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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 43)*
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KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (Name of Issuer) |
Common Shares, no par value (Title of Class of Securities) |
496904202 (CUSIP Number) |
Mr. Joseph Stilwell 200 Calle del Santo Cristo, Segundo Piso San Juan, PR, 00901 787-985-2193 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
02/12/2025 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) |
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
 (a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC, OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock (as defined below) that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC, OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
STILWELL ASSOCIATES L P | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC, OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC, OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Stilwell Value LLC | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 496904202 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
STILWELL JOSEPH | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
PF, OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place
of organization
UNITED STATES
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,968,290.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
25.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
Shares of Common Stock reported include 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible.
SCHEDULE 13D
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| Item 1. | Security and Issuer |
| (a) | Title of Class of Securities:
Common Shares, no par value |
| (b) | Name of Issuer:
KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
| (c) | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 1520, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
, 60606. |
| Item 2. | Identity and Background |
| (a) | This is the forty-third amendment (this "Forty-Third Amendment") to the original Schedule 13D, which was filed on November 7, 2008 (the "Original Schedule 13D"), and amended on November 14, 2008 (the "First Amendment"), on November 17, 2008 (the "Second Amendment"), on November 24, 2008 (the "Third Amendment"), on December 29, 2008 (the "Fourth Amendment"), on January 12, 2009 (the "Fifth Amendment"), on February 2, 2009 (the "Sixth Amendment"), on February 17, 2009 (the "Seventh Amendment"), on February 18, 2009 (the "Eighth Amendment"), on April 9, 2009 (the "Ninth Amendment"), on April 28, 2009 (the "Tenth Amendment"), on August 4, 2009 (the "Eleventh Amendment"), on November 16, 2009 (the "Twelfth Amendment"), on April 8, 2010 (the "Thirteenth Amendment"), on April 20, 2010 (the "Fourteenth Amendment"), on June 7, 2010 (the "Fifteenth Amendment"), on June 29, 2010 (the "Sixteenth Amendment"), on September 24, 2012 (the "Seventeenth Amendment"), on November 30, 2012 (the "Eighteenth Amendment"), on June 11, 2013 (the "Nineteenth Amendment"), on September 20, 2013 (the "Twentieth Amendment"), on December 27, 2013 (the "Twenty-First Amendment"), on February 12, 2014 (the "Twenty-Second Amendment"), on September 22, 2014 (the "Twenty-Third Amendment"), on September 30, 2016 (the "Twenty-Fourth Amendment"), on December 15, 2017 (the "Twenty-Fifth Amendment"), on May 24, 2018 (the "Twenty-Sixth Amendment"), on July 19, 2018 (the "Twenty-Seventh Amendment"), on January 3, 2019 (the "Twenty-Eighth Amendment"), on March 29, 2019 (the "Twenty-Ninth Amendment"), on July 17, 2020 (the "Thirtieth Amendment"), on September 9, 2020 (the "Thirty-First Amendment"), on September 21, 2020 (the "Thirty-Second Amendment"), on June 15, 2021 (the "Thirty-Third Amendment"), on November 29, 2021 (the "Thirty-Fourth Amendment"), on March 28, 2022 (the "Thirty-Fifth Amendment"), on June 22, 2022 (the "Thirty-Sixth Amendment"), on July 18, 2022 (the "Thirty-Seventh Amendment"), on January 4, 2023 (the "Thirty-Eighth Amendment"), on March 14, 2023 (the "Thirty-Ninth Amendment"), on May 11, 2023 (the "Fortieth Amendment"), on November 21, 2023 (the "Forty-First Amendment"), and on December 20, 2024 (the "Forty-Second Amendment"). This Forty-Third Amendment is being filed jointly by Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Stilwell Activist Fund"); Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Stilwell Activist Investments"); Stilwell Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Stilwell Associates"); Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Stilwell Value Partners VII"); Stilwell Value LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Stilwell Value LLC") and the general partner of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, and Stilwell Value Partners VII; and Joseph Stilwell, the managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC. All the filers of this statement are collectively referred to herein as the "Group." The amended joint filing agreement of the members of the Group was filed as Exhibit 31 to the Twenty-Eighth Amendment. Joseph Stilwell, a member of the Group, was appointed to the board of directors of the Issuer on April 23, 2009, and since that date he has continuously served as a director.This statement is filed by Joseph Stilwell with respect to the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Joseph Stilwell, including shares of Common Stock held in the names of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, and Stilwell Value Partners VII, in Joseph Stilwell's capacities as the managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC, which is the general partner of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, and Stilwell Value Partners VII. |
