Document:

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                                                                     Exhibit 4.1

                       Indenture dated as of July 1, 2001

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                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A

                     Class A-1 3.74% Asset Backed Notes and

                       Class A-2 4.11% Asset Backed Notes

                       Class A-3 4.85% Asset Backed Notes

                        Class B 5.72% Asset Backed Notes

                                    INDENTURE

                            Dated as of July 1, 2001

                         BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                Indenture Trustee

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                 RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE
                     ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE PROVISIONS*

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                        Trust Indenture Act Section                      Indenture Section
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          310(a)(1).........................................                    6.11
             (a)(2).........................................                    6.11
             (a)(3).........................................                    6.10
             (a)(4).........................................               Not Applicable
             (b)............................................                 6.08(a)(1)
             (c)............................................               Not Applicable
          311(a)............................................                    6.12
             (b)............................................                    6.12
          312(a)............................................                  7.01(a)
             (b)............................................                  7.02(b)
             (c)............................................                  7.02(c)
          313(a)............................................                    7.04
             (b)............................................                    7.04
             (c)............................................                    7.04
             (d)............................................                    7.04
          314(a)............................................               3.09, 7.03(a)
             (b)............................................                    3.06
             (c)(1).........................................               2.09, 8.04(b)
             (c)(2).........................................          2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
             (c)(3).........................................          2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
             (d)(1).........................................          2.09, 8.04(b), 11.01(a)
             (d)(2).........................................               Not Applicable
             (d)(3).........................................               Not Applicable
             (e)............................................                  11.01(a)
          315(a)............................................                  6.01(b)
             (b)............................................                    6.05
             (c)............................................                  6.01(b)
             (d)............................................                  6.01(b)
             (d)(1).........................................                  6.01(b)
             (d)(2).........................................                  6.01(c)
             (d)(3).........................................                  6.01(c)
             (e)............................................                    5.13
          316(a)(1)(A)......................................                    5.11
          316(a)(1)(B)......................................                    5.12
          316(a)(2).........................................               Not Applicable
          316(b)............................................                    5.07
          317(a)(1).........................................                    5.03
          317(a)(2).........................................                    5.03
          317(b)............................................                    5.03
          318(a)............................................                   11.07
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* This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part
  of the within indenture.

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ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.................................3

        SECTION 1.01.  (a) Definitions.................................................3

        SECTION 1.02.  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act..............11

        SECTION 1.03.  Calculations of Interest.......................................11

ARTICLE II   THE NOTES................................................................12

        SECTION 2.01.  Form...........................................................12

        SECTION 2.02.  Execution, Authentication and Delivery.........................12

        SECTION 2.03.  Temporary Notes................................................13

        SECTION 2.04.  Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange............13

        SECTION 2.05.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.....................14

        SECTION 2.06.  Persons Deemed Owner...........................................15

        SECTION 2.07.  Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest..........15

        SECTION 2.08.  Cancellation...................................................16

        SECTION 2.09.  Release of Collateral..........................................16

        SECTION 2.10.  Book-Entry Notes...............................................16

        SECTION 2.11.  Notices to Clearing Agency.....................................17

        SECTION 2.12.  Definitive Notes...............................................17

        SECTION 2.13.  Representations and Covenants by Noteholders and Note
                       Owners.........................................................18

ARTICLE III   COVENANTS...............................................................18

        SECTION 3.01.  Payment of Principal and Interest..............................18

        SECTION 3.02.  Maintenance of Office or Agency................................19

        SECTION 3.03.  Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust.........................19

        SECTION 3.04.  Existence......................................................20

        SECTION 3.05.  Protection of Trust Estate.....................................20

        SECTION 3.06.  Opinions as to Trust Estate....................................21

        SECTION 3.07.  Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables...........21

        SECTION 3.08.  Negative Covenants.............................................23

        SECTION 3.09.  Statements as to Compliance....................................24

        SECTION 3.10.  Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms............24

        SECTION 3.11.  Successor or Transferee........................................26

        SECTION 3.12.  No Other Business..............................................26

        SECTION 3.13.  No Borrowing...................................................26
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        SECTION 3.14.  Servicer's Obligations.........................................26

        SECTION 3.15.  Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities..............26

        SECTION 3.16.  Capital Expenditures...........................................26

        SECTION 3.17.  Removal of Administrator.......................................27

        SECTION 3.18.  Restricted Payments............................................27

        SECTION 3.19.  Notice of Events of Default....................................27

        SECTION 3.20.  Further Instruments and Acts...................................27

ARTICLE IV   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE...............................................27

        SECTION 4.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture........................27

        SECTION 4.02.  Application of Trust Money.....................................28

        SECTION 4.03.  Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.......................29

ARTICLE V   REMEDIES..................................................................29

        SECTION 5.01.  Events of Default..............................................29

        SECTION 5.02.  Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.............30

        SECTION 5.03.  Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
                       Indenture Trustee..............................................31

        SECTION 5.04.  Remedies; Priorities...........................................33

        SECTION 5.05.  Optional Preservation of the Receivables.......................34

        SECTION 5.06.  Limitation of Suits............................................35

        SECTION 5.07.  Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal
                       and Interest...................................................35

        SECTION 5.08.  Restoration of Rights and Remedies.............................36

        SECTION 5.09.  Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................36

        SECTION 5.10.  Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.................................36

        SECTION 5.11.  Control by Noteholders.........................................36

        SECTION 5.12.  Waiver of Past Defaults........................................37

        SECTION 5.13.  Undertaking for Costs..........................................37

        SECTION 5.14.  Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws...............................37

        SECTION 5.15.  Action on Notes................................................38

        SECTION 5.16.  Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations.............38

ARTICLE VI   THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE....................................................39

        SECTION 6.01.  Duties of Indenture Trustee....................................39

        SECTION 6.02.  Rights of Indenture Trustee....................................40
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        SECTION 6.03.  Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee.........................40

        SECTION 6.04.  Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer.................................41

        SECTION 6.05.  Notice of Defaults.............................................41

        SECTION 6.06.  Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders........................41

        SECTION 6.07.  Compensation and Indemnity.....................................41

        SECTION 6.08.  Replacement of Indenture Trustee...............................42

        SECTION 6.09.  Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger..........................43

        SECTION 6.10.  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee........43

        SECTION 6.11.  Eligibility; Disqualification..................................44

        SECTION 6.12.  Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer...............45

        SECTION 6.13.  Appointment of Custodians......................................45

ARTICLE VII   NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS..........................................45

        SECTION 7.01.  Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses
                       of Noteholders.................................................45

        SECTION 7.02.  Preservation of Information; Communications to Noteholders.....45

        SECTION 7.03.  Reports by Issuer..............................................46

        SECTION 7.04.  Reports by Indenture Trustee...................................46

ARTICLE VIII   ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES...................................46

        SECTION 8.01.  Collection of Money............................................46

        SECTION 8.02.  Trust Accounts.................................................47

        SECTION 8.03.  General Provisions Regarding Accounts..........................47

        SECTION 8.04.  Release of Trust Estate........................................48

        SECTION 8.05.  Opinion of Counsel.............................................48

ARTICLE IX   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES..................................................48

        SECTION 9.01.  Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.........48

        SECTION 9.02.  Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders............50

        SECTION 9.03.  Execution of Supplemental Indentures...........................51

        SECTION 9.04.  Effect of Supplemental Indenture...............................51

        SECTION 9.05.  Conformity With Trust Indenture Act............................51

        SECTION 9.06.  Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures..................52

ARTICLE X   REDEMPTION OF NOTES.......................................................52

        SECTION 10.01. Redemption.....................................................52
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        SECTION 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice......................................52

        SECTION 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date...............................53

ARTICLE XI   MISCELLANEOUS............................................................53

        SECTION 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions etc.......................53

        SECTION 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee...............55

        SECTION 11.03. Acts of Noteholders............................................55

        SECTION 11.04. Notices, etc. to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating
                       Agencies.......................................................56

        SECTION 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver.................................56

        SECTION 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions........................57

        SECTION 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..............................57

        SECTION 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......................57

        SECTION 11.09. Successors and Assigns.........................................57

        SECTION 11.10. Separability...................................................57

        SECTION 11.11. Benefits of Indenture..........................................58

        SECTION 11.12. Legal Holidays.................................................58

        SECTION 11.13. GOVERNING LAW..................................................58

        SECTION 11.14. Counterparts...................................................58

        SECTION 11.15. Recording of Indenture.........................................58

        SECTION 11.16. Trust Obligation...............................................58

        SECTION 11.17. No Petition....................................................59

        SECTION 11.18. Inspection.....................................................59

        EXHIBITS

        EXHIBIT A - Schedule of Receivables..........................................A-1
        EXHIBIT B - Form of Class A Note.............................................B-1
        EXHIBIT C - Form of Class B Note.............................................C-1
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        This INDENTURE dated as of July 1, 2001, is hereby executed by and
between CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A, a Delaware business trust (the
"Issuer" or the "Trust"), and BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee and not
in its individual capacity (the "Indenture Trustee").

        Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the benefit of the Holders of the Issuer's Class A-1 3.74% Asset Backed Notes,
Class A-2 4.11% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3 4.85% Asset Backed Notes
(collectively, the "Class A Notes") and the Class B 5.72% Asset Backed Notes
(the "Class B Notes", and together with the Class A Notes, the "Notes") as
provided in this Indenture:

                                 GRANTING CLAUSE

        The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date,
as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, all of the
Issuer's right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in,
to and under (a) the Receivables and all obligations of the Obligors thereunder,
including all moneys (including accrued interest) due thereon on or after the
Cut-off Date; (b) the security interests in the Transaction Equipment granted by
Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Issuer in the
Transaction Equipment; including any Liquidation Proceeds; (c) any proceeds with
respect to the Receivables from claims on any physical damage, credit life,
liability and/or disability insurance policies covering Financed Equipment or
Obligors; (d) the Purchase Agreement, including the right assigned to the Issuer
to cause CFSC to repurchase Receivables from the Seller under certain
circumstances described therein; (e) the Trust Account Property, including all
money on deposit from time to time in the Trust Accounts, including the Reserve
Account Initial Deposit, and in all investments and all income from the
investment of funds therein (including any accrued discount realized on
liquidation of any investment purchased at a discount); (f) the Sale and
Servicing Agreement (including all rights of the Seller under the Purchase
Agreement assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement);
(g) the rights of the Seller in any proceeds from recourse to Dealers on
Receivables or any other amounts owing by Dealers on Receivables; (h) any
proceeds of repossessed or returned Transaction Equipment; and (i) all present
and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any or all
of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and
nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all
proceeds, products, rents, receipts or profits of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, into cash or other property, all cash and non-cash proceeds,
accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, general intangibles, documents,
money, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, advices of credit, goods,
investment property, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts,
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind
and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property
consisting of, arising from or relating to all or any part of any of the
foregoing or any proceeds thereof (collectively, the "Collateral").

        The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure the payment of principal
of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes,
ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and to secure compliance
with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture.

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        The Indenture Trustee, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Notes, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its
duties as required in this Indenture.

        In connection with the foregoing Grant, the Issuer makes the following
representations and warranties as to the Collateral to the Indenture Trustee.
Such representations and warranties speak of the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.

        (a) Title. The Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the
Collateral free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person.

        (b) Priority. Other than the Security Interest granted to the Indenture
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral. The
Issuer has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing
statements against the Issuer that include a description of collateral covering
the Collateral other than any financing statement relating to the security
interest granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder or that has been terminated.
The Issuer is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
None of the Contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables has any marks
or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed
to any Person other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

        (c) Security Interest. This Indenture creates a valid and continuing
security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Collateral in favor of the
Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is
enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.

        (d) Characterization of Collateral. The Collateral constitutes either
"tangible chattel paper," "accounts" or "general intangibles" within the meaning
of the UCC.

        (e) All Actions Taken. All original executed copies of each Contract
that constitute or evidence the Receivables have been delivered to the
Custodian. The Issuer has received a written acknowledgment from the Custodian
that the Custodian is holding the Contracts that constitute or evidence the
Receivables solely on behalf and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee. The
Issuer has caused or will have caused, within ten days of the Closing Date, the
filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in
the appropriate jurisdiction under applicable law in order to perfect the
security interest in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder.

        (f) Perfection of Security Interest in Financed Equipment. The Issuer
has taken all steps necessary to perfect its security interest against the
Obligors in the property securing the Contracts

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                                    ARTICLE I

                   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

        SECTION 1.01. (a) Definitions. Except as otherwise specified herein or
as the context may otherwise require, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below for all purposes of this Indenture.

        "Act" has the meaning specified in Section 11.03(a).

        "Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as
of July 1, 2001, among the Administrator, the Issuer and the Trustee.

        "Administrator" means CFSC or any successor Administrator under the
Administration Agreement.

        "Affiliate" means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

        "Authorized Officer" means, with respect to the Issuer, any officer of
the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters
relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers,
containing the specimen signature of each such Person, delivered by the Owner
Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter) and, so long as the
Administration Agreement is in effect, any Vice President or more senior officer
of the Administrator who is authorized to act for the Administrator in matters
relating to the Issuer and to be acted upon by the Administrator pursuant to the
Administration Agreement and who is identified on the list of Authorized
Officers (containing the specimen signatures of such officers) delivered by the
Administrator to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date (as such list may be
modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter); provided, however, that
for purposes of Section 3.09 such officer of the Administrator must be any of
the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer.

        "Basic Documents" means the Certificate of Trust, the Trust Agreement,
the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Administration
Agreement, the Depository Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Notes, the
Certificate and other documents and certificates delivered in connection
therewith.

        "Book-Entry Class A Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Class A
Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10.

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        "Book-Entry Class B Notes" means a beneficial interest in the Class B
Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.10.

        "Book-Entry Notes" means the Book-Entry Class A Notes and the Book-Entry
Class B Notes.

        "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions or trust companies in the City of New York, Chicago,
Illinois or Nashville, Tennessee or in such other location as the Corporate
Trust Office may be located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.

        "Certificate" has the meaning assigned to it in the Trust Agreement.

        "Certificate of Trust" means the certificate of trust of the Issuer
substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Trust Agreement.

        "CFSC" means Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors.

        "Class A Noteholders" means the Holders of the Class A-1 Notes, the
Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes.

        "Class A Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Class A Note,
the Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Class A Note, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an
indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).

        "Class A Notes" means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2
Notes and the Class A-3 Notes.

        "Class A-1 Note" means any Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B,
designated therein as a Class A-1 3.74% Asset Backed Note.

        "Class A-2 Note" means any Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B,
designated therein as a Class A-2 4.11% Asset Backed Note.

        "Class A-3 Note" means any Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B,
designated therein as a Class A-3 4.85% Asset Backed Note.

        "Class A-1 Note Interest Rate" means, for any Distribution Date, 3.74%
per annum.

        "Class A-2 Note Interest Rate" means, for any Distribution Date, 4.11%
per annum.

        "Class A-3 Note Interest Rate" means, for any Distribution Date, 4.85%
per annum.

        "Class B Noteholders" means the Holders of the Class B Notes.

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        "Class B Note Owner" means, with respect to a Book-Entry Class B Note,
the Person who is the owner of such Book-Entry Class B Note, as reflected on the
books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account
with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an
indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency).

        "Class B Notes" means any Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit C,
designated therein as a Class B 5.72% Asset Backed Note.

        "Class B Note Interest Rate" means, for any Distribution Date, 5.72% per
annum.

        "Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

        "Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.

        "Closing Date" means July 25, 2001.

        "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

        "Collateral" has the meaning specified in the Granting Clause of this
Indenture.

        "Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Indenture
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office at date of the execution of this Agreement is located
at 1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL1-0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126, Attention:
Corporate Trust Division, except that for purposes of Section 3.02, such term
shall mean the office or agency of the Indenture Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, which office at the date hereof is located at
14 Wall Street, Eighth Floor, New York, New York 10005, or at such other address
as the Indenture Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Noteholders and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Indenture Trustee (the address of which the successor Indenture
Trustee will notify the Noteholders and the Seller); provided, that for the
purposes of Section 3.02, the address of any such office shall be in the Borough
of Manhattan in the City of New York.

        "Default" means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default.

        "Definitive Notes" has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

        "Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Administrator, and The Depository Trust Company, as the
initial Clearing Agency, dated July 24, 2001.

        "Distribution Date" means the 25th day of each calendar month, or, if
any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day,
commencing August 27, 2001.

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        "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

        "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        "Executive Officer" means, with respect to any corporation, the Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President,
Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of
such corporation; and with respect to any partnership, any general partner
thereof.

        "Grant" means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate,
remise, release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a
security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm
pursuant to this Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement
or instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the
obligations) of the Granting party thereunder, including the immediate and
continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal
and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable
thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make
waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring
Proceedings in the name of the Granting party or otherwise and generally to do
and receive anything that the Granting party is or may be entitled to do or
receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

        "Holder" or "Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is
registered on the Note Register.

        "Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time.

        "Indenture Trustee" means Bank One, National Association, a national
banking association, as Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, or any successor
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

        "Independent" means, when used with respect to any specified Person,
that the Person (a) is in fact independent of the Issuer, any other obligor upon
the Notes, the Seller and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons, (b)
does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial
interest in the Issuer, any such other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of
any of the foregoing Persons and (c) is not connected with the Issuer, any such
other obligor, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.

        "Independent Certificate" means a certificate or opinion to be delivered
to the Indenture Trustee under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, made by an
Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by an Issuer Order and approved
by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or
certificate shall state that the signer has read the definition of "Independent"
in this Indenture and that the signer is Independent within the meaning thereof.

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        "Issuer" means Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A or any successor
thereto and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the
TIA, each other obligor on the Notes.

        "Issuer Order" and "Issuer Request" means a written order or request
signed in the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized officers and
delivered to the Indenture Trustee.

        "Monetary Event of Default" means any Event of Default that occurs
pursuant to Section 5.01(i) or 5.01(ii).

        "Net APR" means, with respect to a Receivable, its APR less the
Servicing Fee Rate.

        "Non-Monetary Event of Default" means any Event of Default which is not
a Monetary Event of Default.

        "Note Interest Rate" means the Class A-1 Note Interest, the Class A-2
Note Interest Rate, the Class A-3 Note Interest Rate of the Class B Note
Interest Rate, as applicable.

        "Note Owner" means a Class A Note Owner and a Class B Note Owner, as
applicable.

        "Note Register" and "Note Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 2.04.

        "Notes" means, collectively, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes,
the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes.

        "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by any Authorized
Officer of the Issuer, under the circumstances described in, and otherwise
complying with, the applicable requirements of Section 11.01, and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee. Unless otherwise specified, any reference in this
Indenture to an Officer's Certificate shall be to an Officer's Certificate of
any Authorized Officer of the Issuer.

        "Opinion of Counsel" means one or more written opinions of counsel who
may, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, be employees of
or counsel to CFSC and who shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, and
which opinion or opinions shall be addressed to the Indenture Trustee as
Indenture Trustee, shall comply with any applicable requirements of Section
11.01, and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee.

        "Outstanding" means, as of the date of determination, all Notes
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture except:

               (i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Note Registrar or
        delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation;

               (ii) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the
        necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture
        Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes
        (provided, however, that if such Notes are to be

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        redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
        Indenture or provision therefor, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
        has been made); and

               (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have
        been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture unless proof
        satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes
        are held by a protected purchaser;

provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding
Principal Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic Document,
Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Seller or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that the Indenture Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded; provided, further, that (i) at any time following
an Event of Default, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or under any Basic
Document, and (ii) at any time following a Servicer Default, in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite Outstanding Principal Amount may terminate
all the rights and obligations of the Servicer or waive any Servicer Default to
the extent set forth in Section 8.01 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the
Class B Notes shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding unless no
Class A Notes are Outstanding. Notes owned by the Issuer, any other obligor upon
the Notes, the Seller or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons that have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not any such person.

        "Outstanding Principal Amount" means the aggregate principal amount of
all Notes, or a class of Notes, as applicable, Outstanding at the date of
determination.

        "Owner Trustee" means Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, a
Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner
Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or any successor Owner Trustee under the
Trust Agreement.

        "Paying Agent" means the Indenture Trustee or any Person that meets the
eligibility standards for the Indenture Trustee specified in Section 6.11 and is
authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the
Collection Account and the Note Distribution Account, including payment of
principal of or interest on the Notes on behalf of the Issuer.

        "Person" means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

        "Plan" means any employee benefit plan or other plan or arrangement,
including an individual retirement account or annuity, Keough plan or collective
investment fund or insurance company general or separate account in which such
plans, accounts or arrangements are

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invested, that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility and prohibited
transaction provisions of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code.

        "Plan Assets" mean assets that are treated as "plan assets" of any Plan
for purposes of applying Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.

        "Predecessor Note" means, with respect to any particular Note, every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note
authenticated and delivered under Section 2.05 in lieu of a mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

        "Proceeding" means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial
or administrative proceeding.

        "Rating Agency" means Moody's and Standard & Poor's. If no such
organization or successor is any longer in existence, "Rating Agency" shall be a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or other comparable Person
designated by the Issuer, notice of which designation shall be given to the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Servicer.

        "Rating Agency Condition" means, with respect to any action, that each
Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days prior notice thereof and that each
of the Rating Agencies shall have notified the Seller, the Servicer and the
Issuer in writing that such action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal
of the then current rating of any Class of the Notes.

        "Record Date" means, with respect to a Distribution Date or Redemption
Date, (i) if the Notes are held in book-entry form, the close of business on the
calendar day immediately preceding such Distribution Date or Redemption Date or
(ii) if the Notes are held in definitive form, the last calendar day of the
month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date or Redemption Date
occurs.

        "Redemption Date" means the Distribution Date specified by the Servicer
or the Issuer pursuant to Section 10.01.

        "Redemption Price" means in the case of a redemption of the Class A-3
Notes and the Class B Notes pursuant to Section 10.01, (i) with respect to the
Class A-3 Notes, an amount equal to the unpaid amount of the Class A-3 Notes
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Class A-3 Note Interest
Rate to but excluding the Redemption Date, and (ii) with respect to the Class B
Notes, an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Class B Notes
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Class B Note Interest
Rate, to but excluding the Redemption Date.

        "Registered Holder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered
in the Note Register on the applicable Record Date.

        "Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Indenture Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee, including
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, Secretary,
Assistant Secretary, or any other officer of the Indenture

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Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

        "Sale and Servicing Agreement" means the Sale and Servicing Agreement
dated as of July 1, 2001, among the Issuer, the Seller and the Servicer.

