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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-064067
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151110

FILER:

	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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B5
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-202421
		FILM NUMBER:		151218503

	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
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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Title Of Each Class Of Securities To Be Registered</U></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Maximum Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Amount Of<BR>Registration<BR> Fee<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6% Subordinated Debentures due 2055</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150,000,000</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>15,105</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act of 1933. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><U>PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT</U><BR> (To Prospectus Dated March 2, 2015) </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">6% Subordinated Debentures due 2055</H1>


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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will pay interest on the debentures on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 2016. We may defer interest payments during one or more deferral periods for up to five consecutive years as described in this prospectus supplement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">On or after November 15, 2020, we may redeem the debentures, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption; <I>provided </I>that if the debentures are not redeemed in whole, at least $25 million aggregate principal amount of the debentures must remain outstanding after giving effect to such redemption. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may redeem the debentures, in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;tax event&#148; (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures&#148;), at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may redeem the debentures, in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;rating agency event&#148; (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures&#148;), at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) their principal amount or (b) a make-whole amount, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The debentures will be unsecured and will rank in right of payment and, upon our liquidation, junior to all of our current and future Senior Indebtedness and equally with all Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity (as such terms are defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Subordination&#148;) on the terms set forth in the indenture pursuant to which the debentures will be issued. The debentures will not be obligations of or guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries. As a result, the debentures will also be structurally subordinated to all debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Beneficial interests in the debentures will be issued in book-entry form in denominations of $25 and multiples of $25 in excess thereof. The debentures will mature on November 15, 2055. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will apply for the listing of the debentures on the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;) under the symbol &#147;AFGH.&#148; If approved for listing, we expect trading of the debentures on the NYSE to commence within 30 days after they are first issued. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Investing in the debentures involves risks that are described in &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page S-<a href="#t1RF">6</a> of this prospectus supplement, page <a href="#tRF">3</a> of the accompanying prospectus and in Item 1A &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page 15 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</B> </P>


