Mount Logan Capital Inc. (NEO: MLC) (“Mount Logan,” “our,” “we,” or
the “Company”) announces its financial results for the quarter
ended March 31, 2022. All amounts are stated in United States
dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
First quarter highlights:
- Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was
$2.6 million in the asset management segment, an increase from $1.7
million or 57% for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
- Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was
$(12.0) million in the insurance segment, primarily driven by
mark-to-market movement as a result of increases in market interest
rates offset by the projected timing of reinvestment of cash
flows.
- Shareholders' equity as at March 31, 2022 of $68.6
million.
- Basic earnings per share for the three months ended March 31,
2022 was $(0.72)(1), a decrease from $0.02 for the three months
ended March 31, 2021.
- Dividend of CAD$0.02 per common share declared to be paid on
April 8, 2022 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2022.
(1) Reflects the non-cash change in insurance
contract liabilities and reinsurance assets.
Ted Goldthorpe, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of Mount Logan, noted, "We continue to build on our
operating momentum and delivered another quarter of strong earnings
in the asset management segment, driven by growth in our
attributable assets under management. The insurance segment
experienced a negative quarter primarily due to the impact of
rising market interest rates and its implied impact on the
valuation of the investment portfolio. We remain focused on the
growth of our asset management and insurance segments and the
ramping of the reinsurance of fixed annuities that was initiated
after quarter end. 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."
Result of Operations by Segment
The Company considers its business within two operating segments:
asset management and insurance.
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|
Q1 |
|
|
Q4 |
|
|
Change |
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|
YTD |
|
|
YTD |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
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|
(%) |
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|
2022 |
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|
2021 |
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(%) |
|
Total revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
management |
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
|
$ |
2,480 |
|
|
|
6 |
% |
|
$ |
2,618 |
|
|
$ |
1,665 |
|
|
|
57 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
(12,026 |
) |
|
|
2,807 |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
(12,026 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
management |
|
|
2,819 |
|
|
|
5,258 |
|
|
|
-46 |
% |
|
|
2,819 |
|
|
|
1,328 |
|
|
|
112 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
4,066 |
|
|
|
(30,810 |
) |
|
NM |
|
|
|
4,066 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income (loss) before income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
management |
|
|
(201 |
) |
|
|
(2,778 |
) |
|
|
-93 |
% |
|
|
(201 |
) |
|
|
337 |
|
|
|
-160 |
% |
Insurance |
|
|
(16,092 |
) |
|
|
33,617 |
|
|
NM |
|
|
|
(16,092 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
NM |
|
Asset management Total revenue of
$2.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 represents an
increase of $0.1 million quarter-over-quarter. Year-to-date total
revenue of $2.6 million represents an increase of $1.0 million
year-over-year primarily related to the increase in management and
servicing fees. Total expenses of $2.8 million in the first quarter
of fiscal 2022 represents a decrease of $2.4 million
quarter-over-quarter primarily related to decrease in professional
fees incurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 in
connection with the expansion of the Company's business into an
asset management and insurance platform. Year-to-date total
expenses of $2.8 million represents an increase of $1.5 million
year-over-year primarily related to increases in professional fees,
interest and credit facility expenses, amortization of intangible
assets and administration fees. Net loss of $0.2 million in the
first quarter of fiscal 2022 was primarily driven by amortization
of acquisition-related intangible assets. Adjusted net (loss)
income would have been $nil, or breakeven, in the first quarter of
fiscal 2022, excluding amortization of acquisition-related
intangible assets.
Insurance Analysis of the
insurance segment to the same period in the prior year is not
relevant given the acquisition of Ability closed in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2021.
Total revenue of $(12.0) million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022 was primarily due to realized and
unrealized investment losses during the period driven by increasing
market interest rates, partially offset by investment income
generated on assets supporting insurance contract liabilities, net
of investment activity attributable to collateral under funds
withheld reinsurance. Total expenses of $4.1 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2022 was primarily driven by administration
fees and insurance expenses.
Our interim consolidated financial statements for
the three months ended March 31, 2022 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 Declaration The 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 June 24, 2022
to shareholders of record on May 27, 2022. This is the fourteenth
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 Appointment On May 10,
2022, the Board appointed David Held as the Company's Chief
Compliance Officer.
Outlook for 2022 The Company's
financial results in the second-half of 2022 are expected to
benefit from the addition of new investment advisory agreements,
which increase our assets under management, and the launch of
reinsurance of multi-year guaranteed annuity policies in the
insurance segment. We continue to assess strategic transactions
that will grow our asset management and insurance business.
Conference Call We will hold a
conference call on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
to discuss our first quarter 2022 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. 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: |
1-833-950-0062 |
International Dial-in Toll Free: |
1-929-526-1599 |
Access
Code: |
535492 |
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 Measures This
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 Statements This 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 it.
