---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-26-001523"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001126530"
company_name: "BMW AUTO LEASING LLC"
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:42:37.916370+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BMW securitization trust to issue $1.5B in asset-backed notes on April 22

## Summary
- BMW Vehicle Lease Trust 2026-1 to issue $1.5B in asset-backed notes across five classes.
- Classes: A-1 ($249.6M), A-2a ($490.2M), A-2b ($90M), A-3 ($580.2M), A-4 ($90M).
- Underwriting agreement dated April 14, 2026; closing date April 22, 2026.
- Notes backed by BMW lease contracts; proceeds support BMW Financial Services operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-26-001523
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001126530
- company_name: BMW AUTO LEASING LLC
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126530/000092963826001523/0000929638-26-001523-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126530/000092963826001523/bmw2026-1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-26-001523
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-26-001523.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-26-001523.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 7cd51cff8848a1ac67395dbe01fa07d8e2102266
  claim: BMW AUTO LEASING LLC entered into Underwriting Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC valued at $249,600,000; $490,200,000; $90,000,000; $580,200,000; $90,000,000 (effective 2026-04-14).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 14, 2026, BMW Auto Leasing LLC (“BMW LLC”) and BMW Financial Services NA, LLC (“BMW FS”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and as a representative of the several underwriters named therein, for the sale of certain notes of BMW Vehicle Lease Trust 2026-1
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126530/000092963826001523/0000929638-26-001523-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.