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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2021

 

Commission File Number: 1-11917

 

 

 

FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Iowa 42-1411715
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266-5997
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(515) 225-5400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, without par value FFG New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On May 25, 2021, Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, an Iowa stock property and casualty insurance company (“FBPCIC”) completed its previously-announced acquisition of the remaining shares of FBL Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) not owned by FBPCIC or the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, an Iowa non-profit corporation and the Company’s controlling shareholder (“IFBF”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of May 3, 2021, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, FBPCIC and 5400 Merger Sub, Inc., an Iowa corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of FBPCIC (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) in the Merger. Following the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), FBPCIC owns approximately 39% of the common shares of the Surviving Corporation and IFBF owns approximately 61% of the common shares of the Surviving Corporation. In addition, IFBF owns 100% of the Series B Preferred Shares of the Surviving Corporation and 100% of the Series C Preferred Shares of the Surviving Corporation.

 

At the Effective Time, each share of the Company’s Class A common stock, without par value, and Class B common stock, without par value (together, “Common Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than (i) Common Shares held by the Company in treasury or by any wholly-owned Company subsidiary, (ii) Common Shares held by IFBF, FBPCIC or Merger Sub (the Common Shares in clauses (i) and (ii) the “Excluded Shares”) or (iii) Common Shares held by holders who have properly exercised dissenters’ rights under applicable Iowa law (“Dissenting Shares”), was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive $61.00 in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes (the “Merger Consideration”).

 

The description of the Merger Agreement and the Merger contained in this Item 2.01 does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 11, 2021 and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2021, and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

In connection with the completion of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on May 25, 2021 that, effective on that date, each Common Share (other than Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. As a result, it is expected that all shares of the Company’s Class A common stock will be removed from trading on the NYSE following the close of trading on May 25, 2021. On May 25, 2021, the Surviving Corporation requested that the NYSE file with the SEC a notification of removal from listing and registration on Form 25 to effect the delisting of the Company’s Class A common stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of the Company’s Class A common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In addition, the Surviving Corporation intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC requesting the termination of registration of the Company’s Class A common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and the suspension of reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company’s Class A common stock.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

At the Effective Time, each holder of Common Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than holders of the Excluded Shares, ceased to have any rights as a shareholder of the Company (other than the right to receive the Merger Consideration or to receive payment for their Common Shares pursuant to the exercise of dissenters’ rights under applicable Iowa law).

 

The information set forth above under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

 

 

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

The information set forth above under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.

 

At the Effective Time, the articles of incorporation of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety as set forth in Exhibit 3.1. Following the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company will be amended and restated in their entirety as set forth in Exhibit 3.2. Each of Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On May 25, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Merger. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of FBL Financial Group, Inc., dated May 25, 2021.
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of FBL Financial Group, Inc., dated May 25, 2021.
99.1 Press Release of FBL Financial Group, Inc. dated May 25, 2021.
104 Cover page Interactive Data File formatted as iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language)

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 25, 2021 FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
     
  By /s/ Donald J. Seibel
    Donald J. Seibel
    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

 

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

 

Pursuant to Section 1007 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Restated Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE I – NAME

 

The name of the corporation is FBL Financial Group, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II – DURATION

 

The Corporation shall have perpetual duration.

 

ARTICLE III – POWERS

 

The Corporation shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the Iowa Business Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLE IV – CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 1. The total number of shares of capital stock of all classes which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 31,000,000 shares, which shall be divided into classes of which 6,000,000 shares shall be designated preferred stock without par value and 25,000,000 shares shall be designated common stock without par value.

 

Section 2. The common stock is subject to all the powers, rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of the preferred stock stated herein.

 

Section 3. No person holding shares of common stock may transfer, and the Corporation shall not register the transfer of such shares of common stock, whether by sale, assignment, gift, bequest, appointment or otherwise, except as permitted in a shareholders’ agreement by and among the Corporation and its shareholders. The Corporation shall note on the certificates representing the shares of common stock the restrictions on transfer imposed by or described herein.

 

Section 4. No holder of any share of any class of stock of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire additional shares of stock of any class of the Corporation or warrants or options to purchase, or securities convertible into, shares of any class of stock of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5. Whenever, at any time, dividends on the preferred stock shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, and after complying with respect to any retirement or sinking fund or funds for the preferred stock, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends on the common stock out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, and the holders of shares of the preferred stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

 

Section 6. The preferred stock shall have voting powers, designations, preferences, and other special rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions as set forth in this section. The preferred stock shall be designated as follows: (i) 5,000,000 shares as Series B Cumulative Voting Preferred Stock with no par value (hereinafter referred to as “Series B Preferred Stock”), and (ii) 1,000,000 shares as Series C Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock with no par value (hereinafter referred to as “Series C Preferred Stock”).

