TORCHMARK CORPORATION (NYSE:TMK) Files An 8-K Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans
Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Benefit Plans and Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits of the Form 8-K dated and filed October 6, 2017. Amendment No. 1 reflects the decision of Torchmark to postpone the effective date of the change in the record keeper for the Torchmark Corporation Savings and Investment Plan (the Plan) from November 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017 and, accordingly, to revise the blackout period dates applicable to the Plan for such record keeper change from a blackout period commencing at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on October 24, 2017 and ending during the week of November 12, 2017 to a revised blackout period commencing at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on November 22, 2017 and ending during the week of December 17, 2017.

Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Benefit Plans

In order to allow additional time to implement the conversion of the record keeper for the Torchmark Corporation Savings and Investment Plan (the Plan) from VOYA to Empower Retirement (Empower) and to effect all necessary documentation and Plan changes, Torchmark Corporation has determined to postpone the effective date for the change in the Plan’s record keeper from November 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017 (the Revised Effective Date).

This change in the record keeper will necessitate a blackout period during which participants in the Plan will be unable to effect transactions with respect to their Plan accounts (the Revised Blackout Period). During the Revised Blackout Period described below, transactions in the Torchmark Stock Fund (a fund which invests in the shares of Torchmark Corporation’s common stock) will be suspended and Plan participants will be unable to access their account balance and other information, transfer or diversify their investments in the Plan, and obtain a withdrawal, loan or distribution from the Plan.

Based upon the Revised Effective Date, the Revised Blackout Period will now commence at 3:00 p.m. Central Time on November 22, 2017 and is now scheduled to end during the week of December 17, 2017. During the week of December 17, 2017, information regarding whether the Revised Blackout Period has ended may be obtained, free of charge, by calling Empower at 888-411-4015. No trades in Torchmark equity securities can be processed during the Revised Blackout Period.

Notice of this Revised Blackout Period was sent, on October20, 2017, to all members of the Torchmark Board of Directors and to all of Torchmark’s executive officers. The foregoing description of this Revised Blackout Period Notice is qualified in its entirety by reference to said revised notice, which is attached to this Form 8-K/A as Exhibit 99.1 and which is incorporated by reference herein.

Questions about Section 306(a)(1) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or questions regarding the Revised Blackout Period or the Revised Blackout Period Notice should be addressed to Cory Newman at Torchmark Corporation (469-525-4253 or [email protected]), 3700 South Stonebridge Drive, McKinney, Texas 75070. During the Revised Blackout Period and for a period of two years after the ending date of the Revised Blackout Period, information regarding the actual beginning and ending dates of the Revised Blackout Period may also be obtained, free of charge by contacting Cory Newman at Torchmark Corporation (469-525-4253 or [email protected]), 3700 South Stonebridge Drive, McKinney, Texas 75070.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

None.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

None.

(c) Shell company transactions.

None.

(d) Exhibits.

TORCHMARK CORP Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 revisedexhibit-noticeofbla.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit Torchmark Corporation 3700 S. Stonebridge DriveMcKinney,…
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About TORCHMARK CORPORATION (NYSE:TMK)

Torchmark Corporation is an insurance holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of life and health insurance products and annuities to a broad base of customers. The Company’s segments include life insurance, health insurance, annuities and investment. The life insurance segment offers whole-life insurance and term life insurance. The Health insurance products are guaranteed-renewable and include Medicare Supplement, critical illness, accident, long-term care and limited-benefit supplemental hospital and surgical coverage’s. Annuities include fixed-benefit contracts. The Company markets its insurance products through various distribution channels, each of which sells the products of its insurance segments. Its primary subsidiaries are American Income Life Insurance Company, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Globe Life And Accident Insurance Company, United American Insurance Company and Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America.