        "Schedule Of Receivables" means the listing of the Receivables set forth
in Exhibit A (which exhibit may be in the form of microfiche).

        "State" means any one of the 50 states of the United States of America
or the District of Columbia.

        "Successor Servicer" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(e).

        "Trust" means Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A.

        "Trust Agreement" means the Trust Agreement, as amended and restated as
of July 1, 2001, between the Seller and the Owner Trustee.

        "Trust Estate" means all money, instruments, rights and other property
that are subject or intended to be subject to the lien and security interest of
this Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders (including, without
limitation, all property and interests Granted to the Indenture Trustee),
including all proceeds thereof.

        "Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
in force on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.

        "UCC" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Uniform
Commercial Code, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction, as amended from time
to time.

        "U.S. Person" has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(b).

        (b) Other Definitional Provisions. (1) Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Trust Agreement.

        (2) All terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.

        (3) As used in this Indenture and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in
this Indenture or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting
terms partly defined in this Indenture or in any such certificate or other
document to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to
them under generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that the
definitions of accounting terms in this Indenture or in any such certificate or
other document are

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inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted accounting
principles, the definitions contained in this Indenture or in any such
certificate or other document shall control.

        (4) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder," and words of similar
import when used in this Indenture shall refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Indenture; Section and Exhibit
references contained in this Indenture are references to Sections and Exhibits
in or to this Indenture unless otherwise specified; and the term "including"
shall mean "including without limitation."

        (5) The definitions contained in this Indenture are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well
as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

        SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

        "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        "indenture securities" means the Notes.

        "indenture security holder" means a Noteholder.

        "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.

        "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Indenture
Trustee.

        "obligor" on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other
obligor on the indenture securities.

        All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule have
the meaning assigned to them by such definitions.

        SECTION 1.03. Calculations of Interest. All calculations of interest
made hereunder shall be made, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, on the basis
of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed and with respect to
the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes, on the basis of
a year of 360 days of twelve 30-day months.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                    THE NOTES

        SECTION 2.01. Form. The Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Notes, in
each case together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication,
shall be in substantially the forms set forth in Exhibit B, and the Class B
Notes, together with the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication,
shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C, in each case

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with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing
such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Notes. Any portion of the
text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate
reference thereto on the face of the Note.

        The Definitive Notes shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods (with or without steel
engraved borders), all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

        Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of
the Class A Notes set forth in Exhibit B and the terms of the Class B Notes set
forth in Exhibit C are part of the terms of this Indenture.

        SECTION 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Notes shall be
executed on behalf of the Issuer by any of its Authorized Officers. The
signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Notes may be manual or
facsimile.

        Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were
at any time Authorized Officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold
such offices at the date of such Notes.

        The Indenture Trustee shall, upon written order of the Seller,
authenticate and deliver Class A-1 Notes for original issue in an aggregate
principal amount of $181,448,000, Class A-2 Notes for an original issue in an
aggregate principal amount of $134,000,000, Class A-3 Notes for an original
issue in an aggregate principal amount of $277,687,000 and Class B Notes for an
original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $15,527,000. The aggregate
principal amount of Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes , Class A-3 Notes and Class
B Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amounts, respectively,
except as provided in Section 2.05.

        Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be issuable as registered Notes in the minimum denomination of $1,000 and in
integral multiples thereof.

        No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Indenture Trustee by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.

        SECTION 2.03. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of definitive
Notes, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order the Indenture
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, of the tenor of
the definitive Notes in lieu of which they are issued and with such variations
not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture as the officers executing such
Notes may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

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        If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to
be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer to be
maintained as provided in Section 3.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor, a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

        SECTION 2.04. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
Issuer shall cause to be kept a register (the "Note Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for
the registration of Notes and the registration of transfers of Notes. The
Indenture Trustee shall be the initial "Note Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. Upon any
resignation of any Note Registrar, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor
or, if it elects not to make such an appointment, assume the duties of Note
Registrar.

        If a Person other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer
as Note Registrar, the Issuer will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written
notice of the appointment of such Note Registrar and of the location, and any
change in the location, of the Note Register, and the Indenture Trustee shall
have the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and to
obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to rely
upon a certificate executed on behalf of the Note Registrar by an Executive
Officer thereof as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and
the principal amounts and number of such Notes.

        Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or
agency of the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02, if the
applicable requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met the Issuer shall
execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall
obtain from the Indenture Trustee, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Class in any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.

        At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of
the same class in any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the applicable
requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and the Noteholder shall obtain from the
Indenture Trustee, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.

        Subject to Section 2.13(b), all Notes issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.

        Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the

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Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney
duly authorized in writing, with such signature guaranteed by a commercial bank
or trust company located, or having a correspondent located, in the City of New
York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, by a member
firm of a national securities exchange or by another institution required to be
accepted as a signature guarantor by Rule 17Ad-15 of the Exchange Act, and such
other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require.

        No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.03 or 9.06 not involving any transfer.

        The preceding provisions of this section notwithstanding, the Issuer
shall not be required to make, and the Note Registrar need not register,
transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption or of any Note for a
period of 15 days preceding the due date for any payment with respect to the
Note.

        SECTION 2.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. If (i) any
mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee
receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by it to hold the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, the Note Registrar or
the Indenture Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser,
and provided that the applicable requirements of Article 8 of the UCC are met,
the Issuer shall execute and upon its request the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same class; provided,
however, that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated
Note, shall have become or within seven days shall be due and payable, or shall
have been called for redemption, instead of issuing a replacement Note, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable or
upon the Redemption Date without surrender thereof. If, after the delivery of
such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser of the original
Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such
original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to recover
such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered
or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such
replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a
protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or
indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense
incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

        Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section, the Issuer
may require the payment by the Holder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and
any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Indenture
Trustee) connected therewith.

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        Except as set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2.05, every
replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section in replacement of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

        The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

        SECTION 2.06. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payments of principal of and interest, if any,
on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be
overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Indenture Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

        SECTION 2.07. Payment of Principal and Interest; Defaulted Interest. (a)
The Class A Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the form of the Class A
Note set forth in Exhibit B and the Class B Notes shall accrue interest as
provided in the form of the Class B Note set forth in Exhibit C, and in each
case such interest shall be payable on each Distribution Date as specified
therein, subject to Section 3.01. Subject to Section 2.13(b), any installment of
interest or principal, if any, or any other amount, payable on any Note which is
punctually paid or duly provided for by the Issuer on the applicable
Distribution Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or
more Predecessor Notes) is registered on the Record Date, by check mailed
first-class, postage prepaid to such Person's address as it appears on the Note
Register on such Record Date, (i) except that, unless Definitive Notes have been
issued pursuant to Section 2.12, with respect to Notes registered on the Record
Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency (initially, such nominee
to be Cede & Co.), payment will be made by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to the account designated by such nominee and (ii) except for
(A) the final installment of principal payable with respect to such Note on a
Distribution Date and (B) the Redemption Price for any Note called for
redemption pursuant to Section 10.01(a), in each case which shall be payable as
provided below. The funds represented by any such checks returned undelivered
shall be held in accordance with Section 3.03.

        (b) The principal of each Class A Note shall be payable in installments
on each Distribution Date as provided in the form of Class A Note set forth in
Exhibit B. The principal of the Class B Notes shall be payable in installments
on each Distribution Date as provided in the form of Class B Note set forth in
Exhibit C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of
the Notes shall be due and payable, if not previously paid, on the date on which
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Indenture
Trustee or the Holders of the Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding
Principal Amount of the Notes have declared the Notes to be immediately due and
payable in the manner provided in Section 5.02. All principal payments on each
class of Notes shall be made pro rata to the Noteholders of such Class entitled
thereto. Upon notice to the Indenture Trustee by the Issuer, the Indenture

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Trustee shall notify the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close
of business on the Record Date preceding the Distribution Date on which the
Issuer expects that the final installment of principal of and interest on such
Note will be paid. Such notice shall be mailed no later than five Business Days
prior to such final Distribution Date and shall specify that such final
installment will be payable only upon presentation and surrender of such Note
and shall specify the place where such Note may be presented and surrendered for
payment of such installment. Notices in connection with redemptions of Notes
shall be mailed to Noteholders as provided in Section 10.02.

        (c) If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the
Issuer shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to
the extent lawful) at the applicable Note Interest Rate in any lawful manner.
The Issuer may pay such defaulted interest to the persons who are Noteholders on
a subsequent special record date, which date shall be fixed or caused to be
fixed by the Issuer and shall be at least five Business Days prior to the
payment date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such payment date,
and, at least 15 days before any such special record date, the Issuer shall mail
to each Noteholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment
date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

        SECTION 2.08. Cancellation. All Notes surrendered for payment,
registration of transfer, exchange or redemption shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Indenture Trustee, be delivered to the Indenture Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by the Indenture Trustee. The Issuer may at any
time deliver to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Indenture Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Notes cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes may be held or disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its standard retention or disposal policy
as in effect at the time unless the Issuer shall direct by an Issuer Order that
they be destroyed or returned to it; provided that such Issuer Order is timely
and the Notes have not been previously disposed of by the Indenture Trustee.

        SECTION 2.09. Release of Collateral. Subject to Section 3.03 and Section
11.01, the Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this
Indenture only upon receipt of an Issuer Request accompanied by an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and Independent Certificates in accordance
with TIA Sections 314(c) and 314 (d)(1) or an Opinion of Counsel in lieu of such
Independent Certificates to the effect that the TIA does not require any such
Independent Certificates.

        SECTION 2.10. Book-Entry Notes. The Notes, upon original issuance, will
be issued in the form of a typewritten Note or Notes representing the Book-Entry
Notes, to be delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Issuer. Such Notes shall initially be
registered on the Note Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
initial Clearing Agency, and no Note Owner will receive a Definitive Note
representing such Note Owner's interest in such Note, except as provided in
Section 2.12. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes (the
"Definitive Notes") have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.12:

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               (i) the provisions of this Section shall be in full force and
        effect;

               (ii) the Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee shall be
        entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this
        Indenture (including the payment of principal of and interest on the
        Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the
        sole holder of the Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note
        Owners;

               (iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section conflict
        with any other provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this
        Section shall control;

               (iv) the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through
        the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and
        agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the
        Clearing Agency Participants pursuant to the Depository Agreement.
        Unless and until Definitive Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.12,
        the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the
        Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
        principal of and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency
        Participants; and

               (v) whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be
        taken based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes
        evidencing a specified percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
        the Notes, the Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such
        percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such
        effect from Note Owners and/or Clearing Agency Participants owning or
        representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial
        interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the
        Indenture Trustee.

        SECTION 2.11. Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and
until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section
2.12, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Holders of the Notes to the Clearing Agency, and
shall have no obligation to the Note Owners.

        SECTION 2.12. Definitive Notes. If (i) the Issuer advises the Indenture
Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to
properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Notes, and the
Issuer is unable to locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Issuer at its option
advises the Indenture Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency or (iii) after the occurrence of
an Event of Default or a Servicer Default, Note Owners representing beneficial
interests aggregating a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Notes advise the Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a
book-entry system through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests
of the Note Owners, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all Note Owners and
the Indenture Trustee of the occurrence of any such event and of the
availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners requesting the same. Subject to
Section 2.13(b), upon surrender to the Indenture Trustee of the typewritten Note
or Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes by the Clearing Agency, accompanied
by registration instructions, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee
shall authenticate the Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of

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the Clearing Agency. None of the Issuer, the Note Registrar or the Indenture
Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the
Holders of the Definitive Notes as Noteholders.

        SECTION 2.13. Representations and Covenants by Noteholders and Note
Owners. (a) Each Noteholder and Note Owner, by acceptance of a Note, or in the
case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Note, will be deemed to have
represented and warranted for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee and the Issuer that it did not purchase
such Note or beneficial interest in a Note with Plan Assets of any Plan if any
of the Seller, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee, any
Certificateholder or any of their respective affiliates (i) has investment or
administrative discretion with respect to the Plan Assets used to effect such
purchase; (ii) has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives,
investment advice with respect to such Plan Assets, for a fee and pursuant to an
agreement or understanding that such advice (a) will serve as a primary basis
for investment decisions with respect to such Plan Assets, and (b) will be based
on the particular investment needs of such Plan; or (iii) unless exemption
relief is available under U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 95-60, 91-38 or 90-1, is an employer maintaining or contributing to
such Plan.

        (b) Each Class B Noteholder and Class B Note Owner, by acceptance of a
Class B Note, or in the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class B
Note, will be deemed to have represented and warranted for the benefit of the
Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee that it is (i) a citizen or
resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership organized in or
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or any political
subdivision of either (including the District of Columbia) or (iii) an estate or
trust, the income of which is includible in gross income for United States tax
purposes, regardless of its source (any such person described in clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii), a "U.S. Person"). The Class B Notes may not be registered in the
name of, or transferred to, persons who are not U.S. Persons and any purported
transfer of an interest in a Class B Notes to a person that is not a U.S. Person
shall be void, subject in the case of Class B Notes held in book-entry form to
the rules, regulations and procedures of the Clearing Agency. If requested by
the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, each Class B Noteholder or Class B
Note Owner agrees to deliver to the Seller an affidavit and related tax forms
certifying generally to the effect that, under penalty of perjury, such investor
is a U.S. Person.

                                   ARTICLE III

                                    COVENANTS

        SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer will duly
and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Issuer will cause to be distributed the amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account and the Reserve Account in accordance with Article 5 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, subject to Section 5.04(b) hereof. Amounts
properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Noteholder
of interest and/or principal and/or premium shall be considered as having been
paid by the Issuer to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

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        SECTION 3.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will maintain
in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, an office or agency where
Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Issuer hereby initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office to serve as its agent for the foregoing purposes. The Issuer will
give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Indenture Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby
appoints the Indenture Trustee as its agent to receive all such surrenders,
notices and demands.

        SECTION 3.03. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust. As provided in
Section 8.02, all payments of amounts due and payable with respect to any Notes
that are to be made from amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account or the
Reserve Account pursuant to Section 8.02(b) shall be made on behalf of the
Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by another Paying Agent, and no amounts so
withdrawn from such accounts for payments of Class A Notes and Class B Notes,
respectively, shall be paid over to the Issuer. Unless the Paying Agent is the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.

        The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent shall agree with the Indenture Trustee (and if the Indenture
Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of
this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

               (i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with
        respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
        thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
        disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as
        herein provided;

               (ii) give the Indenture Trustee notice of any default by the
        Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) of which it has actual
        knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect
        to the Notes;

               (iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
        upon the written request of the Indenture Trustee, forthwith pay to the
        Indenture Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

               (iv) immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to
        the Indenture Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of
        Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met
        by a Paying Agent at the time of its appointment; and

               (v) comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the
        withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable
        withholding taxes imposed

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        thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in
        connection therewith.

        The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, by Issuer
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Indenture Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Indenture Trustee upon
the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and
upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Indenture Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

        Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money
held by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of
any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such
trust, and the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall
give prompt notice of such occurrence to the Issuer and shall release such money
to the Issuer on Issuer Request; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof
(but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to the Issuer), and all liability
of the Indenture Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall at the
expense and direction of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be
less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. The Indenture Trustee
shall also adopt and employ, at the expense of the Issuer, any other reasonable
means of notification of such repayment (including, but not limited to, mailing
notice of such repayment to Holders whose Notes have been called but have not
been surrendered for redemption or whose right to or interest in moneys due and
payable but not claimed is determinable from the records of the Indenture
Trustee or of any Paying Agent, at the last address of record for each such
Holder).

        SECTION 3.04. Existence. The Issuer will keep in full effect its
existence, rights and franchises as a business trust under the laws of the State
of Delaware (unless it becomes, or any successor Issuer hereunder is or becomes,
organized under the laws of any other State or of the United States of America,
in which case the Issuer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises under the laws of such other jurisdiction) and will obtain and
preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and
enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral and each other
instrument or agreement included in the Trust Estate.

        SECTION 3.05. Protection of Trust Estate. The Issuer will from time to
time take all actions necessary, including without limitation preparing,
executing, delivering and filing all such supplements and amendments hereto and
all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further
assurance and other instruments, if applicable, and will take such other action
necessary or advisable to:

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               (i) maintain or preserve the lien and security interest (and the
        priority thereof) of this Indenture or carry out more effectively the
        purposes hereof;

               (ii) perfect, publish notice of or protect the validity of any
        Grant made or to be made by this Indenture:

               (iii)  enforce any of the Collateral; or

               (iv) preserve and defend title to the Trust Estate and the rights
        of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in such Trust Estate
        against the claims of all persons and parties.

        The Issuer hereby designates the Indenture Trustee its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute any financing statement, continuation statement or
other instrument required by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section.

        SECTION 3.06. Opinions as to Trust Estate. (a) On the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken to
perfect the lien and security interest of this Indenture, including without
limitation with respect to the recording and filing of this Indenture, any
indentures supplemental hereto, and any other requisite documents, and with
respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation
statements, as are so necessary and reciting the details of such action, or
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to
maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest.

        (b) On or before April 30 in each calendar year, beginning in 2002, the
Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either
stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken to
perfect the lien and security interest of this Indenture, including without
limitation with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of
this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite
documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements as is so necessary and reciting the
details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such
action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security
interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing,
re-recording and refiling of this Indenture, any indentures supplemental hereto
and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing
statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such
counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security
interest of this Indenture until April 30 in the following calendar year.

        SECTION 3.07. Performance of Obligations; Servicing of Receivables. (a)
The Issuer will not take any action and will use its best efforts not to permit
any action to be taken by others that would release any Person from any of such
Person's material covenants or obligations under any instrument or agreement
included in the Trust Estate or that would result in the amendment,
hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the
validity or effectiveness of, any such instrument or agreement, except as
expressly provided in this Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or such
other instrument or agreement.

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        (b) The Issuer may contract with other Persons to assist it in
performing its duties under this Indenture, and any performance of such duties
by a Person identified to the Indenture Trustee in an Officer's Certificate of
the Issuer shall be deemed to be action taken by the Issuer. Initially, the
Issuer has contracted with the Administrator to assist the Issuer in performing
its duties under this Indenture.

        (c) The Issuer will punctually perform and observe all of its
obligations and agreements contained in this Indenture, the Basic Documents and
in the instruments and agreements included in the Trust Estate, including but
not limited to filing or causing to be filed all UCC financing statements and
continuation statements required to be filed by it by the terms of this
Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement in accordance with and within the
time periods provided for herein and therein. Except as otherwise expressly
provided therein, the Issuer shall not waive, amend, modify, supplement or
terminate any Basic Document or any provision thereof without the consent of the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Principal
Amount of the Notes.

        (d) If the Issuer shall have knowledge of the occurrence of a Servicer
Default under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify
the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies thereof, and shall specify in such
notice the action, if any, the Issuer is taking in respect of such default. If a
Servicer Default shall arise from the failure of the Servicer to perform any of
its duties or obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement with respect to
the Receivables, the Issuer shall take all reasonable steps available to it to
remedy such failure.

        (e) As promptly as possible after the giving of notice of termination to
the Servicer of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to Section 8.01 of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall appoint a successor servicer (the
"Successor Servicer"), and such Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment
by a written assumption in a form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee. In the
event that a Successor Servicer has not been appointed and accepted its
appointment at the time when the Servicer ceases to act as Servicer, the
Indenture Trustee without further action shall automatically be appointed the
Successor Servicer. The Indenture Trustee may resign as the Servicer by giving
written notice of such resignation to the Issuer and in such event will be
released from such duties and obligations, such release not to be effective
until the date a new servicer enters into a servicing agreement with the Issuer
as provided below. Upon delivery of any such notice to the Issuer, the Issuer
shall obtain a new servicer as the Successor Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement. Any Successor Servicer other than the Indenture Trustee
shall (i) be an established financial institution having a net worth of not less
than $50,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of equipment
receivables and (ii) enter into a servicing agreement with the Issuer having
substantially the same provisions as the provisions of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement applicable to the Servicer. If within 30 days after the delivery of
the notice referred to above, the Issuer shall not have obtained such a new
servicer, the Indenture Trustee may appoint, or may petition a court of
competent jurisdiction to appoint, a Successor Servicer. In connection with any
such appointment, the Indenture Trustee may make such arrangements for the
compensation of such successor as it and such successor shall agree, subject to
the limitations set forth below and in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and in
accordance with Section 8.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer
shall enter into an agreement with such successor for the servicing of the
Receivables (such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indenture Trustee).

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If the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the Servicer's duties as servicer of
the Receivables as provided herein, it shall do so in its individual capacity
and not in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and, accordingly, the provisions of
Article VI hereof shall be inapplicable to the Indenture Trustee in its duties
as the successor to the Servicer and the servicing of the Receivables. In case
the Indenture Trustee shall become successor to the Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to appoint as
Servicer any one of its Affiliates, provided that it shall be fully liable for
the actions and omissions of such Affiliate in such capacity as Successor
Servicer.

        (f) Upon any termination of the Servicer's rights and powers pursuant to
the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Indenture
Trustee. As soon as a Successor Servicer is appointed, the Issuer shall notify
the Indenture Trustee of such appointment, specifying in such notice the name
and address of such Successor Servicer.

        (g) Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment
granted to the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture or the rights of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder, the Issuer agrees that it will not, without the
prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of a majority in
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, amend, modify, waiver, supplement,
terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement,
termination, waiver or surrender of, the terms of any Collateral (except to the
extent otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) or the Basic Documents, or waive timely performance or observance by
the Servicer or the Seller under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or by CFSC
under the Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that no such amendment shall
(i) except to the extent otherwise provided in the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the
timing of, collections of payments on Receivables or distributions that are
required to be made for the benefit of the Noteholders or (ii) reduce the
aforesaid percentage of the Notes which are required to consent to any such
amendment, without the consent of the holders of all the outstanding Notes. If
any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall be so consented to
by the Indenture Trustee or such Holders, the Issuer agrees, promptly following
a request by the Indenture Trustee to do so, to execute and deliver, in its own
name and at its own expense, such agreements, instruments, consents and other
documents as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate
under the circumstances.

