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accession: "0001140361-25-020332"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFG"
cik: "0001042046"
company_name: "AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T12:57:16.594618+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Shareholders approve amendment to 2015 Stock Incentive Plan; elect 12 directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Approved amendment to add non-employee directors as participants in the stock incentive plan (72,116,440 for, 2,093,497 against, 77,637 abstain, 2,931,408 broker non-votes).
- All 12 director nominees elected; Carl H. Lindner III received 73,064,976 votes for, 1,222,598 withheld.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as auditor for 2025 (74,802,793 for, 2,277,061 against, 139,128 abstain).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (68,693,090 for, 5,485,631 against, 108,853 abstain).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-020332
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFG
- cik: 0001042046
- company_name: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125020332/0001140361-25-020332-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1042046/000114036125020332/ef20049629_8k.htm

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