FBL Financial extends contested merger vote to May 21 BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Thursday, April 29, 2021 11:06 AM Shareholders of FBL Financial Group Inc. will have about another three weeks to consider how to vote on a merger proposal to take the company private. Shareholders who convened for a special meeting this morning to finalize the vote instead agreed to adjourn the meeting until May 21, so that additional proxy votes could be solicited. Shareholders are being asked to vote on a definitive agreement through which Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. would acquire all of the outstanding shares of FBL Financial Group Class A and Class B common stock, excluding shares owned by FBPCIC and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation for $56 per share in cash.