AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (NYSE:AFG) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01
| Other Events. |
On May 25, 2017, American Financial Group, Inc. (the Registrant)
entered into a Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) by and
among the Registrant and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters,
relating to the issuance and sale of $350 million aggregate
principal amount of the Registrants 4.500% Senior Notes due 2047
(the Notes).
For a description of the Notes, see the materials set forth in
the section captioned Description of Debt Securities in the
Registration Statement described below and the materials set
forth in the section captioned Description of Notes in the
Prospectus Supplement of the Registrant dated May 25, 2017 and
filed with the Commission on May 26, 2017 to Rule 424(b) under
the Act, which is incorporated in this Current Report on Form 8-K
by reference.
The Indenture is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1, the
Eighth Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.2 and a
specimen copy of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 4.3 in this
Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the
Notes and the other documents relating to this transaction does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of these securities and documents,
forms or copies of which are incorporated in this Current Report
on Form 8-K by reference.
The Notes are being offered and sold by the Registrant to a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202421).
Section 9 Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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Purchase Agreement dated as of May 25, 2017 among the Registrant and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters. |
| 4.1 |
Senior Debt Securities Indenture dated as of November 12, 1997, between the Registrant, as Issuer, U.S. Bank National Association (formerly known as Star Bank, N.A.), as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants Form 8-A dated April 19, 1999). |
| 4.2 |
Form of Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 2, 2017 between the Registrant, as Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. |
| 4.3 |
Form of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2047 (included in Exhibit 4.2). |
| Opinion of Keating Muething Klekamp PLL. |
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Consent of Keating Muething Klekamp PLL (included in Exhibit 5). |
About AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (NYSE:AFG)
American Financial Group, Inc. (AFG) is a holding company engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance businesses. The Company, through Great American Insurance Group, focuses on commercial products for businesses, and is engaged in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. The Company has four segments: Property and casualty insurance, Annuity, Run-off long-term care and life, and Other. AFG’s property and casualty operations provide a range of commercial coverages, through its approximately 30 insurance businesses. AFG’s property and casualty insurance operations allow local decision-making for underwriting, claims and policy servicing. The Company’s property and casualty insurance products include property and transportation, specialty casualty and specialty financial. The Company’s Specialty Casualty insurance products include Executive and Professional Liability, and Umbrella and Excess Liability. AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (NYSE:AFG) Recent Trading Information
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (NYSE:AFG) closed its last trading session up +0.45 at 100.30 with 3,346,767 shares trading hands.
