Item 1.01 and 8.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement and Other Events.
Ally Auto Assets LLC (“Ally Auto”) has registered an issuance of $11,644,360,297.91 in principal amount of asset backed notes onForm SF-3 (Registration FileNo. 333-228265) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed on November 8, 2018, as amended byPre-Effective Amendment No. 1 on February 15, 2019 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”).
Pursuant to the Registration Statement, Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2019-4 (the “Issuing Entity”) issued and sold $239,400,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-1 1.84713% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), $313,500,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-2 1.93% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), $319,200,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-3 1.84% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 Notes”), and $70,000,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-4 1.92% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4 Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, the “Sold Notes”) on December 11, 2019 (the “Closing Date”). The Sold Notes have an aggregate principal balance of $942,100,000. The Issuing Entity also issued $12,600,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-1 1.84713% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-1 R Notes”), $16,500,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-2 1.93% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-2 R Notes”), $16,800,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-3 1.84% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-3 R Notes”), $3,690,000 aggregate principal balance of Class A-4 1.92% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class A-4 R Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 R Notes, the Class A-2 R Notes and the Class A-3 R Notes, the “Class A R Notes”), $1,103,000 aggregate principal balance of Class B 2.14% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class B R Notes”), $919,000 aggregate principal balance of Class C 2.34% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class C R Notes”) and $683,000 aggregate principal balance of Class D 2.59% Asset Backed Notes (the “Class D R Notes” and, together with the Class A R Notes, the Class B R Notes and the Class C R Notes, the “Retained Notes”). Additionally, the Issuing Entity issued Certificates with a nominal amount of $95,000 (the “Majority Certificates”) and Certificates with a nominal amount of $5,000 (the “Retained Certificates” and, together with the Majority Certificates, the “Certificates”). Only the Sold Notes were offered publicly for sale. On the Closing Date, Ally Auto also sold $20,957,000 aggregate principal balance of Class B 2.14% Asset Backed Notes, $17,461,000 aggregate principal balance of Class C 2.34% Asset Backed Notes and $12,977,000 aggregate principal balance of Class D 2.59% Asset Backed Notes to Ally Subordinate Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Ally Auto, in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act. The Retained Notes and the Certificates will initially be held by Ally Auto, a majority-owned affiliate of Ally Bank, the sponsor.
This Current Report onForm 8-K is being filed to satisfy an undertaking to file copies of certain agreements executed in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the forms of which were filed as Exhibits to the Registration Statement.
The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, dated as of the Closing Date between the Issuing Entity and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee.
The Notes evidence indebtedness of the Issuing Entity, the assets of which consist primarily of motor vehicle retail instalment sale contracts (the “Receivables”) secured by new and used automobiles and light duty trucks financed thereby.
On the Closing Date, the Receivables had the characteristics described in the Prospectus, dated as of December 4, 2019, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Act on December 6, 2019.
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Item 9.01. Exhibits |
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Exhibit 4.1 | | Indenture between Ally Auto ReceivablesTrust 2019-4 and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Indenture Trustee, dated as of December 11, 2019. |
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Exhibit 4.2 | | Trust Agreement between Ally Auto Assets LLC, as Depositor, and BNY Mellon Trust of |