SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549




FORM 10-K


(Mark One)




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





For the fiscal year endedDecember 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 _______




Commission file number of issuing entity: 333-208642-02


Commission file number of depositor: 333-208642




BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2018-A


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


Central Index Key Number of issuing entity: 0001725617




BMW FS SECURITIES LLC


(Exact name of depositor and registrant as specified in its charter)


Central Index Key Number of depositor and registrant: 0001136586




BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC


(Exact name of sponsor as specified in its charter)


Central Index Key Number of sponsor: 0001541188




|Delaware
          (State or other jurisdiction of
          incorporation or organization of issuing entity)                                                          | 82-3675006
          (I.R.S. Employer
          Identification No. of issuing entity)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                      
|c/o BMW Financial Services NA, LLC
          300 Chestnut Ridge Road
          Woodcliff Lake, NJ
          (Address of principal executive offices of issuing entity) | 07677-7739
          (Zip Code)                                                      



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 307-4000




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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).


☐Yes          ☐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.  ☒


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or 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.




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 Act).


☐Yes          ☒No


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.




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).




NOT APPLICABLE.










PART I




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.




None.




Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.




Not applicable.




The following substitute information is provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:




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




No single obligor represents 10% or more of the asset pool owned by BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2018-A (the “Issuing Entity”).




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




No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external credit enhancement or other support with respect to either payment on the
      pool assets owned by the Issuing Entity or payments on the notes (the “Notes”) or the certificate (the “Certificate”) issued by the Issuing Entity representing 10% or more of the cash flow supporting any offered class of the Notes.




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




No entity or group of affiliated entities provides any external derivative instruments that are used to alter the payment characteristics
      of the cashflows from the Issuing Entity or to either make payments on the pool assets owned by the Issuing Entity or payments on the Notes or the Certificate.




Item 1117 of Regulation AB.  Legal Proceedings.




Since 2014 various plaintiffs or groups of plaintiffs, primarily investors, have filed claims against 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, including
            Deutsche Bank, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of New York Mellon and Wells Fargo.  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.
  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.  Previously, U.S. Bank disclosed that the most substantial case was:  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 a
            companion class action case involving additional trusts (collectively, the “BlackRock cases”). 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:




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 Financial Disclosure.


Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.




Item 9B. Other Information.




Nothing to report.











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 Accounting Fees and Services.




The following substitute information is provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:




Item 1119 of Regulation AB.  Affiliations 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.




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




Each of BMW Financial Services NA, LLC and U.S. Bank (each, a “Servicing Participant”) has been identified by the registrant as a party
      participating in the servicing function with respect to the asset pool owned by the Issuing Entity during the year ended December 31, 2018 (the “2018 Reporting Period”).  Each of the Servicing Participants has completed a report on an assessment of
      compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to such Servicing Participant (each, a “Report on Assessment”) as of December 31, 2018, and for the 2018 Reporting Period.  In addition, each of the Servicing Participants has provided an attestation
      report (each, an “Attestation Report”) by a registered public accounting firm regarding its Report on Assessment.  Each Report on Assessment and Attestation Report is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.




Neither the Report on Assessment nor the Attestation Report for BMW Financial Services NA, LLC has identified any material instance of
      noncompliance with the servicing criteria described in such Report on Assessment as being applicable to BMW Financial Services NA, LLC.




Neither the Report on Assessment nor the Attestation Report for U.S. Bankhas identified any material instance of noncompliance with the servicing criteria described in such Report on Assessment as being applicable to U.S. Bank.




Item 1123 of Regulation AB.  Servicer Compliance Statement.




BMW Financial Services NA, LLC has been identified by the registrant as a servicer during the 2018 Reporting Period with respect to the
      assets pool owned by the Issuing Entity.  BMW Financial Services NA, LLC has provided a statement of compliance for the 2018 Reporting Period, signed by an authorized officer, and such compliance statement is attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.







Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
  (a) The following documents are filed as part of this
        report:
  (1)
              Not applicable.
 (2)
              Not applicable.
 (3)
              See Item 15(b) below.
 
 (b) Exhibits Required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
  Exhibit Number
            Description3.1
            Certificate of
                    Formation of BMW FS Securities LLC (the “Depositor”), as currently in effect, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File Number 333-122561), filed with the SEC by the
                    Depositor on March 7, 2005.3.2
            Amended and
                    Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Depositor, as amended and currently in effect, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (File Number 333-229836) filed with the SEC by the
                    Depositor on February 25, 2019.4.1
            Indenture, dated
                    as of January 24, 2018, between BMW Vehicle Owner Trust 2018-A (the “Issuing Entity”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Issuing Entity’s
                    Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.10.1
            Amended and
                    Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, between the Depositor and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as owner trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Issuing Entity’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
                    by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.10.2
            Owner Trust
                    Administration Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, among the Issuing Entity, BMW Financial Services NA, LLC (“BMW FS”), as administrator, and the Indenture Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Issuing Entity’s
                    Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.10.3
            Sale and
                    Servicing Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, among the Issuing Entity, the Depositor, BMW FS, as sponsor, servicer, administrator and custodian, and the Indenture Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuing
                    Entity’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.10.4
            Receivables
                    Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, between BMW FS and the Depositor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Issuing Entity’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.10.5
            Receivables
                    Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, between BMW Bank of North America and the Depositor, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Issuing Entity’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24,
                    2018.10.6
            Asset
                    Representations Review Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, among BMW FS, the Issuing Entity and Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Issuing Entity’s
                    Form 8-K, filed with the SEC by the Issuing Entity on January 24, 2018.31.1*
            Certification
                    pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.33.1*
            Certification





                    Regarding Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria for BMW FS.33.2*
            Management’s Assertion − Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria for U.S. Bank National Association.34.1*
            Report of
                    Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of CohnReznick LLP, relating to BMW FS.34.2*
            Report of
                    Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, relating to U.S. Bank National Association.35.1*
            Servicer
                    Compliance Statement of BMW FS.
 ____________
 * Filed herewith
 
 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.
 
 BMW VEHICLE OWNER TRUST 2018-A
              (Issuing Entity)
              
              By: BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC,
              as servicerMarch 28, 2019
            By: /s/ Stefan Kramer
              Name:  Stefan Kramer
              Title:    Vice President – Finance & CFO
 
   
 
 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.