PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. AIG-FP-17
 

     
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. AIG-FP-17
  FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(2)
DATED MAY 30, 2007
  REGISTRATION NO. 333-106040
TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 24, 2006
   
AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 12, 2006
   
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES AIG-FP,
CMS CURVE ACCRUAL NOTES DUE JUNE 20, 2017
     
Principal Amount: U.S.$10,000,000
  Issue Date: June 20, 2007
 
   
Agents’ Discount or Commission: None
  Stated Maturity Date: June 20, 2017
 
   
Net Proceeds to Issuer: U.S.$10,000,000
  Interest Rate: For the period from and including the Issue Date to but excluding the Maturity Date (whether the Stated Maturity Date or an earlier Redemption Date), the interest rate per annum shall be determined as follows: (i) 8.67% per annum times (ii) N/M; where “N” is the total number of calendar days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period that the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10%; and “M” is the total number of calendar days in the applicable Interest Accrual Period.
 
   
 
  For the purpose of calculating the value of “N”, for each calendar day in an Interest Accrual Period that is not a Business Day, the Reference Rate will revert to the setting on the previous Business Day.
 
   
Interest Payment Dates: Quarterly, on each March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20, commencing September 20, 2007 and ending on the Maturity Date, subject to adjustment using the Following Business Day Payment Convention.
  Interest Accrual Periods: The quarterly period from and including the day that is two Business Days prior to the Issue Date (in the case of the first Interest Accrual Period) or two Business Days prior to the previous Period End Date, as applicable, to but excluding the day that is two Business Days prior to the next Period End Date.
 
   
Period End Dates: Quarterly, on each March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20, commencing on September 20, 2007 and ending on the Maturity Date, not subject to adjustment, whether or not such dates are Business Days.
  Reference Rate: An amount equal to 30CMS minus 2CMS; where (i) “30CMS” is the rate for U.S. Dollar swaps with a maturity of 30 years, expressed as a percentage, as published by the Federal Reserve Board in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 and reported on Reuters ISDAFIX1 or any successor page thereto at 11:00 a.m. New York time, and (ii) “2CMS” is the rate for U.S. Dollar swaps with a maturity of 2 years, expressed as a percentage, as published by the Federal Reserve Board in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 and reported on Reuters ISDAFIX1 or any successor page thereto at 11:00 a.m. New York time. If either of 2CMS or 30CMS does not appear on Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1 on any date, such rate for such date shall be determined as if the parties had specified USD-CMS-Reference Banks(as defined below) as the rate (or rates) that does not appear on Reuters Screen ISDAFIX1.
 
   
Form: þ Book Entry o Certificated
  CUSIP No.: 02687QBZ0
 
   
Specified Currency (If other than U.S. dollars): N/A
  Authorized Denominations (If other than U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof): N/A

 


 

The notes are being placed through or purchased by the Agents listed below:
                 
Agent   Principal Amount            
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  U.S.$10,000,000   Capacity:   o Agent   þ Principal
     
If as Agent:
  The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of principal amount.
If as Principal:
  o The notes are being offered at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale.
 
  þ The notes are being offered at a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of principal amount.
Redemption at Option of Issuer:
The notes will be redeemable, in whole only, at the option of the Issuer, upon written notice of a minimum of five (5) Business Days, at 100% of the Principal Amount, on September 20, 2007 and on each Interest Payment Date thereafter.
Events of Default and Acceleration:
In case an Event of Default with respect to any of the notes has occurred and is continuing, the amount payable to a holder of a note upon any acceleration permitted by the notes, will be equal to the amount payable on that note calculated as though the date of acceleration were the Maturity Date of the notes.
In case of default in payment of the notes, whether at the Stated Maturity Date, upon redemption, or upon acceleration, from and after that date the notes will bear interest, payable upon demand of their holders, at the rate equal to the interest applicable to the Interest Accrual Period or portion thereof as of the date on which the default occurs, to the extent that payment of interest is legally enforceable on the unpaid amount due and payable on that date in accordance with the terms of the Notes to the date payment of that amount has been made or duly provided for.
Other Provisions:
     
“Following Business
   
Day Convention”
  Means the convention for adjusting any relevant date if it would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day. When used in conjunction with a date, this convention shall mean that an adjustment will be made such that if that date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day so, that date as adjusted will be the first following day that is a Business Day.
 
