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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: March 13, 2000
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(Date of earliest event reported)
HELLER FUNDING CORPORATION
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HELLER EQUIPMENT ASSET RECEIVABLES TRUST 1999-1
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
333-30207 36-4165546
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(312) 441-7246
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events
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Attached, for the Distribution Date of March 13, 2000, is the Monthly Report,
filed as Exhibit 99.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(c) Exhibits
99 Heller Funding Corporation - Monthly Report for the Distribution Date of
March 13, 2000.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: March 27, 2000
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HELLER FUNDING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Carol J. Radtke
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Carol J. Radtke
Title: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Document Description
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99 Heller Funding Corporation - Monthly Report for the Distribution Date
March 13, 2000
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Heller Equipment Asset Receivables Trust 1999-1
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Heller Financial, Inc.
Monthly Report - Collections and Distribution
Collection Period February 2, 2000 to March 1, 2000
Determination Date March 8, 2000
Distribution Date March 13, 2000
Available Amounts
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Scheduled Payments plus Payaheads, net of Excluded Amounts 9,188,805.15
Prepayment Amounts 1,503,130.88
Recoveries 110,618.51
Investment Earnings on Collection Account and Reserve Fund 24,191.08
Late Charges 11,797.10
Servicer Advances 0.00
Total Available Amounts 10,838,542.72
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Payments on Distribution Date
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Trustee Fees (only applicable pursuant to an Event of Default) 0.00
Unreimbursed Servicer Advances to the Servicer 0.00
Monthly Servicing Fee, if Heller Financial, Inc. is not the Servicer 0.00
Interest due to Class A-1 Notes 0.00
Interest due to Class A-2 Notes 255,551.76
Interest due to Class A-3 Notes 620,095.82
Interest due to Class A-4 Notes 146,800.09
Interest due to Class B Notes 46,869.58
Interest due to Class C Notes 41,618.90
Interest due to Class D Notes 29,539.11
Class A-1 Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Class A-2 Principal Payment Amount 9,698,067.45
Class A-3 Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Class A-4 Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Class B Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Class C Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Class D Principal Payment Amount 0.00
Additional Principal to Class A-2 Notes 0.00
Additional Principal to Class A-3 Notes 0.00
Additional Principal to Class A-4 Notes 0.00
Additional Principal to Class B Notes 0.00
Additional Principal to Class C Notes 0.00
Additional Principal to Class D Notes 0.00
Monthly Servicing Fee, if Heller Financial, Inc. is the Servicer 0.00
Deposit to the Reserve Fund 0.00
Excess to Certificateholder 0.00
Total distributions to Noteholders and Certificateholders 10,838,542.72
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Heller Equipment Asset Receivables Trust 1999-1
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Heller Financial, Inc.
Monthly Report - Schedules
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Trustee Fees, in Event of Default only
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Trustee fees due on Distribution Date 0.00
Unreimbursed Servicer Advances
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Unreimbursed Servicer Advances 0.00
Monthly Servicing Fee Schedule, if Servicing has been transferred
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(i) Servicing Fee Percentage 0.40%
(ii) ADCB of Contract Pool as of the 1st day of the Collection Period 246,272,886.30
(iii) Servicing Fee (( (i) / 12 ) x (ii)) 0.00
(iv) Servicing Fee accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Servicing Fee due and accrued ((iii) + (iv)) 0.00
Servicing Fee carried forward 0.00
Monthly Servicing Fee distributed 0.00
Class A-1 Interest Schedule
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Opening Class A-1 principal balance 0.00
Class A-1 Interest Rate 4.94795%
Number of days in Accrual Period 28
Current Class A-1 interest due 0.00
Class A-1 interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class A-1 interest due 0.00
Class A-1 interest carried forward 0.00
Class A-1 interest distribution 0.00
Class A-2 Interest Schedule
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Opening Class A-2 principal balance 58,300,782.39
Class A-2 Interest Rate 5.26%
Current Class A-2 interest due 255,551.76
Class A-2 interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class A-2 interest due 255,551.76
Class A-2 interest carried forward 0.00
Class A-2 interest distribution 255,551.76
Class A-3 Interest Schedule
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Opening Class A-3 principal balance 135,293,633.00
Class A-3 Interest Rate 5.50%
Current Class A-3 interest due 620,095.82
Class A-3 interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class A-3 interest due 620,095.82
Class A-3 interest carried forward 0.00
Class A-3 interest distribution 620,095.82
Class A-4 Interest Schedule
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Opening Class A-4 principal balance 31,345,216.00
Class A-4 Interest Rate 5.62%
Current Class A-4 interest due 146,800.09
Class A-4 interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class A-4 interest due 146,800.09
Class A-4 interest carried forward 0.00
Class A-4 interest distribution 146,800.09
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Class B Interest Schedule
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Opening Class B principal balance 9,663,831.00
Class B Interest Rate 5.82%
Current Class B interest due 46,869.58
