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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: June 15, 1998
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 1997-D
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
UNITED STATES 333-36365 88-0359494
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(State or Other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction Identification Number)
of Incorporation)
c/o AmeriCredit Financial
Services, Inc.
Attention: Daniel E. Berce
200 Bailey Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(Address of Principal
Executive Office)
(817) 332-7000
Registrant's phone number
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Item 5. Other Events
Information relating to distributions to Noteholders for the May, 1998
Collection Period of the Registrant in respect of the Class A-1 Asset
Backed Notes, Class A-2 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes and the Class A-3
Asset Backed Notes (collectively, the "Notes") issued by the Registrant,
and the performance of the Receivables held by the Registrant, together
with certain other information relating to the Notes, is contained in the
Preliminary Servicer's Certificate and the Servicer's Certificate for the
referenced Collection Period, both of which Certificates are provided to
Noteholders pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of
November 11, 1997 between the Registrant, AFS Funding Corp., as Seller,
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as Servicer, and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank, as Backup Servicer and Trust Collateral Agent (the
"Agreement").
Item 7. Financial Statements, Exhibits
Exhibit No. Exhibit
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99.1 Preliminary Servicer's Certificate and Servicer's
Certificate for the May, 1998 Collection Period
relating to the Notes issued by the Registrant
pursuant to the Agreement.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 1997-D
By: AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as Servicer
/s/ Daniel E. Berce
Daniel E. Berce
Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
June 15, 1998
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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99.1 Preliminary Servicer's Certificate and Servicer's
Certificate for the May, 1998 Collection Period
relating to the Notes issued by the Registrant.
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AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 1997-D
Class A-1 5.800% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 6.240% Asset Backed Notes
Preliminary Servicer's Certificate
This Servicer's Certificate has been prepared pursuant to Section 4.9 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement among AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
1997-D, as Issuer, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as Servicer, AFS
Funding Corp., as Seller, and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Backup Servicer
and Trust Collateral Agent, dated as of November 11, 1997. Defined terms have
the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or in other
Transaction Documents.
The undersigned hereby certifies that no Trigger Event has occurred on the
related Determination Date and that, to the knowledge of the Servicer, no
Insurance Agreement Event of Default has occurred.
Monthly Period Beginning: 05/01/98
Monthly Period Ending: 05/31/98
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I. MONTHLY PERIOD RECEIVABLES PRINCIPAL BALANCE
CALCULATION:
A. Beginning of period Aggregate Principal Balance $358,262,129
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B. Purchase of Subsequent Receivables 0
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C. Monthly Principal Amounts
(1) Collections on Receivables outstanding
at end of period 8,918,888
(2) Collections on Receivables paid off -----------
during period 2,931,688
(3) Receivables becoming Liquidated Receivables -----------
during period 3,456,183
(4) Receivables becoming Purchased Receivables -----------
during period
(5) Cram Down Losses occurring during period -----------
(6) Other Receivables adjustments 109,987
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(7) Less amounts allocable to Interest (5,330,010)
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Total Monthly Principal Amounts 10,086,736
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D. End of period Aggregate Principal Balance $348,175,393
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E. Pool Factor 87.043999%
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II. MONTHLY PERIOD NOTE BALANCE CALCULATION:
Class A-1 Class A-2 Class A-3 TOTAL
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A. Beginning of period Note Balance $40,735,376 $182,000,000 $123,000,000 $345,735,376
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B. Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount 10,086,736 0 0 10,086,736
C. Noteholders' Accelerated Principal Amount 868,687 0 0 868,687
D. Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall 19,093 0 0 19,093
E. Note Prepayment Amount 0 0 0 0
F. Deficiency Claim Amount 0 0 0 0
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G. End of period Note Balance $29,760,860 $182,000,000 $123,000,000 $334,760,860
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H. Note Pool Factors 31.327221% 100.000000% 100.000000% 83.690215%
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III. RECONCILIATION OF PRE-FUNDING ACCOUNT:
A. Beginning of period Pre-Funding Account balance $0
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B. Purchase of Subsequent Receivables 0
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C. Investment Earnings 0
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D. Investment Earnings Transfer to Collections Account 0
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E. Payment of Mandatory Prepayment Amount 0
