UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): August 30, 2024

Conifer Holdings Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Michigan
001-37536
27-1298795
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3001 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 200
Troy, MI 48084
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (248) 559-0840

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value
CNFR
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
9.75% Senior Notes due 2028
CNFRZ
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) is being filed to provide revised pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K with respect to the sale by Conifer Holdings, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the “Company”) of Conifer Insurance Services, Inc., a Michigan limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“CIS”), to BSU Leaf Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”), pursuant to the Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of the closing date (the “CIS Agreement”), by and among the Company, Buyer and Buyer’s parent (the “Transaction”).  The Transaction was disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2024 (the “Original Form 8-K”).
 
The Company is filing in this Amendment revised pro forma financial information related to the acquisition in Exhibit 99.2. The pro forma financial information has been revised to present the sale of CIS as discontinued operations.
 
Unless otherwise indicated herein, the disclosures contained herein have not been updated to reflect events, results or developments that have occurred after the filing of the Original Form 8-K, or to modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Company’s other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the Original Form 8-K, including any amendments to those filings.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Interest Purchase Agreement dated August 30, 2024, by and among BSU Leaf Holdings LLC, Conifer Holdings, Inc., and Bishop Street Underwriters LLC.
   
Press Release of Conifer Holdings, Inc., dated September 3, 2024 (furnished and not filed).
   
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements.
   
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

# Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon its request.

SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
CONIFER HOLDINGS INC.
     
Date: October 4, 2024
By:
/s/ Brian J. Roney
 
Name:
Brian J. Roney
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 99.2

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements

On August 30, 2024, Conifer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Conifer Insurance Services, LLC (“CIS”) (the “CIS Sale”). CIS comprised the Company’s managing general agency “MGA” business and was the legal entity used to implement the strategic shift to non risk-bearing revenue from an underwriting-based model as described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. This represents the Company’s entire Wholesale Agency segment. CIS will be reported as discontinued operations beginning in the third quarter 10-Q of 2024. Additionally, the Company repaid debt and redeemed its preferred stock from the net proceeds from the sale of CIS on August 30, 2024. In connection with the sale of CIS, the Company also disposed of its equity method investment in SSU on August 30, 2024.

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes reflect the impact of the CIS Sale as if it occurred: a) on June 30, 2024, for the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet; and b) on January 1, 2022 for the unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. In accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the transaction accounting adjustments for the CIS Sale and the other transactions described above consist of those directly attributable to the disposal of CIS, the repayment of debt and the redemption of the preferred stock and the sale of our equity method investment in SSU.
 
The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are based on information currently available, are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to reflect what the Company’s actual results of operations or financial position would have been had the CIS Sale and other related transactions occurred on the dates indicated above, nor is it necessarily indicative of the Company’s future results of operations or financial position after the occurrence of the transactions described above. Actual and future results may vary significantly from the results reflected in the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements.
 
The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements have been derived from and should be read in conjunction with the historical unaudited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and the historical audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
 
CONIFER HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands)

   
As of June 30, 2024
  
   
Historical
    
Disposed CIS
(a)
    
Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
      
Other
Adjust-
ments (m)
      
Pro forma
  
Assets
                                  
Investment securities:
                                  
Debt securities, at fair value
  
$
119,371
    
$
—
    
$
—
      
$
—
      
$
119,371
  
Equity securities, at fair value
    
1,660
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
1,660
  
Short-term investments, at fair value
    
23,339
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
23,339
  
Total investments
    
144,370
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
144,370
  
                                             
Cash and cash equivalents
    
9,697
      
(8,945
)
    
43,401
  
(b)
    
(13,400
)
(d)
    
30,753
  
Premiums and agents' balances receivable, net
    
30,583
      
(14,464
)
    
—
        
—
        
16,119
  
Receivable from Affiliate
    
1,174
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
1,174
  
Reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses
    
74,358
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
74,358
  
Reinsurance recoverables on paid losses
    
8,614
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
8,614
  
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
    
13,494
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
13,494
  
Deferred policy acquisition costs
    
4,606
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
4,606
  
Other assets
    
6,038
      
(2,023
)
    
