SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Seaton Mark Edward

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY

(Street)

SANTA ANA

92707

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
First American Financial Corp [ FAF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chief Executive Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/23/2026

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/23/2026		F⁽¹⁾		7,030	D	$67.36	237,067.837⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	D
Common Stock	02/24/2026		F⁽¹⁾		5,323	D	$66.34	231,744.837⁽²⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.

2. Includes 7,671 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired pursuant to an original grant of 21,414 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/22/2025, the first anniversary of the grant.

3. Includes 29,607 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 28,606 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/24/2026, the first anniversary of the grant.

4. Includes 12,981 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 12,763 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 6/20/2026, the first anniversary of the grant.

5. Includes 65,084 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to a grant vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/19/2027, the first anniversary of the grant.

6. Includes 19,734 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 28,606 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/24/2026, the first anniversary of the grant.

	/s/ Stacy S. Rust, Attorney-in-Fact for Mark E. Seaton	02/25/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Chief Executive Officer Seaton Mark Edward covered exercise/tax liability with 12,353 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 231,745 units (SEC Form 4)