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text: 144
  0001243867
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001472787
  First American Financial Corp
  001-34580
  1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY
  SANTA ANA
  CA
  92707
  714-250-3000
  GILMORE DENNIS J
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  111971
  7121424.94
  103003922
  02/14/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  02/21/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  12460
  02/21/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  27720
  02/22/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  02/23/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  18125
  02/23/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  02/18/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  13310
  02/18/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/20/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  13504
  02/20/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/21/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  13303
  02/21/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/22/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  13549
  02/22/2022
  Compensation
  Y
  This sale took place in The Gilmore 5 Trust, of which Dennis J. Gilmore is a trustee and account stakeholder.
  02/14/2025
  /s/ Ryan Riviere, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Dennis J. Gilmore