0001564590-18-016127.txt : 20180625 0001564590-18-016127.hdr.sgml : 20180625 20180625160102 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001564590-18-016127 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180331 0000890975 0000864270 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180625 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180625 ABS ASSET CLASS: Auto loans FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001641204 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-183223-11 FILM NUMBER: 18917071 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20800 MADRONA AVE STREET 2: C/O AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES LLC CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90503 BUSINESS PHONE: 3109722511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20800 MADRONA AVE STREET 2: C/O AMERICAN HONDA RECEIVABLES LLC CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90503 10-K 1 ahfc-10k_20180331.htm 10-K ahfc-10k_20180331.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                to              

333-183223-11

(Commission File Number of issuing entity)

Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust

(Exact name of issuing entity specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of issuing entity: 0001641204

333-183223
(Commission File Number of depositor)

American Honda Receivables LLC

(Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of depositor: 0000890975

American Honda Finance Corporation

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

Central Index Key Number of sponsor: 0000864270

 

Delaware

47-6948864

(State or other jurisdiction of organization
of the issuing entity)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

c/o American Honda Receivables LLC

20800 Madrona Avenue Torrance, CA

90503

(Address of principal executive offices of the issuing entity)

(Zip Code)

(310) 972-2511

(Telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.     Yes        No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes        No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     Yes        No   

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.     (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated Filer

Accelerated Filer

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting Company

Emerging Growth Company

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes        No   

Registrant has no voting or non-voting class of common equity outstanding and held by nonaffiliates as of the date of this report, or as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

 


PART I

The following items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

 

(a)

Item 1, Business

 

(b)

Item 1A, Risk Factors

 

(c)

Item 2, Properties

 

(d)

Item 3, Legal Proceedings

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable

Substitute information provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB.    Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information).

No single obligor represents more than 10% of the pool assets held by Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust (the “Trust”).

Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB.    Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Information Regarding Significant Enhancement Providers).

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support with respect to either payment on the pool assets held by the Trust or payments on the notes (the “Notes”) or certificates (the “Certificates”) issued by the Trust.

Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB.    Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).

No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any derivative instruments that are used to alter the payment characteristics of the cashflows from the Trust.

Item 1117 of Regulation AB.    Legal Proceedings.

No legal proceedings are pending, and no proceedings are known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, against any of the following companies: American Honda Finance Corporation (the “Sponsor”), American Honda Receivables LLC (the “Depositor”), MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (the “Owner Trustee”), or the Trust, or of which any property of the foregoing is the subject, that are or would be material to holders of the Notes or the Certificates.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Indenture Trustee”) has provided the information contained in the following paragraphs for purposes of compliance with Regulation AB.  

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”) and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“DBNTC”) have been sued by investors in civil litigation concerning their role as trustees of certain RMBS trusts.

On June 18, 2014, a group of investors, including funds managed by Blackrock Advisors, LLC, PIMCO-Advisors, L.P., and others, filed a derivative action against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court purportedly on behalf of and for the benefit of 544 private-label RMBS trusts asserting claims for alleged violations of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA), breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence based on DBNTC and DBTCA’s alleged failure to perform their duties as

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trustees for the trusts. Plaintiffs subsequently dismissed their state court complaint and filed a derivative and class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of and for the benefit of 564 private-label RMBS trusts, which substantially overlapped with the trusts at issue in the state court action. The complaint alleges that the trusts at issue have suffered total realized collateral losses of U.S. $89.4 billion, but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain. DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion to dismiss, and on January 19, 2016, the court partially granted the motion on procedural grounds: as to the 500 trusts that are governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction. The court did not rule on substantive defenses asserted in the motion to dismiss.  On March 22, 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in federal court.  In the amended complaint, in connection with 62 trusts governed by indenture agreements, plaintiffs assert claims for breach of contract, violation of the TIA, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest.   The amended complaint alleges that the trusts at issue have suffered total realized collateral losses of U.S. $9.8 billion, but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain.  On July 15, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint.  On January 23, 2017, the court granted in part and denied in part DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss.  The court granted the motion to dismiss with respect to plaintiffs’ conflict-of-interest claim, thereby dismissing it, and denied the motion to dismiss with respect to plaintiffs’ breach of contract claim (except as noted below) and claim for violation of the TIA, thereby allowing those claims to proceed.  On January 26, 2017, the parties filed a joint stipulation and proposed order dismissing plaintiffs’ claim for breach of fiduciary duty.  On January 27, 2017, the court entered the parties’ joint stipulation and ordered that plaintiffs’ claim for breach of fiduciary duty be dismissed.  On February 3, 2017, following a hearing concerning DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss on February 2, 2017, the court issued a short form order dismissing (i) plaintiffs’ representation and warranty claims as to 21 trusts whose originators and/or sponsors had entered bankruptcy and the deadline for asserting claims against such originators and/or sponsors had passed as of 2009 and (ii) plaintiffs’ claims to the extent they were premised upon any alleged pre-Event of Default duty to terminate servicers.  On March 27, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the amended complaint.  On January 26, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification.  As of April 16, 2018, Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification has been briefed and is awaiting decision by the court.  On April 6, 2018, the court entered the parties’ joint stipulation to dismiss the claims of Sealink Funding Limited and ordered that Sealink’s claims be dismissed with prejudice.  On April 24, 2018, the court entered the parties’ joint stipulation to dismiss the claims of Kore Advisors, LP and ordered that Kore’s claims be dismissed with prejudice.  Discovery is ongoing.

