BANKAMERICA CORP
424B5, 1994-06-03
NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS
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                                                            Rule 424(b)(5) 
                                                            File No. 33-59892 

PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 30
DATED JUNE 2, 1994                                        
(To Prospectus Supplement dated
May 17, 1993, including the
Prospectus dated May 17, 1993)


                                  $25,000,000
                            BANKAMERICA CORPORATION

                      SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES H 
 
                                   ---------
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<S>                                        <C> 
      Floating Rate Notes [x]                % Fixed Rate Notes [_]            
                                                                               
      Book Entry Notes    [x]              Certificated Notes   [_]           

Original Issue Date: June 9, 1994          Maturity Date: June 9, 1997
    
                                           Extended            Notice of        
                                           Maturity            Extension   
                                            Date(s)             Date(s)    
                                           --------            ---------   
                                             N/A                  N/A      
                                                                             
Redemption            Redemption           Specified             
 Date(s)               Price(s)            Currency:           U.S. Dollars
 -------               --------            Authorized                          
On any Interest          100%              Denominations                      
Payment Date on or                         (Only applicable if                
after 12/20/95                             Specified Currency               
                                           is other than                    
                                           U.S. Dollars):      N/A         
Repayment             Repayment    
 Date(s)               Price(s)              
- ---------             ---------            Interest Payment                  
   N/A                   N/A               Period:             3 months*        
                                           Interest Payment                   
                                           Dates:              See Exhibit A
    
                                           Total Amount of               
                                           OID:                N/A             
                                           Yield to Maturity:  N/A            
                                           Initial Accrual
                                           Period OID and
                                           Designated Method:  N/A
                    
Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes: 
- ---------------------------------------
Initial
Interest Rate:  To be calculated           Interest Reset                   
                as if 6/9/94 were          Period:             Daily
                an Interest Reset          Interest Reset      
                Date                       Dates:              Each Business 
                                                               Day (as defined
                                                               in the accompany-
                                                               ing Prospectus
                                                               Supplement) from
                                                               and including 
                                                               June 10, 1994 to
                                                               but excluding the
                                                               Maturity Date
Index Maturity: 1 day 


Base Rate:                                 Spread (plus or                    
                                           minus):             +.32%      
[_]  CD Rate                               Spread Multiplier:  N/A 
           
[_]  Commercial  Paper Rate                Maximum Interest                   
                                           Rate:               N/A             
[X]  Federal Funds Rate                    Minimum Interest                   
                                           Rate:               N/A
[_]  LIBOR

     Designated LIBOR Page (only
     applicable if Designated LIBOR
     Page is other than Telerate
     Screen Page 3750): N/A

[_]  Treasury Rate

[_]  Prime Rate
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Additional Terms: *Interest payments on each Interest Payment Date and at
                   maturity or earlier redemption will include accrued interest
                   from and including the Original Issue Date or from and
                   including the last date in respect of which interest has been
                   paid, as the case may be, to, but excluding, such Interest
                   Payment Date, Maturity Date or date of redemption.

IF THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT RELATES TO AN ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE OR A NOTE 
PROVIDING FOR A FLOATING RATE OF INTEREST, SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION REGARDING 
RECENT UNITED STATES TAX DEVELOPMENTS.

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<CAPTION> 
Exhibit A Interest Payment Dates:          
- ---------           
<S>        <C>       <C> 
           3/15/95   3/19/97     
 9/21/94   6/21/95   6/9/97     
12/21/94   9/20/95   
          12/20/95  
           3/20/96  
           6/19/96  
           9/18/96  
          12/18/96  
</TABLE> 

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<S>                                      <C> 
Trade Date:    June 2, 1994              Agent's Commission:      N/A
Name of Agent: Salomon Brothers Inc      Proceeds to Corporation: $24,979,000

                                         [X] Agent is purchasing Notes from    
                                             the Corporation at 99.916% of their
                                             principal amount as principal for 
[_] Agent is acting as agent for             resale to investors and other     
    the sale of Notes by the                 purchasers at:
    Corporation at a price to                                                  
    public of:                           [_] a fixed initial public offering   
                                             price of 100% of the principal    
[_] 100% of the principal amount             amount.                           
                                                                      
[_]    % of the principal amount         [_] a fixed initial public offering   
                                             price of   % of the principal     
                                             amount.                           
                                                                               
                                         [X] varying prices relating to        
                                             prevailing market prices at time  
                                             of resale to be determined by     
                                             Agent.                            
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                            Additional Information
                            ----------------------

