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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 21 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: 89350LJP8
$4,000,000.00
TRANSAMERICA FINANCE CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES F
Due 9 Months or More from Date of Issue
Floating Rate Note (x) Fixed Rate Note ( )
Senior Medium-Term Note (x) Subordinated Medium-Term Note ( )
Principal Amount: $ 15,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: March 25, 1999 Specified Currency: US Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: March 25, 1999 Maturity Date: March 26, 2002
Interest Rate:
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 in US Dollars): N/A Interest Reset Period:
Interest Reset Dates:
Repayment Date(s): None
Interest Payment Period: Quarterly
Repayment Price(s): N/A Interest Payment Dates: 26th of each March,
June, September and
December starting
June 26th, 1999 (or
modified following
business day)
Original Issue Discount
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): +.22
Spread Multiplier: N/A
Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Calculation Rate Agent: Bank of Montreal
Initial Interest Rate: 5.22
Index Maturity: 3 Month Name of Agent: Warburg Dillon Read
Base Rate(s): LIBOR
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR page: Agent's Discount or Commission: $52,500.00
( ) LIBOR Reuters Net Proceeds to Company: $14,947,500.00
(x) LIBOR Telerate page 3750
(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 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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