**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

 

**FORM 10-K**

 

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

 

**For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.**

 

**OR**

 

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

 

**Commission File Number of issuing entity: 333-170703-07**

 

**CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2012-D**

(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)

 

**CIK Number of issuing entity: 0001561848**

 

**Commission File Number of depositor: 333-170703**

 

**CNH CAPITAL RECEIVABLES LLC**

(Exact name of depositor as specified in its charter)

 

**CIK Number of depositor: 0001115252**

 

**CNH INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL AMERICA LLC**

(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)

 

**CIK Number of sponsor: 0001540092**

 

**Delaware**

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

 

**46-6350041 (CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D)**

**39-1995297 (CNH Capital Receivables LLC)**

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

 

| **6900 Veterans Boulevard**                |   |         |
|--------------------------------------------|--------|--------------|
| **Burr Ridge, Illinois**              |   | **60527**    |
| (Address   of principal executive offices) |   | (Zip   Code) |

 

**(630) 887-5451**

(Registrant’s 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 o  No x

 

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 o  No x

 

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. x Yes  o 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 (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). o Yes  o No

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) 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. x

 

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

 

| Large   accelerated filer o                     |   | Accelerated   filer o         |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------|
|                                            |   |                          |
| Non-accelerated   filer x                       |   | Smaller   Reporting Company o |
| (Do   not check if a smaller reporting company) |   |                          |

 

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

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter. **Registrant has no voting or non-voting common equity outstanding held by non-affiliates.**

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the last practicable date.  **Not applicable.**

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933.  The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).

 

**None.**

 

 

 

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**PART I**

 

CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D (the “Trust”) is a trust established under the laws of the State of Delaware by the Trust Agreement dated November 1, 2012 between CNH Capital Receivables LLC (the “Seller”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee. New Holland Credit Company, LLC, (the “Servicer”), is the Servicer under a Sale and Servicing Agreement (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”) dated as of November 1, 2012 among the Servicer, the Seller and the Trust. The Trust issued $676,917,000 in aggregate principal amount of asset-backed notes, Classes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 (collectively, the “Class A Notes”) and B (the “Class B Notes” and together with the Class A Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 1, 2012, between the Trust and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee. The Class A Notes and the Class B Notes were publicly offered.  The Seller initially retained ownership of the certificates representing the ownership interest in the Trust (the “Certificates”).

 

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

 

**Item 1.**                                       **Business.**

 

**Item 1A.**                              **Risk Factors.**

 

**Item 2.**                                       **Properties.**

 

**Item 3.**                                       **Legal Proceedings.**

 

**Item 1B.**                                                **Unresolved Staff Comments. **Not Applicable.

 

**Item 4.**                                                         **Mine Safety Disclosures.**Not Applicable.

 

**PART II**

 

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

 

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

 

**Item 6.**                                 **Selected Financial Data.**

 

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

 

**Item 7A.**                        **Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.**

 

**Item 8.**                                 **Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.**

 

**Item 9.**                                 **Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and**

 

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**Financial Disclosure.**

 

**Item 9A.**                        **Controls and Procedures.**

 

**Item 9B.**                                                **Other Information. **None.

 

**PART III**

 

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

 

**Item 10.**                          **Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.**

 

**Item 11.**                          **Executive Compensation.**

 

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

 

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

 

**Item 14.**                          **Principal Accountant Fees and Services.**

 

**PART IV**

 

**Item 15.**                                                  **Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.**

 

(a)                                                                                 (1)                                 Not applicable.

 

(2)                                 Not applicable.

 

(3)                                 The exhibits filed in response to Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Exhibit Index.

 

(b)                                 Exhibits.

 
| **Exhibit   Number**  | ** ** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-----------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                  |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Exhibit 3.1:** |       | Certificate of   Formation of CNH Capital Receivables LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3(a) to   registrant’s Form S-3 filed on November 19, 2010, and incorporated   herein by reference).            |
|                  |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Exhibit 3.2:** |       | Limited Liability   Company Agreement of CNH Capital Receivables LLC (Filed as   Exhibit 3(b) to registrant’s Form S-3 filed on   November 19, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference). |

 