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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Per Debenture</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Total</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Public Offering Price<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>25.00</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150,000,000.00</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Underwriting discount<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>0.77816</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,668,937.50</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds, before expenses, to us<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup><sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>24.22184</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>145,331,062.50</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Plus accrued interest, if any, from November 17, 2015, to the date of delivery. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reflects $145,125,000 aggregate principal amount of debentures sold to retail investors, for which the underwriters received an underwriting discount of $0.7875 per debenture, and $4,875,000 aggregate principal amount of debentures sold to institutional investors, for which the underwriters received an underwriting discount of $0.50 per debenture. Underwriting discount per debenture is calculated using a weighted average underwriting discount for retail and institutional orders. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>BofA Merrill Lynch</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>UBS Investment Bank</B></TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>Wells Fargo Securities</B></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Barclays</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>MUFG</B></TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>PNC Capital Markets LLC</B></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-weight: bold" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Fifth Third Securities</TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>KeyBanc Capital Markets</B></TD>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: center"><B>US Bancorp</B></TD>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the &#147;SEC,&#148; utilizing a &#147;shelf&#148; registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, sell the securities described in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in one or more offerings. You should read both this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus together with the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein described in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148;</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any free writing prospectus relating to this offering prepared by us or on our behalf. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized any person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus or any other documents incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the respective dates of those documents in which the information is contained. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those respective dates.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus summarize certain documents and other information, and we refer you to them for a more complete understanding of what we discuss in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. In making an investment decision, you should rely on your own examination of our company and the terms of this offering and the debentures, including the merits and risks involved.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>We are not, and the underwriters are not, making any representation to any purchaser of the debentures regarding the legality of an investment in the debentures by such purchaser. You should not consider any information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus to be legal, business or tax advice. You should consult your own attorney, business advisor and tax advisor for legal, business and tax advice regarding an investment in the debentures.</B> </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPSS">Prospectus Supplement Summary</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPSS">S-3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t1RF">Risk Factors</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t1RF">S-6</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t2WYC">Where You Can Find More Information</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t2WYC">S-10</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t3LS">Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t3LS">S-11</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t4UP">Use of Proceeds</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t4UP">S-11</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t5CA">Capitalization</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t5CA">S-12</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t6REF">Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t6REF">S-13</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t7DD">Description of Debentures</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t7DD">S-14</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t8SF">Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t8SF">S-23</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t9UN">Underwriters</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t9UN">S-27</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t10LM">Legal Matters</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t10LM">S-29</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t11EX">Experts</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#t11EX">S-29</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">About This Prospectus</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">1</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYC">Where You Can Find More Information</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYC">2</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">Risk Factors</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSNR">Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSNR">3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tAMG">American Financial Group, Inc.</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tAMG">3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSS">Selling Shareholders</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSS">3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUOP">Use of Proceeds</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUOP">4</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOS">Description of the Securities We May Offer</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOS">4</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOD">Description of Debt Securities</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOD">4</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOC">Description of Common Stock</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOC">10</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOP">Description of Preferred Stock</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOP">10</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOW">Description of Warrants</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOW">12</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDDS">Description of Depositary Shares</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDDS">13</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDPC">Description of the Purchase Contracts</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDPC">16</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOU">Description of Units</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOU">17</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPOD">Plan of Distribution</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tPOD">17</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tLM">Legal Matters</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tLM">18</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tEXP">Experts</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tEXP">18</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tPSS"></a>PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The summary contains basic information about us, the debentures and this offering. Because this is a summary, it does not contain all the information you should consider before investing in the debentures. You should carefully read this summary together with the more detailed information, financial statements and notes to the financial statements contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. To fully understand this offering, you should read all of these documents. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus
supplement, on the one hand, and the information contained in the accompanying prospectus, on the other hand, the information in this prospectus supplement shall control. Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to &#147;AFG,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to American Financial Group, Inc., an insurance holding company incorporated in Ohio, and its subsidiaries. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">American Financial Group, Inc. </H1>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">American Financial Group, Inc. (&#147;AFG&#148;) is a holding company that, through subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our address is 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; our phone number is (513) 579-2121. SEC filings, news releases, AFG&#146;s Code of Ethics applicable to directors, officers and employees and other information may be accessed free of charge through AFG&#146;s Internet site at: <I>www.AFGinc.com</I>. Other than the information specifically contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, information on our website is not part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Holding Company Structure </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As a holding company, our cash flow and our ability to service our debt, including the debentures, are dependent upon the earnings of our subsidiaries and on the distribution of earnings, loans or other payments by our subsidiaries to us. Payment of dividends by our insurance subsidiaries may require prior regulatory notice or approval. The debentures will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of our subsidiaries, including claims of policyholders, which means that holders of obligations of our subsidiaries have claims on the assets of those subsidiaries that have priority to claims of holders of
the debentures. Our subsidiaries are distinct legal entities having no obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to the debentures or to make funds available to us. The debentures are also subordinated in right of payment and upon our liquidation junior to all of our current and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Subordination&#148;) and will rank equally with all Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Subordination&#148;). The indenture governing the debentures does not limit the amount of debt that we or any of our subsidiaries may incur. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">American Financial Group, Inc. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Securities Offered </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">$150,000,000 principal amount of 6% Subordinated Debentures due 2055. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Use of Proceeds </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes which may include repurchases of our outstanding common stock. See &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Maturity </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">November 15, 2055 </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The debentures will bear interest at an annual rate of 6%. We will pay interest quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, of each year, beginning on February 15, 2016, subject to our right to defer the payment of interest as described under &#147;Optional Interest Deferral&#148; below. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">We will make interest payments on the debentures to the holders of record at the close of business on the February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, whether or not a business day. However, interest that we pay on the maturity date or redemption date will be payable to the person to whom the principal will be payable. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">We have the right on one or more occasions to defer the payment of interest on the debentures for up to five consecutive years (each such period, an &#147;optional deferral period&#148;). During an optional deferral period, interest will continue to accrue at the interest rate on the debentures, compounded quarterly as of each interest payment date to the extent permitted by applicable law. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Option to Defer Interest Payments&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">If we have exercised our right to defer interest payments on the debentures, we generally may not make payments on or redeem or purchase any shares of our capital stock or any of our debt securities or guarantees that rank upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up equally with or junior to the debentures, subject to certain limited exceptions. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The debentures will be unsecured, and will rank in right of payment and upon our liquidation junior to all of our current and future Senior Indebtedness and equally with all Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity. The debentures will also be structurally subordinated to all debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries. The debentures do not limit our or our subsidiaries&#146; ability to incur additional debt, including debt that ranks senior in right of payment and upon our liquidation to the debentures. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">We may elect to redeem the debentures: </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt"><P STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -20pt; margin-bottom: -12pt">&#149;</P><P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; padding-left: 20pt">in whole at any time or in part from time to time on or after November 15, 2020, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption; <I>provided</I> that if the debentures are not redeemed in whole, at least $25 million aggregate principal amount of the debentures must remain outstanding after giving effect to such redemption; </P></TD></TR>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt"><P STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -20pt; margin-bottom: -12pt">&#149;</P><P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; padding-left: 20pt">in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;tax event&#148; (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures&#148;) at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption; or </P></TD></TR>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt"><P STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -20pt; margin-bottom: -12pt">&#149;</P><P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; padding-left: 20pt">in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;rating agency event&#148; (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures&#148;) at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) their principal amount or (b) a make-whole amount, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. </P></TD></TR>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The debentures can only be accelerated upon certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization involving us and certain of our subsidiaries. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Events of Default&#148; in this prospectus supplement. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">We intend to apply to list the debentures on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;AFGH.&#148; If approved for listing, we expect trading of the debentures on the NYSE to commence within 30 days after they are first issued. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The debentures will be issued in fully registered form in denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The trustee and paying agent for the debentures is U.S. Bank National Association. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">Governing Law </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">The indenture and the debentures will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 60%; text-align: left; padding-left: 0pt">Investing in the debentures involves risks that are described in the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section beginning on page S-<a href="#t1RF">6</a> of this prospectus supplement, page <a href="#tRF">3</a> of the accompanying prospectus and those risk factors incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and other documents set forth under &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t1RF"></a>RISK FACTORS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>Before you invest in the debentures, you should carefully consider the risks involved. Accordingly, you should carefully consider the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the risk factors listed below, in the prospectus and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in the other documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement.</I> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>We may incur additional indebtedness that may adversely affect our ability to meet our financial obligations under the debentures.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The terms of the indenture and the debentures do not impose any limitation on our or our subsidiaries&#146; ability to incur additional debt. We may incur additional indebtedness in the future, which could have important consequences to holders of the debentures, including the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we could have insufficient cash to meet our financial obligations, including our obligations under the debentures; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures or general corporate purposes may be impaired; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a significant degree of debt could make us more vulnerable to changes in general economic conditions and also could affect the financial strength ratings of our insurance subsidiaries. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Our obligations under the debentures will be subordinated.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our payment obligation under the debentures will be unsecured and will rank junior in right of payment and upon our liquidation to all of our Senior Indebtedness on the terms set forth in the indenture pursuant to which the debentures will be issued. We, therefore, cannot make any payments on the debentures, if (i) we have defaulted on the payment of any of our Senior Indebtedness and the default is continuing, (ii) the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness has been or would be permitted upon notice or the passage of time to be accelerated as a result of a default and the default is continuing and such acceleration has not been
rescinded or annulled, or (iii) we have filed for bankruptcy or are liquidating, dissolving or winding-up or in receivership, and our Senior Indebtedness has not been repaid in full. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of September 30, 2015, we had $705 million in outstanding Senior Indebtedness, $500 million available under our bank credit facility, $150 million of Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures and approximately $3 million in miscellaneous other debt outstanding. The indenture pursuant to which the debentures will be issued does not place any limit on the amount of liabilities that we may issue, guarantee or otherwise incur or the amount of liabilities, including debt or preferred stock, that our subsidiaries may issue, guarantee or otherwise incur. We expect from time to time to incur additional indebtedness and
other liabilities and to guarantee indebtedness that will be senior to the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have limited operations of our own and derive substantially all of our revenue and cash flow from our subsidiaries. None of our subsidiaries will guarantee the debentures. Creditors of our subsidiaries (including policyholders and trade creditors) will generally be entitled to payment from the assets of those subsidiaries before those assets can be distributed to us. As a result, the debentures will effectively be subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries. Our insurance subsidiaries also have customary liabilities associated with insurance policies issued by those subsidiaries (generally claims and benefits),
reinsurance obligations and other trade payables and expenses. As of September 30, 2015, our subsidiaries had approximately $22 million in outstanding debt and our insurance subsidiaries had reserves for claims and benefits of approximately $39.1 billion. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">So long as there is no event of default with respect to the debentures, we may defer interest payments on the debentures, from time to time, for one or more optional deferral periods of up to five consecutive years. At the end of an optional deferral period, if all amounts due are paid, we could start a new optional deferral </P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">period of up to five consecutive years. During any optional deferral period, interest on the debentures would be deferred but would accrue additional interest at a rate equal to the interest rate on the debentures, to the extent permitted by applicable law. No optional deferral period may extend beyond the maturity date of the debentures. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Option to Defer Interest Payments.&#148; </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we exercise our right to defer interest payments, the debentures may trade at a price that does not fully reflect the value of accrued and unpaid interest on the debentures or that is otherwise less than the price at which the debentures may have been traded if we had not exercised such right. In addition, as a result of our right to defer interest payments, the market price of the debentures is likely to be affected and may be more volatile than other securities that do not have these rights. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we do defer interest on the debentures and you sell your debentures during the period of that deferral, you may not receive the same return on your investment as a holder that continues to hold its debentures until we pay the deferred interest at the end of the applicable deferral period. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we were to defer interest payments on the debentures, the debentures would be treated as issued with original issue discount (&#147;OID&#148;) at the time of such deferral, and all stated interest due after such deferral would be treated as OID. In such case, a United States holder would be required to include such stated interest in income as it accrues, regardless of such United States holder&#146;s regular method of accounting, using a constant yield method, before such holder received any payment attributable to such income, and would not separately report the actual payments of interest on the debentures as taxable
income. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If holders of the debentures sell their debentures before the record date for the payment of interest at the end of an optional deferral period, they will not receive such interest. Instead, the accrued interest will be paid to the holder of record on the record date regardless of who the holder of record may have been on any other date during the optional deferral period. Moreover, amounts that holders were required to include in income in respect of the debentures during the optional deferral period will be added to such holders&#146; adjusted tax basis in the debentures, but may not be reflected in the amount that such
holder realizes on the sale. To the extent the amount realized on a sale is less than the holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis, the holder will generally recognize a capital loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. See &#147;Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;United States Holders&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Other Disposition of Debentures.&#148; </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The rating agencies that currently publish a rating for us, including Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc., Standard &amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Services, a Standard &amp; Poor&#146;s Financial Services LLC business, and A.M. Best Company, Inc., may, from time to time in the future, change the way they analyze securities with features similar to the debentures. This may include, for example, changes to the relationship between ratings assigned to an issuer&#146;s senior securities and ratings assigned to securities with features similar to the debentures. If the rating agencies change their practices for rating these types of
securities in the future, and the ratings of the debentures are subsequently lowered, that could have a negative impact on the trading price of the debentures. In addition, we may redeem the debentures before November 15, 2020 at our option, in whole, but not in part, within 90 days of a rating agency amending, clarifying or changing the criteria used to assign equity credit for securities such as the debentures, which amendment, clarification or change results in (i) the shortening of the length of time the debentures are assigned a particular level of equity credit by that rating agency as compared </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">to the length of time they would have been assigned that level of equity credit by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures or (ii) the lowering of the equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) assigned to the debentures by that rating agency compared to the equity credit assigned by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp; Optional Redemption of the Debentures.&#148; </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>The debentures may be redeemed prior to maturity, and you may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at the same or a higher rate.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may redeem the debentures at our option, from time to time in whole at any time or in part, on or after November 15, 2020. In addition, we may redeem the debentures in whole, but not in part, before November 15, 2020, if certain changes in tax laws, regulations or interpretations occur. In each of these two cases, the redemption price will be 100% of the principal amount of such debentures being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. We may also redeem the debentures before November 15, 2020 at our option, in whole, but not in part, within 90 days of a &#147;rating agency
event&#148; (as defined in &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures&#148;). In this event, the redemption price will be equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate principal amount or (ii) a make-whole amount, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Optional Redemption of the Debentures.&#148; If we exercise any of these rights, you may not be able to reinvest the money you receive upon redemption at a rate that is equal to or higher than the rate of return on the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>There may not be a public market for the debentures.</B> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will apply to list the debentures on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;AFGH.&#148; If approved for listing, we expect trading of the debentures on the NYSE to commence within 30 days after they are first issued. The listing of the debentures will not necessarily ensure that an active trading market will be available for the debentures or that you will be able to sell your debentures at the price you originally paid for them or at the time you wish to sell them. Future trading prices of the debentures will depend on many factors including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, our operating results and the market for
similar securities. Generally, the liquidity of, and trading market for, the debentures may also be materially and adversely affected by declines in the market for similar debt securities. Such a decline may materially and adversely affect such liquidity and trading independent of our financial performance and prospects. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our credit ratings with major credit rating agencies, including with respect to the debentures; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">prevailing market interest rates and, in particular, the interest rates being paid by other companies similar to us; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our operating results, financial condition, financial performance and future prospects; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">our election to defer interest payments on the debentures (see &#147;&#151;&nbsp;We can defer interest payments on the debentures for one or more periods of up to five years each. This may affect the market price of the debentures.&#148;); and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">economic, financial, geopolitical, regulatory and judicial events that affect us, the industries and markets in which we are doing business and the financial markets generally, including continuing uncertainty about the strength of the United States and other key economies. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, credit rating agencies continually review their ratings for the companies that they follow, including us. The credit rating agencies also evaluate the insurance industry as a whole and may change our credit rating based on their overall view of our industry. A negative change in our rating could have an adverse effect on the price of the debentures.</P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t2WYC"></a>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), under which we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy this information at prescribed rates at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) 732-0330 for further information about the Public Reference Room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other
information about issuers that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The address of that site is<I> www.sec.gov</I>. You may also access these filings free of charge through AFG&#146;s Internet site at <I>www.AFGinc.com</I>. Other than the information specifically contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, information on AFG&#146;s website is not part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">AFG&#146;s common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;AFG.&#148; Reports, proxy statements and other information regarding American Financial Group, Inc. may be read and copied at the offices of the NYSE located at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are &#147;incorporating by reference&#148; into this prospectus supplement certain information that AFG files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus supplement, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus supplement. This prospectus supplement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that AFG has previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>AFG SEC Filings (File No. 1-13653)</U></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Period</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Annual Report on Form 10-K</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Year Ended December 31, 2014</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Quarters Ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015 and<BR> September 30, 2015</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-top" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished and not filed in such reports under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Filed on April 2, 2015, April 14, 2015, May 13, 2015,<BR> August 28, 2015 and November 4, 2015</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">All documents that AFG files with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this prospectus supplement to the completion of the offering of the debentures shall also be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference. Any statement contained in this prospectus supplement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus supplement to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus supplement
or any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus supplement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or calling us at the following address or telephone number: Karl J. Grafe, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Secretary, American Financial Group, Inc., 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, (513) 579-2540. Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t3LS"></a>SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus supplement (including the information incorporated by reference) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks or uncertainties. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;projects,&#148;
&#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148; &#147;seeks,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;will&#148; or the negative version of those words or other comparable terminology. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Factors that could cause our actual results or financial condition to differ from those in the forward-looking statements may accompany the statements themselves, and include those set forth in the section &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page S-<a href="#t1RF">6</a> of this prospectus supplement, page <a href="#tRF">3</a> of the accompanying prospectus and page 15 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. In addition, generally applicable factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are and will be discussed in our reports
on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">All forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t4UP"></a>USE OF PROCEEDS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We expect to receive approximately $145 million in net proceeds from the sale of the debentures in this offering, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include repurchases of our outstanding common stock. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t5CA"></a>CAPITALIZATION </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table sets forth our consolidated capitalization as of September 30, 2015 on an actual basis and as adjusted to give effect to the offering of debentures pursuant to this prospectus supplement. The table below should be read together with the detailed information and financial statements appearing in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. </P>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="440"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="64"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD COLSPAN="3"><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="72"></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>As of September 30, 2015</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Historical</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>As Adjusted</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>(in millions)</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Direct Senior Obligations of AFG:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>9&nbsp;7/8% Senior Notes due June 2019</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>350</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>350</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6&nbsp;3/8% Senior Notes due June 2042</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>230</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>230</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5&frac34;% Senior Notes due August 2042</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>125</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>125</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Other</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>708</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>708</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Direct Subordinated Obligations of AFG:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6&frac14;% Subordinated Debentures due September 2054</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6% Subordinated Debentures due November 2055</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&#151;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>300</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Obligations of subsidiaries</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>22</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>22</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 40pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total long-term debt</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>880</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,030</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Shareholders&#146; equity</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,724</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,724</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Noncontrolling interests</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>182</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>182</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total equity</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,906</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,906</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total capitalization</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,786</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,936</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total adjusted capital<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,341</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5,491</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Ratio of debt to total capital<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup>:<BR></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Including subordinated debentures and obligations of subsidiaries</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>16.5</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>18.8</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Excluding subordinated debentures and obligations of subsidiaries</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>13.3</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>12.9</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white">%<!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Our ratio of debt to total capital is calculated by dividing AFG&#146;s long-term debt by its total adjusted capital, which includes long-term debt, noncontrolling interests and shareholders&#146; equity (excluding unrealized gains (losses) related to fixed maturity investments). </TD>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t6REF"></a>RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated. The &#147;as adjusted&#148; ratios for the year ended December 31, 2014 and nine months ended September 30, 2015 reflect the additional interest expense and amortization of debt issue costs from the debentures as if the offering were completed at the beginning of the applicable period. For purposes of calculating the ratios, earnings consist of earnings before income taxes, excluding undistributed equity in earnings/losses of investee and losses of managed investment entities attributable to noncontrolling interest, plus fixed
charges. Fixed charges include interest (including annuity benefits as indicated), amortization of debt discount and expense and the portion of rental expense deemed to be representative of the interest factor. Although the ratio of earnings to fixed charges excluding annuity benefits is not required or encouraged to be disclosed under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, some investors and lenders may not consider interest credited to annuity policyholders&#146; accounts a borrowing cost for an insurance company, and accordingly, believe this ratio is meaningful. </P>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="210"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=7>Nine months ended<BR> September 30, 2015</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=23>Year ended December 31,</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Historical</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>As<BR> Adjusted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Historical</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>As<BR> Adjusted</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=15>Historical</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left"  ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2014</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2014</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2013</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2012</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2011</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>2010</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, including annuity benefits</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.54</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.53</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.90</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.87</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2.15</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.98</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1.95</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>2.42</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR STYLE="background-color: white">

