Melissa A. Centers - Dec 31, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for State Auto Financial CORP (STFC)

Role: Senior Vice President
Signature: /s/Melissa A. Centers
Stock symbol: STFC
Transactions as of: Dec 31, 2021
Transactions value $: -$31,479
Form type: 4
Date filed: 1/3/2022, 03:19 PM
Previous filing: Jul 6, 2021
Next filing: Mar 3, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	STFC	Common Shares without Par Value	Tax liability	-$31.5K	-609	-2.7%	$51.69	21.9K	Dec 31, 2021	Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents common shares surrendered by the reporting person to STFC (or disposed to the issuer thereof) for payment of tax liability incident to a prior stock award of 10,000 common shares in which 2,500 shares vested out of the 10,000 shares on 12/31/21. Prior thereto, such disposition to the issuer had been approved by the STFC Compensation Committee pursuant to Rule 16b-3(e) and is therefore exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The price per share of $51.69 represents the closing price of STFC's common shares on December 31, 2021.
F2	Includes the following acquisitions: 38.897 shares acquired in September 2021 and 38.586 shares acquired in December 2021 as dividend reinvestment. Also includes 0.135 shares acquired in September 2021 and 0.134 shares acquired in December 2021 through a DRIP account.

Content

Represents common shares surrendered by the reporting person to STFC (or disposed to the issuer thereof) for payment of tax liability incident to a prior stock award of 10,000 common shares in which 2,500 shares vested out of the 10,000 shares on 12/31/21. Prior thereto, such disposition to the issuer had been approved by the STFC Compensation Committee pursuant to Rule 16b-3(e) and is therefore exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The price per share of $51.69 represents the closing price of STFC's common shares on December 31, 2021.

Includes the following acquisitions: 38.897 shares acquired in September 2021 and 38.586 shares acquired in December 2021 as dividend reinvestment. Also includes 0.135 shares acquired in September 2021 and 0.134 shares acquired in December 2021 through a DRIP account.