The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. Announces Results of the Shareholder Vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders
February 27 2004 - 3:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. Announces Results of the Shareholder
Vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 27
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc., (BULLETIN
BOARD: SBIG) today announced the results of the shareholder vote at
the Special Meeting of Shareholders to amend the Company's Articles
of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-1,000 reverse stock split of the
Company's common stock and pay $3.00 per share to the holders of
shares that would be converted to a fraction of one share. "We are
pleased to report that our shareholders have approved the proposed
amendment that enables Seibels Bruce to terminate its obligation to
make annual, periodic and other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission," said Michael A. Culbertson, president. "We
anticipate going private will result in a significant and recurring
reduction of expenses that will provide value for our remaining
shareholders." The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc., headquartered in
Columbia, South Carolina, is a holding company for four property
and casualty insurance companies that offer commercial, nonstandard
automobile and homeowners insurance. In addition, Seibels Bruce
offers claim administration services to insurance companies and
other businesses through INS; flood zone determination services
through America's Flood Services, Inc.; and managing general agency
services through Seibels, Bruce & Company. Additional
information about Seibels Bruce can be found online at
http://www.seibels.com/. Certain items in this press release
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and as such
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which maycause the actual results, performance or achievements of
Seibels Bruce or its subsidiaries to be materially different from
any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Seibels
Bruce expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward- looking
statements contained herein to reflect any change in Seibels
Bruce's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
DATASOURCE: The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. CONTACT: Jennifer P.
Davis, Corporate Communications of Seibels Bruce Group, Inc.,
+1-803-748-2353, or fax, +1-803-748-8420, or email, Web site:
http://www.seibels.com/
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