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:
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).
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 8.01. Other Information
On May 2, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that
it had entered into the Merger Agreement Amendment and a related presentation with information for investors. The press release and presentation
are filed as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report, respectively, and are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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2.1
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Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 2, 2021, by and among Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Company, 5400 Merger Sub, Inc. and FBL Financial Group, Inc.
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2.2
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Amendment No. 1 to Rollover Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2021, by and among 5400 Merger Sub, Inc. and the shareholders of FBL Financial Group, Inc. listed on Schedule I thereto
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10.1
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Cooperation and Support Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2021, by and among Capital Returns Management, LLC, Ronald Bobman, Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Company, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and FBL Financial Group, Inc.
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99.1
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Press Release issued by FBL Financial Group, Inc., dated as of May 3, 2021
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99.2
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Presentation Issued by FBL Financial Group, Inc., dated as of May 3, 2021
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Cover page Interactive Data File formatted as iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and contained in Exhibit 101.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this communication 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, the occurrence of any
event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the inability to obtain the requisite
shareholder approval for the proposed transaction or the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the proposed transaction;
the risk that shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification
and liability; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations; the ability to recognize the benefits of the
transaction; the amount of the costs, fees, and expenses and charges related to the transaction; 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. Additional information about these risks and uncertainties, as well as others that may cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected, is contained in FBL Financial Group’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”),
including FBL Financial Group’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and FBL Financial Group’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The statements
in this communication speak only as of the date of this communication 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.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, FBL Financial Group has
filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A and a Schedule 13e-3 Transaction Statement, and may file other documents
with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitute for the definitive proxy statement or any other
document that FBL Financial Group may file with the SEC. INVESTORS IN, AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF, FBL FINANCIAL GROUP ARE URGED TO READ
THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS
TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION
AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement and accompanying WHITE proxy card,
any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC by FBL Financial Group through the web site
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by contacting the individuals listed below.
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 3, 2021
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Donald J. Seibel
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Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 2.1
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 2, 2021 (this
“Amendment”) to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2021 (the “Agreement”),
is entered into by and among Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, an Iowa domiciled stock property and casualty insurance
company (“Parent”), 5400 Merger Sub, Inc., an Iowa corporation (“Merger
Sub”) and FBL Financial Group, Inc., an Iowa corporation (the “Company”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 9.02 of the
Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company wish to amend the terms of the Agreement as provided in Article I below;
WHEREAS, the Special Committee has unanimously
approved this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
AMENDMENT
1. Recitals.
The second recital in the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the number “$56.00” and replacing it with “$61.00”.
2. Articles
of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation. Exhibit A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto
as Annex I.
3. Effect of Merger on Capital Stock. Section 2.05(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(i)
each common share, without par value, of Merger Sub that is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one (1) common share, without par value, of the
Surviving Corporation and (ii) each share of Series C Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock of Merger Sub shall become one share
of Series C Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock of the Surviving Corporation, having in respect of the Surviving Corporation insofar
as possible (and without prejudice to the holders of each share of Series C Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock) the same powers, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, that the Series
C Cumulative Non-Voting Preferred Stock had immediately prior to such transaction;
4. Merger
Consideration. Section 2.05(b)(i) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the number “$56.00” and replacing it
with “$61.00”.
5. Authorization
and Recommendation. Section 4.04(c) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
On or prior to May 2, 2021, the Special Committee
and the Company Board (upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) have adopted resolutions (i) determining that this Agreement,
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and the Public
Shareholders, (ii) approving and adopting this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) declaring
the advisability and recommending that the Company Shareholders adopt this Agreement (the “Company Recommendation”)
and, as of May 2, 2021, such resolutions have not been subsequently rescinded, superseded or withdrawn in any way.
6. Fairness
Opinion. Section 4.04(d) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
The Special Committee has received an opinion of Barclays Capital
Inc. (the “Special Committee Financial Advisor”), dated as of January 11, 2021, to the effect that, subject to the
assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in such opinion and as of May 2, 2021, from a financial point of view, the Merger
Consideration (without giving effect to Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement) is fair to the Public Shareholders and, as of the date hereof,
such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified. A signed copy of such opinion was made available to Parent within one (1) Business
Day of January 11, 2021. The Special Committee has received an opinion of the Special Committee Financial Advisor to the effect that,
subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth in such opinion and as of May 2, 2021, from a financial point of
view, the Merger Consideration (for the avoidance of doubt, upon giving effect to Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement) is fair to the Public
Shareholders and, as of May 2, 2021, such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified. A signed copy of such opinion shall be
made available to Parent within three (3) Business Days of May 2, 2021.
7. Date
of Company Shareholders’ Meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement (including Section 6.03
of the Agreement), unless the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Company agrees that (i) the Company Shareholders’
Meeting shall be reconvened on May 21, 2021 (as previously announced by the Company at the adjournment of the Company Shareholders’
Meeting on April 29, 2021), (ii) the Company shall not postpone the Company Shareholders’ Meeting or change the record date of the
Company Shareholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent and (iii) subject to compliance with clause (ii) above,
the Company may, in its reasonable discretion, further adjourn the Company Shareholders’ Meeting after consultation with Parent,
(A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to the Company Shareholders
within a reasonable amount of time in advance of the readjourned Company Shareholders’ Meeting, (B) to allow time for the filing
and dissemination of any supplemental or amended disclosure document that the Special Committee has determined in good faith (after consultation
with the Special Committee’s outside legal counsel) is required under applicable Law to be filed and disseminated or (C) to permit
additional time to solicit the Required Shareholder Vote if sufficient proxies constituting the Required Shareholder Vote have not been
received by the Company and (iv) the Company shall, to the extent requested by Parent, postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholders’
Meeting no more than once and for no more than thirty (30) days, to permit additional time to solicit the Required Shareholder Vote if
sufficient proxies constituting the Required Shareholder Vote have not been received by the Company.
8. Outstanding
Appraisal Rights. Section 7.03(e) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “seven percent (7%)” and replacing it
with “five percent (5%)”.
9. Termination
Fee. Section 8.03(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the number “$18,477,300” and replacing it with “$20,127,059”.
10. Expense
Reimbursement.
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Section 8.03(b) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
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If this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 8.01(b)(iii) the Company shall within two (2) Business Days pay or cause to be paid $5,279,229
(such amount, the “Parent Expenses”); provided, that if within twelve (12) months
after such termination, the Company either consummates an Acquisition Proposal or enters into a definitive agreement to consummate an
Acquisition Proposal and the Company thereafter consummates such Acquisition Proposal (whether or not within such twelve (12) month period),
then the Company shall upon the earliest of the consummation of such Acquisition Proposal or the entry into such definitive agreement
with respect thereto, pay, or cause to be paid, to Parent an amount equal to the Termination Fee minus the Parent Expenses previously
paid by the Company; provided, further, that for the purposes of this Section 8.03(b), references to “more
than fifteen percent (15%)” in the definition of the term Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “fifty
percent (50%) or more.”
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For the avoidance of doubt, Parent and Merger Sub shall not be required to provide any invoice or
other documentation in connection with the payment of the Parent Expenses.
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ARTICLE
II
MISCELLANEOUS
1. No
Other Amendments; Effectiveness. Except as expressly amended and/or superseded by this Amendment, the Agreement remains and shall
remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Agreement, except
as expressly set forth herein. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Agreement shall thereupon be deemed to be amended and supplemented
as hereinabove set forth as fully and with the same effect as if the amendments and supplements made hereby were originally set forth
in the Agreement. This Amendment and the Agreement shall each henceforth be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument,
but such amendments and supplements shall not operate so as to render invalid or improper any action heretofore taken under the Agreement.
If and to the extent there are any inconsistencies between the Agreement and this Amendment with respect to the matters set forth herein,
the terms of this Amendment shall control. References in the Agreement to the Agreement shall be deemed to mean the Agreement as amended
by this Amendment. On and after the date of this Amendment, each reference to the Agreement, “this Agreement”, “hereof”,
“hereunder”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the
Agreement as amended hereby provided, that references in the Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement”
or words of like import shall continue to refer to the date of January 11, 2021.
2. Sections
of the Agreement. Section 9.05, Section 9.06, Section 9.07, Section 9.08, Section 9.13, Section 9.14 and Section 9.15 of the Agreement
are each hereby incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.
[signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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FARM BUREAU PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
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Duane J. Johnson Jr.
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Sr. Vice President & Secretary
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5400 Merger Sub, Inc.
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Secretary
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FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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Daniel D. Pitcher
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
ANNEX I
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.
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”).
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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.
(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.
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.
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.
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(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.
(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.
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Anti-dilution Voting Adjustments.
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(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.
(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.
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(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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
______ day of ____________, 2021.
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Duane J. Johnson,
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Secretary, FBL Financial
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Exhibit 2.2
Execution Version
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
ROLLOVER AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 2, 2021 (this
“Amendment”) to the Rollover Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2021 (the “Agreement”), is entered
into by and among Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, an Iowa domiciled stock property and casualty insurance company
(“Parent”), 5400 Merger Sub, Inc., an Iowa corporation (“Merger
Sub”) and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (“IFBF” and, together
with Parent, the “Shareholders”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 8.01 of the
Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and IFBF wish to amend the terms of the Agreement as provided in Article I below;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 8.01 of the
Agreement, the Company has provided its written consent to this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
AMENDMENT
1. Recitals.
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(a)
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The fourth and fifth recitals are amended and restated in their entirety as follows:
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WHEREAS, each of the Shareholders desires
to contribute to Merger Sub such number of Subject Common Shares owned by such Shareholder in exchange for the number of common shares
of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Common Shares”) set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule I;
WHEREAS, Parent desires to contribute to
Merger Sub an amount equal to the aggregate Parent Cash Contribution, and Merger Sub desires to issue to Parent a number of shares of
preferred stock of Merger Sub (“Merger Sub Preferred Shares”) as set forth herein;
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(b)
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A sixth recital is inserted as follows:
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WHEREAS, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
(“IFBF”) desires to contribute to Merger Sub an amount equal to the aggregate IFBF Cash Contribution, and Merger Sub
desires to issue to IFBF a number of Merger Sub Preferred Shares as set forth herein;
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(c)
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The final recital is amended by replacing the words “the Shareholders” with “IFBF”.
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2. Rollover;
Merger Sub Shares. All references to the “Merger Sub Shares” issued by Merger Sub in exchange for the number of Subject
Common Shares owned by each Shareholder shall be deemed to be references to Merger Sub Common Shares. All references to “Merger
Sub Shares” in Section 2.04, Article IV and Article V of the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to both Merger Sub Common
Shares and Merger Sub Preferred Shares, as applicable.
3. Additional
Capitalization of Merger Sub. Section 2.02 of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Subject to the terms of this Agreement and
the conditions set forth in Section 3.01, immediately prior to the Closing:
(a) Parent
hereby irrevocably agrees to contribute to Merger Sub an amount equal to the product of (x) $56.00 and (y) the aggregate number of Common
Shares converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (the “Parent Cash Contribution”). In exchange
for, and conditioned upon, Parent’s contribution to Merger Sub of the Parent Cash Contribution, Merger Sub shall issue to Parent,
free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens arising by reason of the Merger Agreement or this Agreement), a number of Merger Sub Common
Shares equal to the Parent Cash Contribution divided by $56.00.
(b) IFBF
hereby irrevocably agrees to contribute to Merger Sub an amount equal to the product of (x) $5.00 and (y) the aggregate number of Common
Shares converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (the “IFBF Cash Contribution”). In exchange
for, and conditioned upon, IFBF’s contribution to Merger Sub of such amount, Merger Sub shall issue to IFBF, free and clear of all
Liens (other than Liens arising by reason of the Merger Agreement or this Agreement), a number of Merger Sub Preferred Shares equal to
the IFBF Cash Contribution divided by $56.00.
(c) For
purposes hereof, the foregoing contribution and exchange transactions are collectively referred to herein as the “Additional
Capitalization.” Nothing herein shall restrict Parent or IFBF from agreeing to make additional contributions of capital to Merger
Sub (or the Surviving Corporation) in order to fund all or a portion of the amounts that may be payable to holders of Dissenting Shares
(if any) on terms as may be agreed by such Shareholder and Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable.
4. Conditions
to Funding the Rollover. The first clause of Section 3.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Section 3.01 Conditions to Funding
and Rollover. Each of (x) each Shareholder’s obligation to effect the Rollover and (y) each Shareholder’s obligation to
effect the Additional Capitalization is subject to, and conditioned upon:
5. Schedule
I, Schedule II. Schedule I to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A. Schedule II to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
ARTICLE
II
MISCELLANEOUS
1. No
Other Amendments; Effectiveness. Except as expressly amended and/or superseded by this Amendment, the Agreement remains and shall
remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Agreement, except
as expressly set forth herein. Upon the execution and delivery hereof, the Agreement shall thereupon be deemed to be amended and supplemented
as hereinabove set forth as fully and with the same effect as if the amendments and supplements made hereby were originally set forth
in the Agreement. This Amendment and the Agreement shall each henceforth be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument,
but such amendments and supplements shall not operate so as to render invalid or improper any action heretofore taken under the Agreement.
If and to the extent there are any inconsistencies between the Agreement and this Amendment with respect to the matters set forth herein,
the terms of this Amendment shall control. References in the Agreement to the Agreement shall be deemed to mean the Agreement as amended
by this Amendment. On and after the date of this Amendment, each reference to the Agreement, “this Agreement”, “hereof”,
“hereunder”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the
Agreement as amended hereby provided, that references in the Agreement to “the date hereof” or “the date of this Agreement”
or words of like import shall continue to refer to the date of January 11, 2021.
2. Sections
of the Agreement. The provisions set forth in Article VIII of the Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis.
[signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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FARM BUREAU PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ Duane J. Johnson Jr.
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Name:
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Duane J. Johnson Jr.
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Title:
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Sr. Vice President & Secretary
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5400 Merger Sub, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Duane J. Johnson Jr.
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Name:
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Duane J. Johnson Jr.
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Title:
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Secretary
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IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
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By:
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/s/
Craig D. Hill
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Name:
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Craig D. Hill
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Title:
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President
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[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Rollover Agreement]
Exhibit
A
Schedule
I
Shareholder
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Original
Common Shares
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Original Preferred Shares
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Merger Sub Common Shares to be Received
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Notice Address
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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Class A Common Stock: 14,760,303
Class B Common Stock: 7,619
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Series B Preferred Shares: 5,000,000
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14,767,922
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Attention:
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Edward G. Parker
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Email:
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eparker@ifbf.org
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Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company
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Class A Common Stock: 199,016
Class B Common Stock: 2,390
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201,406
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Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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Attention:
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Edward G. Parker
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[Schedule I to Rollover Agreement]
Exhibit
B
Schedule
II
PRO FORMA CAPITALIZATION OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
Shareholder
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Common Shares
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Preferred Shares
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
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14,767,922
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Series B Preferred Shares: 5,000,000
Series C Preferred Shares: 841,713.75
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Farm Bureau Property & Casualty
Insurance Company
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9,628,600
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[Schedule II to Rollover Agreement]
Exhibit 10.1
COOPERATION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This Cooperation and Support Agreement (this “Agreement”),
dated as of May 2, 2021, is entered into by and among Capital Returns Management, LLC, Ronald Bobman (together with their respective affiliates,
including Capital Returns Master, Ltd., collectively, “Capital Returns”), Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance
Company, an Iowa domiciled stock property and casualty insurance company (“Parent”), the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
(“IFBF” and, together with Parent, the “Purchaser Parties”) and FBL Financial Group, Inc.,
an Iowa corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Parent, 5400 Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger
Sub”) and the Company are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2021 (the “Original
Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Merger Sub will
be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company surviving the Merger;
WHEREAS, at the effective time of the Merger, each
share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of the Company (together, the “Common Shares”) other than Excluded
Shares and Dissenting Shares will be converted into the right to receive $56.00 per Common Share in cash, without interest (the “Original
Merger Consideration”);
WHEREAS, Capital Returns is the beneficial owner
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of 215,194 Common
Shares;
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company propose
to amend the Original Agreement (as so amended, the “Amendment”) to provide, among other things, to increase the Original
Merger Consideration to $61.00 per share in cash, without interest (the “Amended Merger Consideration”); and
WHEREAS, as a material inducement to the willingness
of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Amendment, Parent has required that Capital Returns enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and reliance
upon the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For all
purposes of and under this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
“Agreement Effective Time” means
such time as the Amendment is executed and delivered by the parties thereto.
“Affiliate” and “Associate”
each have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.
“Beneficial Ownership” of Common
Shares means ownership of: (a) Common Shares which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is deemed to
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Rule l3d-3 under the Exchange Act; (b) securities which such Person
or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has: (i) rights, obligations or options to own or acquire (whether such right,
obligation or option is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether
or not within the control of such Person), compliance with regulatory requirements or otherwise) or (ii) the right to vote pursuant
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); (c) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,
by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of such other Person) and with respect to which such first Person or any of such first
Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities; or (d) any other economic exposure to Common Shares, including through
any derivative transaction that gives any such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates the economic equivalent of
ownership of Common Shares due to the fact that the value of the derivative is determined by reference to the price or value of Common
Shares, or which provides such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates an opportunity, directly or indirectly, to
profit, or to share in any profit, derived from any increase in the value of Common Shares, in any case without regard to whether (i) such
derivative conveys any voting rights in Common Shares to such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, (ii) the
derivative is required to be, or capable of being, settled through delivery of Common Shares, or (iii) such Person or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or Associates may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of such Beneficial Ownership of Common
Shares.
“Expiration Time” means the earlier
of (a) such time as the Merger Agreement shall have been validly terminated in accordance with its terms; (b) immediately following
the Effective Time; or (c) July 11, 2021.
“Merger Agreement” means the Original
Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including by the Amendment.
“Record Date Shares” means all
Common Shares owned, beneficially or of record (including by having any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing)
for the purpose of voting such Common Shares), by Capital Returns as of March 11, 2021.
