SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Schedule 13G
Under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.: 6
)*
Name
of issuer: American Equity Investment Life Holding Co
Title
of Class of Securities: Common Stock
CUSIP
Number: 025676206
Date
of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement:
July 31, 2017
Check
the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is
filed:
(X)
Rule 13d-1(b)
(
) Rule 13d-1(c)
(
) Rule 13d-1(d)
*The
remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The
information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to
be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
(Continued
on the following page(s))
13G
CUSIP
No.: 025676206
1. NAME
OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S.
OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
The
Vanguard Group - 23-1945930
2. CHECK
THE APPROPRIATE [LINE] IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
3. SEC
USE ONLY
4. CITIZENSHIP
OF PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Pennsylvania
(For
questions 5-8, report the number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting
person with:)
5.
SOLE VOTING POWER
100,031
6.
SHARED VOTING POWER
10,081
7. SOLE
DISPOSITIVE POWER
8,831,775
8. SHARED
DISPOSITIVE POWER
10,081
9. AGGREGATE
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
8,934,829
10. CHECK
BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
N/A
11. PERCENT
OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
10.06%
12. TYPE
OF REPORTING PERSON
IA
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the
Securities Act of 1934
Check
the following [line] if a fee is being paid with this statement N/A
Item
1(a) - Name of Issuer:
American
Equity Investment Life Holding Co
Item
1(b) - Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
6000
Westown Parkway
West
Des Moines, Iowa 50266
Item
2(a) - Name of Person Filing:
The
Vanguard Group - 23-1945930
Item
2(b) – Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, residence:
100
Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
Item
2(c) – Citizenship:
Pennsylvania
Item
2(d) - Title of Class of Securities:
Common
Stock
Item
2(e) - CUSIP Number
025676206
Item
3 - Type of Filing:
This
statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1. An investment
adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
Item
4 - Ownership:
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
8,934,829
(b) Percent of Class:
10.06%
(c) Number of
shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole
power to vote or direct to vote: 100,031
(ii) shared
power to vote or direct to vote: 10,081
(iii) sole
power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of: 8,831,775
(iv) shared
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 10,081
Comments:
Item
5 - Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
Not
Applicable
Item
6 - Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
Not
applicable
Item
7 - Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired The
Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company
:
See
Attached Appendix A
Item
8 - Identification and Classification of Members of Group:
Not
applicable
Item
9 - Notice of Dissolution of Group:
Not
applicable
Item
10 - Certification:
By
signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the
securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business
and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing
or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not
acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such
purpose or effect.
Signature
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: 08/10/2017
By
/s/ Peter
Mahoney*
Peter Mahoney
Duly authorized
under Power of Attorney*
*Pursuant
to a Power of Attorney herewith.
Appendix A
Vanguard
Fiduciary Trust Company ("VFTC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 92,973 shares or .10% of the
Common Stock outstanding of the Company as a result of its serving as
investment manager of collective trust accounts.
Vanguard
Investments Australia, Ltd. ("VIA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Vanguard Group, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 17,139 shares or
.01% of the Common Stock outstanding of the Company
as a result of its serving as investment manager of Australian investment
offerings.
NOTICE
august 3, 2017
The purpose of this power of
attorney is to give the person you designate (your “agent”) broad powers to act
on your behalf and to perform any and all acts the agent deems necessary to
enable the undersigned persons to comply with the applicable laws of the united
states without advance notice to you or approval by you.
This power of attorney does not
impose a duty on your agent to exercise granted powers, but when powers are
exercised, your agent must use due care to act for your benefit and in
accordance with this power of attorney.
Your agent may exercise the powers
given here throughout your lifetime, even after you become incapacitated,
unless you expressly limit the duration of these powers or you revoke these
powers or a court acting on your behalf terminates your agent’s authority.
Your agent must act in accordance
with your reasonable expectations to the extent actually known by your agent and,
otherwise, in your best interest, act in good faith and act only within the
scope of authority granted by you in the power of attorney.
The law permits you, if you choose, to grant
broad authority to an agent under power of attorney, including the ability to
give away all of your property while you are alive or to substantially change
how your property is distributed at your death. Before signing this document,
you should seek the advice of an attorney at law to make sure you understand
it.
A court can take away the powers
of your agent if it finds your agent is not acting properly.
