UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 1, 2006
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DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-A
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(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
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(Exact name of sponsor and depositor as specified in its charter)
State of Delaware 333-127963-01 20-6437245
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of (Commission (IRS employer identification no. of
issuing entity) file number) issuing entity)
c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware,
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805
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(Address of principal executive offices of issuing entity) (Zip code)
Issuing entity's telephone number, including area code (302) 636-3301
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section 6 -- Asset-Backed Securities
Item 6.02. Change of Servicer or Trustee.
Effective as of October 1, 2006, The Bank of New York Company,
Inc. acquired select portions of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s corporate trust
business.
As of result of this acquisition, The Bank of New York ("BNY") has
succeeded JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPM Chase") as indenture trustee under
the Indenture dated as of March 1, 2006 (the "Indenture"), between
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust 2006-A (the "Issuing Entity") and JPM Chase, as
indenture trustee, in accordance with Section 6.09 of the Indenture.
Pursuant to Section 6.09 of the Indenture, the succession of BNY
to JPM Chase as indenture trustee becomes effective without the execution of
any amendment or other instrument to the Indenture and is not subject to the
prior consent of the holders of the Asset Backed Notes (the "Notes") issued by
the Issuing Entity. Section 6.09 of the Indenture does not require that the
rating agencies rating the Notes confirm their ratings on the Notes, and no
such confirmation has been sought with respect to this succession.
As successor indenture trustee, BNY is vested with all rights,
powers, duties and obligations applicable to its predecessor under the
Indenture. Certain of the terms and conditions of the Indenture applicable to
the indenture trustee are described in the Prospectus Supplement dated
February 28, 2006 (and the accompanying Prospectus dated January 31, 2006)
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
March 2, 2006 under the registrant's Form S-3 registration statement (file no.
333-127963). The descriptions of these terms and conditions are incorporated
herein by reference.
The Indenture was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2006 (file no. 333-127963-01).
Information relating to BNY as indenture trustee is set forth
below. This information has been provided by BNY. None of DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services Americas LLC, the Issuing Entity or any other person (other
than BNY) makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this
information.
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The Bank of New York is a New York banking corporation with its
principal place of business at 1 Wall Street, New York, New York 10004. The
Bank of New York has been, and currently is, serving as indenture trustee and
trustee for numerous securitization transactions and programs involving pools
of auto receivables. The Bank of New York is one of the largest corporate
trust providers of trust services on securitization transactions.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES
AMERICAS LLC
By: /s/ B. C. Babbish
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B. C. Babbish
Assistant Secretary
Date: October 3, 2006
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