0001209191-12-018091.txt : 20120314 0001209191-12-018091.hdr.sgml : 20120314 20120314083849 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-018091 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120312 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120314 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120314 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Peraino Vito C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001504849 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13653 FILM NUMBER: 12688936 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3250 INTERSTATE DR. CITY: RICHFIELD STATE: OH ZIP: 44286 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001042046 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 311544320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1208 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER STREET 2: 301 E. 4TH STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 BUSINESS PHONE: 5135792121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP TOWER STREET 2: 301 E. 4TH STREET CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970709 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0304 4 2012-03-12 0 0001042046 AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC AFG 0001504849 Peraino Vito C 301 EAST FOURTH STREET CINCINNATI OH 45202 0 1 0 0 Sr. VP & General Counsel Common Stock 2012-03-12 4 A 0 1000 0.00 A 44495.343 D Stock Option Grant 37.60 2012-03-12 4 A 0 3000 0.00 A 2022-03-12 Common Stock 3000 3000 D Repesents the grant of restricted stock from the Issuer that vests four years from the date of grant. These Employee Stock Options become exercisable in five equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. Vito C. Peraino 2012-03-14 EX-24.4_416094 2 poa.txt POA DOCUMENT POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Karl J. Grafe and Mark A. Weiss as the true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with the full power of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, no par value, of American Financial Group, Inc., including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes in beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of changes in beneficial ownership of securities on Form 5, all successor or similar forms and any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such statements, reports or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the responsibilities of the undersigned to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any other legal requirement. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. Vito C. Peraino Vito C. Peraino Date: March 13, 2012