Company: AFGC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012231
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Company: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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 of complexity of accounting issues that compare to those of the Company and which qualify him as an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC guidelines. The depth in his understanding of internal control over financial reporting and risk assessment skills that evolved in his experience with Midland constitute attributes that the Board believes benefit the Company. |

| 2025 Proxy Statement | American Financial Group15 |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Proposal No. 1 SUMMARY OF ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE OF BOARD NOMINEES In considering each director nominee, the Board and the Corporate Governance Committee evaluated each individual’s qualifications, qualities and skills to serve as a director. The Board believes that each director nominee brings a unique and valuable mix of experience and attributes to the Board. The following matrix provides information regarding the director nominees, including certain areas of knowledge, skills and experience that the Board believes are relevant to our business and strategic goals. The type and degree of knowledge, skill and experience below varies among our directors. The matrix is a non-exclusive summary and does not include all knowledge, skills, experience or other attributes of our directors that may be relevant and valuable to their service on our Board; a director may possess other relevant and important knowledge, skills and experience not indicated in the matrix. Additional information on each director nominee, including some of their specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills, is set forth in the biographies on pages 10to 15of this proxy statement.

| 162025 Proxy Statement | American Financial Group |

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Proposal No. 2 Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Company’s Audit Committee Charter requires that the Audit Committee appoint annually an independent registered public accounting firm to serve as auditors. In February 2025, the Audit Committee appointed Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. Although the Audit Committee has the sole authority to appoint auditors, shareholders are being asked to ratify this appointment. If the shareholders do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will take that fact into consideration but may determine to continue to retain Ernst & Young. However, the Audit Committee in its discretion may engage a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company whether or not the shareholders ratify the appointment.

| The Board of         
 Directors            
 recommends that      
 shareholders vote    
 FOR the ratification 
 of the Audit         
 Committee’s          
 appointment of       
 Ernst & Young as     
 our independent