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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-58723
Pricing Supplement No. 37 Dated: July 19, 1999
(To Prospectus dated July 17, 1998
Prospectus Supplement dated August 28, 1998)
U.S.$5,000,000,000
Heller Financial, Inc.
Medium-Term Notes, Series I
(Registered Notes- Fixed Rate)
Due From Nine Months to Thirty Years From Date of Issue
Principal Amount: $500,000,000 Issue Price: 99.879%
Original Issue Date: July 22, 1999 Stated Maturity Date: July 22, 2002
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 Period: 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): ): The 22nd day of July and January, beginning January 24, 2000 up
to and including the Stated Maturity Date.
Interest Determination Date(s): N/A
Initial Interest Rate: 6.50%
Index Maturity: N/A
Day Count Convention: 30/360
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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: .134%
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Other Provisions: a) AMOUNT ISSUED TO DATE, PRIOR TO PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 37 UNDER
MTN-SERIES I PROGRAM: $2,229,375,000.00
b) CUSIP #42333HLX8
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Agent: ABN AMRO Incorporated Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. Bank of America Securities LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas One First National Plaza 100 North Tryon
10th Floor Mail Code 0463 NC1-007-06-07
New York, New York 10019 Chicago, Illinois 60670 Charlotte, NC 02255
Chase Securities Inc. Credit Suisse First Boston Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
270 Park Avenue 11 Madison Avenue 31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10017 New York, New York 10010-3629 New York, NY 10019
Agent: Goldman, Sachs & Co. Lehman Brothers, Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co.
85 Broad Street Three World Financial Center 250 Vesey Street
27th Floor 12th Floor New York, NY 10281
New York, New York 10004 New York, New York 10285
JP Morgan Securities Saloman Smith Barney Warburg Dillon Read
60 Wall St. 390 Greenwich Street, 4th Floor 677 Washington Boulevard
New York, New York 10260 New York, NY 10013 Stanford, CT 06901
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