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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 22 Rule 424 (b) (2)
TRADE DATE March 29th and 30th, 1999 Registration No. 333-69065
(To Prospectus Supplement dated on January 5, 1999 including the
Prospectus dated December 28, 1998) CUSIP Number: 89350LJQ6
$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: $ 212,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: March 31, 1999 Specified Currency: US Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: March 31, 1999 Maturity Date: March 29, 2002
Interest Rate: 5.92% 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 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, SG Cowen,
Base Rate(s) N/A CSFB, First Chicago, Chase Sec., Prudential Sec.,
Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan & Golden Gate Sec.
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR page: Agent's Discount or Commission: $742,000.00
( ) LIBOR Reuters Net Proceeds to Company: $211,258,000.00
( ) LIBOR Telerate page 3750
(x) SG Cowen, CSFB, First Chicago, Chase Sec., Prudential Sec., Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan & Golden Gate 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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