          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, excluding annuity benefits</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5.48</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>5.01</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>7.95</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>7.27</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>8.86</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>7.16</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>6.59</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>9.14</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t7DD"></a>DESCRIPTION OF DEBENTURES </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>Set forth below is a description of the specific terms of the debentures. This description supplements, and should be read together with, the description of the general terms and provisions of our debt securities set forth in the accompanying prospectus under the caption &#147;Description of Debt Securities.&#148; Any information regarding the debentures contained in this prospectus supplement that is inconsistent with information in the accompanying prospectus will supersede any inconsistent information in the accompanying prospectus. The following description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the subordinated indenture, as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture, which will provide for the issuance of the debentures which we collectively refer to as the &#147;indenture,&#148; between American Financial Group, Inc., as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, which we refer to as the &#147;trustee,&#148; pursuant to which the debentures will be issued.</I> </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The debentures will be issued as subordinated debt securities under the indenture and will be initially limited to an aggregate principal amount of $150 million. The debentures will be issued only in denominations of $25 and multiples of $25 in excess thereof. Payments of principal of, and interest on, the debentures will be made in U.S. dollars. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the registered holders of the debentures, create and issue further debentures ranking <I>pari passu</I> with the debentures in all material respects, or in all respects except for the issue date and public offering price or payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further debentures or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such further debentures, and so that such further debentures may be consolidated and form a single series with the debentures offered hereby and have the same terms as to status, redemption or
otherwise as the debentures offered hereby, <I>provided </I>that such further debentures are fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with such previously issued debentures. The debentures and the indenture under which the debentures will be issued do not place any limitation on the amount of unsecured debt that may be incurred by us. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The debentures will be unsecured, and will rank in right of payment and upon our liquidation junior to all of our current and future Senior Indebtedness and equal with any current and future Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity (as defined below) with the debentures, and, in each case in the manner set forth below. The debentures will also be structurally subordinated to all debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon any payment or distribution of assets to creditors upon any receivership, liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar proceedings, the holders of Senior Indebtedness will first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or other satisfactory consideration of all amounts due or to become due, including interest accruing after the filing of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding on or in respect of such Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the debentures will be entitled to receive or retain any payment
in respect thereof. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of the debentures, the holders of all Senior Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such acceleration will first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash or other satisfactory consideration of all such Senior Indebtedness before the holders of the debentures will be entitled to receive or retain any payment in respect of the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the event and during the continuation of any default in any payment with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, or in the event that the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness has been or would be permitted upon notice or the passage of time to be accelerated because of a default, then, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, then no payments on account of principal or premium, if any, or interest in respect of the debentures may be made, in each case unless and until all amounts due or to become due on such Senior
Indebtedness are paid in full in cash or other satisfactory consideration. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of September 30, 2015, we had $705 million in outstanding Senior Indebtedness, $500 million available under our bank credit facility, $150 million of Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures and approximately $3 million in miscellaneous other debt outstanding. In addition, the debentures will be structurally subordinate to all liabilities of our subsidiaries. Our insurance subsidiaries also have customary liabilities associated with insurance policies issued by those subsidiaries (generally claims and benefits), reinsurance obligations and other trade payables and expenses. As of September 30, 2015, our
subsidiaries had approximately $22 million in outstanding debt and our insurance subsidiaries had reserves for claims and benefits of approximately $39.1 billion. See &#147;Risk Factors&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;The debentures will be effectively subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries.&#148; Senior Indebtedness does not include obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by us in the ordinary course of business, which will rank <I>pari passu </I>with the debentures in right of payment upon liquidation. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#147;Senior Indebtedness&#148; shall mean all Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of the first issuance of the debentures or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures or Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures, and any deferrals, renewals or extensions of such Senior Indebtedness. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#147;Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures&#148; shall mean Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of first issuance of the debentures or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, which specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the debentures in right of payment upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or similar events. The securing of any Indebtedness, otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures, shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#147;Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures&#148; shall mean any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of the first issuance of the debentures or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, which specifically by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to the debentures (and any Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures) in right of payment upon our dissolution, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, or similar events. The securing of any Indebtedness, otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures, shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting
Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#147;Indebtedness&#148; shall mean (a) any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, us for which we are responsible or liable as obligor or otherwise including principal, premium and interest (whether accruing before or after filing of any petition in bankruptcy or any similar proceedings by or against us and whether or not allowed as a claim in bankruptcy or similar proceedings) for (i) indebtedness for money borrowed, (ii) indebtedness evidenced by securities, bonds, debentures, notes or other similar written instruments, (iii) any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price or conditional sale
obligation of property or assets acquired other than in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations for the reimbursement of any letter of credit, banker&#146;s acceptance, security purchase facility or similar credit transaction, (v) all obligations under &#147;keep-well&#148; agreements required by insurance regulators or (vi) any obligation referred to in (i) through (v) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company (to the extent of the value of such property or asset subject to such lien) and (b) all indebtedness for obligations to make payment in respect of derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts (including future or options contracts) swap agreements, cap agreements, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements and similar arrangements, whether outstanding on the first issuance of the debentures or thereafter created, assumed or incurred. </P>

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will be payable. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest payments will include accrued interest from, and including, the original issue date, or, if interest has already been paid, from the last date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the next succeeding interest payment date, the maturity date or the redemption date, as the case may be. The amount of interest payable for any interest payment period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If any date on which interest is payable on the debentures is not a business day, then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on
the next succeeding day that is a business day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Interest not paid on any payment date will accrue and compound quarterly at a rate per year equal to the rate of interest on the debentures until paid. References to &#147;interest&#148; include interest accruing on the debentures, interest on deferred interest payments and other unpaid amounts and compounded interest, as applicable and in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">So long as no event of default with respect to the debentures has occurred and is continuing, we may, on one or more occasions, defer interest payments on the debentures for one or more optional deferral periods of up to five consecutive years without giving rise to an event of default under the terms of the debentures. A deferral of interest payments cannot extend, however, beyond the maturity date or the earlier acceleration or redemption of the debentures. During an optional deferral period, interest will continue to accrue on the debentures, and deferred interest payments will accrue additional interest at the then
applicable interest rate on the debentures, compounded quarterly as of each interest payment date to the extent permitted by applicable law. During an optional deferral period, we will be prohibited from paying current interest on the debentures until we have paid all accrued and unpaid deferred interest plus any accrued interest thereon. No interest otherwise due during an optional deferral period will be due and payable on the debentures until the end of such optional deferral period except upon an acceleration or redemption of the debentures during such deferral period. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">At the end of five years following the commencement of an optional deferral period, we must pay all accrued and unpaid deferred interest, including compounded interest if it has not been paid before that time. If, at the end of any optional deferral period, we have paid all deferred interest due on the debentures, including compounded interest, we can again defer interest payments on the debentures as described above. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of our capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">make any payment of principal, interest or premium on or repay, repurchase or redeem any Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures or Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by us of any securities of any of our subsidiaries if such guarantee ranks <I>pari passu </I>with or junior in right of payment to the debentures; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, our capital stock where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such options, warrants or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder&#146;s rights plan, or the issuance of capital stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">as a result of a reclassification of any series or class of our capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of our capital stock for or into another class or series of our capital stock; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the purchase of fractional interests in shares of our capital stock pursuant to an acquisition or the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">purchases or acquisitions of shares of our capital stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of directors, officers, agents, consultants or employees or our satisfaction of our obligations under any dividend reinvestment plan or our director, officer, agent, consultant or employee stock purchase plans; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any exchange, redemption or conversion of any class or series of our capital stock, or the capital stock of one of our subsidiaries, for any other class or series of our capital stock, or of any class or series of our Indebtedness for any class or series of our capital stock; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">purchases or acquisitions of shares of our capital stock in connection with our satisfaction of our obligations under any contract or security entered into before commencement of the optional deferral period; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">(i) payment of current or deferred interest on our Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures made <I>pro rata </I>to the amounts due on our Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures and the debentures and (ii) payment of principal or current or deferred interest on our Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures that, if not made, would cause us to breach the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">in whole at any time or in part from time to time on or after November 15, 2020, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (including compounded interest, if any) to, but excluding, the date of redemption; <I>provided </I>that if the debentures are not redeemed in whole, at least $25 million aggregate principal amount of the debentures must remain outstanding after giving effect to such redemption; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;tax event,&#148; at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest (including compounded interest, if any) to, but excluding, the date of redemption; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">in whole, but not in part, at any time prior to November 15, 2020, within 90 days of the occurrence of a &#147;rating agency event,&#148; at a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of their principal amount or (b) the present value of a payment on November 15, 2020 in an amount equal to their outstanding principal amount and scheduled payments of interest that would have accrued from the date of redemption to November 15, 2020 on the debentures, discounted to the date of redemption on a quarterly basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 45 basis points, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including compounded interest, if any) to, but excluding, the date of redemption. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">amendment to, or change in (including any promulgation, enactment, execution or modification of) the laws (or any regulations under those laws) of the United States or any political subdivision thereof or therein affecting taxation; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">official administrative pronouncement (including a private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum or similar pronouncement) or judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement interpreting or applying the laws or regulations enumerated in the preceding bullet point, by any court, governmental agency or regulatory authority; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">threatened challenge asserted in connection with an audit of us, or a threatened challenge asserted in writing against any taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities that are substantially similar to the debentures, </TD>

