DBRS Rates GM Financial $1.35 bn Issuance of Senior Notes due Nov. 2021 at BBB, Pos

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) assigned a rating of BBB to the $1.0 billion 4.20% Senior Notes due November 6, 2021 and the $350 million Floating Rate Notes due November 6, 2021 (together the Notes), issued by General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (GMF or the Company). The trend on the Notes is Positive.

The rating reflects the ownership of the Company and considers the increasing share of GMF earning assets that are General Motors (GM)-related. Moreover, the strong financial and operational interconnectedness between GMF and GM and the importance of GMF to GM as a provider of dealer and consumer automotive financing underpin the ratings.

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All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodologies are Global Methodology for Non-Bank Financial Institutions (November 2018) and Rating Companies in the Automotive Manufacturing and Supplier Industries (October 2018), which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

The primary sources of information used for this rating include company documents and SNL Financial. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

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