Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 8, 2022, Synchrony Financial (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the "Underwriters"), to issue and sell $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "Notes") in a public offering pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-232821) (the "Registration Statement") and a related prospectus, including the related prospectus supplement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Notes will be governed by an Indenture, dated as of August 11, 2014 (the "Base Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented to June 13, 2022 and as further supplemented by an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2022 (the "Eleventh Supplemental Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the "Indenture").

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 hereto and incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 and into the Registration Statement. The foregoing summary of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Eleventh Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and the form of the Notes, which is included in Exhibit 4.1 hereto, each of which is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 and into the Registration Statement, and the Base Indenture, which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2014.

A copy of the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP, relating to the validity of the Notes, is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits

Number                                   Description

1.1           Underwriting Agreement, dated June 8, 2022, among Synchrony
            Financial and Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and
            Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several
            underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto.

4.1           Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 13, 2022, between
            Synchrony Financial and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.

4.2           Form of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.1
            hereto).

5.1           Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP

23.1          Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

104         The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
            Inline XBRL

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