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FORM 4 |
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utilities
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Verity William W. |
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (AFG) |
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable) |
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
911 New Street |
3. IRS Identification,
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity (Voluntary) |
4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
April 1, 2003 |
X Director
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give
title below) |
Other (specify
below) |
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(Street)
Beaufort, SC 29902 |
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5. If Amendment ,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year) |
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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(City) (State) (Zip) |
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3) |
2. Trans-
action
Date |
2A.
Deemed
Execution
Date, if
any |
3. Trans-
action
Code
(Instr. 8) |
4. Securities Acquired (A)
or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3,4 and 5) |
5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned |
6. Owner-
ship
Form:
Direct |
7. Nature
of In-
Direct
Bene- |
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(Month/
Day/
Year) |
(Month/
Day/
Year) |
Code
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V
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Amount
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(A) or
(D)
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Price
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Following
Reported
Transactions
(Instr. 3 and 4) |
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4) |
Ficial
Owner-
ship
(Instr. 4) |
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Common Stock |
4/1/03 |
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A |
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408 |
A |
$19.629 |
1,153 |
D |
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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) |
2. Conver-
sion or|
Exercise
Price of
Deriv-
ative |
3. Trans-
action
Date
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3A
Deemed
Execution
Date, if
any |
4. Transac-
tion Code
(Instr. 8) |
5. Number of Deriv-
ative Securities Ac-
quired (A) or Dis-
posed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month//Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Underlying
Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) |
8. Price
of
Deriv-
ative
ecuri-
ty |
9. Number
of Deriv-
ative
Secur-
ities
Bene- |
10. Owner-
ship
Form
of De-
rivative
Secur |
11. Nature
of In-
direct
Bene-
ficial
Owner-
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Security |
(Month/
Day/
Year) |
(Month/
Day/
Year) |
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Date |
Expiration |
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Amount or |
(Instr.
5) |
icially
Owned
at End
of |
Ity
Direct
(D) or
Indi- |
Ship
(Instr. 4) |
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Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Exercisable |
Date |
Title |
Number of Shares |
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Month
(Instr. 4) |
rect (I)
(Instr. 4) |
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Explanation of Responses:
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal violations |
Karl J. Grafe ________
April 1, 2003 |
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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a) |
** Signature of Reporting Person Date |
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William W. Verity |
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Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed |
By: Karl J. Grafe, as attorney-in-fact |
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SEC 1474 (9-02) |