{"id":477573,"date":"2021-04-16T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:08:12","slug":"citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Granted Regulatory Approval To Purchase Class B Shares Giving Control Back To The Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">AUSTIN, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 16, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) today announced that on <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 12, 2021<\/span>, final regulatory approval was granted, enabling the Harold E. Riley Foundation (the &#8220;Foundation&#8221;) to transfer all of the Class B common stock back to Citizens, Inc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1001200\/Citizens_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1001200\/Citizens_Logo.jpg\" title=\"Citizens, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto\/Citizens, Inc.)\" alt=\"Citizens, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto\/Citizens, Inc.)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As previously disclosed, on <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 5, 2021<\/span>, Citizens, Inc. entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Foundation to purchase 100% of the Company&#8217;s Class B common stock from the Foundation at an aggregate purchase price of <span class=\"xn-money\">$9,090,463.80<\/span> (the &#8220;Class B Transaction&#8221;) which was paid on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 5<\/span>, 2021.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>As a result of the Class B Transaction:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>All of the Foundation&#8217;s Class B common stock was transferred back to the Company as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 12, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Class B common stock is reclassified as authorized, but unissued treasury stock <\/li>\n<li>Citizens Board has resolved that the Class B common stock will not be voted and thus the Company has only one class of voting shares outstanding (Class A common stock) <\/li>\n<li>One class of directors representing the best interest of all shareholders equally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>J.D. &#8220;Chip&#8221; Davis, Jr., Chairman of the Board, said, &#8221; This is a tremendous milestone and essential turning point in the Company&#8217;s history.\u00a0 For the first time in more than 30 years, we are not a controlled company.\u00a0 With Citizens regaining control, the Company and Board of Directors can chart its own course and act in the best interest of all shareholders.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-person\">Gerald W. Shields<\/span>, Vice-Chairman of the Board and Interim CEO, said, &#8220;We are thrilled to have eliminated such a significant distraction.\u00a0 We are excited about the future ahead and the ability to focus our undivided attention on growth and delivering sustainable value while executing the strategic initiatives that are important to meeting the needs of our policyholders.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <u>About Citizens, Inc.<\/u><br \/>\n        <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Citizens, Inc. is a financial services company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CIA. The Company utilizes a three-pronged strategy for growth based upon worldwide sales of U.S. Dollar-denominated whole life cash value insurance policies, life insurance product sales in the U.S. and final expense and limited liability property product sales in the U.S.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Information herein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which can be identified by words such as &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate&#8221;, &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;continue&#8221; or comparable words.\u00a0 In addition, all statements other than statements of historical facts that address activities that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.\u00a0 Readers are encouraged to read the periodic reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 31, 2020<\/span>, and its current reports on Form 8-K, for &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; and other meaningful cautionary language disclosing why actual results may vary materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements.\u00a0 The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or changes in the Company&#8217;s expectations.\u00a0 Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements.\u00a0 The Company also disclaims any duty to comment upon or correct information that may be contained in reports published by the investment community.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>For further information contact:<br \/><\/b>Investor Relations<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:PR@citizensinc.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PR@citizensinc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=DA45413&amp;sd=2021-04-16\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company-301270816.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company-301270816.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Citizens, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=DA45413&amp;Transmission_Id=202104161605PR_NEWS_USPR_____DA45413&amp;DateId=20210416\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire AUSTIN, Texas, April 16, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) today announced that on April 12, 2021, final regulatory approval was granted, enabling the Harold E. Riley Foundation (the &#8220;Foundation&#8221;) to transfer all of the Class B common stock back to Citizens, Inc. As previously disclosed, on February 5, 2021, Citizens, Inc. entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with the Foundation to purchase 100% of the Company&#8217;s Class B common stock from the Foundation at an aggregate purchase price of $9,090,463.80 (the &#8220;Class B Transaction&#8221;) which was paid on March 5, 2021.\u00a0 As a result of the Class B Transaction: All of the Foundation&#8217;s Class B common stock was transferred back to the Company as of April &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Citizens Granted Regulatory Approval To Purchase Class B Shares Giving Control Back To The Company&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Citizens Granted Regulatory Approval To Purchase Class B Shares Giving Control Back To The Company - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/citizens-granted-regulatory-approval-to-purchase-class-b-shares-giving-control-back-to-the-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Citizens Granted Regulatory Approval To Purchase Class B Shares Giving Control Back To The Company - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire AUSTIN, Texas, April 16, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Citizens, Inc. 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