-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WswrVC/aB2btZrhfjNIvOiu38mmEU4E1kSKF+KRkhwDbxPUPGu15L5ypXdvijlgf NYiTC+iHF1n4IDFmQgxfxw== 0000007973-98-000006.txt : 19980401 0000007973-98-000006.hdr.sgml : 19980401 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000007973-98-000006 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19971231 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980331 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLEETWOOD CREDIT RECEIVABLES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000871663 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] IRS NUMBER: 330444724 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-86238 FILM NUMBER: 98583300 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 22840 SAVI RANCH PKWY STREET 2: PO BOX 87024 CITY: YORBA LINDA STATE: CA ZIP: 92613 BUSINESS PHONE: 7149213403 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O THE ASSOCIATES STREET 2: 250 E. CARPENTER FREEWAY - 3DAOW CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75062 10-K 1 FORM 10-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004 (Mark One) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the year ended December 31, 1997 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 33-80413 Fleetwood Credit 1997-A Grantor Trust - ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 33-0444724 ---------------- --------------- (State or Other (IRS Employer jurisdiction of Identification No.) incorporation) Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. 22840 Savi Ranch Parkway P.O. Box 87024 Yorba Linda, CA 92886-8724 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) - --------------------------------------------------------------- Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 921-3400 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 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 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---X------ No----------- Trust does not have any voting stock. Trust has not been involved in bankruptcy proceedings during the preceding five years. Trust is not reporting as a corporate issuer. PART I Item 1. Business. Not Applicable. Item 2. Properties. The Fleetwood Credit 1997-A Grantor Trust (the "Trust") was formed and its asset backed certificates (the "Certificates") were issued pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 1, 1997 (the "Agreement"), between Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp., a California corporation, as Seller (the "Seller"), and Fleetwood Credit Corp., a California corporation, as Servicer (the "Servicer") and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee of the Trust (the "Trustee"). The Certificates consist of one class of senior certificates, (the "Class A Certificates") and one class of subordinated certificates, (the "Class B Certificates"). The Class A Certificates represent an undivided ownership interest of ninety-six point five percent (96.5%) of the Trust and the Class B Certificates represent an undivided ownership interest of three point five percent (3.5%) the Trust. The Class B Certificates are subordinate to the Class A Certificates in regard to the right to receive payments in the event of delinquency or default on the Receivables (as defined below). Capitalized terms herein, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings specified in the Agreement. The property of the Trust includes a pool of simple interest retail installment sale contracts (the "Receivables") between dealers (the "Dealers") in new and used recreational vehicles, manufactured primarily by subsidiaries of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., and retail purchasers (the "Obligors"), and all payments due thereunder on or after March 1, 1997 (the "Cutoff Date") other than accrued interest owing on Receivables prior to the Cutoff Date. The Receivables were originated by Dealers and subsequently assigned to the Servicer, and are serviced by the Servicer and evidence the indirect financing made available by the Servicer to the Obligors. The property of the Trust also includes: (i) such amounts as from time to time may be held in an interest bearing trust account established and maintained by the Seller with the Trustee pursuant to the Agreement (the Subordinated Reserve Fund), and the proceeds thereof; (ii) security interests in the financed vehicles and any accessions thereto; (iii) benefits under the subordination of the Class B Certificates and the Servicer Letter of Credit; (iv) any recourse rights of the Seller against Dealers; and (v) the right to proceeds of physical damage, credit life, and disability insurance policies covering