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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
January 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)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On January 26, 2015, Synchrony Financial (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Securities USA Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I of the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”) to issue and sell $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Floating Rate Notes ”) and $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.700% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes,” and together with the Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”) in a public offering pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 200374) (the “Registration Statement”) and a related prospectus, including the related prospectus supplement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 and into the Registration Statement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Number |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated January 26, 2015, among Synchrony Financial and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Securities USA Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto | |
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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: January 30, 2015 |
By: | /s/ Jonathan S. Mothner | ||||
| Name: | Jonathan S. Mothner | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Number |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated January 26, 2015, among Synchrony Financial and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Securities USA Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto | |
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