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| **Exhibit   Number**   | ** ** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------------------------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 4.1:**  |       | Indenture, dated as of   November 1, 2012, between CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D and Deutsche Bank   Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                                                                                         |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 4.2:**  |       | Trust Agreement, dated   as of November 1, 2012, among CNH Capital Receivables LLC and Wilmington   Trust Company, as trustee (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012, and incorporated herein   by reference).                                                                                                                                    |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 4.3:**  |       | Sale and Servicing   Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2012, among CNH Capital Receivables   LLC, New Holland Credit Company, LLC and CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D (Filed as   Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on   November 21, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference).                                                                                                |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 4.4:**  |       | Purchase Agreement,   dated as of November 1, 2012, between CNH Capital Receivables LLC and   CNH Capital America LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                                                                                            |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 4.5:**  |       | Administration   Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2012, among New Holland Credit   Company, LLC, CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D, Wilmington Trust Company and   Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.4 of the   Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and   incorporated herein by reference).                                                               |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 10.1:** |       | Underwriting Agreement,   dated as of November 15, 2012, among CNH Capital America LLC, CNH   Capital Receivables LLC, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank   Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the   underwriters (Filed as Exhibit 1.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on   Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012, and incorporated herein by   reference). |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 31.1:** |       | Section 302   Certification.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 33.1:** |       | Certification Regarding   Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria (New Holland Credit Company,   LLC).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 33.2:** |       | Management’s Assertion   of Compliance (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 34.1:** |       | Report of Independent   Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst & Young LLP).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

 

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| **Exhibit   Number**   | ** ** | **Description**                                                       |
|------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       |                                                                  |
| **Exhibit 34.2:** |       | Report of Independent   Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP). |
|                   |       |                                                                  |
| **Exhibit 35.1:** |       | Servicing Compliance   Statement of New Holland Credit Company, LLC.  |

 

(c)                                  Not applicable.

 

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

 

**Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB. Significant Obligor Financial Information.**

 

No obligor relating to the pool assets held by the issuing entity is a “significant obligor” as that term is defined in Regulation AB.

 

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

 

Based on the standards set forth in Item 1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB, no information is required in response to this Item.

 

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

 

Based on the standards set forth in Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB, no information is required in response to this Item.

 

**Item 1117 of Regulation AB. Legal Proceedings.**

 

Except as disclosed in the following paragraph, the registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedings or material legal proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities against any of the parties or property for which Item 1117 of Regulation AB would require disclosure.

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DBTCA”), as the indenture trustee, has provided the following information for inclusion in the registrant’s Securities Exchange Act filings (in the following, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company is referred to as “DBNTC”):

 

“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 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 as to the 64 trusts formed under indentures for which it retained jurisdiction.  Instead, the court ordered plaintiffs to file an amended complaint as to those indenture trusts. On February 23, 2016, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint as to 62 of the 64 indenture trusts included in the original U.S. District Court complaint. DBNTC and DBTCA will have an opportunity to file new defensive motions with respect to this amended complaint. It is anticipated that plaintiffs will, in the near future, file a new state court complaint as to some or all of the 500 trusts governed by Pooling and Servicing Agreements which were dismissed from the U.S. District Court action.

 

On December 30, 2015, IKB International, S.A. and IKB Deutsche Industriebank A.G. filed a Summons With Notice in New York state court naming as defendants DBNTC and DBTCA, as trustees of 37 RMBS trusts (the “IKB Action”).  The claims in the IKB Action appear to be substantively similar to the SDNY Action.  The IKB Action is not styled as a putative class action, but may attempt to bring derivative claims on behalf of the named RMBS Trusts.  DBTCA intends to vigorously defend the IKB Action.”

 

**Item 1119 of Regulation AB. Affiliates and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.**

 

Information required by Item 1119 of Regulation AB has been omitted from this report on Form 10-K in reliance on the Instruction to Item 1119 because such information has been previously provided as permitted by the Instructions to Item 1119.

