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Issuer:     AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC (AFG)
CIK:        0001042046
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-21-031306
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AFG declares special $4.00/share dividend; aggregate ~$340M payable Oct 5
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- Special one-time cash dividend of $4.00 per share, payable Oct 5, 2021 to holders of record Sep 28, 2021.
- Aggregate payment approximately $340 million; reflects strong financial position and excess capital.
- In addition to recent 12% increase in regular quarterly dividend to $0.56 per share starting Oct 2021.
- Co-CEOs cite confidence in Specialty P&C business and capital management strategy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121031306/0001140361-21-031306-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036121031306/brhc10028950_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-21-031306

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