   
“Business Day”
  Means any day other than a day that (i) is a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) is a day on which banking institutions generally in the City of New York and London are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close or (iii) is a day on which transactions in dollars are not conducted in the City of New York and London.
 
   
“USD-CMS-Reference Banks”
  An interest rate determined on the basis of the mid-market semi-annual swap rate quotations provided by the principal New York City office of each of five leading swap dealers in the New York interbank market (the “Reference Banks”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the day that is two Business Days preceding the applicable date; and for this purpose, the semi-annual swap rate means the mean of the bid and offered rates for the semi-annual fixed leg, calculated on a 30/360 day count basis, of a fixed-for-floating U.S. dollar interest rate swap transaction with a term equal to, in the case of 2CMS, 2 years, and in the case of 30CMS, 30 years, commencing on the applicable date and in a representative amount for 2-year and 30-year CMS swap transactions, as applicable, with an acknowledged dealer of good credit in the swap market, where the floating leg, calculated on an actual/360 day count basis, is equivalent to USD-LIBOR-BBA with a designated maturity of three months. The Calculation Agent will request the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least three quotations are provided, the rate for the applicable date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations, eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest).

 


 

     
Day Count Convention:
  30/360
 
   
Calculation Agent:
  AIG Financial Products Corp.
Examples of Calculation of Interest Rate:
Example 1: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on every calendar day in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 8.67% calculated as follows: 8.67% x 91/91 = 8.67%.
Example 2: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is less than 0.10% on every calendar day in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 0.00% calculated as follows: 8.67% x 0/91 = 0.00%.
Example 3: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on 50 calendar days in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 4.76% calculated as follows: 8.67% x 50/91 = 4.76%.
Example 4: Assuming the value of the Reference Rate is greater than or equal to 0.10% on 20 calendar days in the applicable 91-day Interest Accrual Period, on the applicable Interest Payment Date, the Interest Rate per annum for the applicable Interest Accrual Period would be 1.91% calculated as follows: 8.67% x 20/91 = 1.91%.
RISK FACTORS
Investing in the Notes involves a number of significant risks not associated with similar investments in a conventional debt security, including, but not limited to, fluctuations in the 30-year Constant Maturity Swap (CMS) Rate and 2-year CMS Rate, and other events that are difficult to predict and beyond AIG’s control. Accordingly, prospective investors should consult their financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in the notes and the suitability of the notes in light of their particular circumstances.
Limitations on Returns on the Notes
          The interest payable on the notes is uncertain, and movements in U.S. Dollar swap rates will affect whether or not and the extent to which you will receive interest on the notes in any interest period.
          The maximum interest rate for any interest period is the Base Rate of 8.67% per annum. However, for every day during an interest period on which the Reference Rate is less than 0.10%, that is, for every day on which the USD 30-year Constant Maturity Swap (CMS) Rate minus the USD 2-year CMS Rate is less than 0.10%, the applicable interest rate for that interest period will be reduced, and accordingly, your return for any interest period over the life of the notes could be significantly less than the Base Rate for that interest period. If the Reference Rate is less than 0.10% (that is, if the 30-year rate less the 2-year rate is lower than 0.10% or the 2-year rate is higher than the 30-year rate) on every day in any interest period, the applicable interest rate for that interest period will be zero.
Historical performance of the spread between the USD 30-year Swap Rate and the USD 2-year Swap Rate should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate during the term of the notes.
          It is impossible to predict whether the Reference Rate will increase or decrease. The Reference Rate will be influenced by complex and interrelated political, economic, financial and other factors; therefore, the historical spread between the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the spread between these two rates during the term of the notes.
          Factors that may affect the level of the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate and the Reference Rate between them include monetary policy, interest rate volatility, interest rate levels and the inflation rate

 


 

