excluding the current payment date and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days occurring in the period for which interest is payable divided by 360. Interest on the class A-2[A] notes, the class A-3 notes and, the class A-4 notes [and class B notes] will accrue from and including the 15th day of each month (or the closing date in the case of the first payment date) to and including the 14th day of the next month and will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Interest accrued as of any payment date but not paid on that payment date will be due on the next payment date together with interest on the unpaid amount at the related interest rate. Interest payments on the notes will generally be derived from:
● | the total distribution amount remaining after the payment of the administration fee and review fees to the asset representations reviewer (which review fees will be capped at $ [•] prior to the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration of the notes) and, if JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is not the servicer, the servicing fee; and |
● | amounts in the reserve account. |
See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” and “—Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement—Reserve Account and the Certificate.” [If the available funds in the note distribution account and the reserve account are not sufficient to pay the amount of interest payable on the [class A] notes on any payment date, each [class A] noteholder will receive its ratable share (based upon the total amount of interest due on its [class A] note) of the amount available to be distributed in respect of interest on the [class A] notes.]
[Interest will not be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until all interest due on the class A notes on that payment date has been paid.]
[If the available funds in the note distribution account and the reserve account are not sufficient to pay the amount of interest payable on the class A notes on any payment date, each class A noteholder will receive its ratable share (based upon the total amount of interest due on its class A note) of the amount available to be distributed in respect of interest on the class A notes. If the available funds in the note distribution account and the reserve account are not sufficient to pay the amount of interest payable on the class [•] notes on any payment date, each class [•] noteholder will receive its ratable share (based upon the total amount of interest due on its class [•] note) of the amount available to be distributed in respect of interest on the class [•] notes.]
Payments of Principal
[On each payment date, the note monthly principal distributable amount will be applied in the following order of priority:
● | first, to payment in full of the class [A-1] notes; |
● | second, to payment in full of the class [A-2] notes; |
● | third, to payment in full of the class [A-3] notes; and |
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● | fourth, to payment in full of the class [A-4] notes.] |
[Principal payments will be made to the class A-1 noteholders on each payment date, and if necessary, to the noteholders of the class A-1 notes on the special payment date on [•], 20[•], in an amount equal to the note monthly principal distributable amount until the balance of the class A-1 notes is reduced to zero.]
[After the class A-1 notes have been paid in full, principal payments on each payment date generally will be allocated between the remaining class A notes and the class B notes to the extent described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” until the outstanding principal amount of the class B notes has been reduced to (and so long as it remains at) a specified floor amount, at which time the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes. Principal payments on the remaining class A notes will be distributed sequentially, i.e., to the class A-2[A] [and class A-2B] noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-2 notes is reduced to zero; to the class A-3 noteholders until the principal balance of the A-3 notes is reduced to zero; and to the class A-4 noteholders until the principal balance of the A-4 notes is reduced to zero. No principal will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until the principal payable on the class A notes on such payment date (other than any reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount) has been paid. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” for additional details on such distributions.][*]
[*NOTE: These priorities of principal payments are for illustrative purposes only. More, different or fewer classes of notes may pay principal pro rata with another class, or all of the classes may pay principal sequentially.]
The note monthly principal distributable amount is described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” [No principal will be paid on any payment date on the class [A-2] notes until the class A[-1] notes have been paid in full[, no principal will be paid on any payment date on the class [A-3] notes until the class[A-2] notes have been paid in full, no principal will be paid on any payment date on the class [A-4] notes until the class [A-3] notes have been paid in full, and no principal will be paid on any payment date on the class [B] notes until the class [A-4] notes have been paid in full].]
The principal amount of each class of [class A] notes, to the extent not previously paid, will be payable in full on the payment date in the month specified below:
Class of Notes | Final Payment Date | |
A-1 | [•] | |
A-2[A] | [•] | |
[A-2B | [•]] | |
A-3 | [•] | |
A-4 | [•] | |
[B | [•]] |
[Following an event of default and acceleration of the notes, payments (including payments funded out of proceeds from the sale of the receivables in connection with an event of default as described in this prospectus under the heading “Description of the Notes—The Indenture—Events of Default; Rights upon Event of Default”) will be made, after payment of fees, ratably to the class [•] noteholders first based on the amount of interest due on each note (in the case of payments of interest) and then based on the outstanding principal balance (in the case of payments of principal) until the principal balance of all of the class [•] notes is reduced to zero[, and thereafter to the class B noteholders until the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to zero].]
[The class A-1 notes will benefit from a “turbo” feature that applies the aggregate available funds on a payment date (after payment of servicing fees, administrator’s fees, interest on the notes[, the payments due to the hedge counterparty (other than certain subordinated hedge termination payments)], any required deposits in the reserve account, fees and expenses of the indenture trustee, the owner trustee and the trust and more senior allocations to repay principal on such notes on such payment date) to pay principal on the Class A-1 Notes until paid in full.]
Optional Redemption
The servicer has the right to purchase the remaining receivables on a payment date when the note value becomes equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value as of the cut-off date. If the servicer exercises this right, the [class A] notes outstanding at that time will be redeemed in full at a price equal to their unpaid principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest. [If the servicer elects to exercise its right to purchase the receivables as described above, the servicer shall furnish notice of such election to the indenture trustee not later than [30] days prior to the redemption date and the servicer shall deposit with the indenture trustee in the note distribution account the redemption price of the notes to be redeemed whereupon all such notes shall be due and payable on the redemption date. Notice of redemption shall be given by the indenture trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than [five] days prior to the applicable redemption date to each noteholder, as of the close of business on the record date preceding the applicable redemption date, at such noteholder’s address appearing in the note register. The notice will identify the payment date on which the redemption will occur, the redemption price, the place where notes are to be surrendered for payment, and the CUSIP numbers of the affected notes.]
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The Indenture
The following summary describes the material terms of the indenture.
Modification of Indenture
With the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding notes, the indenture trustee and the trust may execute a supplemental indenture to add provisions to change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of the indenture with respect to the notes or to modify, except as provided below, in any manner the rights of the noteholders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected thereby, no supplemental indenture may:
● | change the due date of any installment of principal of, or interest on, any note or reduce the principal amount of the note, the interest rate of the note or the redemption price with respect to the note or change any place of payment where or the coin or currency in which any note or any interest on the note is payable; |
● | impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of certain provisions of the indenture regarding payment; |
● | reduce the percentage of the aggregate amount of the outstanding notes the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture or the consent of the holders of which is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or of certain defaults under the indenture and their consequences as provided for in the indenture; |
● | modify or alter the provisions of the indenture regarding the voting of notes held by the trust, the depositor, an affiliate of either of them or any obligor on the notes; |
● | reduce the percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of those notes the consent of the holders of which is required to direct the trust to sell or liquidate the receivables if the proceeds of that sale would be insufficient to pay the principal amount and accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding notes; |
● | decrease the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of those notes required to amend the sections of the indenture which specify the applicable percentage of aggregate principal amount of the notes necessary to amend the indenture or certain other related agreements; or |
● | permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a parity with the lien of the indenture with respect to any of the collateral for the notes or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated in the indenture, terminate the lien of the indenture on any collateral or deprive the holder of any note of the security afforded by the lien of the indenture. |
The trust and the indenture trustee may also enter into supplemental indentures, without obtaining the consent of noteholders, for the purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders; provided, however, that such action will not materially and adversely affect the interest of any noteholder; provided further that 10 days’ (or in the case of one hired NRSRO, 10 business days’) prior written notice of any such amendment be given to each hired NRSRO and, if a hired NRSRO notifies the indenture trustee that such amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the notes or the certificate, such amendment shall become effective only with the consent of the holders of notes evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the notes and the consent of the certificateholder; provided further that any solicitation of such consent shall disclose the downgrading or withdrawal that would result from such amendment.
Events of Default; Rights upon Event of Default
An “event of default” with respect to the notes is defined in the indenture as being:
● | a default for five days or more in the payment of any interest due on any note; |
● | a default in the payment of the principal of or any installment of the principal of any note when the same becomes due and payable; |
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● | a default in the observance or performance of any covenant or agreement of the trust made in the indenture and the continuation of that default for a period of 30 days after notice of a default is given to the trust by the indenture trustee or to the trust and indenture trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding; |
● | any representation or warranty made by the trust in the indenture or in any certificate delivered pursuant to the indenture or in connection with the indenture having been incorrect in a material respect as of the time made, and that breach not having been cured within 30 days after notice of the breach is given to the trust by the indenture trustee or to the trust and the indenture trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the notes then outstanding; or |
● | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or liquidation of the trust. |
However, the amount of principal required to be distributed to the noteholders under the indenture is generally limited to amounts available therefor in the note distribution account. Therefore, the failure to pay principal on a class of notes generally will not result in the occurrence of an event of default until the final scheduled payment date for that class of notes.
If an event of default should occur and be continuing with respect to the notes, the indenture trustee or holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding may declare the principal of the notes to be immediately due and payable. That declaration may, under certain circumstances, be rescinded by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding.
If the notes have been declared to be due and payable following an event of default with respect thereto, the indenture trustee may, in its discretion, either sell the receivables or elect to have the trust maintain possession of the receivables and continue to apply distributions on the receivables as if there had been no declaration of acceleration. In addition, the indenture trustee is prohibited from selling the receivables following an event of default, other than a default in the payment of any principal or a default for five days or more in the payment of any interest on any note, unless:
● | the holders of all outstanding notes consent to the sale, |
● | the proceeds of the sale are sufficient to pay in full the principal of and the accrued interest on the outstanding notes at the date of the sale, or |
● | the indenture trustee determines that the proceeds of the receivables would not be sufficient on an ongoing basis to make all payments on the notes as those payments would have become due if the obligations had not been declared due and payable, and the indenture trustee obtains the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the notes. |
Subject to the provisions of the indenture relating to the duties of the indenture trustee, in case an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the notes, the indenture trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the noteholders if the indenture trustee reasonably believes it will not be adequately indemnified against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with the request; provided, that the indenture trustee is required to honor directions or requests from the noteholders when such directions or requests relate to an asset representations review request and noteholder communications with regards to repurchase requests as set forth in the indenture.
Subject to the provisions for indemnification and certain limitations contained in the indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the indenture trustee, and the holders of a majority in principal amount of those notes then outstanding may, in certain cases, waive any default with respect thereto, except a default in the payment of principal or interest or a default in respect of a covenant or provision of the indenture that cannot be modified without the waiver or consent of all of the holders of the outstanding notes.
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No holder of a note will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the indenture, unless:
● | the holder previously has given to the indenture trustee written notice of a continuing event of default; |
● | the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all the outstanding notes have made written request of the indenture trustee to institute the proceeding in its own name as indenture trustee; |
● | the holder or holders have offered the indenture trustee reasonable indemnity; |
● | the indenture trustee has for 60 days failed to institute the proceeding; and |
● | no direction inconsistent with the written request has been given to the indenture trustee during this 60-day period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes. |
In addition, the indenture trustee and the noteholders will covenant that they will not at any time institute against the trust any bankruptcy, reorganization or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.
[If the trust issues a class of notes that is subordinated to one or more other classes of notes and an event of default occurs under the indenture, the indenture trustee may be deemed to have a conflict of interest under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and may be required to resign as trustee for one or more of the classes of notes. In that event, the indenture will provide for a successor indenture trustee to be appointed for those classes of notes.]
None of the indenture trustee, the owner trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a certificate representing an ownership interest in the trust, or any of their respective owners, beneficiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees, successors or assigns will, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, be personally liable for the payment of the principal of or interest on the notes or for the agreements of the trust contained in the indenture.
Certain Covenants by the Trust
The indenture will provide that the trust may not consolidate with or merge into any other entity, unless:
● | the entity formed by or surviving the consolidation or merger is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
● | the surviving entity expressly assumes the trust’s obligation to make due and punctual payments upon the notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of the trust under the indenture; |
● | no event of default has occurred and is continuing immediately after the merger or consolidation; |
● | the trust has been advised that the rating of the notes then in effect would not be reduced or withdrawn by the hired NRSROs as a result of the merger or consolidation; and |
● | the trust has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the consolidation or merger would have no material adverse tax consequence to the trust or to any noteholder. |
The trust will not, among other things:
● | except as expressly permitted by the indenture, the transfer and servicing agreements or certain related documents with respect to the trust (collectively, the “related documents“), sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of the trust; |
● | claim any credit on or make any deduction from the principal and interest payable in respect of the notes other than amounts withheld under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state law or assert any claim against any present or former noteholder because of the payment of taxes levied or assessed upon the trust; |
● | dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; |
● | permit the validity or effectiveness of the indenture to be impaired or permit any person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the notes under the indenture except as may be expressly permitted by the indenture; or |
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● | permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest, mortgage or other encumbrance to be created on, extend to, otherwise arise upon or burden the assets of the trust, any part of the trust, any interest therein or the proceeds thereof except as may be created by the terms of the indenture. |
The trust may not engage in any activity other than as specified in this prospectus and in the indenture and trust agreement. The trust will not incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness other than indebtedness incurred under the notes and the indenture or otherwise in accordance with the related documents.
List of Noteholders
With respect to the trust, three or more holders of the notes of any class each of whom has owned a note for at least six months may, by written request to the indenture trustee, obtain access to the list of all noteholders maintained by the indenture trustee for the purpose of communicating with other noteholders with respect to their rights under the indenture or the notes. The indenture trustee may elect not to afford the requesting noteholders access to the list of those noteholders if it agrees to mail the desired communication or proxy, on behalf and at the expense of the requesting noteholders, to all noteholders of record.
Annual Compliance Statement
The trust will be required to file annually with the indenture trustee a written statement as to the fulfillment of its obligations under the indenture.
Indenture Trustee’s Annual Report
If required by law, the indenture trustee will be required to mail each year to all noteholders a brief report relating to its eligibility and qualification to continue as the indenture trustee under the indenture, any amounts advanced by it under the indenture, the amount, interest rate and maturity date of certain indebtedness owing by the trust to the indenture trustee in its individual capacity, the property and funds physically held by the indenture trustee in its capacity as indenture trustee and any action taken by it that materially affects the notes and that has not been previously reported.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
The indenture will be discharged with respect to the collateral securing the notes upon the delivery to the indenture trustee for cancellation of all the notes or, with certain limitations, upon deposit with the indenture trustee of funds sufficient for the payment in full of all of the notes and all other amounts payable by the trust under the indenture.
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
The notes will be issued as one or more fully registered global securities which will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, New York, New York and registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee. We will not issue notes in certificated form except under certain limited circumstances described in this prospectus. Beneficial interests in the global securities will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants in DTC (the “DTC participants”). Investors may elect to hold interests in the global securities through DTC (in the United States), Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream Luxembourg”), or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear” ), if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems.
Under the indenture, only the person in whose name a note is registered is recognized as the holder of that note. Consequently, for notes issued in book-entry form, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the notes and we will make all payments on the notes to the depositary. The depositary will then pass along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn will pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they are not obligated to do so under the terms of the notes.
Clearstream Luxembourg and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream Luxembourg’s and Euroclear’s names on the books of their respective depositaries, which in turn will hold these interests in customers’ securities accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of DTC. At the present time, Citibank, N.A. acts as U.S. depositary for Clearstream Luxembourg, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. acts as U.S. depositary for Euroclear (each, a “U.S. depositary”). Beneficial interests in the global securities will be held in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Except as set forth below or in this prospectus, the global securities may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee.
Clearstream Luxembourg has advised us that it is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary. Clearstream Luxembourg holds securities for its participating organizations (“Clearstream participants”) and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Clearstream Luxembourg provides to Clearstream participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally
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traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream Luxembourg interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. As a professional depositary, Clearstream Luxembourg is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Monetary Institute. Clearstream participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations and may include the underwriters in this offering or their affiliates. Indirect access to Clearstream Luxembourg is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through, or maintain a custodial relationship with, a Clearstream participant, either directly or indirectly.
Distributions with respect to notes held beneficially through Clearstream Luxembourg will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream participants in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream Luxembourg.
Euroclear has advised us that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of Euroclear (“Euroclear participants”) and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (the “Euroclear operator”), under contract with Euroclear Clearance Systems S.C., a Belgian cooperative corporation (the “Cooperative”). All operations are conducted by the Euroclear operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear operator, not the Cooperative. The Cooperative establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters in this offering or their affiliates. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.
Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System and applicable Belgian law (the “Terms and Conditions”). The Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear and receipts of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants, and has no record of, or relationship with, persons holding through Euroclear participants.
Distributions with respect to notes held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear.
In the event certificated notes are issued in the limited circumstances described in this prospectus, the holders of certificated notes will be able to receive payments of principal and interest thereon by check mailed to the record holder thereof. Payment of the final installment of principal of a certificated note may be made only against surrender of the relevant note to one of the paying agents.
Special Considerations for Book-Entry Securities. As an indirect holder, an investor’s rights relating to a global security will be governed by the account rules of the investor’s financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. The depositary that holds the global security will be considered the holder of the notes represented by the global security.
If notes are issued only in the form of a global security, an investor should be aware of the following:
● | An investor cannot cause the notes to be registered in his or her name, and cannot obtain certificates for his or her interest in the notes except in the special situations we describe below. |
● | An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own broker, bank or other financial institution for payments on the notes and protection of his or her legal rights relating to the notes, as we describe above. |
● | An investor may not be able to sell interests in the notes to some insurance companies and other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form. |
● | An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a global security in circumstances where certificates representing the notes must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective. |
● | The depositary’s policies, which may change from time to time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investor’s interest in a global security. We and the indenture trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in a global security. We and the indenture trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way. |
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● | DTC requires that those who purchase and sell interests in a global security deposited in its book-entry system use immediately available funds. Your broker, bank or other financial institution may also require you to use immediately available funds when purchasing or selling interests in a global security. |
● | Financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its interest in a global security, may also have their own policies affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the notes. There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not responsible for the actions of any of those intermediaries. |
Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures
Initial settlement for the notes will be made in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC’s rules and will be settled in immediately available funds using DTC’s Same Day Funds Settlement System. Secondary market trading between Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream Luxembourg and Euroclear and will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds.
Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream participants or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected within DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its U.S. depositary; however, these cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving notes at DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to their respective U.S. depositaries.
Because of time zone differences, credits of notes received in Clearstream Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. These credits, or any transactions in the notes settled during such processing, will be reported to the relevant Euroclear participants or Clearstream participants on that business day. Cash received at Clearstream Luxembourg or Euroclear as a result of sales of notes by or through a Clearstream participant or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the business day of settlement in DTC but will be available in the relevant Clearstream Luxembourg or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement at DTC.
Although DTC, Clearstream Luxembourg and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of securities among participants of DTC, Clearstream Luxembourg and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and they may discontinue the procedures at any time.
Definitive Notes
The notes will be issued in fully registered, certificated form (“definitive notes”) to the noteholders or their nominees, rather than to DTC or its nominee, only if:
● | the administrator advises the indenture trustee in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depositary with respect to the notes and the administrator is unable to locate a qualified successor, or |
● | the administrator, at its option, elects to terminate the book-entry system through DTC or, after the occurrence of an event of default under the indenture or a servicer default under the sale and servicing agreement, noteholders representing at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes advise the indenture trustee through DTC in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through DTC, or a successor thereto, is no longer in the noteholders’ best interest. |
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Upon the occurrence of any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the indenture trustee will be required to notify all the noteholders, through participants, of the availability of definitive notes. Upon surrender by DTC of the definitive certificates representing the notes and receipt of instructions for re-registration, the indenture trustee will reissue the notes as definitive notes to the noteholders.
Distributions of principal of, and interest on, the notes will thereafter be made by the indenture trustee in accordance with the procedures set forth in the indenture directly to holders of definitive notes in whose names the definitive notes were registered at the close of business on the applicable record date specified for the notes in this prospectus. These distributions will be made by check mailed to the address of holder as it appears on the register maintained by the indenture trustee. The final payment on any note, however, will be made only upon presentation and surrender of the note at the office or agency specified in the notice of final distribution to the noteholders.
Definitive notes in respect of the notes will be transferable and exchangeable at the offices of the indenture trustee or of a certificate registrar named in a notice delivered to holders of the definitive notes. No service charge will be imposed for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the indenture trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
Reports to Noteholders
With respect to the notes, on or prior to each payment date, either JDCC or the sub-servicer will prepare and provide to the indenture trustee a statement, which the indenture trustee will be required to forward to the noteholders of record, and will provide to the owner trustee a statement which the owner trustee will be required to forward to the certificateholder, in each case setting forth the following information as to the notes and certificate with respect to the payment date or the related collection period:
(i) | the amount of the distribution allocable to principal of each class of notes[and to the certificate balance of the certificate]; |
(ii) | the amount of the distribution allocable to interest and the interest rate on each class of the notes, in each case applicable to distributions made on the payment date; |
(iii) | the pool balance, note value and overcollateralization, if applicable, as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period; |
(iv) | the aggregate outstanding principal balance of each class of notes[ and the certificate balance for the certificate], in each case after giving effect to all payments reported under (i) above on that date; |
(v) | the amount of the servicing fee paid to the servicer with respect to the related collection period; |
(vi) | the amount of the administration fee paid to the administrator with respect to the related collection period; |
(vii) | the amount of the aggregate purchase amounts for receivables that have been repurchased, if any, for the collection period; |
(viii) | the balance of the reserve account, if any, on the payment date, after giving effect to distributions made on that payment date, and the specified reserve account balance for the payment date; |
(ix) | the amount distributed to the certificateholder with respect to the related collection period; |
(x) | the number of receivables the scheduled payments in respect of which are 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 days or more past due, the payoff amount of such receivables, and that amount as a percentage of the pool balance, as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period; |
(xi) | the payoff amount of receivables with any scheduled payments 60 days or more past due, and that amount as a percentage of the pool face amount, as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period; |
(xii) | the current period loss and cumulative loss information with respect to the related collection period; |
(xiii) | a summary of the findings and conclusions stated in any asset representations review report received in such collection period; |
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(xiv) | the date of any resignation, removal, replacement or substitution of the asset representations reviewer or appointment of a new asset representations reviewer including the circumstances surrounding the change and the identity of the new asset representations reviewer, if applicable; |
(xv) | information with respect to the event(s) that triggered an asset representations review during the collection period, if applicable; |
(xvi) | information with respect to any request received from a noteholder to communicate with other noteholders as described under “—Investor Communications” below; and |
(xvii) | information with respect to any material change in the sponsor’s or an affiliate’s interest in the notes or certificate resulting from the purchase, sale or other acquisition or disposition of the notes or certificate by the sponsor or an affiliate, for the related collection period, if applicable. |
Each amount set forth under subclauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vii) with respect to the notes or the certificate will be expressed as a dollar amount per $1,000 of the initial principal balance of the notes.
The first report to noteholders following the closing date will also include (a): [the percentage of each class of notes retained by the [sponsor][depositor] on the closing date] [the fair value of the certificate as a percentage of the sum of the fair value of the notes and the certificate and as a dollar amount]; (b) the amount deposited to the reserve account as a percentage of the sum of the fair value of the notes and certificate as of the closing date and as a dollar amount; (c) the total of (a) and (b); and (d) a description of any material changes in the methodology or inputs and assumptions used to calculate the fair value as described under “Credit Risk Retention” in this prospectus.
Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each calendar year, the indenture trustee will provide to the noteholders a statement containing the amounts described in subclauses (i) and (ii), other than information relating to the note interest rate, for that calendar year and any other information required by applicable tax laws for the purpose of the noteholders’ preparation of federal income tax returns. Within the prescribed period of time for tax reporting purposes after the end of each trust tax year, the owner trustee will provide to the certificateholder a statement containing the amounts described in subclauses (i) and (ii), other than information relating to the note interest rate, subclauses (v) and (vii) above for that tax year and any other information required by applicable tax laws for the purposes of the certificateholder’s preparation of federal income tax returns.
Under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will be required to include any request from a noteholder or note owner to communicate with other noteholders related to a possible exercise of the noteholders’ rights under the transaction documents in the Form 10-D filing for the collection period in which such request was received. A noteholder should send any such request to the servicer at [insert email address or other address]. The noteholder should include in its request the method by which other noteholders should contact it. A noteholder or note owner, as applicable, that delivers a request to communicate with other noteholders and note owners will be deemed to have certified to the servicer that its request relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under the transaction documents, and will not be used for other purposes.
The servicer will cause the following information to be included in the Form 10-D related to the collection period in which the noteholder request was received:
● | a statement that the servicer has received a communication request from a noteholder; |
● | the name of the noteholder making the request; |
● | the date the request was received; |
● | a statement that such noteholder is interested in communicating with other noteholders about the possible exercise of rights under the transaction documents; and |
● | a description of the method other noteholders may use to contact the requesting noteholder. |
The servicer will bear any costs associated with including the above information in the Form 10-D. The noteholders will pay any costs associated with communicating with other noteholders, and no other transaction party, including the trust, will be responsible for such costs.
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If definitive notes are issued and the requesting noteholder is the record holder of any notes, no verification procedures will be required. If the requesting noteholder is not the record holder of any notes and is instead a beneficial owner of notes, the servicer may require no more verification than (1) a written certification from the noteholder that it is a beneficial owner of notes and (2) an additional form of documentation, such as a trade confirmation, an account statement, a letter from the broker or dealer or other similar document.
[•], [a ], will act as the Indenture Trustee.
[Insert description of Indenture Trustee, including prior experience as Indenture Trustee for ABS transactions involving similar assets as required by Item 1109(a)(2) of Regulation AB.]
[The indenture trustee will make each monthly statement available to the noteholders via the indenture trustee’s internet website which is presently located at [•]. Noteholders with questions may direct them to the indenture trustee’s customer service desk at [([•]) [•]-[•].]
The indenture trustee for the notes may resign at any time upon [•] days’ notice, in which event the trust will be obligated to appoint a successor indenture trustee for the notes. The trust may also remove the indenture trustee if the indenture trustee ceases to be eligible to continue as indenture trustee under the indenture or if the indenture trustee becomes insolvent or incapable of acting. In these circumstances, the trust will be obligated to appoint a successor indenture trustee for the notes. Any resignation or removal of the indenture trustee and appointment of a successor indenture trustee for the notes will not become effective until acceptance of the appointment by the successor indenture trustee for the notes. Expenses associated with replacing the indenture trustee with a successor indenture trustee will be paid by the servicer, unless the removal of the indenture trustee is a result of the willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith of the indenture trustee, in which case the removed indenture trustee will be responsible for such expenses.
The indenture trustee is obligated to perform only those duties that are specifically assigned to it in the indenture. If an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the indenture trustee is required to exercise its rights under the indenture and use the same degree of skill and care in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. The indenture trustee may conclusively rely on certificates and opinions furnished to it in accordance with the indenture. The indenture does not require the indenture trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability if it has reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it. The indenture trustee is not liable for any error of judgment made by it in good faith. The indenture trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take pursuant to directions from the holders of a majority in principal amount of the notes.
Also, upon receipt of instructions from the servicer for a payment date, the indenture trustee will apply the funds in the accounts of the trust to pay specified expenses of the trust and to make payments on the securities. The trust is obligated to indemnify, or to cause the administrator to indemnify, the indenture trustee against any and all loss, liability and expense in connection with the performance of its duties under the indenture, except for any loss, liability or expense incurred through the indenture trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith. Any indemnification payments that remain unpaid on any payment date will be paid by the trust in accordance with the priority of payments described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments”. The indenture trustee will charge fees for its services as such, and such fees will be payable by the administrator. To the extent any fees, expenses or indemnities of the indenture trustee remain unpaid on any payment date, such unpaid amounts will be paid by the trust in accordance with the priority of payments described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments”. For a description of the fees to be paid to the indenture trustee, see “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Fee and Expense Table” in this prospectus.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSFER AND SERVICING AGREEMENTS
In connection with the issuance by the trust of the notes, the parties indicated below will enter into the following agreements, which are collectively called the “transfer and servicing agreements”:
● | the sale and servicing agreement under which the trust is purchasing receivables from the depositor and the servicer is undertaking to service or cause the sub-servicer to service the receivables; |
● | the purchase agreement under which the depositor is purchasing those receivables from JDCC; |
● | the administration agreement under which JDCC, as administrator, will undertake certain administrative duties with respect to the trust; and |
● | the trust agreement under which the trust will be created and the certificate will be issued. |
The following, together with other information included elsewhere in this prospectus, summarizes the material terms of the transfer and servicing agreements, forms of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement. We will file copies of the transfer and servicing agreements with the SEC. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified by reference to, the provisions of the transfer and servicing agreements.
Sale and Assignment of Receivables
On the closing date, JDCC will sell and assign to the depositor, without recourse, its entire interest in the receivables, including its security interests in the related financed equipment, pursuant to the purchase agreement. On the closing date, the depositor will sell and assign to the trust, without recourse, its entire interest in those receivables, including its security interests in the related financed equipment, pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement. Each receivable will be identified in a schedule appearing as an exhibit to the sale and servicing agreement.
The owner trustee, on behalf of the trust, will, concurrently with the sale and assignment, execute and deliver the notes and the certificate. The proceeds received from the sale of the notes and the certificates will be applied to the purchase of the receivables from the depositor.
In the purchase agreement, JDCC will represent and warrant to the depositor, among other things, that:
● | the information provided with respect to the receivables is correct in all material respects; |
● | the obligor on each receivable is required to maintain physical damage insurance covering the financed equipment; |
● | at the closing date, the receivables are free and clear of all security interests, liens, charges and encumbrances, and no offsets, defenses or counterclaims have been asserted or threatened; |
● | at the closing date, each of the receivables is secured by a perfected first priority purchase money security interest in the financed equipment in favor of JDCC; and |
● | each receivable, at the time it was originated, complied and, at the closing date, complies in all material respects with applicable federal and state laws. |
As of the last day of the second or, if the depositor elects, the first month following the discovery by or notice to the depositor of a breach of any representation or warranty that materially and adversely affects the interests of the trust or the noteholders in a receivable, unless the breach is cured, the depositor will repurchase the receivable from the trust, and JDCC will repurchase the receivable from the depositor, at a price equal to the unpaid principal balance owed by the obligor plus interest thereon at the respective receivable rate to the last day of the month of repurchase (the “purchase amount”).
The obligation of the depositor to repurchase any receivable with respect to which any representation or warranty has been breached is subject to JDCC’s repurchase of that receivable. The repurchase obligation will constitute the sole remedy available to the noteholders, the indenture trustee, the certificateholder or the owner trustee for any such uncured breach.
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To assure uniform quality in servicing the receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the trust will, pursuant to the sale and servicing agreement, appoint the servicer as custodian of the receivables. JDCC’s accounting records and computer systems will reflect the sale and assignment of the receivables to the depositor and the sale and assignment or pledge by the depositor to the trust, and UCC financing statements reflecting those sales and assignments or pledge will be filed.
The servicer will establish and maintain with the indenture trustee one or more accounts, in the name of the indenture trustee on behalf of the noteholders and the certificateholder, into which all payments made on or with respect to the receivables will be deposited (the “collection account”). The servicer will also establish and maintain with the indenture trustee an account, in the name of the indenture trustee on behalf of the noteholders, in which amounts released from the collection account and the reserve account, for distribution to the noteholders will be deposited and from which all distributions to the noteholders will be made (the “note distribution account”). The servicer will also establish and maintain at the office of the indenture trustee the reserve account (the “reserve account”) in the name of the indenture trustee on behalf of the trust.
Funds in the collection account, the note distribution account and the reserve account (collectively, the “trust accounts”) will be invested by the indenture trustee pursuant to the servicer’s written instruction as provided in the sale and servicing agreement in eligible investments. The “eligible investments” are generally limited to investments acceptable to the hired NRSROs as being consistent with the rating of the securities. Subject to certain conditions, eligible investments may include securities issued by the depositor or its affiliates or trusts originated by the depositor or its affiliates. Funds in the reserve account will be invested in eligible investments that meet the requirements of Regulation RR.
Eligible investments generally are limited to obligations or securities that mature not later than the business day immediately preceding the next payment date or, in the case of the reserve account and the note distribution account, on the next payment date.
If the amount required to be withdrawn from the reserve account on any payment date to cover shortfalls in collections on the receivables exceeds the amount of cash on deposit in the reserve account, a temporary shortfall in the amounts distributed to the noteholders could result, which could, in turn, increase the average lives of the notes. Investment earnings on funds deposited in the trust accounts, net of losses and investment expenses (collectively, “investment earnings”), will be deposited in the collection account on each payment date and will be treated as collections on the receivables.
The trust accounts and the certificate distribution account will be maintained as eligible deposit accounts.
An “eligible deposit account” means either:
● | a segregated account with an eligible institution; or |
● | a segregated trust account with the corporate trust department of a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia, or any domestic branch of a foreign bank, having corporate trust powers and acting as trustee for funds deposited in that account, so long as any of the securities of the depository institution has a credit rating from each hired NRSRO in one of its generic rating categories that signifies investment grade. |
An “eligible institution” means:
● | the corporate trust department of the indenture trustee or the owner trustee; or |
● | a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia, or any domestic branch of a foreign bank, so long as this depository institution or domestic branch meets both of the following conditions: |
● | it, or its parent corporation, has either a long-term unsecured debt rating acceptable to the hired NRSROs or a short-term unsecured debt rating or certificate of deposit rating acceptable to the hired NRSROs; and |
● | its deposits are insured by the FDIC. |
The servicer will also establish and maintain with the owner trustee an account, in the name of the owner trustee, on behalf of the certificateholder, in which amounts released from the collection account for distribution to the certificateholder will be deposited and from which all distributions to the certificateholder will be made (the “certificate distribution account”).
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The servicer will be entitled to receive the servicing fee for each collection period in an amount equal to [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the first day of the collection period[; provided that in the case of the first payment date, the servicing fee will be an amount equal to the sum of (a) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the cut-off date (for the [•] period) and (b) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of [•] (for the [•] collection period).]
So long as JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid after payments are made to the noteholders and to the reserve account as set forth in this prospectus. If JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC ceases to be the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid prior to any other application of funds on deposit in the collection account. See “—Distributions—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus.
The servicer will also collect and retain any late fees, the penalty portion of interest paid on past due amounts and other administrative fees or similar charges allowed by applicable law with respect to the receivables, and will be entitled to reimbursement from the trust for certain liabilities. Payments by or on behalf of obligors will be allocated to scheduled payments and late fees and other charges in accordance with the servicer’s normal practices and procedures.
The servicing fee will compensate the servicer for performing, or causing the sub-servicer to perform, the functions of a third-party servicer of similar types of receivables as an agent for their beneficial owner, including:
● | collecting and posting all payments, |
● | responding to inquiries of obligors on the receivables, |
● | investigating delinquencies, |
● | sending payment coupons to obligors, |
● | reporting tax information to obligors, |
● | paying costs of collection and disposition of defaults, and |
● | policing the collateral. |
The servicing fee also will compensate the servicer for:
● | administering, or causing the sub-servicer to administer, the receivables, and |
● | accounting, or causing the sub-servicer to account, for collections and furnishing, or causing the sub-servicer to furnish, statements to the owner trustee and indenture trustee with respect to distributions. |
The servicing fee will also reimburse the servicer for certain taxes, accounting fees, outside auditor fees, data processing costs and other costs incurred in connection with administering the receivables.
[The servicer will be responsible for any fees and expenses of the sub-servicer.]
Servicing of Defaulted Receivables
The transfer and servicing agreements provide that the servicer is to exercise discretion, consistent with its customary servicing procedures and the terms of the transfer and servicing agreements, in servicing defaulted receivables so as to maximize the trust’s collection of defaulted receivables. The transfer and servicing agreements provide the servicer with broad discretion to choose to sell, or not to sell, any of the trust’s defaulted receivables.]
Beginning on the payment date in [•], 20[•], distributions of principal and interest [or, where applicable, of principal or interest], to the extent available, will be made by the indenture trustee to the noteholders[ and by the owner trustee to the certificateholder].
On each payment date collections on the receivables will be transferred from the collection account to the note distribution account.
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Deposits to Collection Account. By the second business day prior to a payment date, the servicer will provide (or cause to be provided) to the indenture trustee certain information with respect to the related collection period, including the amount of aggregate collections on the receivables and the aggregate purchase amount of receivables to be repurchased by the depositor or to be purchased by the servicer. A “collection period” for a payment date is a fiscal month, specified in the sale and servicing agreement, that will end prior to that payment date.
On or prior to the business day before each payment date, the servicer will cause the total distribution amount to be deposited into the collection account. The “total distribution amount” for a payment date shall be the aggregate collections (including any liquidation proceeds and purchase amounts) in respect of the receivables during the related collection period plus net investment earnings on short-term investments of amounts on deposit in the trust’s accounts since the preceding payment date [and any Net Hedge Receipts]. The total distribution amount on any payment date shall exclude all payments and proceeds (including liquidation proceeds) of:
● | any receivables for which a purchase amount has been included in the total distribution amount in a prior collection period, and |
● | any liquidated receivable after the reassignment of such liquidated receivable by the trust to the depositor. |
[Amounts distributed on the [•], 20[•] special payment date to the class A-1 notes, will not be available for distribution on the [•], 20[•] payment date.]
Deposits to the Distribution Accounts. On or before the second business day prior to each payment date, the servicer will instruct the indenture trustee to make deposits and distributions for receipt by the servicer or administrator or for deposit in the applicable trust account on the following payment date. Except to the extent, if at all, covered under the annual accountants attestation report described under “—Evidence as to Compliance,” there will not be any independent verification of the servicer’s determination of these amounts.