Class B interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class B interest due 46,869.58
Class B interest carried forward 0.00
Class B interest distribution 46,869.58
Class C Interest Schedule
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Opening Class C principal balance 7,731,065.00
Class C Interest Rate 6.46%
Current Class C interest due 41,618.90
Class C interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class C interest due 41,618.90
Class C interest carried forward 0.00
Class C interest distribution 41,618.90
Class D Interest Schedule
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Opening Class D principal balance 3,865,532.00
Class D Interest Rate 9.17%
Current Class D interest due 29,539.11
Class D interest accrued but not paid in prior periods 0.00
Total Class D interest due 29,539.11
Class D interest carried forward 0.00
Class D interest distribution 29,539.11
Class A-1 Principal Schedule
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Class A-1 Maturity Date May 15, 2000
(i) Opening Class A-1 principal balance 0.00
(ii) Aggregate outstanding principal of Notes plus Overcollateralization Balance 246,272,886.30
(iii) ADCB as of last day of the Collection Period 236,574,418.19
(iv) Monthly Principal Amount ( (ii) - (iii) ) 9,698,468.11
Class A-1 Principal Payment Amount due (lesser of (i) or (iv)) 0.00
Class A-1 Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class A-1 Principal Balance after current distribution 0.00
Class A Principal Payment Amount
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(i) Aggregate opening Class A-2, A-3 and A-4 Outstanding Principal Amount 244,939,631.39
(ii) Class A Target Investor Principal Amount (90.9583% * ending ADCB) 215,184,069.02
Class A Principal Payment Amount 9,755,562.37
Funds available for distribution 9,698,067.45
Class A-2 Principal Schedule
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Opening Class A-2 principal balance 58,300,782.39
Class A-2 Principal Payment Amount distribution 9,698,067.45
Class A-2 principal balance after current distribution 48,602,714.94
Class A-3 Principal Schedule
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Opening Class A-3 principal balance 135,293,633.00
Class A-3 Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class A-3 principal balance after current distribution 135,293,633.00
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Class A-4 Principal Schedule
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Opening Class A-4 principal balance 31,345,216.00
Class A-4 Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class A-4 principal balance after current distribution 31,345,216.00
Class B Principal Schedule
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Opening Class B principal balance 9,663,831.00
Class B Target Investor Principal Amount (3.7674% * ending ADCB) 8,912,704.63
Class B Floor (4,479,133.03)
Class B Principal Payment Amount due 751,126.37
Class B Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class B principal balance after current distribution 9,663,831.00
Class C Principal Schedule
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Opening Class C principal balance 7,731,065.00
Class C Target Investor Principal Amount (3.0139% * ending ADCB) 7,130,116.39
Class C Floor 275,472.04
Class C Principal Payment Amount due 600,948.61
Class C Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class C principal balance after current distribution 7,731,065.00
Class D Principal Schedule
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Opening Class D principal balance 3,865,532.00
Class D Target Investor Principal Amount (1.5070% * ending ADCB) 3,565,176.48
Class D Floor 1,744,373.97
Class D Principal Payment Amount due 300,355.52
Class D Principal Payment Amount distribution 0.00
Class D principal balance after current distribution 3,865,532.00
Additional Principal Schedule
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Floors applicable (Yes/No) No
Monthly Principal Amount 9,698,468.11
Sum of Principal Payments payable on all classes 11,407,992.87
Additional Principal payable 0.00
Additional Principal available, if payable 0.00
Class A-2 Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class A-2 principal balance after current distribution 48,602,714.94
Class A-3 Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class A-3 principal balance after current distribution 135,293,633.00
Class A-4 Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class A-4 principal balance after current distribution 31,345,216.00
Class B Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class B principal balance after current distribution 9,663,831.00
Class C Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class C principal balance after current distribution 7,731,065.00
Class D Additional Principal allocation 0.00
Class D principal balance after current distribution 3,865,532.00
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Monthly Servicing Fee Schedule, if Heller Financial, Inc. is the Servicer
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(i) Servicing Fee Percentage 0.40%
(ii) ADCB of Contract Pool as of the 1st day of the Collection Period 246,272,886.30
(iii) Servicing Fee due ( ( (i) / 12 ) * (ii) ) 82,090.96
(iv) Servicing Fee accrued but not paid in prior periods 590,850.86
Total Servicing Fee due and accrued ( (iii) + (iv) ) 672,941.82
Servicing Fee carried forward 672,941.82
Monthly Servicing Fee distributed 0.00
Reserve Fund Schedule
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ADCB as of the end of the Collection Period 236,574,418.19
Required Reserve Amount (ending ADCB * 0.70%) 1,656,020.93
Prior month Reserve Fund balance 1,065,261.71
Deposit to Reserve Fund - excess funds 0.00
Interim Reserve Fund Balance 1,065,261.71
Current period draw on Reserve Fund for Reserve Interest Payments 0.00
Current period draw on Reserve Fund for Reserve Principal Payments 0.00
Excess to Certificateholder 0.00
Ending Reserve Fund balance 1,065,261.71
Reserve Fund balance as a percentage of ADCB as of the end of the Collection Period 0.45%
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Heller Equipment Asset Receivables Trust 1999-1
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Heller Financial, Inc.
