PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 27 Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE June 18, 1996 Registration No. 33-58365
(To Prospectus Supplement dated May 15, 1995
including the Prospectus dated April 5, 1995) CUSIP Number: 89350L GX 4
$3,000,000,00
TRANSAMERICA FINANCE CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES E
Due from 9 Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue
Floating Rate Note ( ) 7.50% Fixed Rate Note(X)
Senior Medium-Term Note (X) Subordinated Medium-Term Note( )
Principal Amount: $25,000,000.00 Issue Price: See Below
Original Issue Date: June 27, 1996 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: June 27, 1996 Maturity Date: June 27, 2006
Redemption Date(s): At the option of the New Notice of
Company, in whole, on the Interest Maturity Renewal
Payment date occurring on June 27, 1999 Date(s): Date(s):
and each Interest Payment Date occurring
in June or December thereafter upon at
least 30 calendar days prior notice.
Redemption Price(s): 100%
Authorized Denominations (if other than
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:
Monthly
Repayment Price(s): N/A Interest Payment Dates:
27th of each month
commencing July 27, 1996
Original Issue Discount
Note: ( ) Yes (X) No
Total Amount of OID: N/A
Yield to Maturity: N/A Global Security: (X)Yes ( )
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 Name of Agent: Merrill Lynch
& Co.
Index Currency: U.S. Dollars Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: N/A Commission: $400,000.00
Interest Reset Dates: N/A Net Proceeds to Co: $24,600,000.00
( ) 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 at 100% of the
principal amount 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: Interest rates offered by the Company with respect to the
Notes sold under its Medium-Term Note Program may differ depending upon, among
other things, the aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased in any single
transaction.
For the purposes of the Notes offered hereby, Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated has been appointed as an Agent.
