AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO NOTE AGREEMENT This Amendment No. 4 to Note Agreement (this "Amendment"), dated as of February 10, 1996, is by and among PLM International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and each of the purchasers named on the execution page hereto (the "Purchasers"). The Company and the Purchasers have entered into the Note Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 30, 1994, Amendment No. 2, dated as of December 27, 1994, and Amendment No. 3, dated as of November 1, 1995 (the "Note Agreement"), and the Company and each Purchaser have entered into the Note Purchase Agreement between the Company and such Purchaser dated as of June 30, 1994, relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of its 9.78% Series A Senior Secured Notes and its Floating Rate Series B Senior Secured Notes. The Company and the Purchasers have agreed that Section 6.7(b) of the Note Agreement requires amending in order to more accurately reflect the composition of the Company's Equipment constituting Collateral. The Company and the Purchasers now wish to amend Section 6.7(b) of the Note Agreement, as more fully set forth herein. The Company and the Purchasers agree as follows: 1. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Note Agreement. 2. Section 6.7(b) of the Note Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: The Company shall cause no more than 60% of the Equipment constituting Collateral (determined on the basis of Appraised Value from time to time) to be in any one transportation sector (e.g., aircraft, marine vessels, marine containers, storage containers, railcars, or trailers). Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall ensure that each category of Equipment constituting Collateral listed below shall not exceed the percentages set forth opposite its category (determined on the basis of Appraised Value) of the aggregate Equipment constituting Collateral: Type of Equipment Maximum Percentage of Collateral Any one item of Equipment 15% Marine Containers 10% 3. This Amendment shall become effective when it is executed by the Company and all the Purchasers. 4. Except as amended by this Amendment, the Note Agreement remains in full force and effect as originally written. 5. This Amendment may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of such counterparts constituting an original but all together only one agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first above written. COMPANY: PLM INTERNATIONAL, INC. By: /s/ Stephen Peary ------------------------------------ Stephen Peary, Senior Vice President PURCHASERS: SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY By: /s/ Sam Tillinghast ------------------------------------ Sam Tillinghast, Authorized Agent ALEXANDER HAMILTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA By: William Lang, REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY /s/ Bradley P. Newman ---------------------- Bradley P. Newman Title: Vice President/Treasurer