UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 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: Donna M. DiCicco Title: Assistant Secretary Phone: 313-656-6302 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Donna M. DiCicco Detroit, Michigan August 14, 2012 ------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------- [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: 2 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 113 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,151,138 (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 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ------------------------------ -------- --------- --------- ------------------ ---------- -------- --------------------- AMOUNT & TYPE OF SECURITY VOTING AUTHORITY MARKET ------------------ --------------------- TITLE OF CUSIP VALUE Shrs or Sh/ Put/ INVESTMENT OTHER NAME OF ISSUER CLASS NUMBER (x$1,000) Prn Amnt Prn Call DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ -------- --------- --------- --------- --- ---- ---------- -------- --------- ------ ---- Abercrombie & Fitch Co Cl A COM 2896207 2,219 65,000 SH DEFINED 1 65,000 Adobe Systems COM 00724F101 9,549 295,000 SH DEFINED 2 295,000 Aflac Inc COM 1055102 17,292 406,000 SH DEFINED 1 406,000 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 12,023 348,000 SH DEFINED 1 348,000 American Express COM 25816109 5,239 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 Analog Devices COM 32654105 4,822 128,000 SH DEFINED 1 128,000 Apache Corp COM 37411105 20,215 230,000 SH DEFINED 1 230,000 Apple Computer COM 37833100 24,528 42,000 SH DEFINED 1 42,000 Autodesk Inc COM 52769106 6,123 175,000 SH DEFINED 1 175,000 Avon Products Inc COM 54303102 5,479 338,000 SH DEFINED 1 338,000 Baidu Inc COM 56752108 2,070 18,000 SH DEFINED 1 18,000 Baker Hughes COM 57224107 12,330 300,000 SH DEFINED 1 300,000 Baxter International Inc COM 71813109 7,441 140,000 SH DEFINED 1 140,000 Becton Dickinson and Company COM 75887109 14,352 192,000 SH DEFINED 2 192,000 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc COM 75896100 5,253 85,000 SH DEFINED 2 85,000 Berkshire Hathaway Inc COM 84670702 5,416 65,000 SH DEFINED 2 65,000 BlackRock Inc COM 09247X101 16,982 100,000 SH DEFINED 1 100,000 Boeing Co COM 97023105 14,488 195,000 SH DEFINED 1 195,000 Broadcom Corp Class A COM 111320107 10,647 315,000 SH DEFINED 1 315,000 C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc COM 12541W209 9,189 157,000 SH DEFINED 1 157,000 Carnival Corp COM 143658300 22,104 645,000 SH DEFINED 1 645,000 Cisco Sys Inc COM 17275R102 17,342 1,010,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 1,010,000 CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC COM 18683K101 8,133 165,000 SH DEFINED 1 165,000 Coach Inc COM 189754104 2,632 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000 ConocoPhillips COM 20825C104 10,338 185,000 SH DEFINED 1 185,000 Darden Restaurants COM 237194105 11,088 219,000 SH DEFINED 1 219,000 Disney Walt Co COM 254687106 5,820 120,000 SH DEFINED 1 120,000 Electronic Arts Inc COM 285512109 1,853 150,000 SH DEFINED 1 150,000 EMC Corp Mass COM 268648102 13,328 520,000 SH DEFINED 1 520,000 Emerson Elec Co COM 291011104 13,741 295,000 SH DEFINED 1 295,000 Entergy Corp COM 29364G103 4,752 70,000 SH DEFINED 1 70,000 EOG Resources Inc COM 26875P101 2,703 30,000 SH DEFINED 1 30,000 Exelon Corporation COM 30161N101 5,643 150,000 SH DEFINED 2 150,000 Expeditors Intl Wash Inc COM 302130109 7,944 205,000 SH DEFINED 1 205,000 Express Scripts Holding Compan COM 30219G108 15,912 285,000 SH DEFINED 1 285,000 Facebook Inc. COM 30303M102 5,446 175,000 SH DEFINED 1 175,000 FASTENAL CO COM 311900104 2,620 65,000 SH DEFINED 1 65,000 Fedex Corp COM 31428X106 9,894 108,000 SH DEFINED 2 108,000 Franklin Resources Inc COM 354613101 9,434 85,000 SH DEFINED 1 85,000 Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold COM 35671D857 18,261 536,000 SH DEFINED 1 536,000 General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 14,511 220,000 SH DEFINED 2 220,000 General Elec Co COM 369604103 21,611 1,037,000 SH DEFINED 1 1,037,000 General Mills Inc COM 370334104 5,203 135,000 SH DEFINED 2 135,000 GlaxoSmithKline PLC COM 37733W105 5,104 112,000 SH DEFINED 1 112,000 Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141G104 10,065 105,000 SH DEFINED 1 105,000 Google Inc COM 38259P508 14,502 25,000 SH DEFINED 1 25,000 Grupo Televisa SA-SPON COM 40049J206 2,255 105,000 SH DEFINED 1 105,000 Halliburton Co COM 406216101 5,110 180,000 SH DEFINED 1 180,000 Hess Corp COM 42809H107 15,859 365,000 SH DEFINED 1 365,000 Hewlett-Packard Co COM 428236103 11,061 550,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 550,000 Intel Corp COM 458140100 10,127 380,000 SH DEFINED 1 