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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 19 Rule 424 (b) (2)
TRADE DATE March 22, 1999 Registration No. 333-69065
(To Prospectus Supplement dated on January 5, 1999 including the
Prospectus dated December 28, 1998) CUSIP Number: 89350LJM5
$4,000,000.00
TRANSAMERICA FINANCE CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES F
Due 9 Months or More from Date of Issue
Floating Rate Note ( ) Fixed Rate Note (x)
Senior Medium-Term Note (x) Subordinated Medium-Term Note ( )
Principal Amount: $ 100,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: March 25, 1999 Specified Currency: US Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: March 25, 1999 Maturity Date: March 25, 2002
Interest Rate: 5.93% per annum
Redemtion Date(s): None New Maturity Date(s):
Notice of Renewal Date(s):
Redemption Price(s): N/A
Authorized Denominations (if other than denominations of $1,000 and Index Currency:
intergal multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof on US Dollars): N/A Interest Reset Period:
Interest Reset Dates:
Repayment Date(s): None
Interest Payment Period: Semi-annual
Repayment Price(s): N/A Interest Payment Dates: March 1 & September 1
(or modified following
Original Issue Discount business day)
Note: ( ) Yes (x) No
Total Amount of OID: N/A Global Security: (x) Yes ( ) No
Yield to Maturity: N/A Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A Historical Exchange Rate: N/A
Method Used to Determine Yield
to Maturity and Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A Spread (plus or minus): N/A
Spread Multiplier: N/A
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Calculation Rate Agent: N/A
Initial Interest Rate: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A Name of Agent: Salomon Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch,
Base Rate(s) N/A ABN AMRO, JP Morgan, NationsBanc Montgomery Sec.
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR page: Agent's Discount or Commission: $350,000.00
( ) LIBOR Reuters Net Proceeds to Company: $99,650,000.00
( ) LIBOR Telerate page 3750
(x) Salomon Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO, JP Morgan and NationsBanc Montgomery Sec. are acting as Agents for the sale of
Notes by the Company at a price to the public of (x) 100% of Principal Amount ( ) % of Principal Amount
(x) Salomon Smith Barney 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 _____% of the principal amount;
( ) varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at a time of resale to be determined by Agent.
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