PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 41 Rule 424(b)(5)
TRADE DATE April 12, 1994 Registration No.33-49763
(To Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 1993
including the Prospectus dated August 27, 1993) CUSIP Number: 89350L EN 8
April 12, 1994
$ 50,000,000
TRANSAMERICA FINANCE CORPORATION
SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
Floating Rate Note (X) Fixed Rate Note ( )
Senior Medium-Term Note (X) Subordinated Medium-Term Note ( )
Principal Amount: $ 50,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: April 14, 1994 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: April 14, 1994 Maturity Date: April 14, 1997
Redemption Date(s): None New Notice of
Redemption Price(s): N/A Maturity Renewal
Authorized Denominations (if other than Date(s): Date(s):
denominations of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
in U.S. Dollars): N/A
Repayment Date(s): None Interest Payment Period:
Repayment Price(s): N/A Quarterly
Original Issue Discount Interest Payment Dates:
Note: ( ) Yes (X) No 7/14/94, 10/14/94, 1/16/95, 4/14/95,
7/14/95,
10/16/95, 1/15/96, 4/15/96, 7/15/96,
10/14/96,
1/14/97, 4/14/97
Total Amount of OID: N/A
Yield to Maturity: N/A Global Security: (X) Yes ( ) No
Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Method Used to Determine Historical Exchange Rate: N/A
Yield to Maturity and Initial
Accrual Period OID: N/A
(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Spread (plus or minus): +0.10%
Initial Interest Rate: 4.00 Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: 3 Month Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): LIBOR Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: 3750 Calculation Rate Agent: N/A
( ) LIBOR Reuters
(X) LIBOR Telerate Name of Agent: Smith Barney
Shearson
Index Currency: U.S. Dollars Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: Quarterly Commission: $14,000.00
Interest Reset Dates:Same as Net Proceeds to Co: $49,986,000.00
interest payment dates
(X) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company at a price
to the public of (X) 100% of Principal Amount ( ) ____% of Principal Amount
( ) Agent is purchasing Notes from the Company as Principal for resale to
investors and other purchasers at: ( ) a fixed initial public offering price
of 100% of the principal amount; ( ) a fixed initial public offering price
of____% of the principal amount; ( ) varying prices relating to prevailing
market prices at time of resale to be determined by Agent.
Additional Terms: For purposes of the accompanying Prospectus supplement
and Prospectus, references to the Agents shall be deemed to include Smith
Barney Shearson Inc., unless the context requires otherwise.
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SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON INC.
