SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  SCHEDULE TO/A
                                (RULE 14d - 100)

            TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                (AMENDMENT NO. 3)

                             HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
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                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

                        HAWK ACQUISITION CORP. (OFFEROR)
                          a wholly-owned subsidiary of

                      GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
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    (Names of Filing Persons (Identifying Status as Offeror, Issuer or Other
                                    Person))


                Class A Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share;
                 Class B Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    423328103
                             (Class A Common Stock)

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                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                              Nancy E. Barton, Esq.
                      General Electric Capital Corporation
                               260 Long Ridge Road
                           Stamford, Connecticut 06927
                                 (203) 357-8000
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                 (Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person
  Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)


                                    COPY TO:

                             Thomas A. Roberts, Esq.
                             Raymond O. Gietz, Esq.
                           Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
                                767 Fifth Avenue
                            New York, New York 10153
                                 (212) 310-8000


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                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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   Transaction Valuation*                            Amount of Filing Fee**
      $5,510,186,625                                    $1,102,037.33
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*    Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only.
     This amount assumes the purchase at $53.75 per share in cash, pursuant to
     the Offer to Purchase, of all 46,397,603 issued and outstanding shares of
     Class A common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Class A Common
     Stock") and all 51,050,000 issued and outstanding shares of Class B common
     stock, par value $0.25 per share, of Heller Financial, Inc., and 5,067,497
     shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of certain
     outstanding stock options, in each case as of July 23, 2001.

**   The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals 1/50 of 1% of the
     transaction value.

[X]      Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
         0-11(a) (2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
         previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
         number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

                                                  
Amount Previously Paid:   $1,102,037.33              Filing Party: Hawk Acquisition Corp. and
                                                                   General Electric Capital Corporation

Form or Registration No.:  Schedule TO-T             Date Filed:   August 3, 2001
                           SEC File No. 5-10931

[ ]      Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
         communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

         Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to
         which the statement relates:

         [X] third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

         [ ] issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

         [ ] going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

         [ ] amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

         Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting
         the results of the tender offer: [ ]


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                  This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO (the "Schedule TO") filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 3, 2001 by Hawk Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation ("Purchaser") and wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric
Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("GE Capital"). Purchaser and GE
Capital filed Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO on August 20, 2001 and
Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule TO on August 30, 2001. The Schedule TO relates
to the offer by Purchaser to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Class A
common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of Heller
Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and all of the
outstanding shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.25 per share (the
"Class B Common Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the
"Shares"), of the Company, at a purchase price of $53.75 per Share, net to the
seller in cash, without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 3, 2001, filed as
Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to the Schedule TO (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the
related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any supplements or
amendments thereto, collectively constitute the "Offer").


ITEM 4.  TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

                  On October 1, 2001, GE Capital issued a press release
announcing, among other things, that Purchaser has extended the period during
which the Offer will remain open to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Wednesday,
October 24, 2001. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit
(a)(1)(J) hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12.  EXHIBITS.

         (a) (1) (A)       Offer to Purchase, dated August 3, 2001.*

         (a) (1) (B)       Letter of Transmittal.*

         (a) (1) (C)       Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*

         (a) (1) (D)       Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*

         (a)(1)(E)         Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers,
                           Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*

         (a)(1)(F)         Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer
                           Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*

         (a)(1)(G)         Press release issued by GE Capital on July 30, 2001
                           (incorporated by reference to the press release
                           previously filed under cover of Schedule TO by GE
                           Capital on July 30, 2001).*

         (a)(1)(H)         Form of Summary Advertisement, dated August 3, 2001.*



         (a)(1)(I)         Press release issued by GE Capital on August 30,
                           2001.*

         (a)(1)(J)         Press release issued by GE Capital on October 1,
                           2001.

         (b)               Not applicable.

         (d)(1)            Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 30,
                           2001, by and among GE Capital, Purchaser and the
                           Company.*

         (d)(2)            Support Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2001, by and
                           among GE Capital, Purchaser and Fuji America
                           Holdings, Inc.*

         (d)(3)            Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2001,
                           by and between GE Capital and the Company.*

         (d)(4)            Assignment and Assumption of Amended and Restated
                           Keep Well Agreement, dated July 30, 2001, by and
                           among GE Capital, The Fuji Bank, Limited, The Fuji
                           Bank Limited, New York Branch, and the Company.*

         (g)               Not applicable.

         (h)               Not applicable.

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* Previously filed.




                                   SIGNATURES


                  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

                            HAWK ACQUISITION CORP.



                            By:      /s/ Nancy E. Barton
                                  ----------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Nancy E. Barton
                                  Title: Vice President



                            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION



                            By:    /s/ Nancy E. Barton
                                  ----------------------------------------
                                  Name:  Nancy E. Barton
                                  Title: Senior Vice President





Dated:  October 1, 2001






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION
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         (a)(1)(A)         Offer to Purchase, dated August 3, 2001.*

         (a)(1)(B)         Letter of Transmittal.*

         (a)(1)(C)         Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*

         (a)(1)(D)         Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
                           Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*

         (a)(1)(E)         Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers,
                           Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
                           Nominees.*

         (a)(1)(F)         Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer
                           Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.*

         (a)(1)(G)         Press release issued by GE Capital on July 30, 2001
                           (incorporated by reference to the press release
                           previously filed under cover of Schedule TO by GE
                           Capital on July 30, 2001).*

         (a)(1)(H)         Form of Summary Advertisement, dated August 3, 2001.*

         (a)(1)(I)         Press release issued by GE Capital on August 30,
                           2001.*

         (a)(1)(J)         Press release issued by GE Capital on October 1,
                           2001.

         (b)               Not applicable.

         (d)(1)            Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 30,
                           2001, by and among GE Capital, Purchaser and the
                           Company.*

         (d)(2)            Support Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2001, by and
                           among GE Capital, Purchaser and Fuji America
                           Holdings, Inc.*

         (d)(3)            Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2001,
                           by and between GE Capital and the Company.*

         (d)(4)            Assignment and Assumption of Amended and Restated
                           Keep Well Agreement, dated July 30, 2001, by and
                           among GE Capital, The Fuji Bank, Limited, The Fuji
                           Bank Limited, New York Branch, and the Company.*





         (g)               Not applicable.

         (h)               Not applicable.

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* Previously filed.