Priority of Payments. Distributions of the total distribution amount shall be made in the following order of priority to the extent of the total distribution amount remaining after application pursuant to the prior clause or clauses:
[1.] | [to the servicer, the servicing fee and all unpaid servicing fees from prior collection periods;] |
[•] | to the administrator, the administration fee and all unpaid administration fees from prior collection periods; |
[•] | to the asset representations reviewer, the amount of any review fees due and payable to the asset representations reviewer, and all unpaid review fees from prior collection periods, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $[•] in any calendar year; |
[•] | [to pay any Net Hedge Payments due to [the] [an] interest rate hedge counterparty;] |
[•] | to the note distribution account, accrued and unpaid interest on the [class A] notes [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest rate hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balances of the class A notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class A notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
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[•] | [to the note distribution account, accrued and unpaid interest on the class B notes] [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest rate hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balance of the class B notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class B notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
[•] | [to the note distribution account, the note monthly principal distributable amount]; |
[•] | to the reserve account, the amount, if any, required to be deposited into the reserve account; |
[•] | to the servicer, the servicing fee and all unpaid servicing fees from prior collection periods; provided that if JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is not the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid prior to any other application of funds on deposit in the collection account; |
[•] | to the indenture trustee, any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the indenture trustee; |
[•] | to the owner trustee, any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the owner trustee; |
[•] | to the asset representations reviewer, any unpaid fees, expenses and indemnification amounts due to the asset representations reviewer (including as a result of the cap set forth in clause ([•]) above); and |
[•] | any remaining amounts to the certificate distribution account, for distribution to the certificateholder. |
Payments on the Notes. On each payment date, all amounts on deposit in the note distribution account (other than investment earnings, if any, on amounts in the note distribution account) will be distributed to the noteholders in the following order of priority:
(i) | accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal balance of each class of [class A] notes at the applicable interest rate [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balances of the class A notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class A notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
(ii) | [accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes at the interest rate for the class B notes] [and any hedge termination payments owed by the trust to the applicable interest hedge counterparty pro rata based on the principal balances of the class B notes and the amount of any hedge termination payments, provided that any amounts allocable to the class A notes which are not needed to pay interest due on such notes will be applied to pay the portions of any hedge termination payments unpaid, if any]; |
(iii) | the [class A] note monthly principal distributable amount in the following order of priority: |
(a) | to the class A-1 noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-1 notes is reduced to zero; |
(b) | to the class A-2[A] [and A-2B] noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-2[A] [and A-2B] notes [is][are] reduced to zero; |
(c) | to the class A-3 noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-3 notes is reduced to zero; and |
(d) | to the class A-4 noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-4 notes is reduced to zero; |
(iv) | [after the outstanding principal amount of the class A-1 notes has been reduced to zero, to the class B noteholders, the sum of (a) the class B note monthly principal distributable amount and (b) on each payment date on and after the payment date on which the outstanding principal balance of the class A notes is reduced to zero, the excess, if any, of (x) the class A note monthly principal distributable amount over (y) the amount actually applied on that payment date pursuant to clause (iii) to pay principal of the class A notes, until the principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to zero; and] |
(v) | [the reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount in the following order of priority: |
(a) | to the class A-2[A] [and A-2B] noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-2[A] [and A-2B] notes [is][are] reduced to zero; |
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(b) | to the class A-3 noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-3 notes is reduced to zero; and |
(c) | to the class A-4 noteholders until the principal balance of the class A-4 notes is reduced to zero.] |
[The “note monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the sum of (i) the class A note monthly principal distributable amount, (ii) the class B note monthly principal distributable amount and (iii) the reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount; provided that the note monthly principal distributable amount shall not exceed the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the [class A notes and the class B] notes.] [The “class A note monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the principal distributable amount less (i) the class B note monthly principal distributable amount and (ii) the reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount; provided further that on the final payment date for each class of class A notes, the class A note monthly principal distributable amount will at least equal the outstanding principal amount of such class of [class A] notes.] [The “class A note monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the principal distributable amount; provided that the class A note monthly principal distributable amount will not exceed the outstanding principal balance of the class A notes; provided further that on the final payment date for each class of class A notes, the class A note monthly principal distributable amount will at least equal the outstanding principal balance of such class of class A notes.]
The “principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the sum of (i) the current principal distribution amount and (ii) the principal carryover shortfall. The “current principal distribution amount” for any payment date will be equal to the note value at the beginning of the related collection period less the note value at the end of that collection period.
The “principal carryover shortfall” for any payment date will be the excess of (i) the principal distributable amount for the preceding payment date over (ii) the amount that was actually deposited into the note distribution account on account of principal on such preceding payment date.
The “note value” as of any calculation date will be the present value of the scheduled and unpaid payments on the receivables discounted at [[•]%]. For purposes of calculating the note value, in the case of a defaulted receivable:
● | prior to the time at which such defaulted receivable becomes a repossessed receivable or a 180-day receivable, the scheduled payments on the receivable will be computed based on the amounts that would have been the scheduled payments had such default not occurred; |
● | at the earlier of the time such defaulted receivable becomes a repossessed receivable or a 180-day receivable, the amount added to the note value with respect to such receivable will be the estimated realizable value of such receivable, as determined by the servicer in accordance with its normal servicing procedures; and |
● | for any liquidated receivable, there shall be deemed to be no scheduled payments due on the receivable. |
[The “class B note monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the sum of (a) the class B adjusted principal distributable amount and (b) the class B principal carryover shortfall; provided that on the final payment date of the class B notes, the class B note monthly principal distributable amount shall equal the outstanding principal amount of the class B notes.]
[The “class B adjusted principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the class B notes (before giving effect to payments on that payment date) less any class B principal carryover shortfall over (ii) the class B percentage of the outstanding note value as of the end of the related collection period; provided that on any payment date on which the outstanding principal amount of the class A-1 notes is greater than zero before giving effect to any payments on such payment date, the class B adjusted principal distributable amount will not be greater than the greater of (x) zero and (y) the principal distributable amount minus such outstanding principal amount of the class A-1 notes; provided further that until the aggregate principal amount of the class A notes has been reduced to zero, the class B adjusted principal distributable amount shall not exceed the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes to the class B floor.]
[The “class B principal carryover shortfall” for any payment date will be the excess of (a) the class B note monthly principal distributable amount for the preceding payment date over (b) the amount of principal actually paid to the class B noteholders on such preceding payment date.]
[The “reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the sum of (a) the adjusted reallocated class B principal distributable amount and (b) the reallocated class B principal carryover shortfall.]
[The “adjusted reallocated class B principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be the amount, if any, by which the class B adjusted principal distributable amount is reduced from the level that would have otherwise applied on such payment date as a result of the requirement that the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes not be reduced below the class B floor so long as any class A notes remain outstanding.]
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[The “reallocated class B principal carryover shortfall” for any payment date will be the excess of (a) the reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount for the preceding payment date over (b) the amount of principal actually paid to the class A noteholders in respect of the reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount on such preceding payment date.]
[The “class B floor” for any payment date will be equal to the excess of (a) [•]% of the initial note value over (b) the amount on deposit in the reserve account on that payment date before giving effect to any withdrawals or deposits to be made on that payment date. In no event will the class B floor be either (x) greater than the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes immediately prior to such payment date or (y) less than zero.]
[The “class B percentage” with respect to any payment date will be the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the initial principal amount of the class B notes divided by (ii) the sum of the initial principal amount of the class A-2[A] notes[, the class A-2B notes], the class A-3 notes, the class A-4 notes and the class B notes.]
[The “certificate monthly principal distributable amount” for any payment date will be (a) zero on any payment date on which the outstanding principal amount of the notes has not been reduced to zero after taking into account distributions on such payment date and (b) on each payment date on and after the payment date on which the outstanding principal amount of the notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the principal distributable amount minus the principal payment, if any, on the notes on such payment date.]
The “initial note value” is $[•].
Following an event of default and acceleration of the notes, payments (including payments funded from proceeds from the sale of the receivables in connection with an event of default as described in this prospectus under the heading “Description of the Notes—The Indenture—Events of Default; Rights upon Event of Default”) will be made, after payment of fees, ratably to the noteholders first based on the amount of interest due on each note (in the case of payments of interest) and then based on the outstanding principal balance (in the case of payments of principal) until the principal balance of all of the notes is reduced to zero.
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Fee and Expense Table
Fees and Expenses Payable Out of Cash Flows(1)
Fee or Expense | Amount of Fee Expense(2) | Party Receiving | General Purpose of Fee or Expense | Source of Funds to Pay Fee or Expense(3) | Distribution | |||||
Servicing fee | An amount equal to [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the first day of the collection period[; provided that in the case of the first payment date, the servicing fee will be an amount equal to the sum of (a) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of the cut-off date (for the [•] collection period) and (b) [•]% per annum of the pool balance as of 20[•] (for the [•] collection period).] | Servicer | Provide for a servicer as required | — | Priority level [8; provided that if JDCC or an affiliate is not the servicer, the servicing fee will be paid prior to any other application of funds in the collection account] | |||||
Administration fee | $[•] per month. | Administrator | Provide for trust administrator | — | Priority level [1] | |||||
Servicer’s liquidation expenses | These expenses will fluctuate from time to time depending on the related expenses actually incurred and noteholders will not be notified of (or asked to approve) the increase or decrease in each expense from time to time, other than to the extent such information is disclosed in the monthly report. | Servicer | To cover expenses incurred by the servicer in the process of converting financed equipment into cash proceeds | From amounts received with respect to liquidated receivables | Out of collections prior to deposit into collection account |
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Fees and Expenses Payable Out of Cash Flows(1)
Fee or Expense | Amount of Fee Expense(2) | Party Receiving | General Purpose of Fee or Expense | Source of Funds to Pay Fee or Expense(3) | Distribution | |||||
Asset Representations Reviewer review fees | $[•] per receivable reviewed | Asset representations reviewer | To cover fees to conduct an asset representation review | The trust is obligated to pay these amounts | Priority level [2] subject to the cap set forth therein | |||||
Asset Representations Reviewer [annual][monthly]fee and expenses | Asset representations reviewer fee: $[•] per [annum][month]. Asset representations reviewer expenses: these expenses will fluctuate from time to time depending on the related expenses actually incurred [but will not exceed $[•]], and noteholders will not be notified of (or asked to approve) the increase or decrease in each expense from time to time, other than to the extent such information is disclosed in the monthly report. | Asset representations reviewer | To cover fees [and expenses] to retain the asset representations reviewer | [The sponsor is obligated to pay the asset representations reviewer fee and the trust is obligated to pay the asset representations reviewer review fees][The trust is obligated to pay these amounts][The sponsor is obligated to pay these amounts] | Priority level [2]] Priority level [10] (to the extent not paid by the [sponsor]] | |||||
Owner trustee fees and expenses | Owner trustee fee: $[•] per annum.(5) Owner trustee expenses: these expenses will fluctuate from time to time depending on the related expenses actually incurred, and noteholders will not be notified of (or asked to approve) the increase or decrease in each expense from time to time, other than to the extent such information is disclosed in the monthly report. | Owner trustee | To cover expenses of owner trustee | The depositor is obligated to pay these amounts | Priority level [10] (to the extent not paid by the depositor) |
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Fees and Expenses Payable Out of Cash Flows(1)
Fee or Expense | Amount of Fee Expense(2) | Party Receiving | General Purpose of Fee or Expense | Source of Funds to Pay Fee or Expense(3) | Distribution | |||||
Indenture trustee fees and expenses | Indenture trustee fee: $[•] per annum.(6) Indenture trustee expenses: these expenses will fluctuate from time to time depending on the related expenses actually incurred, and noteholders will not be notified of (or asked to approve) the increase or decrease in each expense from time to time, other than to the extent such information is disclosed in the monthly report. | Indenture trustee | To cover expenses of indenture trustee | The trust will, or will cause the servicer to, pay these amounts | Priority level [9] (to the extent not paid by the servicer) |
(1) | The amount, priority and other terms of these fees and expenses may be changed by amendment to the related transaction documents, as described in “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Amendment” and “Description of the Notes—The Indenture” in this prospectus. |
(2) | Unless otherwise provided in this table, payments will be made with respect to these fees and expenses as provided under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments”; provided, however, that the owner trustee fees and expenses [and] indenture trustee fees and expenses [and the asset representations reviewer [annual][monthly] fees and expenses] will be paid to such party as that party agrees with the depositor, in the case of the owner trustee fee, with the servicer, in the case of the indenture trustee fee [and with the sponsor, in the case of the asset representations reviewer [annual] [monthly] fees]. |
(3) | If different from other fees or expenses that are to be paid from the pre-event of default waterfall under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments” or if such fees or expenses are to be paid from a specified portion of cash flows. |
(4) | The distribution priority in this table is for distributions prior to an event of default and the references are to numbered items in the waterfall of payments and deposits prior to each payment date as set forth under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions—Priority of Payments” in this prospectus. |
(5) | The depositor will reimburse the owner trustee at closing for certain expenses incurred by the owner trustee in connection with the preparation of documents relating to the transaction, including certain legal fees. |
(6) | The servicer will reimburse the indenture trustee at closing for certain expenses incurred by the indenture trustee in connection with the preparation of the documents relating to the transaction, including certain legal fees. |
Credit and Cash Flow Enhancement
The presence of the reserve account and [subordination of the certificate] [and other forms of credit enhancement for the benefit of any class of the notes] is intended to enhance the likelihood of receipt by the noteholders of a class of the full amount of principal and interest due thereon and to decrease the likelihood that such noteholders will experience losses. The credit enhancement for a class of notes will not provide protection against all risks of loss and will not guarantee repayment of the entire principal balance and interest thereon. If losses on a class occur that exceed the amount covered by any credit enhancement or that are not covered by any credit enhancement, noteholders of that class will bear their allocable share of deficiencies.
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[The depositor may replace the credit enhancement for any class of notes with another form of credit enhancement without the consent of the noteholders, provided that each hired NRSRO either confirms in writing that substitution will not result in the reduction or withdrawal of the rating of that class of notes or any other class of notes or has received 10 business days’ notice of such reduction or modification.]
The amounts and types of credit enhancement arrangements and the provider thereof with respect to the notes will be in the form of the following:
[Subordination of the Class B Notes. The class B notes will serve as credit enhancement for all of the class A notes because no interest will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until all of the interest due on the class A notes on such payment date has been paid. In addition, no principal will be paid on the class B notes on any payment date until the principal payable on the class A notes on such payment date (other than any reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount) has been paid. Lastly, if the outstanding principal balance of the class B notes is reduced to a specified floor, so long as any class A notes remain outstanding, the principal that would otherwise be payable on the class B notes will be reallocated to pay principal on the class A notes. For more information see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Subordination of the Class B Notes.”]
[The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]. [The trust will enter into [an] interest rate swap agreement[s] or similar interest rate hedging agreement[s], such as [an] interest rate cap agreement[s], with [a] [one or more] counterpart[y][ies] to hedge its floating rate interest obligations on the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [class B] notes. The notional amount of such interest rate hedge agreement[s] will be equal to, or greater than, the outstanding principal amount of the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [class B] notes, as applicable. For a more detailed description of the initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] and the interest rate hedge agreement[s], see “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]—The Initial Interest Rate Hedge Counterpart[y][ies],” “The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s].” and “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s].]
[Overcollateralization. Overcollateralization is the amount by which the pool balance of all receivables held by the trust[, discounted by the discount rate,] exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the notes issued by the trust. See “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Overcollateralization” in this prospectus. This excess creates credit enhancement by allowing for some amount of losses on the receivables before a shortfall in funds available to make payments on the notes would occur. As of the closing date, the initial adjusted pool balance will exceed the initial aggregate principal amount of the notes by approximately [•]%, which is $[•]. For more information see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Overcollateralization”.]
[Guaranteed Investment Contract[s]. The trust will enter into a guaranteed investment contract to serve as an additional source of funds to pay [principal of][interest on] the [class [•]] notes.] [Additional information to be provided as material.] For more information, see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Guaranteed Investment Contract[s]” in this prospectus.
[[Credit][Liquidity] Facility. The issuing entity has entered into supplemental [credit enhancement agreements][liquidity agreements] for the class [•] notes as a source of funds to pay [principal of][interest on] such class of notes. For more information, see “Summary—Credit Enhancement—[Credit][Liquidity] Facility”].
[To include name, organizational form and general character of the business of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider to the extent required. Describe the operation and material terms of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, including amount and timing of payments. Describe material provisions regarding the substitution of the supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider.] [Disclose other information regarding the supplemental credit enhancement provider as required, including, but not limited to, a description of any material affiliations or business agreements/arrangements with any other material transaction party.]
[Surety Bond[s]. A surety bond or insurance policy may serve as an additional source of funds to pay [principal of or interest] on the class [•] notes [and the certificates]. For more information, see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Surety Bond” in this prospectus.]
[To include name, organizational form and general character of the business of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider to the extent required. Describe the operation and material terms of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, including amount and timing of payments. Describe material provisions regarding the substitution of the supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider.] [Disclose other information regarding the supplemental credit enhancement provider as required, including, but not limited to, a description of any material affiliations or business agreements/arrangements with any other material transaction party.]
[Letter[s] of Credit. The [indenture trustee][owner trustee] will establish a letter of credit to provide additional funds that can be applied to make payments on the class [•] notes.] [Insert description of cash advances, deposits or letters of credit]. For more information see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Letters of Credit.”]
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[To include name, organizational form and general character of the business of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider to the extent required. Describe the operation and material terms of any supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity agreement, including amount and timing of payments. Describe material provisions regarding the substitution of the supplemental credit enhancement or liquidity provider.] [Disclose other information regarding the supplemental credit enhancement provider as required, including, but not limited to, a description of any material affiliations or business agreements/arrangements with any other material transaction party.]
[Excess Spread. For a payment date, excess spread is equal to [•]. Any excess spread will be applied on each payment date, as a component of available funds, to make principal payments on the class [•] notes until paid in full and then to make principal payments on the most senior class of notes to the extent necessary to reach the targeted overcollateralization amount.
In general, having excess spread available to pay principal on the notes provides a source of funds to absorb losses on the receivables. To the extent the amount of excess spread used to pay principal exceeds the amount of any losses, it causes the principal of the notes to be paid more rapidly than the principal of the receivables, which increases the overcollateralization. For more information, see “Summary of Terms—Credit Enhancement—Excess Spread” in this prospectus.]
Reserve Account and the Certificate. The protection against losses on the receivables afforded to the noteholders will be effected both by the subordination of the certificate and by the establishment of the reserve account. [The class A noteholders also have the benefit of the subordination of the class B notes as described in this prospectus.]
[On the closing date, the trust will issue a certificate representing an undivided equity interest in the trust. The certificate will not have a principal amount and will not bear interest. The certificate will represent credit enhancement for the notes, because on each payment date the certificate will only be entitled to receive excess cashflow, if any, remaining after payment of interest and principal due on the notes, payment of certain fees and expenses of the trust and any required deposit to the reserve account.]