        SECTION 3.08. Negative Covenants. So long as any Notes are Outstanding,
the Issuer shall not:

               (i) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, the Trust
        Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
        sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties
        or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Trust Estate,
        unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee;

               (ii) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the
        principal or interest payable in respect of, the Notes (other than
        amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or
        applicable state law) or assert any claim against any present or former
        Noteholder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon
        any part of the Trust Estate;

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               (iii)  dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part; or

               (iv) (A) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture
        to be impaired, or permit the lien of this Indenture to be amended,
        hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any
        Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to
        the Notes under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted
        hereby, (B) permit any lien, charge, excise, claim, security interest,
        mortgage or other encumbrance (other than the lien of this Indenture) to
        be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Trust
        Estate or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds
        thereof (other than tax liens, mechanics' liens and other liens that
        arise by operation of law, in each case on Financed Equipment and
        arising solely as a result of an action or omission of the related
        Obligor) or (C) permit the lien of this Indenture not to constitute a
        valid first priority perfected security interest in the Trust Estate
        (other than with respect to any such tax, mechanics' or other lien).

        SECTION 3.09. Statements as to Compliance. (a) The Issuer will deliver
to the Indenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Issuer (commencing within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year 2001),
an Officer's Certificate stating, as to the Authorized Officer signing such
Officer's Certificate, that

               (i) a review of the activities of the Issuer during the 12-month
        period ending at the end of such fiscal year (or in the case of the
        fiscal year ending December 31, 2001, the period from the Closing Date
        to December 31, 2001) and of performance under this Indenture has been
        made under such Authorized Officer's supervision; and

               (ii) to the best of such Authorized Officer's knowledge, based on
        such review, the Issuer has complied with all conditions and covenants
        under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a
        default in the compliance of any such condition or covenant, specifying
        each such default known to such Authorized Officer and the nature and
        status thereof.

        SECTION 3.10. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a)
The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless

               (i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving
        such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing
        under the laws of the United States of America or any State and shall
        expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
        delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
        Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and
        interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
        agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be
        performed or observed, all as provided herein;

               (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
        Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

               (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
        respect to such transaction;

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               (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
        shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the
        effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax
        consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

               (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
        interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

               (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
        Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
        consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this
        Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
        relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any
        filing required by the Exchange Act).

        (b) Other than as set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of Section 3.18 and
as provided in the Basic Documents, the Issuer shall not convey or transfer any
of its properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to
any Person, unless

               (i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the
        properties and assets of the Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which
        is hereby restricted shall (A) be a United States citizen or a Person
        organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
        any State, (B) expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
        executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to
        the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
        and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every
        agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be
        performed or observed, all as provided herein, (C) expressly agrees by
        means of such supplemental indenture that all right, title and interest
        so conveyed or transferred shall be subject and subordinate to the
        rights of Holders of the Notes, (D) unless otherwise provided in such
        supplemental indenture, expressly agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
        harmless the Issuer against and from any loss, liability or expense
        arising under or related to this Indenture and the Notes and (E)
        expressly agrees by means of such supplemental indenture that such
        Person (or if a group of Persons, then one specified Person) shall make
        all filings with the Commission (and any other appropriate Person)
        required by the Exchange Act in connection with the Notes;

               (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
        Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

               (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with
        respect to such transaction;

               (iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and
        shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the
        effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax
        consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;

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               (v) any action as is necessary to maintain the lien and security
        interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and

               (vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an
        Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
        conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
        Article III and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
        relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any
        filing required by the Exchange Act).

        SECTION 3.11. Successor or Transferee. (a) Upon any consolidation or
merger of the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.10(a), the Person formed by or
surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Person had been
named as the Issuer herein.

        (b) Upon a conveyance or transfer of all the assets and properties of
the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.10(b), Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A
will be released from every covenant and agreement of this Indenture to be
observed or performed on the part of the Issuer with respect to the Notes
immediately upon the delivery to the Indenture Trustee of the Officer's
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel specified in Section 3.10(b)(vi) stating that
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A is to be so released.

        SECTION 3.12. No Other Business. The Issuer shall not engage in any
business other than the purposes and powers set forth in Section 2.03 of the
Trust Agreement.

        SECTION 3.13. No Borrowing. The Issuer shall not issue, incur, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness except for the Notes.

        SECTION 3.14. Servicer's Obligations. The Issuer shall cause the
Servicer to comply with all of its obligations under the Basic Documents,
including without limitation those set forth in Sections 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and
5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

        SECTION 3.15. Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities. Except
as contemplated by the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement or this
Indenture, the Issuer shall not make any loan or advance or credit to, or
guarantee (directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of
assuring another's payment or performance on any obligation or capability of so
doing or otherwise), endorse or otherwise become contingently liable, directly
or indirectly, in connection with the obligations, stocks or dividends of, or
own, purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so) any stock,
obligations, assets or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any
capital contribution to, any other Person.

        SECTION 3.16. Capital Expenditures. The Issuer shall not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for capital assets
(either realty or personalty).

        SECTION 3.17. Removal of Administrator. So long as any Notes are
Outstanding, the Issuer shall not remove the Administrator without cause unless
the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied in connection with such
removal.

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        SECTION 3.18. Restricted Payments. The Issuer shall not, directly or
indirectly, (i) pay any dividend or make any distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination
thereof, to the Owner Trustee or any owner of a beneficial interest in the
Issuer or otherwise with respect to any ownership or equity interest or security
in or of the Issuer or to the Servicer, (ii) redeem, purchase, retire or
otherwise acquire for value any such ownership or equity interest or security or
(iii) set aside or otherwise segregate any amounts for any such purpose;
provided, however, that the Issuer may make, or cause to be made, (x)
distributions to the Servicer, the Seller, the Owner Trustee and the
Certificateholder as permitted by, and to the extent funds are available for
such purpose under, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement and
(y) payments to the Indenture Trustee and the Administrator pursuant to the
Administration Agreement. The Issuer will not, directly or indirectly, make
payments to or distributions from the Collection Account except in accordance
with this Indenture and the Basic Documents.

        SECTION 3.19. Notice of Events of Default. The Issuer agrees to give the
Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies prompt written notice of each Event of
Default hereunder and, immediately after obtaining knowledge of any of the
following occurrences, written notice of each default on the part of the
Servicer or the Seller of its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement
and each default on the part of CFSC of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.

        SECTION 3.20. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out
more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                           SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

        SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes except as to (i)
rights of registration of transfer and exchange, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, (iii) rights of Noteholders to receive payments
of principal thereof and interest thereon, (iv) Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.08,
3.10, 3.12, 3.13 and 11.17, (v) the rights, obligations and immunities of the
Indenture Trustee hereunder (including the rights of the Indenture Trustee under
Section 6.07 and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.02)
and (vi) the rights of Noteholders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Indenture Trustee payable to all or any of them,
and the Indenture Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Notes, when

        (A) either

        (1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 2.05 and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and

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held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged
from such trust, as provided in Section 3.03) have been delivered to the
Indenture Trustee for cancellation; or

        (2) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for
cancellation:

               (i)    have become due and payable;

               (ii) will become due and payable at (A) the Class A-1 Note Final
        Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, (B) the
        Class A-2 Note Final Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the
        Class A-2 Notes, (C) the Class A-3 Note Final Scheduled Distribution
        Date with respect to the Class A-3 Notes and (D) the Class B Note Final
        Scheduled Distribution Date with respect to the Class B Notes; or

               (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
        arrangements satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee for the giving of
        notice of redemption by the Indenture Trustee in the name, and at the
        expense, of the Issuer;

        and the Issuer, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
        deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Indenture
        Trustee cash or direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the
        United States of America (which will mature prior to the date such
        amounts are payable), in trust for such purpose, in an amount sufficient
        to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not
        theretofore delivered to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation when due
        to (x) the Class A-1 Note Final Scheduled Distribution Date, Class A-2
        Note Final Scheduled Distribution Date, Class A-3 Note Final Scheduled
        Distribution Date or Class B Note Final Scheduled Distribution Date, as
        applicable, or Redemption Date (if Notes shall have been called for
        redemption pursuant to Section 10.01(a)), as the case may be;

        (B) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer; and

        (C) the Issuer has delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's
Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required by the TIA or the Indenture
Trustee) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified public accountants,
each meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01(a) and each stating
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

        SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money. All moneys deposited with the
Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof shall be held in trust and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, as the
Indenture Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular Notes for the
payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and
interest; provided such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required herein or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement or required by
law.

        SECTION 4.03. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes,
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any Paying Agent other than the Indenture Trustee under the provisions of this
Indenture with respect to such Notes shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be paid
to the Indenture Trustee to be held and applied according to Section 3.03, and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.

                                    ARTICLE V

                                    REMEDIES

        SECTION 5.01. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

               (i) default in the payment of any interest on any Note when the
        same becomes due and payable, and such default shall continue for a
        period of five days; or

               (ii) default in the payment of the principal of or any
        installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and
        payable; or

               (iii) default in the observance or performance of any covenant or
        agreement of the Issuer made in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
        agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is
        elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), or any
        representation or warranty of the Issuer made in this Indenture or in
        any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in
        connection herewith proving to have been incorrect in any material
        respect as of the time when the same shall have been made, and such
        default shall continue or not be cured, or the circumstance or condition
        in respect of which such representation or warranty was incorrect shall
        not have been eliminated or otherwise cured, for a period of 30 days
        after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to
        the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or to the Issuer and the Indenture
        Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% of the Outstanding Principal
        Amount of the Notes, a written notice specifying such default or
        incorrect representation or warranty and requiring it to be remedied and
        stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or

               (iv) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having
        jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Issuer or any substantial
        part of the Trust Estate in an involuntary case under any applicable
        federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
        hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
        custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Issuer or
        for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or ordering the winding-up
        or liquidation of the Issuer's affairs, and such decree or order shall
        remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

               (v) the commencement by the Issuer of a voluntary case under any
        applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
        now or hereafter in effect, or

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        the consent by the Issuer to the entry of an order for relief in an
        involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Issuer to the
        appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
        custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or
        for any substantial part of the Trust Estate, or the making by the
        Issuer of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
        failure by the Issuer generally to pay its debts as such debts become
        due, or the commencement of the termination of the Trust pursuant to
        Section 9.02 of the Trust Agreement, or the taking of action by the
        Issuer in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

        The Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, within five days
after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's
Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time
would become an Event of Default under clause (iii) or clause (v), its status
and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

        SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default should occur and be continuing, then and in every such case the
Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority
of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the
Indenture Trustee if declared by Noteholders), and upon any such declaration the
unpaid principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon through the date of acceleration, shall become immediately due and
payable.

        At any time after such declaration of acceleration of maturity has been
made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter in this Article V provided, the
Holders of Notes representing not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Principal Amount of the Notes, by written notice to the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

               (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a
        sum sufficient to pay

                      (A) all payments of principal of and interest on all Notes
               and all other amounts that would then be due hereunder or upon
               such Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such
               acceleration had not occurred; and

                      (B) all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee
               hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
               disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and its
               agents and counsel; and

               (ii) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the
        principal of the Notes that has become due solely by such acceleration,
        have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.12.

        No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any
right consequent thereto.

        SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Indenture Trustee. (a) The Issuer covenants that if (i) default is made in the
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any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a
period of five days, or (ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of
or any installment of the principal of any Note when the same becomes due and
payable, the Issuer will, upon demand of the Indenture Trustee, pay to it, for
the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable
on such Notes for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue
principal, and, to the extent payment at such rate of interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the applicable Note
Interest Rate borne by the Notes, and in addition thereto will pay such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Indenture Trustee and its agents and counsel.

        (b) In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon
such demand, the Indenture Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, may institute a Proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, and may prosecute such Proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce the same against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Notes and collect
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor
upon such Notes, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be
payable.

        (c) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, as more particularly provided in Section 5.04, in its discretion,
proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders, by
such appropriate Proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or
equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

        (d) In case there shall be pending, relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Notes or any Person having or claiming an ownership interest in
the Trust Estate, Proceedings under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law,
or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization,
liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or Person,
or in case of any other comparable judicial Proceedings relative to the Issuer
or other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer
or such other obligor, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such Proceedings or otherwise:

               (i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
        principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to
        file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
        order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim
        for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each
        predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys
        and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities
        incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
        predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad
        faith) and of the Noteholders allowed in such Proceedings;

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               (ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote
        on behalf of the Holders of Notes in any election of a trustee, a
        standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such
        Proceedings;

               (iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
        or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received
        with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture
        Trustee on their behalf; and

               (iv) to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
        as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
        Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes allowed in any judicial
        proceedings relative to the Issuer, its creditors and its property;

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in
any such Proceeding is hereby authorized by each of such Noteholders to make
payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee
shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders, to pay to
the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and
their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each
predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith.

        (e) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Noteholder in any such Proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

        (f) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture,
or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the
possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any trial or other
Proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or Proceedings instituted by
the Indenture Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses,
disbursements and compensation of the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor
Indenture Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

        (g) In any Proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any
Proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to
make any Noteholder a party to any such Proceedings.

        SECTION 5.04. Remedies; Priorities. (a) If an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Indenture Trustee may do one or more of the
following (subject to Section 5.05):

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               (i) institute Proceedings in its own name and as trustee of an
        express trust for the collection of all amounts then payable on the
        Notes or under this Indenture with respect thereto, whether by
        declaration or otherwise, enforce any judgment obtained, and collect
        from the Issuer and any other obligor upon such Notes moneys adjudged
        due;

               (ii) institute Proceedings from time to time for the complete or
        partial foreclosure of this Indenture with respect to the Trust Estate;

               (iii) exercise any remedies of a secured party under the UCC and
        take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and
        remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes; and

               (iv) in the event that all the Notes have been declared due and
        payable pursuant to Section 5.02, sell the Trust Estate or any portion
        thereof or rights or interest therein, at one or more public or private
        sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by law;

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee may not sell or otherwise
liquidate the Trust Estate following an Event of Default, other than an Event of
Default described in Section 5.01(i) or Section 5.01(ii), unless (A) the Holders
of 100% of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes consent thereto, (B)
the proceeds of such sale or liquidation distributable to the Noteholders are
sufficient to discharge in full all amounts then due and unpaid upon such Notes
for principal and interest or (C) the Indenture Trustee determines that the
Trust Estate will not continue to provide sufficient funds for the payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes as they would have become due if the
Notes had not been declared due and payable, and the Indenture Trustee obtains
the consent of Holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Amount
of the Notes. In determining such sufficiency or insufficiency with respect to
clause (B) and (C), the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely
upon an opinion of an Independent investment banking or accounting firm of
national reputation as to the feasibility of such proposed action and as to the
sufficiency of the Trust Estate for such purpose.

        (b) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to
this Article V following any occurrence of a Monetary Event of Default and the
acceleration of the maturities of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.02 (so long as
such declaration shall not have been rescinded or annulled), it shall pay out
the money or property (other than the Servicer's Yield, which may be retained by
the Servicer in accordance with Section 5.08 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) in the following order:

               FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under Section
        6.07;

               SECOND: to Class A Noteholders for amounts due and unpaid on the
        Class A Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority of
        any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A Notes
        for interest;

               THIRD: to Holders of Class A Notes for amounts due and unpaid on
        the Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority
        of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A
        Notes for principal;

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               FOURTH: to Holders of Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid on
        the Class B Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or priority
        of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B
        Notes for interest;

               FIFTH: to Holders of Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid on
        the Class B Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority
        of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B
        Notes for principal; and

               SIXTH: to the Certificate Distribution Account.

        (c) If the Indenture Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to
this Article V following any occurrence of a Non-Monetary Event of Default and
the acceleration of the maturities of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.02 (so
long as such declaration shall not have been rescinded or annulled), it shall
pay out the money or property (other than the Servicer's Yield, which may be
retained by the Servicer in accordance with Section 5.08 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement) in the following order:

               FIRST: to the Indenture Trustee for amounts due under Section
        6.07;

               SECOND: to Holders of the Class A Notes for amounts due and
        unpaid on the Class A Notes for interest, ratably, without preference or
        priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the
        Class A Notes for interest;

               THIRD: to Holders of the Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid
        on the Class B Notes for interest, ratably, without preference of any
        kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B Notes for
        interest;

               FOURTH: to Holders of Class A Notes for amounts due and unpaid on
        the Class A Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority
        of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class A
        Notes for principal;

               FIFTH: to Holders of Class B Notes for amounts due and unpaid on
        the Class B Notes for principal, ratably, without preference or priority
        of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Class B
        Notes for principal; and

               SIXTH: to the Certificate Distribution Account.

        (d) The Indenture Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Noteholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Noteholder and the Indenture Trustee
a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.

        SECTION 5.05. Optional Preservation of the Receivables. If the Notes
have been declared to be due and payable under Section 5.02 following an Event
of Default and such declaration and its consequences have not been rescinded and
annulled, the Indenture Trustee may, but need not, elect to maintain possession
of the Trust Estate. It is the desire of the parties hereto and the Noteholders
that there be at all times sufficient funds for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such desire into
account when

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determining whether or not to maintain possession of the Trust Estate. In
determining whether to maintain possession of the Trust Estate, the Indenture
Trustee may, but need not, obtain and rely upon an opinion of an Independent
investment banking or accounting firm of national reputation as to the
feasibility of such proposed action and as to the sufficiency of the Trust
Estate for such purpose.

        SECTION 5.06. Limitation of Suits. No Holder of any Note shall have any
right to institute any Proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:

               (i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
        Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

               (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% of the Outstanding
        Principal Amount of the Notes have made written request to the Indenture
        Trustee to institute such Proceeding in respect of such Event of Default
        in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

               (iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Indenture
        Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
        to be incurred in complying with such request;

               (iv) the Indenture Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
        notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute such
        Proceedings; and

               (v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
        given to the Indenture Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
        of a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes;

it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Notes or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the
manner herein provided.

        In the event the Indenture Trustee shall receive conflicting or
inconsistent requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Notes,
each representing less than a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
the Notes, the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion may determine what
action, if any, shall be taken, notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture.

        SECTION 5.07. Unconditional Rights of Noteholders to Receive Principal
and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, the Holder
of any Note shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Note on or
after the respective due dates thereof expressed in such Note or in this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

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        SECTION 5.08. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Indenture
Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any Proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture and such Proceeding has been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason or has been determined adversely to the Indenture
Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall, subject to any determination in
such Proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture
Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such Proceeding had been
instituted.

        SECTION 5.09. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

        SECTION 5.10. Delay or Omission Not a Waiver. No delay or omission of
the Indenture Trustee or any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article V or by law
to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Indenture Trustee or by
the Noteholders, as the case may be.

        SECTION 5.11. Control by Noteholders. The Holders of a majority (or
66-2/3% if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any Proceeding for any remedy available to
the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes or exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Indenture Trustee; provided that

               (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
        or with this Indenture;

               (ii) subject to the express terms of Section 5.04, any direction
        to the Indenture Trustee to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate shall be
        by the Holders of Notes representing not less than 100% of the
        Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes;

               (iii) if the conditions set forth in Section 5.05 have been
        satisfied and the Indenture Trustee elects to retain the Trust Estate
        pursuant to such Section, then any direction to the Indenture Trustee by
        Holders of Notes representing less than 100% of the Outstanding
        Principal Amount of the Notes to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate
        shall be of no force and effect; and

               (iv) the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed
        proper by the Indenture Trustee that is not inconsistent with such
        direction;

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provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.01, the Indenture Trustee need not
take any action that it determines might involve it in liability or might
materially adversely affect the rights of any Noteholders not consenting to such
action.

        SECTION 5.12. Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the
acceleration of the maturity of the Notes as provided in Section 5.02, the
Holders of Notes of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount
of the Notes may waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences
except a Default (a) in payment of principal of or interest on any of the Notes
or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note. In the case of any such
waiver, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; provided
that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair
any right consequent thereto.

        Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist and be deemed to
have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, for every
purpose of this Indenture; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.

        SECTION 5.13. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder's acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit
for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as
Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that
the provisions of this Section shall not apply to (a) any suit instituted by the
Indenture Trustee, (b) any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of
Noteholders, in each case holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes or (c) any suit instituted by any
Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any
Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and in this
Indenture (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).

        SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer covenants (to
the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon,
or plead or in any manner whatsoever, claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and
the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives
all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Indenture
Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though
no such law had been enacted.

        SECTION 5.15. Action on Notes. The Indenture Trustee's right to seek and
recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by
the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect
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Indenture nor any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders
shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee
against the Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any
portion of the Trust Estate or upon any of the assets of the Issuer. Any money
or property collected by the Indenture Trustee shall be applied in accordance
with Section 5.04(b).

        SECTION 5.16. Performance and Enforcement of Certain Obligations. (a)
Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and at the
Seller's expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by (x) the Seller and the Servicer, as applicable, of each of their obligations
to the Issuer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement or
(y) CFSC of its obligations under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement
in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights,
remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer under or in
connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the extent and in the manner
directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices of
default on the part of the Seller or the Servicer thereunder and the institution
of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure
performance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations under the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

        (b) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of at least
66-2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Issuer against the Seller
or the Servicer under or in connection with the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
including the right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance
or observance by the Seller or the Servicer of each of their obligations to the
Issuer thereunder and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval,
extension or waiver under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and any right of the
Issuer to take such action shall be suspended.

        (c) Promptly following a request from the Indenture Trustee to do so and
at the Seller's expense, the Issuer agrees to take all such lawful action as the
Indenture Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance
by CFSC of each of its obligations to the Seller under or in connection with the
Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, and to exercise any and
all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to the Issuer
under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement to the extent and in the
manner directed by the Indenture Trustee, including the transmission of notices
of default on the part of the Seller thereunder and the institution of legal or
administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by CFSC of
each of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

        (d) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture
Trustee may, and, at the direction (which direction shall be in writing or by
telephone (confirmed in writing promptly thereafter)) of the Holders of at least
66-2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes shall, exercise all
rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of the Seller against
        CFSC under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, including the
right or power to take any action to compel or secure performance or observance
by CFSC of each of its obligations to the Seller thereunder and to give any
consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or

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waiver under the Purchase Agreement, and any right of the Seller to take such
action shall be suspended.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                              THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

        SECTION 6.01. Duties of Indenture Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.

        (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

               (i) the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and
        only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
        implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
        against the Indenture Trustee; and

               (ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Indenture
        Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
        correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
        opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the
        requirements of this Indenture; provided, however, the Indenture Trustee
        shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not
        they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.