—
        
3,270
  
(e)
    
7,285
  
Total assets
  
$
292,934
    
$
(25,432
)
  
$
43,401
      
$
(10,130
)
    
$
300,773
  
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
                                            
Liabilities:
                                            
Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
  
$
174,786
    
$
—
    
$
—
      
$
—
      
$
174,786
  
Unearned premiums
    
44,820
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
44,820
  
Reinsurance premiums payable
    
1,408
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
1,408
  
Debt
    
24,832
      
—
      
—
        
(8,447
)
(f)
    
16,385
  
Funds held under reinsurance agreements
    
23,602
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
23,602
  
Premiums payable to other insureds
    
19,299
      
(19,288
)
    
—
        
—
        
11
  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    
5,352
      
(3,415
)
    
250
  
(b)
    
—
        
2,187
  
Total liabilities
    
294,099
      
(22,703
)
    
250
        
(8,447
)
      
263,199
  
                                             
Commitments and contingencies
    
—
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
—
  
                                             
Shareholders' equity:
                                            
Preferred stock, no par value
    
6,000
      
—
      
—
        
(6,000
)
(g)
    
—
  
Common stock, no par value
    
98,170
      
—
      
—
        
—
        
98,170
  
Accumulated deficit
    
(90,559
)
    
—
      
40,422
  
(c)
    
4,317
  
(h)
    
(45,820
)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)
    
(14,776
)
    
—
      
—
        
—
        
(14,776
)
Total shareholders' equity
    
(1,165
)
    
—
      
40,422
        
(1,683
)
      
37,574
  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  
$
292,934
    
$
(22,703
)
  
$
40,672
      
$
(10,130
)
    
$
300,773
  

CONIFER HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Statements of Operations (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   
Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
  
   
Historical
    
Disposed CIS
(i)
    
Other Adjust-
ments (m)
      
Pro forma
  
Revenue and Other Income
                          
Gross earned premiums
  
$
63,613
    
$
—
    
$
—
      
$
63,613
  
Ceded earned premiums
    
(30,060
)
    
—
      
—
        
(30,060
)
Net earned premiums
    
33,553
      
—
      
—
        
33,553
  
Net investment income
    
3,057
      
(38
)
    
—
        
3,019
  
Net realized investment gains (losses)
    
(118
)
    
—
      
—
        
(118
)
Change in fair value of equity securities
    
(153
)
    
—
      
—
        
(153
)
Gain on Sale of CIS
    
—
      
—
      
—
        
—
  
Agency commission income
    
13,167
      
(13,170
)
    
—
        
(3
)
Other income
    
420
      
(124
)
    
—
        
296
  
Total revenue and other income
    
49,926
      
(13,332
)
    
—
        
36,594
  
                                   
Expenses
                                  
Losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
    
25,801
      
—
      
—
        
25,801
  
Policy acquisition costs
    
17,493
      
(10,738
)
    
—
        
6,755
  
Operating expenses
    
8,751
      
(2,441
)
    
—
        
6,310
  
Interest expense
    
1,746
      
—
      
(696
)
(j)
    
1,050
  
Total expenses
    
53,791
      
(13,179
)
    
(696
)
      
39,916
  
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    
(3,865
)
    
(153
)
    
696
        
(3,322
)
Equity earnings (losses) in Affiliate, net of tax
    
286
      
—
      
(286
)
(k)
    
—
  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    
(18
)
    
—
      
—
        
(18
)
                                   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  
$
(3,561
)
  
$
(153
)
  
$
410
      
$
(3,304
)
Preferred stock dividends
    
315
      
—
      
(315
)
(l)
    
—
  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations allocable to common shareholders
    
(3,876
)
    
(153
)
    
725
        
(3,304
)
                                   
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share, basic and diluted
  
$
(0.32
)
  
$
(0.01
)
  
$
0.06
      
$
(0.27
)
                                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
    
