UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 22, 2025

 

AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 579-2121

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company   ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

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On May 22, 2025, the shareholders of American Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendment to the Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (“Amended Plan”) at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).  Previously, on March 31, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the Amended Plan, subject to shareholder approval.  The sole purpose of the amendment is to enable the Company’s non-employee Directors to receive the equity component of their annual compensation for Board service under the Amended Plan.

For additional detail concerning the terms and conditions of the Amended Plan, please refer to the discussion in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2025 (the “2025 Proxy Statement”), under the section entitled, “Proposal No. 4 – Approval of Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan Solely to Add Non-Employee Directors as Participants”.

The foregoing description of the Amended Plan and the discussion of the terms and conditions of the Amended Plan contained in the 2025 Proxy Statement are both qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 22, 2025.  The voting results on the proposals considered at the annual meeting are set forth below:

 

 

	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Carl H. Lindner III	73,064,976	1,222,598	2,931,408
S. Craig Lindner	73,049,529	1,238,045	2,931,408
John B. Berding	71,965,373	2,322,201	2,931,408
Gregory G. Joseph	69,706,786	4,580,788	2,931,408
S. Craig Lindner, Jr.	67,331,296	6,956,278	2,931,408
Mary Beth Martin	71,445,479	2,842,095	2,931,408
Amy Y. Murray	73,660,122	627,452	2,931,408
Roger K. Newport	73,930,808	356,766	2,931,408
Evans N. Nwankwo	71,677,707	2,609,867	2,931,408
David L. Thompson, Jr.	72,763,214	1,524,360	2,931,408
William W. Verity	64,783,845	9,503,729	2,931,408
John I. Von Lehman	67,999,265	6,288,309	2,931,408

 

 

For	Against	Abstain
74,802,793	2,277,061	139,128

 

 

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
68,693,090	5,485,631	108,853	2,931,408

 

 

For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
72,116,440	2,093,497	77,637	2,931,408

Section 9

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

10.1	Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended on March 31, 2025).
104	Cover page Interactive Date File (embedded within Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

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