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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-073554"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAF"
cik: "0001472787"
company_name: "First American Financial Corp"
filed_at: "2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T03:05:28.360659+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First American stockholders approve officer exculpation amendment and incentive plan share increase to 8.425M

## Summary
- Stockholders approved amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to extend officer exculpation to fullest extent allowed by Delaware law.
- Stockholders approved amendment and restatement of 2020 Incentive Compensation Plan; total shares available capped at 8,425,000 less certain prior grants.
- All three Class III director nominees elected: Reginald H. Gilyard, Parker S. Kennedy, Mark C. Oman.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 80.2M votes for (2.7M against, 3.1M abstain).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2025 approved with 94.0M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-073554
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAF
- cik: 0001472787
- company_name: First American Financial Corp
- filed_at: 2025-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1472787/000095017025073554/0000950170-25-073554-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1472787/000095017025073554/faf-20250513.htm

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