Scott Alan Jones - 01 Mar 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for State Auto Financial CORP

Signature
/s/Scott Alan Jones by Melissa A. Centers, attorney in fact pursuant to POA filed with the Commission 3/7/16.
Issuer symbol
N/A
Transactions as of
01 Mar 2022
Net transactions value
$0
Form type
4
Filing time
03 Mar 2022, 08:29:28 UTC
Previous filing
17 Aug 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction STFC Common Shares without Par Value Disposed to Issuer -21,007 -100% 0 01 Mar 2022 Direct F1, F2, F3
transaction STFC Common Shares without Par Value Disposed to Issuer -561 -100% 0 01 Mar 2022 By 401 (k) Plan F1, F2, F4
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This Form 4 reports securities disposed of pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Combination (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 12, 2021, by and among State Auto Financial Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("STFC"), State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company, an Ohio mutual insurance company ("SAM"), Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc., a Massachusetts mutual holding company ("LMHC"), Pymatuning, Inc., an Ohio corporation and wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of LMHC ("Merger Sub I"), and Andover, Inc., an Ohio corporation and wholly-owned direct subsidiary of LMHC, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to STFC's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2021.
F2 Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on March 1, 2022, LMHC effected the acquisition of STFC through the merger of Merger Sub I with and into STFC (the "Merger") with STFC surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation and as an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of LMHC. At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each issued and outstanding share of common stock of STFC (each, a "Share") (other than the SAM Owned Shares, the Cancelled Shares and the Dissenting Shares, as such terms are defined in the Merger Agreement) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $52.00 in cash (the "Merger Consideration") without interest and subject to applicable withholding taxes.
F3 Includes the following acquisitions: 23.246 Shares acquired in September 2021 and 23.061 Shares acquired in December 2021 as dividend reinvestment. Also includes 9,069 performance units pursuant to the STFC 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
F4 Shares held in Reporting Person's 401(k) Plan.