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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>July&nbsp;12, 2013</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines,&nbsp;Iowa 50266</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(515) 221-0002</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On July&nbsp;17, 2013, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) closed its previously announced sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated July&nbsp;12, 2013 (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several Underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;). The Notes were offered and sold under a prospectus, dated July&nbsp;12, 2013, pursuant to the Company&#146;s shelf registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-184162).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes were issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;22, 2004 (the &#147;Base Indenture&#148;), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;17, 2013 (the &#147;First Supplemental Indenture&#148;), among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as further amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;17, 2013 (the &#147;Second Supplemental Indenture&#148; and, together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), between the Company and the Trustee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes will mature on July&nbsp;15, 2021, and bear interest at a rate of 6.625% per year, payable on January&nbsp;15 and July&nbsp;15 of each year, beginning on January&nbsp;15, 2014.&#160; The Notes were issued at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Notes are not presently guaranteed by any of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries but may in the future be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company. The Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company to incur debt and liens, make restricted payments, enter into transactions with affiliates and merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions. It also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of the underwriters, acts as administrative agent and a lender under the Company&#146;s existing revolving credit facility. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey,&nbsp;Inc., each an underwriter, also act as lenders under the Company&#146;s existing revolving credit facility</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The above descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture (including the form of the Notes) are attached as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, hereto and incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Underwriting   Agreement, dated July&nbsp;12, 2013, between American Equity Investment Life   Holding Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">as representative of   the several Underwriters named therein</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;22, 2004, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and U.S. Bank National Association   (incorporated by reference to Amendment 1 to Form&nbsp;S-3 dated   April&nbsp;22, 2004, and filed April&nbsp;22, 2004).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of   6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit&nbsp;A to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3   above).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.2).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMERICAN   EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Underwriting   Agreement, dated July&nbsp;12, 2013, between American Equity Investment Life   Holding Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">as representative of   the several Underwriters named therein</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated Indenture, dated as of April&nbsp;22, 2004, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and U.S. Bank National Association   (incorporated by reference to Amendment 1 to Form&nbsp;S-3 dated   April&nbsp;22, 2004, and filed April&nbsp;22, 2004).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First   Supplemental Indenture, dated July&nbsp;17, 2013, among American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July&nbsp;17, 2013, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National   Association.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of   6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit&nbsp;A to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3   above).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Computation   of Earnings to Fixed Charges Ratio.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP (included in   Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 15.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.2).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
July 12, 2013
AMERICAN EQUITY
INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Iowa
001-31911
42-1447959
(State   or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS   Employer
of   Incorporation)
File   Number)
Identification   No.)
6000 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)
(515) 221-0002
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 17, 2013,
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the "Company") closed its previously announced sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Notes"), pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated July 12, 2013 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several Underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"). The Notes were offered and sold under a prospectus, dated July 12, 2013, pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-184162).
The Notes were issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2004 (the "Base Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2013 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as further amended by a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2013 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture" and, together with the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), between the Company and the Trustee.
The Notes will mature on July 15, 2021, and bear interest at a rate of 6.625% per year, payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2014.  The Notes were issued at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Notes are not presently guaranteed by any of the Company's subsidiaries but may in the future be guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Company. The Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company to incur debt and liens, make restricted payments, enter into transactions with affiliates and merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets.
The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions. It also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities.
An affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of the underwriters, acts as administrative agent and a lender under the Company's existing revolving credit facility. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., each an underwriter, also act as lenders under the Company's existing revolving credit facility
The above descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture (including the form of the Notes) are attached as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting   Agreement, dated July 12, 2013, between American Equity Investment Life   Holding Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
as representative of   the several Underwriters named therein
.
4.1
Amended   and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2004, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and U.S. Bank National Association   (incorporated by reference to Amendment 1 to Form S-3 dated   April 22, 2004, and filed April 22, 2004).
4.2
First   Supplemental Indenture, dated July 17, 2013, among American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association.
4.3
Second   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2013, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National   Association.
4.4
Form of   6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.3   above).
5.1
Opinion   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
5.2
Opinion   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company.
12.1
Computation   of Earnings to Fixed Charges Ratio.
23.1
Consent   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in   Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date:
July 17, 2013
AMERICAN   EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
By:
/s/   John M. Matovina
Name:
John M.   Matovina
Title:
Chief   Executive Officer and President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting   Agreement, dated July 12, 2013, between American Equity Investment Life   Holding Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC,
as representative of   the several Underwriters named therein
.
4.1
Amended   and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2004, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and U.S. Bank National Association   (incorporated by reference to Amendment 1 to Form S-3 dated   April 22, 2004, and filed April 22, 2004).
4.2
First   Supplemental Indenture, dated July 17, 2013, among American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company, U.S. Bank National Association and Wells   Fargo Bank, National Association.
4.3
Second   Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 17, 2013, between American   Equity Investment Life Holding Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National   Association.
4.4
Form of   6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.3   above).
5.1
Opinion   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
5.2
Opinion   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company.
12.1
Computation   of Earnings to Fixed Charges Ratio.
23.1
Consent   of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in   Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent   of Kevin W. Techau, Esq., Assistant General Counsel of American Equity   Investment Life Holding Company (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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