GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORP
8-K, 1997-07-02
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

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

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT
                    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 1997



                       GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                       --------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                       01-08916                  41-1807858
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(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission               (IRS employer
     of incorporation)                file number)           identification No.)



 1100 Landmark Towers, 345 St. Peter Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota  55102-1639
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                   (Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:        (612) 293-3400
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                                Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.    Changes in Control of Registrant.
           -------------------------------- 

           Not applicable.

Item 2.    Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
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           Not applicable.

Item 3.    Bankruptcy or Receivership.
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           Not applicable.

Item 4.    Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
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           Not applicable.

Item 5.    Other Events.
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           Not applicable.

Item 6.    Resignations of Registrant's Directors.
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           Not applicable.

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
           --------------------------------- 

           (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.

               Not applicable.

           (b) Pro forma financial information.

               Not applicable.

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           (c) Exhibits.

               The following is filed herewith.  The exhibit numbers correspond
               with Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K.



               Exhibit No.      Description
               -----------      -----------

                  99.1          Information with respect to certain retail
                                installment sales contracts and promissory notes
                                for the purchase of a variety of consumer
                                products and equipment to be transferred to the
                                $594,781,837 (Approximate) Recreational,
                                Equipment and Consumer Trust, Series 1997-B,
                                formed by Green Tree Financial Corporation.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORPORATION


                                  /s/ Scott T. Young
                              By: ________________________________
                                  Scott T. Young
                                  Vice President and Controller

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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


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<CAPTION> 
Exhibit Number                                                                      Page
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<S>                                                                                 <C> 
     99.1   Information with respect to certain retail installment sales              5
            contracts and promissory notes for the purchase of a variety of
            consumer products and equipment to be transferred to the 
            $594,781,837 (Approximate) Recreational, Equipment and Consumer
            Trust, Series 1997-B, formed by Green Tree Financial Corporation.
</TABLE> 
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1
 
                          $594,781,837 (APPROXIMATE)
                            RECREATIONAL, EQUIPMENT
                              AND CONSUMER TRUST
                                 SERIES 1997-B
 
              INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN SUBSEQUENT CONTRACTS
 
     Set forth below is information regarding certain retail installment sales
contracts and promissory notes for the purchase of a variety of consumer
products and equipment having a principal balance of $99,999,638.92 as of the
Cut-off Date (the "Contracts"). The Contracts represent all of the Subsequent
Contracts which will be conveyed by the Company to the Trust on the Closing Date
in connection with the above-captioned offering. Information with respect to the
Initial Contracts is as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement dated June 18,
1997 relating to the above-captioned offering. Unless otherwise defined herein,
all capitalized terms have the meanings set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.

     The Contracts were originated between January 1997 and June 1997. The
Contracts (i) had a remaining maturity, as of the Cutoff Date, of at least 11
months, but not more than 240 months, (ii) had an original maturity of at least
12 months, but not more than 240 months, (iii) had an original principal balance
of at least $2,000.17 and not more than $1,330,000.00, (iv) had a remaining
principal balance as of the Cutoff Date of at least $1,955.11 and not more than
$1,330,000.00, and (v) had a contractural rate of interest of at least 8.50%
and not more than 20.5%.

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                         Characteristics of Contracts
<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                                   Weighted                 Weighted
                                                                % of                  Weighted      Average     Weighted    Average
                      Number                    Scheduled       Pool       Average    Average      Original      Average    Loan-to-
                        of           %          Principal     Principal   Principal   Contract     Scheduled    Remaining    Value
   Asset Type       Contracts    Contracts       Balance       Balance     Balance      Rate         Term        Term(1)     Ratio
   ----------       ---------    ---------      ---------     ---------   ---------   --------     ---------    ---------   --------
<S>                 <C>          <C>          <C>             <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>     
Aircraft.........       113         1.77%     $15,886,144.81    15.89%   $140,585.35     9.74       146.65       146.65        89%
Trucks...........       273         4.28       18,959,155.26    18.96      69,447.46    11.05        49.88        49.84        93
Recreational
 Vehicles........       976        15.31       15,980,869.65    15.98      16,373.84    10.43       144.50       144.37        81
Motorcycles......     2,067        32.43       17,716,645.69    17.72       8,571.19    13.47        64.45        64.28        83
Keyboards........       122         1.91        1,250,489.55     1.25      10,249.91    11.56        72.16        72.16        79
Marine Products..     1,562        24.51       21,131,174.29    21.13      13,528.28    11.06       131.81       131.64        84
Horsetrailers....       386         6.05        3,863,473.21     3.86      10,009.00    11.64       118.84       118.68        83
Sport Vehicles...       876        13.74        5,211,686.46     5.21       5,949.41    15.90        55.54        55.37        84
                      -----       ------       -------------   ------      ---------    -----       ------       ------        --
   Total.........     6,375       100.00%     $99,999,638.92   100.00%    $15,686.22    11.45       103.51       103.40        86%
                      =====       ======       =============   ======      =========    =====       ======       ======        ==
</TABLE> 

______________
(1)  Based on scheduled payments due after the Cutoff Date and assuming no
     prepayments on the Contracts.



                GEOGRAPHICAL CONCENTRATION OF CONTRACTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                     
                                                                 PRINCIPAL             % OF
                            NUMBER OF         PERCENT OF          BALANCE              POOL
                         CONTRACTS AS OF      NUMBER OF            AS OF             PRINCIPAL
STATE(1)                   CUTOFF DATE        CONTRACTS         CUTOFF DATE           BALANCE
- --------                 ---------------      ----------      ---------------      -------------
<S>                      <C>                  <C>             <C>                  <C>
Alabama.................       135               2.12%        $  3,372,356.00           3.37%
Alaska..................         4                .06              108,865.75            .11
Arizona.................       328               5.15            4,316,353.02           4.32
Arkansas................        22                .35              797,223.47            .80
California..............     1,137              17.83           17,008,061.69          17.02
Colorado................       123               1.93            2,307,691.47           2.31
Connecticut.............        95               1.49              821,913.74            .82
Delaware................        12                .19              201,422.52            .20
District of Columbia....         2                .03                6,135.03            .01
Florida.................       473               7.42            7,853,819.75           7.86
Georgia.................       205               3.22            3,201,778.19           3.20
Hawaii..................        11                .17              121,131.88            .12
Idaho...................        16                .25              352.723.49            .35
Illinois................       120               1.88            2,864,583.24           2.86
Indiana.................        47                .74              447,005.80            .45
Iowa....................        28                .44            2,259,713.31           2.26
Kansas..................        28                .44              454,542.51            .45
Kentucky................        52                .82              438,126.44            .44
Louisiana...............        62                .97            1,473,425.13           1.47
Maine...................        11                .17              103,611.21            .10
Maryland................       136               2.13            1,614,093.14           1.61
Massachusetts...........       132               2.07            1,142,281.88           1.14
Michigan................        63                .99            1,301,427.91           1.30
Minnesota...............       140               2.20            2,234,154.59           2.23
Mississippi.............        59                .93            1,390,279.45           1.39
Missouri................       129               2.02            1,790,082.94           1.79
Montana.................         4                .06               82,690.50            .08
Nebraska................        18                .28              604,701.61            .60
New Hampshire...........        20                .31            1,385,885.08           1.39
New Jersey..............       225               3.53            1,890,022.74           1.89
New Mexico..............        84               1.32            1,319,366.90           1.32
Nevada..................        94               1.47            1,182,207.95           1.18
New York................       220               3.45            2,483,344.61           2.48
North Carolina..........       349               5.47            4,049,092.15           4.05
North Dakota............         4                .06               90,895.75            .09
Ohio....................        82               1.29            1,433,811.79           1.43
Oklahoma................        91               1.43            1,429,664.57           1.43
Oregon..................        95               1.49            1,314,960.60           1.31
Pennsylvania............        82               1.29            1,359,496.14           1.36
Rhode Island............        15                .24              177,774.90            .18
South Carolina..........       131               2.05            2,130,007.14           2.13
South Dakota............         6                .09              118,483.95            .12
Tennessee...............       175               2.75            2,201,539.97           2.20
Texas...................       726              11.39           11,949,447.88          11.96
Utah....................        37                .58            1,025,676.43           1.03
Vermont.................         4                .06               29,086.00            .03
Virginia................       159               2.49            1,799,517.31           1.80
Washington..............       124               1.95            2,911,019.91           2.91
West Virginia...........        13                .20              282,977.92            .28
Wisconsin...............        40                .63              605,686.71            .61
Wyoming.................         7                .11              159,476.86            .16
                             -----             ------         ---------------      ---------
Total...................     6,375             100.00%        $ 99,999,638.92         100.00%
                             =====             ======         ===============      =========

