UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
(X) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Pelka, Lawrence J.
300 East Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75062-2729
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Associates First Capital Corporation
AFS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
09/30/2000
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Executive Vice President
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Class A Common Stock |1/3/20|F |V|14,802 |D |$38.63 |44,197.17 (1) |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Phanton Stock Units | | | | | | | | | | | |10,389.39 (2|D | |
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Phanton Stock Units | | | | | | | | | | | |843.43 (3) |D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 150.87 shares acquired under the company's discounted employee
stock purchase plan in April and
July, 2000.
2. Includes 81.54 shares acquired puruant to a dividend reinvestment feature
of the AFS Deferred Compensation
Plan.
3. The reported phantom stock shares were acquired pursuant to the company's
excess benefit plan and will be
settled upon the reporting person's retirement or other termination of service.
The acquisition of these shares
was made under the exemption provided by Rule
16b-3(c).
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Frederic C. Liskow on behalf of Lawrence J. Pelka
DATE
October 9, 2000