Kingsway Completes Sale of Texas Railyard for $21.4 Million of Net Cash Proceeds to The Company

CHICAGO, Dec. 29, 2022 /CNW/ - (NYSE: KFS) Kingsway Financial Services Inc. ("Kingsway" or the "Company") today announced it has closed on the sale of the railyard it owns in Texas. TRT Leaseco, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Company and direct owner of the railyard, completed the sale to BNSF Dayton LLC, who also assumed the mortgage. The total sales price was $215.2 million – consisting of $44.5 million cash and $170.7 million of mortgage assumption – netting proceeds of $21.4 million to Kingsway after taxes, fees and distribution to the minority shareholder.

John T. Fitzgerald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kingsway, commented, "The sale of the railyard is a major milestone in monetizing our legacy assets and simplifying our balance sheet. With this sale – along with the previously announced sale of Flower Portfolio – our notes payable and subordinated debt as of December 31, 2022 will be $183.2 million lower (or 70%) than it was as of September 30, 2022." 

Net proceeds from the sale are expected to be used in furtherance of exercising Kingsway's options to repurchase its TruPs subordinated debt and other corporate purposes. Kingsway has options to repurchase $51.8 million fair value (or $75.5 million principal value) of its subordinated debt and $19.2 million of deferred interest (both as of September 30, 2022) for a total of $59.4 million. If Kingsway were to exercise its options in full, then – along with the railyard and Flower Portfolio sales – the remaining notes payable would be $16.4 million (value as of September 30, 2022), which is non-recourse to Kingsway, and the remaining subordinated debt, inclusive of deferred interest, would be $14.3 million (value as of September 30, 2022).  

About the Company

Kingsway is a holding company that owns or controls subsidiaries primarily in the extended warranty, business services, asset management and real estate industries. The common shares of Kingsway are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "KFS."

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Additional Information

Additional information about Kingsway, including a copy of its Annual Reports can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov, on the Canadian Securities Administrators' website at www.sedar.com, or through the Company's website at www.kingsway-financial.com

SOURCE Kingsway Financial Services Inc.

Hayden IR, James Carbonara, (646)-755-7412, [email protected]; Kingsway Financial Services, Inc., Kent Hansen, CFO, 312-766-2163, [email protected]