the financed vehicles or the Obligors. As of March 1, 1997, the Receivables included in the pool consisted of 5,710 contracts with an aggregate value of $183,011,151.56. As of December 31, 1997, the end of the year of the Trust for which this Form 10-K Annual Report is being filed, there were 4,806 contracts with an aggregate value of $145,388,747.74 outstanding. The change in the aggregate principal balance of the Receivables between March 1, 1997, and December 31, 1997, was due to: (i) scheduled principal payments, made by or on behalf of the Obligors on the Receivables; and (ii) payment in full of 63 Receivables. There were no repurchases of defaulted Receivables pursuant to the Reserve Fund. The net loss on Receivables for the period from March 1, 1997, through December 31, 1997, was $252,106.85. The aggregate amount recovered from sales of repossessed vehicles during the period was $271,707.03. At December 31, 1997, there were fourteen (14) accounts with an aggregate principal balance of $334,999.28 that were 30-59 days delinquent, zero (0) accounts with an aggregate principal balance of $0.00 that were 60-89 days delinquent, and zero (0) account with an aggregate principal balance of $0.00 that was 90 or more days delinquent. The foregoing delinquent balances represent 0.23%, 0.00%, 0.00% respectively, of the outstanding pool balance as of December 31, 1997 (0.187% in total). Item 3. Legal Proceedings. The Registrant knows of no material legal proceedings with respect to the Trust, involving the Trust, the Trustee or the Company, as Servicer of the Receivables, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Trustee's or the Company's servicing duties under the Agreement. Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. No matter was submitted during the period covered by this report to a vote of the Certificateholders. PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters. (a) Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers Inc. have informed the Company that, while they have been prepared to quote prices to institutional investors for the purchase and sale of Certificates, to the best of their knowledge, there have been only limited sporadic quotations for the purchase and sale of Certificates. (b) As of December 31, 1997, there was one (1) Certificateholder of record, Cede & Co. as nominee for the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). (c) Not Applicable. Item 6. Selected Financial Data. Not Applicable. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation. Not Applicable. Item 8. Financial Statement and Supplementary Data. Not Applicable. Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. None. PART III Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant. Not Applicable. Item 11. Executive Compensation. Not Applicable. Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. (a) To the best knowledge of the registrant, as of December 31, 1997, there was one (1) Certificateholder of record for each class of certificates, Cede & Co. as nominee for DTC, whose participating members in aggregate owned of record in excess of five percent (5%) of the interest represented by the certificates, as set forth in the table below. The Registrant has no knowledge of whether any of such participating member of DTC is a "Beneficial owner" ( as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of the Certificates held of record.
Name and Address of Amount and Nature Percent Title of Class Class A of of Certificateholder Certificate Holdings Class A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fleetwood Credit Cede & Co. 176,605 96.500% 1997-A Grantor P.O. Box 20 Certificates Trust 6.64% Bowling Green Station representing Asset Backed New York, NY 10274 $176,605,761.26 Certificates, Class A Fleetwood Credit Cede & Co. 6,405 3.500% 1997-A Grantor P.O. Box 20 Certificates Trust 6.83% Bowling Green Station representing Asset Backed New York, NY 10274 $6,405,390.30 Certificates, Class B Each Certificate represented $1,000 on date of issuance and $794.43 as of December 31, 1997. As of December 31, 1997, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Certificates was $145,388,747.74.
