secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Synchrony Financial (SYF)
CIK:        0001601712
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001601712-25-000253
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Synchrony appoints former CEO Deborah Ellinger to Board, effective Oct 1, 2025
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- Elected to Board; will serve on Risk and Technology Committees.
- Annual compensation: $320k ($100k cash + $220k RSUs) plus $35k committee cash.
- Ellinger is former CEO of Ideal Image, Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware, Wellness Pet Food.
- Currently senior advisor at BCG; also serves on Chewy board.
- Board expands to 12 members.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171225000253/0001601712-25-000253-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171225000253/syf-20250926.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601712-25-000253

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