0001209191-12-030020.txt : 20120523
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-030020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120516
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120523
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120523
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERDING JOHN B
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001196316
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13653
FILM NUMBER: 12864852
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 250 EAST FIFTH STREET
CITY: CINCINNATI
STATE: OH
ZIP: 45202
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042046
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
IRS NUMBER: 311544320
STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH
FISCAL YEAR END: 1208
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER
STREET 2: 301 E. 4TH STREET
CITY: CINCINNATI
STATE: OH
ZIP: 45202
BUSINESS PHONE: 5135792121
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER
STREET 2: 301 E. 4TH STREET
CITY: CINCINNATI
STATE: OH
ZIP: 45202
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970709
3
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doc3.xml
FORM 3 SUBMISSION
X0205
3
2012-05-16
0
0001042046
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
AFG
0001196316
BERDING JOHN B
301 EAST FOURTH STREET
27TH FLOOR
CINCINNATI
OH
45202
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
117598
D
Common Stock
23746
I
ESPP
Common Stock
1144.484
I
401(k)
Stock Option Grant
20.28
2015-02-24
Common Stock
52500
D
Stock Option Grant
26.89
2016-02-22
Common Stock
52500
D
Stock Option Grant
36.57
2017-02-22
Common Stock
43750
D
Stock Option Grant
28.61
2017-09-05
Common Stock
20000
D
Stock Option Grant
27.20
2018-02-21
Common Stock
50000
D
Stock Option Grant
19.10
2019-02-12
Common Stock
25000
D
Stock Option Grant
24.83
2020-02-11
Common Stock
25000
D
Stock Option Grant
34.34
2021-02-16
Common Stock
27500
D
Stock Option Grant
38.11
2022-02-23
Common Stock
30000
D
Phantom Stock
38.92
Common Stock
982.422
D
Includes 115,348 shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to Issuer's stock incentive plan.
Shares owned by the Reporting Person in the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"). The ESPP information reported herein is based on a plan statement dated as of April 30, 2012.
Represents shares held in the Issuer's 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock is based on a Plan Statement dated as of April 30, 2012.
These Employee Stock Options were granted under the Issuer's Stock Option Plan and 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and become exercisable in five equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Represents amounts held by the Reporting Person in a retirement plan of the Issuer at April 30, 2012. Each share is the economic equivalent of one share of Common Stock. The Reporting Person's account balance is distributed in cash following termination of employment.
John B. Berding
By: Karl J. Grafe, as Attorney-in-Fact
2012-05-23
EX-24.3_425686
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poa.txt
POA DOCUMENT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Karl J. Grafe and Mark A. Weiss as the true and lawful attorney
or attorneys-in-fact, with the full power of substitution and revocation, for
the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and
all capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements
or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, no par
value, of American Financial Group, Inc., including, without limitation, all
initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes
in beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of changes in
beneficial ownership of securities on Form 5, all successor or similar forms and
any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments
or supplements to any such statements, reports or forms, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of
them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal requirement. This
Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
/s/ John B. Berding
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John B. Berding
Date: May 16, 2012