As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021
Registration No. 333-251292
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALLY FINANCIAL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 38-0572512 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Ally Detroit Center
500 Woodward Ave.
Floor 10, Detroit, Michigan 48226
(866) 710-4623
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
David J. DeBrunner
Ally Detroit Center
500 Woodward Ave.
Floor 10, Detroit, Michigan 48226
(866) 710-4623
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Jeffrey Belisle, Esq. Ally Detroit Center 500 Woodward Ave. Floor 10, Detroit, Michigan 48226 (866) 710-4623 | Amy Bowler Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, Colorado 80202 (303) 295-8000 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-251292) (the “Registration Statement”) of Ally Financial Inc. (the “Company”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on December 11, 2020, is being filed to deregister all Variable Denomination Adjustable Rate Demand Notes (“Demand Notes”) unsold under the Registration Statement.
On December 11, 2020, the Company announced that it was terminating its Demand Notes program and would redeem, in full, all outstanding Demand Notes as of March 1, 2021. On March 1, 2021, all Demand Notes were redeemed, in full, by the Company (the “Redemption”).
As a result of the Redemption, the Company has terminated any and all offerings of its Demand Notes pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unissued at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment all of such Demand Notes registered but unsold under the Registration Statement, if any, as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such Demand Notes and the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on April 1, 2021.
Ally Financial Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey J. Brown | |
Name: Jeffrey J. Brown | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.