[On the closing date, the initial note value will exceed the initial principal amount of the notes by approximately [•]%, which represents the amount of initial overcollateralization. On each payment date, the amount of principal required to be paid on the notes will be an amount equal to the reduction in the note value of the receivables during the related collection period (plus any principal shortfalls from prior payment dates), which is intended to maintain the initial overcollateralization amount.]
[The reserve account will be created with the initial deposit by the depositor on the closing date of $[•] (equal to [•]% of the initial note value), and will be augmented on each payment date by deposit therein of the amount specified in the [•] bullet point under “—Distributions—Priority of Payments” above.]
The “specified reserve account balance” for the reserve account on any payment date means [the lesser of (a)] [•]% of the initial note value [and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the [class A] notes]. [However, if the specified reserve reduction trigger is met on the payment date in [•], 20[•], [•], 20[•] or [•], 20[•], the percentage in clause (a) will be reduced to [•]% on such payment date and shall remain at such percentage for each payment date thereafter.]
Upon the final distribution on the certificate, the specified reserve account balance shall be zero. Following the final distribution on the certificate, all amounts remaining on deposit in the reserve account will be distributed to the depositor.]
[The “specified reserve reduction trigger” for the payment date in [•], [•] or [•] will be met if the average delinquency ratio test and the cumulative net loss ratio test for such payment date are met.]
[The “average delinquency ratio test” for the payment date occurring in a month specified below will be met if the average delinquency ratio for such payment date is less than the percentage specified opposite such payment date:
Payment Date | Percentage | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•]] |
[The “average delinquency ratio” on any payment date will be the average of the delinquency ratios for the preceding three collection periods. The “delinquency ratio” for any collection period means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the payoff amount of receivables 60 days or more delinquent (other than purchased receivables and liquidated receivables) as of the end of such collection period, determined in accordance with the servicer’s normal practices, to (b) the pool balance as of the last day of such collection period.]
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[The “cumulative net loss ratio test” for the payment date occurring in a month specified below will be met if the cumulative net loss ratio for such payment date is less than the percentage specified opposite such payment date:
Payment Date | Percentage | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•] | |
[•] | [•]] |
[The “cumulative net loss ratio” on any payment date will be the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the aggregate realized losses on the receivables since the cut-off date through the last day of the related collection period, to (b) the initial pool balance as of the cut-off date.]
[The “realized losses” for any collection period will be the sum of (a) for each receivable that became a liquidated receivable during such collection period, the difference between (i) and (ii) where (i) is the principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest on such receivable less the write down amount for such receivable (if such receivable was a 180-day receivable or repossessed receivable at the time of liquidation), if any, and (ii) is the liquidation proceeds received with respect to such receivable during such collection period, (b) with respect to any receivable that became a 180-day receivable or a repossessed receivable during such collection period, the write down amount, if any, for that receivable and (c) with respect to each other 180-day receivable or repossessed receivable, the amount of the adjustment, if any, to the write down amount for such receivable for the related collection period.]
Amounts held from time to time in the reserve account will continue to be held for the benefit of the trust [and the interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies]]. Funds will be withdrawn from cash in the reserve account to the extent that the total distribution amount (after the payment of [the servicing fee and] the administration fee, the asset representations reviewer review fee and, if JDCC or an affiliate of JDCC is not the servicer, the servicing fee) with respect to any collection period is less than the amount of principal and interest payable on the notes [and Net Hedge Payments] on the related payment date and will be [paid to the [interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies]] and] deposited in the note distribution account.
The specified reserve account balance may be reduced, or the definition otherwise modified, without the consent of the noteholders or the certificateholder; provided that each hired NRSRO either confirms in writing that such reduction or modification will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the notes or, in the case of one of the hired NRSROs, has received 10 business days’ notice of such reduction or modification, and the owner trustee receives an opinion of counsel that confirms in writing that the reduction or modification will not change the federal income tax classification of the notes as indebtedness; provided further that such definition or modification is not prohibited by Regulation RR.
The servicer will not make any advances of delinquent payments on the receivables.
The servicer will make, or cause the sub-servicer to make, reasonable efforts to collect all payments due with respect to the receivables held by the trust and, in a manner consistent with the sale and servicing agreement, will continue, or cause the sub-servicer to continue, the same collection procedures as the sub-servicer follows with respect to the agriculture and construction receivables it services for itself and others. Consistent with its normal procedures, the sub-servicer may, in its discretion and on a case-by-case basis, arrange with the obligor on a receivable to extend or modify the payment schedule. If the servicer extends the payment schedule beyond the latest scheduled maturity date for a receivable, the servicer will purchase that receivable for the purchase amount. An extension or modification of a payment schedule with respect to a receivable may result in reduced or delayed receipt of collections in respect of such receivable. The servicer may sell the financed equipment securing the respective receivable at a public or private sale, or take any other action permitted by applicable law. See “Certain Legal Aspects of the Receivables.”
With respect to the trust, except as otherwise specified herein, the sub-servicer will deposit all payments on the receivables and all proceeds of the receivables collected during each collection period into the collection account; provided, however, that, when a receivable becomes a liquidated receivable, that receivable will be reassigned to the depositor, and any proceeds after that date (deficiency proceeds) will not be proceeds of the trust. “Liquidated receivables” means defaulted receivables in respect of which the financed equipment has been sold or otherwise disposed of.
Except under certain conditions described in this prospectus, the sub-servicer will be required to deposit all of these amounts into the collection account within two business days of receipt and identification thereof. So long as (i) JDCC is the servicer, (ii) a
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servicer default shall not have occurred and be continuing and (iii) JDCC maintains a rating on its unsecured, non-guaranteed short term debt of at least “Prime-1” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and on its unsecured, non-guaranteed short term debt of at least “F1” by Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”) or on its unsecured, non-guaranteed long-term debt of at least “A” by Fitch, then the deposit of collections for a collection period will be made within one business day prior to the 15th day of the calendar month following that collection period (or, if that collection period ends in the early part of a calendar month, the 15th day of the calendar month). Pending deposit into the collection account, collections may be invested by the servicer at its own risk and for its own benefit, and will not be segregated from funds of the servicer.
As an administrative convenience, the servicer is required to remit collections within two business days of their receipt and identification, and the servicer will make the deposit of collections and purchase amounts for or with respect to the related collection period net of distributions to be made to the servicer with respect to the collection period. The servicer, however, will account to the indenture trustee, the owner trustee, the noteholders and the certificateholder as if all deposits, distributions and transfers were made individually.
Statements to Indenture Trustee and Trust
Prior to each payment date with respect to the notes, the servicer will, or will cause the sub-servicer to, provide to the indenture trustee and the owner trustee as of the close of business on the last day of the related collection period a statement setting forth substantially the same information as is required to be provided in the periodic reports provided to noteholders described under “Description of the Notes—Reports to Noteholders.”
The sale and servicing agreement will provide that a firm of independent public accountants will furnish to the trust and the indenture trustee annually a statement as to compliance by the servicer and the sub-servicer during the preceding 12 months ended on the last day of each fiscal year (or, in the case of the first certificate, the period from the closing date) with certain standards relating to the servicing of the receivables, the servicer’s accounting records with respect thereto and certain other matters.
JDCC, in its capacity as servicer, will provide, as an exhibit to each report on Form 10-K for the trust, a report on an assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria. Such report shall contain:
● | a statement of JDCC’s responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it; |
● | a statement that JDCC used the required criteria to assess compliance with the applicable servicing criteria; |
● | JDCC’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K report; and |
● | a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on JDCC’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K. JDCC, in its capacity as servicer, will also cause such attestation report to be filed as an exhibit to each report on Form 10-K for the trust. |
JDCC, in its capacity as servicer, will also provide, as an exhibit to each report on Form 10-K for the trust, a statement of compliance, signed by an officer of JDCC, to the effect that:
● | a review of JDCC’s (and, if applicable, the sub-servicer’s) activities during the reporting period and of its performance under the sale and servicing agreement has been made under such officer’s supervision; and |
● | to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, JDCC (and, if applicable, the sub-servicer) has fulfilled all of its obligations under the sale and servicing agreement in all material respects throughout the reporting period or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. |
The servicer will also agree to give the indenture trustee and the owner trustee notice of certain servicer defaults under the sale and servicing agreement.
Copies of these statements and the certificates may also be obtained by securityholders by a request in writing addressed to the indenture trustee or the owner trustee.
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Certain Matters Regarding the Servicer
The sale and servicing agreement will provide that JDCC may not resign from its obligations and duties as servicer thereunder, except upon determination that JDCC’s performance of its duties is no longer permissible under applicable law. No resignation will become effective until the indenture trustee or a successor servicer has assumed JDCC’s servicing obligations and duties under the sale and servicing agreement.
The sale and servicing agreement will further provide that none of the servicer, the sub-servicer, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents will be under any liability to the trust, the noteholders or the certificateholder for taking any action or for refraining from taking any action under the sale and servicing agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that none of the servicer, the sub-servicer or any such person will be protected against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties thereunder. In addition, the sale and servicing agreement will provide that neither the servicer nor the sub-servicer is under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its servicing responsibilities under the sale and servicing agreement and that, in its opinion, may cause it to incur any expense or liability.
Under the circumstances specified in the sale and servicing agreement, any of the following entities that assumes the obligations of the servicer will be the successor of the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement:
● | any entity into which the servicer may be merged or consolidated; |
● | any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the servicer is a party; |
● | any entity succeeding to the business of the servicer; or |
● | any corporation 50% or more of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Deere. |
A “servicer default” under the sale and servicing agreement will consist of any of the following:
● | any failure by the servicer to deliver to the indenture trustee for deposit in any of the trust accounts or the certificate distribution account any required payment, or to direct the indenture trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which failure continues unremedied for three business days after written notice from the indenture trustee or the owner trustee is received by the servicer or after discovery by the servicer; |
● | any failure by the servicer or the depositor, as the case may be, to duly observe or perform in any material respect any other covenant or agreement in the sale and servicing agreement or any other transaction document, which failure materially and adversely affects the rights of the noteholders or the certificateholder and which continues unremedied for sixty days after the giving of written notice of such failure to the servicer or the depositor, as the case may be, by the indenture trustee or the owner trustee, or to the servicer or the depositor, as the case may be, and to the indenture trustee and the owner trustee by holders of the notes evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes or the certificateholder; and |
● | certain events of insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings with respect to the servicer and certain actions by the servicer indicating its insolvency, reorganization pursuant to bankruptcy proceedings or inability to pay its obligations. |
As long as a servicer default under the sale and servicing agreement remains unremedied, the indenture trustee or noteholders evidencing not less than 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may terminate all the rights and obligations of the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement, whereupon a successor servicer appointed by the indenture trustee or the indenture trustee will succeed to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will the indenture trustee, acting as successor servicer, be liable for the payment or reimbursement of any fees, expenses or other amounts (including indemnities other than those resulting from the actions of the indenture trustee as successor servicer) of the owner trustee, the indenture trustee or the asset representations reviewer, fees and expenses of the attorneys for the owner trustee, the indenture trustee or the asset representations reviewer, fees and expenses of any custodian, fees and expenses of independent accountants or expenses incurred in connection with distributions and reports to the noteholders. If, however, a bankruptcy trustee or similar official has been appointed for the servicer, and no servicer default other than this appointment has occurred, the bankruptcy trustee or official may have the power to prevent the indenture trustee or those noteholders from effecting a transfer of servicing.
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In the event that the indenture trustee is unwilling or unable to so act as successor servicer, it may appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of, a successor with a net worth of at least $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of a similar type of receivables. The indenture trustee may make arrangements for compensation to be paid to the successor servicer, which in no event may be greater than the servicing compensation payable to the servicer under the sale and servicing agreement.
The holders of notes evidencing at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes (or the holder of the certificate, in the case of any default that does not adversely affect the indenture trustee or such noteholders) may, on behalf of all of the noteholders and the certificateholder, waive any default by the servicer in the performance of its obligations under the sale and servicing agreement and its consequences, except a default in making, or causing the sub-servicer to make, any required deposits to or payments from any of the trust accounts in accordance with the sale and servicing agreement. No waiver will impair the noteholders’ or the certificateholder’s rights with respect to subsequent defaults.
The transfer and servicing agreements may be amended by the parties thereto, without the consent of the noteholders or the certificateholder, for the purposes of:
● | adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of that transfer and servicing agreement; and |
● | modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders or the certificateholder; |
provided that this action will not materially and adversely affect the interests of any noteholder or certificateholder; provided that 10 days’ (or 10 business days’, if set forth in the applicable agreement) prior written notice of any such amendment be given to each hired NRSRO and, if a hired NRSRO notifies the owner trustee that such amendment will result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the notes, such amendment shall become effective only with the consent of the holders of notes evidencing not less than a majority of the outstanding amount of the notes and the consent of the certificateholder.
The transfer and servicing agreements may also be amended by the depositor, the servicer, the owner trustee and the indenture trustee, as applicable, with the consent of holders of at least a majority in principal amount of then outstanding notes and the holder of the certificate for the purposes of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the transfer and servicing agreements or of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders or the certificateholder; provided, however, that no amendment may:
● | increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the receivables or distributions that are required to be made for the benefit of the noteholders or the certificateholder; or |
● | reduce the aforesaid percentage of the notes and certificate that are required to consent to the amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding notes and the certificateholder. |
[The trust agreement will provide that the owner trustee does not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy with respect to the trust without the prior approval of the certificateholder, including the depositor, and the delivery to the owner trustee by the certificateholder of the certificate certifying that the certificateholder reasonably believes that the trust is insolvent.]
The asset representations review agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of the noteholders to (i) comply with any change in any applicable federal or state law, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in the asset representations review agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in the asset representations review agreement; provided, however, that such action, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any noteholder whose consent has not been obtained, or (ii) correct any manifest error in the terms of the asset representations review agreement as compared to the terms expressly set forth in this prospectus. The asset representations review agreement may also be amended by the parties thereto, with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the notes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the asset representations review agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the noteholders.
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Upon the payment in full of all outstanding notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture, the owner trustee will succeed to all the rights of the indenture trustee, and the certificateholder will succeed to all the rights of the noteholders, under the sale and servicing agreement, except as otherwise provided therein.
The obligations of the servicer, the sub-servicer, the depositor, the administrator, the owner trustee and the indenture trustee under the transfer and servicing agreements and the asset representations reviewer under the asset representations review agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of:
● | the maturity or other liquidation of the last receivable and the disposition of any amounts received upon liquidation of the remaining receivables; and |
● | the payment to noteholders and the certificateholder of all amounts required to be paid to them under the transfer and servicing agreements. |
[The servicer may also purchase the remaining receivables on a payment date when the pool balance becomes equal to or less than [•]% of the initial note value as of the cut-off date. See “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption” for more information regarding the servicer’s ability to redeem the notes and the amount to be remitted to noteholders in connection therewith.]
The subsequent distribution to the certificateholder of all amounts required to be distributed to them under the trust agreement may affect prepayment of the certificate.
JDCC, in its capacity as administrator, will enter into an agreement (the “administration agreement”) with the trust and the indenture trustee under which the administrator will agree, to the extent provided in the administration agreement, to provide notices and to perform other administrative obligations of the trust required by the indenture. As compensation for the performance of the administrator’s obligations under the administration agreement and as reimbursement for its expenses related thereto, the administrator will be entitled to an administration fee in an amount equal to $[•] per month, which will be paid by the trust in accordance with the priorities set forth under “—Distributions—Priority of Payments.”
[THE INTEREST RATE HEDGE AGREEMENT[S]]
[The Interest Rate Hedge Agreement[s]]
[On the closing date, the trust will enter into [an] interest rate swap agreement[s] or similar interest rate hedging agreement, such as [an] interest rate cap agreement[s], with [one or more] counterpart[y][ies]] to hedge its floating rate interest obligations on the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes. The interest rate hedge or similar hedging agreement[s] will have notional amounts for each interest period equal to the aggregate principal amount of the class [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes[, as applicable,] on the payment date on which such interest period begins (after giving effect to all payments of principal on such date), or, in the case of the first payment date, the closing date. On each payment date, the [related] interest rate hedge counterparty will pay any Net Hedge Receipts to the trust, and/or the trust will pay any Net Hedge Payments to the [related] interest rate hedge counterparty. The obligation of [the] [each] interest rate hedge counterparty is limited to the specific obligations of [the] [that] counterparty’s interest rate hedge agreement[s] with the trust. [There is no obligation on the part of an interest rate hedge counterparty with respect to the obligations of any other interest rate hedge counterparty.]
[The amount payable under [an] interest rate hedge agreement[s] will be calculated as follows:]
[For any payment date after the first payment date:]
[(a) the product of: (1) the actual number of days from and including the immediately preceding payment date on which the related interest period begins to but excluding that payment date, divided by 360, (2) [LIBOR][•] determined as of the related [LIBOR][•] Determination Date, and (3) the applicable notional amount; minus]
[(b) the product of: (1) 1/12, (2) the [class] [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes stated fixed interest rate[, as applicable,] and (3) the applicable notional amount.]
[For the first payment date:]
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[(a) the product of: (x) the actual number of days from and including the closing date to but excluding such payment date, divided by 360, (y) [•][LIBOR] determined as of the related LIBOR[•] Determination Date, and (z) the applicable notional amount; minus]
[(b) the product of: (x) the number of days from and including the closing date to but excluding such payment date (assuming 30 day months), divided by 360, (y) the [class] [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes stated fixed interest rate[, as applicable,] and (z) the applicable notional amount].
[The [class] [A-1] [A-2[A]] [A-2B] [A-3] [A-4] [B] notes stated fixed interest rate[s] [is] [are] [•]% [and [•]%, respectively].]
[If the result of either of the above calculations is positive, it will be referred to in this prospectus as a “Net Hedge Receipt.” If the result is negative, the absolute value of that number will be referred to in this prospectus as a “Net Hedge Payment.”]
[In the case of [an] interest rate cap agreement, the trust will be obligated to make an initial payment to the counterparty in a specified amount of $[•]. The trust will have no further payment obligations to the counterparty thereafter.
An amount will be payable by the counterparty under an interest rate cap agreement for any payment date if [LIBOR][•] determined as of the related [LIBOR][•] Determination Date exceeds the specified cap rate, which will be [•]%. If [LIBOR][•] determined as of the related [LIBOR][•] Determination Date is less than the cap rate, no payment will be made on that payment date. The amount payable will be calculated as follows:
the product of: (1) the actual number of days from and including the immediately preceding payment date on which the related interest period begins (or, in the case of the first payment date, the closing date) to but excluding that payment date, divided by 360, (2) the excess, if any, of [LIBOR][•] determined as of the related [LIBOR][•] Determination Date over the cap rate, and (3) the applicable notional amount. Any amount payable by the counterparty under the interest cap is referred to as a “Net Hedge Receipt“.]
Any payment received by the trust in respect of Net Hedge Receipts will be deposited into the note distribution account and will be available to make distributions on the notes on the payment date on which it was received. [Any payment that the trust is required to make to [an] [the] interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] in respect of Net Hedge Payments will be made from the note distribution account (including amounts from the reserve account).]
[An] [The] interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] will have the right to assign its rights and obligations under the [applicable] interest rate hedge agreement to a replacement counterparty subject to the written confirmation by each hired NRSRO that such assignment will not impair its rating of the [related] notes.
Upon the occurrence of any event of default specified in [an] [the] interest rate hedge agreement, the non-defaulting party may elect to terminate such interest rate hedge agreement. These events include failure to make payments due under [an] [the] interest rate hedge agreement and the occurrence of certain bankruptcy and insolvency events.
[An] [the] interest rate hedge agreement may also be terminated upon the occurrence of a termination event other than an event of default. These termination events include (1) illegality, (2) an acceleration of the Notes resulting from an event of default under the indenture, (3) the liquidation of the trust’s assets by the indenture trustee, (4) the making of an amendment or supplement to the indenture or any of certain other transaction documents that affects such interest rate hedge agreement without the consent of the interest rate hedge counterparty, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, and (5) certain tax consequences arising from (a) administrative or judicial procedures, (b) changes in tax law or (c) certain mergers and asset transfers.
[In the event [an] [the] interest rate hedge is terminated due to an event of default or a termination event, a termination payment may be due [(1) to the interest rate hedge counterparty by the trust out of funds pro rata with payments of interest on the Class A Notes as described above in “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Distributions” or (2)] to the trust by the interest rate hedge counterparty. [An amount would not be payable to the hedge counterparty in the case of termination of an interest rate cap.] The amount of any such termination payment may be based on the actual costs or market quotations of the costs of entering into [a] similar hedge transaction[s] or such other method as may be required under [an] [the] interest hedge, in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in [the] [such] interest rate hedge agreement. Any such termination payment could, if market rates or other conditions have changed materially, be substantial.]
[Within 30 days of the date [an] [the] interest rate hedge counterparty’s long-term and short-term ratings cease to be at the levels required by [the applicable hired NRSRO or hired NRSROs], [the] [such] interest rate hedge counterparty must (a) post collateral, or (b) assign its rights and obligations under [the] [such] interest rate hedge agreement to an eligible substitute interest rate hedge counterparty, in each case, to maintain the ratings of the [notes] [securities]; provided, however, that if [the] [such] interest rate
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hedge counterparty has not assigned its rights and obligations under such hedge agreement as set forth in clause (b) above, [the] [such] interest rate hedge counterparty will be obligated to post collateral and to continue to use reasonable efforts to find a substitute interest rate hedge counterparty indefinitely, until an appropriate substitute interest rate hedge counterparty is found.]
[If any amendment or supplement to the indenture, sale and servicing agreement or other transaction document would either: (a) adversely affect any of [the] interest rate hedge counterpart[y’s][ies’] rights or obligations under [an] [the] interest rate hedge agreement[s]; or (b) adversely modify the obligations of, or adversely impact the ability of, the trust to fully perform any of the trust’s obligations under [an] [the] interest rate hedge agreement[s], the trust and the indenture trustee shall be required to first obtain the written consent of [such] [the] interest rate hedge counterparties before entering into any such amendment or supplement.]
[The Initial Interest Rate Hedge Counterpart[y][ies]]
[The initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] to the interest rate swap or similar interest rate hedging agreement[s] will be [an] entit[y][ies] with [a] long-term rating[s] of at least “[•]” by Moody’s and “[•]” by Standard & Poor’s, or such initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] will have [its] [their] obligations under the [applicable] interest rate hedge agreement[s] guaranteed by an entity with such ratings. [Each of the] [The] initial interest rate hedge counterpart[y][ies] will be identified in the final prospectus.] [[•], a [•], is the initial interest rate hedge counterparty. [•] is a [describe general character of business and any affiliation with any underwriter and other transaction parties]. [Based on a reasonable good faith estimate of maximum probable exposure, the “significance percentage” in respect of the initial interest rate hedge counterparty within the meaning of Item 1115 of Regulation AB of the SEC will be less than 10%]. [Provide the information required by Regulation AB if significance percentage exceeds 10%.]]
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CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RECEIVABLES
Security Interest in Equipment
The retail installment contracts and the loan contracts that compose the receivables constitute personal property security agreements and include grants of security interests in the equipment under the applicable UCC. Perfection of security interests in the equipment is generally governed by the laws of the state in which the debtor is located. The UCC generally defines the location of the debtor as being the state of residence for individual debtors, the location of the business for an organization, unless the organization conducts business in multiple locations, in which case the organization is located at the place of its chief executive office or the place of its organization for a registered organization. However, in the case of any debtor that is a registered organization under the laws of a state, the debtor is located in that state. The UCC generally governs the perfection of these security interests. However, under the laws of certain states and under certain circumstances, perfection of security interests in agricultural, turf, construction or forestry equipment is generally governed by certificate of title registration laws of the state in which that equipment is located.
All of the contracts acquired by JDCC name the applicable John Deere sales company as obligee or assignee and as the secured party. With respect to agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment receivables, the sales companies are instructed to take all actions necessary under the laws of the state in which the financed equipment is located to perfect their security interests in the financed equipment, including the filing of financing statements in the appropriate offices and, where applicable, having a notation of its lien recorded on the equipment’s certificate of title.
Obligors are required to declare whether financed turf equipment will be used primarily for commercial purposes. Financing statements are filed and, where applicable, notations of liens are recorded on certificates of title, to perfect the security interests in financed equipment indicated as primarily for commercial use. With respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, the sales companies have a purchase money security interest in the financed equipment. The purchase money security interests in such turf equipment are automatically perfected and have a first priority against other lenders and creditors of the obligor. Except in limited circumstances, no financing statements are filed and no notations of liens are recorded on titles by the sales companies for turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases. In the absence of financing statements being filed with respect to turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases, a purchaser of such turf equipment from the obligor may take the equipment free of the trust’s security interest if the purchaser, without knowledge of the trust’s security interest, buys the equipment for value and primarily for the buyer’s personal, family or household purposes.
Obligors are not notified of the sale from the sales companies to JDCC. Furthermore, because either the servicer or the sub-servicer continues to service the contracts, the obligors are not notified of the sale from JDCC to the depositor and, in the ordinary course, no action is taken to record the transfer of the security interest from JDCC to the depositor by amendment of the financing statements or, if applicable, the certificates of title for the financed equipment or otherwise. No amendment is required to be filed under the UCC to maintain perfection of JDCC’s interest in the financed equipment. To perfect its interests in the contracts, JDCC takes possession of the contracts.
With respect to the trust, under the purchase agreement, JDCC will sell and assign its interests in the equipment securing the receivables to the depositor, and under the sale and servicing agreement, the depositor will assign its interests in the equipment securing the receivables to the trust. However, because of the administrative burden and expense, none of the depositor, the servicer, the sub-servicer or the owner trustee will amend any financing statement or, if applicable, any certificate of title to identify the trust as the new secured party on the financing statement or, if applicable, the certificate of title relating to the equipment. Also, the servicer will continue to hold any certificates of title relating to the equipment in its possession as custodian for the trust under the sale and servicing agreement. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables.”
There are certain limited circumstances under the UCC and applicable federal law in which prior or subsequent transferees of receivables held by the trust could have an interest in those receivables with priority over the trust’s interest. A purchaser of these receivables who gives new value and takes possession of the instruments that evidence the receivables (i.e., the chattel paper) in the ordinary course of his or her business may, under certain circumstances, have priority over the interest of the trust in the receivables. In addition, while JDCC is the servicer, cash collections on the receivables will, under certain circumstances, be commingled with the funds of JDCC and, in the event of the bankruptcy of JDCC, the trust may not have a perfected interest in these collections.
In most states, an assignment such as that under the purchase agreement and the sale and servicing agreement is an effective conveyance of a security interest without amendment of any lien perfected by a UCC financing statement relating to the equipment or, if applicable, noted on an equipment’s certificate of title, and the assignee succeeds thereby to the assignor’s rights as secured party. By not identifying the trust as the secured party on the financing statement or certificate of title, the security interest of the trust in the equipment could be defeated through fraud or negligence. In the absence of error, fraud or forgery by the equipment owner or the servicer or the sub-servicer, or administrative error by state or local agencies, the proper initial filing of the financing statement relating to the agricultural, turf (which includes consumer and commercial equipment), construction and forestry equipment or, if applicable, the
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notation of the relevant sales company’s lien on the certificates of title will be sufficient to protect the trust against the rights of subsequent purchasers of the equipment or subsequent lenders who take a security interest in the equipment securing a receivable. Except in limited circumstances, no financing statements are filed and no notations of liens are recorded on titles for turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases.
If there is any equipment as to which the original secured party failed to obtain and assign to JDCC a perfected security interest, any security interest of JDCC would be subordinated to, among others, subsequent purchasers of the equipment and holders of perfected security interests. This failure, however, would constitute a breach of the warranties of JDCC under the purchase agreement and would create an obligation of the servicer to repurchase the related receivables unless the breach is cured. The depositor will assign its rights under the purchase agreement to the trust. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables.”
Under the laws of most states, the perfected security interest in personal property would continue for four months after the location of the debtor changes to a state other than the state in which a financing statement was filed initially to perfect the security interest in the property or, if applicable, in which the property is initially registered (or 12 months after the transfer of the property to a new debtor who is located in another state). In the ordinary course of servicing agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment receivables, the sub-servicer takes steps to affect re-perfection upon receipt of information from an obligor as to the relocation of a debtor or any movable property.
In states where equipment is subject to certificate of title and registration laws to re-register the equipment, the secured party that has its lien noted on the equipment’s certificate of title must either surrender the certificate of title or, in states where the secured party does not physically hold the certificate of title, agree in writing to allow the re-registration. The secured party would therefore have the opportunity to re-perfect its security interest in the equipment being relocated or re-registered.
Under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will be obligated to take, or to cause the sub-servicer to take, appropriate steps, at its own expense, to maintain perfection of security interests in the agricultural, turf, construction and forestry equipment securing receivables and is obligated to repurchase the receivable if it fails to do so.
Under the laws of some states, liens for repairs performed on the equipment and liens for unpaid taxes may, in some circumstances, take priority over even a perfected security interest in the goods. Under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will represent to the trust that, as of the date the receivables are sold to the trust, each security interest in financed equipment is prior to all other present liens upon and security interests in that financed equipment. However, liens for repairs or taxes could arise at any time during the term of a receivable. No notice will be given to the owner trustee, the indenture trustee, noteholders or the certificateholder in respect of the trust in the event a lien for repairs or taxes arises.
Security Interest in Chattel Paper
The receivables are either “tangible chattel paper” or “electronic chattel paper,” (collectively, “chattel paper”) each as defined in the UCC. Pursuant to the UCC, the sale of chattel paper is treated in a manner similar to perfection of a security interest in chattel paper, which can be perfected through “possession” or “control” in the case of the tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper, respectively, or in either case, by filing a UCC-1 financing statement.
In order to protect the trust’s ownership interest in the receivables, the seller will file UCC-1 financing statements with the appropriate governmental authorities to give notice of the depositor’s acquisition of the receivables and the depositor will file UCC-1 financing statements with the appropriate governmental authorities to give notice of the trust’s ownership of the receivables and their proceeds. Under the sale and servicing agreement, the servicer will be obligated to maintain the perfection of the trust’s ownership interest in the receivables and to act as custodian of the receivables (although it will not segregate the receivables or stamp or mark the receivables to reflect the transfers).
In the case of electronic chattel paper, the servicer has developed a specific software suite and constructed an electronic vaulting system to maintain certain of its contracts in electronic form. The system is designed to permit the perfection of a security interest in receivables evidenced by electronic contracts through various levels of control. The law governing the perfection of security interests in electronic contracts was enacted in 2001, and the statutory requirements for the relevant control arrangements have not been widely tested in court. It is possible that a third party could acquire a superior interest in a receivable evidenced by an electronic contract if the servicer loses control over the authoritative copy of the related electronic contract and the third party purchases that receivable without knowledge of the trust’s security interest. Similarly, a purchaser who purchases tangible chattel paper who gives new value and takes possession of it in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business has priority over a security interest in the tangible chattel paper if such purchaser acts in good faith without knowledge that the specific tangible chattel paper is subject to a security interest. In either case, any such purchaser would not be deemed to have such knowledge by virtue of the UCC filings and would not learn of the sale of the receivables from a review of the documents evidencing the receivables since they would not be marked to show such sale, although the seller’s master computer records will indicate such sale.
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In the event of default by an obligor, the holder of the retail installment sale or loan contract has all the remedies of a secured party under the UCC, except where specifically limited (such as in Louisiana) by other state laws. Among the UCC remedies, the secured party generally has the right to perform self-help repossession unless the act would constitute a breach of the peace. Self-help is the method employed by the sub-servicer in most cases and is accomplished simply by retaking possession of the financed equipment.
In the event of default by an obligor, some jurisdictions require that the obligor be notified of the default and be given a time period within which he or she may cure the default prior to repossession. Generally, the right of reinstatement may be exercised on a limited number of occasions in any one-year period. In cases where the obligor objects or raises a defense to repossession, or if otherwise required by applicable state law, a court order must be obtained from the appropriate state court, and the equipment must then be repossessed in accordance with that order.
Notice of Sale; Redemption Rights
The UCC and other state laws generally require the secured party to provide the obligor with reasonable notice of the date, time and place of any public sale and/or the date after which any private sale of the collateral may be held. The obligor generally has the right to redeem the collateral prior to actual sale by paying the secured party the unpaid principal balance of the obligation plus reasonable expenses for repossessing, holding and preparing the collateral for disposition and arranging for its sale, plus, in some jurisdictions, reasonable attorneys’ fees or, in some states, by payment of delinquent installments or the unpaid balance.
Deficiency Judgments and Excess Proceeds
The proceeds of resale of the equipment generally will be applied first to the expenses of resale and repossession and then to the satisfaction of the indebtedness. While some states impose prohibitions or limitations on deficiency judgments if the net proceeds from resale do not cover the full amount of the indebtedness, a deficiency judgment can be sought in other states. However, the deficiency judgment would be a personal judgment against the obligor for the shortfall, and a defaulting obligor can be expected to have very little capital or sources of income available following repossession. Therefore, in many cases, it may not be useful to seek a deficiency judgment or, if one is obtained, it may be settled at a significant discount.
Occasionally, after resale of the equipment and payment of all expenses and all indebtedness, there is a surplus of funds. In that case, the UCC requires the lender to remit the surplus to any holder of a lien with respect to the equipment. If no such lien holder exists or a balance remains after any such lien is satisfied, remaining proceeds of the sale may be applied to outstanding balances due on other accounts of the obligor with JDCC or its affiliates. Any remaining funds are then paid to the obligor.
Courts have applied general equitable principles to secured parties pursuing repossession or litigation involving deficiency balances. These equitable principles may have the effect of relieving an obligor from some or all of the legal consequences of a default.
In several cases, consumers have asserted that the self-help remedies of secured parties under the UCC and related laws violate the due process protections provided under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Courts have generally upheld the notice provisions of the UCC and related laws as reasonable or have found that the repossession and resale by the creditor do not involve sufficient state action to afford constitutional protection to consumers.
JDCC will warrant under the purchase agreement that each receivable complies with all requirements of applicable law in all material respects. Accordingly, if an obligor has a claim against the trust for violation of any law and that claim materially and adversely affects the trust’s or the noteholders’ interest in a receivable, the violation would constitute a breach of the warranties of JDCC under the purchase agreement and would create an obligation of the depositor, subject to JDCC’s repurchase thereof, and of JDCC to repurchase the receivable unless the breach is cured. See “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Sale and Assignment of Receivables.”
In addition to the laws limiting or prohibiting deficiency judgments, numerous other statutory provisions, including federal bankruptcy laws and related state laws, may interfere with or affect the ability of a lender to realize upon collateral or enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, in a Chapter 11, 12 or 13 proceeding under the federal bankruptcy law, a court may prevent a lender from repossessing the equipment and, as part of the rehabilitation plan, reduce the amount of the secured indebtedness to the market value of the equipment at the time of bankruptcy, as determined by the court, leaving the party providing financing as a general unsecured creditor for the remainder of the indebtedness. A bankruptcy court may also reduce the monthly payments due under a contract or change the rate of interest and time of repayment of the indebtedness.
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The holder-in-due-course rule of the Federal Trade Commission relates to a seller of goods who takes back a consumer credit contract and to assignees and would be applicable to all turf equipment receivables generated by consumer purchases included in the receivables owned by the trust. The rule is intended to defeat the ability of the seller and the related lenders and assignees from transferring the contract free of notice of claims by the obligor. The effect of the rule is to subject the assignee of the contract, such as the trust, to all claims and defenses that the obligor could assert against the seller of the financed turf equipment. Liability under the rule is limited to amounts paid under a contract; however, the obligor may also be able to assert the rule to set off remaining amounts due as a defense against a claim brought by or on behalf of the trust against the obligor. Numerous other federal and state consumer protection laws impose requirements applicable to the origination and lending under consumer credit contracts, including the Truth in Lending Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Graham-Leach-Bliley privacy law and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. In the case of some of these laws, the failure to comply with their provisions may affect the enforceability of the related contract.
Dodd-Frank Act Orderly Liquidation Authority Provisions
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) authority to act as receiver of certain financial companies and their affiliates in specific situations under the Dodd-Frank Act’s Orderly Liquidation Authority (“OLA”) if the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the President of the United States) determines that (i) the company is in default or in danger of default, (ii) the failure of the company and its resolution under the U.S. federal bankruptcy laws would have serious adverse effects on financial stability in the United States, (iii) no viable private sector alternative is available to prevent the default of the company and (iv) an OLA proceeding would mitigate these effects. No assurances can be given that OLA would not apply to JDCC or its affiliates, including the depositor and the trust.
If the FDIC were appointed receiver of JDCC or its affiliates, the FDIC would, among other powers, have the power to repudiate any contract to which the entity in receivership was a party, and might seek to use such power to recover any receivables transferred under any such contract, if the FDIC determined that performance of the contract was burdensome and that repudiation would promote the orderly administration of such entity’s affairs. The FDIC’s repudiation power also extends to continuing obligations of any such entity, including, as applicable, the entity’s obligation to repurchase receivables for breaches of representation or warranty as well as its obligation to service the receivables. Based on a January 2011 advisory opinion issued by the then-acting (and later appointed) general counsel of the FDIC, until the FDIC adopts a regulation, the FDIC will not seek to exercise its authority to repudiate contracts to recover receivables transferred by an entity in receivership under a contract prior to the end of a transition period contained in such regulation, provided that such transfer satisfies the conditions for exclusion of such assets from the property of the estate of such entity under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Although counsel for JDCC will be delivering an opinion to JDCC to the effect that the receivables transferred to the trust would not be property of the estate of JDCC in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, there is no assurance that the FDIC would agree with such opinion. The FDIC advisory opinion states that it does not bind the FDIC or its Board of Directors and may be modified or withdrawn in the future.