On March 25, 2016, the BlackRock plaintiffs filed a state court action against DBTCA in the Superior Court of California, Orange County with respect to 513 trusts.  On May 18, 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint with respect to 465 trusts, and included DBNTC as an additional defendant.  The amended complaint asserts three causes of action:  breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; and breach of the duty to avoid conflicts of interest.  Plaintiffs purport to bring the action on behalf of themselves and all other current owners of certificates in the 465 trusts.  The amended complaint alleges that the trusts at issue have suffered total realized collateral losses of U.S. $75.7 billion, but does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain.  On August 22, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a demurrer as to Plaintiffs’ breach of fiduciary duty cause of action and breach of the duty to avoid conflicts of interest cause of action and motion to strike as to Plaintiffs’ breach of contract cause of action.  On October 18, 2016, the court granted DBNTC and DBTCA’s demurrer, providing Plaintiffs with thirty days’ leave to amend, and denied DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to strike.  Plaintiffs did not further amend their complaint and, on December 19, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the amended complaint.  On January 17, 2018, Plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification.  As of April 30, 2018, Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification has been briefed and is awaiting decision by the court. Discovery is ongoing.

On September 27, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by certain special purpose entities including Phoenix Light SF Limited in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which the plaintiffs previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 43 of the trusts at issue.  On September 27, 2017, plaintiffs filed a third amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves as trustee for one of the 43 trusts at issue.  DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 42 trusts at issue.  Plaintiffs’ third amended complaint brings claims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence and gross negligence;

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violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith.  However, in the third amended complaint, plaintiffs acknowledge that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed plaintiffs’ TIA Act claims, negligence and gross negligence claims, Streit Act claims, claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and certain theories of plaintiffs’ breach of contract claims, and plaintiffs only include these claims to preserve any rights on appeal.  Plaintiffs allege damages of “hundreds of millions of dollars.”  On November 13, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the third amended complaint.  Discovery is ongoing.

On November 30, 2017, DBTCA was added as a defendant to a case brought by Commerzbank AG (“Commerzbank”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which Commerzbank previously alleged incorrectly that DBNTC served as trustee for all 50 of the trusts at issue.  On November 30, 2017, Commerzbank filed a second amended complaint that names DBTCA as a defendant in addition to DBNTC.  DBTCA serves as trustee for 1 of the 50 trusts at issue.  DBNTC serves as trustee for the other 49 trusts at issue.  Commerzbank’s second amended complaint brings claims for violation of the TIA; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence; violation of the Streit Act; and breach of the covenant of good faith.  However, in the second amended complaint, Commerzbank acknowledges that, before DBTCA was added to the case, the court dismissed Commerzbank’s TIA claims for the trusts governed by pooling and servicing agreements, as well as its Streit Act claims and claims for breach of the covenant of good faith, and Commerzbank only includes these claims to preserve any rights on appeal.  The second amended complaint alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA caused Commerzbank to suffer “hundreds of millions of dollars in losses,” but the complaint does not include a demand for money damages in a sum certain.  On January 29, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed an answer to the second amended complaint.  Discovery is ongoing.

