FG Financial (FGF) Form 4 Fundamental Global / LARRY G SWETS JR ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SWETS LARRY G JR

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O FUNDAMENTAL GLOBAL INC.

108 GATEWAY BLVD., SUITE 204

(Street)

MOORESVILLE NC 28117

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Fundamental Global Inc. [ FGF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Head of Merchant Banking

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/18/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/18/2024		A		1,537(1)	A	$1.4905	519,483(4)	D
Common Stock								537,069	D(2)(3)(5)(6)
8.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A, $25.00 par value								10,000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock option	$3.38							(7)	01/11/2031	Common Stock	130,000		130,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares were purchased within the Fundamental Global, Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan.

2. On January 3, 2024, Fundamental Global Inc. (f/k/a FG Financial Group, Inc., the "Parent"), FG Group LLC (the "Acquiror"), and FG Group Holdings Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company merged with and into the Acquiror, with the Acquiror surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent (the "Merger"). On February 29, 2024, at approximately 4:05 PM Eastern time, the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company ("Company Common Stock") were converted into shares of common stock of the Parent ("Parent Common Stock") on a 1:1 basis (the "Exchange Ratio") pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

3. Received in the Merger in exchange for an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock.

4. Includes (i) 7,722 RSUs granted on August 13, 2019 under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan as director compensation (of which 6,178 have vested to date), (ii) 370,000 RSUs granted on February 17, 2023 under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (of which 370,000 have vested to date, but 94,054 withheld from the vested RSU for taxes) pursuant to Equity Award Letter Agreement dated January 18, 2021, and (iii) 130,000 RSU granted on February 17, 2023 under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (of which 86,667 have vested to date, but 25,659 withheld from the vested RSU for taxes ) for performance related to fiscal year 2022. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Parent Common Stock.

5. Received in the Merger in exchange for Restricted Share Units (RSUs) convertible into shares of Company Common Stock (a "Company RSU"). At the Effective Time, each Company RSU was converted into an RSU to acquire the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (a "Parent RSU") equal to the product of (i) the number of shares subject to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio.

6. The Parent RSUs will vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant date, which was July 3, 2023, subject to continuous service through such vesting date.

7. The stock options become vested and fully exercisable in 20% increments on each anniversary of the grant date, provided that Mr. Swets remains in the continuous service of the Issuer through each applicable vesting date and that the Issuer's book value per share has increased by 15% or more as compared to the Issuer's book value per share as of the fiscal year end prior.

	/s/ Larry G. Swets, Jr.	03/19/2024
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