Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

OR

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                          to                     

Commission file number 000-19289

 

 

 

A.

Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

State Auto Insurance Companies

Amended and Restated

Directors Deferred Compensation Plan

 

B.

Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

State Auto Financial Corporation

518 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215-3976

 

 

 


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REQUIRED INFORMATION

See the accompanying financial statements for the State Auto Insurance Companies Amended and Restated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

State Auto Insurance Companies Amended and Restated Directors
Deferred Compensation Plan

      By:   /s/ Steven E. English
        Steven E. English
        Chief Financial Officer
      By:   /s/ James A. Yano
        James A. Yano
        Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Date: March 22, 2013


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INDEX

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Audited Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

     2   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

     3   

Notes to the Financial Statements

     4 – 17   


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors

State Auto Financial Corporation

Columbus, Ohio

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the State Auto Insurance Companies

Amended and Restated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.

March 22, 2013

Columbus, Ohio

 

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STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

 

     December 31  
     2012      2011  

Assets

     

Investments, at fair value:

     

Shares of registered investment companies (cost $4,335,744 and $3,282,409, respectively)

   $ 4,439,520       $ 3,135,407   

Interest-bearing cash

     9,438         9,437   

Affiliated Stock (cost $326,514 and $315,791, respectively)

     298,020         261,271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

     4,746,978         3,406,115   

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 4,746,978       $ 3,406,115   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

 

     Year Ended December 31  
     2012      2011     2010  

Investment income (loss):

       

Dividends

   $ 165,109       $ 107,836      $ 68,455   

Unrealized gain (loss)

     276,804         (349,221     (62,149

Realized gain

     58,048         58,863        306,404   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income (loss)

     499,961         (182,522     312,710   

Contributions:

       

Participant

     501,203         490,750        307,055   

Company

     350,000         343,770        315,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total contributions

     851,203         834,520        622,055   

Deductions:

       

Benefit payments

     10,301         9,817        9,080   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deductions

     10,301         9,817        9,080   

Net increase

     1,340,863         642,181        925,685   

Net assets available for benefits:

       

Beginning of year

     3,406,115         2,763,934        1,838,249   

End of year

   $ 4,746,978       $ 3,406,115      $ 2,763,934   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2012

 

 

1. Description of the Plan

Organization

The State Auto Insurance Companies Amended and Restated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) became effective on August 1, 1995, was amended and restated in its entirety effective as of March 1, 2001, and was further amended effective as of December 1, 2005 (First Amendment), January 1, 2009 (Second and Third Amendments), November 1, 2010 (Fourth Amendment), and January 1, 2012 (Fifth Amendment). The Plan provides members of the Boards of Directors of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company (“State Auto Mutual”) and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company” or the “State Auto Insurance Companies”) a retirement savings plan in which to defer the payment of director and committee meeting fees.

In 2012, the Plan was amended to include, among other things, the following changes:

 

   

Eligibility to participate in the plan has been extended to members of the Board of Directors of any State Auto Company, unless otherwise provided in an affiliation agreement or similar document.

In 2010, the Plan was amended to include, among other things, the following change:

 

   

For participants who are members of the Board of Directors of State Auto Financial Corporation (“STFC”), an affiliate of State Auto Mutual, a fund comprised of STFC common stock (“Affiliated Stock”) was added as an investment option under the Plan.

The benefits provided to participants under the Plan are paid from the Company’s general assets. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded Plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and is, therefore, exempt from certain ERISA requirements. Each participant’s right to benefits under the Plan are equivalent to the rights of any unsecured creditor of the Company.

Participants must enroll within 30 days after becoming eligible to participate. For subsequent years, participants must enroll prior to the beginning of each new plan year.

Contributions

Participants are permitted to defer on a pre-tax basis (a) from 10% to 100% of his or her director fees in the calendar year and/or (b) 0% or 100% of committee meeting fees in the calendar year. In addition, for each of the members of the Board of Directors of State Auto Mutual, State Auto Mutual makes an annual cash contribution in the amount of $35,000, or such lesser or greater amount as determined at State Auto Mutual’s discretion.