“Capital Returns Shares” means
(i) all Common Shares owned, beneficially or of record, by Capital Returns as of the date hereof and (ii) all additional Common
Shares acquired by Capital Returns, beneficially or of record (including by having any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether
or not in writing) for the purpose of voting such Common Shares), during the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring at the
Expiration Time.
Section 2. Agreement to Vote; Termination
of Solicitation.
(a) During
the period commencing on the Agreement Effective Time and expiring at the Expiration Time, at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting
or at any other meeting of the holders of Common Shares called to consider the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Merger,
and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the shareholders of the Company
with respect to the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and Merger, Capital Returns (i) shall appear at such meeting or otherwise
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, electronically) cause the Record Date Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose
of establishing a quorum, (ii) shall vote or cause to be voted the Record Date Shares at such meeting in favor of adopting the Merger
Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger and (iii) at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company
(whether annual or special), however called, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in any other circumstances (including an
action by written consent) upon which a vote or other approval is sought, shall vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy (to
the extent of its power to do so), all of the Record Date Shares against any other proposal, action or transaction involving the Company
or any of the Company Subsidiaries, which other proposal, action or transaction would reasonably be expected to in any manner (A) impede,
frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger or the Merger Agreement, (B) result in any of the conditions to the consummation of the Merger
under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled or (C) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation
or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement.
(b) Capital
Returns hereby covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holders of record of, or other Persons with
the power to vote or cause to be voted, all Capital Returns Shares that are not Record Date Shares to take, and to refrain from taking,
as applicable, all actions that Capital Returns is required to take, and to refrain from taking, as applicable, in respect of the Record
Date Shares pursuant to Section 2(a); provided, that except for Capital Returns Shares acquired after the date of this Agreement,
issuing the public statement referred to in Section 8 hereof shall be deemed sufficient for purposes of this Section 2(b).
(c) Capital
Returns hereby covenants and agrees that it shall (i) immediately cease any and all solicitation efforts in connection with the Company
Shareholders’ Meeting or at any other meeting of the holders of Common Shares called to consider the approval and adoption of the
Merger Agreement and the Merger, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof and (ii) except with respect to the Capital Returns
Shares as provided in Section 2(a)-(b), not vote, deliver or otherwise use any proxies that may have been received by Capital Returns
or its representatives with respect to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting or at any other meeting of the holders of Common Shares
called to consider the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Merger, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof.
(d) Capital
Returns hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not enter into any agreement or undertaking, and shall not commit or agree to take any
action that would restrict or interfere with its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 3. Non-Disparagement. During
the period commencing on the Agreement Effective Time and expiring on the date of the closing of the Merger, (a) Capital Returns
shall not, and shall cause its Related Parties not to, directly or indirectly make, or cause to be made, any private statement or public
statement (including by press release, social media post, SEC filing or other disseminated announcement or statement) that disparages
(as distinct from objective statements reflecting business criticism of the Company but not of individual directors or officers) the Merger,
the Company, the Purchaser Parties or any of their respective current or former officers or directors with respect to matters relating
to their service at the Company or such Purchaser Party; and (b) the Company and the Purchaser Parties shall not, and shall cause
their respective Related Parties not to, directly or indirectly make, or cause to be made, any private statement or public statement (including
by press release, social media post, SEC filing or other disseminated announcement or statement) that disparages (as distinct from objective
statements reflecting business criticism) Capital Returns or any of its officers or directors with respect to matters relating to the
Merger, the Company and the Purchaser Parties.
Section 4. Release; Covenant Not to Sue.
(a) Capital
Returns, on behalf of itself and for all of its affiliated, associated, related, parent and subsidiary entities, successors, assigns,
and the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of any such person or entity (“Related Parties”),
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally releases, settles, acquits and forever discharges each of (i) the Company, (ii) Parent,
(iii) each existing (as of the date of this Agreement) director, officer, employee, agent or other representative of the Company (the
“Existing Company Parties”) and (iv) the Related Parties of each of the foregoing (the persons and entities referred
to in the foregoing clauses (i)-(iv), collectively, the “Company Released Parties”), from and against any and all causes
of action, claims, actions, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, fines, penalties, amounts, demands, losses, controversies, contentions,
complaints, promises, accountings, bonds, bills, debts, liabilities, dues, sums of money, expenses, specialties and fees and costs (whether
direct, indirect or consequential, incidental or otherwise, including attorney’s fees, accountants’ fees and court costs,
of whatever nature) incurred in connection therewith of any kind whatsoever, in their own right, representatively, derivatively or in
any other capacity, in law or in equity or liabilities of whatever kind or character, arising under federal, state, foreign, or common
law or the laws of any other relevant jurisdiction from the beginning of time to the Agreement Effective Time (“Claims”),
whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, that Capital Returns or any of its Related Parties now has, or at any time previously
had, or shall or may have in the future, as a record or beneficial owner of Common Shares or arising by virtue of or in any manner related
to any actions with respect to the Merger or the Company or its affairs on or before the Agreement Effective Time; provided, that
nothing in this Agreement shall waive, release, bar, discharge, enjoin, or otherwise affect any Claims to enforce the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Each
of the Company and Parent, on behalf of itself and for all of its Related Parties, irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally releases,
settles, acquits and forever discharges each member of the Capital Returns from and against any and all Claims, whether now known or unknown,
suspected or unsuspected, that the Company or Parent, as applicable, now has, or at any time previously had, arising by virtue of or in
any manner related to any actions or inactions with respect to the Merger or the Company or its respective affairs on or before the Agreement
Effective Time; provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall waive, release, bar, discharge, enjoin, or otherwise affect any
Claims to enforce the terms of this Agreement.
