PRELIMINARY COPIES ALLMERICA PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANIES, INC. INFORMATION STATEMENT NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING NOTICE OF APPRAISAL RIGHTS ---------------- ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORPORATION PROSPECTUS This Information...Information Statement • April 1st, 1997 • Allmerica Financial Corp • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • Delaware
average of the Closing Market Prices (as defined below) for the ten consecutive trading days ending on the fifth trading day prior to the Effective Time (as defined below). The "Closing Market Prices" for any trading day means the closing sales price of the AFC Common Stock as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape (as reported by the Wall Street Journal) for that day. YOU ARE URGED TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY TO DECIDE WHICH FORM OF MERGER CONSIDERATION TO ELECT OR WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE MERGER CONSIDERATION OR TO EXERCISE APPRAISAL RIGHTS. HOLDERS OF APY COMMON STOCK SHOULD NOT SEND ANY CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING APY COMMON STOCK TO APY AT THIS TIME. A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND AN ELECTION FORM WILL BE MAILED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE TIME TO EACH PERSON WHO WAS A HOLDER OF OUTSTANDING APY COMMON STOCK IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME. APY STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD SEND CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING APY COMMON STOCK TO FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF
