secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AFG)
CIK:        0001042046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-21-024530
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121024530/0001140361-21-024530-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121024530/brhc10026963_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-024530

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