        The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to determine, confirm or
recalculate the information contained in the Servicer's Certificate delivered to
it pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

        (c) The Indenture Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct,
except that:

               (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of subsection
        6.01(b);

               (ii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
        judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved
        that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
        facts; and

               (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
        any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a
        direction received by it pursuant to Section 5.11.

        (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Indenture Trustee is subject to subsections 6.01(a), (b) and (c);

        (e) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Indenture Trustee may agree in writing with the
Issuer.

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        (f) Money held in trust by the Indenture Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law or the terms of this
Indenture or the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

        (g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Indenture Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayments
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.

        (h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Indenture Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the
TIA.

        SECTION 6.02. Rights of Indenture Trustee. (a) The Indenture Trustee may
rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Indenture Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.

        (b) Before the Indenture Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
reliance on the Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

        (c) The Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, and the Indenture Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the
supervision of, any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee appointed with
due care by it hereunder.

        (d) The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its
rights or powers; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee's conduct does
not constitute wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

        (e) The Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or
opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and
the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

        SECTION 6.03. Individual Rights of Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its affiliates with the same
rights it would have if it were not Indenture Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Note
Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights.
However, the Indenture Trustee must comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.12.

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        SECTION 6.04. Indenture Trustee's Disclaimer. The Indenture Trustee
shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of the Trust Estate, this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be
accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall
not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in the Indenture or in any
document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other
than the Indenture Trustee's certificate of authentication.

        SECTION 6.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing
and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder notice of the Default within 90
days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of
or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption
provisions of such Note), the Indenture Trustee may withhold the notice if and
so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Noteholders.

        SECTION 6.06. Reports by Indenture Trustee to Holders. The Indenture
Trustee shall deliver to each Noteholder such information as may be required to
enable such holder to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, which
shall include the information required to be distributed pursuant to the second
to last paragraph of Section 5.06 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The
Indenture Trustee shall only be required to provide to the Noteholders the
information given to it by the Servicer. The Indenture Trustee shall not be
required to determine, confirm or recompute any such information.

        SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the
Indenture Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services.
The Indenture Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on
compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the
Indenture Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by
it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its
services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee's agents, counsel,
accountants and experts. The Issuer shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee
against any and all loss, liability or expense (including the fees of either
in-house counsel or outside counsel, but not both) incurred by it in connection
with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties
hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall notify the Issuer and the Administrator
promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Indenture
Trustee to so notify the Issuer and the Administrator shall not relieve the
Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the
Indenture Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees
and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or
indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Indenture
Trustee through the Indenture Trustee's own wilful misconduct, negligence or bad
faith.

        The Issuer's payment obligations to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Indenture
Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section
5.01(iv) or (v) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Code
or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

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        Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee's
right to enforce any of the Issuer's payment obligations pursuant to this
Section 6.07 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.17.

        SECTION 6.08. Replacement of Indenture Trustee. No resignation or
removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture
Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.08. The Indenture Trustee
may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes may remove the Indenture Trustee by so
notifying the Indenture Trustee and may appoint a successor Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer shall remove the Indenture Trustee if:

               (i) the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11;

               (ii) the Indenture Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;

               (iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the
        Indenture Trustee or its property; or

               (iv) the Indenture Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

        If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (the Indenture Trustee in such
event being referred to herein as the retiring Indenture Trustee), the Issuer
shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee, which successor shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Seller.

        A successor Indenture Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Indenture Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective,
and the successor Indenture Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties
of the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Indenture Trustee
shall mail a notice of its succession to Noteholders. The retiring Indenture
Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Indenture Trustee to
the successor Indenture Trustee.

        If a successor Indenture Trustee does not take office within 60 days
after the retiring Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Indenture Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of not less than a majority in
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

        If the Indenture Trustee fails to comply with Section 6.11, any
Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of
the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

        Notwithstanding the replacement of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Issuer's obligations under Section 6.07 shall continue for the
benefit of the retiring Indenture Trustee.

        SECTION 6.09. Successor Indenture Trustee by Merger. If the Indenture
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all its corporate trust

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business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the
resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without
any further act shall be the successor Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee
shall provide the Rating Agencies prior written notice of any such transaction;
provided that such corporation or banking association shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under Section 6.11.

        In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation to the Indenture Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Indenture Trustee may adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so
authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been
authenticated, any successor to the Indenture Trustee may authenticate such
Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor to the Indenture Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates
shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture
provided that the certificate of the Indenture Trustee shall have.

        SECTION 6.10. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Indenture Trustee.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirement of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust may at the time be located, the Indenture Trustee shall have the
power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons
reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust, and to
vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the
Noteholders, such title to the Trust, or any part hereof, and, subject to the
other provisions of this Section, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and
trusts as the Indenture Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. No
co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of
eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 6.11 and no notice to
Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required under Section 6.08 hereof.

        (b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

               (i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
        imposed upon the Indenture Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon
        and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate
        trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate
        trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the
        Indenture Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under
        any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to
        be performed the Indenture Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified
        to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties
        and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any
        portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and
        performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at
        the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

               (ii) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
        any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

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               (iii) the Indenture Trustee may at any time accept the
        resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

        (c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Indenture Trustee
shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and
co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument
appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and
the conditions of this Article VI. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon
its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or
property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the
Indenture Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the
provisions of this Indenture, specifically including every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording
protection to, the Indenture Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with
the Indenture Trustee.

        (d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the
Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority,
to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of
this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or
co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of
its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be
exercised by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the
appointment of a new or successor trustee.

        SECTION 6.11. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Indenture Trustee shall
at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Indenture
Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set
forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and its long-term
unsecured debt shall be rated at least Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by Standard &
Poor's. The Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including
the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section
310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of
TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities
of the issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth
in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

        Within 90 days after ascertaining the occurrence of an Event of Default
which shall not have been cured or waived, unless authorized by the Commission,
the Indenture Trustee shall resign with respect to the Class A Notes and/or the
Class B Notes in accordance with Section 6.08 of this Indenture, and the Issuer
shall appoint a successor Indenture Trustee for one or both of such Classes, as
applicable, so that there will be separate Indenture Trustees for the Class A
Notes and the Class B Notes. In the event the Indenture Trustee fails to comply
with the terms of the preceding sentence, the Indenture Trustee shall comply
with clauses (ii) and (iii) of TIA Section 310(b).

        In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture
Trustee with respect to any Class of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.11, the
Issuer, the retiring Indenture Trustee and the successor Indenture Trustee with
respect to such Class of Notes shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Indenture Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, the successor Indenture
Trustee all the rights, powers,

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trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes of
the Class to which the appointment of such successor Indenture Trustee relates,
(ii) if the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Classes of Notes, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes of each Class as to which
the retiring Indenture Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the Indenture Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Indenture Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Indenture Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each
such Indenture Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate
and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Indenture Trustee; and upon the removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein.

        SECTION 6.12. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. The
Indenture Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). An Indenture Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

        SECTION 6.13. Appointment of Custodians. The Indenture Trustee may, with
the consent of the Servicer and notice to the Rating Agencies, appoint Bank One,
National Association as Custodian to hold the Receivables Files in accordance
with the Custodial Agreement. Subject to this Article VI, the Indenture Trustee
agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the
terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the
Noteholders.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                         NOTEHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS

        SECTION 7.01. Issuer To Furnish Indenture Trustee Names and Addresses of
Noteholders. The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Indenture
Trustee (a) not more than five days after the earlier of (i) each Record Date
and (ii) three months after the last Record Date, a list, in such form as the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, (b) at such other times as the
Indenture Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the
Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however,
that so long as the Indenture Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall
be required to be furnished.

        SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Noteholders. (a) The Indenture Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes
contained in the most recent list furnished to the Indenture Trustee as provided
in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of Notes received by the
Indenture Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar. The Indenture Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in such Section 7.01 upon receipt
of a new list so furnished.

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        (b) Noteholders may communicate, pursuant to TIA Section 312(b), with
other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Notes.

        (c) The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

        SECTION 7.03. Reports by Issuer. (a) The Issuer shall:

               (i) file with the Indenture Trustee, within 15 days after the
        Issuer is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the
        annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or
        copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may
        from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Issuer
        may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
        15(d) of the Exchange Act;

               (ii) file with the Indenture Trustee and the Commission in
        accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
        the Commission such additional information, documents and reports with
        respect to compliance by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of
        this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
        regulations; and

               (iii) supply to the Indenture Trustee (and the Indenture Trustee
        shall transmit by mail to all Noteholders described in TIA Section
        313(c)) such summaries of any information, documents and reports
        required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of
        this Section 7.03(a) as may be required by rules and regulations
        prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

        (b) Unless the Issuer otherwise determines, the fiscal year of the
Issuer shall end on December 31 of each year.

        SECTION 7.04. Reports by Indenture Trustee. If required by TIA Section
313(a), within 60 days after each March 31 beginning with March 31, 2002, the
Indenture Trustee shall mail to each Noteholder as required by TIA Section
313(c) a brief report dated as of such date that complies with TIA Section
313(a). The Indenture Trustee also shall comply with TIA Section 313(b).

        A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Noteholders shall be
filed by the Indenture Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange, if
any, on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall notify the Indenture
Trustee if and when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                      ACCOUNTS, DISBURSEMENTS AND RELEASES

        SECTION 8.01. Collection of Money. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, the Indenture Trustee may demand payment or delivery of, and
shall receive and collect, directly and without intervention or assistance of
any fiscal agent or other intermediary, all money and other property payable to
or receivable by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this

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Indenture. The Indenture Trustee shall apply all such money received by it as
provided in this Indenture. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, if any default occurs in the making of any payment or performance
under any agreement or instrument that is part of the Trust Estate, the
Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such
payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate
Proceedings. Any such action shall be without prejudice to any right to claim a
Default or Event of Default under this Indenture and any right to proceed
thereafter as provided in Article V.

        SECTION 8.02. Trust Accounts. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the
Issuer shall cause the Servicer or the Seller, as applicable, to establish and
maintain, in the name of the Issuer and subject to the security interest of the
Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Certificateholder,
the Trust Accounts as provided in Section 5.01 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement.

        (b) On or before the second Business Day preceding each Distribution
Date, the Total Distribution Amount with respect to the preceding Collection
Period will be deposited in the Collection Account as provided in Section 5.02
of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. On each Distribution Date and Redemption
Date, the Indenture Trustee shall distribute all amounts on deposit in the
Collection Account and the Reserve Account in accordance with the instructions
received from the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.04(b)).

        SECTION 8.03. General Provisions Regarding Accounts. (a)So long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or a
portion of the funds in the Trust Accounts shall be invested in Eligible
Investments and (except with respect to the Certificate Distribution Account)
reinvested by the Indenture Trustee upon Issuer Order, subject to the provisions
of Section 5.01(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement (which Issuer Order may
be upon direction of the Servicer). All income or other gain from investments of
moneys deposited in the Trust Accounts shall be deposited by the Indenture
Trustee in the Collection Account, and any loss resulting from such investments
shall be charged to such account. The Issuer will not direct the Indenture
Trustee to make any investment of any funds or to sell any investment held in
any of the Trust Accounts unless the security interest granted and perfected in
such account will continue to be perfected in such investment or the proceeds of
such sale, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture Trustee to
make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture Trustee, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, acceptable
to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect.

        (b) Subject to Section 6.01(c), the Indenture Trustee shall not in any
way be held liable by reason of any insufficiency in any of the Trust Accounts
resulting from any loss on any Eligible Investment included therein except for
losses attributable to the Indenture Trustee's failure to make payments on such
Eligible Investments issued by the Indenture Trustee, in its commercial capacity
as principal obligor and not as trustee, in accordance with their terms.

        (c) If (i) the Issuer shall have failed to give investment directions
for any funds on deposit in the Trust Accounts to the Indenture Trustee by 12:00
noon New York Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the Issuer and
Indenture Trustee) on any Business Day; or (ii) a Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes but

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the Notes shall not have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02,
or, if such Notes shall have been declared due and payable following an Event of
Default, amounts collected or receivable from the Trust Estate are being applied
in accordance with Section 5.05 as if there had not been such a declaration;
then the Indenture Trustee shall, to the fullest extent practicable, invest and
reinvest funds in the Trust Accounts in Eligible Investments maturing prior to
the succeeding Distribution Date in accordance with Section 5.01(b) of the Sale
and Servicing Agreement.

        SECTION 8.04. Release of Trust Estate. (a) Subject to the payment of its
fees and expenses pursuant to Section 6.07, the Indenture Trustee may, and when
required by the provisions of this Indenture shall, execute instruments to
release property from the lien of this Indenture, or convey the Indenture
Trustee's interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture. No party relying upon an
instrument executed by the Indenture Trustee as provided in this Article VIII
shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee's authority, inquire into the
satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any
moneys.

        (b) The Indenture Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Notes
Outstanding and all sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07 have
been paid, release any remaining portion of the Trust Estate that secured the
Notes from the lien of this Indenture and release to the Issuer or any other
Person entitled thereto any funds then on deposit in the Trust Accounts. The
Indenture Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Indenture
pursuant to this Section 8.04(b) only upon receipt of an Issuer Request
accompanied by an Officer's Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel and (if required
by the TIA) Independent Certificates in accordance with TIA Sections 314(c) and
314(d)(1) meeting the applicable requirements of Section 11.01.

        SECTION 8.05. Opinion of Counsel. The Indenture Trustee shall receive at
least seven days' notice when requested by the Issuer to take any action
pursuant to Section 8.04(a), accompanied by copies of any instruments involved,
and the Indenture Trustee shall also require, as a condition to such action, an
Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee,
stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to
complete the same, and concluding that all conditions precedent to the taking of
such action have been complied with and such action will not materially and
adversely impair the security for the Notes or the rights of the Noteholders in
contravention of the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such
Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair
value of the Trust Estate. Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without
independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or
other instrument delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with any such
action.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                             SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

        SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders.
(a) Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes but with prior notice to the
Rating Agencies, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an
Issuer Order, at any time and from

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time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto (which
shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the
execution thereof), in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, for any of
the following purposes:

               (i) to correct or amplify the description of any property at any
        time subject to the lien of this Indenture, or better to assure, convey
        and confirm unto the Indenture Trustee any property subject or required
        to be subjected to the lien of this Indenture, or to subject to the lien
        of this Indenture additional property;

               (ii) to evidence the succession, in compliance with the
        applicable provisions hereof, of another person to the Issuer, and the
        assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
        and in the Notes contained;

               (iii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer, for the benefit of
        the Holders of the Notes, or to surrender any right or power herein
        conferred upon the Issuer;

               (iv) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property
        to or with the Indenture Trustee;

               (v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
        herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be inconsistent with
        any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture or to make
        any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
        this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture; provided that such
        action shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, adversely
        affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the
        Notes;

               (vi) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the
        appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Notes
        and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
        be necessary to facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by
        more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Article VI; or

               (vii) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of this
        Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to effect the
        qualification of this Indenture under the TIA or under any similar
        federal statute hereafter enacted and to add to this Indenture such
        other provisions as may be expressly required by the TIA.

        The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized to join in the execution of
any such supplemental indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements
and stipulations that may be therein contained.

        (b) The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer
Order, may, also without the consent of any of the Holders of the Notes but with
prior notice to the Rating Agencies, enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this
Indenture; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Opinion of Counsel, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of
any Noteholder. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an
Issuer Order, may, also without consent of any of the

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Holders of the Notes, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto
for the purpose of substituting credit enhancement for any Class of Notes;
provided, however, that the Rating Agency condition with respect thereto shall
have been satisfied.

        SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Noteholders. The
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, when authorized by an Issuer Order, also may,
with prior notice to the Rating Agencies and with the consent of the Holders of
a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, by Act of such
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of, this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
the Notes under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby:

               (i) change the date of payment of any installment of principal of
        or interest on any Note, or reduce the principal amount thereof, the
        interest rate thereon or the Redemption Price with respect thereto,
        change the provisions of this Indenture relating to the application of
        collections on, or the proceeds of the sale of, the Trust Estate to
        payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, or change any place of
        payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or the
        interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for
        the enforcement of the provisions of this Indenture requiring the
        application of funds available therefor, as provided in Article V, to
        the payment of any such amount due on the Notes on or after the
        respective due dates thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after
        the Redemption Date);

               (ii) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
        the Notes, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
        supplemental indenture, or the consent of the Holders of which is
        required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this
        Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided
        for in this Indenture;

               (iii) modify or alter the provisions of the proviso to the
        definition of the term "Outstanding";

               (iv) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
        the Notes required to direct the Indenture Trustee to direct the Issuer
        to sell or liquidate the Trust Estate pursuant to Section 5.04;

               (v) modify any provision of this Section 9.02 except to increase
        any percentage specified herein or to provide that certain additional
        provisions of this Indenture or the Basic Documents cannot be modified
        or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note
        affected thereby;

               (vi) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture in such
        manner as to affect the calculation of the amount of any payment of
        interest or principal due on any Note on any Distribution Date
        (including the calculation of any of the individual components of

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        such calculation) or to affect the rights of the Holders of Notes to the
        benefit of any provisions for the mandatory redemption of the Notes
        contained herein; or

               (vii) permit the creation of any lien ranking prior to or on a
        parity with the lien of this Indenture with respect to any part of the
        Trust Estate or, except as otherwise permitted or contemplated herein,
        terminate the lien of this Indenture on any property at any time subject
        hereto or deprive the Holder of any Note of the security provided by the
        lien of this Indenture.

        The Indenture Trustee may in its discretion determine whether or not any
Notes would be affected by any supplemental indenture and any such determination
shall be conclusive upon the Holders of all Notes, whether theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder. The Indenture Trustee shall
not be liable for any such determination made in good faith.

        It shall not be necessary for any Act of Noteholders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

        Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall
mail to the Holders of the Notes to which such amendment or supplemental
indenture relates a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Indenture Trustee to mail such
notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

        SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
permitting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created
by this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall
not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the
Indenture Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this
Indenture or otherwise.

        SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith with
respect to the Notes affected thereby, and the respective rights, limitations of
rights, obligations, duties, liabilities and immunities under this Indenture of
the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes shall thereafter
be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

        SECTION 9.05. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment of
this Indenture and every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
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the requirements of the TIA as then in effect so long as this Indenture shall
then be qualified under the TIA.

        SECTION 9.06. Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures. Notes
authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article IX may, and if required by the Indenture Trustee shall,
bear a notation in form approved by the Indenture Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Notes.

                                    ARTICLE X

                               REDEMPTION OF NOTES

        SECTION 10.01. Redemption. The Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes
shall be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on any Distribution Date after the
Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes have been paid in full on which the
Servicer exercises the option to purchase the Owner Trust Estate pursuant to
Section 9.01(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that
such purchase is subject to such payment resulting in the Issuer having
available funds sufficient to pay (i) all amounts due pursuant to Section
5.04(b)(i) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and (ii) the aggregate Redemption
Price for the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes. The Issuer shall furnish
the Rating Agencies notice of such redemption. If the Class A-3 Notes and the
Class B Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 10.01, the Issuer
shall furnish notice of such redemption to the Indenture Trustee not later than
15 days prior to the Redemption Date, and the Issuer shall deposit in the
Collection Account not later than two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date
the Redemption Price of the Class A-3 Notes to be redeemed and the Redemption
Price of the Class B Notes to be redeemed, whereupon all such Class A-3 Notes
and Class B Notes shall be due and payable on the Redemption Date upon the
furnishing of a notice complying with Section 10.02 to each Holder of the Notes.

        SECTION 10.02. Form of Redemption Notice. (a) Notice of redemption under
Section 10.01 shall be given by the Indenture Trustee by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than five days prior to the applicable
Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes, as of the close of business on the
Record Date preceding the applicable Redemption Date, at such Holder's address
appearing in the Note Register.

        All notices of redemption shall state:

               (i)    the Redemption Date;

               (ii)   the Redemption Price; and

               (iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for
        payment of the Redemption Price (which shall be the office or agency of
        the Issuer to be maintained as provided in Section 3.02).

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        Notice of redemption of the Notes shall be given by the Indenture
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. Failure to give notice of
redemption, or any defect therein, to any Holder of any Note shall not impair or
affect the validity of the redemption of any other Note.

        SECTION 10.03. Notes Payable on Redemption Date. The Notes or portions
thereof to be redeemed shall, following notice of redemption as required by
Section 10.02, on the Redemption Date become due and payable at the Redemption
Price and (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption
Price) no interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price for any period after the
date to which accrued interest is calculated for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

        SECTION 11.01. Compliance Certificates and Opinions etc. (a) Upon any
application or request by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture
Trustee (i) an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with, (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with and (iii)
(if required by the TIA) an Independent Certificate from a firm of certified
public accountants meeting the applicable requirements of this Section, except
that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

        Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

               (i) a statement that each signatory of such certificate or
        opinion has read or has caused to be read such covenant or condition and
        the definitions herein relating thereto;

               (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
        examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
        contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

               (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such signatory,
        such signatory has made such examination or investigation as is
        necessary to enable such signatory to express an informed opinion as to
        whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

               (iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
        signatory, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

        (b) (i) Prior to the deposit of any Collateral or other property or
securities with the Indenture Trustee that is to be made the basis for the
release of any property or securities

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subject to the lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall, in addition to any
obligation imposed in Section 11.01(a) or elsewhere in this Indenture, furnish
to the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the
opinion of each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90
days of such deposit) to the Issuer of the Collateral or other property or
securities to be so deposited.

               (ii) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
        Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of
        any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (i) above, the
        Issuer shall also deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
        Certificate as to the same matters, if the fair value to the Issuer of
        the securities to be so deposited and of all other such securities made
        the basis of any such withdrawal or release since the commencement of
        the then-current fiscal year of the Issuer, as set forth in the
        certificates delivered pursuant to clause (i) above and this clause
        (ii), is 10% or more of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes,
        but such a certificate need not be furnished with respect to any
        securities so deposited if the fair value thereof to the Issuer as set
        forth in the related Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less
        than one percent of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes.

               (iii) Other than with respect to the release of any Purchased
        Receivables or Liquidated Receivables or payments pursuant to Section
        3.03, whenever any property or securities are to be released from the
        lien of this Indenture, the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture
        Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of
        each person signing such certificate as to the fair value (within 90
        days of such release) of the property or securities proposed to be
        released and stating that in the opinion of such person the proposed
        release will not impair the security under this Indenture in
        contravention of the provisions hereof.

