Stock Listing

The First American Corporation’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FAF.”

Common Stock Price

Investor Contact

Denise M. Warren
Investor Relations Director
dwarren@firstam.com
(800) 854- 3643, ext. 3915
Additional copies of this Annual Report and other information about the Company are available from the Corporate Communications Department at (800) 854- 3643, ext. 3298.

Transfer Agent, Registrar and Dividend Disbursing Agent

First American Trust
421 North Main Street
Santa Ana, California 92701- 4617
(714) 647- 2116
Any change of a stockholder’s address should be sent to the Transfer Agent and Registrar at the address above.

Dividend Payment Dates

Quarterly dividends on common stock are paid, following declaration by the Board of Directors, on, or about, the 15th of January, April, July and October. The Company
has paid a cash dividend every year since 1909.

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at 2 p. m. on Thursday, May 10, 2001, at First American’s Home Office, 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California.

Safe-Harbor Statement

Certain statements made in this document, including those relating to cost savings derived from a reorganization in the Company’s title insurance operations, margins in certain of the Company’s businesses, the benefits and results from certain acquisitions, joint ventures and asset dispositions, the impact of the restructuring of the Company’s pension plan, the Company’s ability to meet its cash obligations and the sufficiency of the Company’s resources to meet its cash needs and pursue future opportunities, are forward looking. Risks and uncertainties exist that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in these forward- looking statements. Factors that could cause the anticipated results to differ from those described in the forward- looking statements include: interest rate fluctuations; changes in the performance of the real estate markets; general volatility in the capital markets; changes in applicable government regulations; consolidation among the Company’s significant customers and competitors; legal proceedings commenced by the California attorney general and related litigation; the Company’s continued ability to identify businesses to be acquired; and changes in the Company’s ability to integrate businesses which it acquires. The forward- looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company does not undertake to update forward- looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward- looking statements are made.

First American and the eagle logo are registered service marks, and FASTSearch, EAGLE 9, EAGLE Policy
and Smart Title are registered trademarks, of The First American Corporation.

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