 

A. Series B Preferred Stock

 

1. Restricted Transfer Issue. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be initially issued only to a Farm Bureau organization as defined in paragraph 9 hereof. In the event any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall, as a result of any transfer or otherwise, cease to be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly by a Farm Bureau organization, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock ceasing to be so owned shall immediately and without any further action by the Corporation or the holder thereof, become subject to redemption by the Corporation, at the option of the Corporation, pursuant to paragraph 5 hereof. Certificates representing shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be legended to reflect such right of redemption.

 

2. Dividends and Distributions.

 

(a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends (“Series B Dividends”) in an amount per share equal to Three Cents ($0.03) per share per annum, payable quarterly, one-fourth on the last day of March, June, September and December (each a “Dividend Payment Date”), to holders of record at the start of business on such Dividend Payment Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date shall fall on any day other than a business day, the dividend payment due on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the business day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date. Series B Dividends shall begin to accrue on outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock from the date of issuance of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Series B Dividends shall accrue on a daily basis whether the Corporation shall have earnings or surplus at the time. Series B Dividends accrued for any period less than a full quarterly period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 30-day months. Accrued but unpaid Series B Dividends shall cumulate as of the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become payable, but no interest shall accrue on accumulated but unpaid Series B Dividends.

 

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(b) So long as any Series B Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, no dividend shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any other series of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends, unless there shall also be or have been declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Series B Preferred Stock, dividends for all dividend payment periods of the Series B Preferred Stock ending on or before the dividend payment date of such parity stock, ratably in proportion to the respective amounts of dividends accumulated and unpaid through such dividend payment period of the Series B Preferred Stock and accumulated and unpaid or payable on such parity stock through the dividend payment period on such parity stock next preceding such dividend payment date. In the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid or set apart for payment when due, the Corporation shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends or make any other distributions on, or make any payment on account of the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any other class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock until full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any dividend payable solely in any shares of stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, or (ii) the acquisition of shares of any stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock either (A) pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted or (B) in exchange solely for shares of any other stock ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

3. Voting Rights. The holders of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

(a) The holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall, if the holder is a Farm Bureau organization as defined in paragraph 9 hereof, be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of common stock of the Corporation, voting together with the holders of common stock as one class. Each share of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote, adjusted as provided in paragraph 7 hereof. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph 3(a), the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock specified in this paragraph 3(a) shall terminate automatically in the event such Series B Preferred Stock shall cease to be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Farm Bureau organization as defined in paragraph 9 hereof, with respect to the shares ceasing to be so owned.

 

(b) Except as otherwise required by the Iowa Business Corporation Act or set forth herein, holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights as a separate voting group and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of common stock as set forth herein) for the taking of any corporate action; provided, however, that the vote of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting as a separate voting group, shall be necessary to adopt any alteration, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (including any such alteration, amendment or repeal effected by any merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the surviving or resulting corporation) if such amendment, alteration or repeal would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely.

 

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4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up.

 

(a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation which remain after the debts or obligations of the Corporation have been paid and which are available for payment to shareholders and subject to the rights of the holders of stock of the Corporation ranking senior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any amount shall be paid or distributed among the holders of common stock or any other shares ranking junior to the Series B Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, liquidating distributions in cash in the amount of Sixty Cents ($0.60) per share, plus an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for distribution. If upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock and any other stock ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and such other stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment of the full amount to which they are entitled as provided by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 4(a), the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

 

(b) Neither the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation with or into the Corporation, nor the sale, transfer, exchange or lease of all or any portion of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation for purposes of this paragraph 4, but the holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be entitled in the event of any such merger or consolidation to the rights provided by paragraph 6 hereof.

 

(c) Written notice of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable to holders of Series B Preferred Stock in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days prior to any payment date stated therein, to the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the address shown on the books of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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5. Redemption at the Option of the Corporation.

 

(a) Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock ceasing to be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Farm Bureau organization, shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at the option of the Corporation at any time after the date they ceased to be so owned by a Farm Bureau organization, at the price of Sixty Cents ($0.60) per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Price”).

 

(b) On and after the date when less than Ten Percent (10%) of the common stock of the Corporation is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Farm Bureau organization, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at the option of the Corporation at any time at the Redemption Price.

 

(c) Unless otherwise required by law, notice of redemption will be sent to the holders of Series B Preferred Stock at the address shown on the books of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the redemption date. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the total number of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date. Upon the date fixed for redemption, the Corporation shall set aside cash funds having a value equal to the aggregate Redemption Price for the shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Payment of the Redemption Price shall be made by the Corporation within five (5) days after the date fixed for redemption upon surrender of the certificates evidencing the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so redeemed, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer.

 

(d) From and after the date fixed for redemption, and provided the Corporation shall have set aside funds sufficient to redeem the shares, dividends on shares of Series B Preferred Stock called for redemption will cease to accrue, such shares will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights in respect of such shares of the Corporation shall cease, except the right to receive the Redemption Price therefor, without interest, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificates evidencing such shares, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer. If less than all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall redeem a portion of the shares of each holder which is not a Farm Bureau organization determined pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.

