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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):
July 9, 1998
AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Indiana 1-6155 35-0416090
(State or Other (Commission File (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Number) Identification
Incorporation) No.)
601 N.W. Second Street, Evansville, IN 47708
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(812) 424-8031
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Item 5. Other Events.
On July 9, 1998, a duly authorized Committee (the "Terms
and Pricing Committee") of the Board of Directors of American
General Finance Corporation (the "Company") authorized the
issuance in an underwritten public offering of $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5 7/8% Senior
Notes due July 15, 2001 (the "Notes") under the Company's
previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-28925), as amended by Amendment No. 1
on July 1, 1997 (the "Registration Statement"), and the
related Prospectus dated July 2, 1997 and Prospectus
Supplement dated July 9, 1998.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits. The following Exhibits are filed as part of
this Report and as Exhibits to the Registration
Statement:
Exhibit
Number Description
4(a) Resolutions of the Terms and Pricing
Committee adopted on July 9, 1998
establishing the terms of the Notes,
certified by an Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
4(b) Form of 5 7/8% Senior Note due July 15,
2001.
5 Opinion of Baker & Daniels, special counsel
for the Company, as to the legality of the
Notes.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
Dated: July 13, 1998 By: /S/ GEORGE W. SCHMIDT
George W. Schmidt
Controller and Assistant
Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
4(a) Resolutions of the Terms and Pricing Committee
adopted on July 9, 1998 establishing the terms
of the Notes, certified by an Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
4(b) Form of 5 7/8% Senior Note due July 15, 2001.
5 Opinion of Baker & Daniels, special counsel for
the Company, as to the legality of the Notes.
EXHIBIT 4(a)
CERTIFICATE
I, Susan A. Jacobs, an Assistant Secretary of American
General Finance Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the
"Company"), do hereby certify that attached hereto is a true
copy of resolutions duly adopted by a duly authorized and
appointed committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
at a meeting duly called and held on July 9, 1998, at which
meeting a quorum was present and acting throughout, and such
resolutions have not been amended, modified or rescinded and
remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.
Dated: July 13, 1998
/S/ SUSAN A. JACOBS
Susan A. Jacobs
Assistant Secretary