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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · American Financial (AFG)

American Financial Group shareholders approve plan change allowing directors equity pay

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

At its May 22, 2025 annual meeting, American Financial Group shareholders approved an amendment to the Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan. The sole purpose of the change is to let non-employee directors receive the equity component of their annual Board compensation. All 12 director nominees were elected and Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as auditor for 2025.

Key points

  • Shareholders approved the plan amendment on May 22, 2025, after the Board approved it on March 31, 2025, subject to shareholder approval.
  • Plan amendment vote: 72,116,440 for, 2,093,497 against, 77,637 abstain, and 2,931,408 broker non-votes.
  • Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as independent auditor for 2025 with 74,802,793 votes for and 2,277,061 against.
  • William W. Verity received the lowest support among directors, with 64,783,845 for and 9,503,729 withheld.

The filing

CompanyAmerican Financial (AFG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 23, 2025, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001140361-25-020332

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 23, 2025.

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