Mount Logan Capital Inc. (NEO: MLC) (“Mount Logan,” “our,” “we,” or
the “Company”) announces its financial results for the fourth
quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. All amounts are stated in
United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
Highlights:
- In the fourth quarter, Mount Logan completed its acquisition of
Ability Insurance Company ("Ability"), a Nebraska domiciled insurer
and reinsurer of long-term care policies.
- Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $11.6
million, an increase from $3.5 million or 231% for the year ended
December 31, 2020.
- Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $28.7
million, an increase from $(2.8) million for the year ended
December 31, 2020.
- Shareholders' equity as at December 31, 2021 of $85.3 million,
an increase from $43.2 million or 98% as at December 31, 2020;
- Basic earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2021
was $1.551, an increase from $(0.24) for the year ended December
31, 2020.
- Aggregate dividend of CAD$0.08 per common share declared and
paid during the year ended December 31, 2021, consistent with prior
year.
Ted Goldthorpe, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of Mount Logan, noted, “2021 was another eventful year and
we are very pleased with the performance the Company and our
strategic transactions that expanded Mount Logan into an asset
management and insurance platform. The Company successfully
diversified its business from interest income to recurring
management fees that we expect to continue growing over the course
of 2022. Our integration of Ability has been progressing rapidly
since close and we expect to grow via ramping the reinsurance of
fixed annuities over the next year. We look forward to making
continued progress in 2022 as we continue to assess strategic
transactions that will grow our asset management and insurance
business.”
1 Reflects the non-cash change in insurance
contract liabilities and reinsurance assets.
Update on OperationsAbilityOn
October 29, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of
the equity of Ability. Ability is a Nebraska domiciled insurer and
reinsurer of long-term care policies that is unique in that its
long-term care portfolio’s morbidity risk has been largely
re-insured to third parties, and Ability is no longer insuring or
re-insuring new long-term care risk. As part of the acquisition,
the Company invested $10.0 million of capital into Ability to
strengthen Ability's balance sheet and launch a platform for the
reinsurance of annuities, which is expected to reinsure over $150.0
million of fixed annuities in 2022.
CLO ResetIn December 2021, the Company completed
the reset of its 2018-1 collateralized loan obligation ("CLO”)
which extended the life of the CLO increasing the runway of fee
generation for ML Management. Furthermore, in connection with the
reset, Mount Logan divested a material portion of the loan
portfolio on its balance sheet into the CLO and a subsidiary of the
Company fully repaid and terminated its $60.0 million revolving
warehouse facility.
Result of Operations by
SegmentThe Company considers its business within two
operating segments: asset management and insurance.
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Q4 |
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Q3 |
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|
Change |
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|
YTD |
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|
YTD |
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|
Change |
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|
|
2021 |
|
|
2021 |
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|
(%) |
|
|
2021 |
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|
2020 |
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(%) |
|
Total
revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
$ |
2,480 |
|
|
$ |
3,185 |
|
|
|
-22 |
% |
|
$ |
8,772 |
|
|
$ |
3,499 |
|
|
|
151 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
2,807 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
2,807 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
5,258 |
|
|
|
3,112 |
|
|
|
69 |
% |
|
|
11,515 |
|
|
|
5,157 |
|
|
|
123 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
(30,810 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
(30,810 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss)
before income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
(2,778 |
) |
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
-3905 |
% |
|
|
(2,743 |
) |
|
|
(1,658 |
) |
|
|
65 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
33,617 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
33,617 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
Asset managementTotal revenue
of $2.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 represents a
decrease of $0.7 million quarter-over-quarter primarily related to
net losses from investment activities. Total revenue of $8.8
million for the year ended December 31, 2021 represents an increase
of $5.3 million year-over-year primarily related to the increase in
management and servicing fees. Total expenses of $5.3 million in
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 represents an increase of $2.1
million quarter-over-quarter primarily related to professional fees
incurred in connection with the expansion of the Company's business
into an asset management and insurance platform. Total expenses of
$11.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 represents an
increase of $6.4 million year-over-year primarily related to
increases in professional fees, transaction costs, interest and
credit facility expenses, amortization of intangible assets and
administration fees. Net loss of $2.8 million in the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2021 and $2.7 million for the year ended December 31,
2021 was primarily driven by transaction costs and acquisition
integration costs. Adjusted net (loss) income2 would have been
$(0.5) million and $1.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal
2021 and the year ended December 31, 2021, respectively, excluding
transaction costs, acquisition integration costs, and amortization
of acquisition-related intangible assets. The adjusted net loss in
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 was primarily driven by
professional fees incurred in connection with the expansion of the
Company's business into an asset management and insurance
platform.