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. in Liquidation and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. (collectively, “IKB”), as an investor in 37 RMBS trusts, filed a summons with notice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, against DBNTC and DBTCA as trustees of the trusts.  On May 27, 2016, IKB served its complaint asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty to avoid conflicts of interest, violation of New York’s Streit Act, violation of the Trust Indenture Act, violation of Regulation AB, and violation of Section 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.  IKB alleges that DBNTC and DBTCA are liable for over U.S. $268 million in damages.  On October 5, 2016, DBNTC and DBTCA, together with several other trustees defending lawsuits by IKB, filed a joint motion to dismiss.  On January 6, 2017, IKB filed a notice of discontinuance, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to three trusts.  As of January 17, 2017, DBNTC and DBTCA’s motion to dismiss has been briefed and is awaiting decision by the court.  On June 20, 2017, the parties filed a stipulation, voluntarily dismissing with prejudice all claims as to four additional trusts.  Certain limited discovery is permitted to go forward while the motion to dismiss is pending.

It is DBTCA’s belief that it has no pending legal proceedings (including, based on DBTCA’s present evaluation, the litigation disclosed in the foregoing paragraphs) that would materially affect its ability to perform its duties as Trustee under the May 20, 2015 Indenture for Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust.

U.S. Bank Trust National Association (the “Delaware Trustee”) has provided the information contained in the following paragraphs for purposes of compliance with Regulation AB.

Since 2014 various plaintiffs or groups of plaintiffs, primarily investors, have filed claims against U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), in its capacity as trustee or successor trustee (as the case may be) under certain residential mortgage backed securities ("RMBS") trusts.  The plaintiffs or plaintiff groups have filed substantially similar complaints against other RMBS trustees.  The complaints against U.S. Bank allege the trustee caused losses to investors as a result of alleged failures by the sponsors, mortgage loan sellers and servicers for these RMBS trusts and assert causes of action based upon the trustee's purported failure to enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for alleged breaches of representations and warranties concerning loan quality.  The complaints also assert that the trustee failed to notify securityholders of purported events of default allegedly caused by breaches of servicing standards by mortgage loan servicers and that the trustee purportedly failed to abide by a heightened standard of care following alleged events of default.  

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Currently U.S. Bank is a defendant in multiple actions alleging individual or class action claims against the trustee with respect to multiple trusts as described above with the most substantial case being:  BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio et al v. U.S. Bank National Association, No. 605204/2015 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.) (class action alleging claims with respect to approximately 770 trusts) and its companion case BlackRock Core Bond Portfolio et al v. U.S Bank National Association, No. 14-cv-9401 (S.D.N.Y.).  Some of the trusts implicated in the aforementioned Blackrock cases, as well as other trusts, are involved in actions brought by separate groups of plaintiffs related to no more than 100 trusts per case.

U.S. Bank cannot assure you as to the outcome of any of the litigation, or the possible impact of these litigations on the trustee or the RMBS trusts. However, U.S. Bank denies liability and believes that it has performed its obligations under the RMBS trusts in good faith, that its actions were not the cause of losses to investors and that it has meritorious defenses, and it intends to contest the plaintiffs’ claims vigorously.

PART II

The following items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

 

(a)

Item 5, Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

(b)

Item 6, Selected Financial Data

 

(c)

Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

(d)

Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

(e)

Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

(f)

Item 9, Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

(g)

Item 9A, Controls and Procedures

Item 9B.Other Information.

Not applicable.

PART III

The following items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

 

(a)

Item 10, Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

 

(b)

Item 11, Executive Compensation

 

(c)

Item 12, Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

 

(d)

Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

(e)

Item 14, Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Substitute information provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

Item 1119 of Regulation AB.    Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

Information contemplated by Item 1119 of Regulation AB has been omitted from this report on Form 10-K in reliance on Instruction to Item 1119 of Regulation AB.

Item 1122 of Regulation AB.    Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

The Sponsor (in its role as servicer) and the Indenture Trustee (together, the “Servicing Parties”) have each been identified by the registrant as a party participating in the servicing function with respect to the asset pool held by the Trust.  Each of the Servicing Parties has completed a report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it (each, a “Servicing Report”), which Servicing

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Reports are attached as exhibits to this Form 10-K.  In addition, each of the Servicing Parties has provided an attestation report (each, an “Attestation Report”) by one or more registered public accounting firms, which Attestation Reports are also attached as exhibits to this Form 10-K. Neither of the Servicing Reports prepared by the Sponsor or the Indenture Trustee, or the Attestation Reports provided by the Sponsor or the Indenture Trustee, has identified any material instance of noncompliance with the servicing criteria applicable to the respective Servicing Party.  