               (iv) Whenever the Issuer is required to furnish to the Indenture
        Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying or stating the opinion of
        any signer thereof as to the matters described in clause (iii) above,
        the Issuer shall also furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Independent
        Certificate as to the same matters if the fair value of the property or
        securities and of all other property, other than Purchased Receivables
        and Liquidated Receivables or payments pursuant to Section 3.03, or
        securities released from the lien of this Indenture since the
        commencement of the then current calendar year, as set forth in the
        certificates required by clause (iii) above and this clause (iv), equals
        10% or more of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, but such
        certificate need not be furnished in the case of any release of property
        or securities if the fair value thereof as set forth in the related
        Officer's Certificate is less than $25,000 or less than one percent of
        the then Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes.

               (v) Notwithstanding Section 2.09 or any other provision of this
        Section, the Issuer may, without complying with clauses (i)-(iv) above,
        (A) collect, liquidate, sell or otherwise dispose of Receivables and
        Financed Equipment as and to the extent permitted or required by the
        Basic Documents and (B) make cash payments out of the Trust Accounts as
        and to the extent permitted or required by the Basic Documents.

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        SECTION 11.02. Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.

        Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Officer of the Issuer may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such officer's certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of an Authorized Officer or Opinion of
Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator, unless such officer or
counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.

        Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.

        Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or
certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that the Issuer
shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application,
or as evidence of the Issuer's compliance with any term hereof, it is intended
that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or
at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the
facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions
precedent to the right of the Issuer to have such application granted or to the
sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be
construed to affect the Indenture Trustee's right to rely upon the truth and
accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided
in Article VI.

        SECTION 11.03.Acts of Noteholders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Noteholders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Noteholders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and except as
herein otherwise expressly provided such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Indenture Trustee, and, where it
is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Noteholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section
6.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this Section.

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        (b) The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee
deems sufficient.

        (c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

        (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Notes shall bind the Holder of every
Note issued upon the registration thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Indenture Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Note.

        SECTION 11.04. Notices, etc. to Indenture Trustee, Issuer and Rating
Agencies. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Noteholders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to or filed with:

        (a) the Indenture Trustee by any Noteholder or by the Issuer shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Indenture Trustee and received at its Corporate Trust
Office, or

        (b) the Issuer by the Indenture Trustee or by any Noteholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class,
postage prepaid, to the Issuer addressed to: Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust
2001-A, in care of Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, as Owner
Trustee, c/o JP Morgan Chase, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, OPS4, 3rd Floor,
Newark, Delaware 19713, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, with a copy to
the Administrator, at the following address: Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation, 2120 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37203-1071 or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Indenture Trustee by Issuer
or the Administrator. The Issuer shall promptly transmit any notice received by
it from the Noteholders to the Indenture Trustee.

        (c) the Rating Agencies by the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing,
personally delivered or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested to
(i) in the case of Moody's, at the following address: Moody's Investors Service,
Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 99 Church Street, New York, New York 10007 and
(ii) in the case of Standard & Poor's, at the following address: Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services, 55 Water Street (40th Floor), New York, New York 10041,
Attention of Asset Backed Surveillance Department; or as to each of the
foregoing, at such other address as shall be designated by written notice to the
other parties.

        SECTION 11.05. Notices to Noteholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such
event, at such Noteholder's address as it appears on the Note Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so
mailed to any particular Noteholder

                                       56
<PAGE>   64

shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders,
and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively
be presumed to have been duly given.

        Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture
Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

        In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a result
of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such
notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a
sufficient giving of such notice.

        Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure
to give such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created
hereunder and shall not under any circumstance constitute a Default or Event of
Default.

        SECTION 11.06. Alternate Payment and Notice Provisions. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Indenture or any of the Notes to the contrary, to the
extent satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer may enter into any
agreement with any Holder of a Note providing for a method of payment, or notice
by the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent to such Holder, that is different
from the methods provided for in this Indenture for such payments or notices.
The Issuer will furnish to the Indenture Trustee a copy of each such agreement
and the Indenture Trustee will cause payments to be made and notices to be given
in accordance with such agreements.

        SECTION 11.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof that is
required to be included in this indenture by any of the provisions of the TIA,
such required provision shall control.

        The provisions of TIA Sections 310 through 317 that impose duties on any
person (including the provisions automatically deemed included herein unless
expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture,
whether or not physically contained herein.

        SECTION 11.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

        SECTION 11.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture and the Notes by the Issuer shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. All covenants and agreements of the
Indenture Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors, co-trustees and
agents of the Indenture Trustee.

        SECTION 11.10. Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or
in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.

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<PAGE>   65

        SECTION 11.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Noteholders, and any other party
secured hereunder, and any other Person with an ownership interest in any part
of the Trust Estate, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.

        SECTION 11.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where the date on which any
payment is due shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of the Notes or this Indenture) payment need not be made on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect as if made on the date on which nominally due, and no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after any such nominal date.

        SECTION 11.13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

        SECTION 11.14. Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.

        SECTION 11.15. Recording of Indenture. If this Indenture is subject to
recording in any appropriate public recording offices, such recording is to be
effected by the Issuer and at its expense accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
(which may be counsel to the Indenture Trustee or any other counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such recording is
necessary either for the protection of the Noteholders or any other Person
secured hereunder or for the enforcement of any right or remedy granted to the
Indenture Trustee under this Indenture.

        SECTION 11.16. Trust Obligation. No recourse may be taken, directly or
indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or
other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any
owner of a beneficial interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner,
beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee or agent of the Indenture
Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, any holder of a
beneficial interest in the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or
of any successor or assign of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it
being understood that the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee have no such
obligations in their individual capacity) and except that any such partner,
owner or beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable
law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or
failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity. For all purposes of
this Indenture, in the performance of any duties or obligations of the Issuer
hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the benefits
of, the terms and provisions of Article VI, VII and VIII of the Trust Agreement.

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<PAGE>   66

        SECTION 11.17. No Petition. Notwithstanding any prior termination of
this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, by entering into this Indenture, and each
Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenant and agree that they will not at
any time institute against the Seller or the Trust, or voluntarily join in any
institution against the Seller or the Trust of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under
any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with
any obligations relating to the Notes, this Indenture or any of the Basic
Documents.

        SECTION 11.18. Inspection. The Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior
notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during the
Issuer's normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records,
reports, and other papers of the Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom,
to cause such books to be audited by Independent certified public accountants,
and to discuss the Issuer's affairs, finances and accounts with the Issuer's
officers, employees, and Independent certified public accountants, all at such
reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture
Trustee shall, and shall cause its representatives, to hold in confidence all
such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all
reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) and except to
the extent that the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such
disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.

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<PAGE>   67

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee have caused
this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.

                              CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
                              TRUST 2001-A,

                              By:  CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
                              USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its
                              individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee,

                              By:  /s/ JOHN J. CASHIN
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                   Name:  John J. Cashin
                                   Title: Vice President

                              BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                              not in its individual capacity but as
                              Indenture Trustee,

                              By:  /s/ BARBARA G. GROSSE
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                   Name:  Barbara G. Grosse
                                   Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

<PAGE>   68

        STATE OF NEW YORK,       )
                                 ) ss.:
        COUNTY OF NEW YORK,      )

        BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared John J. Cashin known to me to
be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument
and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said Vice President and
that she/he executed the same as the corporation for the purpose and
consideration therein stated.

        GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 25th day of July, 2001.

                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Notary Public

                                            [Seal]
        My commission expires:

        -----------------------------

                                       2
<PAGE>   69

        STATE OF NEW YORK,       )
                                 ) ss.:
        COUNTY OF NEW YORK,      )

        BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared Barbara G. Grosse known to me
to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said Vice
President and Assistant Secretary and that she/he executed the same as the
corporation for the purpose and consideration therein stated.

        GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 25th day of July, 2001.

                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Notary Public

                                            [Seal]
        My commission expires:

        -----------------------------

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<PAGE>   70

                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                             SCHEDULE OF RECEIVABLES

                                       A-1
<PAGE>   71

                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                              FORM OF CLASS A NOTE

REGISTERED                                                         $           *
                                                                    -----------
No.
   -----

                       SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                                                               CUSIP NO.
                                                                        --------

        UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

        THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CLASS A NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET
FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS A NOTE
AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

--------------------
* Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

                                      B-1
<PAGE>   72

                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A
           [3.74%] [4.11%] [4.85%] [CLASS A-l] [CLASS A-2] [CLASS A-3]
                               ASSET BACKED NOTES

        Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A, a business trust organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [_________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [____________] DOLLARS payable on each
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a
fraction the numerator of which is $[INSERT INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CLASS A
NOTE] and the denominator of which is [$181,448,000] [for Class A-1 Notes]]
[$134,000,000] [for Class A-2 Notes]] [$277,687,000][for Class A-3 Notes] ] by
(ii) the aggregate amount, if any, payable pursuant to the priorities set forth
in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture in respect of principal on
the [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Notes pursuant to Section 8.02(b) of the
Indenture; provided, however, entire unpaid principal amount of this Class A
Note shall be due and payable on [the earlier of [July 25, 2002 [for Class A-1]]
[December 26, 2003 [for Class A-2]] [April 25, 2007 [for Class A-3]] [and the
Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture [for Class
A-3 Notes]]. No payments of principal of the Class A-2 Notes shall be made until
the principal of the Class A-l Notes has been paid in its entirety, and no
payments of principal of the Class A-3 Notes shall be made until the principal
of the Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes has been paid in its entirety.
The Issuer will pay interest on this Class A Note at the [Class A-1] [Class A-2]
[Class A-3] Note Interest Rate on each Distribution Date until the principal of
this Class A Note is paid or made available for payment, on the principal amount
of this Class A Note outstanding on the preceding Distribution Date after giving
effect to all payments of principal made on such preceding Distribution Date (or
in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount of
this Class A Note). Interest will accrue for each Distribution Date, with
respect to the Class A-1 Notes, from and including the most recent Distribution
Date on which interest has been paid to but excluding such Distribution Date or,
for the initial Distribution Date, from July 25, 2001 to but excluding such
Distribution Date and, with respect to the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3
Notes, from and including the 25th day of the month prior to such Distribution
Date to but excluding the 25th day of the month of such Distribution Date.
Interest will be computed, with respect to the Class A-1 Notes, on the basis of
a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and, with respect to the
Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes, on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30 day months. Such principal of and interest on this Class A Note shall
be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

        The principal of and interest on this Class A Note are payable in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the
Issuer with respect to this Class A Note shall be applied first to interest due
and payable on this Class A Note as provided above and then to the unpaid
principal of this Class A Note.

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Class A Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully
set forth on the face of this Class A Note.

                                      B-2
<PAGE>   73

        Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Class A
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.

Date:                        CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
                               TRUST 2001-A

                             By:  Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
                                    Association, not in its individual capacity
                                    but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
                                    Agreement,

                             By:
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                      B-3
<PAGE>   74

                INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

        This is one of the Class A Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                             BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    not in its individual capacity but
                                    solely as Indenture Trustee,

                             By:
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                      B-4
<PAGE>   75

                                [REVERSE OF NOTE]

        This Class A Note is one of the [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3]
Notes of a duly authorized issue of Class A Notes of the Issuer, designated as
its [3.74%] [4.11%] [4.85%] [Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Asset Backed
Notes (herein called the "Class A Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated
as of July 1, 2001 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Bank One, National Association, as
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee", which term includes any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes. The Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used
in this Class A Note that are defined in the Indenture, as supplemented or
amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the
Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

        The Class A Notes are and will be equally and ratably secured by the
collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.

        Principal of the Class A Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date
in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the 25th
day of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing August 27, 2001.

        As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Class A
Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of [July 25, 2002 [for Class A-1]]
[December 26, 2003 [for Class A-2] [April 25, 2007 [for Class A-3]] and the
Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class A
Notes shall be due and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the
Class A Notes representing a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Class A Notes have declared the Class A Notes to be immediately due and payable
in the manner provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal payments
on the Class A Notes of a Class shall be made pro rata to the Class A
Noteholders of such Class entitled thereto.

        Payments of interest on this Class A Note due and payable on each
Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the
extent not in full payment of this Class A Note, shall be made by check mailed
to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Class A Note
(or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of
business on each Record Date, except that with respect to Class A Notes
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the
address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable
Record Date without requiring that this Class A Note be submitted for notation
of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Class A Note (or any
one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by

                                      B-5
<PAGE>   76

any payments made on any Distribution Date shall be binding upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Class A Note issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted
hereon. If funds are expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for
payment in full of the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Class A
Note on a Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on
behalf of the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder
hereof as of the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed
within five days of such Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Class A Note at
the Indenture Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the
Indenture Trustee's agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of New
York.

        The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the
[Class A-1] [Class A-2] [Class A-3] Note Interest Rate to the extent lawful.

        [As provided in the Indenture, the Class A-3 Notes may be redeemed in
whole, but not in part, by the Issuer, upon the exercise by the Servicer of its
option to repurchase the Receivables on any Distribution Date on or after the
date on which the Note Value is ten percent or less of the Initial Note Value.]

        As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Class A Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Class A Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency designated by the issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and
thereupon one or more new Class A Notes of authorized denominations and in the
same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer
or exchange of this Class A Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

        Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class A Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class A Note, covenants and
agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to
the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Class A Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any
such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided

                                      B-6
<PAGE>   77

by applicable law, for any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital
contribution or failure to pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

        Each Class A Noteholder or Class A Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class
A Note or, in the case of a Class A Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class
A Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture
that such Noteholder will not at any time institute against the Trust or the
Seller, or join in any institution against the Trust or the Seller of, any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligations relating to the Class A Notes, the Indenture or the Basic
Documents.

        It is the intent of the Seller, the Class A Noteholders, the Class B
Noteholders, the Class A Note Owners, the Class B Note Owners, the Issuer, the
Certificateholder and the Certificate Owner that the Class A Notes will be
classified as indebtedness of the Issuer for all United States tax purposes. The
Class A Noteholders, by acceptance of a Class A Note, agree to treat, and to
take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Notes for such tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

        Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Class
A Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Class A Note (as of
the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the
Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Class A Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

        The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of all Notes at the time
Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
Notes representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Class A Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Class A Note
and of any Class A Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Class A Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture
Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.

        The term "Issuer" as used in this Class A Note includes any successor to
the Issuer under the Indenture.

        The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Holders of Notes under the Indenture.

                                      B-7
<PAGE>   78

        The Class A Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations
as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

        This Class A Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Class A
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on
this Class A Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

        Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, neither Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in
the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents,
officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns shall be personally
liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of
principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to perform, any of
the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Class A Note or
the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations
and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the sole purposes
of binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The
Holder of this Class A Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents in the case of an Event of Default
under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing
for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against,
the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Class A Note.

                                      B-8
<PAGE>   79

                                   ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

------------------------------------

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (name and address of assignee)

the within Class A Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints attorney, to transfer said Class A Note on the books
kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                                                                         *
      ------------------------------        ------------------------------------
                                                    Signature Guaranteed:

--------------------
* NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

                                      B-9
<PAGE>   80

                                                                       EXHIBIT C

                              FORM OF CLASS B NOTE

REGISTERED                                                         $           *
                                                                    -----------
No.
   -----

                       SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                                                               CUSIP NO.
                                                                        --------

        UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

        THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS CLASS B NOTE IS PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET
FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS CLASS B NOTE
AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

        THIS CLASS B NOTE MAY NOT BE HELD BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO IS
NOT (A) A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, (B) A CORPORATION OR
PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZED IN OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, ANY STATE
THEREOF, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF EITHER (INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA) OR (C) AN ESTATE OR TRUST, THE INCOME OF WHICH IS INCLUDIBLE IN GROSS
INCOME FOR UNITED STATES TAX PURPOSES, REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE (ANY SUCH PERSON
DESCRIBED IN THE FOREGOING CLAUSES (A), (B) OR (C) BEING HEREIN REFERRED TO AS A
"U.S. PERSON"). IF REQUESTED BY THE SELLER, THE TRUST OR THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE
HOLDER OF THIS CLASS B NOTE MUST PROVIDE AN AFFIDAVIT AND RELATED TAX FORMS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.13(b) OF THE INDENTURE

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* Denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.

                                      C-1
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REFERRED TO HEREIN TO THE SELLER, THE TRUST AND THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE CERTIFYING
THAT SUCH PERSON IS A U.S. PERSON. NOTWITHSTANDING THE REGISTRATION IN THE NOTE
REGISTER OR ANY TRANSFER, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THIS CLASS B NOTE TO A
PERSON OTHER THAN A U.S. PERSON, SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE OF NO
LEGAL FORCE OR EFFECT WHATSOEVER AND SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A
CLASS B NOTEHOLDER FOR ANY PURPOSE HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
RECEIPT OF DISTRIBUTIONS ON THIS CLASS B NOTE. EACH HOLDER OF THIS CLASS B NOTE
BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THIS PARAGRAPH.

                                      C-2
<PAGE>   82

                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A
                        CLASS B 5.72% ASSET BACKED NOTES

        Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A, a business trust organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [_________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [____________] DOLLARS payable on each
Distribution Date in an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying (i) a
fraction the numerator of which is $[INSERT INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CLASS B
NOTE] and the denominator of which is $15,527,000 by (ii) the aggregate amount,
if any, payable pursuant to the priorities set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Indenture in respect of principal on the Class B Notes
pursuant to Section 8.02(b) of the Indenture; provided, however, entire unpaid
principal amount of this Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of July
25, 2007 and the Redemption Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the
Indenture. No payments of principal of the Class B Notes shall be made until the
principal of the Class A Notes has been paid in its entirety. The Issuer will
pay interest on this Class B Note at the Class B Note Interest Rate on each
Distribution Date until the principal of this Class B Note is paid or made
available for payment, on the principal amount of this Class B Note outstanding
on the preceding Distribution Date after giving effect to all payments of
principal made on such preceding Distribution Date (or in the case of the first
Distribution Date, on the initial principal amount of this Class B Note).
Interest on this Class B Note will accrue for each Distribution Date from and
including the 25th day of the month prior to such Distribution Date to but
excluding the 25th day of the month of such Distribution Date. Interest will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Such principal
of and interest on this Class B Note shall be paid in the manner specified on
the reverse hereof. Payments of principal and interest on this Class B Note are
subordinated to the payment of principal and interest on the Class A Notes to
the extent provided in the Indenture and the Sale and Servicing Agreement.

        The principal of and interest on this Class B Note are payable in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments made by the
Issuer with respect to this Class B Note shall be applied first to interest due
and payable on this Class B Note as provided above and then to the unpaid
principal of this Class B Note.

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Class B Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully
set forth on the face of this Class B Note.

        Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Indenture Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Class B
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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<PAGE>   83

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed,
manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.

Date:                        CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET
                               TRUST 2001-A,

                             By: Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
                                  Association,  not in its individual capacity
                                  but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust
                                  Agreement,

                             By:
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                 Name:
                                 Title:

                                      C-4
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                INDENTURE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

        This is one of the Class B Notes designated above and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                             BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                               not in its individual capacity but
                               solely as Indenture Trustee,

                             By:
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                 Name:
                                 Title:

                                      C-5
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                            [REVERSE OF CLASS B NOTE]

        This Class B Note is one of the Class B Notes of a duly authorized issue
of Class B Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 5.72% Class B Asset Backed
Notes (herein called the "Class B Notes"), all issued under an Indenture dated
as of July 1, 2001 (such indenture, as supplemented or amended, is herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and Bank One, National Association, as
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee," which term includes any successor Indenture
Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights and
obligations thereunder of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes. The Class B Notes are subject to all terms of the Indenture. All
terms used in this Class B Note that are defined in the Indenture, as
supplemented or amended, shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant
to the Indenture, as so supplemented or amended.

        The Class B Notes are and will be secured by the collateral pledged as
security therefor as provided in the Indenture.

        Principal of the Class B Notes will be payable on each Distribution Date
in an amount described on the face hereof. "Distribution Date" means the 25th
day of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day, commencing August 27, 2001.

        As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Class B
Note shall be due and payable on the earlier of July 25, 2007 and the Redemption
Date, if any, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the entire unpaid principal amount of the Class B Notes shall be due
and payable on the date on which an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of the Class B Notes
representing a majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Class B Notes
have declared the Class B Notes to be immediately due and payable in the manner
provided in Section 5.02 of the Indenture. All principal payments on the Class B
Notes shall be made pro rata to the Class B Noteholders entitled thereto.

        Payments of interest on this Class B Note due and payable on each
Distribution Date, together with the installment of principal, if any, to the
extent not in full payment of this Class B Note, shall be made by check mailed
to the Person whose name appears as the Registered Holder of this Class B Note
(or one or more Predecessor Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of
business on each Record Date, except that with respect to the Class B Notes
registered on the Record Date in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency
(initially, such nominee to be Cede & Co.), payments will be made by wire
transfer in immediately available funds to the account designated by such
nominee. Such checks shall be mailed to the Person entitled thereto at the
address of such Person as it appears on the Note Register as of the applicable
Record Date without requiring that this Class B Note be submitted for notation
of payment. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Class B Note (or any
one or more Predecessor Notes) effected by any payments made on any Distribution
Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Class B Note and of any
Class B Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in

                                      C-6
<PAGE>   86

exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. If funds are
expected to be available, as provided in the Indenture, for payment in full of
the then remaining unpaid principal amount of this Class B Note on a
Distribution Date, then the Indenture Trustee, in the name of and on behalf of
the Issuer, will notify the Person who was the Registered Holder hereof as of
the Record Date preceding such Distribution Date by notice mailed within five
days of such Distribution Date and the amount then due and payable shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Class B Note at the
Indenture Trustee's principal Corporate Trust Office or at the office of the
Indenture Trustee's agent appointed for such purposes located in the City of New
York.

        The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the
Class B Note Interest Rate to the extent lawful.

        As provided in the Indenture, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class B Notes
may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, by the Issuer, upon the exercise by
the Servicer of its option to repurchase the Receivables on any Distribution
Date on or after the date on which the Note Value is ten percent or less of the
Initial Note Value.

