Offering

Offering. Shall mean the Company's offering of Units as described in the attached Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated February 22, 2005.

Offering. Shall mean the sale of Registrable Securities in connection -------- with any public offering.

Offering. Means (i) that private offering of shares and warrants, offered together as Units, made pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and (ii) that private offering of notes and warrants, offered together as Units, made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Offering. (1) the offering by the Corporation on February 17, 1999 of 2,000,000 Common Shares in a private placement offering in connection with the acquisition of Continental General Corporation, a Nebraska corporation (the "Continental Offering"), and (2) the offering by the Corporation on ________, 2000 of 3,333,334 Common Shares in a private placement offering in connection with the acquisition of Pyramid Life Insurance Company, a Kansas stock insurance company (the "Pyramid Offering").

Offering. Any of the offerings to Participants of options to purchase Common Stock under the Plan, each continuing for twelve months, as described in paragraph 5 below.

Offering. Means the offering of shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to that certain private placement memorandum of the Company, dated March 10, 2003, as amended or supplemented.

Offering. Means the offering by the Company of the Units.

Offering. The term "Offering" shall mean the Company's 2001 offering of an aggregate of up to 66,666,667 Units.

Offering. The grant of Purchase Rights under the Plan.

Offering. Means the Company's offering of (a) up to 750,000 shares of -------- Series A Preferred Stock, at a price of $10.00 for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, and (b) up to 76,201 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, in the aggregate.