 

6. Consolidation, Merger, etc.

 

(a) In the event that the Corporation shall consummate any consolidation or merger or similar transaction, however named, pursuant to which the outstanding shares of common stock are by operation of law exchanged solely for or changed, reclassified or converted solely into stock of any successor or resulting corporation (including the Corporation), and, if applicable, for a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares, if any, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall be assumed by and shall become preferred stock of such successor or resulting corporation, having in respect of such corporation insofar as possible the same powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, that the Series B Preferred Stock had immediately prior to such transaction. The rights of the Series B Preferred Stock as preferred stock of such successor or resulting corporation shall successively be subject to adjustments pursuant to paragraph 7 hereof after any such transaction as nearly equivalent to the adjustments provided for by such paragraph prior to such transaction. The Corporation shall not consummate any such merger, consolidation or similar transaction unless all then outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be assumed and authorized by the successor or resulting corporation as aforesaid.

 

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(b) In the event the Corporation shall enter into any agreement providing for any consolidation or merger or similar transaction described in paragraph 6(a), then the Corporation shall as soon as practicable thereafter (and in any event at least ten (10) business days before consummation of such transaction) give notice of such agreement and the material terms thereof to each holder of Series B Preferred Stock and each such holder shall have the right to elect, by written notice to the Corporation, to receive, upon consummation of such transaction (if and when such transaction is consummated), from the Corporation or the successor of the Corporation, in redemption and retirement of such Series B Preferred Stock, a cash payment equal to the amount payable in respect of shares of Series B Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price. No such notice of redemption shall be effective unless given to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth business day prior to consummation of such transaction, unless the Corporation or the successor of the Corporation shall waive such prior notice, but any notice of redemption so given prior to such time may be withdrawn by notice of withdrawal given to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth business day prior to consummation of such transaction.

 

7. Anti-dilution Voting Adjustments.

 

(a) In the event the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding, (i) pay any dividend or make a distribution in respect of the common stock in shares of common stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of common stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of common stock into a smaller number of shares, in each case whether by reclassification of shares, recapitalization of the Corporation (including a recapitalization effected by a merger or consolidation to which paragraph 6 hereof does not apply) or otherwise, the voting rights of a share of Series B Preferred Stock in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted by multiplying such voting right by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately before such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 7(a) shall be given effect, upon declaration of such a dividend or distribution, as of the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution (on a retroactive basis) and in the case of a subdivision or combination shall become effective immediately as of the effective date thereof.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this paragraph 7, the Corporation shall not be required to make any adjustment of the voting rights of Series B Preferred Stock unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the voting rights. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made no later than the time of, and together with, the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the voting rights.

 

(c) If the Corporation shall make any dividend or distribution of the common stock or issue any common stock, other capital stock or other security of the Corporation or any rights or warrants to purchase or acquire any such security, which transaction does not result in an adjustment to the voting rights pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 7, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consider whether such action is of such a nature that an adjustment to the voting rights should equitably be made in respect of such transaction. If in such case the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that an adjustment to the voting rights should be made, an adjustment shall be made effective as of such date, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The determination of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as to whether an adjustment to the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock should be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 7(c), and, if so, as to what adjustment should be made and when, shall be final and binding on the Corporation and all shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(d) Whenever an adjustment to the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock is required pursuant hereto, the Corporation shall forthwith place on file with the transfer agent for the common stock and the Series B Preferred Stock, if any, and with the Secretary of the Corporation, a statement signed by two officers of the Corporation stating the voting rights (as appropriately adjusted), of the Series B Preferred Stock. Such statement shall set forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason and the manner of computing such adjustment, including any determination of fair market value involved in such computation. Promptly after each adjustment to the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall mail a notice thereof to each holder of shares of the Series B Preferred Stock.

 

8. Ranking; Retirement of Shares.

 

(a) The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the common stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution and winding-up of the Corporation, and, unless otherwise provided in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or a certificate of designation relating to any other series of preferred stock of the Corporation, the Series B Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity with all other series of the Corporation’s preferred stock, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up.

 

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(b) Any shares of Series B Preferred Stock acquired by the Corporation by reason of the redemption of such shares as provided herein, or otherwise so acquired, shall be retired as shares of Series B Preferred Stock and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, undesignated as to series, and may thereafter be reissued as part of a new series of such preferred stock as permitted by law.