 

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

 

Each of New Holland Credit Company, LLC (“NHCC”), as Servicer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (“DB”), as Indenture Trustee, (each, a “Servicing Participant”) have been identified by the registrant as a party participating in the servicing function with respect to the pool assets held by the Trust. Each of the Servicing Participants has completed a report on assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to such Servicing Participant (each, a “Report on Assessment”), which for DB are all servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d), except for Items 1122(d)(4)(iv) — 1122(d)(4)(xiv), and which for NHCC are all servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d), except for Items 1122 (d)(1)(iii), 1122 (d)(1)(iv), 1122 (d)(2)(ii), 1122 (d)(2)(iii), 1122(d)(2)(vi), 1122 (d)(4)(x), 1122 (d)(4)(xi), 1122 (d)(4)(xii), 1122 (d)(4)(xiii), and 1122 (d)(4)(xv). The Report on Assessment provided by NHCC and the Report on Assessment provided by DB are dated as of March 29, 2016 and February 26, 2016, respectively, and as of and for a period consisting of the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. Each Report on Assessment is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.

 

In addition, each of the Servicing Participants has provided an attestation report (each, an “Attestation Report”) by an independent registered public accounting firm regarding its related Report on Assessment. Each Attestation Report is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.

 

None of the Reports on Assessment or the related Attestation Reports have identified any material instances of noncompliance with the servicing criteria identified in such Report on Assessment as applicable to the related Servicing Participant.  In addition, neither the Report on Assessment provided by NHCC nor the related Attestation Report have identified any material deficiency in NHCC’s policies and procedures to monitor vendor compliance.

 

**Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Servicer Compliance Statement.**

 

A Servicer Compliance Statement from an officer of New Holland Credit Company, LLC is included as an exhibit to this Report.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

March 29, 2016

 
|   | **CNH   EQUIPMENT TRUST 2012-D** |
|--------|----------------------------------|
|   |                             |   |
|   | By:                              | New Holland Credit   Company, LLC, as Servicer |
|   |                             |   |
|   |                             |   |
|   | By:                              | /s/ Brett D. Davis |
|   | Name:                            | Brett D. Davis |
|   | Title:                           | President (senior   officer in charge of the servicing function) |

 

**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 or proxy materials have been sent to securityholders and the registrant does not intend to furnish such report or proxy materials to securityholders subsequent to the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.**

 

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**CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2012-D**

 

**EXHIBIT INDEX**

 
| **Exhibit   Number**   | ** ** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 3.1:**  |       | Certificate of   Formation of CNH Capital Receivables LLC (Filed as Exhibit 3(a) to   registrant’s Form S-3 filed on November 19, 2010, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                                                                                                          |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 3.2:**  |       | Limited Liability   Company Agreement of CNH Capital Receivables LLC (Filed as   Exhibit 3(b) to registrant’s Form S-3 filed on   November 19, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).                                                                                                                                               |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 4.1:**  |       | Indenture, dated as of   November 1, 2012, between CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D and Deutsche Bank   Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                           |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 4.2:**  |       | Trust Agreement, dated   as of November 1, 2012, among CNH Capital Receivables LLC and Wilmington   Trust Company, as trustee (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                      |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 4.3:**  |       | Sale and Servicing   Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2012, among CNH Capital Receivables   LLC, New Holland Credit Company, LLC and CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D (Filed as   Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on   November 21, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference).                                  |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 4.4:**  |       | Purchase Agreement,   dated as of November 1, 2012, between CNH Capital Receivables LLC and   CNH Capital America LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 of the Trust’s Current   Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and incorporated   herein by reference).                                                                              |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 4.5:**  |       | Administration   Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2012, among New Holland Credit   Company, LLC, CNH Equipment Trust 2012-D, Wilmington Trust Company and   Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.4 of the   Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2012, and   incorporated herein by reference). |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Exhibit 10.1:** |       | Underwriting Agreement,   dated as of November 15, 2012, among CNH Capital America LLC, CNH   Capital Receivables LLC, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank   Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as                                                                                                                                    |

 

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| **Exhibit   Number**   | ** ** | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                   |       | representatives of the   underwriters (Filed as Exhibit 1.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on   Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2012, and incorporated herein by   reference). |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 31.1:** |       | Section 302   Certification.                                                                                                                                                                |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 33.1:** |       | Certification Regarding   Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria (New Holland Credit Company,   LLC).                                                                                     |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 33.2:** |       | Management’s Assertion   of Compliance (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).                                                                                                              |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 34.1:** |       | Report of Independent   Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst & Young LLP).                                                                                                          |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 34.2:** |       | Report of Independent   Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP).                                                                                                                            |
|                   |       |                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **Exhibit 35.1:** |       | Servicing Compliance   Statement of New Holland Credit Company, LLC.                                                                                                                             |

 

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