{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001395585/8-k/2026-06-25/item-5-01","section_key":"item-5-01","section_title":"Item 5.01 Change in Control of the Company**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1395585/0001437749-26-021640-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-021640","cik":"0001395585","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"First Trinity Financial CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1395585/0001437749-26-021640-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001395585","primary_entity_name":"First Trinity Financial CORP"},"word_count":341,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.01 Change in Control of the Company**\n\n \n\n(a)(1)(2) Gregg E. Zahn (“Mr. Zahn”) the holder of 100,000 shares of First Trinity Financial Corporation’s (the “Company”) Class B common stock may be deemed to have acquired control of the Company at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held June 24, 2026 (“Annual Meeting”). See Item 5.07 below.\n\n \n\n(a)(3) Mr. Zahn, under the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the holder of 100,000 shares (or 98.9%) of the Company’s Class B Common Stock nominated, pursuant to Schedule 14N filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Company on April 9, 2026, five of the nine nominees to the Company’s board of directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting. All five nominees are and have been long standing members of the Company’s board. All five nominees were elected and Mr. Zahn was also elected as one of the other four directors by holders of the Company’s Class A common stock. See Item 5.07 below.\n\n \n\n(a)(4)(5)(6) Mr. Zahn acquired the Class B common stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of Class A common stock pursuant to an exchange offer made to all of the Company’s shareholders under the definitive proxy statement for the Company’s annual meeting held October 2, 2019. No other consideration was paid by Mr. Zahn for his shares of Class B common stock.\n\n \n\n(a)(7) A description of the relative rights of the holder of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020. A copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed as Exhibit 3.1 thereto.\n\n \n\n(b) As set forth above, Mr. Zahn as the holder of 98.9% of the Company’s Class B common stock has the right to elect a majority of the Company’s directors, therefore, his nominations could effect changes in the Company’s board of directors at future meetings of its shareholders."}