(1) Based on the address of the Obligor set forth in Green Tree's Records.
</TABLE>
 
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                       DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACT AMOUNTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
   ORIGINAL CONTRACT         NUMBER OF CONTRACTS BALANCE OUTSTANDING  % OF POOL PRINCIPAL
 AMOUNT (IN DOLLARS)(1)       AS OF CUTOFF DATE   AS OF CUTOFF DATE         BALANCE
- ----------------------       ------------------- ------------------- ---------------------
    <S>                      <C>                 <C>                 <C>
    Less than $10,000.......        3,668          $ 21,973,188.62           21.97%
    Between $10,000 and
     $19,999................        1,839            25,931,325.73           25.93
    Between $20,000 and
     $29,999................          386             9,205,111.31            9.21
    Between $30,000 and
     $39,999................          135             4,608,993.38            4.61
    Between $40,000 and
     $49,999................           85             3,726,413.60            3.73
    Between $50,000 and
     $59,999................           53             2,861,871.70            2.86
    Between $60,000 and
     $69,999................           35             2,252,786.47            2.25
    Between $70,000 and
     $79,999................           25             1,866,762.14            1.87
    Between $80,000 and
     $89,999................           33             2,803,562.64            2.80
    Between $90,000 and
     $99,999................           17             1,598,195.99            1.60
    Between $100,000 and
     $109,999...............           16             1,675,531.80            1.68
    Between $110,000 and
     $119,999...............            9             1,021,974.03            1.02
    Between $120,000 and
     $129,999...............           10             1,240,903.92            1.24
    Between $130,000 and
     $139,999...............            9             1,218,844.46            1.22
    Between $140,000 and
     $149,999...............            5               722,215.33             .72
    Between $150,000 and
     $159,999...............            3               460,723.55             .46
    Between $160,000 and
     $169,999...............            9             1,484,690.45            1.48
    Between $170,000 and
     $179,999...............            1               175,500.00             .18
    Between $180,000 and
     $189,999...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $190,000 and
     $199,999...............            3               578,912.96             .58
    Between $200,000 and
     $249,999...............           12             2,670,033.70            2.67
    Between $250,000 and
     $299,000...............            4             1,090,202.77            1.09
    Between $300,000 and
     $349,000...............            3               965,933.00             .97
    Between $350,000 and
     $399,000...............            2               764,000.00             .76
    Between $400,000 and
     $449,000...............            1               420,134.34             .42
    Between $450,000 and
     $499,000...............            4             1,914,550.00            1.91
    Between $500,000 and
     $549,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $550,000 and
     $599,000...............            1               561,051.48             .56
    Between $600,000 and
     $649,000...............            1               641,845.75             .64
    Between $650,000 and
     $699,000...............            2             1,325,000.00            1.33
    Between $700,000 and
     $749,000...............            1               716,879.80             .72
    Between $750,000 and
     $799,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $800,000 and
     $849,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $850,000 and
     $899,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $900,000 and
     $949,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Between $950,000 and
     $999,000...............            0                      .00             .00
    Over $1,000,000.........            3             3,522,500.00            3.52
                                    -----          ---------------          ------
       Total................        6,375          $ 99,999,638.92          100.00%
                                    =====          ===============          ======

</TABLE>
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(1) The largest original Contract amount is $1,330,000.00 which represents 1.33%
    of the aggregate principal balance of the Contracts as of the Cut-off Date.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                       YEAR OF ORIGINATION OF CONTRACTS