          Please note that historical trends are not indicative of future behavior of the 30 year CMS Rate, the 2 year CMS Rate and the spread between the two swap rates.
The market value of the notes may be influenced by unpredictable factors.
The market value of your notes may fluctuate between the date you purchase them and the Maturity Date. Several factors, many of which are beyond our control, will influence the market value of the notes. We expect that generally the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate on any day and expectations relating to the future level of the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate will affect the market value of the notes more than any other single factor. Other factors that may influence the market value of the notes include:
    supply and demand for the notes, including inventory positions held by any market maker;
 
    economic, financial, political and regulatory or judicial events that affect financial markets generally; interest rates in the market generally;
 
    the time remaining to maturity;
 
    our right to redeem the notes; and
 
    our creditworthiness and credit ratings.
Market factors may influence whether we exercise our right to redeem the notes prior to their scheduled maturity.
It is more likely that we will redeem the notes prior to their stated Maturity Date to the extent that the Reference Rate increases and results in an amount of interest in respect of the notes greater than that for instruments of a comparable maturity and credit rating trading in the market. If we redeem the notes prior to their stated maturity date, you may be unable to invest in securities with similar risk and yield as the notes and replacement investments may be more expensive than your investment in the notes. Your ability to realize market value appreciation and any interest is limited by our right to redeem the notes prior to their scheduled maturity.
There may not be an active trading market in the notes and sales prior to maturity may result in losses
There may be little or no secondary market for the notes. We do not intend to list the notes on any stock exchange or automated quotation system, and it is not possible to predict whether a secondary market will develop for the notes. Even if a secondary market for the notes develops, it may not provide significant liquidity or result in trading of notes at prices advantageous to you. Sales in the secondary market may result in significant losses. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. currently intends to act as market makers for the notes, but they are not required to do so, and may stop doing so at any time. We expect there will be little or no liquidity in the notes. The prices that may be offered in the secondary market for the notes will be discounted to reflect hedging and other costs and, among other things, changes of and volatility in interest rates in the market.
Trading by certain of our affiliates in the U.S. Dollar swap rate market may impair the value of the notes
Certain of our affiliates, including our subsidiary AIG Financial Products Corp. (“AIG-FP”), the Calculation Agent, are active participants in the U.S. Dollar swap rate market as dealers, proprietary traders and agents for our customers, and therefore at any given time may be a party to one or more transactions related to the 30-year CMS Rate or the 2-year CMS Rate. In addition, we or one or more of our affiliates may hedge our exposure under the notes by entering into various transactions. We may adjust these hedges at any time and from time to time. Our trading and hedging activities or other financial activity of ours or our affiliates may have a material adverse effect on the spread between the 30-year CMS Rate and the 2-year CMS Rate and make it less likely that you will receive a return on your investment in the notes. It is possible that we or our affiliates could receive significant returns from these hedging activities while the value of or amounts payable under the notes may decline.
The inclusion of compensation and projected profits from hedging in the original issue price is likely to adversely affect secondary market prices.
Assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which we, any of our affiliates or any market maker are willing to purchase the notes in secondary market transactions will likely be lower, and may be

 


 

materially lower, than the price at which we sold the notes to the Agent. In addition, any such prices may differ from values determined by pricing models used by us or any of our affiliates or any market maker as a result of dealer discounts, mark-ups or other transactions.
We may have conflicts of interests arising from our relationships with the Calculation Agent
You should be aware that AIG -FP, our subsidiary, in its capacity as Calculation Agent for the notes, is under no obligation to take your interests into consideration in determining the Reference Rate or the number of days on which interest will accrue, and is only required to act in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. AIG-FP as Calculation Agent will, among other things, also determine the applicable interest rate and the redemption payment to be made on the notes. Because these determinations by the Calculation Agent will affect the interest, redemption payment and the payment at maturity on the notes, conflicts of interest may arise in connection with its performance of its role as Calculation Agent.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
          The notes may not be purchased or held by any employee benefit plan or other plan or account that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Code (each, a “plan”), or by any entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any plan’s investment in the entity (a “plan asset entity”), unless in each case the purchaser or holder is eligible for exemptive relief from the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code under a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the Department of Labor or another applicable statutory or administrative exemption. Each purchaser or holder of the notes will be deemed to represent that either (1) it is not a plan or plan asset entity and is not purchasing the notes on behalf of or with plan assets or (2) with respect to the purchase and holding, it is eligible for relief under a prohibited transaction class exemption or other applicable statutory or administrative exemption from the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. The foregoing supplements the discussion under ERISA Considerations in the base prospectus dated July 24, 2006.
USE OF PROCEEDS
          We intend to lend the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to our subsidiary AIG Financial Products Corp. or certain of its subsidiaries for use for general corporate purposes.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP RATES
          The following graphs set forth the historical spread between the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate and the levels of each of the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate for the years indicated. You should not take the past performance of the spreads between the 30-Year CMS Rate and the 2-Year CMS Rate as an indication of future spreads.

