Fitzgerald John Taylor Maloney 4

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.