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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 54 Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE July 22, 1994 Registration No.33-49763
(To Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 1993
including the Prospectus dated August 27, 1993) CUSIP Number: 89350L EW 8
July 25, 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: July 26, 1994 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: July 26, 1994 Maturity Date: July 26, 1996
Redemption Date(s): None New Notice of
Redemption Price(s): N/A Maturity Renewal
Authorized Denominations (if other than Date(s): N/A Date(s): N/A
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 Monthly
Original Issue Discount Interest Payment Dates:
Note: ( ) Yes (X) No 26th of each month or next
Business Day *
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): +.10%
Initial Interest Rate: 4.60% Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: 1 Month Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): LIBOR Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: Calculation Rate Agent: CS First
Boston
( ) LIBOR Reuters
(x) LIBOR Telerate page 3750 Name of Agent: CS First Boston
Index Currency: N/A Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: Monthly Commission: $ 0
Interest Reset Dates: 26th of each month Net Proceeds to Co: $50,000,000.00
or next business day*
( ) 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: Notwithstanding the terms of the Prospectus Supplement, if
any Interest Payment Date or Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date or Interest Reset Date, as
the case may be, shall be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day
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