380,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286400 2,590 50,000 SH DEFINED 1 50,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286640 1,414 23,000 SH DEFINED 1 23,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286731 4,097 335,000 SH DEFINED 1 335,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286772 2,466 45,000 SH DEFINED 1 45,000 Ishares MSCII Taiwan Index FD ETF 464286830 1,570 110,000 SH DEFINED 1 110,000 Ishares Lehman 1-3YR Trs Bd ETF 464287184 3,704 110,000 SH DEFINED 1 110,000 Ishares Lehman 1-3YR Trs Bd ETF 464287234 44,089 1,125,000 SH DEFINED 1 1,125,000 Ivans Inc COM 465991933 285 18,980 SH DEFINED 2 18,980 J P Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 22,510 630,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 495,000 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 15,538 230,000 SH DEFINED 2 230,000 Kellogg Co COM 487836108 7,400 150,000 SH DEFINED 2 150,000 Lilly Eli & Co COM 532457108 5,578 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Linear Technology Corp COM 535678106 10,025 320,000 SH DEFINED 1 320,000 Lockheed Martin Corp COM 539830109 5,225 60,000 SH DEFINED 1 60,000 Lowes Cos Inc COM 548661107 10,238 360,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 360,000 McDonald's Corporation COM 580135101 10,624 120,000 SH DEFINED 2 120,000 Medtronic Inc COM 585055106 5,035 130,000 SH DEFINED 1 130,000 Merck & Co. Inc. COM 58933Y105 11,147 267,000 SH DEFINED 1 267,000 Metlife Inc COM 59156R108 12,803 415,000 SH DEFINED 1 415,000 Microsoft Corp COM 594918104 19,578 640,000 SH DEFINED 2 640,000 MOLSON COORS BREWING CO COM 60871R209 16,020 385,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 130,000 Monsanto Co COM 61166W101 5,795 70,000 SH DEFINED 1 70,000 Morgan Stanley COM 617446448 12,766 875,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 675,000 Murphy Oil Corp COM 626717102 15,338 305,000 SH DEFINED 1 305,000 Newmont Mng Corp COM 651639106 13,825 285,000 SH DEFINED 1 285,000 Northern Trust Corp COM 665859104 14,957 325,000 SH DEFINED 1 325,000 NYSE Euronext COM 629491101 2,149 84,000 SH DEFINED 1 84,000 Oracle Corporation COM 68389X105 18,265 615,000 SH DEFINED 1 615,000 Paychex Inc COM 704326107 14,920 475,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 315,000 Peabody Energy Corp COM 704549104 6,375 260,000 SH DEFINED 1 260,000 Pepsico Inc COM 713448108 16,605 235,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 85,000 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. -ADR ADR 71654V408 11,074 590,000 SH DEFINED 1 590,000 Pfizer COM 717081103 15,295 665,000 SH DEFINED 1 665,000 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 19,294 315,000 SH DEFINED 2 315,000 Prudential Financial Inc COM 744320102 7,991 165,000 SH DEFINED 2 165,000 Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 15,034 270,000 SH DEFINED 1 270,000 Raytheon Co COM 755111507 5,942 105,000 SH DEFINED 1 105,000 Rockwell Collins Inc COM 774341101 12,337 250,000 SH DEFINED 1 250,000 Royal Dutch Shell PLC COM 780259206 4,585 68,000 SH DEFINED 1 68,000 Schlumberger Ltd COM 806857108 15,902 245,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 65,000 Staples Inc COM 855030102 12,267 940,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 250,000 Starbucks Corp COM 855244109 4,798 90,000 SH DEFINED 1 90,000 State Street Corp COM 857477103 13,838 310,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 210,000 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 14,601 265,000 SH DEFINED 1 265,000 Sysco Corp COM 871829107 10,433 350,000 SH DEFINED 1 350,000 Target Corp COM 87612E106 15,129 260,000 SH DEFINED 1 260,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries COM 881624209 12,226 310,000 SH DEFINED 1 310,000 Texas Instrs Inc COM 882508104 4,734 165,000 SH DEFINED 1 165,000 The Blackstone Group LP COM 09253U108 5,620 430,000 SH DEFINED 1 430,000 Thermo Electron Corp COM 883556102 10,382 200,000 SH DEFINED 2 200,000 Tiffany & Co COM 886547108 10,590 200,000 SH DEFINED 2 200,000 Time Warner Cable Inc COM 88732J207 5,500 67,000 SH DEFINED 2 67,000 Total Sa-Spon Adr ADR 89151E109 16,631 370,000 SH DEFINED 1 370,000 Transocean Ltd COM H8817H100 5,144 115,000 SH DEFINED 1 115,000 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 15,408 204,000 SH DEFINED 1,2 75,000 Vale SA-SP ADR ADR 91912E105 1,488 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000 Verizon Communications COM 92343V104 5,999 135,000 SH DEFINED 1 135,000 Vodafone Group Plc COM 92857W209 5,143 182,500 SH DEFINED 1 182,500 Walgreen Co COM 931422109 5,177 175,000 SH DEFINED 1 175,000 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 5,183 155,000 SH DEFINED 2 155,000 WESTERN UNTION CO COM 959802109 12,630 750,000 SH DEFINED 1 750,000 WYNN RESORTS LTD COM 983134107 7,779 75,000 SH DEFINED 1 75,000