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F. End of period Pre-Funding Account balance $0
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IV. CALCULATION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTABLE AMOUNT
A. Total Monthly Principal Amounts $10,086,736
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B. Required Pro-forma Security Balance 313,357,854
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C. Pro-forma Security Balance (Assuming 100% Paydown
of Total Monthly Principal Amounts) 335,648,640
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D. Step-down Amount (B.- C.) 0
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E. Principal Distributable Amount (A.- D.) $10,086,736
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V. RECONCILIATION OF CAPITALIZED INTEREST ACCOUNT:
A. Beginning of period Capitalized Interest Account balance $0
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B. Monthly Capitalized Interest Amount 0
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C. Investment Earnings 0
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D. Investment Earnings Transfer to Collections Account 0
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E. Payment of Overfunded Capitalized Interest Amount 0
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F. Payment of Remaining Capitalized Interest Account 0
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0
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G. End of period Capitalized Interest Account balance $0
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VI. RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTION ACCOUNT:
A. Available Funds:
(1) Collections on Receivables during period
(net of Liquidation Proceeds) $ 11,850,576
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(2) Liquidation Proceeds collected
during period 1,609,865
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(3) Purchase Amounts deposited in Collection
Account
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(4)(a) Investment Earnings - Collection Account 35,738
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(b) Investment Earnings - Transfer From Prefunding
Account 0
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(c) Investment Earnings - Transfer From Capitalized
Interest Account 0
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(5) Collection of Supplemental Servicing Fees
(a) Extension Fees 74,200
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(b) Repo and Recovery Fees Advanced 52,475
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(c) Other Fees 68,095
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(6) Monthly Capitalized Interest Amount 0
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(7) Mandatory Prepayment Amount
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Total Available Funds 13,690,949
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B. Distributions:
(1) Base Servicing Fee and Supplemental Servicing Fees
(a) Base Servicing Fee 669,502
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(b) Repo and Recovery Fees 52,475
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(c) Bank Service Charges 37,997
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(d) Other Fees 68,095
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(2) Agent fees 2,239
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(3) Refunds of Overpayments paid by AFS 17,576
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(4) Noteholders' Interest Distributable Amount
(a) Class A - 1 203,451
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(b) Class A - 2 908,401
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(c) Class A - 3 639,600
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(5) Noteholders' Principal Distributable Amount
(a) Class A - 1 10,086,736
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(b) Class A - 2 0
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(c) Class A - 3 0
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(6) Security Insurer Premiums 136,190
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Total distributions 12,822,262
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C. Excess Available Funds (or Deficiency Claim Amount) 868,687
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D. Noteholders' Accelerated Principal Amount (868,687)
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E. Deposit to Spread Account $0
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VII. CALCULATION OF ACCELERATED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
A. Excess Available Funds (VI.C.) $ 868,687
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B. Pro Forma Security Balance (II.A.-II.B.) 335,648,640
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C. Required Pro Forma Security Balance (90% x (I.D.+III.F.) 313,357,854
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D. Excess of Pro Forma Balance over Required Balance (B.- C.) 22,290,786
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E. End of Period Class A-1 Note Balance (before accel. payments) 30,648,640
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F. Greater of D. or E. 30,648,640
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G. Accelerated Principal Amount (lesser of A. or F.) $ 868,687
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VIII. CALCULATION OF ACCELERATED PAYMENT AMOUNT SHORTFALL
A. Pro Forma Security Balance $335,648,640
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B. Required Pro Forma Security Balance 313,357,854
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C. Excess of Pro Forma Balance over Required Balance (A.- B.) 22,290,786
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D. End of Period Class A-1 Note Balance (before accel. payments) 30,648,640
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E. Greater of C. or D. 30,648,640
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F. Excess Available Funds (VI.C.) 868,687
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G. Investment Earnings on Collection Account 35,738
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H. Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall (E.- F.+G.) $29,815,691
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IX. RECONCILIATION OF SPREAD ACCOUNT:
A. Beginning of period Spread Account balance $ 3,999,993
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B. Additions to Spread Account
(1) Deposits from Collections Account (VI. E.) 0
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(2) Investment Earnings 19,093
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(3) Deposits Related to Subsequent Receivables Purchases 0
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Total Additions 19,093
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C. Less Deficiency Claim Amount
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D. Spread Account balance available for withdrawals 4,019,086
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E. Requisite Amount of Spread Account
(1) Initial Spread Account Deposit $ 3,249,993
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(2) Subsequent Spread Account Deposits 750,000
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(3) Total Initial & Subsequent Spread Account Deposits (1)+(2) 3,999,993
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(4) $100,000 100,000
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(5) 2% of Original Pool Balance (total deliveries) 7,999,986
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(6) End of period Note Balance (before accel. principal
shortfall calc) 334,779,953
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(7) Lesser of (5) or (6) 7,999,986
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(8) Floor Amount Greater of (4) or (7) 7,999,986
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(9) Aggregate Principal Balance 348,175,393
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(10) End of period Note Balance (before accel. principal
shortfall calc) 334,779,953
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(11) Line (9) less line (10) 13,395,440
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(12) OC level (11) / (9) 3.85%
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(13) 13% less OC level, if OC level is greater than 10% n/a
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(14) If OC level is equal to or greater than 10%, Percent in (13)
x End of Period Aggregate Principal Balance n/a
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(15) If OC level is less than 10%, 1% of Original Pool Balance
(total deliveries) 3,999,993
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(16) 15% of end of period Aggregate Principal Balance if Trigger
Date n/a
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Requisite Amount of Spread Account (either (3), (8), (14), (15),
or (16) as applicable) 3,999,993
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F. Withdrawals from Spread Account
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(1) Priority Second through Third
(2) Priority Fourth - Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall 29,815,691
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Accelerated Payment Amount Shortfall in Excess of
Requisite Amount 19,093
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(3) Priority Fifth through Sixth
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(4) Priority Seventh - to Servicer
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Total withdrawals 19,093
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G. End of period Spread Account balance $3,999,993
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X. MONTHLY PERIOD NUMBER OF RECEIVABLES CALCULATION:
A. Beginning of period number of Receivables 30,864
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B. Number of Subsequent Receivables Purchased 0
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C. Number of Receivables becoming Liquidated
Receivables during period 167
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D. Number of Receivables becoming Purchased
Receivables during period
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E. Number of Receivables paid off during period 270
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F. End of period number of Receivables 30,427
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XI. STATISTICAL DATA:
A. Weighted Average APR of the Receivables 19.28%
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B. Weighted Average Remaining Term of the Receivables 48.69
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C. Average Receivable Balance $ 11,443
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D. Aggregate Realized Losses $6,934,495
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By:
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Name: PRESTON A. MILLER
Title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Date: JUNE 1, 1998
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AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 1997-D
Class A-1 5.800% Asset Backed Notes
Class A-2 Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes
Class A-3 6.240% Asset Backed Notes
Servicer's Certificate
This Servicer's Certificate has been prepared pursuant to Section 4.9 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement among AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
1997-D, as Issuer, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as Servicer, AFS
Funding Corp., as Seller, and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Backup Servicer
and Trust Collateral Agent, dated as of November 11, 1997. Defined terms have
the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or in other
Transaction Documents.
The undersigned hereby certifies that no Trigger Event has occurred on the
related Determination Date and that, to the knowledge of the Servicer, no
Insurance Agreement Event of Default has occurred.
