Ala.: Alfa Reports Proposal for Privatization

Alfa Corp. announced that it has received an offer from Alfa Mutual Insurance Co., Alfa Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Alfa Mutual General Insurance Co. (referred to collectively as Alfa Mutual), which own a majority of its common stock, for a transaction that would result in the privatization of the company.

Alfa Mutual proposes to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Alfa Corp.’s common stock that are not currently owned by Alfa Mutual.

Alfa Mutual has offered to pay the Alfa Corp. shareholders $17.60 per share in cash, which represents a 15.8 percent premium over today’s closing price and a multiple of 1.7 times the March 31 shareholders’ equity of Alfa Corp., excluding Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.

The Alfa Corp. Board of Directors has appointed a Special Committee of its four independent directors to review, evaluate and negotiate the proposal by Alfa Mutual. The Special Committee will retain independent financial and legal advisors to assist it in evaluating Alfa Mutual’s proposal.

Alfa Corp. does not intend to comment further on its discussions with Alfa Mutual until the Special Committee has completed its deliberations and made a recommendation to the full Board of Directors. Alfa Mutual is interested only in acquiring the publicly held shares of Alfa Corp., and has no interest in selling its controlling shares in the company.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is serving as the financial advisor and Alston & Bird LLP is serving as legal advisor to Alfa Mutual. The terms of the final transaction are subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approvals by Alfa Mutual’s Boards of Directors.

Alfa Mutual reserves the right to withdraw its proposal prior to the execution of definitive agreements and modify its original proposal in any manner. At this time, no assurance can be given that any transaction will take place on these or any terms.

Source: Business Wire