(c) IT IS
THE INTENTION OF CAPITAL RETURNS, THE COMPANY AND PARENT IN EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT, AND IN GIVING AND RECEIVING THE CONSIDERATION CALLED
FOR HEREIN, THAT THE RELEASES CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 4 SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AS A FULL AND FINAL ACCORD AND SATISFACTION AND GENERAL
RELEASE OF AND FROM ALL MATTERS RELEASED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 4 (THE “RELEASED MATTERS”). CAPITAL RETURNS
HEREBY REPRESENTS TO EACH COMPANY RELEASED PARTY THAT IT HAS NOT VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED OR PURPORTED TO
ASSIGN OR TRANSFER TO ANY PERSON ANY RELEASED MATTERS AND THAT NO PERSON OTHER THAN CAPITAL RETURNS HAS ANY INTEREST IN ANY RELEASED MATTERS
BY LAW OR CONTRACT BY VIRTUE OF ANY ACTION OR INACTION BY CAPITAL RETURNS. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND PARENT HEREBY REPRESENTS TO CAPITAL
RETURNS THAT IT HAS NOT VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED OR PURPORTED TO ASSIGN OR TRANSFER TO ANY PERSON ANY RELEASED
MATTERS AND THAT NO PERSON OTHER THAN THE COMPANY OR PARENT, AS APPLICABLE, HAS ANY INTEREST IN RELEASED MATTERS BY LAW OR CONTRACT BY
VIRTUE OF ANY ACTION OR INACTION BY THE COMPANY OR PARENT, AS APPLICABLE. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PART OF THIS SECTION
4 SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THIS SECTION 4 WHICH SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
(d) Capital
Returns (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Related Parties) covenants and agrees that each such Person shall not, after the Agreement
Effective Time, (i) institute or participate in any action, suit or proceeding against any of the Company Released Parties related
in any way to the Released Matters or (ii) otherwise seek to recover, or permit another to seek to recover on its behalf, from any
of the Company Released Parties any remedies of any kind (including any equitable relief, damages, fines, penalties, amounts, demands,
losses, controversies, contentions, complaints, promises, accountings, bonds, bills, debts, liabilities, dues, sums of money, expenses,
specialties and fees and costs (whether direct, indirect or consequential, incidental or otherwise, including attorney’s fees, accountants’
fees and court costs, of whatever nature)) related in any way to the Released Matters, and fully, finally, irrevocably, absolutely and
unconditionally waives any right to recover any such remedies; provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall waive, release, bar,
discharge, enjoin, or otherwise affect any Claims to enforce the terms of this Agreement.
(e) The
parties acknowledge that the Agreement releases claims that are unknown and unsuspected at the time of the Agreement and that the release
of such claims was a specifically negotiated and material term of the Agreement. The parties further agree to waive the protections of
Cal. Civ. Code 1542 or any similar provisions of Law.
(f) Capital
Returns (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Related Parties) acknowledges and agrees that (i) each of the Company Released Parties
is an express third party beneficiary of this Section 4, and, in each case, such third party beneficiary shall be entitled to enforce
the releases, covenants and other agreements contained herein against Capital Returns and its Related Parties as if such third party beneficiary
were a party to this Agreement and (ii) Parent will be relying to its detriment on the effectiveness and enforceability of such releases,
covenants and other agreements in entering into the Amendment providing for the Amended Merger Consideration.
Section 5. Waiver of Appraisal Rights.
Capital Returns hereby irrevocably waives, and shall cause to be irrevocably waived by its Affiliates any rights of appraisal or rights
to dissent from the Merger that it or such Affiliate may have under Iowa Law with respect to any Capital Returns Shares
Section 6. Expenses. Within three (3)
business days of the execution of this Agreement, Capital Returns shall be permitted to submit to the Company reasonably detailed documentation
of Capital Returns’ actual out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses reasonably and properly incurred in connection with the proposed
acquisition, the Merger, and the solicitation of proxies at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, including the expenses associated
with legal, financial, communications and other professional advisors. No later than the same business day as the closing of the Merger,
the Company shall reimburse Capital Returns for such reasonably and properly incurred fees, costs and expenses, by wire transfer in accordance
with wire instructions provided by Capital Returns to the Company; provided, that such reimbursement shall not exceed $750,000 in the
aggregate and Capital Returns shall not be entitled to any reimbursement if the Merger does not close. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 6, all fees, costs and expenses incurred by each of the parties shall be borne by such party.
Section 7. Public Announcement. The parties
hereto shall not make any public statement regarding this Agreement and the material terms hereof except for a press release in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Press Release”). The Company shall file a Form 8-K in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B. IFBF shall file an amendment to its existing Schedule 13D in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
The parties shall not make any public announcement or statement regarding Capital Returns that contradicts or disagrees with the statements
made in the Press Release.
Section 8. Representations and Warranties
of All Parties. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties that: (a) such party has all requisite power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (b) this Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by it and is a valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in
accordance with its terms; and (c) this Agreement will not result in a violation of any terms or conditions of any agreements to
which it is a party or by which it may otherwise be bound or of any law, rule, license, regulation, judgment, order or decree governing
or affecting such party.
Section 9. Representations and Warranties
of Capital Returns. Capital Returns represents and warrants that, as of the date of this Agreement: (a) Capital Returns Beneficially
Owns an aggregate of 215,194 Common Shares, (b) Schedule I sets forth a list of all Shares of Common Shares that Capital Returns
has the right to vote as of a record date of March 11, 2021 and (c) except for such ownership, Capital Returns does not, individually
or in the aggregate with any of its Affiliates, have any other Beneficial Ownership of, or economic exposure to, any Common Shares, including
through any derivative transaction.
Section 10. Representations and Warranties
of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to Capital Returns that, as of the Agreement Effective Time: (a) it will
have all requisite corporate power and authority, and will have taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute and deliver,
and perform its obligations under, the Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, subject only to the adoption
of the Merger Agreement by the Required Shareholder Vote; (b) the Company will take all commercially reasonable steps to re-convene Company
Shareholders’ Meeting on May 21, 2021; and (c) the Amendment will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Amendment by Parent and Merger Sub, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles.
Section 11. Representations and Warranties
of Parent. Parent represents and warrants to Capital Returns that, as of the Agreement Effective Time: (a) each of Parent and
Merger Sub will have all requisite corporate or other power and authority, and will have taken all corporate action necessary in order
to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, subject
only to the adoption of the Amendment by the affirmative vote of Parent, in its capacity as sole shareholder of Merger Sub, immediately
following the execution of the Amendment by the parties thereto; and (b) the Amendment will have been duly executed and delivered
by each of Parent and Merger and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Amendment by the Company, will constitute
the valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally or by general equitable principles.
