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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 87 Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE: April 24, 1995 Registration No.33-49763
(To Prospectus Supplement dated September 23, 1993
including the Prospectus dated August 27, 1993) CUSIP Number: 89350L FW 7
$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 ( ) 7.03 Fixed Rate Note (x)
Senior Medium-Term Note (x) Subordinated Medium-Term Note ( )
Principal Amount: $9,770,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: May 1, 1995 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: May 1, 1995 Maturity Date: May 1, 1998
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 Semi-Annual
Original Issue Discount Interest Payment Dates:
Note: ( ) Yes (X) No March 1 and September 1
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): N/A
Initial Interest Rate: N/A Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): N/A Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: Calculation Rate Agent: N/A
( ) LIBOR Reuters
( ) LIBOR Telerate Name of Agent: Goldman Sachs
Index Currency: N/A Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: N/A Commission: $34,195.00
Interest Reset Dates: N/A Net Proceeds to Co: $9,735,805.00
(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: N/A<PAGE>