(b) Not Applicable. (c) Not Applicable. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. (a) The Registrant knows of no transaction or series of similar transactions during the period from inception (March 1, 1997) through December 31, 1997, or any currently proposed transaction or series of similar transactions to which the Trustee or the Trust has been or will be a party, involving an amount exceeding $60,000 and in which any Certificateholder or any beneficial owner, in either case, who owns more than five percent of the interest represented by the Certificates, or any member of the immediate family of any Certificateholder of beneficial owner, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. (b) Not Applicable. (c) Not Applicable. PART IV Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K. (a) The attached report of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. regarding the servicing activities of the Company, prepared pursuant to ARTICLE XIII, Section 13.11. of the Standard Terms and Conditions of the Agreement, is filed as Exhibit 99. (b) In its request for a no-action letter (which letter was issued by the Commission on September 19, 1991), Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. on behalf of the Registrant, proposed to include herein as an exhibit the Annual Report required to be issued following the end of each calendar year by the Trustee regarding distributions made to Certificateholders in the prior year. The Registrant files herewith as Exhibit 19.2 the Trustee's Report for December 1997 as part of the annual report for the calendar year 1997 pursuant to ARTICLE XIV, Section 14.11 of the Standard Terms and Conditions of the Agreement is filed as part of this Report. (c) Servicer's Certificate for December 1997 is filed as Exhibit 19.1. 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. Fleetwood Credit 1997-A Grantor Trust By: FLEETWOOD CREDIT CORP., as Servicer Date: March 31, 1998 By: /s/ Marvin T. Runyon,III Name: Marvin T. Runyon, III Title: Senior Vice President INDEX TO EXHIBITS
SEQUENTIALLY EXHIBIT NUMBERED NUMBER EXHIBIT PAGE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19.1 Servicer's Certificate for December, 1997 19.2 Trustee's Report 99 Report of Independent Public Accountants
EX-19.1 2 SERVICER'S CERTIFICATE EXHIBIT 19.1 Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997 Principal and Interest Collections Beginning Pool Balance (1) $ 147,679,131.38 Beginning Pool Factor [(1)/$ 183,011,151.56] (2) 0.8069406 Principal Collected (3) $ 2,152,112.81 Interest Collected (4) $ 1,206,650.88 Less: Accrued Interest Prior to Cut Off Date (5) 787,673.01 Less: Additional Purchased Accrued Interest (5a) 0.00 Plus: Purchased Accrued Interest - End of Collection Period (6) 759,745.15 Net decrease/(increase) in Purchased Accrued Interest [(5)+(5a)-(6)] (7) $ 27,927.86 Plus: "Non-Reimbursable Interest Payment" (8) 7,057.22 Total Interest Received [(4)-(5)-(5a)+(6)+(8)] (9) $ 1,185,780.24 Additional Deposits (i) Repurchase Amounts (10) 0.00 (ii) Liquidation Proceeds (11) 89,966.75 (iii) Yield Supplement Deposit Amount (12) 0.00 Total Additional Deposits [(10)+(11)+(12)] (13) $ 89,966.75 Total Available Funds [(3)+(9)+(13)] (14) $ 3,427,859.80 Defaulted Receivable Principal Balance [(A1)] (15) $ 138,270.83 Ending Pool Balance [(1)-(3)-(15)] (16) $ 145,388,747.74 Ending Pool Factor [(16)/$ 183,011,151.56] (17) 0.7944256 /TABLE Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997
Distributions: Class A Class B Total Class Percentage 96.5% 3.5% 100% Pool Factor (Ending Pool Balance) 0.7944256 0.7944256 0.7944256 Class Coupon 6.64% 6.83% December Beginning Pool Balance [(1)] $142,510,361.78 $5,168,769.60 $147,679,131.38 December Ending Pool Balance [(16)] $140,300,141.57 $5,088,606.17 $145,388,747.74 Collected Principal [(3)] $2,076,788.86 $75,323.95 $2,152,112.81 Collected Interest [(9)] $1,144,277.93 $41,502.31 $1,185,780.24 Other Collected Interest [(9a)] $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Additional Deposits [(10)+(11)] $86,817.91 $3,148.84 $89,966.75 Servicing Fee [(1.0%/12)x(1)] ($118,758.63) ($4,307.31) ($123,065.94) Total Available Funds $3,189,126.07 $115,667.79 $3,304,793.86 Payments to Certificateholders: Principal Distributable Amount[(1)-(16)] $2,210,220.21 $80,163.43 $2,290,383.64 Interest Distributable Amount $788,557.34 $29,418.91 $817,976.25 [(1)x(coupon/12)] Total Payments to Certificateholders $2,998,777.55 $109,582.34 $3,108,359.89 Reserve Fund payment $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Amount due Class B but paid to Class A (subordination) $0.00 Class A Interest Carryover Shortfall $0.00 Class A Principal Carryover Shortfall $0.00 Class B Interest Carryover Shortfall $0.00 Class B Principal Carryover Shortfall $0.00 Amounts Remaining in the Certificate Account to be paid to the Seller $190,348.52 $6,085.45 $196,433.97 Memo: Principal Difference ($46,613.44) ($1,690.64) ($48,304.08) Interest Difference $236,961.96 $7,776.09 $244,738.05 Total $190,348.52 $6,085.45 $196,433.97
Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997 Determination of the Servicer Letter of Credit Amount Number of Contracts - End of Month (45) N/A Original number of contracts (46) N/A Percent of Original Contracts remaining [((45)/(46))x100] (47) N/A Original Servicer Letter of Credit Amount (48) $ N/A Revised Servicer Letter of Credit Amount [Lessor of [(48)x(47) or the Beginning Pool Balance (1)] (49) $ N/A Prior Month Servicer Letter of Credit Amount [Previous Month (49)] (50) $ N/A Servicer Letter of Credit Fee (51) $ N/A Yield Supplement Amount Receivables with coupon rates below 7.90% Principal Outstanding (52) $ N/A Number of receivables (53) N/A Interest on the Receivables at their APR (54) $ N/A Interest due on the Receivables at the Pass-Through Rate (55) $ N/A Yield Supplement Amount [(54)-(55)] (56) $ N/A Defaulted Receivables Amount of principal and accrued interest due from Obligors on Defaulted Receivables Principal (A1)$ 138,270.83 Interest (A2) 1,675.35 Expense (A3) 635.00 Total (A) $ 140,581.18 Less: Liquidation Proceeds (B) $ 89,966.75 Realized Loss [(A1)+(A2)-(B)] (C) $ 49,979.43 Cumulative Losses (Including Expenses) (D) $ 252,106.85 Cumulative Loss Percentage [(D)/$183,011,151.56] 0.14% (Less than 1.5% ?) /TABLE Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997
Reconciliation of Reserve Fund Beginning Reserve Fund Balance (57) $ 3,691,978.28 Plus: Excess Amounts from Seller (57a) 196,433.97 Plus: Investment Earnings (57b) 19,459.80 Less: Reserve Fund Payments (58) 0.00 Subtotal Reserve Fund $ 3,907,872.05 Plus: Beginning Negative Carry Balance (58a) 0.00 Plus: Negative Carry Investment Earnings (58b) 0.00 Less: Payment from Negative Carry (58c) 0.00 Ending Negative Carry Balance (58d) 0.00 Reserve Fund Prior to Payments to Seller (59) $ 3,907,872.05 Required Reserve Fund Balance: (Lesser of 1 or 2) (1) Greater of: $3,660,223 or 2.50% of the Ending Pool Balance (Class A and Class B Certificate Balances), but not greater than the Ending Pool Balance (unless the Cumulative Loss Percentage exceeds 1.5%), or (2); (2) (18% - Subordination Fraction) x the Ending Pool Balance NA Required Amount (60) $ 3,660,223.00 Amount of Excess Reserve released [(59)-(60)] (61) $ 247,649.05 (No Release to be made during Pre-funding period) Ending Reserve Fund Balance to be invested(including (62) $ 3,660,223.00 Negative Carry Balance) Reserve Fund Balance as a Percent of the Ending Pool Balance (63) 2.52% Interest Income on Reserve Fund for December, 1997 from First Chicago National Bank (64) $ 19,459.80 Interest Income on Negative Carry Balance for (65) $ 0.00 December, 1997 from First Chicago National Bank /TABLE Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997
Reconciliation of Net Payment to the Trustee Available Funds $ 3,427,859.80 Servicing Fees ($123,065.94) Total Available Funds $ 3,304,793.86 Total payments to Class A $ 2,998,777.55 Total payments to Class B $ 109,582.34 Reserve Fund: Excess from Seller [(57a)] $ 196,433.97 Reserve Fund Payments [(58)] $ 0.00 Gross payment to the Trustee $ 3,304,793.86 Amounts Held by Trustee: Less: Amount released from Reserve Fund in excess of $3,660,223 (Net of Reserve Fund payment) $ 247,649.05 Less: Balance of Prefunded Account payable to Certificateholders N/A Less: Amount paid from Negative Carry Balance [(58c)] N/A Less: Amount paid from Pre-Funded Amount Earnings [(72)] N/A Total Other Collected Interest (9a) N/A Total Amount Held by Trustee $ 247,649.05 Net payment to the Trustee $ 3,057,144.81 Reconciliation of Pre-Funding Account Beginning Pre-Funded Amount (70) N/A [Prior Month (74)] Less: Amount applied to the purchase of Subsequent Receivables (71) N/A Plus: Earnings on Pre-Funded Amount (72) N/A Less: Payment of Earnings (73) N/A Ending Pre-Funding Amount (74) N/A Account Activity Number of Accounts - Beginning of Month 4,869 Less: Account Paid Off / Repurchased 63 Plus: Accounts in Collateral Addition 0 Number of Accounts - End of Month 4,806 Non-Accrual Accounts - End of Month Number of Non-Accrual Accounts 7 Aggregate Principal Balance Outstanding $271,707.03
Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp. FLEETWOOD CREDIT 1997-A GRANTOR TRUST Servicer's Certificate For the Month of December, 1997
Delinquent Accounts Period of Delinquency Units Amount Percent of Pool 30 - 59 days 14 $334,999.28 0.23% 60 - 89 days 0 0.00 0.00% 90 days or more 0 0.00 0.00% Total 14 $334,999.28 0.23% (A) Repossession Inventory 7 $271,707.03 0.187% (B)
Delinquency Percentage Quarter OCT NOV DEC Total (Avg) 90 days or more (000) $ 92.9 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 31.0 Repossession Inventory (000) $200.1 $224.7 $335.0 $253.3 Total $293.0 $224.7 $335.0 $284.2(A) Ending Pool Balance (mils) $150.7 $147.7 $145.4 $147.9(B) Delinquency Percentage (A)/(B) 0.19%