 

9.            Definition of Farm Bureau Organization. For purposes hereof, “Farm Bureau organization” shall mean (i) the American Farm Bureau Federation, an Illinois not for profit corporation formed to promote agriculture and to correlate and strengthen various state Farm Bureau federations, county Farm Bureau federations and any other state organizations controlled by or under common control with any of such federations; and (ii) the state Farm Bureau federations, the county Farm Bureau federations, and all corporations, partnerships, and other entities controlled by or under common control with the American Farm Bureau Federation, any state Farm Bureau federation, or any county Farm Bureau federation, or entity authorized by the American Farm Bureau Federation to use the trade-names, “Farm Bureau” or “FB” in its name or operations.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) business days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered mail (unless first-class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under the terms hereof) with postage prepaid, addressed: (i) if to the Corporation, to its office at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 (Attention: Secretary) or other agent of the Corporation designated as permitted herein, or (ii) if to any holder of the Series B Preferred Stock or common stock, as the case may be, to such holder at the address of such holder as listed in the stock record books of the Corporation (which may include the records of any transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock or common stock, as the case may be), or (iii) to such other address as the Corporation or any such holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

 

(b) The term “common stock” as used herein means the Corporation’s no par value common stock, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such common stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value.

 

(c) The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series B Preferred Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person with respect to any such shares or securities other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

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(d) Unless otherwise provided in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, all payments in the form of dividends, distributions on voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up or otherwise made upon the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any other stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to such dividend or distribution shall be made pro rata, so that amounts paid per share on the Series B Preferred Stock and such other stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that the required dividends, distributions or payments, as the case may be, then payable per share on the shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and such other stock bear to each other.

 

(e) The Corporation may (but shall not be required to) appoint, and from time to time discharge and change, a transfer agent for the Series B Preferred Stock. Upon any such appointment or discharge of a transfer agent, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of record of Series B Preferred Stock.

 

B.        Series C Preferred Stock

 

1. Restricted Issue. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be initially issued only to a Farm Bureau organization as defined in paragraph 9 hereof.

 

2. Dividends and Distributions.

 

(a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends (“Series C Dividends”) in an amount per share equal to Two Dollars and Eighty Cents ($2.80) per share per annum, payable quarterly, one-fourth on the last day of March, June, September and December (each a “Dividend Payment Date”), to holders of record at the start of business on such Dividend Payment Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date shall fall on any day other than a business day, the dividend payment due on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the business day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date. Series C Dividends shall begin to accrue on outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the date of issuance of such shares of Series C Preferred Stock. Series C Dividends shall accrue on a daily basis whether the Corporation shall have earnings or surplus at the time. Series C Dividends accrued for any period less than a full quarterly period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 30-day months. Accrued but unpaid Series C Dividends shall cumulate as of the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become payable, but no interest shall accrue on accumulated but unpaid Series C Dividends.

 

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(b) So long as any Series C Preferred Stock shall be outstanding, no dividend shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any other series of stock ranking on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends, unless there shall also be or have been declared or paid or set apart for payment on the Series C Preferred Stock, dividends for all dividend payment periods of the Series C Preferred Stock ending on or before the dividend payment date of such parity stock, ratably in proportion to the respective amounts of dividends accumulated and unpaid through such dividend payment period of the Series C Preferred Stock and accumulated and unpaid or payable on such parity stock through the dividend payment period on such parity stock next preceding such dividend payment date. In the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid or set apart for payment when due, the Corporation shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends or make any other distributions on, or make any payment on account of the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, any other class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series C Preferred Stock until full cumulative dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any dividend payable solely in any shares of stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series C Preferred Stock, or (ii) the acquisition of shares of any stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, junior to the Series C Preferred Stock either (A) pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted or (B) in exchange solely for shares of any other stock ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

3. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by the Iowa Business Corporation Act or set forth herein, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights as a separate voting group and their consent shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action; provided, however, that the vote of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, voting as a separate voting group, shall be necessary to adopt any alteration, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (including any such alteration, amendment or repeal effected by any merger or consolidation in which the Corporation is the surviving or resulting corporation) if such amendment, alteration or repeal would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely. As to all matters for which voting by the holders of Series C Preferred Stock is required by the Iowa Business Corporation Act or is required herein, each share of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote.

 

4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-up.

 

(a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation which remain after the debts or obligations of the Corporation have been paid and which are available for payment to shareholders and subject to the rights of the holders of stock of the Corporation ranking senior to or on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, before any amount shall be paid or distributed among the holders of common stock or any other shares ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, liquidating distributions in cash in the amount of Fifty Six Dollars ($56.00) per share, plus an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for distribution. If upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock and any other stock ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and such other stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment of the full amount to which they are entitled as provided by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 4(a), the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

 

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(b) Neither the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation with or into the Corporation, nor the sale, transfer, exchange or lease of all or any portion of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation for purposes of this paragraph 4, but the holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be entitled in the event of any such merger or consolidation to the rights provided by paragraph 6 hereof.

 

(c) Written notice of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable to holders of Series C Preferred Stock in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days prior to any payment date stated therein, to the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the address shown on the books of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

5. Redemption at the Option of the Corporation.

 

(a) Shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemable, in whole or in part, out of funds legally available therefor, at the option of the Corporation at any time at the price of Fifty Six Dollars ($56.00) per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Price”).

