UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 29, 2021
FG FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36366 | 46-1119100 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
360 Central Avenue, Suite 800, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(727) 304-5666
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 8.01 Other Information.
On October 29, 2021, FG Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the commencement of its previously announced rights offering to holders of its common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the rights offering, the Company is distributing, to each holder of its common stock, one non-transferable subscription right to purchase 0.15 share of common stock, at a price of $4.00 per whole share, for each share held as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 25, 2021, the record date for the rights offering. The subscription rights may be exercised at any time during the subscription period, which will commence on October 29, 2021. The rights will expire if they are not exercised by 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 29, 2021, unless the Company extends the rights offering subscription period. The Company will not issue any fractional shares of the Company’s common stock in the rights offering, and subscription rights will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares.
Stockholders are entitled to purchase, in total, up to 757,720 shares of common stock, for potential gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.0 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company on October 29, 2021 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FG FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | ||
| Date: October 29, 2021 | By: | /s/ Brian D. Bottjer |
| Name: | Brian D. Bottjer | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |