Sec Form 4 Filing - GENERAL ELECTRIC CO @ Synchrony Financial - 2015-11-17

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Synchrony Financial [ SYF] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director X __ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 3135 EASTON TURNPIKE, 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 11/17/2015 (Street) FAIRFIELD, CT06828 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _____ Form filed by One Reporting Person __ X __ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/17/2015 J( 1 ) 705,270,833 D 0 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 3135 EASTON TURNPIKE FAIRFIELD, CT06828 X GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORP 901 MAIN AVENUE NORWALK, CT06851-1168 X GE Consumer Finance, Inc. C/O GE POWER & WATER 4200 WILDWOOD PARKWAY 5-8C-01 ATLANTA, GA30339-8402 X Signatures /s/ Jonas Svedlund, Attorney-in-fact/General Electric Company 11/19/2015 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )General Electric Company ("GE") disposed of 705,270,833 shares of common stock of the Issuer in exchange for 671,366,809 shares of GE common stock pursuant to a registered exchange offer to GE's common stockholders. The final exchange ratio was 1.0505 shares of Issuer common stock per share of GE common stock accepted in the exchange offer. In preparation for the consummation of the exchange offer, Power Holding LLC (formerly known as GE Consumer Finance, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE, distributed all of the shares of common stock of the Issuer that it directly owned to GE.

Remarks: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney (GE); Exhibit 24.2 - Power of Attorney (GECC); and Exhibit 99.1 - Joint Filer Information, each incorporated herein by reference.

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