| (b) | The business address of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, and Stilwell Value LLC is 111 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10006. The business address of Joseph Stilwell is 200 Calle del Santo Cristo, Segundo Piso, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901. |
| (c) | The principal employment of Joseph Stilwell is investment management. Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, and Stilwell Value Partners VII are private investment partnerships engaged in the purchase and sale of securities for their own accounts. Stilwell Value LLC serves as the general partner of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, and a related partnership. |
| (d) | During the past five years, no member of the Group has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). |
| (e) | During the past five years, no member of the Group has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws, except as indicated in Schedule B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| (f) | Joseph Stilwell is a citizen of the United States. |
| Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
Since we last reported purchases and sales of Common Stock, Stilwell Associates has not expended any monies to acquire securities of the Issuer.Since we last reported purchases and sales of Common Stock, Stilwell Activist Fund has expended a total of $160,000 to acquire the Class C Preferred Stock described in Item 6. Such funds were provided from Stilwell Activist Fund's working capital and, from time to time, may be provided in part by margin account loans from subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley extended in the ordinary course of business.Since we last reported purchases and sales of Common Stock, Stilwell Activist Investments has expended a total of $840,000 to acquire the Class C Preferred Stock described in Item 6. Such funds were provided from Stilwell Activist Investments' working capital and, from time to time, may be provided in part by margin account loans from subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley, Interactive Brokers or Velocity Clearing LLC extended in the ordinary course of business.Since we last reported purchases and sales of Common Stock, Stilwell Value Partners VII has not expended any monies to acquire securities of the Issuer. | |
| Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
We are filing this Forty-Third Amendment to report that on February 12, 2025, members of the Group entered into a Subscription Agreement with the Issuer (each, a "Subscription Agreement") for the purchase of the Issuer's Class C Preferred Stock (the "Class C Preferred Stock"), pursuant to which members of the Group purchased shares of the Class C Preferred Stock. The terms of the Class C Preferred Stock and the Subscription Agreement are further discussed in Item 6 of this Forty-Third Amendment.Our purpose in acquiring shares of Common Stock of the Issuer is to profit from the appreciation in the market price of the shares of Common Stock through asserting shareholder rights. We do not believe the value of the Issuer's assets is adequately reflected in the current market price of the Issuer's Common Stock.Members of the Group may seek to make additional purchases or sales of shares of Common Stock. Except as described in this filing, no member of the Group has any plans or proposals which relate to, or could result in, any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive, of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Members of the Group may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their positions and formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.Since 2000, members or affiliates of the Group have taken an "activist position" in 76 other publicly-traded companies. In each instance, our purpose has been to profit from the appreciation in the market price of the shares we held by asserting shareholder rights. In addition, we believed that the values of the companies' assets were not adequately reflected in the market prices of their shares.Our actions with respect to such publicly-traded companies are described in Schedule A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
| (a) | The members of the Group beneficially own an aggregate of 6,968,290 shares of Common Stock, including 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible. The percentages used in this filing are calculated based on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, 27,572,791, reported as the number of outstanding shares as of November 6, 2024, as reported in the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2024, plus the shares of Common Stock underlying the Class C Preferred Stock that can be converted.Each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, Stilwell Value LLC and Joseph Stilwell may be deemed to beneficially own 6,968,290 shares of Common Stock, including 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible, constituting approximately 25.2% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding. |
