Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

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

June 26, 2015

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36560   51-0483352

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

777 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Connecticut   06902
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(203) 585-2400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Synchrony Financial (the “Company”) today released the results of the annual stress tests conducted by Synchrony Bank (the “Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These results are included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01. The results are also available on the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website at www.investors.synchronyfinancial.com.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this report:

 

Number

  

Description

99.1    Synchrony Bank Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test Disclosures dated June 26, 2015


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.

 

SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
Date: June 26, 2015 By: /s/ Jonathan Mothner
Name: Jonathan Mothner
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

  

Description

99.1    Synchrony Bank Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test Disclosures dated June 26, 2015