FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report: August 23, 1999 --------------------------------- (Date of earliest event reported) NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION on behalf of Nissan Auto Receivables 1999-A Owner Trust -------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 333-82763 33-0479655 ------------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation) Identification No.) 990 W. 190TH STREET TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA 90502 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 719-8013 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report is certain material (a Collateral and Structural Term Sheet) circulated by Merrill Lynch & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Chase Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan & Co. in connection with the Registrant's offering of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes (collectively, the "Notes"). The Notes will be offered pursuant to a Prospectus and related Prospectus Supplement (together, the "Prospectus") which will be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The offering of the Notes has been registered pursuant to the Act under the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-82763) (the "Registration Statement"). This Collateral and Structural Term Sheet will be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Any statement or information contained in the Collateral and Structural Term Sheet may be modified or superseded by subsequent similar materials or by statements or information contained in the Prospectus. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS (a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) Exhibit Exhibit 99.1 Collateral and Structural Term Sheet. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf of the Registrant by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION By: /s/ Tomoaki Shimazu ------------------------------------------ Name: Tomoaki Shimazu Title: Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director Date: August 23, 1999 EXHIBIT INDEX Item 601(a) of Regulation S-K EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Collateral and Structural Term Sheet