Bart Schaller Form 5 Synchrony Financial / Bart Schaller ownership change

SEC Form 5

FORM 5

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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

X

Form 3 Holdings Reported.

X

Form 4 Transactions Reported.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Schaller Bart

(Last) (First) (Middle)

777 LONG RIDGE ROAD

C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY

(Street)

STAMFORD CT 06902

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Synchrony Financial [ SYF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
See remarks

3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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 (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	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 (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock Units(1)	(2)			3			(3)	(3)	Common Stock	17,560		17,560	D
Phantom Stock Units(1)	(2)	10/21/2021		4I(4)		10,185(4)	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	10,185	(4)	7,938	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Phantom stock units held by the Reporting Person in the Synchrony Financial Restoration Plan, an excess benefit plan pursuant to Rule 16b-3(b)(2) (the "Restoration Plan"), as of June 14, 2021, the date the Reporting Person became a Section 16 Officer. This transaction is being reported late due to an inadvertent administrative error and not any error of the Reporting Person.

2. Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Synchrony Financial common stock.

3. Phantom stock units acquired under the Restoration Plan will be settled, in cash, the month following the six-month anniversary of the Reporting Person's separation from Company unless otherwise provided by the terms of the Restoration Plan or elected by the Reporting Person.

4. The Reporting Person transferred the cash value of 10,185 phantom stock units to an alternative investment option within the Reporting Person's Restoration Plan account. The disposition was valued based on the closing price of Synchrony Financial common stock on the date of the transfer, $49.09. This transaction is being reported late due to an inadvertent administrative error and not any error of the Reporting Person.

Remarks:

EVP, CEO--Digital

	/s/ Danielle Do, as attorney in fact	02/10/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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