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, 2018.

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

Commission File Number of issuing entity: 333-196988-02

CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2015-A

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

CIK Number of issuing entity: 0001632028

Commission File Number of depositor: 333-196988

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)

47-6768582 (CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A)

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 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). 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, 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 o		Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer x		Smaller reporting company o

		Emerging growth company o

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. o

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.

PART I

CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A (the “Trust”) is a trust established under the laws of the State of Delaware by the Trust Agreement dated January 1, 2015 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 February 1, 2015 among the Servicer, the Seller and the Trust. The Trust issued $800,000,000 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 February 1, 2015, 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 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 June 24, 2014, 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 June 24, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit Number		Description
Exhibit 4.1:		Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2015, between CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.2:		Trust Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2015, 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 February 27, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.3:		Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, among CNH Capital Receivables LLC, New Holland Credit Company, LLC and CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.4:		Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, between CNH Capital Receivables LLC and CNH Industrial Capital America LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.5:		Administration Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, among New Holland Credit Company, LLC, CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A, 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 March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 10.1:		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2015, among CNH Industrial Capital America LLC, CNH Capital Receivables LLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc., and SG Americas Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters (Filed as Exhibit 1.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2015, 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 Number		Description
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.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary. None.

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, as the indenture trustee, has provided the following information for inclusion in the registrant’s Securities Exchange Act filings:

“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 an action against DBNTC and DBTCA in New York State Supreme Court alleging that DBNTC and DBTCA failed to perform purported duties, as trustees for 544 private-label RMBS trusts, to enforce breaches of representations and warranties as to mortgage loans held by the trusts and to enforce breaches by servicers of their mortgage loan servicing obligations for the trusts. During the course of the litigation, plaintiffs dismissed the case from New York State Supreme Court and refiled two separate cases, one in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “BlackRock SDNY Case”) and the other in the Superior Court of California, Orange County (the “BlackRock California Case”). Pursuant to a settlement among the parties, the BlackRock SDNY Case was dismissed on December 6, 2018 and the BlackRock California Case was dismissed on January 11, 2019.

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 U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“TIA”); breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; negligence and gross negligence; violation of the New York 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. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, plaintiffs, jointly with Commerzbank AG (see description of Commerzbank case below), filed a motion for partial summary judgment. Both motions are being briefed by the parties. 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. On December 7, 2018, DBNTC and DBTCA filed a motion for summary judgment. Also on December 7, 2018, Commerzbank, jointly with the Phoenix Light plaintiffs, filed a motion for partial summary judgment. Both motions are being briefed by the parties. 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 the Streit Act, violation of the TIA, 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 indenture trustee.”

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.

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 15, 2019 and February 28, 2019, respectively, and as of and for a period consisting of the twelve months ended December 31, 2018. 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.

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 June 24, 2014, 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 June 24, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.1:		Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2015, between CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Filed as Exhibit 4.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.2:		Trust Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2015, 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 February 27, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.3:		Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, among CNH Capital Receivables LLC, New Holland Credit Company, LLC and CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A (Filed as Exhibit 4.2 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.4:		Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, between CNH Capital Receivables LLC and CNH Industrial Capital America LLC (Filed as Exhibit 4.3 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 4.5:		Administration Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2015, among New Holland Credit Company, LLC, CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A, 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 March 4, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference).

Exhibit 10.1:		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2015, among CNH Industrial Capital America LLC, CNH Capital Receivables LLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc., and SG Americas Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters (Filed as Exhibit 1.1 of the Trust’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2015, 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.

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 25, 2019

	CNH EQUIPMENT TRUST 2015-A

	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.

CNH Equipment Trust 2015-A 10-K