Hansen Kent A 4
4 · KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Filed May 4, 2026
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Kingsway Financial (KFS) CFO Kent A. Hansen Buys 143 Shares
What Happened Kent A. Hansen, CFO and EVP of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (KFS), purchased 143 shares of KFS common stock on April 30, 2026 at $10.93 per share for a total of $1,563. This was a purchase (code P) made under the company’s Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP), which is generally viewed as a routine employee purchase rather than a sale.
Key Details
- Transaction date and price: 2026-04-30 — 143 shares at $10.93 each (total $1,563).
- How shares were acquired: Pursuant to the Kingsway America Inc. ESPP; shares are bought on the open market by the plan administrator through a broker (see footnote F1).
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
- Related holdings disclosed: Filing notes 6,909 restricted shares granted Dec 4, 2024 and 14,568 restricted shares granted Mar 17, 2026 (footnote F2).
- Filing timing: Report filed 2026-05-04 covering the 2026-04-30 transaction; no late-filing flag was indicated in the provided data.
Context This was an ESPP purchase — employee contributions (and company matching) are used to buy shares, and the administrator executes purchases on the open market. Such purchases are generally routine compensation-related transactions and do not, by themselves, indicate management’s market view.
Insider Transaction Report
- Purchase
Common Stock
[F1][F2]2026-04-30$10.93/sh+143$1,563→ 135,103 total
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 6,909 shares of restricted stock granted on December 4, 2024, and 14,568 shares of restricted stock granted on March 17, 2026.