iA Financial Group obtains final order with respect to the plan of arrangement

QUEBEC CITY, May 24, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. ("iA Financial Group" or the "Corporation") today announces that it has obtained the final order of the Superior Court of Quebec (the "Final Order") with respect to the plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") involving iA Financial Group and iA Financial Corporation Inc. ("iA Financial Corporation") previously announced in February 2018.

This Final Order approves and sanctions the arrangement under which iA Financial Corporation will become the parent holding company that will hold all of the common shares of the Corporation and orders the Arrangement to take effect in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Arrangement on its effective date.

In March 2018, the Corporation announced that it had obtained an interim order of the Superior Court of Quebec allowing it to call and hold an annual meeting of common shareholders and participating policyholders and a special meeting of common shareholders (the "Annual and Special Meeting") for the purpose of submitting to the common shareholders a special resolution confirming and ratifying By-Law 2018-1 of the Corporation with respect to the Arrangement. The special resolution was adopted by holders of more than 97% of the common shares that were voted at the Annual and Special Meeting held on May 10, 2018.

Closing of the Arrangement remains subject to the satisfaction of the other conditions of the arrangement agreement and the plan of arrangement, in particular the adoption of a private member's bill intended to effect certain modifications to the Act respecting Industrial-Alliance, Life Insurance Company as well as the approval of the Minister of Finance as contemplated by the Act respecting Insurance (Quebec).

The Corporation anticipates completing the Arrangement by the end of 2018.

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Additional information about the material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward-looking statements may be found in the "Risk Management" section of the Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year 2017 and in the "Management of Risks Associated with Financial Instruments" note to the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, and elsewhere the Company's filings with the Canadian securities regulators, which are available for review at sedar.com.

The forward-looking statements in this news release reflect the Company's expectations as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake to update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

About iA Financial Group
Founded in 1892, iA Financial Group is one of the largest insurance and wealth management companies in Canada. It also operates in the United States. Its stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IAG.

iA Financial Group is a business name and trademark of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

SOURCE Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

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