 

(b) Unless otherwise required by law, notice of redemption will be sent to the holders of Series C Preferred Stock at the address shown on the books of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock by first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the redemption date. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the total number of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (iii) the Redemption Price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date. Upon the date fixed for redemption, the Corporation shall set aside cash funds having a value equal to the aggregate Redemption Price for the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Payment of the Redemption Price shall be made by the Corporation within five (5) days after the date fixed for redemption upon surrender of the certificates evidencing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so redeemed, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer.

 

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(c) From and after the date fixed for redemption, and provided the Corporation shall have set aside funds sufficient to redeem the shares, dividends on shares of Series C Preferred Stock called for redemption will cease to accrue, such shares will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights in respect of such shares of the Corporation shall cease, except the right to receive the Redemption Price therefor, without interest, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificates evidencing such shares, properly endorsed or assigned for transfer. If less than all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall redeem a portion of the shares of each holder pro rata based on the number of shares held by each such holder.

 

6. Consolidation, Merger, etc.

 

(a) In the event that the Corporation shall consummate any consolidation or merger or similar transaction, however named, pursuant to which the outstanding shares of common stock are by operation of law exchanged solely for or changed, reclassified or converted solely into stock of any successor or resulting corporation (including the Corporation), and, if applicable, for a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares, if any, the shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be assumed by and shall become preferred stock of such successor or resulting corporation, having in respect of such corporation insofar as possible the same powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, that the Series C Preferred Stock had immediately prior to such transaction. The rights of the Series C Preferred Stock as preferred stock of such successor or resulting corporation shall successively be subject to adjustments pursuant to paragraph 7 hereof after any such transaction as nearly equivalent to the adjustments provided for by such paragraph prior to such transaction. The Corporation shall not consummate any such merger, consolidation or similar transaction unless all then outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be assumed and authorized by the successor or resulting corporation as aforesaid.

 

(b) In the event the Corporation shall enter into any agreement providing for any consolidation or merger or similar transaction described in paragraph 6(a), then the Corporation shall as soon as practicable thereafter (and in any event at least ten (10) business days before consummation of such transaction) give notice of such agreement and the material terms thereof to each holder of Series C Preferred Stock and each such holder shall have the right to elect, by written notice to the Corporation, to receive, upon consummation of such transaction (if and when such transaction is consummated), from the Corporation or the successor of the Corporation, in redemption and retirement of such Series C Preferred Stock, a cash payment equal to the amount payable in respect of shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price. No such notice of redemption shall be effective unless given to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth business day prior to consummation of such transaction, unless the Corporation or the successor of the Corporation shall waive such prior notice, but any notice of redemption so given prior to such time may be withdrawn by notice of withdrawal given to the Corporation prior to the close of business on the fifth business day prior to consummation of such transaction.

 

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7. Anti-dilution Voting Adjustments.

 

(a) In the event the Corporation shall, at any time or from time to time while any of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, (i) pay any dividend or make a distribution in respect of the common stock in shares of common stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of common stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of common stock into a smaller number of shares, in each case whether by reclassification of shares, recapitalization of the Corporation (including a recapitalization effected by a merger or consolidation to which paragraph 6 hereof does not apply) or otherwise, the voting rights of a share of Series C Preferred Stock in effect immediately prior to such action (as limited by paragraph 3 hereof) shall be adjusted by multiplying such voting right by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately before such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph 7(a) shall be given effect, upon declaration of such a dividend or distribution, as of the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution (on a retroactive basis) and in the case of a subdivision or combination shall become effective immediately as of the effective date thereof.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this paragraph 7, the Corporation shall not be required to make any adjustment of the voting rights of Series C Preferred Stock unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the voting rights. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made no later than the time of, and together with, the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the voting rights.

 

(c) If the Corporation shall make any dividend or distribution of the common stock or issue any common stock, other capital stock or other security of the Corporation or any rights or warrants to purchase or acquire any such security, which transaction does not result in an adjustment to the voting rights pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 7, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consider whether such action is of such a nature that an adjustment to the voting rights should equitably be made in respect of such transaction. If in such case the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that an adjustment to the voting rights should be made, an adjustment shall be made effective as of such date, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The determination of the Board of Directors of the Corporation as to whether an adjustment to the voting rights of the Series C Preferred Stock should be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 7(c), and, if so, as to what adjustment should be made and when, shall be final and binding on the Corporation and all shareholders of the Corporation.

 

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(d) Whenever an adjustment to the voting rights of the Series C Preferred Stock is required pursuant hereto, the Corporation shall forthwith place on file with the transfer agent for the common stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, if any, and with the Secretary of the Corporation, a statement signed by two officers of the Corporation stating the voting rights (as appropriately adjusted), of the Series C Preferred Stock. Such statement shall set forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason and the manner of computing such adjustment, including any determination of fair market value involved in such computation. Promptly after each adjustment to the voting rights of the Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall mail a notice thereof to each holder of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

8. Ranking; Retirement of Shares.

 

(a) The Series C Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the common stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution and winding-up of the Corporation, and, unless otherwise provided in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, or a certificate of designation relating to any other series of preferred stock of the Corporation, the Series C Preferred Stock shall rank on a parity with all other series of the Corporation’s preferred stock, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up.