Monthly Period Beginning: 05/01/98
Monthly Period Ending: 05/31/98
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I. MONTHLY PERIOD NOTE BALANCE CALCULATION:
Class A-1 Class A-2 Class A-3 TOTAL
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A. Preliminary End of period Note Balance $29,760,860 $182,000,000 $123,000,000 $334,760,860
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B. Deficiency Claim Amount 0 0 0 0
C. End of period Note Balance $29,760,860 $182,000,000 $123,000,000 $334,760,860
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D. Note Pool Factors 31.327221% 100.000000% 100.000000% 83.690215%
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II. RECONCILIATION OF SPREAD ACCOUNT:
A. Preliminary End of period Spread Account balance $3,999,993
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B. Priority First - Deficiency Claim Amount from preliminary certificate 0
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C. End of period Spread Account balance $3,999,993
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X. PERFORMANCE TESTS:
A. Delinquency Ratio
(1) Receivables with Scheduled Payment
delinquent more than 60 days
at end of period $ 6,893,326
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(2) Purchased Receivables with Scheduled
Payment delinquent more than 60
days at end of period
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(3) Beginning of period Principal Balance 358,262,129
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(4) Delinquency Ratio (1)+(2) divided by (3) 1.92%
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(5) Previous Monthly Period Delinquency Ratio 1.69%
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(6) Second previous Monthly Period Delinquency Ratio 1.53%
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(7) Average Delinquency Ratio (4)+(5)+(6)
divided by 3 1.71%
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(8) Compliance (Delinquency Test Failure is a
Delinquency Ratio equal to or greater than 5.00%) yes
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B. Cumulative Default Rate
(1) Defaulted Receivables in Current Period $ 3,542,287
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(2) Cumulative Defaulted Receivables Including
Defaulted Receivables in Current Period 18,275,765
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(3) Original Pool Balance 399,999,306
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(4) Cumulative Default Rate (2) divided by (3) 4.57%
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(5) Compliance (Default Test Failure is a Cumulative
Default Rate equal to or greater than 11.81%.) yes
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C. Cumulative Net Loss Rate
(1) Receivables becoming Liquidated Receivables during period $ 3,456,183
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(2) Purchased Receivables with Scheduled
Payment delinquent more than 30 days at end of period
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(3) Cram Down Losses occurring during period
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(4) Liquidation Proceeds collected during period (1,609,865)
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(5) Net Losses during period (1)+(2)+(3)-(4) 1,846,318
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(6) Net Losses since Initial Cut-off Date (Beginning
of Period) 5,088,177
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(7) 50% of Receivables with Scheduled Payment delinquent
more than 90 days at end of period 2,682,446
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(8) Original Aggregate Principal Balance plus Pre-Funded
Amount as of the Closing Date 400,000,000
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(9) Cumulative Net Loss Rate (5)+(6)+(7)
divided by (8) 2.40%
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(10) Compliance (Net Loss Test Failure is a
Net Loss Rate equal to or greater than 6.75%.) yes
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D. Extension Rate
(1) Principal Balance of Receivables extended during
current period 7,692,922
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(2) Beginning of Period Aggregate Principal Balance 358,262,129
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(3) Extension Rate (1) divided by (2) 2.15%
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(4) Previous Monthly Extension Rate 1.34%
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(5) Second previous Monthly Extension Rate 0.64%
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(6) Average Extension Rate (3)+(4)+(5)
divided by 3 1.38%
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(7) Compliance (Extension Test Failure is an
Extension Rate equal to or greater than 4%.) yes
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XI. DELINQUENCY:
A. Receivables with Scheduled Payment delinquent
(1) 31-60 days # 1,887 $ 22,751,846 6.35%
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(2) 61-90 days 407 5,063,110 1.41%
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(3) over 90 days 150 1,830,216 0.51%
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Receivables with Scheduled Payment delinquent
more than 30 days at end of period 2,444 $ 29,645,172 8.27%
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By:
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Name: PRESTON A. MILLER
Title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
Date: JUNE 3, 1998
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