Registration No. 33-49971 Rule 424 (b)(2)
Pricing Supplement No. 025
Dated: January 05, 1994
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
Medium-Term Notes, Series E
(Floating Rate)
With Maturities of 9 Months or More from Date of Issue
Principal Amount: Initial Interest Rate: Maturity Date:
$12,000,000. 4.25% *See Other Terms 01/08/96
Original Issue Date: Index Maturity: Spread +/-:
01/06/94 Quarterly * See Other Terms
Specified Currency: Option to Elect Payment Authorized Denominations
x U.S. dollars in U.S. dollars (only applicable if
_ Other:___________ (only applicable if Specified Currency is
Specified Currency is other than U.S.
The Note is a: other than U.S. dollars): dollars):
X Global Note N/A N/A
_ Certificated Note
(only applicable if
Specified Currency Exchange Rate Agent
is other than U.S. dollars) (if other than Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company
of New York): N/A
Spread Multiplier: N/A
Interest Rate Basis or Bases: 2 Year Mid-Market Italian Swap Rate
*See Other Terms
LIBOR Source (only applicable if LIBOR Interest Rate Basis): N/A
_ Reuters _ Telerate
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A Interest Payment Period: Quarterly
Interest Payment Dates: The 6th day of each January, April, July,
October, and at maturity.
Minimum Interest Rate: 0.00%
Interest Rate Reset Option: _ Yes x No
Optional Reset Dates (only applicable if option to reset spread or spread
multiplier): N/A
Basis for Interest Rate Reset (only applicable if option to reset spread or
spread multiplier): N/A
Minimum Interest Rate: N/A Interest Payment Dates: N/A
Stated Maturity Extension Option: _ Yes X No
Extension Period(s) and Final Maturity Date (only applicable if option to
extend stated maturity): N/A
Basis for Interest Rate During Extension Period (only applicable if option to
extend stated maturity): N/A
Historical Exchange Rate (only applicable if Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars): N/A
Interest Reset Dates: The Interest Reset Dates will be the 6th day of each
January, April, July, and October.
Interest Determination Dates: The Interest Rate will be determined by 11 am
London time five New York and London Business Days prior to each Interest
Reset Date. *See Other Terms.
Calculation Agent (if other than Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New York): N/A
Original Issue Discount Note: Total Amount of OID: N/A Terms of Amortizing
__ Yes x No Notes: N/A
Issue Price (expressed
as a percentage of
aggregate principal
amount): 100%
Redemption Date(s) (including Redemption Price(s): N/A
any applicable regular or
special record dates): N/A
Repayment Date(s) (including Repayment Price(s): N/A
any applicable regular or
special record dates): N/A
Other Terms: *Interest payments shall be the amount of interest accrued to,
but excluding, the Interest Payment Dates on the basis of Actual/360 days.
For the period from the Issue Date to, but excluding April 6, 1994, interest
will accrue on the Notes at a rate equal to 4.25% per annum. For each
Interest Period thereafter, interest will accrue on the Notes as follows:
5.11 * (7.65%- "Mid-Market 2 Yr. Italian Swap")
The "Mid-Market 2 Yr. Italian Swap" rate for a Reset Date will be the average
of the 2-yr rates available from REUTERS Page ICAS under column "LIT/LIT" by
11 am London time five New York and London business days prior to the Interest
Reset date. Rates are quoted on an annual, 30/360 basis vs 6 month Italian
LIBOR. The first setting will be five New York and London business days prior
to April 06, 1994.
The interest rates on the Notes may be changed by Caterpillar Financial
Services Corporation from time to time, but any such change will not affect
the interest rate on any Note ordered prior to the effective date of the
change. Prior to the date of this Pricing Supplement, $404.25MM principal
amount of the Notes had been sold at interest rates then in effect.
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Pricing Supplement to Prospectus Supplement dated August 27, 1993
and Prospectus dated August 19, 1993