SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2002
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
Ohio |
1-13653 |
31-1544320 |
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits, is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of American Financial Group, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.(c) Exhibits
99(a) Statement Under Oath, dated August 8, 2002, of Carl H. Lindner, principal executive officer of the Registrant.
99(b) Statement Under Oath, dated August 8, 2002, of Fred J. Runk, principal financial officer of the Registrant.
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.On August 12, 2002, the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer filed sworn statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to certain of the Registrant’s reports filed with the Commission. Copies of the statements are furnished herewith as exhibits 99(a) and 99(b), respectively.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. |
August 8, 2002
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Carl H. Lindner, principal executive officer, state and attest that:
(1) |
To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of American Financial Group, Inc. (Commission No. 1-13653), and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: |
| • | no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
| • | no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) |
I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. |
(3) |
In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”: |
| • | the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 filed with the Commission of American Financial Group, Inc. |
| • | all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of American Financial Group, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
| • | any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
/s/ Carl H. Lindner |
Subscribed and sworn to before me this |
August 8, 2002
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Fred J. Runk, principal financial officer, state and attest that:
(1) |
To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of American Financial Group, Inc. (Commission No. 1-13653), and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: |
| • | no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and |
| • | no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). |
(2) |
I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. |
(3) |
In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”: |
| • | the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 filed with the Commission of American Financial Group, Inc. |
| • | all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of American Financial Group, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and |
| • | any amendments to any of the foregoing. |
/s/ Fred J. Runk |
Subscribed and sworn to before me this |