2 Represents a non-IFRS measure. See the
Non-IFRS Financial Measures section in this document and in our
Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the year ended December
31, 2021 for relevant information about such measures.
InsuranceAnalysis of the
quarterly insurance segment is not relevant given the acquisition
of Ability closed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
Total revenue of $2.8 million was primarily due
to investment income generated on assets supporting insurance
contract liabilities, net of investment activity attributable to
collateral under funds withheld reinsurance, partially offset by
realized and unrealized investment losses during the period. Total
expenses of $(30.8) million was primarily driven by a decline in
insurance contract liabilities during the period, net of the change
in reinsurance assets.
Our audited annual consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and related
management’s discussion and analysis will be available on the
Company’s website at www.mountlogancapital.ca and on SEDAR
(www.sedar.com).
Dividend DeclarationThe Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Board") declared a cash dividend
in the amount of CAD$0.02 per common share to be paid on April 8,
2022 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2022. This is the
thirteenth consecutive dividend Mount Logan has paid to its
shareholders since closing its plan of arrangement in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2018. This dividend is designated by the Company
as an eligible dividend for the purpose of the Income Tax Act
(Canada) and any similar provincial or territorial legislation. An
enhanced dividend tax credit applies to eligible dividends paid to
Canadian residents.
The declaration and payment by the Company of
any future cash dividends, including the amount thereof, will be at
the discretion of the Board and will depend on, among other things,
the financial condition, capital requirements and earnings of the
Company.
Officer AppointmentOn March 22,
2022, the Board appointed Albert Siu as the Company's Chief
Accounting Officer.
Outlook for 2022The Company's
financial results in 2022 are expected to reflect continued
normalization of operations with investment advisory and insurance
operations having a full year of results. We continue to assess
strategic transactions that will grow our asset management and
insurance business.
Conference CallWe will hold a conference call
on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss our
2021 financial results. Shareholders, prospective shareholders, and
analysts are welcome to listen to the call. To join the call,
please use the dial-in information below and ask to be joined into
the “Mount Logan Capital Inc.” call. A recording of the conference
call will be available on our Company’s website
www.mountlogancapital.ca in the Investor Relations section under
Events.
Dial-in Toll Free: |
1-833-756-0867 |
International Dial-in Toll
Free: |
1-412-317-5756 |
About Mount Logan Capital
Inc.Mount Logan Capital Inc. is an alternative asset
management and insurance solutions company that is focused on
public and private debt securities in the North American market and
the reinsurance of annuity products primarily through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries Mount Logan Management LLC and Ability
Insurance Company. The Company also actively sources, evaluates,
underwrites, manages, monitors and primarily invests in loans, debt
securities, and other credit-oriented instruments that present
attractive risk-adjusted returns and present low risk of principal
impairment through the credit cycle.
Ability is a Nebraska domiciled insurer and
reinsurer of long-term care policies acquired by Mount Logan in the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. Ability is unique in the insurance
industry in that its long-term care portfolio’s morbidity risk
has been largely re-insured to third parties, and Ability is
no longer insuring or re-insuring new long-term care risk.
Non-IFRS Financial MeasuresThis
news release makes reference to certain non-IFRS financial
measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do
not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be
comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to
complement IFRS financial measures by providing further
understanding of the Company’s results of operations from
management's perspective. The Company’s definitions of non-IFRS
measures used in this news release may not be the same as the
definitions for such measures used by other companies in their
reporting. Non-IFRS measures have limitations as analytical tools
and should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for
analysis of the Company’s financial information reported under
IFRS. The Company believes that securities analysts, investors and
other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS financial measures
in the evaluation of issuers. The Company’s management also uses
non-IFRS financial measures in order to facilitate operating
performance comparisons from period to period.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of
applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking statements can
be identified by the expressions "seeks", "expects", "believes",
"estimates", "will", "target" and similar expressions. The
forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the
current expectations of the Company regarding future results or
events and are based on information currently available to them.