 

(b) Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock acquired by the Corporation by reason of the redemption of such shares as provided herein, or otherwise so acquired, shall be retired as shares of Series C Preferred Stock and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, undesignated as to series, and may thereafter be reissued as part of a new series of such preferred stock as permitted by law.

 

9. Definition of Farm Bureau Organization. For purposes hereof, “Farm Bureau organization” shall mean (i) the American Farm Bureau Federation, an Illinois not for profit corporation formed to promote agriculture and to correlate and strengthen various state Farm Bureau federations, county Farm Bureau federations and any other state organizations controlled by or under common control with any of such federations; and (ii) the state Farm Bureau federations, the county Farm Bureau federations, and all corporations, partnerships, and other entities controlled by or under common control with the American Farm Bureau Federation, any state Farm Bureau federation, or any county Farm Bureau federation, or entity authorized by the American Farm Bureau Federation to use the trade-names, “Farm Bureau” or “FB” in its name or operations.

 

10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) business days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered mail (unless first-class mail shall be specifically permitted for such notice under the terms hereof) with postage prepaid, addressed: (i) if to the Corporation, to its office at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 (Attention: Secretary) or other agent of the Corporation designated as permitted herein, or (ii) if to any holder of the Series C Preferred Stock or common stock, as the case may be, to such holder at the address of such holder as listed in the stock record books of the Corporation (which may include the records of any transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock or common stock, as the case may be), or (iii) to such other address as the Corporation or any such holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

 

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(b) The term “common stock” as used herein means the Corporation’s no par value common stock, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such common stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value.

 

(c) The Corporation shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Series C Preferred Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series C Preferred Stock with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, or in respect of any payment to any person with respect to any such shares or securities other than a payment to the registered holder thereof, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

(d) Unless otherwise provided in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, all payments in the form of dividends, distributions on voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up or otherwise made upon the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any other stock ranking on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to such dividend or distribution shall be made pro rata, so that amounts paid per share on the Series C Preferred Stock and such other stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that the required dividends, distributions or payments, as the case may be, then payable per share on the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock and such other stock bear to each other.

 

(e) The Corporation may (but shall not be required to) appoint, and from time to time discharge and change, a transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock. Upon any such appointment or discharge of a transfer agent, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of record of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE V – REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The street address of the Corporation’s registered office in Iowa and the name of its registered agent at that office is Edward G. Parker, 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.

 

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ARTICLE VI – DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. The number of members of the Board of Directors and the procedures for electing directors shall be set forth in a shareholders’ agreement by and among the Corporation and its shareholders.

 

ARTICLE VII – PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

 

A director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for (1) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which the director is not entitled; (2) an intentional infliction of harm on the Corporation or the shareholders; (3) a violation of section 490.833 of the Code of Iowa; and (4) an intentional violation of criminal law. No amendments to or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of said director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. If Iowa law is hereafter changed to permit further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors for monetary damages to the Corporation or its shareholders, then the liability of a director of this Corporation shall be automatically eliminated or limited to the full extent then permitted without further action of the Corporation or its Board of Directors. The directors of this Corporation have agreed to serve and assume the duties of directors in reliance upon the provisions of this Article.

 

ARTICLE VIII – INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

 

Each individual who is or was a director of the Corporation (and the heirs, executors, personal representatives of administrators of such individual) who was or is made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise (“Indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. An Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Corporation for any action taken, or failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for (1) receipt of a financial benefit to which the person is not entitled; (2) an intentional infliction of harm on the Corporation or the shareholders; (3) a violation of section 490.833 of the Code of Iowa; and (4) an intentional violation of criminal law. In addition to the indemnification conferred in this Article, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to have paid directly by the Corporation the expenses reasonably incurred in defending any such proceeding against such Indemnitee in advance of its final disposition, to the fullest extent authorized by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. This Article shall prevail over any inconsistent bylaw or resolution adopted by the Corporation.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION

 

The duly adopted Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth above supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto and consolidate the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto into a single document. The Restated Articles of Incorporation amend the articles of incorporation, requiring shareholder approval. The Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly approved by the shareholders in the manner required by the Iowa Business Corporation Act and by the articles of incorporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand hereto this 21st day of May, 2021.

