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CINCINNATI, February 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share of American Financial Group common stock. The dividend is payable on March 28, 2025, to shareholders of record on March 17, 2025. The aggregate amount of this special dividend will be approximately $170 million. This special dividend is in addition to the Company’s regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.80 per share most recently paid on January 24, 2025. With this special dividend, the Company has declared $52.00 per share in special dividends since the beginning of 2021, including $6.50 per share in 2024.
In addition, the Company announced that it repurchased approximately $50 million of its common stock at an average price per share of $123.83 year to date through February 27, 2025.
S. Craig Lindner and Carl H. Lindner III, AFG’s Co-Chief Executive Officers, issued this statement: "Returning capital to shareholders in the form of regular and special cash dividends and through opportunistic share repurchases is an important and effective component of our capital management strategy. In addition, our capital will be deployed into AFG’s core businesses as we identify potential for healthy, profitable organic growth, and opportunities to expand our specialty niche businesses through acquisitions and start-ups that meet our target return thresholds."
About American Financial Group, Inc.
American Financial Group is an insurance holding company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, AFG is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses. Great American Insurance Group’s roots go back to 1872 with the founding of its flagship company, Great American Insurance Company.
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