        As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Class B Note may be registered on the Note
Register upon surrender of this Class B Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency designated by the issuer pursuant to the Indenture, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing, with such signature
guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company located, or having a
correspondent located, in the City of New York or the city in which the
Corporate Trust Office is located, or a member firm of a national securities
exchange, and such other documents as the Indenture Trustee may require, and
thereupon one or more new Class B Notes of authorized denominations and in the
same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer
or exchange of this Class B Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

        Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class B Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class B Note, covenants and
agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to
the obligations of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee on the
Class B Notes or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection therewith, against (i) the Indenture Trustee or the
Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial
interest in the Issuer or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer,
director or employee of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its
individual capacity, any holder of a beneficial interest in the Issuer, the
Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee or of any successor or assign of the
Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee in its individual capacity, except as any
such Person may have expressly agreed and except that any such partner, owner or
beneficiary shall be fully liable, to the extent provided by applicable law, for
any unpaid consideration for stock, unpaid capital contribution or failure to
pay any installment or call owing to such entity.

                                      C-7
<PAGE>   87

        Each Noteholder or Note Owner, by acceptance of a Class B Note or, in
the case of a Note Owner, a beneficial interest in a Class B Note, covenants and
agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Noteholder will
not at any time institute against the Trust or the Seller, or join in any
institution against the Trust or the Seller of, any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Class B Notes, the Indenture or the Basic Documents.

        It is the intent of the Seller, the Class A Noteholders, the Class B
Noteholders, the Class A Note Owners, the Class B Note Owners, the Issuer, the
Certificateholders and the Certificate Owners that, the Class B Notes will be
classified as indebtedness of the Issuer for all United States tax purposes. The
Class B Noteholders, by acceptance of a Class B Note, agree to treat, and to
take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, the Class B Notes for such
tax purposes as indebtedness of the Issuer.

        Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Class
B Note, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Indenture Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Class B Note (as of
the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the
Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not
this Class B Note be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

        The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Issuer and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any
time by the Issuer with the consent of the Holders of Notes representing a
majority of the Outstanding Principal Amount of all Notes at the time
Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
Notes representing specified percentages of the Outstanding Principal Amount of
the Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the
Issuer with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under
the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Class B Note (or any one of more Predecessor Notes) shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Class B Note
and of any Class B Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Class B Note. The Indenture also permits the Indenture
Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture without the consent of Holders of the Notes issued thereunder.

        The term "Issuer" as used in this Class B Note includes any successor to
the Issuer under the Indenture.

        The Issuer is permitted by the Indenture, under certain circumstances,
to merge or consolidate, subject to the rights of the Indenture Trustee and the
Holders of Notes under the Indenture.

        The Class B Notes are issuable only in registered form in denominations
as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations therein set forth.

                                      C-8
<PAGE>   88

        This Class B Note and the Indenture shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereunder
and thereunder shall be determined in accordance with such laws.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Class B
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the issuer,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on
this Class B Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed.

        Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, neither Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association in its individual capacity, any owner of a beneficial interest in
the Issuer, nor any of their respective partners, beneficiaries, agents,
officers, directors, employees or successors or assigns shall be personally
liable for, nor shall recourse be had to any of them for, the payment of
principal of or interest on, or performance of, or omission to perform, any of
the covenants, obligations or indemnifications contained in this Class B Note or
the Indenture, it being expressly understood that said covenants, obligations
and indemnifications have been made by the Owner Trustee for the sole purposes
of binding the interests of the Owner Trustee in the assets of the Issuer. The
Holder of this Class B Note by the acceptance hereof agrees that, except as
expressly provided in the Basic Documents in the case of an Event of Default
under the Indenture, the Holder shall have no claim against any of the foregoing
for any deficiency, loss or claim therefrom; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against,
the assets of the Issuer for any and all liabilities, obligations and
undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Class B Note.

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<PAGE>   89

                                   ASSIGNMENT

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

------------------------------------

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

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                         (name and address of assignee)

the within Class B Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints attorney, to transfer said Class B Note on the books
kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:                                                                         *
      ------------------------------        ------------------------------------
                                                     Signature Guaranteed:

--------------------
* NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

                                      C-10<PAGE>   1

                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                      Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
                            dated as of July 1, 2001

<PAGE>   2

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                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A

                      AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT

                                     between

                   CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL FUNDING CORPORATION,
                                    as Seller

                                       and

                 CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                as Owner Trustee

                            Dated as of July 1, 2001

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I         DEFINITIONS...............................................................   1

        SECTION 1.01.    Capitalized Terms..................................................   1

        SECTION 1.02.    Other Definitional Provisions......................................   3

ARTICLE II        ORGANIZATION..............................................................   3

        SECTION 2.01.    Name...............................................................   3

        SECTION 2.02.    Office.............................................................   3

        SECTION 2.03.    Purpose and Powers.................................................   4

        SECTION 2.04.    Appointment of Owner Trustee.......................................   4

        SECTION 2.05.    Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate.......................   4

        SECTION 2.06.    Declaration of Trust...............................................   5

        SECTION 2.07.    Liability of the Owner.............................................   5

        SECTION 2.08.    Title to Trust Property............................................   5

        SECTION 2.09.    Situs of Trust.....................................................   5

        SECTION 2.10.    Representations and Warranties of Seller...........................   5

        SECTION 2.11.    Amended and Restated Trust Agreement...............................   6

ARTICLE III       CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS....................................   6

        SECTION 3.01.    Initial Ownership..................................................   6

        SECTION 3.02.    Form of Certificates...............................................   7

        SECTION 3.03.    Authentication of the Certificate..................................   7

        SECTION 3.04.    Registration of Transfer of the Certificate........................   7

        SECTION 3.05.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate...................   8

        SECTION 3.06.    Persons Deemed Owner...............................................   8

        SECTION 3.07.    Access to List of Certificateholder's Names and Addresses..........   8

        SECTION 3.08.    Maintenance of Office or Agency....................................   8

        SECTION 3.09.    Appointment of Paying Agents.......................................   9

ARTICLE IV        ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE..................................................   9

        SECTION 4.01.    Prior Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters..............   9

        SECTION 4.02.    Action By the Owner with Respect to Certain Matters................  10

        SECTION 4.03.    Action By Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy.........................  10

        SECTION 4.04.    Restrictions on Owner's Power......................................  10

ARTICLE V         APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES................................  10
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        SECTION 5.01.    Establishment of Trust Account....................................   10

        SECTION 5.02.    Application of Trust Funds........................................   11

        SECTION 5.03.    Method of Payment.................................................   11

        SECTION 5.04.    No Segregation of Monies; No Interest.............................   11

        SECTION 5.05.    Accounting and Report to the Noteholders, the Owner, the
                         Internal Revenue Service and Others...............................   12

ARTICLE VI        AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE....................................   12

        SECTION 6.01.    General Authority.................................................   12

        SECTION 6.02.    General Duties....................................................   12

        SECTION 6.03.    Action Upon Instruction...........................................   12

        SECTION 6.04.    No Duties Except as Specified in This Agreement or in
                         Instructions......................................................   13

        SECTION 6.05.    No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions........   14

        SECTION 6.06.    Restrictions......................................................   14

ARTICLE VII       CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE.............................................   14

        SECTION 7.01.    Acceptance of Trusts and Duties...................................   14

        SECTION 7.02.    Furnishing of Documents...........................................   15

        SECTION 7.03.    Representations and Warranties....................................   15

        SECTION 7.04.    Reliance; Advice of Counsel.......................................   16

        SECTION 7.05.    Not Acting in Individual Capacity.................................   16

        SECTION 7.06.    Owner Trustee Not Liable for the Certificate, Notes or
                         Receivables.......................................................   17

        SECTION 7.07.    Owner Trustee May Own the Certificate and Notes...................   17

ARTICLE VIII      COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE............................................   17

        SECTION 8.01.    Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................   17

        SECTION 8.02.    Indemnification...................................................   17

        SECTION 8.03.    Payments to the Owner Trustee.....................................   18

ARTICLE IX        TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT...........................................   18

        SECTION 9.01.    Termination of Trust Agreement....................................   18

ARTICLE X         SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES...................   19

        SECTION 10.01.   Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee........................   19
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        SECTION 10.02.   Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee...........................   19

        SECTION 10.03.   Successor Owner Trustee...........................................   20

        SECTION 10.04.   Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee..........................   20

        SECTION 10.05.   Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.....................   20

ARTICLE XI        MISCELLANEOUS............................................................   22

        SECTION 11.01.   Supplements and Amendments........................................   22

        SECTION 11.02.   No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in the Owner.................   23

        SECTION 11.03.   Limitations on Rights of Others...................................   23

        SECTION 11.04.   Notices...........................................................   23

        SECTION 11.05.   Severability......................................................   23

        SECTION 11.06.   Separate Counterparts.............................................   23

        SECTION 11.07.   Successors and Assigns............................................   23

        SECTION 11.08.   Covenant of the Seller............................................   24

        SECTION 11.09.   No Petition.......................................................   24

        SECTION 11.10.   No Recourse.......................................................   24

        SECTION 11.11.   Headings..........................................................   24

        SECTION 11.12.   GOVERNING LAW.....................................................   24

        SECTION 11.13.   Certificate Transfer Restrictions.................................   25

        SECTION 11.14.   Seller Payment Obligation.........................................   25

EXHIBIT A         FORM OF CERTIFICATE......................................................  A-1

EXHIBIT B         CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A.........  B-1

EXHIBIT C         CERTIFICATEHOLDER CERTIFICATION..........................................    1
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       AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT dated as of July 1, 2001, between
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL FUNDING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, as Seller, and
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Owner Trustee.

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

       SECTION 1.01. Capitalized Terms. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

       "Administration Agreement" means the Administration Agreement dated as of
July 1, 2001, among the Administrator, the Trust, the Seller and the Indenture
Trustee, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

       "Administrator" means Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, or any successor Administrator under the Administration
Agreement.

       "Agreement" shall mean this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.

       "Basic Documents" shall mean the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Depository
Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Notes, the Certificates and the other
documents and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

       "Benefit Plan Investor" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.13.

       "Business Trust Statute" shall mean Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended
from time to time.

       "Certificate Balance" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Sale and Servicing Agreement.

       "Certificate Distribution Account" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 5.01.

       "Certificate of Trust" shall mean the Certificate of Trust in the form of
Exhibit B which has been filed for the Trust pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the
Business Trust Statute.

       "Certificate Register" and "Certificate Registrar" shall mean the
register mentioned and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 3.04.

       "Certificateholder" or "Holder" shall mean the registered holder of the
Certificate.

       "Certificateholder Certification" shall mean a certification with respect
to non-foreign status and Benefit Plan Investor status in the form of Exhibit C
hereto.

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       "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

       "Corporate Trust Office" shall mean, with respect to the Owner Trustee,
the principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at c/o JP
Morgan Chase, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, OPS4, 3rd Floor, Newark, Delaware
19713; or at such other address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to
the Owner and the Seller, or the principal corporate trust office of any
successor Owner Trustee (the address of which the successor owner trustee will
notify the Seller and the Owner).

       "Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the Indenture
Trustee, the Administrator and The Depository Trust Company, dated as of the
Closing Date.

       "Expenses" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.

       "Indenture Trustee" shall mean Bank One, National Association, not in its
individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture, and any
successor Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.

       "Owner" shall mean the Holder of the Certificate.

       "Owner Trust Estate" shall mean all right, title and interest of the
Trust in and to the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to
Article II of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all funds on deposit from time
to time in the Trust Accounts and the Certificate Distribution Account and all
other property of the Trust from time to time, including any rights of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Administration Agreement.

       "Owner Trustee" shall mean Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association, a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but
solely as owner trustee under this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee
hereunder.

       "Paying Agent" shall mean any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 3.09 and shall initially be The Chase Manhattan Bank.

       "Record Date" shall mean, with respect to any Distribution Date, at the
close of business on the last calendar day of the month preceding the month in
which such Distribution Date occurs.

       "Sale and Servicing Agreement" shall mean the Sale and Servicing
Agreement among the Trust, the Seller, as seller, and Caterpillar Financial
Services Corporation, as servicer, dated as of July 1, 2001, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

       "Secretary of State" shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.

       "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

       "Seller" shall mean Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation in its
capacity as Seller hereunder.

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       "Treasury Regulations" shall mean regulations, including proposed or
temporary regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.

       "Trust" shall mean the trust established by this Agreement.

       SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Sale
and Servicing Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture.

              (a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
       meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered
       pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

              (b) As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other
       document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms
       not defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other
       document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any
       such certificate or other document to the extent not defined, shall have
       the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
       principles. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in
       this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are
       inconsistent with the meanings of such terms under generally accepted
       accounting principles, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in
       any such certificate or other document shall control.

              (c) The words "hereof," "herein," "hereunder," and words of
       similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement
       as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section
       and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to
       Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
       and the term "including" shall mean "including without limitation."

              (d) The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to
       the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
       masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  ORGANIZATION

       SECTION 2.01. Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as
"Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A," in which name the Owner Trustee may
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued.

       SECTION 2.02. Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the
Owner Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in the
State of Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the
Seller.

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       SECTION 2.03. Purpose and Powers. (a) The purpose of the Trust is to
engage in the following activities:

              (i) to issue the Class A-1 Notes, Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3
       Notes and the Class B Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Certificate
       pursuant to this Agreement, and to sell $181,448,000 aggregate principal
       amount of the Class A-1 Notes, $134,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
       Class A-2 Notes, $277,687,000 aggregate principal amount of the Class A-3
       Notes and $15,527,000 aggregate principal amount of Class B Notes
       pursuant to underwriting agreements upon the written order of the Seller
       and issue the Certificate with an initial Certificate Balance of
       $12,422,797 to or upon the written order of the Seller;

              (ii) to pay the Seller the amounts owed pursuant to Section 2.01
       of the Sale and Servicing Agreement by delivering to or upon the order of
       the Seller the Notes and the Certificate to the Seller;

              (iii) with the proceeds from capital contributions from the Seller
       to pay the organizational, start-up and transactional expenses of the
       Trust, and with the proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the
       Certificate, to fund the Reserve Account;

              (iv) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey the
       Trust Estate pursuant to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute
       to the Owner pursuant to the terms of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
       and this Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the Lien
       of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;

              (v) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
       Documents to which it is to be a party;

              (vi) to engage in those activities, including entering into
       agreements, that are necessary, suitable or convenient to accomplish the
       foregoing or are incidental thereto or connected therewith; and

              (vii) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in
       such other activities as may be required in connection with conservation
       of the Owner Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Owner
       and the Noteholders.

The Trust shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the
foregoing or other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement
or the Basic Documents.

       SECTION 2.04. Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Seller hereby appoints
the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to
have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein.

       SECTION 2.05. Initial Capital Contribution of Trust Estate. The Seller
hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner Trustee, as
of the date hereof, the sum of $1. The Owner Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt
in trust from the Seller, as of the date hereof, of the foregoing contribution,
which shall constitute the initial Owner Trust Estate and shall be deposited in
the Certificate Distribution Account. The Seller shall pay organizational

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expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the request of the Owner
Trustee, promptly reimburse the Owner Trustee for any such expenses paid by the
Owner Trustee.

       SECTION 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Owner Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the
conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Owner, subject to the
obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business trust under the Business
Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the governing instrument of
such business trust. It is the intention of the parties hereto that, for income
and franchise tax purposes, the Trust shall be treated as a "disregarded entity"
and, therefor, shall be disregarded as an entity separate from the Owner. The
parties agree that, unless otherwise required by appropriate tax authorities,
the Trust will file or cause to be filed annual or other necessary returns,
reports and other forms consistent with the characterization of the Trust as a
disregarded entity for such tax purposes. Effective as of the date hereof, the
Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in
the Business Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the
Trust.

       SECTION 2.07. Liability of the Owner. The Owner shall not have any
personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust.

       SECTION 2.08. Title to Trust Property. Legal title to all the Owner Trust
Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate legal entity
except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to any part of
the Owner Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which case
title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee, a co-trustee and/or a
separate trustee, as the case may be.

       SECTION 2.09. Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered
in the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained by the Owner Trustee on
behalf of the Trust shall be located in the State of Delaware or the State of
New York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than
Delaware; provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the
Owner Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware.
Payments will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York, and
payments will be made by the Trust only from Delaware or New York. The only
office of the Trust will be at the Corporate Trust Office in Delaware.

       SECTION 2.10. Representations and Warranties of Seller. The Seller hereby
represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:

              (a) The Seller is duly organized and validly existing as a
       corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, with
       power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as
       such properties are currently owned and such business is presently
       conducted.

              (b) The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
       corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and
       approvals in all jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify or to
       obtain such license or approval would render any

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       Receivable unenforceable that would otherwise be enforceable by the
       Seller, the Servicer or the Owner Trustee.

              (c) The Seller has the power and authority to execute and deliver
       this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Seller has full power and
       authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and
       deposited with the Trust and the Seller shall have duly authorized such
       sale and assignment and deposit to the Trust by all necessary corporate
       action; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has
       been duly authorized by the Seller by all necessary corporate action.

              (d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
       Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
       result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
       (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the
       certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Seller, or any indenture,
       agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which
       it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
       any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture,
       agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to the Basic
       Documents); nor violate any law or, to the best of the Seller's
       knowledge, any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any
       court, federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or other
       governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its
       properties.

              (e) There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the
       best of Seller's knowledge, threatened, before any court, federal or
       state regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
       instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties
       which (i) assert the invalidity of this Agreement or any of the Basic
       Documents, (ii) seek to prevent the consummation of any of the
       transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Basic
       Documents, or (iii) seek any determination or ruling that might
       materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its
       obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement
       or any of the Basic Documents.

       SECTION 2.11. Amended and Restated Trust Agreement. This Agreement amends
and restates in its entirety the Trust Agreement dated as of July 9, 2001
between the Seller and Owner Trustee.

                                   ARTICLE III

                     CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

       SECTION 3.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Seller pursuant to Section 2.05 and thereafter so long as
the Seller remains the "Owner," the Seller shall be the sole beneficiary of the
Trust. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the interest of
the Seller in the Trust (including its interest by virtue of being the Holder of
the Certificate) shall be transferable only in whole and any successor to the
Seller pursuant to such a transfer shall thenceforth be deemed the Seller for
purposes of this Agreement. No such transfer shall be effective until such time
as written notice thereof signed

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by both the transferor and transferee and an executed copy of the
Certificateholder Certification are delivered to the Owner Trustee.

       SECTION 3.02. Form of Certificates. The Certificate shall be issued in an
original Certificate Balance of $12,422,797. The Certificate shall be executed
on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of a Trust Officer of
the Owner Trustee. The Certificate bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed,
authorized to sign on behalf of the Trust, shall, when duly authenticated
pursuant to Section 3.03, be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have
ceased to be so authorized prior to the authentication and delivery of the
Certificate or did not hold such offices at the date of authentication and
delivery of the Certificate.

       SECTION 3.03. Authentication of the Certificate. Concurrently with the
initial sale of the Receivables to the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, the Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate in a principal amount
equal to the initial Certificate Balance to be executed on behalf of the Trust,
authenticated and delivered to or upon the written order of the Seller, signed
by its Chairman of the Board, its President, any Vice President, its Treasurer,
its Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, without further corporate action by
the Seller. The Certificate shall not entitle its Holder to any benefit under
this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there shall appear on the
Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth
in Exhibit A executed by the Owner Trustee or the Owner Trustee's authentication
agent, by manual signature; such authentication shall constitute conclusive
evidence that the Certificate shall have been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. The Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

       SECTION 3.04. Registration of Transfer of the Certificate. The
Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, a Certificate Register in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Owner Trustee shall provide
for the registration of the Certificate and of transfers of the Certificate as
herein provided. The Chase Manhattan Bank shall be the initial Certificate
Registrar.

       Upon surrender for registration of transfer of the Certificate at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 3.08, the Owner Trustee shall
execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause its authenticating agent to
authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, a new Certificate of a like aggregate amount dated the date of
authentication by the Owner Trustee or any authenticating agent. The Owner
Trustee shall not register a transfer of any Certificate unless the transferee
of the Certificate delivers to the Certificate Registrar and authenticating
agent an executed Certificateholder Certification.

       The Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder or
its attorney duly authorized in writing, along with a Certificateholder
Certification duly executed by the transferee of such Certificate. The
Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be cancelled and
subsequently disposed of by the Owner Trustee in accordance with its customary
practice.

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       No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer of the
Certificate, but the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of the Certificate.

       The Certificate has not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act, or any state securities laws and neither the Certificate nor any
interest therein may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except
in accordance with applicable securities laws of any state of the United States
and in reliance on the private placement exemption of the Securities Act. The
Trustee may (but shall not be obligated) at any time or times request an Opinion
of Counsel as to compliance with this restriction in connection with any
transfer of a Certificate.

       SECTION 3.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate. If (a)
the Certificate is mutilated and shall be surrendered to the Certificate
Registrar, or if the Certificate Registrar shall receive evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the Certificate and (b) there
shall be delivered to the Certificate Registrar and the Owner Trustee such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then in the absence of notice that the Certificate shall have been acquired by a
protected purchaser, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and
the Owner Trustee, or the Owner Trustee's authenticating agent, shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in
the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Certificate shall be found at any time.

       SECTION 3.06. Persons Deemed Owner. Prior to due presentation of the
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee or the Certificate
Registrar may treat the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the
Certificate Register as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of
receiving distributions pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar shall be
bound by any notice to the contrary.

       SECTION 3.07. Access to List of Certificateholder's Names and Addresses.
The Owner Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Servicer and the
Seller, within 15 days after receipt by the Owner Trustee of a request therefor
from the Servicer or the Seller in writing, the name and address of the
Certificateholder as of the most recent Record Date. The Holder, by receiving
and holding the Certificate, shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold either
the Seller or the Owner Trustee accountable by reason of the disclosure of its
name and address, regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.

       SECTION 3.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Owner Trustee shall
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York, an office or
offices or agency or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Owner
Trustee in respect of the Certificate and the Basic Documents may be served. The
Owner Trustee initially designates The Chase

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Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 as its principal
corporate trust office for such purposes. The Owner Trustee shall give prompt
written notice to the Seller of any change in the location of the Certificate
Register or any such office or agency.

