---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-21-024530"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFG"
cik: "0001042046"
company_name: "AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:43:13.080299+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AFG declares $2.00 special dividend; repurchased $114M in Q2 2021

## Summary
- Special one-time cash dividend of $2.00 per share, payable Aug 2, 2021 to holders of record July 26, 2021.
- Aggregate special dividend payment approximately $170 million.
- Company repurchased $114 million of common stock in Q2 2021.
- In H1 2021, AFG returned $1.58 billion to shareholders through dividends and repurchases.
- Regular quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share remains unchanged, paid separately.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-21-024530
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFG
- cik: 0001042046
- company_name: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121024530/0001140361-21-024530-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121024530/brhc10026963_8k.htm

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