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 |