12,222,881
      
12,222,881
      
12,222,881
        
12,222,881
  

CONIFER HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Statements of Operations (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   
Year Ended December 31, 2023
  
   
Historical
    
Disposed CIS
(i)
    
Other Adjust-
ments (m)
      
Pro forma
  
Revenue and Other Income
                          
Gross earned premiums
  
$
146,572
    
$
—
    
$
—
      
$
146,572
  
Ceded earned premiums
    
(62,637
)
    
—
      
—
        
(62,637
)
Net earned premiums
    
83,935
      
—
      
—
        
83,935
  
Net investment income
    
5,526
      
(24
)
    
—
        
5,502
  
Net realized investment gains (losses)
    
(20
)
    
—
      
—
        
(20
)
Change in fair value of equity securities
    
608
      
—
      
—
        
608
  
Gain from sale of renewal rights
    
2,335
      
(2,335
)
    
—
        
—
  
Gain on CIS Sale
    
—
      
—
      
—
        
—
  
Gain on sale of Affiliate
    
—
      
—
      
—
        
—
  
Agency commission income
    
5,680
      
(5,680
)
    
—
        
—
  
Other income
    
694
      
(138
)
    
—
        
556
  
Total revenue and other income
    
98,758
      
(8,177
)
    
—
        
90,581
  
                                   
Expenses
                                  
Losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
    
82,413
      
(33
)
    
—
        
82,380
  
Policy acquisition costs
    
20,892
      
(5,680
)
    
—
        
15,212
  
Operating expenses
    
17,891
      
(483
)
    
—
        
17,408
  
Interest expense
    
3,206
      
—
      
(989
)
(j)
    
2,217
  
Total expenses
    
124,402
      
(6,196
)
    
(989
)
      
117,217
  
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    
(25,644
)
    
(1,981
)
    
989
        
(26,636
)
Equity earnings (losses) in Affiliate, net of tax
    
(251
)
    
—
      
251
  
(k)
    
—
  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    
9
      
(213
)
    
—
        
(204
)
                                   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  
$
(25,904
)
  
$
(1,768
)
  
$
1,240
      
$
(26,432
)
Preferred stock dividends
    
19
      
—
      
(19
)
(l)
    
—
  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations allocable to common shareholders
    
(25,885
)
    
(1,768
)
    
1,221
        
(26,432
)
                                   
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations  per common share, basic and diluted
  
$
(2.12
)
  
$
(0.14
)
  
$
0.10
      
$
(2.16
)
                                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
    
12,220,511
      
12,220,511
      
12,220,511
        
12,220,511
  

CONIFER HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Pro Forma Statements of Operations (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Year Ended December 31, 2022
  
   
Historical
    
Disposed CIS (i)
    
Other Adjust- ments (m)
      
Pro forma
  
Revenue and Other Income
                          
Gross earned premiums
  
$
135,401
    
$
—
    
$
—
      
$
135,401
  
Ceded earned premiums
    
(38,690
)
    
—
      
—
        
(38,690
)
Net earned premiums
    
96,711
      
—
      
—
        
96,711
  
Net investment income
    
3,043
      
(15
)
    
—
        
3,028
  
Net realized investment gains (losses)
    
(1,505
)
    
—
      
—
        
(1,505
)
Change in fair value of equity securities
    
403
      
—
      
—
        
403
  
Gain from VSRM Transaction
    
8,810
      
(8,810
)
    
—
        
—
  
Loss portfolio transfer risk fee
    
(5,400
)
    
—
      
—
        
(5,400
)
Other gains (losses)
    
59
      
—
      
—
        
59
  
Other income
    
2,768
      
(1,621
)
    
—
        
1,147
  
Total revenue and other income
    
104,889
      
(10,446
)
    
—
        
94,443
  
                                   
Expenses
                                  
Losses and loss adjustment expenses, net
    
81,440
      
(203
)
    
—
        
81,237
  
Policy acquisition costs
    
22,179
      
(2,432
)
    
—
        
19,747
  
Operating expenses
    
18,789
      
(743
)
    