       SECTION 3.09. Appointment of Paying Agents. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to the Certificateholder from the Certificate Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 5.02 and shall report the amounts of such distributions to
the Owner Trustee. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw
funds from the Certificate Distribution Account for the purpose of making the
distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee may revoke such power and
remove the Paying Agent if the Owner Trustee determines in its sole discretion
that the Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be The Chase
Manhattan Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by The Chase Manhattan Bank, and
acceptable to the Owner Trustee. The Chase Manhattan Bank shall be permitted to
resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the Owner Trustee. In the
event that The Chase Manhattan Bank shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the
Owner Trustee shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a
bank or trust company). The Owner Trustee shall cause such successor Paying
Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Owner Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Owner Trustee an instrument in which such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Owner Trustee that as
Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold
all sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Certificateholder in trust for
the benefit of the Certificateholder entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to the Certificateholder. The Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds
to the Owner Trustee and upon removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall
also return all funds in its possession to the Owner Trustee. The provisions of
Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04 and 8.01 shall apply to the Owner Trustee also in its
role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Owner Trustee shall act as Paying Agent
and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent appointed hereunder.
Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying
agent unless the context requires otherwise.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                            ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

       SECTION 4.01. Prior Notice to Owner with Respect to Certain Matters. With
respect to the following matters, the Owner Trustee shall not take action unless
at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner Trustee shall have
notified the Certificateholder in writing of the proposed action and the Holder
shall not have notified the Owner Trustee in writing prior to the 30th day after
such notice is given that the Holder has withheld consent or provided
alternative direction:

              (a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust (other
       than an action to collect on a Receivable) and the compromise of any
       action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust (other than an
       action to collect on a Receivable);

              (b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the
       Certificate of Trust;

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              (c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
       circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

              (d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
       circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and
       such amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Owner;

              (e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration
       Agreement, except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any
       provision in a manner that would not materially adversely affect the
       interests of the Owner; or

              (f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
       Registrar, Paying Agent or Trustee or the appointment pursuant to this
       Agreement of a successor Certificate Registrar, or the consent to the
       assignment by the Note Registrar, Paying Agent or Trustee or Certificate
       Registrar of its obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as
       applicable.

       SECTION 4.02. Action By the Owner with Respect to Certain Matters. The
Owner Trustee shall not have the power, except upon the direction of the Owner,
to (a) remove the Administrator under the Administration Agreement pursuant to
Section 8 thereof, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8
of the Administration Agreement, (c) remove the Servicer under the Sale and
Servicing Agreement pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof or (d) except as expressly
provided in the Basic Documents, sell the Receivables after the termination of
the Indenture. The Owner Trustee shall take the actions referred to in the
preceding sentence only upon written instructions signed by the Owner.

       SECTION 4.03. Action By Owner with Respect to Bankruptcy. The Owner
Trustee shall not have the power to commence a voluntary proceeding in
bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the prior approval of the Owner and the
delivery to the Owner Trustee by the Owner of a certificate certifying that the
Owner reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

       SECTION 4.04. Restrictions on Owner's Power. The Owner shall not direct
the Owner Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action if such action or
inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the Trust or the Owner Trustee
under this Agreement or any of the Basic Documents or would be contrary to
Section 2.03 nor shall the Owner Trustee be obligated to follow any such
direction, if given.

                                    ARTICLE V

                   APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

       SECTION 5.01. Establishment of Trust Account. The Owner Trustee, for the
benefit of the Certificateholder, shall establish and maintain in the name of
the Trust an Eligible Securities Account (the "Certificate Distribution
Account"), bearing a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited
therein are held for the benefit of the Certificateholder.

       The Owner Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all
funds on deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and
in all proceeds thereof. Except as

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otherwise provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under
the sole dominion and control of the Owner Trustee for the benefit of the
Certificateholder. If, at any time, the Certificate Distribution Account ceases
to be an Eligible Securities Account, the Owner Trustee shall within 10 Business
Days following notification of such occurrence (or such longer period, not to
exceed 30 calendar days, as to which each Rating Agency may consent) establish a
new Certificate Distribution Account as an Eligible Securities Account and shall
transfer any cash and/or any investments to such new Certificate Distribution
Account.

       SECTION 5.02. Application of Trust Funds. (a) On each Distribution Date,
the Owner Trustee will distribute amounts deposited in the Certificate
Distribution Account pursuant to Sections 5.04 and 5.05 of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement on or before such Distribution Date as follows:

              (i) to the Certificateholder, to the extent necessary to reduce
       the Certificate Balance of the Certificate to zero, an amount equal to
       the excess if any, of the Regular Principal Distribution Amount for such
       Distribution Date over amounts distributable to the Noteholders pursuant
       to Section 5.04(c) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement on such
       Distribution Date; and

              (ii) to the Seller, any remaining funds on deposit in the
       Certificate Distribution Account after distribution to the
       Certificateholder pursuant to the clause (i) above.

              (b) On each Distribution Date, the Owner Trustee shall send to the
       Certificateholder the statement provided to the Owner Trustee by the
       Servicer pursuant to Section 5.07(a) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement
       on such Distribution Date.

              (c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the
       Trust's payment (or allocations of income) to the Owner, such tax shall
       reduce the amount otherwise distributable to the Owner in accordance with
       this Section. The Owner Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to
       retain from amounts otherwise distributable to the Owner sufficient funds
       for the payment of any tax that is legally owed or required to be
       withheld by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner
       Trustee from contesting any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and
       withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome
       of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
       respect to the Owner shall be treated as cash distributed to the Owner at
       the time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate
       taxing authority. If there is a possibility that withholding tax is
       payable with respect to a distribution, the Owner Trustee may in its sole
       discretion withhold such amounts in accordance with this clause (c). In
       the event that the Owner wishes to apply for a refund of any such
       withholding tax, the Owner Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the
       Owner in making such claim so long as the Owner agrees to reimburse the
       Owner Trustee for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred.

       SECTION 5.03. Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c),
distributions required to be made to the Certificateholder on any Distribution
Date shall be made to the Certificateholder of record on the preceding Record
Date either by wire transfer, in immediately available funds, to the account of
such Holder at a bank or other entity having appropriate

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facilities therefor, if the Certificateholder shall have provided to the
Certificate Registrar appropriate written instructions at least five Business
Days prior to such Distribution Date or, if not, by check mailed to the
Certificateholder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate
Register.

       SECTION 5.04. No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Section
5.01 and 5.02, monies received by the Owner Trustee hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law or the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and may be deposited under such general conditions as may be
prescribed by law, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
thereon.

       SECTION 5.05. Accounting and Report to the Noteholders, the Owner, the
Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Owner Trustee shall (a) maintain (or
cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a fiscal year basis ending
December 31, (or such other period as may be required by applicable law), with
the first year being a short year ending December 31, 2001, and on the accrual
method of accounting, (b) deliver to the Owner, as may be required by the Code
and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to
enable each Owner to prepare its federal and state income tax returns, and make
such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any
applicable state or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to
maintain the Trust's characterization as a disregarded entity for federal income
tax purposes and (c) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as
described in and in accordance with Section 5.02(c) with respect to
distributions from the Trust.

                                   ARTICLE VI

                      AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE

       SECTION 6.01. General Authority. The Owner Trustee is authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be
a party and each certificate or other document attached as an exhibit to or
contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a party, or any
amendment thereto or other agreement, in each case, in such form as the Seller
shall approve as evidenced conclusively by the Owner Trustee's execution
thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner Trustee is authorized, but
shall not be obligated, to take all actions required of the Trust pursuant to
the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further authorized from time to time
to take such action as the Administrator directs in writing with respect to the
Basic Documents.

       SECTION 6.02. General Duties. It shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee
to discharge (or cause to be discharged) all of its responsibilities pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the Basic Documents and to administer the Trust
in the interest of the Owner, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities
hereunder and under the Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator has
agreed in the Administration Agreement to perform any act or to discharge any
duty of the Owner Trustee hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner
Trustee shall not be liable for the default or failure of the Administrator to
carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement.

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       SECTION 6.03. Action Upon Instruction. (a) Subject to Article IV, the
Owner may, by written instruction, direct the Owner Trustee in the management of
the Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of
the Owner pursuant to Article IV.

              (b) The Owner Trustee shall not be required to take any action
       hereunder or under any Basic Document if the Owner Trustee shall have
       reasonably determined, or shall have been advised by counsel, that such
       action is likely to result in liability on the part of the Owner Trustee
       or is contrary to the terms hereof or of any Basic Document or is
       otherwise contrary to law.

              (c) Whenever the Owner Trustee is unable to decide between
       alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this
       Agreement or any Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall promptly give
       notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the circumstances) to
       the Owner requesting instruction as to the course of action to be
       adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee acts in good faith in
       accordance with any written instruction of the Owner received, the Owner
       Trustee shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If
       the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within
       ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
       reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
       circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain
       from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the
       Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interest of the
       Owner, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
       inaction.

              (d) In the event that the Owner Trustee is unsure as to the
       application of any provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document or
       any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears
       to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event
       that this Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or is
       silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee
       is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner
       Trustee may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the
       circumstances) to the Owner requesting instruction and, to the extent
       that the Owner Trustee acts or refrains from acting in good faith in
       accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee shall
       not be liable, on account of such action or inaction, to any Person. If
       the Owner Trustee shall not have received appropriate instruction within
       10 days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
       reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
       circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain
       from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the
       Basic Documents, as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the
       Owner and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
       inaction.

       SECTION 6.04. No Duties Except as Specified in This Agreement or in
Instructions. The Owner Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to manage,
make any payment with respect to, register, record, sell, dispose of, or
otherwise deal with the Owner Trust Estate, or to otherwise take or refrain from
taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby
to which the Owner Trustee is a party, except as expressly

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provided by the terms of this Agreement or in any document or written
instruction received by the Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 6.03; and no
implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any Basic
Document against the Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee shall have no
responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public
office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any
security interest or lien granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any
Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the Trust or to record this
Agreement or any Basic Document. The Owner Trustee nevertheless agrees that it
will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary
to discharge any liens on any part of the Owner Trust Estate that result from
actions by, or claims against, the Owner Trustee that are not related to the
ownership or the administration of the Owner Trust Estate.

       SECTION 6.05. No Action Except under Specified Documents or Instructions.
The Owner Trustee shall not manage, control, use, sell, dispose of or otherwise
deal with any part of the Owner Trust Estate except (i) in accordance with the
powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) in accordance with the Basic Documents and (iii) in
accordance with any document or instruction delivered to the Owner Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.03.

       SECTION 6.06. Restrictions. The Owner Trustee shall not take any action
(a) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section
2.03 or (b) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner Trustee, would result in
the Trust being treated as a association (or publicly traded partnership)
taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. The Owner Trustee and
the Seller agree that no election to treat the Trust as an association (or
publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for United States Federal
income tax purposes or any relevant state tax purposes shall be made by or on
behalf of the Trust. The Owner shall not direct the Owner Trustee or the Seller
to take action that would violate the provisions of this Section.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                          CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE

       SECTION 7.01. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts
the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with
respect to such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement. The Owner
Trustee also agrees to disburse all moneys actually received by it constituting
part of the Owner Trust Estate upon the terms of the Basic Documents and this
Agreement. The Owner Trustee shall not be answerable or accountable hereunder or
under any Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i) for its own willful
misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the inaccuracy of any
representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly made by the Owner
Trustee. In particular, but not by way of limitation (and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence):

              (a) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
       judgment made by a responsible officer of the Owner Trustee;

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              (b) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
       action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the
       instructions of the Administrator or the Owner;

              (c) no provision of this Agreement or any Basic Document shall
       require the Owner Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any
       financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers
       hereunder or under any Basic Document, if the Owner Trustee shall have
       reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
       indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or
       provided to it;

              (d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee be liable for
       indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic Documents,
       including the principal of and interest on the Notes;

              (e) the Owner Trustee shall not be responsible for or in respect
       of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution
       hereof by the Seller or for the form, character, genuineness,
       sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Owner Trust Estate or for or
       in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other
       than the certificate of authentication on the Certificates, and the Owner
       Trustee shall in no event assume or incur any liability, duty, or
       obligation to any Noteholder or to the Owner, other than as expressly
       provided for herein and in the Basic Documents;

              (f) the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the default or
       misconduct of the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer
       under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise, and the Owner Trustee
       shall have no obligation or liability to perform the obligations of the
       Trust under this Agreement or the Basic Documents that are required to be
       performed by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement, the
       Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Servicer under the Sale and
       Servicing Agreement; and

              (g) the Owner Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
       of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute,
       conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or otherwise or in
       relation to this Agreement or any Basic Document, at the request, order
       or direction of the Owner, unless the Owner has offered to the Owner
       Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs,
       expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Owner Trustee
       therein or thereby. The right of the Owner Trustee to perform any
       discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any Basic Document
       shall not be construed as a duty, and the Owner Trustee shall not be
       answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the
       performance of any such act.

       SECTION 7.02. Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish
(a) to the Owner promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates
or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Owner Trustee under the
Basic Documents and (b) to the Indenture Trustee promptly upon written request
therefor, copies of the Purchase Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement,
the Administration Agreement and the Trust Agreement.

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       SECTION 7.03. Representations and Warranties. The Owner Trustee hereby
represents and warrants to the Owner that:

              (a) It is a banking association duly organized and validly
       existing in good standing under the federal laws of the United States. It
       has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
       perform its obligations under this Agreement.

              (b) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
       execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement has
       been executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized
       to execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

              (c) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this
       Agreement, nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated
       hereby nor compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof
       will contravene any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or
       regulation governing the banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or
       any judgment or order binding on it, or constitute any default under its
       charter documents or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage, contract,
       agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its
       properties may be bound.

       SECTION 7.04. Reliance; Advice of Counsel. (a) The Owner Trustee shall
incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice,
resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond, or
other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be
signed by the proper party or parties. The Owner Trustee may accept a certified
copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any
corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly
adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any
fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically
prescribed herein, the Owner Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a
certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer
or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter,
and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

              (b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and
       in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or
       the Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee (i) may act directly or through
       its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of
       them, and the Owner Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or
       misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall
       have been selected by the Owner Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii)
       may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be
       selected with reasonable care and employed by it. The Owner Trustee shall
       not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it
       in accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel,
       accountants or other such persons.

       SECTION 7.05. Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as provided in
this Article VII, in accepting the trusts hereby created Chase Manhattan Bank
USA, National Association acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its
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Persons having any claim against the Owner Trustee by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Basic Document shall look only to the
Owner Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

       SECTION 7.06. Owner Trustee Not Liable for the Certificate, Notes or
Receivables. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificate (other than
the signature and counter-signature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificate and
its representations and warranties in Section 7.03) shall not be taken as the
statements of the Owner Trustee and the Owner Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness thereof. The Owner Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, or of the Certificate (other than
the signature and countersignature of the Owner Trustee on the Certificate), or
the Notes or of any other Basic Document or of any Receivable or related
documents. The Owner Trustee shall at no time have any responsibility or
liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of
any Receivable, or the perfection and priority of any security interest created
by any Receivable in any Financed Equipment or the maintenance of any such
perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Owner
Trust Estate or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to the
Certificateholder under this Agreement or the Noteholders under the Indenture,
including, without limitation: the existence, condition and ownership of any
Financed Equipment; the existence and enforceability of any insurance thereon;
the existence and contents of any Receivable on any computer or other record
thereof; the validity of the assignment of any Receivable to the Trust or of any
intervening assignment; the completeness of any Receivable; the performance or
enforcement of any Receivable; the compliance by the Seller or the Servicer with
any warranty or representation made under any Basic Document or in any related
document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation or any action of
the Administrator, the Indenture Trustee or the Servicer or any subservicer
taken in the name of the Owner Trustee.

       SECTION 7.07. Owner Trustee May Own the Certificate and Notes. The Owner
Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the Owner or pledgee
of the Certificate or the Notes and may deal with the Seller, the Administrator,
the Indenture Trustee and the Servicer in banking transactions with the same
rights as it would have if it were not Owner Trustee.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                          COMPENSATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE

       SECTION 8.01. Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee shall
receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees as have been
separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Seller and the Owner
Trustee, and the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Seller
for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives,
experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee may employ in connection with the
exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder; provided,
however, that the Owner Trustee's right to enforce such obligation shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 11.09.

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       SECTION 8.02. Indemnification. The Seller shall be liable as primary
obligor for, and shall indemnify the Owner Trustee and its successors, assigns,
agents and servants (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against,
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, taxes, claims, actions
and suits, and any and all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements
(including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever
(collectively, "Expenses") which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or
asserted against the Owner Trustee or any Indemnified Party in any way relating
to or arising out of this Agreement, the Basic Documents, the Owner Trust
Estate, the administration of the Owner Trust Estate or the action or inaction
of the Owner Trustee hereunder, except only that the Seller shall not be liable
for or required to indemnify the Owner Trustee from and against Expenses arising
or resulting from any of the matters described in the third sentence of Section
7.01; provided, however, that the Owner Trustee's right to enforce such
obligation shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.09. The indemnities
contained in this Section shall survive the resignation or termination of the
Owner Trustee or the termination of this Agreement. In any event of any claim,
action or proceeding for which indemnity will be sought pursuant to this
Section, the Owner Trustee's choice of legal counsel shall be subject to the
approval of the Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

       SECTION 8.03. Payments to the Owner Trustee. Any amounts paid to the
Owner Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall be deemed not to be a part of
the Owner Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                         TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

       SECTION 9.01. Termination of Trust Agreement. (a) This Agreement (other
than Article VIII and Section 11.09) and the Trust shall terminate and be of no
further force or effect, upon the final distribution by the Owner Trustee of all
moneys or other property or proceeds of the Owner Trust Estate in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Article V.
Any money or other property held as part of the Owner Trust Estate following
such distribution shall be distributed to the Seller. The bankruptcy,
liquidation, dissolution, death or incapacity of the Owner shall not (x) operate
to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, or (y) entitle the Owner's legal
representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or
proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the
Trust or Owner Trust Estate or (z) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and
liabilities of the parties hereto.

              (b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Seller nor
       the Owner shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.

              (c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the
       Distribution Date upon which the Certificateholder shall surrender the
       Certificate to the Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and
       cancellation, shall be given by the Owner Trustee by letter to the
       Certificateholder mailed within five Business Days of receipt of notice
       of such termination from the Servicer given pursuant to Section 9.01(c)
       of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, stating (i) the Distribution Date
       upon or with respect to which final

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       payment of the Certificate shall be made upon presentation and surrender
       of the Certificate at the office of the Paying Agent therein designated,
       (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date
       otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable,
       payments being made only upon presentation and surrender of the
       Certificate at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified. The
       Owner Trustee shall give such notice to the Certificate Registrar (if
       other than the Owner Trustee) and the Paying Agent at the time such
       notice is given to the Certificateholder. Upon presentation and surrender
       of the Certificate, the Paying Agent shall cause to be distributed to the
       Certificateholder amounts distributable on such Distribution Date
       pursuant to Section 5.02.

              In the event that the Certificateholder shall not surrender the
       Certificate for cancellation within six months after the date specified
       in the above mentioned written notice, the Owner Trustee shall give a
       second written notice to the Certificateholder to surrender the
       Certificate for cancellation and receive the final distribution with
       respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice the
       Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Owner
       Trustee may take appropriate steps, or may appoint an agent to take
       appropriate steps, to contact the Certificateholder concerning surrender
       of the Certificate, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the funds
       and other assets that shall remain subject to this Agreement. Any funds
       remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies shall be
       distributed by the Owner Trustee to the Seller.

              (d) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the
       Owner Trustee shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by
       filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State in
       accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Business Trust
       Statute.

                                    ARTICLE X

             SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES AND ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEES

       SECTION 10.01.Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner
Trustee shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section
3807(a) of the Business Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers; having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and
having (or having a parent which has) a rating of at least Baa3 by Moody's and
at least BBB- by Standard & Poor's. If such corporation shall publish reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purpose of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to
be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
10.02.

       SECTION 10.02. Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by
giving written notice thereof to the Seller, the Owner and the Administrator;
provided, however, that such resignation

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and discharge shall only be effective upon the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Administrator shall
promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate,
one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee
and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner
Trustee.

       If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Seller, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall be
legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver
of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then the
Seller may remove the Owner Trustee. If the Seller shall remove the Owner
Trustee under the authority of the immediately preceding sentence, the Seller
shall promptly appoint a successor Owner Trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the outgoing Owner
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Owner Trustee and the Seller
shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner Trustee.

       Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Seller shall provide notice of such resignation
or removal of the Owner Trustee to each of the Rating Agencies.

       SECTION 10.03.Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Seller, the Owner and to its predecessor Owner Trustee, with a copy thereof
delivered to the Administrator, an instrument accepting such appointment under
this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Owner Trustee shall become effective and such successor Owner Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the
rights, powers, duties, and obligations of its predecessor under this Agreement,
with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee. The predecessor Owner
Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses deliver to the successor
Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies held by it under this
Agreement; and the Seller and the predecessor Owner Trustee shall execute and
deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required
for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor Owner Trustee
all such rights, powers, duties, and obligations.

       No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.

       Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Seller shall mail notice of the successor of such Owner
Trustee to the Certificateholder, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the
Rating Agencies. If the Seller shall fail to mail such

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notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the
expense of the Seller.

       SECTION 10.04. Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder; provided
such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01, without the
execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided,
further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
consolidation to the Rating Agencies.

       SECTION 10.05. Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Owner Trust Estate or any Financed Equipment may at the time be located,
the Seller and the Owner Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall
execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by
the Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Owner Trust
Estate, and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust,
or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such
powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Seller and the Owner
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Seller shall not have joined
in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to
do, the Owner Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet
the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 and no
notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required pursuant to Section 10.03.

       Each separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

              (i) all rights, powers, duties, and obligations conferred or
       imposed upon the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or
       performed by the Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee
       jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is
       not authorized to act separately without the Owner Trustee joining in
       such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in
       which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Owner Trustee
       shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which
       event such rights, powers, duties, and obligations (including the holding
       of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction)
       shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or
       co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner Trustee;

              (ii) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by
       reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement;
       and

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              (iii) the Seller and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any
       time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or
       co-trustee.

       Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the
Owner Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a
copy thereof given to the Seller, the Owner and the Administrator.

       Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor trustee.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

       SECTION 11.01. Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended
by the Seller and the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating
Agencies, without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Agreement
or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions in this Agreement or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Certificateholder; provided,
however, that such amendment shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel,
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder or the
Owner or the federal tax characteristics of the Notes.

