Company: AFGC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012231
Chunk: 106

Company: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 106
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 respect to an Award of Restricted Shares, A-14 TABLE OF CONTENTS subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, the Committee may provide the Participant with the right to vote the Shares underlying such Award (both before and after the Shares subject to the Award are earned, vested or acquired). 14.5 Deferrals. The Committee may permit recipients of Awards to defer the distribution of all or part of any Award in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, if applicable, and such terms and conditions as the Committee shall establish. 14.6 No Loans. No loans from the Company to Participants shall be permitted in connection with the Plan. 14.7 Transfer; Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement and except as otherwise provided below, Awards under the Plan shall not be Transferable by the Participant or exercisable by any person other than the Participant, and Awards under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to assignment, alienation, pledge, encumbrance or charge: 14.7.1 During the lifetime of a Participant, an Award is not transferable voluntarily or by operation of law and may be exercised only by such individual; 14.7.2 Upon the disability of a Participant, an Award of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative; 14.7.3 Upon the death of a Participant, an Award may be transferred to the beneficiaries or heirs of the Participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; and 14.7.4 An Award may be transferred pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, with respect to particular Awards, establish or modify the terms of the Award to allow the Award to be transferred at the request of a Participant (only to the extent permissible by law and, in the case of an Incentive Option, to the extent permissible under Section 422 of the Code) to family members, charities, trusts or other estate planning vehicles established by a Participant or as to which a Participant is a grantor or to lineal descendants of a Participant or otherwise for personal and tax planning purposes of a Participant. If the Committee allows such transfer, such Awards shall not be exercisable for a period of six months following the action of the Committee. 14.8 Securities Laws. No Shares will be issued or transferred pursuant to an Award unless and until all then applicable requirements imposed