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

Role: Senior Vice President
Signature: /s/Gregory A. Tacchetti, by Melissa A. Centers, attorney in fact pursuant to POA filed with Commission 11-16-15.
Stock symbol: STFC
Transactions as of: Dec 31, 2021
Transactions value $: -$39,233
Form type: 4
Date filed: 1/3/2022, 04:04 PM
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	-$39.2K	-759	-3.41%	$51.69	21.5K	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: 0.632 shares acquired in March 2021, 0.696 shares acquired in June 2021, 0.246 shares acquired in September 2021 and 0.243 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: 0.632 shares acquired in March 2021, 0.696 shares acquired in June 2021, 0.246 shares acquired in September 2021 and 0.243 shares acquired in December 2021 through a DRIP account.