0000874977-17-000016.txt : 20170309 0000874977-17-000016.hdr.sgml : 20170309 20170309164204 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000874977-17-000016 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170303 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170309 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: State Auto Financial CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874977 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 311324304 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 518 EAST BROAD STREET CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 6144645000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 518 EAST BROAD STREET CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STATE AUTO FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sinclair Suzanne Marie CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001700000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19289 FILM NUMBER: 17678998 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 518 EAST BROAD STREET CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2017-03-03 0 0000874977 State Auto Financial CORP STFC 0001700000 Sinclair Suzanne Marie 518 EAST BROAD STREET COLUMBUS OH 43215 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Shares without par value 0 D Restricted Stock Units 2018-03-02 2018-03-02 Common Stock 4000 D If employed on March 2, 2018, the reporting person will receive one common share of STFC for each Restricted Stock Unit. /s/Suzanne M. Sinclair by Melissa A. Centers attorney in fact, per POA attached. 2017-03-09 EX-24 2 secapprovedpoassinclair.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SUZANNE MARIE SINCLAIR



Know all by these presents that I, Suzanne Marie Sinclair,

do hereby appoint MELISSAA. CENTERS, my true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) Prepare, execute in my name and on my behalf, and

submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

(the SEC) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and

any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain

codes and passwords enabling me to make electronic

filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a)

of the Securities Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation

of the SEC;



(2) Execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as

an officer and/or director of State Auto Financial

Corporation (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance

with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

and the rules thereunder;



(3) Do and perform any and all acts for me and on my

behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute

any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such form

with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;

and



(4) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of

such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best

interest of, or legally required by, me, it being

understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power

of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power

and authority to do and perform any and every act and

thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be

done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes

as I might or could do if personally present, with

full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,

or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,

shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this

power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  I acknowledge that the foregoing

attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my

request, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,

any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and

effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3,

4,and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions

in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this

Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day

of February, 2017.





Signature:      /s/ Suzanne M. Sinclair



Print Name:   Suzanne M. Sinclair