Index First American Profile Financial Highlights Letter to Stockholders First American's Strength in Numbers Title Information and Services Real Estate Information and Services Consumer Information and Services Management's Discussion and Analysis Selected Financial Data Common Stock Prices and Dividends Quarterly Financial Data Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Statements of Income Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Report of Independent Accountants Officers Board of Directors Primary Companies Stockholder Information Back Cover

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

Common Stock Price

	Fiscal 2001
	High	Low
First Quarter	$ 34.91	$ 25.39
Second Quarter	$ 26.55	$ 18.85
Third Quarter	$ 20.45	$ 16.71
Fourth Quarter	$ 21.07	$ 16.51

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, FSB
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 9, 2002, at First American’s Home Office, 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California.

SAFE-HARBOR STATEMENT
Certain statements made in this document, including those related to the impact of the CreditOnline™ Network, growth in the Company’s title insurance segment, roll out of the FAST Transaction System and its effects, market-share growth and its effects, international market growth, stock appreciation, technology development, consolidation efforts, technology standardization measures, the acquisition of e-fin, LLC, opportunities for the Company’s consumer information group, and the Company’s ability to satisfy its cash requirements and to react to future acquisition and investment 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™, and Smart
Title Solutions™ are trademarks of The First American Corporation.
Credit Online™ Network is a trademark of First American Credit Management Solutions, Inc.
Loan Prospector® is a registered trademark of Freddie Mac.
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