 

  FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
       
  By:   /s/ Duane J. Johnson, Jr.  
  Duane J. Johnson, Jr.
  Secretary, FBL Financial Group, Inc.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

ARTICLE I – OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of Iowa shall be located in the City of West Des Moines. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Iowa, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held each year at such time and on such day as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Iowa, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of the directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Chairman and shall be called upon written request of a majority of the Board of Directors. Such request must specify the purpose for which the meeting is to be called, and the business to be considered at the meeting shall be limited to that stated in such written notice.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Iowa, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of shareholders called by the Board of Directors. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Iowa.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting of shareholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) days (unless a longer period is required by law or the articles of incorporation) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, the Secretary or any other officer or persons calling the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his, her or its address as it appears on the share record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

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Section 5. Adjournment. Any meeting of shareholders may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. No notice of the time or place of an adjournment need be given if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which an adjournment is taken, unless the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, in which case notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder. Unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, the determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at the meeting at which adjournment is taken shall apply to the adjourned meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the articles of incorporation. Though less than a quorum of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares represented at a meeting which initially had a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Conduct of Meeting. The Chairman, and in his or her absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call the meeting of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy appointed in writing (including by means of electronic transmission) by the shareholder or by his, her or its duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the proxy and supported by sufficient interest, a proxy may be revoked at any time before it is voted, either by written notice filed with the Secretary or the acting secretary of the meeting or by oral notice given by the shareholder to the presiding officer during the meeting.

 

Section 9. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share shall be entitled to one (1) vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or series are enlarged, limited or denied by the articles of incorporation.

 

Section 10. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder of the corporation under the articles of incorporation or bylaws or any provision of the Iowa Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by the shareholder entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business.

 

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Section 11. Shareholders Consent Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws or any provision of law to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting, prior notice or vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all shareholders entitled to vote on such action at a meeting.

 

ARTICLE III – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers and Number. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The number of directors of the corporation shall be such number as may be designated from time to time by the shareholders.

 

Section 2. Tenure and Qualifications. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been qualified and elected, or until his or her prior death, resignation or removal. A director may be removed from office by affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of such director, taken at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director may resign at any time by filing his or her written resignation with the Secretary of the corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Iowa.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The place of such regular meeting shall be the same as the place of the meeting of shareholders that precedes it, or such other suitable place as may be announced at such meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman or the majority of directors. The Chairman or directors calling any special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Iowa, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them, and if no other place is fixed, then the place of the meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Iowa.

 

Section 5. Notice; Waiver. Written notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director not less than two (2) days prior to a meeting by delivering or mailing notice to such director. If mailed, then such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director of the corporation under the articles of incorporation or bylaws or any provision of law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by the director entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting and objects thereat to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

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Section 6. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. A majority of the directors present (though less than such quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.

 

Section 8. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman, and in his or her absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 9. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled until the next succeeding annual election by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors; provided that in case of a vacancy created by the removal of a director by vote of the shareholders, the shareholders shall have the right to fill such vacancy at the same meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

Section 10. Compensation. The Board of Directors, by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise, or may delegate such authority to an appropriate committee.

 

Section 11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof of which he or she is a member at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file his or her written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action

 

Section 12. Committees. The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors and/or officers elected by the Board of Directors, which to the extent provided in said resolution as initially adopted, and as thereafter supplemented or amended by further resolution adopted by a like vote, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation. Each such committee shall fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall make such reports to the Board of Directors of its activities as the Board of Directors may request.

 

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Section 13. Unanimous Consent Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws or any provision of law to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

Section 14. Telephonic Meetings. Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The principal officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, then such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected or until his or her prior death, resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Failure to elect officers shall not dissolve or otherwise affect the corporation.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. Chairman. The Chairman shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of shareholders.

 

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Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for such purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records of the corporation; (d) keep or arrange for the keeping of a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the Chairman certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the share transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him or her by the Chairman or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint any person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his or her stead, or to perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he or she is so appointed to be an assistant, or as to which he or she is so appointed to act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V – CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the Chairman and by the Secretary; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.

 

Section 2. Loans. No indebtedness for borrowed money shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of such indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks and Drafts. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. Subject to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by this corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the Chairman of this corporation if he or she is present, or in his or her absence, by the Secretary of this corporation if he or she is present, and (b) whenever, in the judgment of the Chairman, or in his or her absence, of the Secretary, it is desirable for this corporation to execute a proxy or written consent in respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by this corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this corporation by the Chairman or the Secretary of this corporation, without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors or countersignature or attestation by another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of this corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by this corporation the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by this corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI – CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form, consistent with law, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the Chairman and by the Secretary.

 

Section 2. Restrictions on Transfer. The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation upon the transfer of such shares.

 

Section 3. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the share certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the person requesting such new certificate or certificates, or his, her or its legal representative, to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

Section 4. Share Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statutes of the State of Iowa as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

Section 1. General. The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative whether formal or informal (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, except for any of the following: (1) receipt of a financial benefit to which the director or officer was not entitled; (2) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders; (3) a violation by a director of section 490.833 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act; (4) an intentional violation of criminal law; and, (5) in the case of an officer, liability in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of corporation other than for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, be determinative that the director or officer did not meet the relevant standard of conduct.

