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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 September 16, 2020 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     ALLY FINANCIAL INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)       Delaware   1-3754   38-0572512 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Ally Detroit Center 500 Woodward Ave. , Floor 10 Detroit , Michigan 48226 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) (866) 710-4623 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)     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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   ALLY   New York Stock Exchange 8.125% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities, Series 2 of GMAC Capital Trust I   ALLY PRA   New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company   ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐       Item 8.01 Other Events. On September 16, 2020, Ally Financial Inc. (“Ally”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement incorporating Ally’s Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities) (together, the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which Ally agreed to sell to the Underwriters $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.450% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes” and such offer and sale of the Notes, the “Offering”). The Notes were registered pursuant to Ally’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234810) (the “Registration Statement”), which became automatically effective on November 21, 2019. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, and termination and other customary provisions. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the document which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 1, 1982, as supplemented and amended by the first supplemental indenture dated as of April 1, 1986, the second supplemental indenture dated as of June 15, 1987, the third supplemental indenture dated as of September 30, 1996, the fourth supplemental indenture dated as of January 1, 1998, and the fifth supplemental indenture dated as of September 30, 1998 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (successor to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as trustee, and an action of the executive committee of Ally dated as of September 16, 2020 (the “Executive Committee Action”). In connection with the Offering, the Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement, the Executive Committee Action, the form of Note, a legal opinion and consent as, respectively, Exhibit No. 1.1, Exhibit No. 4.1, Exhibit No. 4.2, Exhibit No. 5.1 and Exhibit No. 23.1 to this Form 8-K, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety into the Registration Statement. The Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.   Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report.   Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibits   1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2020, among Ally Financial Inc.  and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein (including Ally’s Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities)).   4.1    Action of the Executive Committee of Ally Financial Inc. dated as of September 16, 2020.   4.2    Form of Note.   5.1    Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. 23.1    Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). 104    The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in inline XBRL. 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.       ALLY FINANCIAL INC.     (Registrant) Dated:  September 18, 2020     /s/ David J. DeBrunner     David J. DeBrunner     Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller