Exhibit 99.8
Pre-Meeting Announcement
Dear Employees:
On [insert date] in Chicago [name location], and on [insert date] in Bellevue [name location], we will be holding an important company-wide meeting that we encourage you to attend. The specific time and logistics will be shared later today.We will conduct a separate call for a specific group of individuals who are remote employees. Our company has recently launched the process of seeking to go public through an initial public offering of common stock (the IPO), which is being conducted as part of the conversion of our parent company, Members Mutual Holding Company, from mutual to stock form. As part of the IPO, our policyholders, members of our management, board of directors and eligible employees are being given the opportunity to purchase stock in Vericity, Inc., the company we formed to become our new parent company upon completion of the IPO.The purpose of this announcement is to notify you of our pending IPO, our plans for an Employee Bonus Program, or the Employee IPO Program, that we are implementing as part of the IPO, and finally to caution you to keep this information confidential until the IPO is completed.
Employees who meet the criteria specified below will be eligible to participate in an Employee IPO Program in connection with the IPO in recognition of their efforts on behalf of Members Mutual to position it to become a publicly-traded stock company, contingent on completion of the IPO.
To be eligible to participate in the Employee IPO Program, you must be employed by Fidelity Life Association or Efinancial on or before [insert date] and remain employed on the date that the bonus is distributed, which we expect to be in approximately [insert number] weeks from now.
A copy of the prospectus for the IPO has been provided to you with this letter. We encourage you to read the prospectus to learn more about the IPO and our company and the Employee Bonus Program, which is described on page [•] of the prospectus. Please read the entirety of the document, including the terms and conditions, description concerning the nature of the securities being offered and the “Risk Factors” section detailing the risks involved in the investment.
We highly encourage you to attend this meeting, as you will receive more detailed information regarding the Company’s plans, including the Employee IPO Program. In addition, we caution you not to discuss this matter or share any information about the IPO with persons outside of the company. You should refer any inquiries you receive from persons outside of the company to John Buchanan, our General Counsel, via email atJohn.Buchanan@FidelityLife.com or at312-288-0073.
Thank you for your continued hard work, and we look forward to seeing each of you at the meeting.
Sincerely,
James E Hohmann
Chief Executive Officer
This letter is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock. The offer is made only by the prospectus. The shares of common stock being sold are not savings accounts or deposits, and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.