FBL Financial Group Announces Pricing of Debt Offering.WEST DES MOINES, Iowa West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403; a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents. -- FBL FBL Full Bell Lines (coin grading) FBL Fly by Light FBL FIATA Bill of Lading FBL Functional Baseline FBL Foundation for a Better Life FBL Federal Barge Lines, Inc. Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FFG FFG Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (German: Austrian research promotion agency) FFG Flash Flood Guidance FFG Guided Missile Frigate FFG Fall from Grace (band) FFG Fast Frigates FFG Freeware Flight Group ) today announced the pricing of its offering of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2017. The offering will be made to certain initial purchasers pursuant to a private placement. The initial purchasers have informed FBL that they will sell or offer the notes within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to qualified institutional buyers In law, a Qualified Institutional Buyer is a purchaser of securities that is financially sophisticated and is legally recognized by security market regulators to need less protection from sellers than most members of the public. pursuant to Rule 144A Rule 144A A Securities & Exchange Commission rule modifying a two-year holding period requirement on privately placed securities to permit qualified institutional buyers to trade these positions among themselves. under the Securities Act of 1933 and to persons outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. FBL Financial Group plans to use the proceeds primarily for capital contributions to its subsidiary, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, and for general corporate purposes. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the notes referred to herein in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and are being offered by the initial purchasers only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. Unless so registered, the notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. FBL Financial Group is a holding company whose primary operating subsidiaries are Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and EquiTrust Life Insurance Company. FBL underwrites, markets and distributes life insurance, annuities and mutual funds to individuals and small businesses. In addition, FBL manages all aspects of three Farm Bureau affiliated property-casualty insurance companies for a management fee. For more information, please visit www.fblfinancial.com. FFG-1 |
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