                                             AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL      % OF POOL
                         NUMBER OF CONTRACTS BALANCE OUTSTANDING      PRINCIPAL
YEAR OF ORIGINATION      AS OF CUTOFF DATE   AS OF CUTOFF DATE         BALANCE
- -------------------      ------------------- ------------------- ---------------------
<S>                      <C>                 <C>                 <C>
1997....................        6,375           $99,999,638.92           100.00%
                                -----           --------------           ------
   Total................        6,375           $99,999,638.92           100.00%
                                =====           ==============           ======
</TABLE>


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           DISTRIBUTION OF ORIGINAL LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIOS OF CONTRACTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL                       
                     NUMBER OF CONTRACTS  BALANCE OUTSTANDING    
LOAN-TO-VALUE RATIO   AS OF CUTOFF DATE    AS OF CUTOFF DATE   % OF POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE
- -------------------  -------------------  -------------------  ---------------------------
<S>                  <C>                  <C>                  <C>
Less than 61%......           485            $ 3,755,772.93                3.76%
61% to 65%.........           211              2,226,243.19                2.23
66% to 70%.........           291              2,870,213.51                2.87
71% to 75%.........           449              5,231,754.11                5.23
76% to 80%.........           711              8,682,214.35                8.68
81% to 85%.........           969             14,866,454.73               14.87
86% to 90%.........         2,243             34,139,236.79               34.14
91% to 95%.........           597             12,994,394.52               12.99
Over 95%...........           419             15,233,354.79               15.23
                            -----            --------------              ------
   Total...........         6,375            $99,999,638.92              100.00%
                            =====            ==============              ======
</TABLE>
 
                                 CONTRACT RATES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL    
 RANGE OF CONTRACTS BY    NUMBER OF CONTRACTS BALANCE OUTSTANDING   
     CONTRACT RATE         AS OF CUTOFF DATE   AS OF CUTOFF DATE   % OF POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE
 ---------------------    ------------------- -------------------  ---------------------------
<S>                       <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Less than 9.00001%......            37           $ 5,709,244.12               5.71%
9.00001% to 10.00000%...           625            26,848,083.16              26.84
10.00001% to 11.00000%..         1,418            26,044,849.94              26.04
11.00001% to 12.00000%..         1,098            16,212,433.15              16.21
12.00001% to 13.00000%..           677             7,916,934.46               7.92
13.00001% to 14.00000%..           376             3,645,884.76               3.65
14.00001% to 15.00000%..           825             5,815,719.98               5.82
15.00001% to 16.00000%..           418             2,601,852.99               2.60
16.00001% to 17.00000%..           359             2,079,096.64               2.08
Over 17.00000%..........           542             3,125,539.72               3.13
                                 -----           --------------             ------
   Total................         6,375           $99,999,638.92             100.00%
                                 =====           ==============             ======
</TABLE>
 
                   REMAINING MONTHS TO MATURITY OF CONTRACTS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL   
    MONTHS REMAINING    NUMBER OF CONTRACTS  BALANCE OUTSTANDING   
    AS OF CUTOFF DATE    AS OF CUTOFF DATE    AS OF CUTOFF DATE   % OF POOL PRINCIPAL BALANCE
   ------------------   -------------------  -------------------  ---------------------------
<S>                     <C>                  <C>                  <C>
Less than 15..........            10           $     48,889.01                 .05%
15 to 30..............           217              2,448,379.11                2.45
31 to 45..............           511              5,259,739.47                5.26
46 to 60..............         2,655             30,743,504.94               30.74
61 to 75..............           647              7,454,631.96                7.45
76 to 90..............           419              5,590,183.87                5.59
91 to 105.............           192              2,175,498.96                2.18
106 to 120............           810             16,135,402.19               16.14
121 to 135............             3                675,271.16                 .68
136 to 150............           551              9,879,458.27                9.88
151 to 165............             1                 31,485.25                 .03
166 to 180............           327             16,521,101.66               16.52
181 to 195............             1                 64,247.49                 .06
196 to 210............             0                       .00                 .00
210 to 225............             0                       .00                 .00
226 to 240............            31              2,971,845.58                2.97
                               -----           ---------------              ------
   Total..............         6,375           $ 99,999,638.92              100.00%
                               =====           ===============              ======
</TABLE>

 
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