Monthly Report - Note Factors
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Class A-1
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Class A-1 principal balance 0.00
Initial Class A-1 principal balance 130,040,761.00
Note factor 0.000000000
Class A-2
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Class A-2 principal balance 48,602,714.94
Initial Class A-2 principal balance 66,680,434.00
Note factor 0.728890201
Class A-3
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Class A-3 principal balance 135,293,633.00
Initial Class A-3 principal balance 135,293,633.00
Note factor 1.000000000
Class A-4
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Class A-4 principal balance 31,345,216.00
Initial Class A-4 principal balance 31,345,216.00
Note factor 1.000000000
Class B
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Class B principal balance 9,663,831.00
initial Class B principal balance 9,663,831.00
Note factor 1.000000000
Class C
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Class C principal balance 7,731,065.00
Initial Class C principal balance 7,731,065.00
Note factor 1.000000000
Class D
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Class D principal balance 3,865,532.00
Initial Class D principal balance 3,865,532.00
Note factor 1.000000000
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Heller Equipment Asset Receivables Trust 1999-1
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Heller Financial, Inc.
Monthly Report - Additional Schedules and Limitations
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Cumulative Loss Amount Schedule
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(i) Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes as of the preceding Distribution Date 246,200,059.39
(ii) Overcollateralization Balance as of the preceding Distribution Date 72,826.91
(iii) Monthly Principal Amount 9,698,468.11
(iv) Available Amounts remaining after the payment of interest 9,698,067.45
(v) ADCB as of the end of the Collection Period 236,574,418.19
Cumulative Loss Amount 400.66
Class B Floor Calculation
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Class B Floor percentage 1.86%
Initial ADCB 386,553,237.98
Cumulative Loss Amount for current period 400.66
Sum of Outstanding Principal Amount of Class C Notes, Class D Notes and 11,669,423.91
Overcollateralization Balance
Class B Floor (4,479,133.03)
Class C Floor Calculation
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Class C Floor percentage 1.09%
Initial ADCB 386,553,237.98
Cumulative Loss Amount for current period 400.66
Sum of Outstanding Principal Amount of Class D Notes and Overcollateralization Balance 3,938,358.91
Class C Floor 275,472.04
Class D Floor Calculation
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Class D Floor percentage 0.47%
Initial ADCB 386,553,237.98
Cumulative Loss Amount for current period 400.66
Overcollateralization Balance 72,826.91
Class D Floor 1,744,373.97
Heller Financial, Inc. is the Servicer (Yes/No) Yes
An Event of Default has occurred (Yes/No) No
10% Substitution Limit Calculation
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ADCB as of the Cut-off Date: 386,553,237.98
Cumulative DCB of Substitute Contracts replacing materially modified contracts 0.00
Percentage of Substitute Contracts replacing materially modified contracts 0.00%
Percentage of Substitute Contracts replacing modified contracts exceeds 10% (Yes/No) No
5% Skipped Payment Limit Calculation
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The percent of contracts with Skipped Payment modifications 0.00%
The DCB of Skipped Payment modifications exceeds 5% of the initial ADCB (Yes/No) No
Any Skipped Payments have been deferred later than January 1, 2006 No
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Heller Equipment Asset Receivables Trust 1999-1
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Heller Financial, Inc.
Monthly Report - Pool Data
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Pool Data
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ADCB as of the first day of the Collection Period 246,272,886.30
ADCB as of the last day of the Collection Period 236,574,418.19
DCB as of the first day of the Collection Period of Contracts that became Defaulted Contracts 264,906.92
Number of Contracts that became Defaulted Contracts during the period 2
Defaulted Contracts as a percentage of ADCB (annualized) 1.34%
DCB of Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period that became Prepaid Contracts 1,433,962.65
Number of Prepaid Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period 9
DCB of Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period that were added as Substitute Contracts 0.00
Number of Substitute Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period 0
DCB of Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period that became Warranty Contracts 0.00
Number of Warranty Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period 0
Recoveries collected relating to Defaulted Contracts as of the last day of the Collection Period 110,618.51
Cumulative Servicer Advances paid by the Servicer 8,279,833.51
Cumulative reimbursed Servicer Advances 8,279,833.51
Delinquencies and Losses Dollars Percent
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Current 227,568,583.23 96.19%
31-60 days past due 6,639,831.90 2.81%
61-90 days past due 1,183,057.56 0.50%
Over 90 days past due 1,182,945.50 0.50%
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Total 236,574,418.19 100.00%
31+ days past due 9,005,834.96 3.81%
(i) Cumulative ADCB of Defaulted Contracts (cumulative gross losses to date) 3,345,486.53
(ii) Cumulative Recoveries realized on Defaulted Contracts 462,674.59
Cumulative net losses to date ( (i) - (ii) ) 2,882,811.94
Cumulative net losses as a percentage of the initial ADCB 0.75%
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