       This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Seller and
the Owner Trustee, with prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, with the
consent of the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the
Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders;
provided, however, that no such amendment shall (a) increase or reduce in any
manner the amount of, or accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of
payments on Receivables or distributions that shall be required to be made for
the benefit of the Noteholders or the Owner or (b) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes or the Certificate
required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the holders of
all the outstanding Notes and the Certificate.

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       Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent to the Indenture Trustee and each of the Rating Agencies.

       It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders, the Owner
or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form
of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents shall
be subject to such reasonable requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.

       Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of
Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the
Secretary of State.

       Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any other
Basic Document, the Owner Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or
permitted by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects
the Owner Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.

       SECTION 11.02. No Legal Title to Owner Trust Estate in the Owner. The
Owner shall not have legal title to any part of the Owner Trust Estate. The
Owner shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to its ownership
interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX. No transfer, by
operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title, and interest of the Owner to
and in its ownership interest in the Owner Trust Estate shall operate to
terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or entitle any transferee to an
accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title to any part of the Owner
Trust Estate.

       SECTION 11.03. Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this
Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Seller, the
Owner, the Administrator and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the
Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and nothing in this Agreement, whether
express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim in the Owner Trust Estate or under or in
respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
herein.

       SECTION 11.04. Notices. (a) Unless otherwise expressly specified or
permitted by the terms hereof, all notices shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given upon receipt by the intended recipient or three Business Days after
mailing if mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid (except that notice to the
Owner Trustee shall be deemed given only upon actual receipt by the Owner
Trustee), if to the Owner Trustee, addressed to the Corporate Trust Office; if
to the Seller, addressed to Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation, 4040 S.
Eastern Avenue, Suite 344, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119; or, as to each party, at
such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to
each other party.

              (b) Any notice required or permitted to be given to the
       Certificateholder shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at
       the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any
       notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this

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       Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether
       or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

       SECTION 11.05. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

       SECTION 11.06. Separate Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by
the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

       SECTION 11.07. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Seller,
the Owner Trustee and its successors and the Owner and its successors and
permitted assigns, all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction,
consent, waiver or other instrument or action by the Owner shall bind the
successors and assigns of the Owner.

       SECTION 11.08. Covenant of the Seller. In the event that (a) the
Certificate Balance shall be reduced by Realized Losses and (b) any litigation
with claims in excess of $1,000,000 to which the Seller is a party which shall
be reasonably likely to result in a material judgment against the Seller that
the Seller will not be able to satisfy shall be commenced by the Owner during
the period beginning nine months following the commencement of such litigation
and continuing until such litigation is dismissed or otherwise terminated (and,
if such litigation has resulted in a final judgment against the Seller, such
judgment has been satisfied) the Seller shall not pay any dividend to
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, or make any distribution on or in
respect of its capital stock to Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, or
repay the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Seller held by Caterpillar
Financial Services Corporation, unless (i) after giving effect to such payment,
distribution or repayment, the Seller's liquid assets shall not be less than the
amount of actual damages claimed in such litigation or (ii) the Rating Agency
Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to any such payment,
distribution or repayment. The Seller further agrees that prior to the
termination of the Trust it shall not revoke, modify or otherwise amend any
agreements with Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation in effect on the
Closing Date in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of the Seller
to receive from Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation contributions of
capital or payments on demand pursuant to such agreements. The Seller further
covenants and agrees that it will not enter into any transaction or take any
action (other than any transaction or action contemplated by this Agreement or
any of the Basic Documents) if, as a result of such transaction or action, any
rating of either the Notes or the Certificates by any of the Rating Agencies
would be downgraded or withdrawn.

       SECTION 11.09. No Petition. The Owner Trustee, the Certificateholder, by
accepting the Certificate, and the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder by
accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby covenant and agree that they
will not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination
of the Trust, institute against the Seller or the Issuer, or join in any
institution against the Seller or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy,

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reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to the Certificate, the Notes, this
Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.

       SECTION 11.10. No Recourse. The Certificateholder by accepting the
Certificate acknowledges that the Certificate represents a beneficial interest
in the Trust only and does not represent an interest in or obligation of the
Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee or any Affiliate thereof, and no recourse may be had against such
parties or their assets, except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated in
this Agreement, the Certificate or the other Basic Documents.

       SECTION 11.11. Headings. The headings of the various Articles and
Sections herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

       SECTION 11.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS, AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

       SECTION 11.13. Certificate Transfer Restrictions. (a) The Certificate may
not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended ("ERISA")), whether or not such plan is subject to the provisions of
Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code)
subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets
include "plan assets" by reason of any such plan's investment in the entity and
the application of U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") Regulation Section
2510.3-101 (the "Plan Asset Regulation") (excluding any investment company that
is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) (each, a
"Benefit Plan Investor"), except as provided in the following sentence. By
accepting and holding the Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to
have represented, warranted and covenanted that it is (A) not a Benefit Plan
Investor, and that no assets of any Benefit Plan Investor were used to acquire
the Certificate, or (B) it is an insurance company acting on behalf of its
general account, and (i) on the date it acquires the Certificate, less than 25%
of the assets of such general account constitute Plan Assets and (ii) if at any
time during any calendar quarter after the initial acquisition of the
Certificate, 25% or more of the assets of such general account constitute "plan
assets" (as defined in the Plan Asset Regulation) and no exemption or exception
from the prohibited transaction rules applies to the continued holding of the
Certificate under Section 401(c) of ERISA and final regulations thereunder or an
exemption or regulation issued by the DOL under ERISA, then such insurance
company will dispose of the Certificate then held in its general account by the
end of the next following calendar quarter, and shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee at the time of acquisition of the Certificate a duly executed
Certificateholder Certification in the form set forth in Exhibit C.

              (b) The Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of
       an individual or entity that is not a U.S. person as defined in Section
       7701(a)(30) of the Code. By accepting and holding the Certificate, the
       Holder shall be deemed to have represented and

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       warranted under penalties of perjury that it (or, if it is acting as a
       nominee, the beneficial owner) is a U.S. person and shall deliver to the
       Owner Trustee, at the time of acquisition of the Certificate and
       thereafter from time to time upon request, a duly executed
       Certificateholder Certification in the form set forth in Exhibit C.

       SECTION 11.14. Seller Payment Obligation. The Seller shall be responsible
for payment of the Administrator's fees under the Administration Agreement (to
the extent not paid pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement) and shall reimburse the Administrator for all expenses and
liabilities of the Administrator incurred thereunder.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of
the day and year first above written.

                                   CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL
                                   ASSOCIATION,
                                   not in its individual capacity but solely as
                                   Owner Trustee,

                                   By: /s/ JOHN J. CASHIN
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: John J. Cashin
                                      Title: Vice President

                                   CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL FUNDING
                                   CORPORATION, as Seller,

                                   By: /s/ EDWARD J. SCOTT
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name: Edward J. Scott
                                      Title: Treasurer

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                               FORM OF CERTIFICATE

NUMBER                                                            $[___________]
R-1

                       SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                 THIS CERTIFICATE IS ONLY TRANSFERABLE IN WHOLE
                   AND IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
                        SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT

       THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED UNLESS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE SECURITIES ACT.

       THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF (i) AN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA")), WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PLAN IS
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA, (ii) A PLAN (AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 4975(e)(1) OF THE CODE) SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR (iii)
ANY ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY SUCH
PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY AND THE APPLICATION OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
(THE "DOL") REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101 (THE "PLAN ASSET REGULATION")
(EXCLUDING ANY INVESTMENT COMPANY THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED) (EACH, A "BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR"), EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ACCEPTING AND HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE,
THE HOLDER THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED, WARRANTED AND COVENANTED
THAT IT IS (A) NOT A BENEFIT PLAN INVESTOR, AND THAT NO ASSETS OF ANY BENEFIT
PLAN INVESTOR WERE USED TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) IT IS AN INSURANCE
COMPANY ACTING ON BEHALF OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT, AND (i) ON THE DATE IT ACQUIRES
THIS CERTIFICATE, LESS THAN 25% OF THE ASSETS OF SUCH GENERAL ACCOUNT CONSTITUTE
PLAN ASSETS AND (ii) IF AT ANY TIME DURING ANY CALENDAR QUARTER AFTER THE
INITIAL ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, 25% OR MORE OF THE ASSETS OF SUCH
GENERAL ACCOUNT CONSTITUTE "PLAN ASSETS" (AS DEFINED IN THE PLAN ASSET
REGULATION) AND NO EXEMPTION OR EXCEPTION FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RULES
APPLIES TO THE CONTINUED HOLDING OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 401(c) OF
ERISA AND FINAL REGULATIONS THEREUNDER OR AN

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EXEMPTION OR REGULATION ISSUED BY THE DOL UNDER ERISA, THEN SUCH INSURANCE
COMPANY WILL DISPOSE OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY THE END OF THE NEXT FOLLOWING
CALENDAR QUARTER, AND SHALL DELIVER TO THE OWNER TRUSTEE AT THE TIME OF
ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE A DULY EXECUTED CERTIFICATEHOLDER CERTIFICATION
IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT C TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

       THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED BY OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN
INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION 7701(a)(30)
OF THE CODE. BY ACCEPTING AND HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE, THE HOLDER SHALL BE
DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT IT (OR, IF IT IS ACTING AS A
NOMINEE, THE BENEFICIAL OWNER) IS A U.S. PERSON AND SHALL DELIVER TO THE OWNER
TRUSTEE, AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THEREAFTER FROM TIME
TO TIME UPON REQUEST, A DULY EXECUTED CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN
EXHIBIT C TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT.

       THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IS DISTRIBUTABLE IN
INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT
SHOWN ON THE FACE HEREOF.

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                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A

                            ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATE

evidencing an undivided interest in the Trust, as defined below, the property of
which includes a pool of retail installment sale contracts and finance leases
secured by new and used machinery and certain monies due or received thereunder
and sold to the Trust (as defined below) by Caterpillar Financial Funding
Corporation.

(This Certificate does not represent an interest in or obligation of Caterpillar
Financial Funding Corporation, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation,
Caterpillar Inc. or any of their respective affiliates, except to the extent
described below.)

       THIS CERTIFIES THAT ______________________________________ is the
registered Holder of [___________________________________] DOLLARS
($[_______________]) nonassessable, fully-paid, undivided interest in
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A (the "Trust") formed by Caterpillar
Financial Funding Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Seller").

       The Trust was created pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
dated as of July 1, 2001 (the "Trust Agreement"), between the Seller and Chase
Manhattan Bank USA, National Association, as owner trustee (the "Owner
Trustee"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of which is set
forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms
used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Agreement or the
Sale and Servicing Agreement dated as of July 1, 2001 (the "Sale and Servicing
Agreement"), among the Trust, the Seller and Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation, as servicer (the "Servicer"), as applicable.

       This Certificate is the duly authorized Certificate designated as the
"Asset Backed Certificate" (herein called the "Certificate"). Also issued under
the Indenture dated as of July 1, 2001, between the Trust and Bank One, National
Association, as indenture trustee, are Notes designated as "Class A-1 3.74%
Asset Backed Notes" (the "Class A-1 Notes"), "Class A-2 4.11% Asset Backed
Notes" (the "Class A-2 Notes"), "Class A-3 4.85% Asset Backed Notes" (the "Class
A-3 Notes") and "Class B 5.72% Asset Backed Notes" (the "Class B Notes";
together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes and the Class A-3 Notes,
the "Notes"). This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the
Holder of this Certificate by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by
which such Holder is bound. The property of the Trust includes a pool of retail
installment sale contracts and finance leases secured by new and used equipment
(the "Receivables"), all monies received on or after July 1, 2001 from payments
on the Receivables, security interests in the equipment financed thereby and
certain other cross-collateralized equipment, certain bank accounts and the
proceeds thereof, proceeds from claims on certain insurance policies and certain
other rights under the Trust Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement, all
right, title, and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement dated
as of July 1, 2001 between Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation and the
Seller and all proceeds of the foregoing. The Holder of this Certificate
acknowledges and agrees that its rights to

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receive distributions in respect of this Certificate are subordinated to the
rights of the Noteholders as described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
the Indenture.

       Under the Trust Agreement, there will be distributed on the 25th day of
each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day (the
"Distribution Date"), commencing on August 27, 2001 to the Person in whose name
this Certificate is registered at the close of business on the last calendar day
of the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs (the
"Record Date") the amount to be distributed to the Certificateholder on such
Distribution Date.

       Notwithstanding any prior termination of the Trust Agreement, the
Certificateholder, by its acceptance of this Certificate, covenants and agrees
that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the
termination of the Trust, institute against the Seller or the Issuer, or join in
any institution against the Seller or the Issuer of, any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other
proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or similar law
in connection with any obligations relating to this Certificate, the Notes, the
Trust Agreement or any of the Basic Documents.

       Distributions on this Certificate will be made as provided in the Trust
Agreement by the Owner Trustee by wire transfer or check mailed to the
Certificateholder of record in the Certificate Register without the presentation
or surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon. Except as
otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement and notwithstanding the above, the
final distribution on this Certificate will be made after due notice by the
Owner Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon presentation
and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency maintained for the
purpose by the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.

       This Certificate does not represent an obligation of, or an interest in,
the Seller, the Servicer, Caterpillar Inc., the Owner Trustee or any Affiliates
of any of them and no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets,
except as may be expressly set forth or contemplated herein or in the Trust
Agreement or the Basic Documents. In addition, this Certificate is not
guaranteed by any governmental agency or instrumentality and is limited in right
of payment to certain collections with respect to the Receivables (and certain
other amounts), all as more specifically set forth herein and in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Trust Agreement. This Certificate is limited in
right of payment to certain collections and recoveries respecting the
Receivables, all as more specifically set forth in the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Trust Agreement. A copy of each of the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Trust Agreement may be examined during normal business hours
at the principal office of the Seller, and at such other places, if any,
designated by the Seller, by the Certificateholder upon written request.

       The Trust Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Seller and the rights of the Certificateholder under the Trust Agreement at any
time by the Seller and the Owner Trustee with the consent of the holders of the
Notes evidencing a majority of the outstanding Notes.

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       As provided in the Trust Agreement and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the
Certificate Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of
transfer at the offices or agencies of the Certificate Registrar maintained by
the Owner Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City of New York,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in force satisfactory to the
Owner Trustee and the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof
or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing and a duly executed
Certificateholder Certification of the transferee thereof, and thereupon one or
more new Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
interest in the Trust will be issued to the designated transferee. No service
charge will be made for any such registration of transfer, but the Owner Trustee
or the Certificate Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The initial
Certificate Registrar appointed under the Trust Agreement is The Chase Manhattan
Bank, New York, New York.

       The Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar and any agent of the Owner
Trustee or the Certificate Registrar may treat the Person in whose name this
Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Certificate Registrar or any such agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.

       The obligations and responsibilities created by the Trust Agreement and
the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the payment to the
Certificateholder of all amounts required to be paid to it pursuant to the Trust
Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the disposition of all
property held as part of the Trust. The Servicer of the Receivables may at its
option purchase the corpus of the Trust at a price specified in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, and such purchase of the Receivables and other property of
the Trust will effect early retirement of the Certificate; provided, however,
such right of purchase is exercisable only on any Distribution Date on which the
Note Value is 10% or less of the Initial Note Value .

       This Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an
employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")), whether or not such plan is
subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan (as defined in
Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii)
any entity whose underlying assets include "plan assets" by reason of any such
plan's investment in the entity and the application of U.S. Department of Labor
(the "DOL") Regulation Section 2510.3-101 (the "Plan Asset Regulation")
(excluding any investment company that is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended) (each, a "Benefit Plan Investor"), except as
provided in the following sentence. By accepting and holding this Certificate,
the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented, warranted and covenanted
that (A) it is not a Benefit Plan Investor, and that no assets of any Benefit
Plan Investor were used to acquire this Certificate, or (B) it is an insurance
company acting on behalf of its general account, and (i) on the date it acquires
this Certificate, less than 25% of the assets of such general account constitute
Plan Assets and (ii) if at any time during any calendar quarter after the
initial acquisition of this Certificate, 25% or more of the assets of such
general account constitute "plan assets" (as defined in the Plan Asset
Regulation) and no exemption or exception from the prohibited transaction rules
applies to the continued holding of this Certificate under Section 401(c) of
ERISA and final regulations thereunder or an exemption or regulation issued by
the DOL under ERISA, then such insurance company will dispose of this
Certificate by the

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end of the next following calendar quarter, and shall deliver to the Owner
Trustee at the time of acquisition of this Certificate a duly executed
Certificateholder Certification in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the Trust
Agreement.

       This Certificate may not be acquired by or for the account of an
individual or entity that is not a U.S. person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code. By accepting and holding this Certificate, the Holder shall be
deemed to have represented and warranted under penalties of perjury that it (or,
if it is acting as a nominee, the beneficial owner) is a U.S. person and shall
deliver to the Owner Trustee, at the time of acquisition of this Certificate and
thereafter from time to time upon request, a duly executed Certificateholder
Certification in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the Trust Agreement.

       Unless the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed
by an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee, by manual signature, this
Certificate shall not entitle the Holder hereof to any benefit under the Trust
Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

       THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE.

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       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust and not in
its individual capacity, has caused this Certificate to be duly executed.

                                   CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A,

                                   By: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
                                       USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
                                       Owner Trustee

Dated:                             By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                      Name:
                                      Title:

                          CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

       This is the Certificate referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA,         or          CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as                      ASSOCIATION, as Owner Trustee
Owner Trustee
                                              By  THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
                                                  Authenticating Agent
By:                                           By:
    -------------------------                     ------------------------------
      Authorized Signatory                             Authorized Signatory

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

       FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
OF ASSIGNEE

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(Please print or type name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)

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the within Certificate, and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably
constituting and appointing

______________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer said
Certificate on the books of the Certificate Register, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Dated:                                _________________________________________*
                                      Signature Guaranteed:

                                      _________________________________________*

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* NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Certificate in every particular, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatever.

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                             CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
                    CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A

       THIS Certificate of Trust of CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A
(the "Trust") is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the
undersigned, as trustee, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business
Trust Act (12 Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq.).

       1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CATERPILLAR
FINANCIAL ASSET TRUST 2001-A.

       2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National
Association, c/o JP Morgan Chase, 500 Stanton Christiana Road, OPS4, 3rd Floor,
Newark, Delaware 19713, Attention: Corporate Trustee Administration.

       3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
filing.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of
Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

                                   CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, NATIONAL
                                   ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity
                                   but solely as Trustee

                                   By:
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                         CERTIFICATEHOLDER CERTIFICATION

       This Certificateholder Certification ("Certification") is delivered
pursuant to Section 11.13(b) of Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2001 (the "Trust Agreement"),
between Caterpillar Financial Funding Corporation and Chase Manhattan Bank USA,
National Association, as Owner Trustee, in connection with the acquisition of,
transfer to or possession by the undersigned, whether as beneficial owner (the
"Beneficial Owner"), or nominee on behalf of the Beneficial Owner, of the
Caterpillar Financial Asset Trust 2001-A Asset Backed Certificate (the
"Certificate"). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Certification
have the respective meanings given them in the Trust Agreement.

       The holder must complete Part I, Part II (if the holder is a nominee),
and in all cases sign and otherwise complete Part III of Section A.

       Section A. To confirm to the Trust that the provisions of Section 1446 of
the Internal Revenue Code (relating to withholding tax on foreign partners) do
not apply in respect of the Certificate held by the undersigned, the undersigned
hereby certifies:

Part I - Complete Either A or B

       A.     Individual as Beneficial Owner

              1.     I am (The Beneficial Owner is) not a non-resident alien for
                     purposes of U.S. income taxation;

              2.     My (The Beneficial Owner's) name and home address are

                      ____________________________________________________

                      ____________________________________________________

                      ____________________________________________________; and

              3.     My (The Beneficial Owner's) U.S. taxpayer identification
                     number (Social Security Number) is ______________________.

       B.     Corporate, Partnership or other Entity as Beneficial Owner

              1.     ________________________________ (Name of the Beneficial
                     Owner) is not a foreign corporation, foreign partnership,
                     foreign trust or foreign estate (as those terms are defined
                     in the Code and Treasury regulations);

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              2.     The Beneficial Owner's office address and place of
                     incorporation (if applicable) is
                     ________________________________________________

                     _________________________________________; and

              3.     The Beneficial Owner's U.S. employer identification number
                     (Social Security Number) is _______________.

Part II - Nominees

       If the undersigned is the nominee for the Beneficial Owner, the
undersigned certifies that this Certification has been made in reliance upon
information contained in:

       _________ an IRS Form W-9

       _________ a form such as this or substantially similar

provided to the undersigned by an appropriate person and (i) the undersigned
agrees to notify the Trust at least thirty (30) days prior to the date that the
form relied upon becomes obsolete, and (ii) in connection with change in
Beneficial Owners, the undersigned agrees to submit a new Certification of
Non-Foreign Status to the Trust promptly after such change.

Part III - Declaration

       The undersigned, as the Beneficial Owner or a nominee thereof, agrees to
notify the Trust within sixty (60) days of the date that the Beneficial Owner
becomes a foreign person. The undersigned understands that this Certification
may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the Trust and any false
statement contained therein could be punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.

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       Under penalty of perjury, I declare that I have examined this
Certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and
complete and, if applicable, I further declare that I have the authority* to
sign this document

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                                 Name

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                        Title (if applicable)

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                         Signature and Date

*NOTE:  If signed pursuant to a power of attorney, the power of attorney must
        accompany this Certification.

       THE CERTIFICATION CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION A WILL BECOME OBSOLETE AT THE
END OF THE THIRD YEAR AFTER THE TAXABLE YEAR OF THE TRUST DURING WHICH THIS
CERTIFICATION IS DELIVERED TO THE TRUST.

       Section B. The undersigned hereby certifies:

              1.     I am not an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section
                     3(3) of ERISA).

              2.     I am not a plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
                     Code) which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code.

              3.     I am not any entity whose underlying assets include "plan
                     assets" by reason of any such plan's investment in the
                     entity and the application of U.S. Department of Labor
                     Regulation Section 2510.3-101 (excluding any investment
                     company that is registered under the Investment Company Act
                     of 1940, as amended).

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       I declare that I have examined this Certification and to the best of my
knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete and, if applicable, I
further declare that I have the authority* to sign this document

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                        Title (if applicable)

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                         Signature and Date

*NOTE:  If signed pursuant to a power of attorney, the power of attorney must
        accompany this Certification.

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