First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval Of Merger With Affiliate Of Aquiline Capital Partners

HOUSTON, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc. ("FIFS, PK") (the "Company") announced that its shareholders, voting at its special meeting of shareholders held today in Houston, Texas, approved the Company's previously announced merger with an affiliate of Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector.  The merger is expected to close tomorrow.

Approximately 6.2 million shares, or more than 95.5% of the total shares of the Company's common stock outstanding as of the record date, were voted, more than 99.9% of which were voted in favor of the merger.  Approval of the merger required the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the shares outstanding as of the October 1, 2012 record date.  Under the terms of the approved agreement and plan of merger, the Company's shareholders will receive $13.87 in cash for each share of the Company's common stock they hold.

ABOUT FIRST INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

The Company is a consumer finance company engaged in originating and holding for investment automobile finance receivables and promissory notes originated by franchised automobile dealers or through refinancing transactions with the vehicle owners.  The Company specializes in lending to consumers with impaired credit profiles.  The Company also purchases receivables through portfolio acquisitions or from third party originators and performs third-party loan servicing for unaffiliated clients.  The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.  Copies of this press release and other information about the Company, including its historical financial statements, are available on the Company's web site at www.fifsg.com.

ABOUT AQUILINE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC

Aquiline is a private equity firm based in New York investing in financial services enterprises in industries such as property and casualty insurance, banking, securities, asset management and financial technology.  Aquiline seeks to add value to its portfolio companies through strategic, operational, and financial guidance.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements contained in this release that are not historical statements of fact may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements may often be, but are not always, identified by the use of such words such as "intends", "anticipates", or "proposes, or by statements that certain actions, events or results "may" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, and may include statements about future operations and the anticipated timing for any proposed actions.  Any such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and the actual results of future events could differ materially from those stated in any forward-looking statements herein.  Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date of this release.  The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any such forward-looking statements for any reason.

SOURCE First Investors Financial Services Group, Inc.

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