Realized Loss Analysis Quarter OCT NOV DEC Total Realized Losses/(Recoveries)(X) [(A1+(A2)-(B)] (000) $ 50.4 $ 24.1 $ 50.0 $124.5(Sum) Beginning Pool Balance(mils)(Y) $156.0 $150.7 $147.7 $151.5(Avg) Realized Loss Percentage (Less than 1.5%?) [((X)/(Y))*4] 0.33% Realized Losses Since Inception $ 247,386.55 (less than $2,745,168 ?) Change in Realized Losses $ 49,979.43
Proceeds from Insurance and Dealer Repurchases Proceeds received during the month from physical damage insurance $0.00 Proceeds received during the month from Dealer repurchase obligations relating to Defaulted Receivables $0.00
EX-19.2 3 REPORT OF TRUSTEE [LOGO] FIRST CHICAGO NBD January 31, 1998 To the Holders of: Fleetwood Credit 1997-A Grantor Trust 6.83% Asset-Backed Certificates, Class A The following information is being provided to you for the calendar year 1997 pursuant to Section 14.10 of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Agreement. Detailed below are the monthly payment factors (per $1,000 of original issuance) for interest, principal, and fees and compensation paid to the Servicer. This information can be utilized for preparation of federal income tax returns. Should you have any further questions regarding the use of this information, please consult your tax counsel.
Fees and Compensation Interest Principal Paid to Servicer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 5.533333 17.976343 0.833334 May 5.433864 27.642561 0.818353 June 5.280909 18.473922 0.795318 July 5.178686 25.254008 0.779923 August 5.038948 19.890089 0.758878 September 4.928889 17.308355 0.742303 October 4.833116 20.798058 0.727879 November 4.718034 28.975966 0.710547 December 4.557700 16.740084 0.686400
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO as Trustee EXHIBIT 19.2 [LOGO] FIRST CHICAGO NBD January 31, 1998 To the Holders of: Fleetwood Credit 1997-A Grantor Trust 6.83% Asset-Backed Certificates, Class B The following information is being provided to you for the calendar year 1997 pursuant to Section 14.10 of the Standard Terms and Conditions of Agreement. Detailed below are the monthly payment factors (per $1,000 of original issuance) for interest, principal, and fees and compensation paid to the Servicer. This information can be utilized for preparation of federal income tax returns. Should you have any further questions regarding the use of this information, please consult your tax counsel.
Fees and Compensation Interest Principal Paid to Servicer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 5.691667 17.976343 0.833334 May 5.589352 27.642561 0.818353 June 5.432019 18.473922 0.795318 July 5.326871 25.254008 0.779923 August 5.183135 19.890089 0.758878 September 5.069927 17.308355 0.742303 October 4.971413 20.798058 0.727879 November 4.853038 28.975966 0.710547 December 4.688116 16.740084 0.686400
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO as Trustee EX-99 4 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS EXHIBIT 99 [LOGO] REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Directors of Associates First Capital Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago as Trustee: We have audited, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the consolidated balance sheet of Associates First Capital Corporation as of December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended, have issued our report thereon dated January 20, 1998. In connection with our audit, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that there were any exceptions or errors in the records relating to receivables serviced for others by Fleetwood Credit Corp. ("Fleetwood) as Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 1997, among Fleetwood, as Servicer, Fleetwood Credit Receivables Corp., as Seller, and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, and the Fleetwood Credit Grantor Trust Standard Terms and Conditions of Agreement (Senior/Subordinated) effective March 1, 1997, incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the "Agreement"),insofar as such exceptions or errors related to accounting matters. However, our audit was not directed primarily toward obtaining knowledge of such exceptions or errors. We are independent with respect to the Associates First Capital Corporation and Fleetwood under Rule 101 of the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and its interpretations. This report, issued pursuant to Section 13.11 of the Agreement, is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Directors and management of Associates First Capital Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago and should not be used for any other purpose. Dallas, Texas January 20, 1998 /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----