# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000040729
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-231197
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 9424
**Document Hash:** d86d5c498158cb52e9a0e397483e327d
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-231197.hdr.sgml**: 20260520

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-231197

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260519

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260520

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260519

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Ally Financial Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000040729
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 380572512
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-03754
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261000627

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ALLY DETROIT CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 500 WOODWARD AVE. FLOOR 10
- **CITY:** DETROIT
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 48226
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 866-710-4623

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ALLY DETROIT CENTER
- **STREET 2:** 500 WOODWARD AVE. FLOOR 10
- **CITY:** DETROIT
- **STATE:** MI
- **ZIP:** 48226

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GMAC INC.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20090701

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GMAC LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20060720

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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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

#### May 19, 2026

#### (Date of report; date of earliest event reported)

#### Commission file number: 1-3754

## Ally Financial Inc.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **38-0572512** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br>**of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br>**Identification No.)** |

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#### Ally Detroit Center

#### 500 Woodward Avenue, Floor 10

#### Detroit, Michigan 48226

#### (Address of principal executive offices) (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)

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☐ 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:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br>**symbols** | **Name of each exchange**<br>**on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | ALLY | NYSE |

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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. ☐

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#### Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On May 19, 2026, Ally Financial Inc. filed a Certificate of Elimination to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which, effective upon filing, eliminated from the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Certificate of Designations with respect to its 4.700% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the "Series B Preferred Stock"). All outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock were redeemed on May 15, 2026. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination relating to the Series B Preferred Stock is listed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

#### Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

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| 3.1 | [Certificate of Elimination relating to the Series B Preferred Stock.](d227924dex31.htm) |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. |

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#### 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.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Ally Financial Inc.**<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant) | **Ally Financial Inc.**<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant) |
| Date: <u>May 19, 2026</u> | By: | /s/ Austin T. McGrath |
|  |  | Austin T. McGrath |
|  |  | *Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer* |

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## Exhibit 3.1

**Exhibit 3.1** 

**CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION** 

**OF** 

**4.700% FIXED-RATE RESET** 

**NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES B** 

**OF** 

**ALLY FINANCIAL INC.** 

(Pursuant to Section 151(g)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware)

Ally Financial Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies in accordance with the provisions of Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware that the following resolutions included in the unanimous written consent dated May 4, 2026 of the Pricing Committee (the "Committee") of the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Board"), in accordance with the resolutions of the Board dated March 6, 2026, with respect to the Corporation's 4.700% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the "Series B Preferred Stock") and the Certificate of Designations relating to the Series B Preferred Stock as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 21, 2021, were duly adopted upon the completion of the redemption of all outstanding shares of the Corporation's Series B Preferred Stock:

**RESOLVED**, that pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and in accordance with the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board") on February 23, 2021, the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board, by resolutions duly adopted on April 19, 2021, authorized the creation and issuance of 1,350,000 shares of 4.700% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), of the Corporation, and established the designation, voting rights, preferences, redemption rights, qualifications, privileges, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights thereof, and authorized the filing of the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock (the "Series B Certificate of Designations") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and it is further

**RESOLVED**, as of the date hereof, no shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding and no shares of the Series B Preferred Stock will be issued subject to the Series B Certificate of Designations; and it is further

**RESOLVED**, that when a certificate setting forth this resolution becomes effective, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Series B Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock; and it is further

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**RESOLVED**, that any officer of the Corporation with the title of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer is hereby authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to prepare, execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Elimination relating to the Series B Preferred Stock.

*[Signature page follows]* 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Elimination to be signed by Jeffrey A. Belisle, its Assistant Secretary, on this 19th day of May, 2026.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| ALLY FINANCIAL INC. | ALLY FINANCIAL INC. | ALLY FINANCIAL INC. |
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey A. Belisle | /s/ Jeffrey A. Belisle |
|  | Name: | Jeffrey A. Belisle |
|  | Title: | Assistant Secretary |

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[*Signature Page to Certificate of Elimination*]