First American Financial Corp·4

Feb 19, 7:44 PM ET

Wajner Matthew F. 4

4 · First American Financial Corp · Filed Feb 19, 2026

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First American (FAF) CFO Matthew Wajner Sells 2,174 Shares

What Happened

  • Matthew F. Wajner, Chief Financial Officer of First American Financial Corp (FAF), disposed of 2,174 shares on 2026-02-17 at $67.22 per share, totaling $146,136.
  • The reported disposition was to satisfy tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs), not an open-market sale for investment purposes.

Key Details

  • Transaction date: 2026-02-17; Filing date: 2026-02-19 (Form 4) — filed within the usual two-business-day window.
  • Price and amount: 2,174 shares at $67.22 each; total value $146,136.
  • Transaction code: F — payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to RSU vesting.
  • Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided details; the filing includes several unvested RSU amounts in footnotes (see below).
  • Relevant footnotes:
    • F1: Confirms withholding to pay tax liability on RSU vesting.
    • F2–F5: Detail multiple unvested RSU grants and vesting schedules (counts and annual vesting start dates).

Context

  • This was a routine tax-withholding disposition tied to RSU vesting and generally does not signal a change in the insider’s investment view. It differs from an open-market sale (which could be interpreted as a liquidity or sentiment action).
  • For retail investors: such withholding transactions are common when equity awards vest; focus more on open-market purchases or large discretionary sales when assessing insider sentiment.

Insider Transaction Report

Form 4
Period: 2026-02-17
Wajner Matthew F.
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Transactions
  • Tax Payment

    Common Stock

    [F1][F2][F3][F4][F5]
    2026-02-17$67.22/sh2,174$146,13638,529 total
Footnotes (5)
  • [F1]Payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the vesting of restricted stock units.
  • [F2]Includes 506 unvested Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") acquired pursuant to an original grant of 1,734 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, which vest in four equal annual increments commencing 2/22/2023, the first anniversary of the grant.
  • [F3]Includes 2,099 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 2,933 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/22/2025, the first anniversary of the grant.
  • [F4]Includes 3,739 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,616 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 2/24/2026, the first anniversary of the grant.
  • [F5]Includes 3,387 unvested RSUs acquired pursuant to an original grant of 3,331 RSUs and shares acquired through automatic dividend reinvestment, vesting in three equal annual increments commencing 6/20/2026, the first anniversary of the grant.
Signature
/s/ Stacy S. Rust, attorney-in-fact for Matthew F. Wajner|2026-02-19

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