Vesting

Each participant is fully vested in his or her contributions and any State Auto Mutual discretionary contributions.

Participant Accounts

Investment funds available under the Plan are merely devices used to calculate gains and losses on the amounts deferred by Plan participants. No participant has any rights or interests in any particular funds, securities or property of the Company or the trust described in Note 6, or in any investment vehicle in which deferrals are deemed to be invested, by virtue of any investment election. Each deferral account, however, is credited or charged in accordance with the Plan with gains and losses as if the participant in fact had made a corresponding actual investment. The Directors of STFC have the option to purchase Affiliated Stock.

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

Payment of Benefits

The balance of each deferral account will be distributed upon retirement or termination of a participant from the Board of Directors of the Company. Payments will be made in cash and paid in 60 or 120 monthly installments, except for amounts deferred and fully vested prior to December 31, 2004, which can be distributed in alternative payment options as elected by the participant. The Company must receive at least 30 days written notice of the participant’s intention to retire and receive retirement benefits.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accounting records of the Plan are maintained in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Valuation of Investments and Related Investment Income

The investments of the Plan consist of shares of registered investment companies, interest-bearing cash, and Affiliated Stock. The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for discussion on fair value measurements.

Investment income, including appreciation and depreciation in fair value of investments, is allocated to participant accounts daily based upon the ratio of each participant’s account to the total fund balance. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are determined based on the average cost method.

Benefit Payments

Benefit payments are recognized when paid.

Administrative Expenses

Administrative expenses are paid by the Company.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Plan’s statements of net assets available for benefits.

3. Fair Value Measurements

Below is the fair value hierarchy that categorizes into three levels the inputs to valuation techniques that are used to measure fair value:

 

   

Level 1 includes observable inputs which reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

   

Level 2 includes observable inputs for assets or liabilities other than quoted prices included in Level 1, and it includes valuation techniques which use prices for similar assets and liabilities.

 

   

Level 3 includes unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).

The following is a description of the valuation methods used for assets measured at fair value:

 

   

Registered investment companies: Registered investment companies are public investment vehicles valued using net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the administrator of the mutual fund. The NAV is an unadjusted quoted price on an active market and classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Interest-bearing cash: The carrying value approximates fair value and is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

   

Affiliated Stock: The fair value is based on the unadjusted closing price reported on the active market on which the security is traded and is classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

The following tables reflect the Plan’s investments within the fair value hierarchy at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

2012    Total      Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
other  observable
inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs

(Level 3)
 

Registered investment companies:

           

Large cap equity investments

   $ 1,043,698         1,043,698         —           —     

Mid cap equity investments

     259,068         259,068         —           —     

Small cap equity investments

     11,797         11,797         —           —     

International equity investments

     867,529         867,529         —           —     

Blended fund investments

     1,455,574         1,455,574         —           —     

Income bond investments

     801,854         801,854         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total registered investment companies

     4,439,520         4,439,520         —           —     

Interest-bearing cash

     9,438         9,438         —           —     

Affiliated Stock

     298,020         298,020         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

   $ 4,746,978         4,746,978         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
2011    Total      Quoted prices in
active markets for
identical assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
other observable
inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs

(Level 3)
 

Registered investment companies:

           

Large cap equity investments

   $ 706,569         706,569         —           —     

Mid cap equity investments

     98,285         98,285         —           —     

International equity investments

     677,150         677,150         —           —     

Blended fund investments

     954,494         954,494         —           —     

Income bond investments

     698,909         698,909         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total registered investment companies

     3,135,407         3,135,407         —           —     

Interest-bearing cash

     9,437         9,437         —           —     

Affiliated Stock

     261,271         261,271         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

   $ 3,406,115         3,406,115         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

4. Participant Accounts

Participant balances for all funds are maintained in shares. Share values are determined on a periodic basis. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, there were 15 and 15 participants in the Plan, respectively, with contributions in one or more of the following funds. The total number of participants in the Plan is less than the sum of the number of participants set forth in the following table because each participant may make contributions to more than one fund. The total number of shares and share values as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, by fund, were as follows:

2012

Investment Options

 

     Total Number
of Shares
     Net Asset
Share Value
     Number of
Participants
 

Registered Investment Company

        

ABF Small Cap Val Inst

     554         21.30         1   

Baron Growth Inst

     1,556         54.06         3   

Calamos Growth Inst

     6,219         52.06         4   

FID Contrafund K

     5,097         77.51         6   

FID Diversified Intl K

     19,117         29.89         4   

FID Freedom K 2005

     7,051         12.63         2   

FID Freedom K 2010

     19,137         12.88         2   

FID Freedom K 2015

     42,370         12.96         4   

FID Freedom K 2020

     28,810         13.39         3   

FID Freedom K 2025

     6,951         13.58         1   

FID Freedom K 2030

     6,615         13.72         1   

FID Intermed Bond

     22,770         11.14         3   

Harbor Intl Inst

     4,767         62.12         4   

JPM Mid Cap Value IS

     4,594         27.99         4   

MFS Value R4

     2,026         25.35         1   

PIM Total RT Inst

     48,772         11.24         4   

Spartan US EQ Index ADV

     5,416         50.49         5   

VANG Mid Cap IDX SIG

     1,441         32.18         2   
  

 

 

       

Total Registered Investment Company

     233,263         

Interest-Bearing Cash

        

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     9,438         1.00         1   
  

 

 

       

Total Interest-Bearing Cash

     9,438         

Affiliated Stock

        

State Auto Financial Corporation

     19,948         14.94         1   
  

 

 

       

Total Affiliated Stock

     19,948         
  

 

 

       

Total Investments

     262,649         
  

 

 

       

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

2011

Investment Options

 

     Total Number
of Shares
     Net Asset
Share Value
     Number of
Participants
 

Registered Investment Company

        

Calamos Growth Inst

     5,023         50.85         3   

FID Contrafund K

     3,414         67.41         4   

FID Diversified Intl K

     18,289         25.48         4   

FID Freedom K 2005

     7,647         11.98         2   

FID Freedom K 2010

     15,707         12.10         2   

FID Freedom K 2015

     28,963         12.13         5   

FID Freedom K 2020

     19,159         12.43         3   

FID Freedom K 2025

     6,700         12.44         1   

FID Intermed Bond

     17,724         10.88         3   

Harbor Intl Inst

     4,026         52.45         4   

JPM Mid Cap Value IS

     3,082         23.75         3   

MFS Value R4

     1,656         22.38         1   

PIM Total RT Inst

     46,557         10.87         3   

Spartan US EQ Index

     4,134         44.49         3   

VANG Mid Cap IDX

     891         28.13         1   
  

 

 

       

Total Registered Investment Company

     182,972         

Interest-Bearing Cash

        

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     9,437         1.00         1   
  

 

 

       

Total Interest-Bearing Cash

     9,437         

Affiliated Stock

        

State Auto Financial Corporation

     19,225         13.59         1   
  

 

 

       

Total Affiliated Stock

     19,225         
  

 

 

       

Total Investments

     211,634         
  

 

 

       

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

5. Investments

The Plan’s investments and related changes at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and for the years then ended were as follows:

 

2012    Number of
Shares
     Fair Value      Dividends      Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Contributions      Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

                  

ABF Small Cap Val Inst

     554       $ 11,797       $ 455       $ (41   $ 342      $ 11,040       $ —     

Baron Growth Inst

     1,556         84,105         8,248         59        (2,173     45,941         —     

Calamos Growth Inst

     6,219         323,764         21,651         6        1,684        12,994         —     

FID Contrafund K

     5,097         395,090         4,689         3,294        36,062        160,029         —     

FID Diversified Intl K

     19,117         571,400         10,799         2        81,609        12,998         —     

FID Freedom K 2005

     7,051         89,058         2,783         136        4,823        —           (10,301

FID Freedom K 2010

     19,137         246,481         9,031         —          12,391        35,000         —     

FID Freedom K 2015

     42,370         549,112         18,030         (926     24,797        103,563         —     