| (b) | Each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, Stilwell Value LLC and Joseph Stilwell may be deemed to share the power to vote and dispose of 6,968,290 shares of Common Stock, including 105,263 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Class C Preferred Stock that are immediately convertible, owned in the aggregate by Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, and Joseph Stilwell.Because he is the managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC, which is the general partner of each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII, Joseph Stilwell has the power to direct the affairs of each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII, including the voting and disposition of shares of Common Stock held in the name of each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII. Therefore, Joseph Stilwell is deemed to share voting and disposition power with each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII with regard to those shares of Common Stock.Because he is the managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC, Joseph Stilwell has the power to direct the affairs of Stilwell Value LLC. Stilwell Value LLC is the general partner of each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, S
tilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII. Therefore, Stilwell Value LLC may be deemed to share with Joseph Stilwell voting and disposition power with regard to the shares of Common Stock held by each of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII. |
| (c) | Since the filing of the Forty-Second Amendment, each of Stilwell Activist Fund and Stilwell Activist Investments acquired the Issuer's securities as set forth in Schedule C, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Since the filing of the Forty-Second Amendment, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII and Joseph Stilwell did not purchase or sell any shares of Common Stock. Stilwell Value LLC has not purchased or sold any shares of Common Stock. |
| (d) | No person other than Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates, Stilwell Value Partners VII, Stilwell Value LLC and Joseph Stilwell is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock. |
| (e) | Not applicable. |
| Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
On February 12, 2025, each of Stilwell Activist Fund and Stilwell Activist Investments entered into a Subscription Agreement for the purchase of shares of the Issuer's Class C Preferred Stock. The shares of the Class C Preferred Stock have a stated value of $25 per share and are convertible at any time into shares of Common Stock of the Issuer at a conversion basis equal to 2.63158 shares of Common Stock for each share of Class C Preferred Stock, which conversion basis may be subject to certain adjustments, per the terms of the Subscription Agreement. All outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Issuer on February 12, 2032. For additional terms of the Class C Preferred Stock and the Subscription Agreement, see the form of Subscription Agreement and the Certificate of Designations of Class C Preferred Stock (Annex I to the Subscription Agreement), filed as Exhibit 15 to this Forty-Third Amendment.Other than the Subscription Agreement filed as Exhibit 15 of this Forty-Third Amendment, and the Amended Joint Filing Agreement filed as Exhibit 31 to the Twenty-Eighth Amendment, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships among the persons named in Item 2 hereof and between such persons and any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finders' fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, divisions of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies, except for sharing of profits. Stilwell Value LLC, in its capacity as general partner of Stilwell Activist Fund, Stilwell Activist Investments, Stilwell Associates and Stilwell Value Partners VII, and Joseph Stilwell, in his capacities as the managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC, are entitled to an allocation of a portion of profits.See Item 1 above regarding disclosure of the relationships between members of the Group, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. | |
| Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
Schedule A - Stilwell Activist HistorySchedule B - Item 2(e)Schedule C - Transactions in SecuritiesExhibit 1 - Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 7, 2008, filed with the Original Schedule 13DExhibit 2 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 14, 2008, filed with the First AmendmentExhibit 3 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated April 8, 2009, filed with the Ninth AmendmentExhibit 4 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated April 28, 2009, filed with the Tenth AmendmentExhibit 5 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated August 4, 2009, filed with the Eleventh AmendmentExhibit 6 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated November 16, 2009, filed with the Twelfth AmendmentExhibit 7 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated September 21, 2012, filed with the Seventeenth AmendmentExhibit 8 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated June 11, 2013, filed with the Nineteenth AmendmentExhibit 9 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 12, 2014Exhibit 10 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 12, 2014, filed with the Twenty-Second AmendmentExhibit 11 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated October 7, 2016, filed with the Twenty-Fourth AmendmentExhibit 12 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated December 15, 2017, filed with the Twenty-Fifth AmendmentExhibit 13 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated May 24, 2018, filed with the Twenty-Sixth AmendmentExhibit 14 - Amended Joint Filing Agreement, dated January 3, 2019, filed with the Twenty-Eighth AmendmentExhibit 15 - Form of Subscription Agreement, dated February 12, 2025, and Class C Certificate of Designations |
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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