UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2012 Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number: ______ This Amendment (Check only one.): [_] is a restatement. [_] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Ally Financial Inc. Address: 200 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 200 Detroit, MI 48265-2000 Form 13F File Number: 28-14534 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Cathy L. Quenneville Title: Secretary Phone: 313-656-6301 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Cathy L. Quenneville Detroit, Michigan February 14, 2013 ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------ [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) [_] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 3 ------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 156 ------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,140,143 ------------------------ (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. Form 13F File Number Name --- -------------------- ---- 01 28-14536 Ally Insurance Holdings Inc. 02 28-14535 Motors Insurance Corporation 03 Ally Investment Management LLC 2 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ---------------------- -------- --------- --------- --------------------------------- ---------- -------- --------------------- VOTING AMOUNT & TYPE OF SECURITY AUTHORITY MARKET --------------------------------- --------------------- TITLE OF CUSIP VALUE INVESTMENT OTHER NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER (X$1,000) SHRS OR PRN AMNT SH/PRN PUT/CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ---------------------- -------- --------- --------- ---------------- ------ -------- ---------- -------- ------- ------ ------ 3m Co COM 88579Y101 2,786 30,000 SH DEFINED 1 30,000 Aetna Inc COM 00817Y108 5,788 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Aetna Inc OPTIONS 00817Y108 (143) (1,250) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,250) Air Products & Chemicals Inc COM 009158106 5,461 65,000 SH DEFINED 2 65,000 Allergan Inc/united States COM 018490102 5,045 55,000 SH DEFINED 1 55,000 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 14,925 475,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 475,000 Altria Group Inc OPTIONS 02209S103 (102) (1,600) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,600) Amazon.com Inc COM 023135106 8,036 32,000 SH DEFINED 1 32,000 Amazon.com Inc OPTIONS 023135106 (24) (320) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (320) American Capital Agency Corp COM 02503X105 5,059 174,800 SH DEFINED 1 174,800 American Capital Agency Corp OPTIONS 02503X105 (178) (1,748) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,748) American Express Co COM 025816109 10,634 185,000 SH DEFINED 1 185,000 Analog Devices Inc COM 032654105 5,384 128,000 SH DEFINED 1 128,000 Analog Devices Inc OPTIONS 032654105 (218) (1,280) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,280) Apache Corp COM 037411105 18,055 230,000 SH DEFINED 1 230,000 Apple Inc COM 037833100 29,317 55,000 SH DEFINED 1 55,000 At&t Inc COM 00206R102 7,753 230,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 230,000 At&t Inc OPTIONS 00206R102 (122) (1,500) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,500) Autodesk Inc COM 052769106 8,131 230,000 SH DEFINED 1 230,000 Baidu Inc ADR 056752108 5,115 51,000 SH DEFINED 1 51,000 Baker Hughes Inc COM 057224107 12,252 300,000 SH DEFINED 1 300,000 Becton Dickinson And Co COM 075887109 7,819 100,000 SH DEFINED 2 100,000 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc COM 075896100 7,548 135,000 SH DEFINED 2 135,000 Blackrock Inc COM 09247X101 19,637 95,000 SH DEFINED 1 95,000 Blackrock Inc OPTIONS 09247X101 (798) (500) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (500) Blackrock Inc OPTIONS 09247X101 (387) (450) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (450) Boeing Co/the COM 097023105 14,695 195,000 SH DEFINED 1 195,000 Broadcom Corp COM 111320107 10,461 315,000 SH DEFINED 1 315,000 Broadcom Corp OPTIONS 111320107 (63) (3,150) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (3,150) Cardinal Health Inc COM 14149Y108 2,677 65,000 SH DEFINED 1 65,000 Carnival Corp COM 143658300 6,986 190,000 SH DEFINED 1 190,000 Ch Robinson Worldwide Inc COM 12541W209 9,926 157,000 SH DEFINED 1 157,000 Chevron Corp COM 166764100 10,814 100,000 SH DEFINED 2 100,000 Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc COM 169656105 2,677 9,000 SH DEFINED 1 9,000 Cisco Systems Inc COM 17275R102 14,934 760,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 760,000 Cisco Systems Inc OPTIONS 17275R102 (160) (5,000) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (5,000) Cliffs Natural Resources Inc COM 18683K101 4,820 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Coach Inc COM 189754104 5,551 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Coca-cola Co/the COM 191216100 14,500 400,000 SH DEFINED 1 400,000 Conocophillips COM 20825C104 10,728 185,000 SH DEFINED 1 185,000 Conocophillips OPTIONS 20825C104 (239) (1,850) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,850) Costco Wholesale Corp COM 22160K105 5,432 55,000 SH DEFINED 1 55,000 Covidien Plc COM B68SQD2 5,197 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 Csx Corp COM 126408103 5,130 260,000 SH DEFINED 1 260,000 Cvs Caremark Corp COM 126650100 5,319 110,000 SH DEFINED 1 110,000 Danaher Corp COM 235851102 8,385 150,000 SH DEFINED 1 150,000 Darden Restaurants Inc COM 237194105 11,042 245,000 SH DEFINED 1 245,000 Darden Restaurants Inc OPTIONS 237194105 (101) (1,900) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,900) Dollar General Corp COM 256677105 5,511 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 Ecolab Inc COM 278865100 2,876 40,000 SH DEFINED 1 40,000 Electronic Arts Inc COM 285512109 2,180 150,000 SH DEFINED 1 150,000 Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 6,412 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Eli Lilly & Co OPTIONS 532457108 (507) (1,300) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,300) Emc Corp/ma COM 268648102 14,295 565,000 SH DEFINED 1 565,000 Emerson Electric Co COM 291011104 15,623 295,000 SH DEFINED 1 295,000 Emerson Electric Co OPTIONS 291011104 (225) (1,000) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,000) Entergy Corp COM 29364G103 4,443 69,700 SH DEFINED 1 69,700 Entergy Corp OPTIONS 29364G103 (10) (697) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (697) Exelon Corp COM 30161N101 5,205 175,000 SH DEFINED 2 175,000 Expeditors International Of Washington Inc COM 302130109 8,108 205,000 SH DEFINED 1 205,000 Express Scripts Holding Co COM 30219G108 7,020 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Facebook Inc COM 30303M102 6,391 240,000 SH DEFINED 1 240,000 Facebook Inc OPTIONS 30303M102 (91) (2,400) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,400) Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 9,906 108,000 SH DEFINED 2 108,000 Freeport- mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc COM 35671D857 19,836 580,000 SH DEFINED 1 580,000 Freeport- mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc OPTIONS 35671D857 (348) (3,050) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (3,050) Freeport- mcmoran Copper & Gold Inc OPTIONS 35671D857 (52) (2,750) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,750) General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 5,542 80,000 SH DEFINED 2 80,000 General Electric Co COM 369604103 18,068 860,800 SH DEFINED 1,2 860,800 General Electric Co OPTIONS 369604103 (179) (2,358) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,358) General Mills Inc COM 370334104 10,507 260,000 SH DEFINED 2 260,000 Glaxosmithkline Plc ADR 37733W105 4,869 112,000 SH DEFINED 1 112,000 Glaxosmithkline Plc OPTIONS 37733W105 (129) (1,120) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,120) Goldman Sachs Group Inc/the COM 38141G104 13,394 105,000 SH DEFINED 1 105,000 Google Inc COM 38259P508 14,187 20,000 SH DEFINED 1 20,000 Google Inc OPTIONS 38259P508 (156) (200) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (200) COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 -------------------- -------- --------- --------- --------------------------------- ---------- -------- ----------------------- VOTING AMOUNT & TYPE OF SECURITY AUTHORITY MARKET --------------------------------- ----------------------- TITLE OF CUSIP VALUE INVESTMENT OTHER NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER (X$1,000) SHRS OR PRN AMNT SH/PRN PUT/CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE -------------------- -------- --------- --------- ---------------- ------ -------- ---------- -------- --------- ------ ------ Hess Corp COM 42809H107 19,330 365,000 SH DEFINED 1 365,000 Intel Corp COM 458140100 16,401 795,000 SH DEFINED 1 795,000 International Business Machines Corp COM 459200101 12,451 65,000 SH DEFINED 2 65,000 Ishares Msci Brazil Index Fund ETF 464286400 5,045 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 Ishares Msci Chile Investable Market Index Fund ETF 464286640 1,455 23,000 SH DEFINED 1 23,000 Ishares Msci Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF 464287234 61,425 1,385,000 SH DEFINED 1 1,385,000 Ishares Msci Taiwan Index Fund ETF 464286731 4,563 335,000 SH DEFINED 1 335,000 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 16,123 230,000 SH DEFINED 2 230,000 Johnson Controls Inc COM 478366107 4,145 135,000 SH DEFINED 1 135,000 Jpmorgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 26,382 600,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 600,000 Jpmorgan Chase & Co OPTIONS 46625H100 (810) (1,350) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,350) Kimberly-clark Corp COM 494368103 2,533 30,000 SH DEFINED 2 30,000 Kinder Morgan Inc/delaware COM 49456B101 10,599 300,000 SH DEFINED 1 300,000 Kinder Morgan Inc/delaware OPTIONS 49456B101 (231) (3,000) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (3,000) Kraft Foods Group Inc COM 50076Q106 5,229 115,000 SH DEFINED 2 115,000 Mcdonald's Corp COM 580135101 10,585 120,000 SH DEFINED 2 120,000 Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 5,333 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Merck & Co Inc COM 58933Y105 10,440 255,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 