First American Financial Corp

Solicitation of Proxies by the Board of Directors

First American Financial Corporation's Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement,Annual Report and other proxy materials are available atwww.firstam.com/proxymaterials

The board of directors (our “Board”) of First American Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (our “Company,” “we” or equivalent terms), is soliciting proxies from holders of our common stock for use at the annual meeting of our stockholders to be held on May 12, 2026, at 1:00 PM Pacific time. The meeting will be held in a virtual-only meeting format online via live webcast using a unique link to be provided by email after registering atregister.proxypush.com/FAF. We have included information on how to vote, submit questions, and participate in the virtual meeting in the “Questions and Answers” section on pages 76-83.

We are mailing this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card, notice of annual meeting, stockholders letter and 2025 annual report to our stockholders on or about March 30, 2026. In lieu of a proxy card, holders of shares held in street name through a bank, broker or other nominee are receiving a voting instruction form from their bank, broker or other nominee. As used herein, references to “proxy” or “proxy card” also refer to the voting instruction form provided to street name holders.

The remainder of this proxy statement has been divided into five sections. You should read all five sections before you vote.

I.

Proposals: this section provides information relating to the proposals to be voted on at the stockholders’ meeting.

II.

Required Information: this section contains information that is required by law to be included in this proxy statement and which has not been included in the other sections.

III.

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability: this section highlights some of our efforts regarding human capital resources, sustainability and governance.

IV.

Questions and Answers: this section provides answers to a number of frequently asked questions related to the stockholders’ meeting.

V.

Other Information: this section provides other information regarding this proxy, including instructions about how to obtain a copy of our annual report.

The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section contains certain financial measures that are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Please see Appendix A for the rationale behind the presentation of these measures and reconciliations of these amounts to the nearest GAAP financial measures.

I. Proposals