Fidelity & Guaranty Life (NYSE:FGL), a majority owned subsidiary of HRG Group, Inc. (NYSE:HRG), filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (“FGL Form 8-K”) announcing that it had amended (the “Amendment”) its Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”, and the merger contemplated thereby, the “Merger”), with Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd., a joint-stock insurance company established in the People’s Republic of China (“Anbang”), AB Infinity Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anbang (“Parent”), and AB Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
The Amendment extends the outside termination date for the completion of the Merger from November 7, 2016 to February 8, 2017. Interested parties should read FGL’s announcements and public filings, including the FGL Form 8-K, regarding this transaction and any related changes (if any) with respect to the foregoing.
This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of HRG, whether made before or after the date of this report.