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or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures; or (b) the lowering of the equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) assigned to the debentures by that rating agency compared to the equity credit assigned by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; means with respect to any date of redemption for the debentures (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if we obtain fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the failure to pay interest, including compounded interest, in full on any debentures for a period of 30 days after the conclusion of a five-year period following the commencement of any deferral period if such deferral period has not ended prior to the conclusion of such five-year period; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on the debentures when due; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the failure to comply with our covenants or agreements under the indenture or the debentures. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we do give a timely written notice of our election to commence or continue a deferral period on any interest payment date (and, if such notice continues a deferral period, the deferral period has not continued for five years), then no default arises from our non-payment of interest on such interest payment date. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If an event of default under the indenture occurs, the entire principal amount of the debentures will automatically become due and payable without any declaration or other action on the part of the trustee or any holder of the debentures. There is no right of acceleration in the case of any payment default or other breaches of covenants under the indenture or the debentures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a default in the payment of principal of or interest on the debentures including any compound interest (and, in the case of payment of deferred interest, such failure to pay will have continued for 30 calendar
days after the conclusion of the deferral period), the holder of a debenture may, or, if directed by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debentures, the trustee will, subject to the conditions set forth in the indenture, demand payment of the amount then due and payable and may institute legal proceedings for the collection of such amount if we fail to make payment thereof upon demand. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a default in payment of principal or interest; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a default under any provision of the indenture that itself cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of all outstanding debentures. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are required to deliver a written statement to the trustee each year that states, to the knowledge of the officer making such statement, whether we have complied with all conditions and covenants under the terms of the indenture. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The trustee will have no right or obligation under the indenture or otherwise to exercise any remedies on behalf of any holders of the debentures pursuant to the indenture in connection with any default, unless such remedies are available under the indenture and the trustee is directed to exercise such remedies by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debentures pursuant to and subject to the conditions of the indenture. In connection with any such exercise of remedies, the trustee will be entitled to the same immunities and protections and remedial rights (other than acceleration) as if such default were an
event of default. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">change the place of payment; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">change in the redemption price; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">change in the date prior to which no redemption may be made; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">making the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the debentures payable in anything other than United States dollars; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">modification of the subordination provisions of the debentures in any manner adverse to holders of the debentures. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Furthermore, no supplemental indenture may directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the subordination provisions applicable to the debentures in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the debentures to Senior Indebtedness without the prior written consent of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. </P>

<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Book-Entry System </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon issuance, all debentures will be represented by one or more fully registered global certificates, each of which we refer to as a global security. Each such global security will be deposited with or on behalf of DTC, and registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof. Purchasers of the debentures will hold beneficial interests in the debentures only through DTC, or through the accounts that Clearstream Banking, S.A. and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. maintain as participants in DTC. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will make payments on the debentures represented by the global securities to DTC or its nominee, as the registered owner of the debentures. We expect that when DTC or its nominee receives any payment on the debentures represented by a global security, DTC will credit participants&#146; accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their beneficial interests in the global security as shown in DTC&#146;s records. We also expect that payments by DTC&#146;s participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global security held through those participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice
as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers. DTC&#146;s participants will be responsible for those payments. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Payments on the debentures represented by the global securities will be made in immediately available funds. Transfers between participants in DTC will be made in accordance with DTC&#146;s rules and will be settled in immediately available funds. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such laws may limit or impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in the debentures in global form. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">U.S. Bank National Association is acting as trustee under the indenture. U.S. Bank National Association sometimes acts as trustee in connection with obligations issued by us and our subsidiaries and is currently acting as a trustee in connection with certain debt obligations that AFG previously issued. U.S. Bank National Association and its affiliates have, from time to time, performed and in the future may perform various commercial and investment banking services for AFG or its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, for which they received or will receive customary fees. U.S. Bank National Association is a lender
under our revolving credit facility and its affiliate is acting as one of the underwriters in connection with the offering of the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its powers vested in it by the indenture at the request of any holder of the debentures unless the holder offers the trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might result. The trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in performing its duties if the trustee reasonably believes that it is not reasonably assured of repayment or adequate indemnity. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">U.S. Bank National Association is the trustee under the indenture for this offering. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., an affiliate of U.S. Bank National Association, is an underwriter for this offering. Pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, if an event of default were to occur with respect to the debentures, U.S. Bank National Association may be deemed to have a conflicting interest, by virtue of being an affiliate of one </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>The following is a general discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of the debentures. It is the opinion of Keating Muething &amp; Klekamp PLL, our counsel, and it is based upon the provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, or to different interpretations. This discussion applies only to
debentures that are held as &#147;capital assets,&#148; within the meaning of the Code, by a holder (as defined below) who purchases debentures in the initial offering at their &#147;issue price&#148; (i.e., the first price at which a substantial amount of the debentures is sold to the public).</I> </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This discussion is for general information only and does not address all of the material tax considerations that may be relevant to a holder in light of its particular circumstances or to holders subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax laws (such as banks, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, retirement plans, dealers in securities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, partnerships or other entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, persons holding the debentures as part of a &#147;straddle,&#148; &#147;hedge,&#148; &#147;conversion&#148; or other
integrated transaction, United States holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, former citizens or residents of the United States, holders who mark securities to market for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or taxpayers that purchase or sell debentures as part of a wash sale for tax purposes). This discussion does not address any state, local or foreign tax consequences or any U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax consequences. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">a corporation, or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any other person that is subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net income basis. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">For purposes of this discussion, a &#147;non-United States holder&#148; is a beneficial owner of a debenture that is not a &#147;United States holder,&#148; and &#147;holders&#148; refers to United States holders and non-United States holders. Neither the term &#147;non-United States holder&#148; nor the term &#147;United States holder&#148; includes a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds the debentures, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status and activities of the partnership and the
partner. Prospective holders that are entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences to them and their partners of holding the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The determination of whether a security should be classified as indebtedness or equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes requires a judgment based on all relevant facts and circumstances. There is no statutory, judicial or administrative authority that directly addresses the U.S. federal income tax treatment of securities similar to the debentures. Based upon an analysis of the relevant facts and circumstances, under applicable law as of the issue date of the debentures, the debentures will be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service
(&#147;IRS&#148;) or a court will agree with our determination. No ruling is being sought from the IRS on any of the issues discussed herein. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We agree, and by acquiring an interest in a debenture each beneficial owner of a debenture agrees, to treat the debentures as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the remainder of this discussion assumes such treatment. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">It is expected, and assumed for purposes of this discussion that, subject to the discussion below, the debentures will not be issued with OID for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Treasury regulations provide that the possibility that interest on the debentures might be deferred could result in the debentures being treated as issued with OID, unless the likelihood of such deferral is remote. We believe that the likelihood of our exercising the option to defer payment of stated interest is remote within the meaning of the Treasury regulations in part because our exercise of the option to defer payments of stated interest on the debentures would generally prevent us from: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">declaring or paying any dividends or distributions on, or redeeming, purchasing, acquiring, or making a liquidation payment with respect to, any of our capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock); </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">making any payment of principal, interest or premium on or repaying, repurchasing or redeeming any Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the debentures or Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the debentures; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">making any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by us of any securities of any of our subsidiaries if such guarantee ranks <I>pari passu </I>with or junior in right of payment to the debentures; </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">and therefore that the possibility of such deferral will not result in the debentures being treated as issued with OID. Accordingly, interest paid on the debentures should be taxable to a United States holder as ordinary interest income at the time it accrues or is received in accordance with such United States holder&#146;s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, no rulings or other interpretations have been issued by the IRS that address the meaning of the term &#147;remote,&#148; as used in the applicable Treasury regulations, and there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court will agree with
our position. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If the possibility of interest deferral were determined not to be remote, or if interest were in fact deferred, the debentures would be treated as issued with OID at the time of issuance, or at the time of such deferral, as the case may be, and all stated interest, or if interest is in fact deferred all stated interest due after such deferral, would be treated as OID. In such case, a United States holder would be required to include interest in income as it accrued, regardless of the holder&#146;s regular method of accounting, using the constant-yield-to-maturity method of accrual, before such United States holder received any
payment attributable to such income, and would not separately report the actual cash payments of interest on the debentures as taxable income. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of a debenture, a United States holder will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized (less any accrued interest not previously included in the United States holder&#146;s income, which will be taxable as ordinary income) on the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition and such United States holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the debenture. Assuming that interest payments on the debentures are not deferred and that the debentures are not treated as issued with OID, a United States holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in a
debenture generally will be its initial purchase price. If the debentures are treated as issued with OID, a United States holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in a debenture generally will be its initial purchase price, increased by OID previously includible in such United States holder&#146;s gross income to the date of disposition and decreased by payments received on the debenture since and including the date that the debenture was treated as issued with OID. Gain or loss recognized on a disposition of a debenture generally will be capital gain or loss and generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the debenture had been held for more than one year. A United States holder that is an individual is generally entitled to preferential treatment for net long-term capital gains. The ability of a United States holder to deduct capital losses is limited. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A United States holder that is an individual or estate, or a trust that does not fall into a special class of trusts that is exempt from such tax, will be subject to a 3.8% tax on the lesser of (1) the United States holder&#146;s &#147;net investment income&#148; for the relevant taxable year and (2) the excess of the United States holder&#146;s modified adjusted gross income for the taxable year over a certain threshold (which in the case of individuals will be between $125,000 and $250,000, depending on the individual&#146;s circumstances). A holder&#146;s net investment income will generally include its interest income and
its net gains from the disposition of debentures, unless such interest income or net gains are derived in the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or trading activities). If you are a United States holder that is an individual, estate or trust, you are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the applicability of the Medicare tax to your income and gains in respect of your investment in the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subject to the discussion below concerning backup withholding, the following is a discussion of U.S. federal income tax and withholding tax considerations generally applicable to non-United States holders: </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 24px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(a) payments of principal and interest (including OID, if applicable) with respect to a debenture held by or for a non-United States holder will not be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax, provided that, in the case of amounts treated as interest, (i) such non-United States holder does not own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote, (ii) such non-United States holder is not a controlled foreign corporation, within the meaning of section 957(a) of the Code, that is related, directly or indirectly, to us through stock ownership and (iii) such
non-United States holder complies with applicable certification requirements related to its non-U.S. status including, in general, furnishing an IRS Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E or other applicable Form W-8; and </P>

