ProAssurance (PRA) executive exits holdings as merger pays $25 per share in cash
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
ProAssurance Corporation executive Robert David Francis reported dispositions of all his equity in connection with the company’s merger with The Doctors Company. A total of 31,196 shares of common stock were cancelled at $25.00 per share in cash as merger consideration.
In addition, several blocks of time-based and performance-based restricted stock units, each representing the right to receive one share of common stock, automatically vested at the merger’s effective time, were cancelled, and entitled him to receive cash based on the same $25.00-per-share merger consideration. Following these actions, the filing shows no remaining common stock or restricted stock units held directly by Francis.
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Insights
Executive equity cancelled for cash in merger; no trading signal.
The filing shows ProAssurance officer Robert David Francis disposing of common shares and restricted stock units due to the merger with The Doctors Company. The disposition code is a return of securities to the issuer, not an open-market trade.
Common stock was cancelled for $25.00 per share in cash, and unvested RSUs vested, were cancelled, and paid out in cash based on the same merger consideration. Because these events are driven by the merger terms rather than discretionary buying or selling, they carry limited signal about Francis’s view of the company.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disposition | Restricted Stock Units | 23,720 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Restricted Stock Units | 8,764 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Restricted Stock Units | 11,778 | $0.00 | -- |
| Disposition | Common Stock | 31,196 | $25.00 | $780K |
Footnotes (1)
- On June 26, 2026, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 19, 2025 (the "Merger Agreement"), among ProAssurance Corporation (the "Issuer"), The Doctors Company ("Parent") and Jackson Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger"), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, each share of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than certain excluded shares) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $25.00 per share in cash, without interest, and subject to any applicable withholding taxes (the "Merger Consideration"). Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock. Represents outstanding unvested RSUs (other than certain excluded RSUs, which were forfeited at the Effective Time in accordance with their terms). At the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the outstanding, unvested time-based and performance-based RSUs (other than the excluded RSUs) automatically and immediately vested and were cancelled and entitled the holder to receive an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the product of (a) the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to the RSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (b) the Merger Consideration.