PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 45 Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE May 9, 1994 Registration
No.33-49763
(To Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 1993
including the Prospectus dated August 27, 1993) CUSIP Number: 89350L EP 3
May 16, 1994
$2,000,000,000
TRANSAMERICA FINANCE CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES D
Due from 9 Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue
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: May 16, 1994 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: May 16, 1994 Maturity Date: May 16, 1996
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 May 16, August 16, November 16,and
February 16
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): +.27%
Initial Interest Rate: To be determined Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): Federal Funds * Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: Calculation Rate Agent: Salomon
Brothers Inc
( ) LIBOR Reuters
( ) LIBOR Telerate Name of Agent: Salomon Brothers Inc
Index Currency: U.S. Dollars Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: Daily Commission: $ 15,000.00
Interest Reset Dates: Daily Net Proceeds to Co: $49,985,000.00
( ) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company at a price
to the public of ( ) 100% of Principal Amount ( ) ____% of Principal Amount
(X ) 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; (X) varying prices relating to prevailing
market prices at time of resale to be determined by Agent.
Additional Terms: * For the purposes of this note, the "Federal Funds Rate"
for each Interest Reset Date shall be the effective rate on the first Business
Day prior to such Interest Reset Date (a "Federal Funds Interest Determination
Date") for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal
Funds (Effective)" or, if not so published by 9:00 AM New York City time on
the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination
Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be as found on Telerate page 118, or its
successor page, under the caption "Federal Funds Effective Rate" for the
applicable Interest Determination Date.
For the purposes of this note the Federal Funds Interest Determination Date
shall be daily, based on the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the day
preceding each Federal Funds Interest Determination Date.
For the purposes of this note the Calculation Date shall be the last Business
Day of the applicable Interest Payment Period.
For the purposes of this note the Interest payments will include the amount of
interest accrued from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date for
which interest has been paid (or from and including the Original Issue Date)
to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date, without adjustment for
changes in the Interest Payment Date if the scheduled Interest Payment Date
is not a Business Day.