Certain material factors and assumptions were applied in providing
these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
discussed in this release include, but are not limited to,
statements relating to the Company’s continued transition to an
asset management and insurance platform business and the entering
into of further strategic transactions to diversity the Company’s
business and further grow recurring management fee and other
income; the Company’s plans to decrease Ability’s long-term care
exposure and replace and grow assets by focusing the business on
the reinsurance of annuity products; the Company’s business
strategy, model, approach and future activities; portfolio
composition and size, asset management activities and related
income, capital raising activities, future credit opportunities of
the Company, portfolio realizations, the protection of stakeholder
value and the expansion of the Company’s loan portfolio. All
forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified by
these cautionary statements. The Company believes that the
expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are based upon
reasonable assumptions; however, the Company can give no assurance
that the actual results or developments will be realized by certain
specified dates or at all. These forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from current
expectations, including that the Company has a limited operating
history with respect to an asset management oriented business
model; Ability may not generate recurring asset management fees or
strategically benefit the Company as expected; the expected
synergies by combining the business of Mount Logan with the
business of Ability may not be realized as expected; the risk that
the Company may not be successful in integrating the business of
Ability without significant use of the Company’s resources and
management’s attention; the risk that Ability may require a
significant investment of capital and other resources in order to
expand and grow the business; the Company does not have a record of
operating an insurance solutions business and is subject to all the
risks and uncertainties associated with a broadening of the
Company’s business and the matters discussed under "Risks Factors"
in the most recently filed annual information form and management
discussion and analysis for the Company. Readers, therefore, should
not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.
Further, a forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update any such statement or to reflect new information
or the occurrence of future events or circumstances except as
required by securities laws. These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this press release.
This press release is not, and under no
circumstances is it to be construed as, a prospectus or an
advertisement and the communication of this release is not, and
under no circumstances is it to be construed as, an offer to sell
or an offer to purchase any securities in the Company or in any
fund or other investment vehicle. This press release is not
intended for U.S. persons. The Company’s shares are not and will
not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Company is not and will not be registered under
the 1940 Act. U.S. persons are not permitted to purchase the
Company’s shares absent an applicable exemption from registration
under each of these Acts. In addition, the number of investors in
the United States, or which are U.S. persons or purchasing for the
account or benefit of U.S. persons, will be limited to such number
as is required to comply with an available exemption from the
registration requirements of the 1940 Act.
For additional information, please contact:
Jason RoosChief Financial
OfficerJason.Roos@mountlogancapital.ca
Mount Logan Capital Inc.365 Bay Street, Suite
800Toronto, ON M5H 2V1
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position(in
thousands of United States dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31 |
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
Asset
Management: |
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
14,433 |
|
$ |
6,658 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
135 |
|
|
17,620 |
|
Investments |
|
35,209 |
|
|
45,219 |
|
Intangible assets |
|
22,060 |
|
|
3,496 |
|
Other
assets |
|
4,180 |
|
|
17,992 |
|
Total assets — asset management |
|
76,017 |
|
|
90,985 |
|
