GM Financial
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1992 (as AmeriCredit Corporation) |
| Headquarters | Burnett Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Area served | United States, Canada, Europe, China, Latin America |
Key people | Daniel Berce (CEO) |
| Products | Automobile financing |
| Revenue |
 US$ 6.45 billion (2015)[1] |
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US$ 837 million (2015)[1] | |
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US$ 646 million (2015)[1] | |
| Total assets |
US$ 65.9 billion (2015)[1] |
| Total equity |
US$ 8.05 billion (2015)[1] |
Number of employees | 8,258 (2016) |
| Parent | General Motors |
| Website | www.gmfinancial.com |
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. is the financial services arm of General Motors. The company is a global provider of auto finance, with operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, China and Latin America. The company is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
Founded in 1992 as AmeriCredit Corp., the company was acquired by GM in October 2010 and renamed General Motors Financial Company, Inc. The company provides retail loan and lease programs through auto dealers for customers across the credit spectrum. They also offer commercial lending products, such as retail floorplan, construction and real estate loans, or insurance for car dealerships.
Before its acquisition by GM, the company ranked at 768 on the Fortune 1000.[2]
Acquisition by General Motors
In July 2010, General Motors entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AmeriCredit in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.5 billion. The deal provided GM with a new financial arm to replace the loss of GMAC (now Ally Financial) in 2006.[3] Following the approval of the deal by AmeriCredit shareholders, GM renamed the company "GM Financial" on Oct. 1, 2010.[4]
On Sept. 4, 2014, GM and GM Financial announced they entered into a support agreement providing for leverage limits and liquidity support to GM Financial if needed, as well as other general terms of support. Under the terms of the agreement, as GM Financial expands its product portfolio and grows its business, GM committed to provide funding to GM Financial if its earning assets leverage ratio rises above pre-determined thresholds. GM extended an intercompany revolving credit facility to GM Financial to provide up to $1 billion of liquidity if needed. This facility, which is subordinate to GM Financial’s senior unsecured and secured debt, will replace an existing $600 million line of credit from GM. The agreement also provides that GM will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that GM Financial will continue to be designated as a subsidiary borrower on up to $4 billion of GM’s corporate revolving line of credit.[5]
Since being acquired by GM in 2010, GM Financial has significantly increased its share of GM’s business which now represents 75 percent of GM Financial’s consumer loan and lease originations.[5]
On Sept. 25, 2014, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded the credit ratings of both GM and GM Financial to investment grade with a stable outlook. The new GM corporate and GM Financial credit rating is BBB-.[6] On June 18, 2015, Fitch Ratings upgraded the credit ratings of both GM and GM Financial with a stable outlook. The new GM corporate and GM Financial credit rating is BBB-.[7]
International Operations
In April 2011, GM Financial acquired FinanciaLinx, one of the largest independent leasing companies in Canada, to expand product offerings into Canada.[8] FinanciaLinx operates as a subsidiary of GM Financial.
In November 2012, GM Financial announced the acquisition of Ally Financial's international assets.[9] The transaction includes operations in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It also includes Ally’s 40-percent interest in its Chinese joint venture GMAC-SAIC Motor. The majority of those assets were closed in 2013, with the remaining portion, an equity interest in a joint venture in China, completed Jan. 2, 2015.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2014 Form 10-K, General Motors Financial Company". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Fortune 500 2009: Top 1000 American Companies". Fortune. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ↑ "GM to Acquire AmeriCredit". PR Newswire.
- ↑ "Shareholders OK sale of AmeriCredit to GM". The Detroit News.
- 1 2 "GM and GM Financial Enter into Support Agreement". GM Media.
- ↑ "S&P Upgrades GM and GM Financial to Investment Grade". GM Media.
- ↑ "Fitch Upgrades GM's and GM Finanical's IDRs to 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable".
- ↑ "GM Financial to Acquire FinanciaLinx Corporation". Reuters.
- ↑ "Ally Financial posts profit on tax benefit". Reuters.
- ↑ "GM Financial Completes Purchase of International Operations Joint Venture in China from Ally Financial". www.gmfinancial.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
