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Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-84725
Pricing Supplement No. 2 Dated: March 8, 2000
(To Prospectus dated August 17, 1999
Prospectus Supplement dated October 6, 1999)
U.S.$10,000,000,000
Heller Financial, Inc.
Medium-Term Notes, Series J
(Registered Notes-Floating Rate)
Due From Nine Months to Thirty Years From Date of Issue
Principal Amount: $300,000,000 Issue Price: 100.00%
Original Issue Date: March 13, 2000 Stated Maturity Date:
March 13, 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 [X] LIBOR [] Treasury Rate
[] Federal Funds Rate [] Prime Rate [] Other:
Interest Reset Period: Quarterly
Interest Payment Period: Quarterly
Interest Reset Dates: (If other than as specified in the Prospectus Supplement):
The 13th day of March, June, September and December, beginning June 13, 2000 up
to and including the Stated Maturity Date.
Interest Payment Dates: (If other than as specified in the Prospectus
Supplement): The 13th day of March, June, Septmeber and December, beginning June
13, 2000 up to and including the Stated Maturity Date.
Interest Determination Date Dates: Two London Banking Days prior to each
Interest Reset Date
Initial Interest Rate: 6.32%
Index Maturity: 3 Month Libor
Day Count Convention: Act/360
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
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Spread (+/-): +.18% 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: .095%
Other Provisions: a) AMOUNT ISSUED TO DATE, PRIOR TO PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 2
UNDER MTN-SERIES J PROGRAM: $175,000,00.00
b) CUSIP #42333HMK5
Agent:
Barclays Capital Inc. Chase Securities Inc.
222 Broadway, 7th Floor 270 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10038 New York, NY 10017
Lehman Brothers Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Lehman Brothers Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
Three World Financial Center, 12th Floor & Smith Incorporated
New York, NY 10285-1200 250 Vesey St.
New York, NY 10281-1310
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
388 Greenwich St. 60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10013 New York, NY 10260
Warburg Dillon Read LLC Goldman, Sachs & Co.
677 Washington Blvd. 85 Broad St. 27th Fl.
Stamford, CT 06912 New York, NY 10004
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
31 W. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019