255,000 Merck & Co Inc OPTIONS 58933Y105 (68) (1,350) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,350) Metlife Inc COM 59156R108 13,670 415,000 SH DEFINED 1 415,000 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 25,126 940,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 940,000 Microsoft Corp OPTIONS 594918104 (7) (800) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (800) Microsoft Corp OPTIONS 594918104 (150) (1,850) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,850) Molson Coors Brewing Co COM 60871R209 10,911 255,000 SH DEFINED 1 255,000 Molson Coors Brewing Co OPTIONS 60871R209 (727) (2,550) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,550) Mondelez International Inc COM 609207105 5,094 200,000 SH DEFINED 2 200,000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 16,730 875,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 875,000 Murphy Oil Corp COM 626717102 9,826 165,000 SH DEFINED 1 165,000 Newmont Mining Corp COM 651639106 18,344 395,000 SH DEFINED 1 395,000 Newmont Mining Corp OPTIONS 651639106 (139) (2,200) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (2,200) Nike Inc COM 654106103 3,096 60,000 SH DEFINED 1 60,000 Nordstrom Inc COM 655664100 3,210 60,000 SH DEFINED 1 60,000 Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 16,302 325,000 SH DEFINED 1 325,000 Occidental Petroleum Corp COM 674599105 4,980 65,000 SH DEFINED 1 65,000 Oracle Corp COM 68389X105 10,496 315,000 SH DEFINED 1 315,000 Paychex Inc COM 704326107 14,792 475,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 475,000 Paychex Inc OPTIONS 704326107 (16) (1,600) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,600) Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 15,055 220,000 SH DEFINED 2 220,000 Petroleo Brasileiro Sa ADR 71654V408 1,168 60,000 SH DEFINED 1 60,000 PFIZER COM 717081103 5,267 210,000 SH DEFINED 2 210,000 Philip Morris International Inc COM 718172109 2,509 30,000 SH DEFINED 2 30,000 Praxair Inc COM 74005P104 4,925 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000 Prudential Financial Inc COM 744320102 15,199 285,000 SH DEFINED 1 285,000 Prudential Financial Inc OPTIONS 744320102 (602) (1,900) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,900) Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 16,745 270,000 SH DEFINED 1 270,000 Rockwell Collins Inc COM 774341101 14,543 250,000 SH DEFINED 1 250,000 Royal Dutch Shell Plc ADR 780259206 4,745 68,825 SH DEFINED 1 68,825 Royal Dutch Shell Plc OPTIONS 780259206 (15) (688) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (688) S&P 500 Index OPTIONS SPX000009 (404) (850) SH PUT DEFINED 3 (850) S&P 500 Index OPTIONS SPX000009 1,067 850 SH PUT DEFINED 3 850 Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 12,472 180,000 SH DEFINED 1 180,000 Staples Inc COM 855030102 5,073 445,000 SH DEFINED 1 445,000 Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 4,826 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 Starbucks Corp OPTIONS 855244109 (56) (900) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (900) State Street Corp COM 857477103 9,872 210,000 SH DEFINED 2 210,000 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 9,868 180,000 SH DEFINED 1 180,000 T Rowe Price Group Inc COM 74144T108 2,605 40,000 SH DEFINED 1 40,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ADR 881624209 11,575 310,000 SH DEFINED 1 310,000 Texas Instruments Inc COM 882508104 5,105 165,000 SH DEFINED 1 165,000 Tiffany & Co COM 886547108 9,174 160,000 SH DEFINED 2 160,000 Time Warner Cable Inc COM 88732J207 2,721 28,000 SH DEFINED 1 28,000 Total Sa ADR 89151E109 19,244 370,000 SH DEFINED 1 370,000 Total Sa OPTIONS 89151E109 (118) (1,000) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,000) Transocean Ltd COM B3KFWW1 5,135 115,000 SH DEFINED 1 115,000 United Parcel Service Inc COM 911312106 9,216 125,000 SH DEFINED 1 125,000 United Parcel Service Inc OPTIONS 911312106 (83) (700) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (700) United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 13,532 165,000 SH DEFINED 1 165,000 Us Bancorp COM 902973304 9,901 310,000 SH DEFINED 1 310,000 Vale Sa ADR 91912E105 1,572 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 Verizon Communications Inc COM 92343V104 7,572 175,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 175,000 Verizon Communications Inc OPTIONS 92343V104 (117) (1,150) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,150) Walgreen Co COM 931422109 10,918 295,000 SH DEFINED 1 295,000 Walgreen Co OPTIONS 931422109 (230) (1,400) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,400) Wal-mart Stores Inc COM 931142103 5,117 75,000 SH DEFINED 2 75,000 Walt Disney Co/the COM 254687106 5,228 105,000 SH DEFINED 1 105,000 Waters Corp COM 941848103 1,307 15,000 SH DEFINED 1 15,000 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 20,508 600,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 600,000 Wells Fargo & Co OPTIONS 949746101 (144) (1,450) SH CALL DEFINED 3 (1,450) Western Union Co/the COM 959802109 10,208 750,000 SH DEFINED 1 750,000 Wynn Resorts Ltd COM 983134107 7,312 65,000 SH DEFINED 1 65,000