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&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"&gt;Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201c;Securities Act&#x201d;), this registration statement shall include any additional shares of common stock that may become issuable as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of First American Financial Corporation&#x2019;s outstanding shares of common stock. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;(2)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"&gt;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of shares of our common stock, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on February&#160;13, 2025. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"&gt;Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the prospectus included herein relates to 477,326 shares of our common stock previously registered under Registration Statement &lt;div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"&gt;No.&#160;333-263184,&lt;/div&gt; filed by us on March&#160;1, 2022, which were not sold thereunder. This registration statement &lt;div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;display:inline;"&gt;re-registers&lt;/div&gt; the 477,326 shares of our common stock that remain unsold as of the date hereof. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the registration fee previously paid in connection with such unsold securities shall continue to apply to the unsold securities. The filing fee of $218.56 being paid herewith relates to the 22,674 newly registered securities. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</ffd:OfferingNote>
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&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt; border: 0px; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px; border-spacing: 0px;"&gt;
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&lt;td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;(1)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"&gt;Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201c;Securities Act&#x201d;), this registration statement shall include any additional shares of common stock that may become issuable as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of First American Financial Corporation&#x2019;s outstanding shares of common stock. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"&gt;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of shares of our common stock, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on February&#160;13, 2025. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"&gt;(3)&lt;/td&gt;
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