If the trust were to become subject to OLA, the FDIC could seek to repudiate the notes. If it did so, the noteholders would have a claim in the receivership for their “actual direct compensatory damages” for no less than the principal amount of the notes plus interest accrued to the date the FDIC was appointed receiver and, if the value of the collateral securing the notes exceeds such amount, the noteholders would have a claim for interest accrued after the appointment at least through the date of repudiation (although the allowed claim may be for less than the contract rate of interest). Noteholders would be stayed from accelerating the notes or exercising any other rights or remedies for a period of 90 days after a receiver was appointed and might have to present and prove their claims in the receivership, which could further delay the exercise of such rights.
The above-described provisions, and other provisions of OLA and the FDIC’s regulations thereunder (including regulations relating to OLA which the FDIC may adopt in the future), could result in delays in payments on the notes or in reductions of amounts available to make payments on the notes.
If JDCC or its affiliates were to become subject to OLA, there is an interpretation under OLA that previous transfers of receivables by JDCC perfected for purposes of state law and the U.S. Bankruptcy Code could nevertheless be avoided as preferential transfers. Based on the final rule issued by the FDIC in July 2011, the transfer of the receivables by JDCC perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement as required by the applicable transaction documents would not be avoidable by the FDIC as a preferential transfer under OLA.
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[There are no business relationships, agreements, arrangements, transactions, or understandings between related transaction parties entered into outside the ordinary course of business or on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party, other than those related to the transactions described in this prospectus.]
[There are no legal proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of JDCC and the depositor, any proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities, against JDCC, the depositor, the sub-servicer, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or the trust, or any property thereof, that is material to the holders of notes. Each of the owner trustee and the indenture trustee has represented to JDCC, the depositor and the trust that there are no legal proceedings pending or known by it to be contemplated by governmental authorities against it or any of its property that would be material to holders of the notes.]
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a summary of material United States federal income tax considerations relevant to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the [offered notes subject to the limitations set forth herein]. This summary does not purport to deal with all aspects of federal income taxation that may be relevant to holders of the notes in light of their specific investment circumstances, nor to certain types of holders subject to special treatment under the federal income tax laws (for example, banks, life insurance companies, dealers in securities, tax-exempt organizations, partnerships or other pass-through or hybrid entities, persons holding the notes as part of a hedging, straddle or conversion transaction or who have a functional currency other than the United States dollar and, except as discussed below, foreign persons). This discussion is based upon current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Treasury regulations (proposed, temporary and final) promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings, all of which are subject to change, which change may be retroactively applied in a manner that could adversely affect a holder of one or more of the notes. The information below is directed to investors that will hold the notes as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code.
New U.S. federal income tax laws were recently enacted by The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides for significant changes to U.S. tax law, some of which could have an adverse impact on the business, financial condition and results of operations of the trust or its affiliates, or an adverse impact on the notes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is complex and new; thus, the impact of certain aspects of its provisions on the trust or its affiliates, or on noteholders, is currently unclear. Prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors with regard to the federal income tax consequences of purchasing, holding and disposing of the notes, as well as the tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, foreign country or other jurisdiction. The trust will be provided with an opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special federal tax counsel for the trust (“federal tax counsel”), regarding certain federal income tax matters discussed below. The trust has not sought, nor does it intend to seek, a ruling from the IRS that its position as reflected in the discussion below will be accepted by the IRS and thus the IRS may disagree with all or a part of the discussion below.
Unless otherwise specified, the following summary deals only with the material federal income tax considerations relevant to a noteholder that is a United States person. For these purposes, a United States person is a beneficial owner of the notes that is: (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions (and certain other trusts as provided by U.S. Treasury regulations).
If a partnership (including for this purpose any entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of one or more of the notes, the treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. A holder of notes that is a partnership and the partners in such partnership should consult their tax advisors.
[Because the class [•] notes are not being offered hereby and are anticipated to be retained by the depositor on or after the closing date, the following summary does not address the federal income tax considerations relevant to the purchase, ownership or disposition of the class [•] notes. Thus, references to “notes” in this discussion of federal income tax considerations refer only to the [•] notes].]
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Tax Classification of the Trust
Federal tax counsel will advise the trust that, based upon the terms of the trust agreement and related documents and transactions as described in this prospectus (and assuming ongoing compliance with such agreement and documents), the trust will not be classified as a separate entity that is an association (or as a publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. This advice will be based upon the assumption that the terms of the trust agreement and related documents will be complied with and upon the conclusion that the nature of the income of the trust will exempt it from the rule that certain publicly traded partnerships are taxable as corporations.
Further, under current Treasury regulations, a business entity such as the trust with a single owner will be disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for United States federal income tax purposes unless the entity elects to be classified as an association. Thus, since the depositor retains the certificate and so long as the notes [(and any class A-1 notes sold to third parties or otherwise transferred by the depositor)] are respected as indebtedness, the trust will be disregarded as an entity separate from the depositor for those purposes because the depositor is the sole owner of the trust and the trust will not elect to be an association. The trust agreement also provides that if the trust has more than one owner, the trust will elect to be treated as a partnership.
Prospective investors should be aware that opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS. Moreover, there are no cases or IRS rulings on similar transactions involving both debt and certificate interests issued by a trust with terms similar to those of the notes and the certificates. As a result, the IRS may disagree with all or a part of the discussion below. If the trust were taxable as a separate corporation for federal income tax purposes, the trust would be subject to corporate income tax on its income from the receivables, possibly reduced by its interest expense on the notes unless recharacterized as equity. Any such corporate income tax could materially reduce the amount of cash available to make payments on the notes.
Tax Considerations for Noteholders
Treatment of Notes as Indebtedness. The depositor will agree, and the noteholders will agree by their purchase of the notes, to treat the notes as indebtedness for United States federal income tax purposes, except to the extent such notes are retained or treated as retained by the depositor or its affiliates for such purposes. Federal tax counsel will advise the trust that, based upon the terms of the notes and the documents and transactions relating thereto as described in this prospectus, the [Class A] notes will be [and the Class B notes should be] classified as debt for federal income tax purposes to the extent the [Class A] [Class B] [offered] notes are treated as beneficially owned by a person other than the sponsor or its affiliates for such purposes. [The depositor will also agree that, prior to its sale or other transfer of any class A-1 notes, the depositor will obtain from federal tax counsel a supplemental tax opinion (upon which the trust can rely and similar to the opinion delivered for the offered notes) that the class A-1 notes will be classified as debt for such purposes.] Except as otherwise noted below under “—Possible Alternative Treatments of Notes,” the remainder of this discussion assumes, in accordance with the opinion of federal tax counsel, the notes would be treated as debt for federal income tax purposes.
Interest Income on the Notes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added Section 451 to the Internal Revenue Code. Accrual method United States persons that prepare an “applicable financial statement” (as defined in Section 451 of the Internal Revenue Code) generally would be required to include certain items of income, such as original issue discount (“OID”) (but not market discount), no later than the time such amounts are reflected on such a financial statement. The application of this rule to income of a debt instrument with OID is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018. This could result in an acceleration of income recognition for income items differing from that which would otherwise result from the rules described below. Noteholders should consult their tax advisors with regard to interest, OID, market discount and premium matters concerning their notes.
Subject to the discussion below [and except with respect to short-term notes (as defined below)], stated interest on the notes will be taxable to a noteholder as ordinary income when received or accrued in accordance with such noteholder’s method of tax accounting. Under Treasury regulations relating to the tax treatment of debt instruments issued with original issue discount (the “OID regulations”), a note will be treated as issued with OID if the excess of the stated redemption price at maturity of the note over the issue price of the note exceeds a de minimis amount, that is, an amount that is less than 1/4 of one percent of the stated redemption price at maturity of the note multiplied by its weighted average maturity. Generally, the issue price of a note is the first price at which a substantial amount of the notes comprising the issue of which that note is included is sold to purchasers other than bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers. Under the OID regulations, the stated redemption price at maturity of a note is the sum of all payments provided by the note other than qualified stated interest, which is stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash at least annually at a single fixed rate. For this purpose, interest is unconditionally payable only if reasonable remedies exist to compel timely payment or the debt instrument otherwise provides terms and conditions that make the likelihood of late payment or nonpayment a remote contingency. The trust and the depositor will take the position that[, except with respect to short-term notes,] stated interest on the notes represents qualified stated interest and is not included in the stated redemption price at maturity of the notes or taxed to holders as OID. This position is based on the view that the likelihood of late payment or nonpayment of interest on the notes because of limitations on the monthly payment of interest as a result of insufficient funds is remote.
It is expected that [, except as described below,] the notes will not be issued with OID if, as anticipated, the notes will be sold to the public at a first price of par or at a first price representing a de minimis discount from their principal amount. Under the OID regulations, a holder of a note issued with a de minimis amount of OID must include such discount in income as gain, on a pro rata basis, as principal payments are made on the note.
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If one or more of the classes of notes are issued with OID in excess of a de minimis amount, a holder of such a note (including a cash basis holder) generally would be required to include the OID on the note in income under the accrual method. Further in the case of a debt instrument, the principal on which is subject to prepayment as a result of prepayments on the underlying collateral, OID is computed by taking into account the anticipated rate of prepayments assumed in pricing the debt instrument.
[Short-Term Notes. A holder of a note that has a fixed maturity date of not more than one year from the issue date of such note (a “short-term note”) may be subject to special rules. Under the OID regulations, all stated interest on a short-term note will be treated as OID and in determining whether a debt instrument is a short-term note, its maturity date is the last possible date that the instrument could be outstanding under its terms. An accrual basis holder of a short-term note (and certain cash method holders, including regulated investment companies, as set forth in Section 1281 of the Code) generally would be required to report interest income as interest accrues on a straight-line basis over the term of each interest period. Other cash basis holders of a short-term note would, in general, be required to report interest income as interest is paid (or, if earlier, upon the taxable disposition of the short-term note). However, a cash basis holder of a short-term note reporting interest income as it is paid may be required to defer a portion of any interest expense otherwise deductible on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry the short-term note until the taxable disposition of the short-term note. A cash basis taxpayer may elect to accrue interest income on all nongovernment debt obligations with a term of one year or less, in which case, the taxpayer would include interest on the short-term note in income as it accrues, but would not be subject to the interest expense deferral rule referred to in the preceding sentence. Certain special rules apply if a short-term note is purchased for more or less than its principal amount.]
Market Discount and Premium. A holder who purchases a note with a fixed maturity date of more than one year from its issue date at a market discount (generally, at a cost less than its remaining principal amount or remaining stated redemption price at maturity) that exceeds a statutorily defined de minimis amount will be subject to the “market discount” rules of the Code. These rules provide, in part, that gain on the sale or other disposition of a debt instrument with a term of more than one year and partial principal payments on such a debt instrument are treated as ordinary income to the extent of accrued market discount not previously included in income. The market discount rules also provide for deferral of interest deductions with respect to debt incurred to purchase or carry a note that has market discount unless a holder elects to include market discount in its income currently. A holder who purchases a note at a premium (generally, at a cost in excess of its remaining principal or remaining stated redemption price at maturity) may elect to amortize such premium as an offset to interest income under the premium amortization rules of the Code.
Sale or Other Disposition. If a noteholder sells a note, such holder will recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale and the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. The adjusted tax basis of a note to a particular noteholder will equal the holder’s cost for the note, increased by any market discount or original issue discount previously included by such noteholder in income with respect to the note and decreased by the amount of bond premium (if any) previously amortized and by the amount of principal payments previously received by such noteholder with respect to such note. Any such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the note was held as a capital asset, except for gain attributable to accrued interest or accrued market discount not previously included in income. [Further, in the case of notes that are short-term notes, a portion of the gain recognized on the sale may also be treated as ordinary income if the noteholder acquired the note at a discount.] Capital losses generally may be used only to offset capital gains.
3.8% Medicare Tax on “Net Investment Income.” Certain United States holders, including individuals, estates and trusts, will be subject to an additional 3.8% Medicare tax on unearned income. For individual United States holders, the additional Medicare tax applies to the lesser of (i) “net investment income” or (ii) the excess of “modified adjusted gross income” over certain specified amounts. “Net investment income” generally equals the taxpayer’s gross investment income reduced by the deductions that are allocable to such income. Investment income generally includes passive income such as interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents and capital gains. United States holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of the additional Medicare tax resulting from an investment in the notes.
Foreign Holders. If interest paid (or accrued) to a noteholder who is a nonresident alien individual, foreign corporation or other non-United States person (a “foreign person”) is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the foreign person, the interest generally will be considered “portfolio interest,” and generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax and withholding tax so long as the foreign person (i) is not actually or constructively a “10% shareholder” of the trust or the depositor or a “controlled foreign corporation” with respect to which the trust or the depositor is a “related person” within the meaning of the Code and (ii) provides the person otherwise required to withhold United States tax an appropriate statement, signed under penalties of perjury, certifying that the beneficial owner of the note is a foreign person and providing the foreign person’s name, address, tax identification number and other required information. The statement may be made on IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or substantially similar substitute form by the person who owns the note and, if the information provided in the statement changes, the foreign person must so inform the person otherwise required to withhold United States tax within 30 days of such change.
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The statement generally must be provided in the year a payment occurs or in either of the two preceding years. If a note is held on behalf of a foreign person through a securities clearing organization or certain other financial institutions, the organization or institution must submit a statement signed by an authorized representative to the withholding agent certifying that an IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or substitute form has been received from the foreign person who is the beneficial owner of the note and such statement must be accompanied by a copy of the IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or substitute form provided by the foreign person that owns the note. Additional IRS certification provisions apply in the case of partnerships and certain other intermediaries. If interest on a note paid to a foreign person is not portfolio interest, then it will be subject to United States federal income and withholding tax at a rate of 30%, except where the foreign person can claim the benefits of an applicable tax treaty to reduce or eliminate such tax and complies with IRS certification requirements.
Any capital gain realized on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note by a foreign person will be exempt from United States federal income and withholding tax, provided that (i) the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the foreign person and (ii) in the case of a foreign person who is an individual, the foreign person is not present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year or certain other conditions are not met.
If the interest, gain or income on a note held by a foreign person is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by the foreign person (and, if a tax treaty applies, is attributable to a United States permanent establishment), then the foreign person (although exempt from the withholding tax previously discussed if the holder complies with IRS certification requirements by submitting a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI) will be subject to United States federal income tax on the interest, gain or income at regular federal income tax rates in the same manner as if it were a United States person. In addition, if the foreign person is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax on its “effectively connected earnings and profits” within the meaning of the Code for the taxable year, as adjusted for certain items, at a 30% rate (or a lower rate under an applicable tax treaty).
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. The “backup” withholding and information reporting requirements may apply to certain payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest (including original issue discount) on a note and to certain payments of proceeds of the sale or retirement of a note. The trust, its agent or any paying agent, as the case may be, will be required to withhold tax from any payment that is subject to backup withholding at the applicable rate (generally 24%) of such payment if the holder fails to furnish his taxpayer identification number (social security number or employer identification number), to certify that such holder is not subject to backup withholding, or to otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. Certain holders (including, among others, corporations) are not subject to the backup withholding and reporting requirements.
Backup withholding and information reporting generally will not apply to payments made by the trust or its agent (in its capacity as such) to a holder of a note who has provided the required certification under penalties of perjury on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E that it is a foreign person or has otherwise established an exemption (provided that neither the trust nor such agent has actual knowledge or reason to know that the holder is a United States person or that the conditions of any other exemption are not in fact satisfied). However, the trust and other payors are required to report payments of interest on the notes on IRS Form 1042-S even if the payments are not otherwise subject to information reporting requirements.
If you fail to establish an exemption and the broker does not possess adequate documentation of your status as a foreign person, the payments may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a holder may be claimed as a credit against such holder’s United States federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
Possible Alternative Treatments of Notes. If, contrary to the opinion of federal tax counsel, the IRS successfully asserted that the notes did not represent debt for federal income tax purposes, these notes might be treated as equity interests in the trust. If so treated, the trust might be treated as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation with its income subject to corporate tax and other potentially adverse tax consequences (and the publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation would not be able to reduce its taxable income by deductions for interest expense on notes recharacterized as equity). Alternatively, in the more likely view of federal tax counsel, the trust would be treated as a publicly traded partnership that would not be taxable as a corporation because the trust would meet certain qualifying income tests. Nonetheless, treatment of the notes as equity interests in such a partnership could have adverse tax consequences to certain holders of the notes. For example, income to certain tax-exempt entities (including pension funds) would be “unrelated business taxable income,” income to foreign holders generally would be subject to United States tax and United States tax return filing and withholding requirements and individual holders might be subject to certain limitations on their ability to deduct their share of trust expenses. The trust agreement and related documents provide that, in the event one or more of the notes are not treated as debt, then the noteholders, depositor and the servicer agree to treat the trust as a partnership.
On November 2, 2015, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act includes new rules applicable to the audit of partnerships and entities treated as partnerships. These new audit rules are effective for taxable years beginning in 2018 and apply to both new and existing entities. Under the Act, unless an entity elects otherwise, taxes arising from audit adjustments are required to be paid by the entity rather than by its partners or members. The parties responsible for the tax administration of the trust will have the authority to utilize, and intend to utilize, any exceptions available under the new
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provisions (including any changes) and regulations so that the beneficial owners of the certificate, to the fullest extent possible, rather than the trust itself, will be liable for any taxes arising from audit adjustments to the trust’s taxable income if the trust is treated as a partnership.