FID Freedom K 2020

     28,810         385,762         12,671         —          18,566        —           —     

FID Freedom K 2025

     6,951         94,398         3,344         —          7,704        —           —     

FID Freedom K 2030

     6,615         90,763         2,980         35        783        86,965         —     

FID Intermed Bond

     22,770         253,662         5,605         (47     5,157        50,107         —     

Harbor Intl Inst

     4,767         296,128         5,869         62        40,551        38,488         —     

JPM Mid Cap Value IS

     4,594         128,580         2,819         54        15,408        37,096         —     

MFS Value R4

     2,026         51,367         1,359         22        5,238        7,678         —     

PIM Total RT Inst

     48,772         548,192         37,955         15,295        7,084        175,409         —     

Spartan US EQ Index ADV

     5,416         273,477         5,450         38        10,183        57,413         —     

Spartan US EQ Index INV

     —           —           —           40,041        (23,585     —           —     

VANG Mid Cap IDX SIG

     1,441         46,384         647         18        4,154        16,482         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

     233,263         4,439,520         154,385         58,048        250,778        851,203         (10,301

Interest-Bearing Cash

                  

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     9,438         9,438         1         —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Interest-Bearing Cash

     9,438         9,438         1         —          —          —           —     

Affiliated Stock

                  

State Auto Financial Corporation

     19,948         298,020         10,723         —          26,026        —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Stock

     19,948         298,020         10,723         —          26,026        —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets Held For Investment

     262,649       $ 4,746,978       $ 165,109       $ 58,048      $ 276,804      $ 851,203       $ (10,301
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

2011    Number of
Shares
     Fair Value      Dividends      Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Contributions      Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

                  

ABF Small Cap Val Inst

     —         $ —         $ —         $ 143      $ —        $ —         $ —     

ABF Small Cap Val INV

     —           —           —           (2,794     —          —           —     

Baron Growth

     —           —           —           (1,109     —          —           —     

Baron Growth Inst

     —           —           —           202        —          —           —     

Calamos Growth A

     —           —           —           56,343        (69,449     9,750         —     

Calamos Growth Inst

     5,023         255,400         10,361         —          (22,569     3,250         —     

FID Contrafund K

     3,414         230,160         868         —          (3,296     48,000         —     

FID Diversified Intl K

     18,289         465,993         9,851         —          (81,295     83,000         —     

FID Freedom K 2005

     7,647         91,617         3,864         28        (3,458     —           (9,817

FID Freedom K 2010

     15,707         190,059         8,552         —          (9,753     35,000         —     

FID Freedom K 2015

     28,963         351,326         17,892         4,758        (20,217     142,195         —     

FID Freedom K 2020

     19,159         238,143         11,069         (1,042     (16,953     120,625         —     

FID Freedom K 2025

     6,700         83,350         3,667         —          (7,317     87,000         —     

FID Intermed Bond

     17,724         192,840         3,097         —          2,947        55,000         —     

Harbor Intl Inst

     4,026         211,157         5,162         (3,133     (34,653     30,500         —     

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     —           —           —           6,647        (6,580     36,000      

JPM Mid Cap Value IS

     3,082         73,202         859         —          16        12,000         —     

MFS Value Fund A

     —           —           297         (3,455     —          —           —     

MFS Value R4

     1,656         37,070         240         —          (12     —           —     

PIM Total RT Inst

     46,557         506,068         17,400         1,756        (2,318     150,000         —     

Spartan US EQ Index

     4,134         183,939         3,080         —          (369     —           —     

VANG Mid Cap IDX INV

     —           —           —           519        (200     —           —     

VANG Mid Cap IDX SIG

     891         25,083         334         —          (1,761     22,200         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

     182,972         3,135,407         96,593         58,863        (277,237     834,520         (9,817

Interest-Bearing Cash

                  

Fidelity US Govt Bond

     9,437         9,437         1         —          —          —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Interest-Bearing Cash

     9,437         9,437         1         —          —          —           —     

Affiliated Stock

                  

