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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-38545
Pricing Supplement No. 5 Dated: March 10, 1998
(To Prospectus dated October 30, 1997
Prospectus Supplement dated November 17, 1997)
U.S.$2,500,000,000
Heller Financial, Inc.
Medium-Term Notes, Series H
(Registered Notes-Fixed Rate)
Due From Nine Months to Thirty Years From Date of Issue
Principal Amount: $175,000,000 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: March 13, 1998 Stated Maturity Date: April 13, 2000
Form: [X] Book-Entry [ ] Certificated
Depositary: Depository Trust Company
Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
(If other than U.S. Dollars, see attached)
Option to Receive Payments in Specified Currency: [ ] Yes [ ] No
(Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars)
Authorized Denominations:
(Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars)
Base Rate: [ ] Commercial Paper Rate [ ] LIBOR [ ] Treasury Rate
[ ] Federal Funds Rate [ ] Prime Rate [X] Other: Fixed
Interest Reset N/A
Interest Payment Period Semi-Annual
Interest Reset Dates: (If other than as specified in the Prospectus Supplement:
N/A
Interest Payment Dates: (If other than as specified in the Prospectus
Supplement): October 13, 1998 there after the 13th of October and April,
beginning October 13, 1998, up to and including the Stated Maturity Date.
Interest Determination Date(s): N/A.
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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-38545
Pricing Supplement: No. 5 Dated March 10, 1998
(To Prospectus dated October 30, 1997
Prospectus Supplement dated November 17, 1997)
Initial Interest Rate: 6.14%
Index Maturity: N/A
Day Count Convention: 30/360
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
Spread (+/-): N/A Spread Multiplier: N/A
Optional Redemption: [_] Yes [X] No
Initial Redemption Date:
The Redemption Price shall initially be % of the principal amount of the
Note to be redeemed and shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial
Redemption Date by % of the principal amount to be redeemed until the
Redemption Price is 100% of such principal amount.
Optional Repayment: [_] Yes [X] No
Optional Repayment Dates:
Optional Repayment Prices:
Repayment Provisions:
(If other than as specified in the Prospectus Supplement)
Discount Note: [_] Yes [X] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period OID:
Calculation Agent: Heller Financial, Inc.
Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Recognized Foreign Exchange Dealers: N/A
Discount or Commission: .105%
Other Provisions: a) AMOUNT ISSUED TO DATE, PRIOR TO PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 5
UNDER MTN-SERIES H PROGRAM: $700,000,000
b) CUSIP #42333HJM5
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Agent: ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation Citibank Securities, Inc. CS First Boston JP Morgan
1325 Avenue of the Americas 399 Park Avenue, 7th Fl. 11 Madison Ave 60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10019-6026 New York, NY 10043 New York, NY 10010 New York, NY 10260
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Merrill Lynch & Co.
85 Broad Street, 27th Floor 31 West 52nd Street 250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10004 New York, NY 10019 New York, NY 10281
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