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  0001507625
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001472787
  First American Financial Corp
  001-34580
  1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
  SANTA ANA
  CA
  92707
  714-250-3000
  Seaton Mark Edward
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  37321
  2436111.03
  102800000
  02/25/2025
  NYSE
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  668
  02/21/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4642
  02/22/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/23/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  5329
  02/23/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  9180
  02/22/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4387
  02/22/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/20/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4377
  02/20/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/18/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4664
  02/18/2023
  Compensation
  Common
  02/21/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  4074
  02/21/2020
  Compensation
  N
  Mark E. Seaton
  1 First American Way
  Santa Ana
  CA
  92707-5913
  Common
  02/24/2025
  12679
  814947.12
  This trade took place in the Seaton Living Trust of which Mark E. Seaton is an Account Stakeholder and Trustee
  02/25/2025
  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Mark E. Seaton