Item 1123 of Regulation AB.    Servicer Compliance Statement.

The Sponsor (in its role as servicer) has been identified by the registrant as a servicer with respect to the asset pool held by the Trust.  The Sponsor has completed a statement of compliance with applicable servicing criteria (a “Compliance Statement”), signed by an authorized officer of the Sponsor.  The Compliance Statement is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.

 

PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)(1)Not applicable.

(a)(2)Not applicable.

(a)(3)The exhibits filed in response to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in Item 15(b) below.

(b)Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

The exhibits listed below are either included or incorporated by reference as indicated:

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

Certificate of Formation of the Depositor, filed with the secretary of state of Delaware on March 16, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-173202), filed with the SEC by the Depositor on April 25, 2011.

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Depositor, in effect since March 28, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-173202), filed with the SEC by the Depositor on April 25, 2011.

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

Indenture, dated May 20, 2015, between Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated May 20, 2015, among American Honda Receivables LLC, MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as owner trustee, and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Delaware trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

Certification of senior officer in charge of the servicing function of the servicer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

Exhibit 33.1

 

Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities of American Honda Finance Corporation.

 

 

 

Exhibit 33.2

 

Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

 

 

 

Exhibit 34.1

 

Attestation Report on Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities of KPMG LLP, on behalf of American Honda Finance Corporation.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 34.2

 

Attestation Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria for Asset-Backed Securities of KPMG LLP, on behalf of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

 

 

 

Exhibit 35.1

 

Servicing Compliance Statement of American Honda Finance Corporation.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated May 20, 2015, among Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust, American Honda Receivables LLC and American Honda Finance Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated May 20, 2015, between American Honda Finance Corporation and American Honda Receivables LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

Administration Agreement, dated May 20, 2015, among Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust, American Honda Finance Corporation, American Honda Receivables LLC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

Control Agreement, dated May 20, 2015, among American Honda Receivables LLC, Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust, American Honda Finance Corporation, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee, as assignee-secured party, and as securities intermediary, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 on Form 8-K dated May 20, 2015, and filed by the registrant on May 20, 2015.

 

(c)Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

American Honda Finance Corporation, as Servicer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Paul C. Honda

 

 

 

 

Paul C. Honda

Date: June 25, 2018

 

 

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary (senior officer in charge of the servicing function)

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT.

No annual report to security holders, proxy statement, form of proxy or other proxy soliciting material has been sent to security holders or is anticipated to be furnished to security holders subsequent to the filing of this annual report on Form 10-K.

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EX-31.1 2 ahfc-ex311_6.htm EX-31.1 ahfc-ex311_6.htm

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Paul C. Honda, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

2.

Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4.

I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the servicer and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statement required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the servicing agreement in all material respects; and

5.

All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report.  Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. 

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated party:  Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Date: June 12, 2018

 

/s/ Paul C. Honda

 

Paul C. Honda

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary  

 

American Honda Finance Corporation

 

(senior officer in charge of the servicing function)

 

 

EX-33.1 3 ahfc-ex331_7.htm EX-33.1 ahfc-ex331_7.htm

Exhibit 33.1

Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria

 

1.

American Honda Finance Corporation (“AHFC”) is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it under paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as of March 31, 2018, and for the year ended March 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), as set forth in Appendix A hereto.  The transactions covered by this report consist of all asset-backed securities transactions for which AHFC acted as servicer and administrator involving retail automobile receivables for new and used Honda and Acura vehicles (the “Platform”).  The asset-backed securities transactions included in the Platform are set forth in Appendix B hereto;

 

2.

AHFC has engaged vendors, which are not servicers as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, to perform specific, limited or scripted activities (the “Vendors”), and AHFC elects to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors’ activities as set forth in Appendix A hereto.  AHFC has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor’s activities comply in all material respects with the applicable Item 1122 criteria;

 

3.

Except as set forth in paragraph 4 below, AHFC used the criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess compliance with the applicable servicing criteria;

 

4

The criteria listed in the column titled “Inapplicable Servicing Criteria” in Appendix A hereto are inapplicable to AHFC based on the activities it performs, directly or through its Vendors, with respect to the Platform;

 

5.

AHFC has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of March 31, 2018 and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole;

 

6.