Section 12. Specific Performance; Jurisdiction;
Governing Law. The parties hereto recognize and agree that if for any reason any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed
in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached, immediate and irreparable harm or injury would be caused for which
money damages would not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each party agrees that in addition to other remedies any of the other parties
shall be entitled to at law or in equity, each other party shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement. In the event that any action shall be brought in equity
to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no party shall allege, and each party hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate
remedy at law. The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Delaware without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the State of Delaware for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement. Each Party further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of
any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in the federal and state courts of the State of Delaware,
and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum. EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 13. No Waiver. Any waiver by
any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such
provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Agreement. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective
unless it is in writing signed by the party making such waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of
this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.
Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement
contains the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by an agreement
in writing executed by the parties hereto.
Section 15. Notices. All notices, demands
or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been given (a) when delivered personally to the recipient Party, (b) if transmitted via e-mail, on the date sent, unless
the sender receives an automated message indicating that the e-mail has not been delivered, (c) one (1) business day after being sent
to the recipient Party by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (d) five (5) business days after being mailed to the
recipient Party by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid. Such notices, demands and other communications
shall be sent to each Party at the following addresses:
If to Capital Returns:
Capital Returns Management, LLC
641 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Ronald Bobman
Email: Email: Ron@capreturns.com
with a copy top (which shall not constitute notice):
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Steve Wolosky
Email: swolosky@olshanlaw.com
If to Parent:
Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance
Company
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Attention: Edward G. Parker
Fax: (515) 225-4686
Email: eparker@ifbf.org
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)
to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Todd E. Freed
Jon A. Hlafter
Email: todd.freed@skadden.com
jon.hlafter@skadden.com
If to IFBF:
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Attention: Edward G. Parker
Fax: (515) 225-4686
Email: eparker@ifbf.org
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)
to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Todd E. Freed
Jon A. Hlafter
Email: todd.freed@skadden.com
jon.hlafter@skadden.com
If to the Company:
FBL Financial Group, Inc.
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Attention: Lori Geadelmann
Email: Lori.Geadelmann@fbfs.com
with a copy top (which shall not constitute notice):
Sidley Austin LLP
1 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
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Brian J. Fahrney
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Sean M. Carney
Jonathan A. Blackburn
Kai Liekefett
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Email:
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bfahrney@sidley.com
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scarney@sidley.com
jblackburn@sidley.com
kliekefett@sidley.com
Section 16. Severability. If at any time
subsequent to the date of this Agreement, any provision of this Agreement shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal,
void or unenforceable, such provision shall be of no force and effect, but the illegality or unenforceability of such provision shall
have no effect upon the legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. Upon such determination that any term hereof
is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to
effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed (including by facsimile or PDF) in two or more counterparts which together shall constitute a single agreement.
Section 18. Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall not be assignable by any of the parties hereto. Any purported assignment of this Agreement shall be null and void. This
Agreement, however, shall be binding on successors of the parties hereto.
Section 19. No Third Party Beneficiaries.
Subject to Section 4(j), this Agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not enforceable by any other persons.
Section 20. Effectiveness. This Agreement
shall become effective at the Agreement Effective Time.
Section 21. Responsible Parties. Each
of Parent and Capital Returns shall cause its controlled Affiliates, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its agents and
other Persons acting on its behalf, to comply with the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall cause its directors, officers and controlled
Affiliates, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its agents and other Persons acting on its behalf, to comply with the terms
of this Agreement. Parent, Capital Returns and the Company, respectively, shall be responsible for any breach of the terms of this Agreement
by such Persons, as applicable.
Section 22. Interpretation and Construction.
Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel of its choice throughout all negotiations that have preceded
the execution of this Agreement, and that it has executed the same with the advice of said independent counsel. Each party and its counsel
cooperated and participated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein, and any and all drafts
relating thereto exchanged among the parties hereto shall be deemed the work product of all of the parties hereto and may not be construed
against any party by reason of its drafting or preparation. Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would require interpretation
of any ambiguities in this Agreement against any party that drafted or prepared it is of no application and is hereby expressly waived
by each of the parties hereto, and any controversy over interpretations of this Agreement shall be decided without regard to events of
drafting or preparation. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The term “including” shall be deemed to mean “including without
limitation” in all instances.
[Signature Pages Follow]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has
executed this Agreement, or caused the same to be executed by its duly authorized representative, as of the date first above written.
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CAPITAL RETURNS MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Ronald Bobman
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RONALD BOBMAN
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FARM BUREAU PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
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Duane J. Johnson, Jr.
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IOWA FARM BUREAU
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Craig D. Hill
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FBL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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Schedule I
Beneficial Ownership of Capital Returns as of March 11, 2021
Capital Returns Party
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Common Shares Beneficially Owned
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Capital Returns Management, LLC
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130,000
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Capital Returns Master, Ltd.
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Ronald Bobman
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* Directly owned by Capital Returns Management, LLC
Exhibit 99.1
FARM BUREAU PROPERTY & CASUALTY AND
FBL FINANCIAL GROUP AMEND MERGER AGREEMENT
FBPCIC and IFBF to Take FBL Financial Group
Private for $61 Per Share in Cash
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – May 3, 2021 – Farm Bureau
Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“FBPCIC”) and FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) (“FBL Financial
Group” or “the Company”) today announced that they have agreed to amend their previously-announced definitive merger
agreement, dated January 11, 2021. Pursuant to the amended definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), FBPCIC increased
the offer price to acquire all of the outstanding shares of FBL Financial Group Class A and Class B common stock that neither
FBPCIC nor the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (“IFBF”) currently own to $61.00 per share in cash. The amendment was approved
by the Boards of Directors of both FBPCIC and FBL Financial Group.
The revised offer price of $61.00 per share provides an additional
$47 million in cash consideration to FBL Financial Group’s unaffiliated shareholders, and represents an increase of 8.9% and 63.8%,
respectively, over the previously agreed offer price of $56.00 per share and FBL Financial Group’s unaffected closing share price
of $37.25 on September 3, 2020. Based on the agreed price of $61.00 per share for Class A common stock and Class B common
stock not owned by FBPCIC or IFBF as of April 30, 2021, the aggregate cash purchase price under the amended agreement is approximately
$575 million.
“The Special Committee is pleased to announce the revised terms
of our agreement with FBPCIC, which follows extensive discussions with our fellow unaffiliated shareholders with a focus on maximizing
value,” said Paul Larson, Chairman of the Special Committee of the FBL Financial Group Board of Directors. “The amended agreement
delivers even more compelling and certain value at a highly-attractive premium. Further, the transaction will advance FBL Financial Group’s
ability to protect the livelihoods and futures of our customers as part of a private company with our long-term partner, FBPCIC. We strongly
recommend that FBL Financial Group shareholders vote FOR the transaction to lock in this compelling value.”
“The revised terms of our agreement represent our best and final
offer and reflect FBPCIC’s commitment to completing this transaction,” said Richard Felts, Chairman of the Board of FBPCIC.
“As we have long said, FBL Financial Group and its affiliated companies make up a superb organization. We look forward to supporting
its future as a private company, and to continue working to strengthen its relationships with its customers and communities.”
Additional Transaction Details
The transaction is subject to the receipt of FBL Financial Group shareholder
approval, including approval from a majority of unaffiliated FBL Financial Group shareholders, and the satisfaction of specified closing
conditions. FBL Financial Group has already completed the regulatory approval process for the proposed transaction. The companies continue
to expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2021.
The Special Committee, upon being informed of FBPCIC’s intention
to increase its offer to $61.00 per share, sought a further increase in price. FBPCIC rejected that proposal, clarifying that it would
not increase the $61.00 per share purchase price further, including if the deal is not approved by FBL Financial Group’s unaffiliated
shareholders.
Capital Returns Management, LLC (“CRM”), the owner of 0.9%
of FBL Financial Group’s shares, has signed an agreement to vote its shares in favor of the transaction and withdraw its solicitation
of proxies to vote against approval of the Merger Agreement.
The previously-adjourned Special Meeting of Shareholders of FBL Financial
Group to approve, among other things, the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement will reconvene on May 21, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Central
Time at the Company’s headquarters at 5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.
The
record date for the Special Meeting remains March 11, 2021. Shareholders who have already voted do not need to recast their votes
unless they wish to change their votes. Shareholders who have not already voted or wish to change their vote are encouraged to do so promptly
using the instructions provided in their voting instruction form or proxy card. Proxies previously submitted will be voted at the reconvened
meeting unless properly revoked. If shareholders have questions about how to vote their shares, they should immediately contact the Company’s
proxy solicitor, Okapi Partners, at (877) 629-6357 or at info@okapipartners.com.
Upon closing, all shareholders of FBL Financial Group other than FBPCIC
and IFBF will receive the same per share cash consideration for their shares, IFBF will continue to be the majority owner of the
Company, and FBL Financial Group common stock will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Advisors
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. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served
as financial advisor and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal advisor to FBPCIC.
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. Headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa,
FBL Financial Group is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol FFG. For more information, please visit www.fblfinancial.com
and www.fbfs.com.
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.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In
connection with the proposed transaction, FBL Financial Group has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A and a Schedule 13e-3 Transaction Statement, and may file other documents with the SEC regarding
the proposed transaction. This press release is not a substitute for the definitive proxy statement or any other document that FBL Financial
Group may file with the SEC. INVESTORS IN, AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF, FBL FINANCIAL GROUP ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT
AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS,
CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED
MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy statement and accompanying proxy card, any
amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC by FBL Financial Group through the web site maintained
by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by contacting the individuals listed below.
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, the occurrence of any
event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the inability to obtain the requisite
shareholder approval for the proposed transaction or the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the proposed transaction;
the risk that shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification
and liability; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations; the ability to recognize the benefits of the
transaction; the amount of the costs, fees, and expenses and charges related to the transaction; 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. Additional information about these risks and uncertainties, as well as others that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those projected, is contained in FBL Financial Group’s filings with the SEC, including FBL Financial Group’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K and FBL Financial Group’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 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
FBL Financial Group:
Media:
Bryan Locke and Lindsay Molk
Sard Verbinnen & Co
FBLFinancial-SVC@sardverb.com
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Investors:
Kathleen Till Stange
Vice President Corporate & Investor Relations
Kathleen.TillStange@FBLFinancial.com
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Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Nancy Wiles
Marketing Communications Vice President
Nancy.Wiles@FBFS.com
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Exhibit 99.2
Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company and FBL Financial Group Amend Merger Agreement Increased Price to $61 Cash Per Share of FBL Financial – Compelling Valuation May 3, 2021 Proprietary and Confidential
Disclaimer This presentation has been designed to provide general information about FBL Financial Group, Inc. (“FBL Financial” or the “C omp any”) and the proposed acquisition by Farm Bureau Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“FBPCIC”) of FBL Financial’s common stock not held by FBPCIC or the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Any infor mat ion contained or referenced herein is suitable only as an introduction to the Company. The reader is strongly encouraged to refer to and supplement this presentation with information the Company has fil ed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information co nta ined in this presentation, and nothing contained herein is, or shall be, relied upon as a promise or representation, whether as to the past or to the future. This presentation does not propose to in clu de all of the information that may be required to evaluate the subject matter herein and the reader is encouraged to conduct his or her own independent analysis of the Company and the data contained or r efe rred to herein. The Company has neither sought nor obtained consent from any third party for the use of previously published information. Any su ch statement or information should not be viewed as indicating the support of such third party for the views expressed herein. The Company shall not be responsible or have any liability for any misinf orm ation contained in any third party report, SEC or other regulatory filing. All registered or unregistered service marks, trademarks