State Auto Financial Corporation

     19,225         261,271         11,242         —          (71,984     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Stock

     19,225         261,271         11,242         —          (71,984     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets Held For Investment

     211,634       $ 3,406,115       $ 107,836       $ 58,863      $ (349,221   $ 834,520       $ (9,817
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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STATE AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES

AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

2010   Number
of Shares
    Fair Value     Dividends     Realized Gain
(Loss)
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Contributions     Benefit
Payments
 

Registered Investment Companies

             

Calamos Growth A

    5,015      $ 267,713      $ —        $ 41,747      $ 32,041      $ 63,604      $ —     

FID Contrafund

    —          —          163        32,802        (16,434     20,625        —     

FID Contrafund K

    2,283        154,589        894        —          4,343        6,875        —     

FID Diversified Intl

    —          —          —          94,805        (56,895     46,250        —     

FID Diversified Intl K

    15,088        454,437        8,999        (320     1,544        20,040        —     

FID Freedom 2005

    —          —          630        23,502        (15,051     35,000        (7,489

FID Freedom 2010

    —          —          895        21,712        (11,049     35,000        —     

FID Freedom 2015

    —          —          2,048        55,864        (28,933     106,250        —     

FID Freedom 2020

    —          —          459        27,214        (20,912     36,250        —     

FID Freedom K 2005

    8,119        101,000        1,857        6        84        —          (1,591

FID Freedom K 2010

    12,323        156,260        2,914        —          612        —          —     

FID Freedom K 2015

    30,169        383,753        7,425        —          1,808        2,500        —     

FID Freedom K 2020

    7,380        97,345        1,825        —          1,105        6,250        —     

FID Freedom K 2025

    —          —          —          243        —          10,000        —     

FID Intermed Bond

    5,863        61,852        1,210        —          844        39,438        —     

Harbor Intl Inst

    3,625        219,476        3,114        —          15,879        17,500        —     

JPM Mid Cap Value A

    1,049        24,260        187        —          3,366        6,875        —     

PIM Total RT Inst

    36,833        399,639        32,107        8,829        (3,887     136,063        —     

Spartan US EQ Index

    2,432        108,169        1,796        —          11,722        29,785        —     

VANG Mid Cap IDX

    197        3,992        41        —          200        3,750        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

    130,376        2,432,485        66,564        306,404        (79,613     622,055        (9,080

Interest-Bearing Cash

             

Fidelity US Govt Bond

    9,436        9,436        2        —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Interest-Bearing Cash

    9,436        9,436        2        —          —          —          —     

Affiliated Stock

             

State Auto Financial Corporation

    18,485        322,013        1,889        —          17,464        —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Stock

    18,485        322,013        1,889        —          17,464        —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets Held For Investment

    158,297      $ 2,763,934      $ 68,455      $ 306,404      $ (62,149   $ 622,055      $ (9,080
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

The Plan’s unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, were as follows:

 

    

Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 
     Beginning Balance     Net Change     Ending Balance  

2010

   $ 209,848        (62,149     147,699   

2011

   $ 147,699        (349,221     (201,522

2012

   $ (201,522     276,804        75,282   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

The Plan’s net realized gains and losses were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

 

2012    Aggregate
Proceeds
    Cost     Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

      

ABF Small Cap Val Inst

   $ 8        49        (41

Baron Growth Inst

     57        (2     59   

Calamos Growth A

     6        —          6   

FID Contrafund K

     39,388        36,094        3,294   

FID Diversified Intl K

     2        —          2   

FID Freedom K 2005

     10,301        10,165        136   

FID Freedom K 2015

     64,072        64,998        (926

FID Freedom K 2030

     35        —          35   

FID Intermed Bond

     (116     (69     (47

Harbor Intl Inst

     164        102        62   

JPM Mid Cap Value IS

     40        (14     54   

MFS Value Fund R4

     20        (2     22   

PIM Total RT Inst

     232,442        217,147        15,295   

Spartan US EQ Index ADV

     36        (2     38   

Spartan US EQ Index INV

     200,394        160,353        40,041   

VANG Mid Cap IDX SIG

     27        9        18   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 546,876        488,828        58,048   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

2011    Aggregate
Proceeds
     Cost      Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

        

ABF Small Cap Val Inst

   $ 22,349         22,206         143   

ABF Small Cap Val INV

     22,206         25,000         (2,794

Baron Growth

     23,891         25,000         (1,109

Baron Growth Inst

     24,093         23,891         202   

Calamos Growth A

     264,358         208,015         56,343   

FID Freedom K 2005

     9,817         9,789         28   

FID Freedom K 2015

     177,056         172,298         4,758   

FID Freedom K 2020

     22,902         23,944         (1,042

Harbor Intl Inst

     47,594         50,727         (3,133

JPM Mid Cap Value A

     60,327         53,680         6,647   

MFS Value Fund A

     36,842         40,297         (3,455

PIM Total RT Inst

     143,060         141,304         1,756   

VANG Mid Cap IDX INV

     4,310         3,791         519   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 858,805         799,942         58,863   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

2010    Aggregate
Proceeds
    Cost     Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Investment Options

      

Calamos Growth A

   $ 206,149        164,402        41,747   

FID Contrafund

     142,477        109,675        32,802   

FID Diversified Intl

     516,051        421,246        94,805   

FID Diversified Intl K

     90,087        90,407        (320

FID Freedom 2005

     168,132        144,630        23,502   

FID Freedom 2010

     152,734        131,022        21,712   

FID Freedom 2015

     372,019        316,155        55,864   

FID Freedom 2020

     176,560        149,346        27,214   

FID Freedom K 2005

     1,591        1,585        6   

FID Freedom K 2025

     10,243        10,000        243   

PIM Total RT Inst

     100,000        91,171        8,829   

Spartan US EQ Index

     (941     (941     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,935,102        1,628,698        306,404   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2012

 

 

 

6. Trust

The Company maintains a trust to provide a source of funds to assist the Company in meeting its obligations under the Plan. The rights of participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan are merely unsecured contractual rights against the Company and its participating subsidiaries. Participants and beneficiaries have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the trust. All assets of the trust are subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Company and its participating subsidiaries under Federal and state law should the Company and its participating subsidiaries become unable to pay their debts as they become due or become subject to Federal bankruptcy proceedings.

7. Related Party

The Plan invests in shares of registered investment companies managed by Fidelity Management Trust Company, custodian of the Plan. Beginning in 2010, members of the Board of Directors of STFC may also invest in Affiliated Stock.

8. Tax Status

The Plan is not, and is not intended to be, qualified under Section 401 of the Code. Consequently, an application for a favorable determination has not been filed with the Internal Revenue Service. The Plan does not have a tax filing requirement with the Internal Revenue Service, and therefore, no liability (or asset) or disclosure related to income taxes is included in the Plan’s financial statements.

Deferred amounts are subject to FICA and Medicare taxes and most local income taxes at the time of the deferral. Deferred amounts (and the earnings thereon) are not subject to Federal and most state income taxes until distributed from the Plan. Such distributions and the related taxes are the responsibility of the participants.

9. Right to Terminate

The Company may terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. Following termination of the Plan, no additional deferrals may be made, but all existing participant accounts will continue to be administered in accordance with the Plan, unless the Company elects to accelerate distribution of all Plan accounts in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.

10. Investments

The following table sets forth the investments, at fair value, which represent 5% or more of assets available for benefits at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

     December 31  
     2012      2011  

Calamos Growth Inst

   $ 323,764         255,400   

FID Contrafund K

     395,090         230,160   

FID Diversified Intl K

     571,400         465,993   

FID Freedom K 2010

     246,481         190,059   

FID Freedom K 2015

     549,112         351,326   

FID Freedom K 2020

     385,762         238,143   

FID Intermed Bond

     253,662         192,840   

Harbor Intl Inst

     296,128         211,157   

PIM Total RT Inst

     548,192         506,068   

Spartan US EQ Index ADV

     273,477         183,939   

State Auto Financial Corporation

     298,020         261,271   

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT NO.    DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.