Insurance: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
29,733 |
|
|
— |
|
Investments |
|
881,170 |
|
|
— |
|
Reinsurance assets |
|
329,902 |
|
|
— |
|
Intangible assets |
|
2,504 |
|
|
— |
|
Goodwill |
|
55,015 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
assets |
|
18,970 |
|
|
— |
|
Total assets — insurance |
|
1,317,294 |
|
|
— |
|
Total assets |
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
$ |
90,985 |
|
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
Asset
Management |
|
|
|
|
Due to affiliates |
$ |
3,852 |
|
$ |
403 |
|
Debt obligations |
|
42,708 |
|
|
39,412 |
|
Contingent value rights |
|
4,169 |
|
|
3,954 |
|
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities |
|
3,916 |
|
|
4,038 |
|
Total liabilities — asset management |
|
54,645 |
|
|
47,807 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
Debt obligations |
|
2,250 |
|
|
— |
|
Insurance contract
liabilities |
|
942,865 |
|
|
— |
|
Funds held under reinsurance
contracts |
|
291,296 |
|
|
— |
|
Reinsurance liabilities |
|
10,528 |
|
|
— |
|
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities |
|
6,421 |
|
|
— |
|
Total liabilities — insurance |
|
1,253,360 |
|
|
— |
|
Total liabilities |
|
1,308,005 |
|
|
47,807 |
|
EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
Common shares |
|
108,055 |
|
|
93,480 |
|
Warrants |
|
1,129 |
|
|
1,086 |
|
Contributed surplus |
|
7,240 |
|
|
7,240 |
|
Deficit |
|
(9,260 |
) |
|
(36,770 |
) |
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
(21,858 |
) |
|
(21,858 |
) |
Total equity |
|
85,306 |
|
|
43,178 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
$ |
90,985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(loss)(in thousands of United States dollars, except per
share amounts) |
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31 |
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
REVENUE |
|
|
|
|
Asset
management |
|
|
|
|
Management and servicing fees |
$ |
4,741 |
|
$ |
65 |
|
Interest income |
|
3,179 |
|
|
3,184 |
|
Dividend income |
|
187 |
|
|
676 |
|
Net
gains (losses) from investment activities |
|
665 |
|
|
(426 |
) |
Total revenue — asset management |
|
8,772 |
|
|
3,499 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
Premium income |
|
|
|
|
Gross premiums |
|
8,573 |
|
|
— |
|
Premiums ceded to reinsurers |
|
(10,963 |
) |
|
— |
|
Net premiums |
|
(2,390 |
) |
|
— |
|
Net investment income |
|
6,532 |
|
|
— |
|
Net gains (losses) from
investment activities |
|
(1,811 |
) |
|
— |
|
Realized and unrealized gains
(losses) on embedded derivative — funds withheld |
|
(637 |
) |
|
— |
|
Other
income |
|
1,113 |
|
|
— |
|
Total revenue — insurance |
|
2,807 |
|
|
— |
|
Total revenue |
|
11,579 |
|
|
3,499 |
|
EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
Asset
management |
|
|
|
|
Administration fees |
|
1,140 |
|
|
623 |
|
Transaction costs |
|
1,977 |
|
|
765 |
|
Amortization of intangible
assets |
|
787 |
|
|
95 |
|
Interest and other credit
facility expenses |
|
2,807 |
|
|
2,014 |
|
General, administrative and other |
|
4,804 |
|
|
1,660 |
|
Total expenses — asset management |
|
11,515 |
|
|
5,157 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
Policy benefits and
claims: |
|
|
|
|
Gross claims and benefits |
|
18,072 |
|
|
— |
|
Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities |
|
(81,192 |
) |
|
— |
|
Benefits and expenses ceded to reinsurers |
|
(16,515 |
) |
|
— |
|
(Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets |
|
46,451 |
|
|
— |
|
Net policy benefits and
claims |
|
(33,184 |
) |
|
— |
|
Administration fees |
|
1,354 |
|
|
— |
|
Interest expense |
|
56 |
|
|
— |
|
Insurance expenses |
|
579 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
expenses |
|
385 |
|
|
— |
|
Total expenses — insurance |
|
(30,810 |
) |
|
— |
|
Total expenses |
|
(19,295 |
) |
|
5,157 |
|
Income (loss) before taxes |
|
30,874 |
|
|
(1,658 |
) |
Income tax (expense) benefit — asset management |
|
(2,144 |
) |
|
(1,147 |
) |
Income tax (expense) benefit — insurance |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income
(loss) |
$ |
28,730 |
|
$ |
(2,805 |
) |
Earnings per
share |
|
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
1.55 |
|
$ |
(0.24 |
) |
Diluted |
$ |
1.54 |
|
$ |
(0.24 |
) |
Dividends per common
share — USD |
$ |
0.06 |
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
Dividends per common
share — CAD |
$ |
0.08 |
|
$ |
0.08 |
|
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