Federal Life Moves Its Stock to the 'Pink Sheets' System

A Midwestern life insurer, Federal Life Group Inc., has completed raising about $35 million through a public stock offering, then shifted to being just a little bit public.

The Riverwoods, Illinois-based company moved its common stock to the OTC Pink Open Market, or Pink Sheets securities quotation service, from the Nasdaq Capital Market system, effective Monday.

(Related: Federal Life Goes Public)

Federal Life shares now trade on the Pink Sheets system under the stock symbol FLFG.

“Such quotation will continue so long as market makers demonstrate an interest in trading in the Company’s common ‎stock; however, the Company can give no assurance that trading in its common stock will continue on ‎the Pink Sheets or any other securities exchange or quotation medium,” Federal Life said in a statement about the listing shift. “Further, trading of the Company’s common stock on the Pink Sheets may be restricted depending on the jurisdiction in which potential purchasers or sellers of shares reside.”

The Stock

OTCMarkets.com shows that Federal Life shareholders made eight substantial trades, involving 2,700 shares of stock, Tuesday; and one substantial trade, involving 100 shares of stock, Wednesday.

Shares have been selling this year for prices between $10.77 and $14.24.

The Offering

Griffin Financial Group LLC, an investment bank in Reading, Pa., helped Federal Life Insurance Company convert to a stock company structure through a stock offering process in December 2018.

The offering process raised a total of about $35 million.

Federal Life had to spend about $3 million on the offering process, and it was able to keep about $32 million.