PFS Reps Stand To Pick Up Stock
by Darla Mercado and featured in Investment News April, 2010: Registered representatives at PFS Investments Inc. will pick up some extra pay from the firm's public offering, according to a prospectus filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. PFS is the broker-dealer of Primerica Inc., the unit that was spun off of Citigroup Inc. in an initial public offering Thursday. The filing, which was submitted yesterday, indicates that Primerica will distribute about 5 million shares in common stock to certain employees, including officers and sales force leaders. Of that, some 255,836 shares will be issued when the restricted stock awards held by employees and sales reps under the Citi Stock Award Program and the Citi Capital Accumulation Program for PFS reps are converted into Primerica equity awards. The unit brought in some $314 million in...