The powers and duties of an agent
under a power of attorney are explained more fully in 20 pa.C.S. Ch. 56.
If there is anything about this form that you do not understand,
you should ask a lawyer of your own choosing to explain it to you.
On the date indicated in the notice above, I have read
or had explained to me this notice and I understand its contents.
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Vanguard Admiral Funds
Vanguard Bond Index Funds
Vanguard California Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Charlotte Funds
Vanguard Chester Funds
Vanguard CMT Funds
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund
Vanguard Explorer Fund
Vanguard Fenway Funds
Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds
Vanguard Horizon Funds
Vanguard Index Funds
Vanguard Institutional Index Funds
Vanguard International Equity Index Funds
Vanguard Malvern Funds
Vanguard Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Funds
Vanguard Money Market Reserves
Vanguard Montgomery Funds
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund
Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds
Vanguard New Jersey Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard New York Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Ohio Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Pennsylvania Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Quantitative Funds
Vanguard Scottsdale Funds
Vanguard Specialized Funds
Vanguard STAR Funds
Vanguard Tax-Managed Funds
Vanguard Trustees’ Equity Fund
Vanguard Valley Forge Funds
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund
Vanguard Wellington Fund
Vanguard Whitehall Funds
Vanguard Windsor Funds
Vanguard World Fund
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each of the
undersigned persons (as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended) whose signatures appear below (each, a “Principal”) hereby constitutes
and appoints Peter Mahoney as its agent with authority to execute in the name
of and on behalf of such Principal any and all documents, certificates, instruments,
statements, other filings, and amendments to the foregoing (collectively, “Documents”)
determined by such Principal to be necessary or appropriate to comply with
ownership or control-person reporting requirements imposed by any United States
or non-United States governmental or regulatory authority, including without
limitation Forms 3, 4, 5, 13D, 13F, and 13G and any amendments to any of the
foregoing as may be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and delivering, furnishing, or filing any such Documents with the
appropriate governmental, regulatory authority, or other person, and granting
to such agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as each
undersigned Principal might or could do itself or in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof:
Each Principal
hereby revokes all powers of attorney which it may have heretofore granted
regarding the subject matter hereof.
The
undersigned person has executed this Power of Attorney in the capacity and on
the date indicated above.
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Vanguard Admiral Funds
Vanguard Bond Index Funds
Vanguard California Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Charlotte Funds
Vanguard Chester Funds
Vanguard CMT Funds
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund
Vanguard Explorer Fund
Vanguard Fenway Funds
Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds
Vanguard Horizon Funds
Vanguard Index Funds
Vanguard Institutional Index Funds
Vanguard International Equity Index Funds
Vanguard Malvern Funds
Vanguard Massachusetts Tax-Exempt Funds
Vanguard Money Market Reserves
Vanguard Montgomery Funds
Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund
Vanguard Municipal Bond Funds
Vanguard New Jersey Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard New York Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Ohio Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Pennsylvania Tax-Free Funds
Vanguard Quantitative Funds
Vanguard Scottsdale Funds
Vanguard Specialized Funds
Vanguard STAR Funds
Vanguard Tax-Managed Funds
Vanguard Trustees’ Equity Fund
Vanguard Valley Forge Funds
Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund
Vanguard Wellington Fund
Vanguard Whitehall Funds
Vanguard Windsor Funds
Vanguard World Fund
By
_
/s/ F. William McNabb III
Name: F. William McNabb III
Title: Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
NOTARY PUBLIC
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CHESTER
On August 3, 2017, F. William McNabb III has appeared before
me, has proven to be the person named above, and has acknowledged that this
Power of Attorney is his wish.
_
/s/ Susan L. Stapleton
______________ [Seal]
Name: Susan L. Stapleton
Notary Public for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
My commission expires: __
4/22/19
_________________
_
/s/ Alison Latta
_______________
Name: Alison Latta
Witness
_
/s/ Toai Chin
______________
Name: Toai Chin
Witness
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I, Peter Mahoney, have read the attached power of
attorney and am the person identified as the agent for the Principals. I
hereby acknowledge that when I act as agent I shall act in accordance with the
Principals’ reasonable expectations to the extent actually known by me and,
otherwise, in the Principals’ best interest, act in good faith and act only
within the scope of authority granted to me by the Principals in the power of
attorney.
Date: August 3, 2017
By
_
/s/ Peter Mahoney
Peter Mahoney
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