AHFC has not identified and is not aware of any material instance of noncompliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of March 31, 2018 and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole;

 

7.

AHFC has not identified any material deficiency in its policies and procedures to monitor the compliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of March 31, 2018 and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole; and

 

8.

KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on AHFC’s assessment of compliance with the applicable   servicing criteria as of March 31, 2018 and for the Reporting Period.

 

 

June 15, 2018

 

 

 

American Honda Finance Corporation

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul C. Honda

 

Name:

Paul C. Honda

 

Title:

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

 

(senior officer in charge of the servicing function)

 

Signature page for Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria

 


APPENDIX A

 

Servicing Criteria

Applicable
Servicing Criteria

INAPPLICABLE
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

Criteria

Performed

Directly

by AHFC

Performed by Vendor(s) for which AHFC is the Responsible Party

Performed by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) for which AHFC is NOT the Responsible Party

NOT performed by AHFC or by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) retained by AHFC

 

General Servicing Considerations

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(i)

Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(ii)

If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(1)(iii)

Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the pool assets are maintained.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(1)(iv)

A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(1)(v)

Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information.

X1

 

 

 

 

Cash Collection and Administration

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(i)

Payments on pool assets are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days of receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

X2

X2

 

 

1122(d)(2)(ii)

Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel.

X3

 

X3

 

1122(d)(2)(iii)

Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(iv)

The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of over-collateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

 


Servicing Criteria

Applicable
Servicing Criteria

INAPPLICABLE
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

Criteria

Performed

Directly

by AHFC

Performed by Vendor(s) for which AHFC is the Responsible Party

Performed by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) for which AHFC is NOT the Responsible Party

NOT performed by AHFC or by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) retained by AHFC

1122(d)(2)(v)

Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(2)(vi)

Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(2)(vii)

Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations:  (A) Are mathematically accurate; (B) Are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) Are reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) Contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

 

Investor Remittances and Reporting

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(i)

Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Securities and Exchange Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) Are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) Provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) Are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) Agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of pool assets serviced by the servicer.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(3)(ii)

Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements.

X4

 

X4

 

 


Servicing Criteria

Applicable
Servicing Criteria

INAPPLICABLE
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

Criteria

Performed

Directly

by AHFC

Performed by Vendor(s) for which AHFC is the Responsible Party

Performed by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) for which AHFC is NOT the Responsible Party

NOT performed by AHFC or by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) retained by AHFC

1122(d)(3)(iii)

Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

X4

 

X4

 

1122(d)(3)(iv)

Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements.

X4

 

X4

 

 

Pool Asset Administration

 

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(i)

Collateral or security on pool assets is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related pool asset documents.

X5

X5

 

 

1122(d)(4)(ii)

Pool assets and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements.

X5

X5

 

 

1122(d)(4)(iii)

Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(iv)

Payments on pool assets, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related pool asset documents are posted to the applicable servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related pool asset documents.

X2

X2

 

 

1122(d)(4)(v)

The servicer’s records regarding the pool assets agree with the servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(vi)

Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor's pool asset (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents.

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(vii)

Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

 


Servicing Criteria

Applicable
Servicing Criteria

INAPPLICABLE
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

Criteria

Performed

Directly

by AHFC

Performed by Vendor(s) for which AHFC is the Responsible Party

Performed by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) for which AHFC is NOT the Responsible Party

NOT performed by AHFC or by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) retained by AHFC

1122(d)(4)(viii)

Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a pool asset is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent pool assets including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment).

X

 

 

 

1122(d)(4)(ix)

Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for pool assets with variable rates are computed based on the related pool asset documents.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(4)(x)

Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) Such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s pool asset documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) Interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable pool asset documents and state laws; and (C) Such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related pool asset, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(4)(xi)

Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(4)(xii)

Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(4)(xiii)

Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

X

1122(d)(4)(xiv)

Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectable accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements.

X

 

 

 

 


Servicing Criteria

Applicable
Servicing Criteria

INAPPLICABLE
Servicing
Criteria

Reference

Criteria

Performed

Directly

by AHFC

Performed by Vendor(s) for which AHFC is the Responsible Party

Performed by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) for which AHFC is NOT the Responsible Party

NOT performed by AHFC or by subservicer(s) or vendor(s) retained by AHFC

1122(d)(4)(xv)

Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements.

 

 

 

X

 

1  

Testwork is incorporated in testwork done via 1122(d)(3)(i).