and trade names referred to in this presentation are the property of the ir respective owners and the Company’s use herein does not imply an affiliation with, or endorsement by, the owners of these service marks, trademarks and trade names. This presentation is provided merely for general informational purposes and is not intended to be, nor should it be, construe d a s (1) investment, financial, tax or legal advice, (2) a recommendation to buy or sell any security or (3) an offer or solicitation to subscribe for or purchase any security. This presentation does not co nsi der the investment objective, financial situation, suitability or the particular need or circumstances of any specific individual who may receive or review this presentation, and may not be taken as advice on th e m erits of any investment decision. Although the Company believes the information herein to be reliable, the Company and persons acting on its behalf make no representation or warranty, express o r i mplied, as to the accuracy or completeness of those statements or any other written or oral communication it makes, except as provided for by law, and the Company expressly disclaims any liability rela tin g to those statements or communications (or any inaccuracies or omissions therein). Risk Factors and Forward Looking Statements Some of the statements in this presentation are forward - looking statements (or forward - looking information). When we use words s uch as “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “believe,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “estimate,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “expect,” or similar expressio ns, 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 expres sed or implied in these statements as a result of significant risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; the inability to obtain the requisite shareholder approval for the proposed transaction or the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the proposed tr ans action; the risk that shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; risks that the proposed transaction di sru pts current plans and operations; the ability to recognize the benefits of the transaction; the amount of the costs, fees, and expenses and charges related to the transaction; change in interest rates; ch ang es 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; adver se results from litigation; and the impact of the COVID - 19 pandemic and any future pandemics. Additional information about these risks and uncertainties, as well as others that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, is contained in FBL Financial’s filings with the SEC, including FBL Financial’s Annual Report on Form 10 - K and FBL Financial’s quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q. The state ments in this communication speak only as of the date of this communication 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. Important Additional Information and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed transaction, FBL Financial has filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14 A ( the “Proxy Statement”) and an amended Schedule 13e - 3 Transaction Statement, and may file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitu te for the Proxy Statement or any other document that FBL Financial may file with the SEC. INVESTORS IN, AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF, FBL FINANCIAL ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVA NT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WIL L C ONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the Proxy Statement and ac com panying proxy card, any amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and other documents filed with the SEC by FBL Financial through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or b y contacting the individuals listed below. Contacts 2 FBL Financial FBPCIC 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 Nancy Wiles Marketing Communications Vice President Nancy.Wiles@FBFS.com
$61.00 Per Share Revised Offer is Highly Compelling 3 Revised Offer FBPCIC and FBL Financial agreed to amend their previously - announced definitive merger agreement to provide unaffiliated shareholders with merger consideration of $61.00 per share in cash FBPCIC indicated it would not increase the $61.00 per share purchase price further Special Meeting of Shareholders of FBL Financial to approve the transaction will reconvene on May 21, 2021 The transaction has already received regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q2 2021 Revised Offer Provides Highly Compelling Valuation Increase of 9% from the previously agreed price of $56.00 and 30% from FBPCIC’s original offer of $47.00 Substantial, 60%+ cash premium to FBL Financial’s unaffected stock price of $37.25 on September 3, 2020 Premium to peer price / earnings multiples and comparable transactions, despite being a controlled company Premium valuation to independent policy - by - policy actuarial appraisal Continued Rigorous Negotiation The Special Committee evaluated the revised offer in the context of the current market environment and FBL Financial’s Q1 2021 results and outlook before making its recommendation to the FBL Financial board of directors In response to FBPCIC’s initial indication that it was prepared to raise its offer to $61.00 per share, the Special Committee pursued a higher price; FBPCIC responded that $61.00 represented its “best and final” offer Capital Returns Management has entered into an agreement to vote its shares FOR the transaction and to withdraw its solicitation of proxies to vote against the transaction; Capital Returns will be reimbursed for up to $750,000 in reasonable, documented expenses in connection with its proxy solicitation
Share Performance Since 9/3/2020 63.8% 40.5% 29.7% FBL Financial Peer Average Peer Median ___________________________________ Source: FactSet. Market data as of April 30, 2021. 1. FBL Financial unaffected price of $37.25 as of September 3, 2020. 2. Peers include CNO, PRI, GL, ATH, and AEL. 4 2 2 The revised offer price of $61.00 per share is a premium to FBL Financial’s unaffected price that exceeds the appreciation among FBL Financial’s Life and Annuity peers over the same time period 1
14.9x 11.4x 11.3x FBL Financial Peer Average Peer Median EPS Multiple Analysis of Peer Companies Demonstrates Compelling Nature of Transaction Valuation 2 5 Price / 2021E EPS 2 The transaction value expressed as a multiple of 2021 EPS is well above FBL Financial’s Life / Annuity peer multiples, which reflect the uplift in share prices since the transaction was announced 1 ___________________________________ Source: FactSet, SNL. Market data as of April 6, 2021. Company Filings. 1. Adjusts previously disclosed 2021 EPS projection of $3.96 for $0.13 of uplift resulting from Q1 2021 results. 2. Peer average and median applies a 60% / 40% weighting to Life and Annuity averages. Life peers include PRI, CNO, and GL. Annu ity peers include ATH and AEL.
Book Value Multiple for the Transaction Exceeds Relevant Transaction Comparables ___________________________________ Source: Company filings. Note: Multiples measured on the basis of deal value divided most recently disclosed book value excluding AOCI at the time of ann ouncement. 1. Multiple calculated on the basis of December 31, 2020 Book Value (ex. AOCI). 2. MassMutual/Athene proposal subsequently withdrawn. 1.35x 1.00x 1.25x 1.25x 1.00x FBL / FBPCIC KKR / GA MM / ATH / AEL MM / Great American APO / ATH Ann. Date 3/3/2021 7/8/2020 10/1/2020 1/27/2021 3/8/2021 Target FBL Financial Global Atlantic American Equity Great American Athene Acquirer FBPCIC KKR Mass Mutual / Athene 2 Mass Mutual Apollo 6 Price / Book Value (ex. AOCI) 1
$61.00 Represents a Premium to Intrinsic Value Based on Actuarial Valuation Per Share Actuarial Value, As Adjusted $52.15 $49.15 $46.53 $44.24 $5.78 $3.44 $1.59 $0.09 7% 8% 9% 10% ($ / share) Discount Rate Total Value Per Share (Excluding New Business) Value of New Business $52.59 $48.12 $44.33 $57.93 $61.00 / Share Value 7 ___________________________________ Source: All reliances and limitations are subject to the Milliman Report as of December 31, 2020. Full Milliman Report can be fo und in FBL Financial’s publicly disclosed SEC filings.
FBL Financial Group, Inc. www.fblfinancial.com www.fbfs.com