     BankAmerica Corporation ("BAC") has entered into an agreement (the
"Agreement") to acquire Continental Bank Corporation ("Continental") for an
estimated 21.25 million shares of BAC common stock and $939 million in cash, 
subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Based on the BAC common stock
closing price on January 27, 1994 (the last trading day before announcement of 
the acquisition) of $45.75 per share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
composite transaction tape, the value of the common stock and cash to be issued 
is approximately $1.9 billion. In addition, each share of Continental's 
Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock, Series 1 and 2 that is outstanding immediately 
prior to the effective time of the acquisition (excluding shares held by holders
of the Series 2 stock, if any, exercising appraisal rights), will be converted, 
respectively, into one share of Adjustable Preferred Stock, Series 1 and 2 of 
BAC, having substantially the same terms. The closing of the acquisition is 
subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the approval of the
transaction by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common 
stock of Continental and the obtaining of certain regulatory approvals. In 
addition, under certain circumstances BAC or Continental may terminate the 
Agreement, as specified therein.

     Continental is a Delaware corporation organized in 1968 and is registered 
as a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as 
amended. Continental's principal subsidiary is Continental Bank N.A. Continental
engages in four principal activities: (i) business financing, providing credit 
in almost every form and helping customers access external debt markets; (ii) 
specialized financial and operating services, including cash management, 
financial risk-management, trust, investment and private banking services; (iii)
trading in investment, foreign exchange and risk-management instruments, for 
customers and its own account; and (iv) equity finance and investing, as both 
principal and arranger.

     Further information about the acquisition and about Continental and its
subsidiaries is contained in documents incorporated by reference herein. See
"Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference" in the accompanying
Prospectus. Information about Continental and its subsidiaries has been supplied
by Continental and not by BAC, and BAC does not warrant the accuracy or
completeness of such information.

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             Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
             -----------------------------------------------------

     On January 27, 1994, the Recent Proposed Regulations (as defined in the
Prospectus Supplement) were issued as final Treasury Regulations (the "Final
Regulations"), with certain changes to respond to comments. Although the Final 
Regulations apply to debt instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994, the 
Final Regulations generally provide that taxpayers may rely on the Final 
Regulations with respect to debt obligations issued after December 21, 1992. The
following is a summary of the material changes made by the Final Regulations to 
the Recent Proposed Regulations relating to the discussion set forth in the 
Prospectus Supplement under the heading "Certain United States Federal Income 
Tax Consequences -- United States Holders -- Original Issue Discount Notes."

     Among other changes, the Final Regulations expanded the determination of 
the accrual period and allow it to be of any length selected by the Holder of 
the Original Issue Discount Note and to vary in length over the term of the 
Original Issue Discount Note, provided that each accrual period is no longer
than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs 
either on the final day of an accrual period or on the first day of an 
accrual period. The Final Regulations also added a rule to provide that if 
a debt instrument has payment intervals that are equal in length 
throughout the term of the instrument, except for the first or last payment 
interval (or intervals), the interest payment for that interval (or intervals)
is considered to be made at a fixed rate if the value of the rate on which 
the payment is based is adjusted in any reasonable manner to take into account
the length of the interval. Specific rules with respect to a subsequent 
Holder's treatment of a debt instrument issued with de minimis original 
issue discount were also added.

     The Final Regulations liberalized the rules with respect to variable rate
debt instruments by (i) allowing the issue price to exceed the total
noncontingent principal payments, provided that the excess is not greater than a
specific amount, (ii) allowing stated interest at one or more qualified floating
rates, at a single fixed rate and one or more qualified floating rates, at a
single objective rate, or at a single fixed rate and a single objective rate 
that is a qualified inverse floating rate, (iii) providing that interest
that is stated at an initial fixed rate for a period of not more than one year,
followed by a qualified floating rate or an objective rate, is treated as stated
at a single qualified floating rate or an objective rate in certain 
circumstances, (iv) allowing certain multiples of a qualified floating rate to 
be treated as a qualified floating rate, and (v) providing for other rates to be
treated as an objective rate if designated by revenue ruling or revenue 
procedure. The definition of an objective rate was both expanded and
narrowed by the Final Regulations. In addition, the Final Regulations revised
and simplified the rules for determining the accrual of original issue discount
and amount of qualified stated interest on a variable rate debt instrument. In
general, the rules convert the debt instrument into a fixed rate debt instrument
and then apply the general original issue discount rules to the debt instrument.

     In view of these developments, persons considering the purchase of Original
Issue Discount Notes or Notes providing for a floating rate of interest should 
consult their own tax advisors.

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