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 Roos Chief Financial Officer
Jason.Roos@mountlogancapital.ca
Mount Logan Capital Inc. 365 Bay Street, Suite 800
Toronto, ON M5H 2V1
Consolidated Statement of Financial
Position (in thousands of United States dollars)
As at |
|
|
|
March 31, 2022 |
|
|
December 31, 2021 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
$ |
10,690 |
|
|
$ |
14,433 |
|
Restricted
cash |
|
|
|
|
1,025 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
Investments |
|
|
|
|
34,416 |
|
|
|
35,209 |
|
Intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
21,861 |
|
|
|
22,060 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
|
|
3,747 |
|
|
|
4,180 |
|
Total assets — asset management |
|
|
|
|
71,739 |
|
|
|
76,017 |
|
Insurance: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and
cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
11,364 |
|
|
|
29,733 |
|
Investments |
|
|
|
|
847,608 |
|
|
|
881,170 |
|
Reinsurance
assets |
|
|
|
|
325,496 |
|
|
|
329,902 |
|
Intangible
assets |
|
|
|
|
2,576 |
|
|
|
2,504 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
55,015 |
|
|
|
55,015 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
|
|
18,878 |
|
|
|
18,970 |
|
Total assets — insurance |
|
|
|
|
1,260,937 |
|
|
|
1,317,294 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
|
$ |
1,332,676 |
|
|
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due to
affiliates |
|
|
|
$ |
928 |
|
|
$ |
3,852 |
|
Debt
obligations |
|
|
|
|
42,140 |
|
|
|
42,708 |
|
Contingent
value rights |
|
|
|
|
4,217 |
|
|
|
4,169 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
|
|
|
3,357 |
|
|
|
3,916 |
|
Total liabilities — asset management |
|
|
|
|
50,642 |
|
|
|
54,645 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt
obligations |
|
|
|
|
2,250 |
|
|
|
2,250 |
|
Insurance
contract liabilities |
|
|
|
|
932,628 |
|
|
|
942,865 |
|
Funds held
under reinsurance contracts |
|
|
|
|
264,639 |
|
|
|
291,296 |
|
Reinsurance
liabilities |
|
|
|
|
10,545 |
|
|
|
10,528 |
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
|
|
|
3,395 |
|
|
|
6,421 |
|
Total liabilities — insurance |
|
|
|
|
1,213,457 |
|
|
|
1,253,360 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
|
|
1,264,099 |
|
|
|
1,308,005 |
|
EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
shares |
|
|
|
|
108,055 |
|
|
|
108,055 |
|
Warrants |
|
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
Contributed
surplus |
|
|
|
|
7,240 |
|
|
|
7,240 |
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
(25,989 |
) |
|
|
(9,260 |
) |
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
(21,858 |
) |
|
|
(21,858 |
) |
Total equity |
|
|
|
|
68,577 |
|
|
|
85,306 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
|
|
|
$ |
1,332,676 |
|
|
$ |
1,393,311 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
Income (loss) (in thousands of United States dollars,
except per share amounts)
For the three months ended March 31 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
REVENUE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management and servicing fees |
|
|
|
$ |
1,978 |
|
|
$ |
566 |
|
Interest
income |
|
|
|
|
310 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
Dividend
income |
|
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
Net gains (losses) from investment activities |
|
|
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
335 |
|
Total revenue — asset management |
|
|
|
|
2,618 |
|
|
|
1,665 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium
income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross premiums |
|
|
|
|
13,295 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Premiums ceded to reinsurers |
|
|
|
|
(16,637 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net premiums |
|
|
|
|
(3,342 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net
investment income |
|
|
|
|
10,852 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net gains
(losses) from investment activities |
|
|
|
|
(37,101 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Realized and
unrealized gains (losses) on embedded derivative — funds
withheld |
|
|
|
|
16,732 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other income |
|
|
|
|
833 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total revenue — insurance |
|
|
|
|
(12,026 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Total revenue |
|
|
|
|
(9,408 |
) |
|
|
1,665 |
|
EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset management |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administration fees |
|
|
|
|
284 |
|
|
|
242 |
|
Transaction
costs |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
116 |
|
Amortization
of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
199 |
|
|
|
190 |
|
Interest and
other credit facility expenses |
|
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
315 |
|
General, administrative and other |
|
|
|
|
1,575 |
|
|
|
465 |
|
Total expenses — asset management |
|
|
|
|
2,819 |
|
|
|
1,328 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policy
benefits and claims: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross claims and benefits |
|
|
|
|
26,625 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Increase (decrease) in insurance contract liabilities |
|
|
|
|
(10,237 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Benefits and expenses ceded to reinsurers |
|
|
|
|
(24,315 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
(Increase) decrease in reinsurance assets |
|
|
|
|
8,500 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net policy benefits and claims |
|
|
|
|
573 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Administration fees |
|
|
|
|
1,911 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Insurance
expenses |
|
|
|
|
1,056 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Other expenses |
|
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total expenses — insurance |
|
|
|
|
4,066 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total expenses |
|
|
|
|
6,885 |
|
|
|
1,328 |
|
Income (loss) before taxes |
|
|
|
|
(16,293 |
) |
|
|
337 |
|
Income tax (expense) benefit — asset management |
|
|
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
(68 |
) |
Income tax (expense) benefit — insurance |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income
(loss) |
|
|
|
$ |
(16,377 |
) |
|
$ |
269 |
|
Earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
|
|
$ |
(0.74 |
) |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
|
$ |
(0.74 |
) |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
Dividends per common share — USD |
|
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
Dividends per common share — CAD |
|
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
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