UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 |
For
the fiscal year ended December
31, 2004
Commission
File No. 333-103949
CATERPILLAR
FINANCIAL FUNDING CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada |
88-0342613 |
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(State
of incorporation) |
(IRS
Employer Identification Number) |
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Greenview
Plaza
4040
South Eastern Ave. Suite 344
Las
Vegas, Nevada |
89119 |
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(Address
of principal executive offices) |
(Zip
Code) |
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code:
(702) 735-2514
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
The
Registrant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation and meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a)
and (b) of Form 10-K, and is therefore filing this form with the reduced
disclosure format.
Indicate
by a 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 for such 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 o
Indicate
by a check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best
of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K.
Not
applicable x
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Act).
Yes
o
No x
At
December 31, 2004, one share of common stock of the Registrant was outstanding,
which is owned by Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation.
PART
I.
Item
2. Properties
Caterpillar
Financial Asset Trust 2004-A (the "Trust") is a trust established under the laws
of the State of Delaware by the Trust Agreement dated May 25, 2004 (the "Trust
Agreement") between Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation (the "Seller") and
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, acting thereunder not in its
individual capacity but solely as owner trustee of the Trust. Caterpillar
Financial Services Corporation (the "Servicer") is the Servicer under a Sale and
Servicing Agreement dated May 1, 2004 among the Servicer, the Seller, and the
Trust. On May 25, 2004, the Trust issued:
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Asset
Backed Certificates (the “Certificates”): |
$
9,881,297 aggregate principal amount
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Asset
Backed Notes (the “Notes”): |
$
183,400,000 aggregate principal amount of Class A-1 1.3704%
$
164,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Class A-2 2.18%
$
283,300,000 aggregate principal amount of Class A-3 3.13%
$
18,161,000 aggregate principal amount of Class B 3.71%
The
Certificates evidence fractional undivided interests in the Trust. The Seller
retained the entire principal amount of the Certificates. The Notes evidence
debt obligations of the Trust.
The
property of the Trust includes (i) equipment retail installment sale contracts
and finance lease contracts secured by new and used machinery manufactured
primarily by Caterpillar Inc. or its affiliate Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift
America Inc. (the "Financed Equipment"), including rights to receive certain
payments made with respect to such contracts sold to the Trust by the Seller,
(collectively the "Receivables"), (ii) all monies (including accrued interest)
due or received thereunder on or after the applicable cutoff date, (iii)
security interests in the Financed Equipment and certain other
cross-collateralized equipment, (iv) such amounts as from time to time may be
held in one or more accounts established and maintained by the Servicer pursuant
to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the Trust Agreement and the short-term
investments made from those collections, (v) the rights to proceeds from claims
on physical damage, credit life, or disability insurance policies, if any,
covering the Financed Equipment or the obligors on the Receivables, as the case
may be, (vi) the proceeds of any repossessed Financed Equipment, (vii) the
rights of the Seller under the related Purchase Agreement between the Servicer
and the Seller, (viii) the interest of the Seller in any proceeds from recourse
to dealers on such receivables, (ix) interest earned on short-term investments
made by the Trust, and (x) any proceeds of the foregoing.
As of
December 31, 2004, the end of the fiscal year of the Trust for which this Form
10-K annual report is being filed, the aggregate principal balance of the
Receivables remaining in the Trust was approximately $488,346,743.
For
additional information regarding principal and interest payments in respect to
the Certificates and the Notes and information regarding servicing compensation
and other fees paid by the Trust during the year ending December 31, 2004, refer
to Exhibits 99.1 - 99.4.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
The
Registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedings involving either the
Trust property, Trustee, Seller, or Servicer in respect of the
Trust.
PART
II.
Item
5. Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and
Issuer Purchases of
Equity
Securities
| (a) |
To
the best knowledge of the Registrant, there is no established public
market for the Certificates. |
| (b) |
As
of December 31, 2004, the Seller was the sole Certificateholder of
record. |
PART
III.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Caterpillar
Financial Funding Corporation, the Seller, Depositor and sole Certificateholder
of record, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation, the Servicer and Administrator for the Trust. The aggregate
servicing fees and administration fees paid by the Trust to Caterpillar
Financial Services Corporation during the fiscal year are set forth in Exhibit
99.3.
PART
IV.
Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
The
following documents are filed as part of this report:
Supplemental
information to be furnished with reports filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Act by Registrants which have not registered Securities pursuant to Section 12
of the Act.
No Annual
report, proxy statement, form of proxy, or other proxy soliciting material has
been sent to Certificateholders, and the Registrant does not presently
contemplate sending any such materials subsequent to the filing of this
report.
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.
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Caterpillar
Financial Funding Corporation |
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(Registrant) |
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Dated:
March 29, 2005 |
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By: |
/s/
Steven R. Elsesser |
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Steven
R. Elsesser, Chief Financial Officer |
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Dated:
March 29, 2005 |
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By: |
/s/
James A. Duensing |
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James
A. Duensing, Treasurer |