 

Section 2. Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if liability was precluded by article VII of the corporation’s articles of incorporation or if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, provided that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, or adjudged to be liable on the basis that such person received a financial benefit to which he was not entitled, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

 

Section 3. Indemnification in Certain Cases. To the extent that a director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VII, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

 

Section 4. Procedure. Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such Sections 1 and 2. Such determination shall be made by any means authorized by law, including, without limitation, by any one of the following:

 

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If there are two or more disinterested directors, by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of all the disinterested directors, a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more disinterested directors appointed by such a vote.

 

By special legal counsel selected in the manner prescribed in paragraph “a”, or if there are fewer than two disinterested directors, selected by the Board of Directors, in which selection directors who do not qualify as disinterested directors may participate.

 

By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a director who at the time does not qualify as a disinterested director shall not be voted on the determination.

 

Section 5. Advances for Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding shall, after authorization as provided by the Iowa Business Corporation Act, be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay any funds advanced if the director or officer is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under the Iowa Business Corporation Act and it is ultimately determined that the director or officer has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in section 490.851 or section 490.856, respectively, of the Iowa Business Corporation Act.

 

Section 6. Rights Not Exclusive. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this Article VII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding such offices.

 

Section 7. Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VII.

 

Section 8. Definition of Corporation. For the purposes of this Article VII, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

 

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Section 9. Survival Rights. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to this Article VII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

ARTICLE VIII – MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1. No Corporate Seal. The corporation shall not have a corporate seal.

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation for accounting and income tax purposes shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December each year.

 

Section 3. Exclusive Forum. Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Iowa Business Corporation Act or the articles of incorporation or these bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state court located within the State of Iowa (or, if no state court located within the State of Iowa has jurisdiction, a federal court located within the State of Iowa).

 

ARTICLE IX – AMENDMENT

 

Section 1. By Shareholders. These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed and new bylaws may be adopted by the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, provided the amendment under consideration has been set forth in the notice of meeting, by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the shares present or represented at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.

 

Section 2. By Board of Directors. These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; but no bylaw adopted by the shareholders shall be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if the bylaws so provide.

 

The undersigned certifies that the foregoing bylaws were duly adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of the corporation on this ____ day of ________, 2021.

 

  By:    
   
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Exhibit 99.1

 

FARM BUREAU PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPLETES TAKE-PRIVATE TRANSACTION WITH FBL FINANCIAL GROUP

 

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – May 25, 2021 – Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“FBPCIC”) today announced that it has completed its transaction with FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) (“FBL Financial Group” or “the Company”). Under the terms of the previously announced agreement, FBPCIC acquired the outstanding shares of FBL Financial Group Class A and Class B common stock that neither FBPCIC nor the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (“IFBF”) owned prior to the transaction for $61.00 per share in cash.

 

As a result of the closing, FBL Financial Group common stock will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange prior to the opening of the market on May 26, 2021. IFBF will continue to be the majority owner of the Company, and shareholders of FBL Financial Group other than FBPCIC and IFBF will receive the same $61.00 per share cash consideration for their shares.

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial advisor and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal advisor to FBPCIC. Barclays Capital Inc. served as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of FBL Financial Group, and Sidley Austin LLP as its legal advisor.

 

About Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company

 

Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company is an indirect subsidiary of Farm Bureau Mutual Holding Company. The company was formed in 1939 to write automobile insurance in Iowa. Today, Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company and its subsidiary insurance company serve in excess of 360,000 Farm Bureau client/members in eight Midwest and Western states through a network of over 900 exclusive multi-line agents and agency managers, offering a full line of personal and commercial property-casualty insurance products.

 

About FBL Financial Group

 

FBL Financial Group is a holding company with the purpose to protect livelihoods and futures. Operating under the consumer brand name Farm Bureau Financial Services, its affiliates offer a broad range of life insurance, annuity and investment products distributed by multiline exclusive Farm Bureau agents. Helping complete the financial services offering, advisors offer wealth management and financial planning services. In addition, FBL Financial Group manages all aspects of two Farm Bureau affiliated property-casualty insurance companies for a management fee. FBL Financial Group is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. For more information, please visit www.fblfinancial.com and www.fbfs.com.

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements (or forward-looking information). When we use words such as “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “believe,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “estimate,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “expect,” or similar expressions, we do so to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that involve assumptions that are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, operational and other factors. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements as a result of significant risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, change in interest rates; changes in laws and regulations; differences between actual claims experience and underwriting assumptions; relationships with Farm Bureau organizations; the ability to attract and retain sales agents; adverse results from litigation; and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and any future pandemics and the impact. The statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation or intention to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, changes in assumptions, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

 

Contacts

 

Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company

Nancy Wiles

Marketing Communications Vice President

Nancy.Wiles@FBFS.com

 

FBL Financial Group:

Media:
Bryan Locke and Lindsay Molk
Sard Verbinnen & Co
FBLFinancial-SVC@sardverb.com
Investors:
Kathleen Till Stange
Vice President Corporate & Investor Relations
Kathleen.TillStange@FBLFinancial.com