Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney 4

4 · KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Filed Feb 18, 2026

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Updated Feb 18, 2026

Kingsway Financial (KFS) CEO John Maloney Buys 205 Shares

What Happened

Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney (President & CEO, Director) purchased 205 shares of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. common stock on Feb 17, 2026 at $12.19 per share, for a total value of approximately $2,499. The transaction is reported as a purchase (code P) and was filed on Feb 18, 2026.

Key Details

Transaction date and price: 2026-02-17 — 205 shares @ $12.19 each (total ≈ $2,499).
Filing date: Form 4 filed 2026-02-18 (timely relative to the reported transaction).
Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided Form 4 data.
Footnote F1: Shares were acquired under the Kingsway America Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP). Employees may contribute up to 5% of adjusted salary; after 12 months the company matches 100% of the employee’s contribution. The ESPP administrator purchased the shares on the open market through a broker.
Footnote F2: Reported beneficial ownership includes 400,000 restricted shares granted on March 31, 2021.

Context

This was a small open-market/ESPP purchase (around $2.5k), which is routine for employee purchase-plan activity. Purchases via an ESPP are common compensation/benefit actions and do not necessarily signal a change in insider sentiment.

Form 4

Period: 2026-02-17

DirectorPresident and CEO

Transactions

Holdings

Footnotes (2)

[F1]The shares of Common Stock were acquired pursuant to the Kingsway America Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective May 29, 2014 (the "ESPP"). Pursuant to the ESPP, eligible employees may contribute an amount up to 5% of adjusted salary for each regular payroll period and, to the extent such employee has been employed by Kingsway America Inc. and its subsidiaries for 12 months, the company will make a matching contribution equal to 100% of such employee's contribution. The employee contributions and company contributions are used to purchase, as soon as administratively practicable after the date of such contributions, shares of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. The shares are acquired by the administrator of the ESPP on the open market through the services of a duly registered stockbroker.
[F2]Includes 400,000 shares of restricted stock granted on March 31, 2021.

Signature

/s/ Debra S. Rouse, attorney-in-fact for John Taylor Maloney Fitzgerald|2026-02-18

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