 


 

(HISTORICAL REFERENCE GRAPH)
(USSWAP30 HISTORICAL CLOSING GRAPH)

 


 

(USSWAP2 HISTORICAL REFERENCE GRAPH)

 


 

CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
          For the reasons described below, we believe that the notes should be characterized as “variable rate” notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and we intend to treat the notes as such. For a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of owning variable rate notes, please see the description under the heading “United States Taxation — United States Holders — Original Issue Discount — Variable Rate Notes” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
          Under the applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations governing original issue discount on debt instruments, a debt instrument is a “variable rate” note if it provides for interest at an “objective rate” (that is, a rate determined using a single interest rate formula based on objective financial or economic information), unless the notes are reasonably expected to provide for significant “front-loading” or “back-loading” of interest. We believe that, although the applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations are not entirely clear, the existence of our option to call the notes should be taken into account in determining whether the notes are reasonably expected to provide for significant “front-loading” or “back-loading” of interest. Taking into account that option, we do not expect there to be significant “front-loading” or “back-loading” of interest payments on the notes, and the notes would qualify as “variable rate notes.”

           

You should be aware that our expectations regarding “front-loading” and “back-loading” of interest are only applicable for purposes of determining the tax treatment of your notes. We are not making any representation or prediction regarding the actual amount of interest that may be payable on your note, and we are under no obligation to call, and we are not making any promise or representation that we will call, the notes prior to their final maturity date.


          Alternatively, if the notes were found to have significant front-loading or back-loading of interest, it is possible that your notes could be characterized as contingent payment obligations subject to rules described under the heading “United States Taxation — United States Holders — Original Issue Discount — Notes Subject to the Contingent Payment Obligation Rules” in the accompanying prospectus supplement. In that case, among other differences, as more completely described in the prospectus supplement, United States Holders of the notes that otherwise use the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting would be required to use an accrual method of accounting in determining their income from ownership of the notes, and gain from a sale, redemption or exchange of the notes would be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain.
GENERAL INFORMATION
          The information in this Pricing Supplement, other than the information regarding the initial public offering price, the net proceeds to the issuer, the identities of the initial purchasers or agents, the information under “Examples of Calculation of Interest Rate”, “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”, “ERISA Considerations” and “Risk Factors” above, and the following two paragraphs, will be incorporated by reference into the Global Security representing all the Medium-Term Notes, Series AIG-FP.
          We are offering notes on a continuing basis through AIG Financial Securities Corp., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banca IMI S.p.A., Banc of America Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNY Capital Markets, Inc., Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Daiwa Securities America Inc., Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., McDonald Investments Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as agents, each of which has agreed to use its best efforts to solicit offers to purchase notes. We may also accept offers to purchase notes through other agents. See “Plan of Distribution” in the accompanying prospectus supplement. To date, including the notes described by this pricing supplement, we have accepted offers to purchase approximately $3.7 billion aggregate principal amount (or its equivalent in one or more foreign currencies) of notes described in the accompanying prospectus supplement, including $292,817,000 aggregate principal amount (or its equivalent in one or more foreign currencies) of Series AIG-FP notes.
          Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the notes or determined if the prospectus, the prospectus supplement or this pricing supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.