Tax Regulations for Acquisition of Notes by Related Parties. The IRS recently issued Treasury regulations under Section 385 of the Code that address the treatment of instruments as debt or equity where the instruments are held by certain parties who are related to the trust. Under these regulations, in certain circumstances a note that otherwise would be treated as debt is treated as equity for United States federal income tax purposes during periods in which the note is held by a related party (generally based on a group of corporations or controlled partnerships connected through 80% direct or indirect ownership). Under these regulations, although it is not entirely clear, it is expected that any notes treated as equity under these rules would be converted back to debt when acquired by a beneficial owner that is not a related party. In the event that such conversion into a debt instrument is not automatic and the determination of debt-equity status would need to be conducted at such time of the later acquisition, it is possible that such instrument could constitute equity in the trust for United States federal income tax purposes. In this regard, you should consider the discussion in “—Tax Considerations for Noteholders—Possible Alternative Treatments of Notes” above regarding the consequences of that development. Although there is no present intent to sell the certificate, the trust agreement addresses the Treasury regulations under Section 385 of the Code in order to prevent their application to the notes. Moreover, the trust will be able to amend the trust agreement and the other transaction documents in the future without the consent of noteholders as required to prevent the application of such Treasury regulations to the notes.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance
Foreign persons that are holders of the notes should be aware that United States tax legislation (“FATCA”) enacted in 2010 provides that a 30% withholding tax will be imposed on certain payments (which could include interest in respect of notes and gross proceeds from their sale, exchange or other disposition) made to a foreign entity if such entity fails to satisfy certain disclosure and reporting rules that in general require that (i) in the case of a foreign financial entity, the entity identify and provide information in respect of financial accounts with such entity held (directly or indirectly) by United States persons and United States-owned foreign entities, and (ii) in the case of a non-financial foreign entity, the entity identify and provide information in respect of substantial United States owners of such entity. The withholding tax imposed by FATCA, when it applies, may affect payments made to custodians or intermediaries in the series of payments leading to a holder if any such custodian or intermediary has not complied with information reporting, certification and related requirements. Accordingly, a holder of notes that holds notes through a bank or broker or other intermediary could be subject to withholding if, for example, its bank or broker or other intermediary is subject to withholding because that institution fails to comply with these requirements even though the holder itself might not otherwise have been subject to withholding.
The IRS has issued proposed regulations that, when finalized, will provide for the repeal of the 30% withholding tax that existing regulations released in January 2013 and subsequent guidance by the IRS would have applied to all payments of gross proceeds from the sale, exchange or other disposition of debt instruments occurring after December 31, 2018. In the preamble to the proposed regulations, the IRS provided that taxpayers may rely upon this repeal until the issuance of final regulations. Further, the United States has entered into (and may enter into more) intergovernmental agreements (“IGAs”) with foreign governments relating to the implementation of, and information sharing under, FATCA and such IGAs may alter one or more of the FATCA information reporting rules. Under the terms of the notes, holders upon request are required to provide the indenture trustee (among others) with FATCA-related information, including appropriate IRS forms, and the indenture trustee (among others) has the right to withhold amounts payable on the notes if any holder fails to provide the required documentation or to the extent any FATCA or other withholding tax is otherwise applicable. Foreign persons that are holders of the notes should consult their own tax advisors regarding the potential application and impact of these requirements based on their particular circumstances.
CERTAIN IOWA TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a discussion of certain Iowa state tax considerations. Lane & Waterman LLP of Davenport, Iowa has acted as special Iowa tax counsel for the trust regarding certain state tax matters discussed below. There are no reported cases or rulings on similar transactions by the Iowa Department of Revenue (“IDOR”). Thus, the opinion of counsel is based upon present provisions of Iowa statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all of which are subject to change (which change may be retroactive) and further interpretation by the IDOR. No ruling on any of the issues discussed below will be sought from the IDOR.
Assuming the offered notes will be treated as debt for federal income tax purposes, the offered notes will be treated as debt for Iowa income tax purposes. Accordingly, noteholders not otherwise subject to taxation in Iowa should not become subject to taxation in Iowa solely because of a holder’s ownership of offered notes. However, a noteholder already subject to Iowa’s individual or corporate income tax could be required to pay additional Iowa tax as a result of the noteholder’s ownership or disposition of offered notes.
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The activities to be undertaken by the sub-servicer in servicing and collecting the receivables will take place in Iowa. The State of Iowa imposes a state individual income tax and a corporate income tax which is imposed on corporations and other entities doing business in the State of Iowa.
If the arrangement created by the trust is disregarded or treated as a partnership (not taxable as a corporation) for federal income tax purposes, in the opinion of Lane & Waterman LLP, the same treatment should also apply for Iowa tax purposes. In either case, the trust should not be subject to income taxation in Iowa.
If the certificate is instead treated as an ownership interest in an association taxable as a corporation or a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation, then the hypothetical entity should not be subject to Iowa income tax because of its activities in Iowa.
Because each state’s income tax laws vary, it is impossible to predict the income tax consequences to the holders of notes in all of the state taxing jurisdictions in which they are already subject to tax. Noteholders are urged to consult their own advisors with respect to state income and franchise taxes.
THE FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX DISCUSSIONS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE DEPENDING UPON A NOTEHOLDER’S PARTICULAR TAX SITUATION. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL OR OTHER TAX LAWS.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), imposes certain duties on persons who are fiduciaries of pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plans subject to ERISA and on entities that are deemed to hold the assets of such plans (each, an “ERISA Plan”), including the requirements of investment prudence and diversification and the requirement that an ERISA Plan’s investments be made in accordance with the documents governing the ERISA Plan. Under ERISA, any person that exercises any authority or control respecting the management or disposition of the assets of an ERISA Plan is considered to be a fiduciary of such ERISA Plan. In addition, ERISA and the Code prohibit an ERISA Plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA or a “plan,” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, including an individual retirement account, or an entity deemed to hold the assets of such plans (each, a “Plan”), from engaging in certain transactions with persons that are “parties in interest,” as defined in ERISA, or “disqualified persons,” as defined in the Code, with respect to the Plan, subject to certain exemptions that may be applicable. A violation of these “prohibited transaction” rules may generate excise tax and other liabilities under ERISA and the Code for these parties in interest or disqualified persons.
Governmental plans, certain church plans and non-United States plans, are not subject to the restrictions of ERISA, and the assets of such plans may be invested in the offered notes without regard to the ERISA considerations described herein. An investment in the offered notes by such plans may, however, be subject to other applicable United States federal, state or local laws or non-United States laws that impose restrictions substantially similar to those of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”), which should be carefully considered by the fiduciary of any such plan before investing in the offered notes.
Under a regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “Regulation”), the assets of the trust would be treated as the “plan assets” of a Plan for purposes of ERISA and the Code only if the Plan acquired an “equity interest” in the trust and none of the exceptions contained in the Regulation was applicable. An “equity interest” is defined under the Regulation as an interest other than an instrument which is characterized as indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity features. Although there is little guidance on the subject, we believe that, at the time of their issuance, the offered notes should not be treated as “equity interests” of the trust for purposes of the Regulation. This determination is based, in part, upon the traditional debt features of the offered notes, including the reasonable expectation of the purchasers of the offered notes that the offered notes will be repaid when due, as well as the absence of conversion rights, warrants and other typical equity features. The debt treatment of any class of offered notes for purposes of the Regulation could change, subsequent to their issuance, if the trust incurred losses or if the ratings of such class of offered notes fell below investment grade. The risk of recharacterization is enhanced for classes of offered notes that are subordinated to other classes of notes.
However, without regard to whether the offered notes are treated as “equity interests” for purposes of the Regulation, Plan fiduciaries must determine whether the acquisition and holding of the offered notes would result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code for which no statutory, regulatory or administrative prohibited transaction exemption is available. In making this determination, Plan fiduciaries of prospective purchasers of the offered notes should determine whether any of the trust, the depositor, the seller, the underwriters, the servicer, the sponsor, the indenture trustee, the owner trustee or any of their respective affiliates
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(collectively, the “Transaction Parties”) are a party in interest or a disqualified person with respect to such Plan. In particular, an investment by any Plan for which any of these persons (i) has discretionary authority with respect to the investment of the Plan’s assets or the administration of the Plan or (ii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan may constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code for which no prohibited transaction exemption is available.
Depending on the relevant facts and circumstances, which may include the identity of the Plan fiduciary making the decision to acquire or hold the offered notes on behalf of a Plan, Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code, or Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 84-14 (relating to transactions effected by a “qualified professional asset manager”), PTCE 90-1 (relating to investments by insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTCE 91-38 (relating to investments by bank collective investment funds), PTCE 95-60 (relating to investments by insurance company general accounts) or PTCE 96-23 (relating to transactions directed by an in-house asset manager) (collectively, the “Class Exemptions”) could provide an exemption from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. However, there can be no assurance that any of these Class Exemptions or any other exemption will be available with respect to any particular transaction involving the offered notes.
The fiduciary of any Plan considering an investment in the offered notes should discuss with counsel whether such an investment by the Plan may give rise to a violation of the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or the Code.
In addition, none of the Transaction Parties are undertaking to provide any investment advice or recommendation, or otherwise act in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the acquisition of any of the offered notes by any Plan. In addition, the decision to purchase and hold the offered notes must be made by each prospective Plan acquirer on an arm’s length basis and the Plan fiduciary making the decision to acquire the notes must exercise its own independent judgment in evaluating whether to invest the assets of such Plan in the offered notes.
By its purchase of any [class A] offered note, the purchaser thereof will be deemed to have represented and warranted either that (a) it is not a Plan or a governmental, church or non-United States plan that is subject to Similar Law and is not acquiring any [class a] note or an interest therein on behalf of, or with the assets of, any such Plan or governmental, church or non-United States plan or (b) its acquisition and holding of an offered note or an interest therein will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or, in the case of a governmental, church or non-United States plan, a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law).
[The class B notes may not be purchased by a Plan or any governmental, church or non-United States plan that is subject to Similar Law.]
[By its purchase of any class B note, the purchaser thereof will be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Plan or a governmental, church or non-United States plan that is subject to any Similar Law, and it is not acquiring any class B note or an interest therein on behalf of, or with the assets of, any such Plan or plan.]
EVERY PLAN, GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, CHURCH PLAN OR NON-UNITED STATES PLAN CONSIDERING THE ACQUISITION OF THE OFFERED NOTES SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE POTENTIAL APPLICABILITY OF ERISA, SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY SIMILAR LAW RELEVANT TO SUCH INVESTMENT.
Under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement dated [•], 20[•], the depositor has agreed to cause the trust to sell to the underwriters named below, severally and not jointly, for whom [•] and [•] are acting as representatives, the following respective principal amounts of the offered notes:
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The underwriting agreement provides that the underwriters, severally and not jointly, are obligated to purchase all of the offered notes if any are purchased. The underwriting agreement also provides that, if an underwriter defaults, the purchase commitments of non-defaulting underwriters may be increased or the offering of the notes may be terminated. The underwriters propose initially to offer the class A-1 notes, the class A-2[A] notes, [the class A-2B notes,] the class A-3 notes [and][,] the class A-4
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notes [and the class B notes] to the public at the respective prices on the cover page of this prospectus and to selling group members at that price less a concession not in excess of [•]% per class A-1 note, [•]% per class A-2[A] note, [[•]% per class A-2B note,] [•]% per class A-3 note [and][,] [•]% per class A-4 note [and [•]% per class B note]. The underwriters and selling group members may allow a discount not in excess of [•]% per class A-1 note, [•]% per class A-2[A] note, [[•]% per class A-2B note,] [•]% per class A-3 note [and][,] [•]% per class A-4 note and [[•]% per class B note] on sales to other broker/dealers. [After the initial public offering, the public offering price and concession and discount to broker/dealers may be changed.]
[The class [•] notes are not being offered hereby and are anticipated to be retained by the depositor or an affiliate thereof on the closing date. Such class [•] notes may[, to the extent not necessary to satisfy credit risk retention requirements,] be sold, subject to certain limitations, from time to time to purchasers directly by the depositor or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the depositor or from the purchasers of such class [•] notes. If such class [•] notes are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the depositor will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. Such class [•] notes may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, prevailing market prices at the time of sale, varying prices determined at the time of sale or negotiated prices.]
The depositor estimates that its out of pocket expenses for this offering will be approximately $[•]. The underwriters have agreed with the depositor to pay certain expenses incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the offered notes.
The offered notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. One or more of the underwriters intends to make a secondary market for the offered notes. However, they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue making a secondary market for the offered notes at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to how liquid the trading market for the offered notes will be.
The depositor and JDCC have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or contribute to payments that the underwriters may be required to make in that respect.
In the ordinary course of their respective businesses, the underwriters and their respective affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage in investment banking or commercial banking transactions with the servicer and its affiliates. They have received customary fees and commissions for these transactions. [Disclose affiliations].
Notice to European Economic Area Investors
This prospectus is not a prospectus for purposes of the Prospectus Directive (as defined below). The offered notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in Point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”)); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in Point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive.
Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the “PRIIPS Regulation”)) for offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the European Economic Area has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.
This prospectus has been prepared on the basis that any offer of offered notes in any Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”) will be made only to a qualified investor (as such term is defined in the Prospectus Directive, a “qualified investor”). Accordingly, any person making or intending to make an offer in a Relevant Member State of notes which are the subject of the offering contemplated in this prospectus may only do so with respect to qualified investors. None of the trust, the depositor or any of the underwriters has authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of notes other than to qualified investors. The expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State.
European Economic Area Selling Restrictions
Each underwriter, severally and not jointly, has represented and agreed with the trust that it has not offered, sold or otherwise made available and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any notes to any retail investor in the European Economic Area.
For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, (x) the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in Point (11) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the Insurance Mediation Directive, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in Point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; and (y) the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the notes to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe to the notes.
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Notice to United Kingdom Investors
In the United Kingdom, this prospectus is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments and fall within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial Promotion Order”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order or (iii) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) in connection with the issue or sale of any offered notes may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This prospectus is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this prospectus relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.
United Kingdom Selling Restrictions
Each underwriter has severally and not jointly represented and agreed that:
● | it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the offered notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the trust; and |
● | it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the offered notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. |
Securitization Risk Retention Requirements for Certain European Regulated Investors and Affiliates
Articles 404-410 of the European Union Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (the “Original CRR”) as supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 602/2014 (together with the Original CRR, the “CRR”) restricts an EEA-regulated credit institution or investment firm and consolidated group affiliates thereof (each, a “CRR Investor”) from investing in a securitization (as defined by the CRR) unless the originator, sponsor or original lender in respect of that securitization has explicitly disclosed to the CRR Investor that it will retain, on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest of not less than 5% in that securitization in the manner contemplated by Article 405 of the Original CRR. The CRR also requires that a CRR Investor be able to demonstrate that it has undertaken certain due diligence in respect of, among other things, the offered notes it has acquired and the underlying exposures, and that procedures have been established for monitoring the performance of the underlying exposures on an ongoing basis.
Article 17 of the European Union Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU (“AIFMD”) (as supplemented by Section 5 of Chapter III of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 231/2013) and Article 135(2) of the European Union Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC (as supplemented by Articles 254-257 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2015/35) contain similar requirements to those set out in Articles 404-410 of the Original CRR with respect to investment in securitizations by EEA-regulated alternative investment fund managers and EEA-regulated insurance/reinsurance undertakings. While such requirements are similar to those in the CRR, they are not identical and, in particular, additional due diligence obligations apply to relevant alternative investment fund managers and insurance and reinsurance undertakings. For purposes of this section, all such requirements, together with the Articles 404-410 of the Original CRR, and related requirements set forth in the CRR are referred to as the “Securitization Retention Requirements” and any investor subject to the Securitization Retention Requirements is referred to as an “Affected Investor”.
Although JDCC intends to retain credit risk in accordance with Regulation RR as described under “Credit Risk Retention”, none of JDCC, the depositor, any underwriter or any other party to the transaction intends to retain a material net economic interest in the transaction in accordance with the Securitization Retention Requirements or to take any other action which is required to enable an Affected Investor to comply with the Securitization Retention Requirements.
Affected Investors are responsible for determining their own regulatory capital position in purchasing or retaining the offered notes. Investors are encouraged to consult with their own investment and legal advisors regarding identification of, and compliance with, the Securitization Retention Requirements (and any corresponding implementing rules in the Relevant Member State) and the suitability of the offered notes for investment. As the Securitization Retention Requirements will not be met, this may have a negative impact on the regulatory capital position of Affected Investors and on the value and liquidity of the offered notes in the secondary market. Failure to comply with one or more of the requirements set out in the Securitization Retention Requirements may result in the imposition of a more stringent capital charge or other regulatory sanctions with respect to the investment made in the securitization by an Affected Investor. None of the trust, JDCC, the depositor, the underwriters or any of the transaction parties make any representation to any prospective investor or purchaser of the offered notes regarding the regulatory capital treatment of their investment in the offered notes on the closing date or at any time in the future.
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In October and November 2017, the European Parliament and Council adopted a new regulation setting out an EU regulatory framework for securitization that, with effect from January 1, 2019, would repeal the current Securitization Retention Requirements and replace them with a single regime that would apply to Affected Investors and certain investment companies (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities) and management companies regulated under Directive 2009/65/EC, as well as certain institutions for occupational retirement provision falling within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/2341, together with investment managers and authorized entities appointed by such institutions. At this time the new regulatory framework has not yet come into force, and certain aspects remain to be specified in new regulatory technical standards which have not been completed. Although the new regulatory framework generally will apply to securitizations issued on or after January 1, 2019, none of JDCC, the depositor, any underwriter or any other party to this transaction makes any representation as to what effect, if any, it may have in relation to the notes offered by this prospectus. Prospective investors are themselves responsible for monitoring and assessing any changes to the EU Securitization Retention Requirements.
Until the distribution of the offered notes is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriters and certain selling group members to bid for and purchase the offered notes. As an exception to these rules, the underwriters are permitted to engage in certain transactions that stabilize the price of the offered notes. Such transactions consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the offered notes.
The underwriters may create a short position in the offered notes by selling more offered notes than are set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. The underwriters may reduce that short position by purchasing the offered notes in the open market.
In general, purchases of an offered note for the purpose of stabilization or to reduce a short position could cause the price of the offered note to be higher than it might be in the absence of such purchases.
Neither the depositor nor any of the underwriters makes any representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of the offered notes. In addition, neither the depositor nor any of the underwriters makes any representation that the underwriters will engage in such transactions or that such transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We filed a registration statement relating to the notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This prospectus is part of the registration statement, but the registration statement includes additional information. The SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, registration statements, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
JDCC, as servicer, will file with the SEC those periodic reports that are required under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder or that are otherwise agreed to by the SEC, including registered public accounting firm attestation report and servicer compliance statements, monthly distribution reports on Form 10-D, [monthly asset level data files and related documents on Form ABS-EE], current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports about the trust under John Deere Owner Trust 20[•], SEC file number 333-228964-[•]. For a summary of reports to be provided to securityholders, see “Description of the Notes—Reports to Noteholders” in this prospectus. [The indenture trustee will make such reports (and, at its option, any additional files containing the same information in an alternative format) available to noteholders each month via its website, which is presently located at [•]. Assistance in using this website may be obtained by calling the indenture trustee’s customer service desk at ([•]) [•]-[•]. The indenture trustee will notify the noteholders in writing of any changes in the address or means of access to the website where the reports are accessible.]
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information filed with it by JDRI on behalf of the trust, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update the information in this prospectus. In all cases, you should rely on the later information over different information included in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference any future annual, monthly or special SEC reports filed by or on behalf of the trust until we terminate our offering of the securities by the trust.
Upon your request, JDCC will provide you, without charge, with all documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. These requests should be directed to: John Deere Capital Corporation, 10587 Double R Blvd, Suite 100, Reno, Nevada 89521, Attention: Manager, Telephone: (775) 786-5527.
