UNITED STATES

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 (Date of Earliest Event Reported) September 20, 2017

FIFTH THIRD AUTO TRUST 2017-1

(Exact Name of Issuing Entity as Specified in its Charter)

Commission File Number of Issuing Entity: 333-211395-01

Central Index Key Number: 0001715585

FIFTH THIRD HOLDINGS FUNDING, LLC

(Exact Name of Depositor as Specified in its Charter)

Commission File Number of Depositor: 333-211395

Central Index Key Number: 0001405332

FIFTH THIRD BANK

(Exact Name of Sponsor as Specified in its Charter)

Central Index Key Number: 0000035528

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation of Issuing Entity/Registrant)

36-7706841

(Issuing Entity’s I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

^C⁄_O Fifth Third Holdings Funding, LLC

1701 Golf Road, Tower 1, 8^th Floor

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

60008

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(847) 354-7341

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the sale of certain of the Class A-2-A, Class A-2-B, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes (together, the “Underwritten Notes”) of Fifth Third Auto Trust 2017-1 (the “Issuer”), which are described in the Prospectus dated September 12, 2017 and which were issued on September 20, 2017 (the “Closing Date”), the Registrant is filing the agreements listed below, each dated as of the Closing Date. Fifth Third Holdings Funding, LLC (“FTHF LLC”) will initially retain all of the Class A-1 Notes and at least 5% (by initial principal amount) of each of the Class A-2-A Notes, the Class A-2-B Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes (collectively with the Underwritten Notes, the “Notes”).

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Document Description
4.1		Indenture, dated as of September 20, 2017, between the Issuer and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
10.1		Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, between Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Holdings, LLC.
10.2		Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, between Fifth Third Holdings, LLC and the Depositor.
10.3		Sale Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, between Fifth Third Holdings Funding, LLC (the “Depositor”) and the Issuer.
10.4		Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, among Fifth Third Bank, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
10.5		Administration Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, among Fifth Third Bank, the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer.
10.6		Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, among the Depositor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware trustee (the “Delaware Trustee”).
10.7		Asset Representations Review Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2017, among the Issuer, the Bank, and Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer.

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.


September 21, 2017	FIFTH THIRD HOLDINGS FUNDING, LLC

	By:	/s/ James Leonard
	Name:	James Leonard
	Title:	President

Fifth Third Holdings Funding, LLC 8-K