UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  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):  April 16, 2024
 
VERIZON MASTER TRUST
(Exact name of Issuing Entity as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 333-253034-01
Central Index Key: 0001844964
 
VERIZON ABS II LLC
(Exact name of Depositor/Registrant as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key: 0001836995
                                                                                                                          
Delaware
 
333-253034
 
23-2259884
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of Registrant)
 
(Commission File Number of Registrant)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No. of Registrant)

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of Sponsor as specified in its charter)
Central Index Key: 0001175215

One Verizon Way
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
 
07920
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 395-1000
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
Not applicable
 
Not applicable
 
Not applicable

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company    [   ]

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.
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Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On April 16, 2024, Verizon Master Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Cellco”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., acting on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, for the sale of certain notes of Series 2024-3.  On or about April 23, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Trust will issue the following classes of notes in the following amounts: (i) Class A-1a Asset-Backed Notes with an initial note balance of $604,635,000; (ii) Class A-1b Asset-Backed Notes with an initial note balance of $175,000,000; (iii) Class B Asset-Backed Notes with an initial note balance of $59,605,000; and (iv) Class C Asset-Backed Notes with an initial note balance of $35,760,000 (collectively, the “Notes”).  Attached as Exhibit 1.1 is the Underwriting Agreement.
 

Item 8.01
Other Events.

On the Closing Date, (a) the Trust, as issuer, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”) and note paying agent, will enter into an Indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Trust will issue the Notes; (b) the Trust, as grantor, the Indenture Trustee, as secured party, and U.S. Bank National Association, as financial institution, will enter into a Series 2024-3 Account Control Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Series 2024-3 Account Control Agreement”), related to the pledge and grant of “control” (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the Closing Date in New York) of certain accounts related to Series 2024-3 to the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Notes; and (c) the Trust, Cellco, as servicer, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as asset representations reviewer, will enter into a Second Amended and Restated Asset Representations Review Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Second Amended and Restated Asset Representations Review Agreement”).
 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to satisfy an undertaking to file copies of certain agreements to be executed in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the forms of which were filed as exhibits to the related registration statement.  Attached as Exhibit 4.2 is the form of the Indenture, as Exhibit 10.7 is the form of the Series 2024-3 Account Control Agreement, and as Exhibit 10.9 is the form of the Second Amended and Restated Asset Representations Review Agreement.
 
In connection with the offering of the Notes, the chief executive officer of the registrant has made the certifications required by Paragraph I.B.1(a) of Form SF-3. The certifications are included in the Depositor Certification attached as Exhibit 36.1, which is being filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K in order to satisfy the requirements of Item 601(b)(36) of Regulation S-K.
 
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(a)
Not applicable.


(b)
Not applicable.


(c)
Not applicable.


(d)
Exhibits:


Exhibit No.
Description


1.1


4.1*


4.2


10.1*



10.2*


10.3*


10.4*


10.5*


10.6*


10.7


10.8*


10.9


36.1


99.1**


99.2***



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* Previously filed on Form 8-K on May 25, 2021.
** Previously filed on Form 8-K on November 4, 2021.
*** Previously filed on Form 8-K on August 11, 2022.

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.
 

 
VERIZON ABS II LLC
       
       
 
By:   
/s/ Kee Chan Sin
   
Name:  
Kee Chan Sin
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer


Date:  April 18, 2024
 

ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

INDENTURE

SERIES 2024-3 ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEW AGREEMENT

DEPOSITOR CERTIFICATION