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The depositor will file for the trust the reports required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. These reports include but are not limited to:
● | Reports on Form 8-K, following the issuance of the notes of the trust, including as exhibits to the Form 8-K the agreements or other documents specified in this prospectus, if applicable; |
● | Reports on Form 8-K, following the occurrence of events specified in Form 8-K requiring disclosure, which are required to be filed within the timeframe specified in Form 8-K for that type of event; |
● | Reports on Form 10-D, containing the distribution and pool performance information required on Form 10-D, which are required to be filed 15 days following the related payment date. The content of a report on Form 10-D will be substantially similar to the information to be furnished under “Description of the Notes—Reports to Noteholders” above; and |
● | Report on Form 10-K, containing the items specified in Form 10-K with respect to a fiscal year and filing or furnishing, as appropriate, the required exhibits. The annual report will include the servicer’s report on its assessment of compliance with servicing criteria and the accountant’s attestation report on such assessment described under “Description of the Transfer and Servicing Agreements—Evidence as to Compliance.” |
The trust’s annual reports on Form 10-K, distribution reports on Form 10-D and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed with, or otherwise furnished to, the SEC will not be made available on JDRL’s website because those reports are made available to the public on the SEC website as described above.
The depositor does not intend to file with the SEC any reports required under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the trust following completion of the reporting period required by Rule 15d-1 or Regulation 15D under the Exchange Act. Unless specifically stated in the report, the reports and any information included in the report will neither be examined nor reported on, except to the extent of the accountant’s attestation report filed as an exhibit to Form 10-K as specified above, by an independent public accountant. Reports filed with respect to the trust with the SEC after the preliminary prospectus is filed will be available under the trust’s specific number.
CERTAIN INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT CONSIDERATIONS
The trust is not a “covered fund” under the regulations adopted to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the “Volcker Rule,” and is not registered or required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. In determining that the trust is not a “covered fund,” the trust is entitled to rely on the exception to the definition of “investment company” set forth in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act, although other exclusions or exemptions may also be available to the trust.
Certain legal matters relating to the notes and the certificate will be passed upon for the trust, the depositor and the servicer by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York and by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, and for the underwriters by Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. Certain federal income tax and other matters will be passed upon for the trust by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and certain Iowa state income tax and other matters will be passed upon for the trust by Lane & Waterman LLP, Davenport, Iowa.
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Set forth below is a list of the defined terms used in this prospectus and the pages on which the definitions of such terms may be found herein.
180-day receivable | 34 | |||
Act | 97 | |||
administration agreement | 87 | |||
AIFMD | 102 | |||
APR | 38 | |||
ARR Receivable | 35 | |||
asset representations reviewer | 2 | |||
average delinquency ratio | 82 | |||
average delinquency ratio test | 82 | |||
certificate distribution account | 72 | |||
certificate monthly principal distributable amount | 77 | |||
certificate pool factor | 57 | |||
chattel paper | 91 | |||
class A note monthly principal distributable amount over | 75 | |||
class B adjusted principal distributable amount | 76 | |||
class B floor | 77 | |||
class B note monthly principal distributable amount | 76 | |||
class B percentage | 77 | |||
class B principal carryover shortfall | 76 | |||
Class Exemptions | 100 | |||
closing date | 71 | |||
Code | 94 | |||
collection account | 72 | |||
collection period | 74 | |||
CPR | 47 | |||
CRR | 102 | |||
CRR Investor | 102 | |||
cumulative net loss ratio | 83 | |||
cumulative net loss ratio test | 83 | |||
cut-off date | 2 | |||
Deere | 1 | |||
Deere Credit Services | 1 | |||
definitive notes | 67 | |||
delinquency ratio | 82 | |||
depositor | 1 | |||
Dodd-Frank Act | 93 | |||
DTC | 35 | |||
electronic chattel paper | 91 | |||
eligible deposit account | 72 | |||
eligible institution | 72 | |||
eligible investments | 72 | |||
ERISA | 99 | |||
ERISA Plan | 99 | |||
event of default | 62 | |||
FATCA | 98 | |||
FCA | 20 | |||
FDIC | 93 | |||
federal tax counsel | 94 | |||
Financial Promotion Order | 102 | |||
Fitch | 84 | |||
foreign person | 96 | |||
FSMA | 102 | |||
hired NRSROs | 9 | |||
IDOR | 98 | |||
IGAs | 98 | |||
indenture trustee | 2 | |||
initial note value | 2 | |||
Insurance Mediation Directive | 101 |
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interest rate | 59 | |||
Investment Company Act | 9 | |||
investment earnings | 72 | |||
IRS | 94 | |||
JDCC | 1 | |||
JDRL | 25 | |||
John Deere | 1 | |||
LIBOR Determination Date | 60 | |||
liquidated receivables | 83 | |||
London Banking Day | 60 | |||
MiFID II | 101 | |||
Net Hedge Payments | 4 | |||
Net Hedge Receipt | 88 | |||
note distribution account | 72 | |||
note monthly principal distributable amount | 76 | |||
note pool factor | 57 | |||
note value | 76 | |||
obligors | 23 | |||
OID | 95 | |||
OID regulations | 95 | |||
OLA | 93 | |||
One-Month LIBOR | 59 | |||
Original CRR | 102 | |||
owner trustee | 2 | |||
payment date | 60 | |||
Plan | 99 | |||
portfolio interest | 96 | |||
PRIIPS Regulation | 101 | |||
principal carryover shortfall | 76 | |||
principal distributable amount | 76 | |||
PTCE | 100 | |||
purchase amount | 71 | |||
realized losses | 83 | |||
reallocated class B note monthly principal distributable amount | 76 | |||
reallocated class B principal carryover shortfall | 77 | |||
Regulation | 99 | |||
related documents | 64 | |||
Relevant Member State | 101 | |||
relevant persons | 102 | |||
repossessed receivable | 34 | |||
Representative Amount | 60 | |||
reserve account | 72 | |||
retail notes | 26 | |||
Rule 193 Information | 39 | |||
sales companies | 23 | |||
SEC | 4 | |||
Securitization Retention Requirements | 102 | |||
servicer | 1 | |||
servicer default | 85 | |||
short-term note | 96 | |||
Similar Law | 99 | |||
Specified Fiscal Year End Date | 26 | |||
specified reserve account balance | 82 | |||
specified reserve reduction trigger | 82 | |||
tangible chattel paper | 91 | |||
total distribution amount | 74 | |||
Transaction Parties | 100 | |||
transfer and servicing agreements | 71 | |||
trust | 1 | |||
trust accounts | 72 | |||
USD-LIBOR Reference Banks Rate | 59 | |||
write down amount | 34 |
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APPENDIX A - STATIC POOL INFORMATION
Set forth in this Appendix A is certain static pool information regarding cumulative net losses, delinquencies and prepayment history for JDCC’s prior securitized pools of retail [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment receivables in the past [five] years shown both in a tabular and graphical presentation. The table on page A-[•] sets forth a summary of certain information relating to the original characteristics of JDCC’s prior securitized pools of retail [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment receivables in the past [five] years. [Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.]
John Deere Capital Corporation
Cumulative Net Losses As of the
[ ], 20[ ] Payment Date(1)
Month | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | |||||
1 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
2 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
3 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
4 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
5 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
6 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
[ ] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% |
(1) | The monthly cumulative net loss percent is calculated by dividing the cumulative realized losses by the original pool balance. The realized loss definition recognizes an estimated loss on any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable. This estimate is adjusted to actual loss at the time the receivable is liquidated. |
(1) | The monthly cumulative net loss percent is calculated by dividing the cumulative realized losses by the original pool balance. The realized loss definition recognizes an estimated loss on any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable. This estimate is adjusted to actual loss at the time the receivable is liquidated. |
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John Deere Capital Corporation
30-59 Days Delinquent(1)(2)
As of the [ ], 20[ ] Payment Date
Month | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | |||||
1 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
2 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
3 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
4 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
5 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
6 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
[ ] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% |
(1) | A contract is considered delinquent if the obligor paid less than (i) 95% of the scheduled payment on an agricultural contract by the due date, or (ii) 90% of the scheduled payment on a [construction], [turf] or [forestry] contract by the due date. |
(2) | [The monthly delinquency percent for JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ] and JDOT [ ] is calculated by dividing the aggregate amount of all scheduled payments to be paid on each contract 30 to 59 days past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable.] [The monthly delinquency percent [for JDOT 2013-B forward] is calculated by dividing the payoff amount on each contract 30 to 59 days past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable.] |
(1) | A contract is considered delinquent if the obligor paid less than (i) 95% of the scheduled payment on an agricultural contract by the due date, or (ii) 90% of the scheduled payment on a [construction], [turf] or [forestry] contract by the due date. |
(2) | [The monthly delinquency percent for JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ] and JDOT [ ] is calculated by dividing the aggregate amount of all scheduled payments to be paid on each contract 30 to 59 days past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable.] [The monthly delinquency percent [for JDOT 2013-B forward] is calculated by dividing the payoff amount on each contract 30 to 59 days past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable.] |
[to include tables and charts for receivables 60-89, 90-119, 120-149, 150-179 and 180+ days delinquent]
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(1) | A contract is considered delinquent if the obligor paid less than (i) 95% of the scheduled payment on an agricultural contract by the due date, or (ii) 90% of the scheduled payment on a [construction], [turf] or [forestry] contract by the due date. |
(2) | [The monthly delinquency percent for JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ], JDOT [ ] and JDOT [ ] is calculated by dividing the aggregate amount of all scheduled payments to be paid on each contract 60 days or more past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable.] The monthly delinquency percent [for JDOT 2013-B forward] is calculated by dividing the payoff amount on each contract 60 days or more past due by the month end pool balance. The pool balance is adjusted to reflect the write down amount, if any, with respect to any receivable that is 180 days or more past due and any receivable that is a repossessed receivable. |
John Deere Capital Corporation
Cumulative Prepayment History
As of the [ ], 20[ ] Payment Date(1)
Month | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | |||||
1 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
2 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
3 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
4 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
5 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
6 | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | |||||
[ ] | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% | [•]% |
(1) | The formula for calculating the prepayment percentages are the equivalent of 1 minus an amount equal to a fraction with the numerator equal to the actual note value at the end of such month and the denominator equal to the scheduled note value at the end of such month calculated using the initial cash flows at the cut-off date, raised to the power of a fraction with a numerator equal to 12 and a denominator equal to the number of collection periods elapsed since the cut-off date to the end of such month. |
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(1) | The formula for calculating the prepayment percentages are the equivalent of 1 minus an amount equal to a fraction with the numerator equal to the actual note value at the end of such month and the denominator equal to the scheduled note value at the end of such month calculated using the initial cash flows at the cut-off date, raised to the power of a fraction with a numerator equal to 12 and a denominator equal to the number of collection periods elapsed since the cut-off date to the end of such month. |
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The following table sets forth a summary of certain information relating to the original characteristics of JDCC’s prior securitized pools of retail [agricultural, turf, construction and forestry] equipment receivables in the past [five] years. [Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.]
Characteristics of Prior
Securitized Pools
JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | JDOT [ ] | ||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in Millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total [agricultural, turf, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Number of Pool Assets | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | |||||||||||||||
Aggregate Balance as of Original Pool Cut-Off Date (dollars in millions) | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | |||||||||||||||
Average Balance | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | |||||||||||||||
Range of Balances | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | $[•] | |||||||||||||||
Weighted Average Interest Rate | $[•]-$[•] | $[•]-$[•] | $[•]-$[•] | $[•]-$[•] | $[•]-$[•] | |||||||||||||||
Weighted Average Original Term (months) | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
Weighted Average Remaining Term (months) | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||
Weighted Average Credit Score of | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||
Range of Credit Scores of Obligors(1) | [•]-[•] | [•]-[•] | [•]-[•] | [•]-[•] | [•]-[•] | |||||||||||||||
% without FICO (% of aggregate balance as of original pool cut-off date) | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
[Agricultural] | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
[Turf] | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
[Construction] | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
[Forestry] | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
State Concentration (top 5 states) (% of aggregate balance as of original pool cut-off date) | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | [•] | |||||||||||||||
Payment Frequency (% of aggregate balance as of original pool cut-off date) Annual | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
Semiannual | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
Quarterly | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
Monthly | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | ||||||||||
Other | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % | [•] | % |
(1) | Credit scores relate to the FICO score of the obligors, which is a credit score derived from a scoring system created by the Fair Isaac Corporation. A FICO score is used to evaluate creditworthiness on the basis of, among other things, information that a credit bureau keeps about the applicant for credit and the debt service to income ratio of the applicant. The highest FICO score a person can receive is 850 and the lowest 300. |
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 12. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the amounts shown are estimates.
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee | $ | 1,696,800 | ||
Printing costs | $ | 120,000 | ||
Legal fees and expenses | $ | 600,000 | ||
Owner Trustee fees and expenses | $ | 99,000 | ||
Indenture Trustee fees and expenses | $ | 228,000 | ||
Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses | $ | 120,000 | ||
Accountant’s fees | $ | 603,000 | ||
Rating Agencies’ fees | $ | 3,366,000 | ||
Miscellaneous | $ | 159,000 | ||
Total | $ | 6,991,800 |
Item 13. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 86.431 of the Limited Liability Company Act of Nevada [Nevada Revised Statutes] authorizes the registrant to indemnify its manager, member, employee or agent under specified circumstances.
Article VII of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of John Deere Receivables LLC provides as follows:
Section 7.1 Right to Indemnification. Subject to the other provisions of this Article VII, the Company shall indemnify and advance expenses to every Special Member, Director (including each Independent Director) and Officer (and to such person’s heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives) (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) in the manner, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists, or may hereafter be amended, against any and all amounts (including judgments, fines, payments in settlement, attorneys’ fees and other expenses) reasonably incurred by or on behalf of any such Covered Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), in which such Covered Person was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved by reason of the fact that such Covered Person is or was a Special Member, Director or Officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Special Member, director, officer, employee, fiduciary or member of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise. The Company shall not be required to indemnify a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person if the proceeding was not authorized by the Board.
Section 7.2 Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall pay the expenses of any Covered Person incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition (“advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a Covered Person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by such Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VII or otherwise.
Section 7.3 Claims by Covered Persons. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses by a Covered Person under this Article VII is not paid in full within 90 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
Section 7.4 Indemnification of Employees. Subject to the other provisions of this Article VII, the Company may indemnify and advance expenses to every employee who is not a Director or Officer (and to such person’s heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives) in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it
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presently exists, or may hereafter be amended, against any and all amounts (including judgments, fines, payments in settlement, attorneys’ fees and other expenses) reasonably incurred by or on behalf of such person in connection with any proceeding, in which such employee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved by reason of the fact that such person is or was an employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or member of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise. The ultimate determination of entitlement to indemnification of employees who are not Officers or Directors shall be made in such manner as is provided by applicable law. The Company shall not be required to indemnify a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person if the proceeding was not authorized by the Board.
Section 7.5 Advancement of Expenses of Employees. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the advancement of expenses of an employee who is not an Officer or Director shall be made by or in the manner determined by the Board.
Section 7.6 Non-Exclusivity Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Agreement, action of the Member or disinterested Directors or otherwise.
Section 7.7 Other Indemnification. The Company’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, organization or other enterprise.
Section 7.8 Insurance. The Board may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists, or may hereafter be amended from time to time, authorize an appropriate officer or officers to purchase and maintain at the Company’s expense insurance: (a) to indemnify the Company for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of Directors, Officers and employees under the provisions of this Article VII; and (b) to indemnify or insure Directors, Officers and employees against liability in instances in which they may not otherwise be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Article VII.
Section 7.9 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not, and shall not be obligated to, pay any amount pursuant to this Article VII unless (i) the Company has received funds or has funds on hand which may be used to make such payment and which funds are not required to repay any other Obligations of the Company when due and (ii) such payment is made in accordance with the terms of any Transaction Document. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amount which the Company does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in § 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or obligation of, the Company.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware also authorizes Deere & Company to indemnify persons who serve as directors or officers of the registrant at the request of Deere & Company under specified circumstances. Article Seventh of the restated certificate of incorporation of Deere & Company provides in effect that Deere & Company shall provide certain indemnification to such persons.
The directors and officers of the registrant are insured, under policies of insurance maintained by Deere & Company, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.
The forms of underwriting agreements filed as a part of Exhibit 1 to this registration statement provide for indemnification of directors and officers of John Deere Receivables LLC who sign this registration statement and controlling persons of John Deere Receivables LLC by the underwriters, and for indemnification of each underwriter and its controlling persons by John Deere Receivables LLC, against certain liabilities. Similar provisions are contained in agreements entered into between John Deere Receivables LLC and groups of underwriters on past occasions.
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Item 14. Exhibits
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Previously filed. |
*** | To be filed in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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Item 15. Undertakings
(a) | As to Rule 415: |
The undersigned registrant on Form SF-3 hereby undertakes:
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; |
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b)) that is part of this registration statement; provided, further, however, that clauses (i) and (ii) above will not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (§229.1100(c)).
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, |
(i) | If the registrant is relying on Rule 430D (§ 230.430D): |
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§ 230.424(b)(3)) and Rule 424(h) (§ 230.424(h)) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) (§ 230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7)) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430D relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(vii) or (xii) ((§ 230.415(a)(1)(vii), or (xii)) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430D, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supercede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: |
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§ 230.424); |
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(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(6) | If the registrant is relying on Rule 430D (§ 230.430D), with respect to any offering of securities registered on Form SF—3 (§ 239.45), to file the information previously omitted from the prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in accordance with Rule 424(h) (§ 230.424(h)) and Rule 430D (§ 230.430D). |
(b) | As to documents subsequently filed that are incorporated by reference: |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) | As to indemnification: |
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 13 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) | As to Rule 430A: |
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(e) | As to qualification of Trust Indentures under Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for delayed offerings: |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the indenture trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (“Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
(f) | As to Regulation AB: |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of a third party that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement in accordance with Item 1100(c)(1) of Regulation AB (17 CFR 229.1100(c)(1)) shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form SF-3, and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the County of Rock Island, State of Illinois, on January 14, 2019.
JOHN DEERE RECEIVABLES LLC (Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Todd E. Davies | |
Name: Todd E. Davies | ||
Title: Secretary |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
Thomas C. Spitzfaden* Thomas C. Spitzfaden | Director, President, Principal Executive Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer | January 14, 2019 | ||
Cory J. Reed* Cory J. Reed | Director | January 14, 2019 | ||
/s/ Todd E. Davies Todd E. Davies | Director | January 14, 2019 | ||
David L. Evans* David L. Evans | Director | January 14, 2019 | ||
John K. Lawson* John K. Lawson | Director | January 14, 2019 |
* | The undersigned by signing his or her name hereto, does hereby sign the Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on behalf of the above-indicated officer or director of the registrant pursuant to the Power of Attorney signed by such officer or director. |
By: | /s/ Todd E. Davies | |
Name: Todd E. Davies | ||
Title: Attorney in Fact |
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