Silver Arrow S.A. Compartment 18: 29 October 2024

Another Silver Arrow transaction, where again the auto loan receivables secured by certain passenger cars and/or commercial vehicles and certain other collateral have all been originated by Mercedes-Benz Bank AG.

Eligibility criteria for inclusion in the pool (include): the loan receivable has been originated by the seller; each receivable has been originated in Germany for the sale of a financed vehicle in the ordinary course of the seller's business and none of the obligors is an affiliate of Mercedes-Benz Bank AG; the obligor is not insolvent; the title to each vehicle is held by the seller; each loan receivable has an original term of no longer than 72 months; each loan receivable has a seasoning above or equal to one month; each obligor is a resident of Germany; no loan receivable is delinquent or defaulted; the monthly instalments are paid by direct debit; the brand of the respective financed vehicle is either a Mercedes or a Smart.

At the cut-off date (31 August 2024) the portfolio of 29,486 loans has been advanced to 28,450 obligors. Client type (by outstanding loan principal): private - 48.02% and commercial - 51.98%. Contract type (by outstanding loan principal): Used Private Balloon - 30.49%, New Commercial Balloon - 24.63%, Used Commercial Balloon - 15.22%, New Private Balloon - 12.91%, others - 16.75%. Vehicle type (by outstanding loan principal): used - 55.31%, new - 44.69%. The average outstanding principal is Eur25,256 and the largest is Eur160,379. The pool is highly granular, with the largest obligor accounting for just 0.03%, the top 5 for 0.14% and the top 20 obligors for 0.47%. The WA seasoning is 17.60 months.

EU Risk Retention: The Seller, as originator, will retain for the life of the transaction a material net economic interest of not less than 5% in the transaction as required by Article 6 of the Securitisation Regulation. As of the Issue Date such interest, in accordance with Article 6(3)(d) of the Securitisation Regulation, will be retained through the holding of the Class B Notes and the Subordinated Loan.

US Risk Retention: The issuance of the Compartment 18 Notes was not designed to comply with the US Risk Retention Rules other than the exemption under Section _.20 of the US Risk Retention Rules, and no other steps have been taken to accomplish such compliance.

STS: As of the Issue Date, Transaction 18 is intended to meet the requirements for simple, transparent and standardised non-ABCP securitisations provided for by Articles 19 to 22 of the Securitisation Regulation.

Compare/contrast: Silver Arrow Comp 17, Volkswagen Car Lease No.43, RevoCar 2024-2