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<H3 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Additional Withholding Requirements </H3>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act and Treasury regulations thereunder, commonly referred to as &#147;FATCA,&#148; impose a U.S. federal withholding tax of 30% on certain types of payments, including payments of U.S. source interest (including OID, if applicable) and gross proceeds from the sale of certain securities producing such U.S. source interest made to (i) &#147;foreign financial institutions&#148; unless they agree to collect and disclose to the IRS information regarding their direct and indirect U.S. account holders, and (ii) certain non-financial
foreign entities unless they certify certain information regarding their direct and indirect U.S. owners. Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement in place with the United States with respect to FATCA may be subject to different rules. The withholding obligations described above currently apply to payments of U.S. source interest (including any OID) and will apply to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of debt instruments on or after January 1, 2019. Non-United States holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding FATCA and the application of these requirements to an investment in the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Backup withholding and information reporting requirements generally apply to interest and principal payments made to, and to the proceeds of sales by, certain non-corporate United States holders. A United States holder not otherwise exempt from backup withholding generally can avoid backup withholding by providing an IRS Form W-9. In the case of a non-United States holder, backup withholding and information reporting will not apply to payments on, or proceeds from the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of, a debenture if the statement referred to in clause (a)(iii) of the paragraph under the heading
&#147;&#151;&nbsp;Non-United States Holders&#148; has been received. Withholding agents must nevertheless report to the IRS and to each non-United States holder the amount of interest (including OID, if applicable) paid with respect to the debentures held by such non-United States holder and the rate of withholding (if any) applicable to such non-United States holder. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules generally will be allowed as a refund or a credit against the holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="t9UN"></a>UNDERWRITERS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement, dated November 9, 2015, between us and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, the underwriters named below have severally agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, severally, the respective principal amount of the debentures set forth opposite their names below: </P>

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          <TD><IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="spacer.gif" WIDTH="444"></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 12px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: none"><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Underwriters</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="line-height: normal; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=3>Principal Amount<BR> of Debentures</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: -0pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>42,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>UBS Securities LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>42,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>42,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>10,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Barclays Capital Inc.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>PNC Capital Markets LLC</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>3,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Fifth Third Securities, Inc.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1pt solid white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1pt solid black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>1,500,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Total</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; border-bottom: 3pt double white" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-bottom: 3pt double black" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; border-bottom: 3pt double white"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriters have agreed to purchase all of the debentures sold pursuant to the purchase agreement if any of these debentures are purchased. If an underwriter defaults, the purchase agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the nondefaulting underwriters may be increased or the purchase agreement may be terminated. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the debentures is subject to, among other things, the approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and certain other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the debentures if any are taken. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriters initially propose to offer the debentures directly to the public at the price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement and may offer the debentures to certain dealers at a price that represents a concession not in excess of $0.50 per debenture. Any underwriter may allow, and any such dealers may reallow, a concession to certain other dealers not to exceed $0.45 per debenture. After the initial offering of the debentures, the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by the underwriters. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We have agreed to indemnify the several underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">During the period beginning on the date of this prospectus supplement and continuing to and including the date 30 days after the date of this prospectus supplement, we have agreed not to, without the prior written consent of the representatives, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any securities that are substantially similar to the debentures. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following table shows the price to public, underwriting discount that we are to pay to the underwriters in connection with this offering and the proceeds, before expenses, to AFG. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Price to Public<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup></TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center" ROWSPAN=1><!-- GUTTER -->&nbsp;</TD>

          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>150,000,000</TD>

          <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Underwriting discount<sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>4,668,937.50</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>Proceeds, before expenses, to AFG<sup>&#040;1&#041;</sup><sup>&#040;2&#041;</sup></TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left" ROWSPAN=1><!-- $ -->$</TD>

          <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1>145,331,062.50</TD>

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          <TD STYLE="width: 20px; text-align: left">(1)</TD>

          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Plus accrued interest, if any, from November 17, 2015, to the date of delivery. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">Reflects $145,125,000 aggregate principal amount of debentures sold to retail investors, for which the underwriters received an underwriting discount of $0.7875 per debenture, and $4,875,000 aggregate principal amount of debentures sold to institutional investors, for which the underwriters received an underwriting discount of $0.50 per debenture. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We estimate that our total expenses relating to this offering, excluding the underwriting discount, will be approximately $500,000, and will be payable by us. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The debentures are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We will apply for the listing of the debentures on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;AFGH.&#148; If approved for listing, we expect trading of the debentures on the NYSE to commence within 30 days after they are first issued. We have been advised by the underwriters that the underwriters intend to make a market in the debentures but are not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the debentures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell debentures in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of debentures than they are required to purchase in the offering. The underwriters must close out any short position by purchasing debentures in the open market. A short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the debentures in the open market after
pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the debentures while the offering is in progress. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the representatives have repurchased debentures sold by or for the account of such underwriter in stabilizing or short covering transactions. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">These activities by the underwriters, as well as other purchases by the underwriters for their own accounts, may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the debentures. As a result, the price of the debentures may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected in the over-the-counter market or otherwise. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Some of the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, commercial and investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC have acted as underwriters for certain of our previous public offerings of debt and equity securities and certain of the underwriters and their affiliates are lenders under our $500 million revolving
credit facility. One of the underwriters is an affiliate of the trustee. See &#147;Description of Debentures&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;Trustee Conflict of Interest&#148; above. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">affiliates. Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates that have a lending relationship with us routinely hedge their credit exposure to us consistent with their customary risk management policies. Such underwriters and their affiliates may hedge such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of short positions in our securities, including potentially the debentures offered hereby. Any such credit default swaps or short positions could adversely affect future trading prices of the debentures offered hereby. The underwriters and their affiliates may
also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We expect to deliver the debentures against payment for the debentures on or about the date specified in the last paragraph of the cover page of this prospectus supplement, which will be the fifth business day following the date of the pricing of the debentures (&#147;T+5&#148;). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade debentures on the date of pricing or the next succeeding business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the
debentures initially will settle in T+5, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B><I>Canada.</I></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;The debentures may be sold only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 <I>Prospectus Exemptions</I> or subsection 73.3(1) of the <I>Securities Act</I> (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 <I>Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations</I>. Any resale of the debentures must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.</P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus supplement (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser&#146;s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser&#146;s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.</P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Pursuant to section 3A.3 (or, in the case of securities issued or guaranteed by the government of a non-Canadian jurisdiction, section 3A.4) of National Instrument 33-105 <I>Underwriting Conflicts</I> (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Certain legal matters regarding the debentures will be passed upon for us by Keating Muething &amp; Klekamp PLL Cincinnati, Ohio and for the underwriters by Sidley Austin LLP, New York, New York. In rendering its opinion, Keating Muething &amp; Klekamp PLL will rely upon the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP as to matters governed by the laws of the State of New York. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, has audited AFG&#146;s consolidated financial statements and schedules, included in AFG&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the effectiveness of AFG&#146;s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, as set forth in their reports, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and elsewhere in the registration statement. AFG&#146;s consolidated financial statements and schedules and management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2014 are incorporated herein by reference in reliance on Ernst &amp; Young LLP&#146;s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants,<BR> Depositary Shares, Purchase Contracts and Units </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will provide you specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may offer these securities from time to time in amounts, at prices and on other terms to be determined at the time of offering. We may offer and sell these securities to or through underwriters, dealers or agents, or directly to investors, on a continuous or delayed basis. The supplements to this prospectus will provide the specific terms of the plan of distribution. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, selling shareholders to be named in a prospectus supplement may offer and sell from time to time shares of our common stock in such amounts as set forth in a prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by any selling shareholders. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;AFG.&#148; Unless we state otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we will not list any of the securities described in this prospectus on any securities exchange. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Investing in our securities involves risks. See &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on page <a href="#tRF">3</a>.</B> </P>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tATP">1</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYC">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tWYC">2</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">RISK FACTORS</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tRF">3</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSNR">SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tAMG">AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tAMG">3</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSS">SELLING SHAREHOLDERS</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tSS">3</a></TD>

<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left"><!-- PERCENT -->&nbsp;</TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: #cceeff"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tUOP">USE OF PROCEEDS</a></TD>

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<TR STYLE="background-color: white"><TD STYLE="padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt; vertical-align: text-bottom" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOS">DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER</a></TD>

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<TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right" ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1><a href="#tDOW">12</a></TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus is part of an &#147;automatic shelf&#148; registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as a &#147;well-known seasoned issuer&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. Under this shelf registration process, we may sell, from time to time, an indeterminate amount of any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer, which is not meant to be a complete description of each security. Each
time that we sell securities identified in this prospectus, a prospectus supplement containing specific information about the terms of that offering will be provided, including the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities offered and the manner in which they will be offered. The prospectus supplement and any other offering material may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We urge you to read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement and any other offering material (including any free writing prospectus) prepared by or on behalf of us for a specific offering of securities, together with the additional information described under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; on the following page of this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any
prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer to sell or soliciting an offer to purchase these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; the &#147;Company,&#148; or &#147;AFG&#148; may, depending on the context, refer to American Financial Group, Inc., to one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries or to American Financial Group, Inc. and all of its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus is accurate on any date other than the date on the front cover of such documents or that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate on any date subsequent to the date of the document incorporated by reference, even though this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is delivered or securities are sold at a later date. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement nor any distribution of securities pursuant to such documents shall, under any
circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or in our affairs since the date of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), under which we file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy this information at the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also inspect our filings free of charge over the Internet at the SEC&#146;s home page at <B><I>
www.sec.gov</I></B> or through our Internet website at <B><I>www.AFGinc.com</I></B>. Other than the information specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus, information on our website is not part of this prospectus. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;AFG.&#148; Reports, proxy statements and other information regarding American Financial Group, Inc. may be read and copied at the offices of the NYSE located at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We are &#147;incorporating by reference&#148; into this prospectus certain information that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supercede that information. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC (other than documents or information deemed furnished and not filed in accordance
with SEC rules, including pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on Form 8-K, and no such information shall be deemed specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in any accompanying prospectus supplement): </P>

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          <TD ROWSPAN=1 COLSPAN=1 STYLE="text-align: left">Filed November 25, 1997</TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus are incorporated by reference (other than documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or calling us at the following address or telephone number: Karl J. Grafe, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Secretary, American Financial Group, Inc., Great American Insurance Group Tower, 301 East Fourth Street, 27<sup>th</sup> Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, (513) 579-2540. Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tRF"></a>RISK FACTORS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><I>Investing in our securities involves risk. Please see the risk factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our most recent fiscal year, as updated by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other filings we make with the SEC, as incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Additional risk factors may be included in a prospectus supplement relating to a particular series or offering of securities. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. The risks and uncertainties we
have described are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business operations. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition and cause the value of our securities to decline.</I> </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tSNR"></a>SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus (including the information incorporated by reference) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks or uncertainties. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as &#147;anticipates&#148;, &#147;believes&#148;, &#147;expects&#148;, &#147;estimates&#148;, &#147;intends&#148;, &#147;plans&#148;,
&#147;seeks&#148;, &#147;could&#148;, &#147;may&#148;, &#147;should&#148;, &#147;will&#148; or the negative version of those words or other comparable terminology. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements may accompany the statements themselves. In addition, generally applicable factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements are and will be discussed in our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K incorporated by reference in this prospectus. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">All forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any changes in events or circumstances or in our expectations or results. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">American Financial Group, Inc. is a holding company that, through the operations of Great American Insurance Group, is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of fixed and fixed-indexed annuities in the retail, financial institutions and education markets. Our address is Great American Insurance Group Tower, 301 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; our phone number is (513) 579-2121. SEC filings, news releases, our Code of Ethics applicable to directors, officers and employees and other information may be accessed free of charge
through our Internet website at <B><I>www.AFGinc.com</I></B>. Other than the information specifically incorporated by reference in this prospectus, information on American Financial Group&#146;s website is not part of this prospectus. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may register shares of common stock covered by this prospectus for re-offers and resales by any selling shareholders to be named in a prospectus supplement. We may register these shares to permit selling shareholders to resell their shares when they deem appropriate. A selling shareholder may resell all, a portion or none of such shareholder&#146;s shares at any time and from time to time. Selling shareholders may also sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of some or all of their shares of common stock in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We do not know when or in what amounts the
selling shareholders may offer shares for sale under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares by a selling shareholder under this prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We may pay all expenses incurred with respect to the registration of the shares of common stock owned by the selling shareholders, other than underwriting fees, discounts or commissions which will be borne by the selling shareholders. We will provide you with a prospectus supplement naming the selling shareholders, the number of shares to be registered and sold and any other terms of the shares of common stock being sold by each selling shareholder. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tUOP"></a>USE OF PROCEEDS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities for general corporate purposes, which may include investment in insurance businesses and the repayment of outstanding debt and the debt of our subsidiaries. Until the net proceeds are used for these purposes, we may deposit them in interest-bearing accounts or invest them in short-term marketable securities. The specific allocations, if any, of the proceeds from the sale of any of the securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the securities. Unless
otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of securities by any selling shareholder. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tDOS"></a>DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may issue, in one or more offerings, any combination of senior or subordinated debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants, depositary shares, purchase contracts and units. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This prospectus contains a summary of the general terms of the various securities that we may offer. The prospectus supplement relating to any particular securities offered will describe the specific terms of the securities. The summary in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement does not describe every aspect of the securities and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all applicable provisions of the documents relating to the securities offered. These documents are or will be filed as exhibits to or incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In addition, the prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering, the initial public offering price and net proceeds to us. Where applicable, the prospectus supplement will also describe any material United States federal income tax considerations relating to the securities offered and indicate whether the securities offered are or will be listed on any securities exchange. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">General </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may offer debt securities in one or more series which may be senior or subordinated and which may be convertible or exchangeable into another security. The following description briefly sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities. The particular terms of the debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement and the extent, if any, to which these general provisions may apply to the debt securities, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, our debt securities will be issued in one or more series under, depending
on whether such debt securities are senior or subordinated, a senior debt indenture or subordinated debt indenture between us and U.S. Bank, N.A., as trustee. The senior indenture and form of subordinated indenture are attached as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information&#148; for information on how to obtain a copy. The terms of the debt securities will include those set forth in the applicable indenture and the applicable supplemental indenture, if any, and those made a part of the indenture by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. You should read the summary below, the applicable prospectus supplement and the provisions of the applicable indenture and the applicable supplemental indenture, if any, in their entirety before investing in our debt securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The aggregate principal amount of debt securities that may be issued is unlimited. The prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that we may offer will contain the specific terms of the debt securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The debt securities will be our unsecured general obligations and may include senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The prospectus supplement relating to any particular debt securities offered will indicate whether the debt securities are senior or subordinated debt securities and will describe the specific terms of the debt securities. The summary in this section and in any prospectus supplement does not describe every aspect of the senior or subordinated indenture or the debt securities, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of the applicable indenture and the debt securities. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC2">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the title of the debt securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, and the date or dates from which the interest will accrue; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the dates on which interest on the debt securities will be payable and the regular record dates for those interest payment dates; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the place or places where the principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, shall be payable, where the debt securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands may be served; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the date, if any, after which and the price or prices at which the debt securities may, in accordance with any option or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed and the other detailed terms and provisions of any such optional or mandatory redemption provision; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any mandatory or optional sinking funds or analogous provisions or provisions for redemption at the holder&#146;s option; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the denomination in which the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities which will be payable upon the declaration of acceleration of the maturity of those debt securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any events of default or covenants with respect to the securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any provision relating to the defeasance of our obligations in connection with the debt securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any provision regarding exchangeability or conversion of the debt securities into our common stock or other securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">whether any debt securities will be issued in the form of a global security, and, if different than described below under &#147;Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement,&#148; any circumstances under which a global security may be exchanged for debt securities registered in the names of persons other than the depositary for the global security or its nominee; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the subordination provisions applicable to the subordinated debt securities; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any other material terms of the debt securities. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we do not pay interest on a debt security within 30 days of its due date; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we do not pay the principal or any premium on a debt security on its due date; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we remain in breach of any covenant or warranty described in the indenture for 60 days after we receive a notice stating it is in breach, which notice must be sent by either the trustee or direct holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of outstanding debt securities; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we fail to pay an amount of debt as defined in any mortgage, indenture, security agreement or other instrument totaling more than $10,000,000 in principal amount, our obligation to repay is accelerated by its lenders, and this payment obligation remains accelerated for 10 days after we receive notice of default as described in the previous paragraph; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we become subject to one or more final, non-appealable judgments, orders or decrees requiring payments of more than $10,000,000 and such judgments, orders or decrees remain unsatisfied for 60 days during which a stay of enforcement has not been in effect after we receive notice as described two paragraphs above; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization. </TD>

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direct the trustee in performing any other action under the indenture. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">you must give the trustee written notice that an event of default has occurred and remains uncured; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the direct holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series must make a written request that the trustee take action in its own name as trustee because of the default, and must offer reasonable indemnity to the trustee against the costs, expenses and other liabilities of taking that action; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the trustee must have not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the above notice and offer of indemnity; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the trustee must not have received from direct holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a direction inconsistent with the written notice during the 60 day period after receipt of the above notice. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">change the payment due date; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">reduce any amounts due on a debt security; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of a debt security following a default; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">impair your right to sue for payment; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">reduce the percentage in principal amount of debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required to modify or amend the indenture; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">reduce the percentage in principal amount of debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required to waive compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or to waive certain defaults; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">modify any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification and waiver of the indenture. </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">where we merge out of existence or sells or leases substantially all its assets, the other entity must be a corporation, partnership or trust organized under the laws of a state or the District of Columbia or under federal law, and it must agree to be legally responsible for the debt securities; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the merger, sale of assets or other transaction must not cause a default or an event of default on the debt securities. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement for a series of debt securities, each series of debt securities will be issued in global form, which means that we will deposit with the depositary identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or its custodian) one or more certificates representing the entire series, as described below under &#147;&#151;&nbsp;Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement.&#148; Global debt securities may be issued in either temporary or definitive form. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Most debt securities we offer will be book-entry, or global, securities. Upon issuance, all book-entry securities will be represented by one or more fully registered global securities, without coupons. Each global security will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, a securities depositary, and will be registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC. DTC therefore will be the only registered holder of these securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Purchasers of debt securities may hold interests in the global securities through DTC if they are participants in the DTC system. Purchasers also may hold interests through a securities intermediary&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;a bank, brokerage house and other institution that maintains securities accounts for customers&nbsp;&#151;&nbsp;that has an account with DTC or its nominee. DTC will maintain accounts showing the security holdings of its participants, and these participants will in turn maintain accounts showing the security holdings of their customers. Some of these customers may be securities intermediaries holding securities for
their customers. Thus, each beneficial owner of a book-entry security will hold that security indirectly through a hierarchy of intermediaries, with DTC at the top and the beneficial owner&#146;s own securities intermediary at the bottom. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The securities of each beneficial owner of a book-entry security will be evidenced solely by entries on the books of the beneficial owner&#146;s securities intermediary. The actual purchaser of the securities generally will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the global securities registered in its name and will not be considered the owner under the indenture, the declaration of trust or other applicable governing documents relating to the security. In most cases, a beneficial owner will not be able to obtain a paper certificate evidencing the holder&#146;s ownership of securities. The book-entry system for
holding securities eliminates the need for physical movement of certificates. However, the laws of some jurisdictions require some purchasers of securities to take physical delivery of their securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer book-entry securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A beneficial owner of book-entry securities represented by a global security may exchange the securities for definitive, or paper, securities only if: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">DTC is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such global security and we do not appoint a qualified replacement for DTC within 90 days; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we decide in our sole discretion to allow some or all book-entry securities to be exchangeable for definitive securities in registered form. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless otherwise indicated, any global security that is exchangeable will be exchangeable in whole for definitive securities in registered form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate principal amount. Definitive securities will be registered in the name or names of the person or persons specified by DTC in a written instruction to the registrar of the securities. DTC may base its written instruction upon directions that it receives from its participants. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In this prospectus, for book-entry securities, references to actions taken by security holders will mean actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its participants, and references to payments and notices of redemption to security holders will mean payments and notices of redemption to DTC as the registered holder of the securities for distribution to participants in accordance with DTC&#146;s procedures. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a clearing corporation within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a clearing agency registered under section 17A of the Exchange Act. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Neither we nor any trustee or underwriter will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interest in the book-entry securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to the beneficial ownership interests. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Links may be established among DTC, Clearstream Banking, S.A. (&#147;Clearstream&#148;) and the Euroclear System (&#147;Euroclear&#148;) to facilitate the initial issuance of book-entry securities and cross-market transfers of book-entry securities associated with secondary market trading. Clearstream and Euroclear are international clearing systems that perform functions similar to those that DTC performs in the United States. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC2">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Although we understand that DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the procedures provided below in order to facilitate transfers, they are under no obligation to perform such procedures, and the procedures may be modified or discontinued at any time. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Clearstream and Euroclear will record the ownership interests of their participants in much the same way as DTC, and DTC will record the aggregate ownership of each of the U.S. agents of Clearstream and Euroclear, as participants in DTC. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">When book-entry securities are to be transferred from the account of a DTC participant to the account of a Clearstream participant or a Euroclear participant, the purchaser must send instructions to Clearstream or Euroclear through a participant at least one business day prior to settlement. Clearstream or Euroclear, as the case may be, will instruct its U.S. agent to receive book-entry securities against payment. After settlement, Clearstream or Euroclear will credit its participant&#146;s account. Credit for the book-entry securities will appear on the next day (European time). </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Because settlement is taking place during New York business hours, DTC participants can employ their usual procedures for sending book-entry securities to the relevant U.S. agent acting for the benefit of Clearstream or Euroclear participants. The sale proceeds will be available to the DTC seller on the settlement date. Thus, to the DTC participant, a cross-market transaction will settle no differently than a trade between two DTC participants. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">When a Clearstream or Euroclear participant wishes to transfer book-entry securities to a DTC participant, the seller must send instructions to Clearstream or Euroclear through a participant at least one business day prior to settlement. In these cases, Clearstream or Euroclear will instruct its U.S. agent to transfer the book-entry securities against payment. The payment will then be reflected in the account of the Clearstream or Euroclear participant the following day, with the proceeds back-valued to the value date (which would be the preceding day, when settlement occurs in New York). If settlement is not completed on the
intended value date (i.e., the trade fails), proceeds credited to the Clearstream or Euroclear participant&#146;s account would instead be valued as of the actual settlement date. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The information in this &#147;Book-Entry Procedures and Settlement&#148; section, including any description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Clearstream or Euroclear, has been provided solely as a matter of convenience. We do not take any responsibility for the accuracy of this information, and this information is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of any kind. The operations and procedures of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear are solely within the control of such settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We urge investors to contact such systems or their participants
directly to discuss these matters. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Notices to holders of debt securities will be given by mail to the addresses of such holders as they appear in the security register. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">U.S. Bank, N.A. acts as trustee under each of the senior debt indenture and the subordinated debt indenture. U.S. Bank, N.A., sometimes acts as trustee in connection with obligations issued by us and our subsidiaries and is currently acting as a trustee in connection with certain debt obligations that we previously issued. U.S. Bank, N.A. and its affiliates have, from time to time, performed and in the future may perform various commercial banking services for us and for our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, for which they received or will receive customary fees. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tDOC"></a>DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This section summarizes the general terms of the common stock that we may offer. The prospectus supplement relating to the common stock offered will set forth the number of shares offered, the initial offering price and recent market prices, dividend information and any other relevant information. The summary in this section and in the prospectus supplement does not describe every aspect of the common stock and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Code of Regulations and to the provisions of the Ohio Revised
Code. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The total number of authorized shares of common stock is 200,000,000. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. Holders of common stock have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors but are not entitled to any preemptive rights. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Subject to restrictions under agreements related to our indebtedness and to preferences that may be granted to holders of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to the share of such dividends as our board of directors, in its discretion, may validly declare from funds legally available. In the event of liquidation, each outstanding share of common stock entitles its holder to participate ratably in the assets remaining after the payment of liabilities and any preferred stock liquidation preferences. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As of January 31, 2015, we had 87,255,891 shares of common stock outstanding and eligible to vote, which does not include 14.9 million shares held by our subsidiaries. Under Ohio law, shares held by subsidiaries are not entitled to vote at meetings of shareholders or by written consent. Shares of common stock carry no conversion or subscription rights and are not subject to redemption. All outstanding shares of common stock are, and any shares of common stock issued upon conversion of any convertible securities will be, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol &#147;AFG.&#148; Our registrar and transfer agent is American Stock Transfer and Trust Company. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tDOP"></a>DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following briefly summarizes the material terms of the preferred stock that we may offer, other than pricing and related terms disclosed in a prospectus supplement. You should read the particular terms of any series of preferred stock that we offer, which we will describe in more detail in any prospectus supplement relating to such series. You should also read the more detailed provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, any amendment to the articles establishing the terms of any series of preferred stock and the statement with respect to shares relating to each particular series of preferred stock
for provisions that may be important to you. The statement with respect to shares relating to each particular series of preferred stock offered by the accompanying prospectus supplement and this prospectus will be filed as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference in the registration statement. The prospectus supplement will also state whether any of the terms summarized below do not apply to the series of preferred stock being offered. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our board of directors is authorized to issue up to 12,500,000 shares of voting preferred stock and up to 12,500,000 shares of non-voting preferred stock. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not issued any shares of preferred stock. Our board of directors can issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series and can specify the following terms for each series: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the number of shares; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, except as otherwise stated in the articles of incorporation. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Before issuing any series of preferred stock, our board of directors will adopt resolutions creating and designating the series as a series of preferred stock, and the resolutions will be filed in a statement with respect to shares as an amendment to the articles of incorporation. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold"><a href="#TOC2">TABLE OF CONTENTS</a></P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The rights of holders of the preferred stock offered may be adversely affected by the rights of holders of any shares of preferred stock that may be issued in the future. Our board of directors may cause shares of preferred stock to be issued in public or private transactions for any proper corporate purpose. Examples include issuances to obtain additional financing in connection with acquisitions or otherwise, and issuances to our officers, directors and employees and its subsidiaries pursuant to benefit plans or otherwise. The preferred stock could have the effect of acting as an anti-takeover device to prevent a change in
control of AFG. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless the particular prospectus supplement states otherwise, holders of each series of preferred stock will not have any preemptive or subscription rights to acquire more of our stock. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The transfer agent, registrar, dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent for shares of each series of preferred stock will be named in the prospectus supplement relating to such series. </P>

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<H2 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 5pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Dividends </H2>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless the particular prospectus supplement states otherwise, holders of each series of preferred stock will be entitled to receive cash dividends, when, as and if declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for dividends. The rates and dates of payment of dividends will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to each series of preferred stock. Dividends will be payable to holders of record of preferred stock as they appear on our books. Dividends on any series of preferred stock may be cumulative or noncumulative. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may not declare, pay or set apart for payment dividends on the preferred stock unless full dividends on any other series of preferred stock that ranks on an equal or senior basis have been paid or sufficient funds have been set apart for payment for: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">all prior dividend periods of the other series of preferred stock that pay dividends on a cumulative basis; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the immediately preceding dividend period of the other series of preferred stock that pay dividends on a noncumulative basis. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Partial dividends declared on shares of preferred stock and any other series of preferred stock ranking on an equal basis as to dividends will be declared pro rata. A pro rata declaration means that the ratio of dividends declared per share to accrued dividends per share will be the same for all such series of preferred stock. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">all prior dividend periods if the preferred stock pays dividends on a cumulative basis; or </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the immediately preceding dividend period if the preferred stock pays dividends on a noncumulative basis. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless we default in the payment of the redemption price, dividends will cease to accrue after the redemption date on shares of preferred stock called for redemption and all rights of holders of such shares will terminate except for the right to receive the redemption price. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of each series of preferred stock will be entitled to receive distributions upon liquidation in the amount set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to such series of preferred stock, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends. Such distributions will be made before any distribution is made on any securities ranking junior to the preferred stock with respect to liquidation, including common stock. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If the liquidation amounts payable relating to the preferred stock of any series and any other securities ranking on a parity regarding liquidation rights are not paid in full, the holders of the preferred stock of such series and such other securities will share in any such distribution of our available assets on a ratable basis in proportion to the full liquidation preferences. Holders of such series of preferred stock will not be entitled to any other amounts from us after they have received their full liquidation preference. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If we issue voting preferred stock, holders of preferred stock will be entitled to one vote per share on each matter submitted to our shareholders. If we issue non-voting preferred stock, holders of non-voting preferred stock will have no voting rights, except as described in the applicable prospectus supplement or otherwise. The prospectus supplement will state the voting rights, if any, applicable to any particular series of preferred stock. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tDOW"></a>DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This section describes the general terms and provisions of warrants to acquire our securities that we may issue from time to time. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrant agreement and the warrants issuable thereunder. If any particular terms of the warrants described in the prospectus supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then the terms described herein will be deemed superseded by that prospectus supplement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may issue warrants for the purchase of our debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, other securities offered by this prospectus or any combination of the foregoing. We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities, and they may be attached to or separate from the other securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement that we will enter into with a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, as detailed in the applicable prospectus supplement. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation, or
agency or trust relationship, with you. We will file a copy of the warrant and warrant agreement with the SEC each time we issue a series of warrants, and these warrants and warrant agreements will be incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. A holder of our warrants should refer to the provisions of the applicable warrant agreement and prospectus supplement for more specific information. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any warrants, including, where applicable, the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the offering price; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which the price of the warrants may be payable; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the number of warrants offered; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the securities underlying the warrants, including the securities of third parties or other rights, if any, to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies, securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing, purchasable upon exercise of the warrants; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the exercise price and the amount of securities you will receive upon exercise; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the procedure for exercise of the warrants and the circumstances, if any, that will cause the warrants to be automatically exercised; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the rights, if any, we have to redeem the warrants; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the warrants will expire; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">U.S. federal income tax consequences; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the name of the warrant agent; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any other material terms of the warrants. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">After your warrants expire they will become void. All warrants will be issued in registered form. The prospectus supplement may provide for the adjustment of the exercise price of the warrants. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Warrants may be exercised at the appropriate office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Before the exercise of warrants, holders will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon exercise and will not be entitled to payments made to holders of those securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The applicable warrant agreement may be amended or supplemented without the consent of the holders of the warrants to which it applies to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the warrants. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of warrants will not be effective unless the holders of at least a majority of the applicable warrants then outstanding approve the amendment. Every holder of an outstanding warrant at the time any amendment becomes effective, by
continuing to hold the warrant, will be bound by the applicable warrant agreement as amended. The prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of warrants may provide that certain provisions of the warrants, including the securities for which they may be exercisable, the exercise price and the expiration date, may not be altered without the consent of the holder of each warrant. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The following briefly summarizes the provisions of the depositary shares and depositary receipts that we may issue from time to time and which would be important to holders of depositary receipts, other than pricing and related terms, which will be disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also state whether any of the general provisions summarized below do not apply to the depositary shares or depositary receipts being offered and provide any additional provisions applicable to the depositary shares or depositary receipts being offered. The following description and any description in a
prospectus supplement may not be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the form of deposit agreement filed as an exhibit to the registration statement which contains this prospectus. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may offer depositary shares evidenced by depositary receipts. Each depositary share represents a fraction or a multiple of a share of a particular series of preferred stock that we issue and deposit with a depositary. The fraction or the multiple of a share of preferred stock that each depositary share represents will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Unless the related depositary shares have previously been called for redemption, a holder of depositary shares may receive the number of whole shares of the related series of preferred stock and any money or other property represented by the holder&#146;s depositary receipts after surrendering the depositary receipts at the corporate trust office of the depositary, paying any taxes, charges and fees provided for in the deposit agreement and complying with any other requirement of the deposit agreement. Partial shares of preferred stock will not be issued. If the surrendered depositary shares exceed the number of depositary
shares that represent the number of whole shares of preferred stock the holder wishes to withdraw, then the depositary will deliver to the holder at the same time a new depositary receipt evidencing the excess number of depositary shares. Once the holder has withdrawn the preferred stock, the holder will not be entitled to re-deposit that preferred stock under the deposit agreement or to receive depositary shares in exchange for such preferred stock. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The depositary will distribute to record holders of depositary shares any cash dividends or other cash distributions it receives on preferred stock. Each holder will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by the holder. The depositary will distribute only whole U.S. dollars and cents. The depositary will add any fractional cents not distributed to the next sum received for distribution to record holders of depositary shares. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In the event of a non-cash distribution, the depositary will distribute property to the record holders of depositary shares, unless the depositary determines that it is not feasible to make such a distribution. If this occurs, the depositary may, with our approval, sell the property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to the holders. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The amounts distributed to holders of depositary shares will be reduced by any amounts required to be withheld by the preferred stock depositary or by us on account of taxes or other governmental charges. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">If the series of preferred stock represented by depositary shares is subject to redemption, then we will give the necessary proceeds to the depositary. The depositary will then redeem the depositary shares using the funds it received from us for the preferred stock. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the redemption price payable per share for the applicable series of the preferred stock and any other amounts per share payable with respect to the preferred stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of preferred stock represented by one depositary share. Whenever we redeems shares of preferred stock held
by the depositary, the depositary will redeem the depositary shares represening the shares of preferred stock on the same day, provided we have paid in full to the depositary the redemption price of the preferred stock to be redeemed and any accrued and unpaid dividends. If fewer than all the depositary shares of a series are to be redeemed, the depositary shares will be selected by lot or ratably or by any other equitable method as the depositary will decide. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">After the date fixed for redemption, the depositary shares called for redemption will no longer be considered outstanding. Therefore, all rights of holders of the depositary shares will cease, except that the holders will still be entitled to receive any cash payable upon the redemption and any money or other property to which the holder was entitled at the time of redemption. To receive this amount or other property, the holders must surrender the depositary receipts evidencing their depositary shares to the preferred stock depositary. Any funds that we deposit with the preferred stock depositary for any depositary shares
that the holders fail to redeem will be returned to us after a period of two years from the date we deposit the funds. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will notify holders of depositary shares of the upcoming vote and arrange to deliver our voting materials to the holders. The record date for determining holders of depositary shares that are entitled to vote will be the same as the record date for the preferred stock. The materials the holders will receive will describe the matters to be voted on and explain how the holders, on a certain date, may instruct the depositary to vote the shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares. For instructions to
be valid, the depositary must receive them on or before the date specified. To the extent possible, the depositary will vote the shares as instructed by the holder. We agree to take all reasonable actions that the depositary determines are necessary to enable it to vote as a holder has instructed. The depositary will abstain from voting shares of preferred stock deposited under a deposit agreement if it has not received specific instructions from the holder of the depositary shares representing those shares. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may agree with the depositary to amend the deposit agreement and the form of depositary receipt at any time. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary receipts will not be effective unless it has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the affected depositary shares then outstanding. We will make no amendment that impairs the right of any holder of depositary shares, as described above under &#147;&#151;&nbsp;Withdrawal of Preferred Stock,&#148; to receive shares of preferred stock and any money or other property represented by those depositary shares,
except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. If an amendment becomes effective, holders are deemed to agree to the amendment and to be bound by the amended deposit agreement if they continue to hold their depositary receipts. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The deposit agreement automatically terminates if a final distribution in respect of the preferred stock has been made to the holders of depositary receipts in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up. we may also terminate the deposit agreement at any time we wish with at least 60 days prior written notice to the depositary. If we terminate, the depositary will give notice of termination to the record holders not less than 30 days before the termination date. Once depositary receipts are surrendered to the depositary, it will send to each holder the number of whole or fractional shares of the series of
preferred stock underlying that holder&#146;s depositary receipts. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we and the depositary are only liable to the holders of depositary receipts for negligence or willful misconduct; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">we and the depositary have no obligation to become involved in any legal or other proceeding related to the depositary receipts or the deposit agreement on your behalf or on behalf of any other party, unless you provide us with satisfactory indemnity. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We will deliver all required reports and communications to holders of the offered preferred stock to the depositary, and it will forward those reports and communications to the holders of depositary shares. </P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">As may be specified in a prospectus supplement, we may issue purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from us, and us to sell to the holders, a number of debt securities, shares of common stock or preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement at a future date or dates. The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the purchase contracts. These payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis to be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The prospectus supplement relating to any purchase contracts will specify the material terms of the purchase contracts and any applicable pledge or depositary arrangements, including one or more of the following: </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the stated amount that a holder will be obligated to pay under the purchase contract in order to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the formula by which such amount shall be determined; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the settlement date or dates on which the holder will be obligated to purchase such securities. The prospectus supplement will specify whether the occurrence of any events may cause the settlement date to occur on an earlier date and the terms on which an early settlement would occur; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the events, if any, that will cause our obligations and the obligations of the holder under the purchase contract to terminate; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the settlement rate, which is a number that, when multiplied by the stated amount of a purchase contract, determines the number of securities that we will be obligated to sell and a holder will be obligated to purchase under that purchase contract upon payment of the stated amount of that purchase contract. The settlement rate may be determined by the application of a formula specified in the prospectus supplement. If a formula is specified, it may be based on the market price of such securities over a specified period or it may be based on some other reference statistic; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">whether the purchase contracts will be issued separately or as part of units consisting of a purchase contract and an underlying security with an aggregate principal amount equal to the stated amount. Any underlying securities will be pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a purchase contract; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the type of underlying security, if any, that is pledged by the holder to secure its obligations under a purchase contract. Underlying securities may be debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, or other securities described in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the terms of the pledge arrangement relating to any underlying securities, including the terms on which distributions or payments of interest and principal on any underlying securities will be retained by a collateral agent, delivered to us or be distributed to the holder; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the amount of the contract fee, if any, that may be payable by us to the holder or by the holder to us, the date or dates on which the contract fee will be payable and the extent to which we or the holder, as applicable, may defer payment of the contract fee on those payment dates. The contract fee may be calculated as a percentage of the stated amount of the purchase contract or otherwise. </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The descriptions of the purchase contracts and any applicable underlying security or pledge or depository arrangements in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the terms and provisions of the purchase contract agreement, pledge agreement and deposit agreement, forms of which have been or will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. </P>

<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tDOU"></a>DESCRIPTION OF UNITS </H1>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We may, from time to time, issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities that may be offered under this prospectus, in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately at any time, or at any time before a specified date. </P>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the material terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">in &#147;at the market offerings,&#148; within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the public offering price or purchase price of the securities and the proceeds to us and/or the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions, or concessions or other items constituting compensation allowed, reallowed or paid to underwriters, dealers or agents, if any; </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">any securities exchanges on which the securities may be listed, if any; and </TD>

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          <TD STYLE="text-align: left">the manner in which results of the distribution are to be made public, and when appropriate, the manner for refunding any excess amount paid (including whether interest will be paid). </TD>

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<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Any public offering price or purchase price and any discounts, commissions, concessions or other items constituting compensation allowed or reallowed or paid to underwriters, dealers or agents may be changed from time to time. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Underwriters or the third parties described above may offer and sell the offered securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. If underwriters are used in the sale of any securities, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions described above. The securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters, or directly by underwriters. Generally,
the underwriters&#146; obligations to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities if they purchase any of the securities. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">We and/or the selling shareholders may sell the securities through agents from time to time. If required by applicable law, any applicable prospectus supplement will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and any commissions we and/or the selling shareholders pay to them. Generally, unless otherwise indicated in any applicable prospectus supplement, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Offered securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in any applicable prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as our agents. Any remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its agreements, if any, with us, and its compensation will be described in any applicable prospectus supplement. </P>

<P STYLE="text-indent:20px; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Agents, underwriters and other third parties described above may be entitled under relevant underwriting or other agreements to indemnification by us and/or the selling shareholders against certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which the agents, underwriters or other third parties may be required to make in respect thereof. Agents, underwriters and such other third parties may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us and/or the selling shareholders in the ordinary course of business. </P>

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<H1 STYLE="text-indent:0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: none; padding-top: 9pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><a name="tEXP"></a>EXPERTS </H1>

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incorporated by reference in reliance on Ernst &amp; Young LLP&#146;s reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. </P>

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