2

1122(d)(2)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(iv) are performed directly by AHFC only as it relates to the recording and application of borrower payments, as well as the remittance of collections to the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the transaction agreements). As permitted by the transaction agreements, AHFC is allowed to remit collections to the Indenture Trustee’s collection account prior to the payment date.  

The initial processing of cash receipts at the lockbox was performed by a vendor that did not provide an Item 1122(d) attestation report, and for which AHFC has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such vendor’s activities, as permitted by the SEC’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (“C&DI”) 200.06, Vendors Engaged By Servicers (“C&DI 200.06”) (formerly Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations).  Further, AHFC has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that the vendor’s activities comply in all material respects with the applicable Item 1122 criteria.

3

AHFC’s responsibility relating to criterion 1122(d)(2)(ii) is limited to wire disbursements to the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the transaction agreements).  The Indenture Trustees have provided separate Regulation AB 1122(d) Management Assessments and related attestation reports.

4

AHFC has full responsibility relating to criteria 1122(d)(3)(ii), 1122(d)(3)(iii), and 1122(d)(3)(iv) except for the portions of those criteria for which the Indenture Trustees have taken responsibility.  The Indenture Trustees have provided separate Regulation AB 1122(d) Management Assessments and related attestation reports.

5

Pertaining to 1122(d)(4)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(ii), AHFC has outsourced maintenance and safeguarding of vehicle titles and other documents related to retail contracts to a third party that did not provide an Item 1122(d) attestation report and for which AHFC has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to that portion of the servicing activities, as permitted by the SEC’s C&DI 200.06.  AHFC is responsible for maintenance and safeguarding of all other collateral and related documents. Further, AHFC has adequate policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that such vendor’s activities comply in all material respects with the applicable Item 1122 criteria.

 


Appendix B

Honda Auto Receivables 2014-1, 2014-2, 2014-3, 2014-4, 2015-1, 2015-2, 2015-3, 2015-4, 2016-1, 2016-2, 2016-3, 2016-4, 2017-1, 2017-2, 2017-3, 2017-4, 2018-1 Owner Trusts.

 

EX-33.2 4 ahfc-ex332_9.htm EX-33.2 ahfc-ex332_9.htm

 

Exhibit 33.2

MANAGEMENT’S ASSERTION OF COMPLIANCE

Management of the Trust & Agency Services department of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (collectively the “Company”) is responsible for assessing the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine which criteria are applicable to the Company in respect of the servicing platform described below.  Management has determined that the servicing criteria are applicable in regard to the servicing platform as of and for the period as follows:

Platform:  The Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust asset-backed securities transaction (the “Platform”).

Applicable Servicing Criteria:  All servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d), to the extent required by Item 1122(d) servicing criteria in regards to the activities performed by the Company with respect to the Platform as to any transaction, except for the following criteria: 1122(d)(1)(i)-1122(d)(1)(v), 1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(2)(iii)-1122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(3)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(i)-1122(d)(4)(xv), which management has determined are not applicable to the activities the Company performs with respect to the Platform (the “Applicable Servicing Criteria”).  With respect to the Platform, servicing criterion 1122(d)(3)(ii) is applicable only as it relates to remittances.

Period:  Year ended March 31, 2018 (the “Period”).

 

With respect to the Platform as of and for the Period, the Company’s management provides the following assessment of compliance with respect to the Applicable Servicing Criteria:

 

The Company’s management is responsible for assessing the Company’s compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.

 

The Company’s management has assessed compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.  In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB.  

 

Based on such assessment, the Company has complied, in all material respects with the Applicable Servicing Criteria.  

KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report with respect to management’s assertion of compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria as of and for the Period.

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY

 

By:

/s/ David Co

 

Name:

David Co

 

Its:

Director

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

By:

/s/ Jenna Kaufman

 

Name:

Jenna Kaufman

 

Its:

Director

 

Dated: May 31, 2018

 

EX-34.1 5 ahfc-ex341_13.htm EX-34.1 ahfc-ex341_13.htm

Exhibit 34.1

 

 

KPMG LLP

Suite 1500

550 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2629

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

American Honda Finance Corporation:

We have examined management’s assertion, included in the accompanying Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, that American Honda Finance Corporation (the Company) complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation AB (the Servicing Criteria) for asset-backed securities transactions for which the Company acted as servicer and administrator involving retail automobile receivables for new and used Honda and Acura vehicles (the Platform), except for servicing criteria 1122(d)(1)(iii), 1122(d)(1)(iv), 1122(d)(2)(vi), 1122(d)(4)(ix), 1122(d)(4)(x), 1122(d)(4)(xi), 1122(d)(4)(xii), 1122(d)(4)(xiii), and 1122(d)(4)(xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities it performs with respect to the Platform, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2018. Appendix B to Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria identifies the individual asset-backed transactions and securities defined by management as constituting the Platform. With respect to servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(iv), the activities the Company performs are limited to the recording and application of borrower payments as well as the remittance of collections to the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the sales and transaction agreements). With respect to servicing criterion 1122(d)(2)(ii), the activities the Company performs are limited to disbursements made via wire transfer to the Indenture Trustee (as defined in the transaction agreements). With respect to servicing criteria 1122(d)(3)(ii), 1122(d)(3)(iii), and 1122(d)(3)(iv), the Company has taken full responsibility except for the portions of those criteria for which the Indenture Trustees have taken responsibility. Management is responsible for the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assertion about the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to obtain reasonable assurance and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing selected asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the Servicing Criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria.

As described in the accompanying Management’s Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, for servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(4)(i), 1122(d)(4)(ii), and 1122(d)(4)(iv), the Company has engaged various vendors to perform the activities required by these servicing criteria. The Company has determined that none of these vendors is considered a “servicer” as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company has elected to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted by the SEC’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) 200.06, Vendors Engaged by Servicers (C&DI 200.06). As permitted by C&DI 200.06, the Company has asserted that it has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable assurance that the vendors’ activities comply in all material respects with the

KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member

firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with

KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.


servicing criteria applicable to each vendor. The Company is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC requirements to apply C&DI 200.06 for the vendors and related servicing criteria as described in its assertion, and we performed no procedures with respect to the Company’s eligibility to apply C&DI 200.06.

In our opinion, management’s assertion that American Honda Finance Corporation complied with the aforementioned Servicing Criteria, including servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(4)(i), 1122(d)(4)(ii), and 1122(d)(4)(iv), for which compliance is determined based on C&DI 200.06 as described above, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2018 is fairly stated, in all material respects.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

June 25, 2018

2

EX-34.2 6 ahfc-ex342_18.htm EX-34.2 ahfc-ex342_18.htm

 

Exhibit 34.2

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

The Trust & Agency Services department of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas:

We have examined management’s assertion, included in the accompanying Management’s Assertion of Compliance, that the Trust & Agency Services department of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (collectively the “Company”) complied with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation AB (Servicing Criteria) for the Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust asset‑backed securities transaction (the “Platform”), except for Servicing Criteria 1122(d)(1)(i)‑1122(d)(1)(v), 1122(d)(2)(i), 1122(d)(2)(iii)‑1122(d)(2)(vii), 1122(d)(3)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(i)‑1122(d)(4)(xv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities it performs with respect to the Platform, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2018. With respect to the Platform, servicing criterion 1122(d)(3)(ii) is applicable only as it relates to remittances. Management is responsible for the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assertion about the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to obtain reasonable assurance and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Companys compliance with the Servicing Criteria specified above and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing selected asset‑backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the Servicing Criteria. Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company’s compliance with the Servicing Criteria.

 

In our opinion, management’s assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned Servicing Criteria, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2018, is fairly stated, in all material respects.

/s/KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

May 31, 2018

 

EX-35.1 7 ahfc-ex351_19.htm EX-35.1 ahfc-ex351_19.htm

Exhibit 35.1

AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION

ANNUAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.11(a) OF THE

SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT AND

ITEM 1123 OF REGULATION AB

I, Paul C. Honda, do hereby certify that I am the Vice President and Assistant Secretary of American Honda Finance Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), and further certify on behalf of the Company in its capacity as servicer (the “Servicer” and “Sponsor”) under the Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of May 20, 2015 among the Servicer and Sponsor, American Honda Receivables LLC, as Seller, and Honda Auto Receivables 2015-2 Owner Trust, as follows:

 

(i)

A review of the activities of the Servicer during the reporting period ended March 31, 2018, and of its performance under the Agreement has been made under my supervision.

 

(ii)

To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Agreement throughout such period in all material respects.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of May, 2018.

 

 

/s/ Paul C. Honda

 

Paul C. Honda

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 

(senior officer in charge of the servicing function)

 

 

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