—
        
18,046
  
Interest expense
    
2,971
      
—
      
1,173
  
(j)
    
4,144
  
Total expenses
    
125,379
      
(3,378
)
    
1,173
        
123,174
  
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    
(20,490
)
    
(7,068
)
    
(1,173
)
      
(28,731
)
Equity earnings (losses) in subsidiary, net of tax
    
368
      
(368
)
    
—
        
—
  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    
(9,441
)
    
(80
)
    
—
        
(9,521
)
                                   
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  
$
(10,681
)
  
$
(7,356
)
  
$
(1,173
)
    
$
(19,210
)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations allocable to common shareholders
    
(10,681
)
    
(7,356
)
    
(1,173
)
      
(19,210
)
                                   
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations per common share, basic and diluted
  
$
(1.00
)
  
$
(0.69
)
  
$
(0.11
)
    
$
(1.80
)
                                   
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
    
10,692,090
      
10,692,090
      
10,692,090
        
10,692,090
  

Conifer Holdings, Inc.
Notes to Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

(a)
 Reflects the disposition of assets and liabilities of the disposed CIS business as if the CIS Sale occurred on June 30, 2024.*
(b)
Reflects the aggregate purchase price at the closing of the CIS Sale of approximately $43.4 million in cash, which was comprised of a base purchase price of $45.0 million, adjusted for cash on hand, required minimum net working capital and deal expenses. An estimated $250,000 of unpaid deal expenses are reflected in Accounts payable and accrued expenses. The purchase price is subject to a post-closing true-up mechanism which is expected to be determined within approximately 90 days from the date of the closing.
(c)
Reflects the estimated net gain on the CIS Sale of $40.4 million representing the net cash proceeds less the net assets of the disposed CIS business.*
(d)
Reflects the cash impact of other transactions that occur in concert with the CIS sale, including: A $6.4 million reduction for the Preferred Stock redemption, a $3.0 million increase in cash from Sale of SSU, and a $10.0 million decrease in cash for paying off the $9.3 million outstanding balance on the Senior Secured Note, inclusive of a call premium of $753,000.
(e)
Reflects $3.5 million increase in other receivables for the installment payment owed to Company on the SSU sale and a $230,000 reduction from the write off of the book value of SSU.
(f)
Reflects the pay down of the Senior Secured Note, net of the write off of unamortized deferred issuance costs.
(g)
Reflects to redemption of the Preferred Stock
(h)
Reflects the $6.3 million estimated gain on sale of SSU, less the $803,000 write off of the unamortized deferred issuance costs from the Senior Secured Note, a $753,000 call premium from the Senior Secured Note and a $397,000 redemption premium on the Preferred Stock.
(i)
Reflects the elimination of the results of the disposed CIS business as if the CIS Sale occurred on January 1, 2022.
(j)
Reflects the assumption that the Senior Secured Notes were paid off on January 1, 2022, resulting in elimination of interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs on those notes in 2022, 2023 and 2024.  In addition, it reflects a call premium of $1.2 million and the write off of deferred debt issuance costs of $862,000, in 2022.
(k)
Reflects the assumption that SSU would have been sold on January 1, 2022, resulting in the elimination of Equity Earnings from Affiliate in 2023 and 2024.
(l)
Reflects the assumption that the preferred shares would not have been issued in 2023 and not considered outstanding in 2024.  In addition, the dividends of $19,000 and $315,000 would not have been declared in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
(m)
The Other Adjustments column represents transactions that were not directly part of the CIS Sale but occurred in concert with the CIS Sale.  This included the payoff of the Senior Secured Notes and the redemption of the Preferred Stock.

* For the purposes of the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance the estimated gain recognized in accumulated deficit and related net gain on sale recognized in the 2022 unaudited pro forma consolidated income statement is based on the net carrying value of CIS as of June 30, 2024, rather than as of the closing date of the transaction. As a result, the estimated gain, reflected herein may differ materially from the actual gain on the sale of CIS as of the closing because of the differences in the carrying value of assets and liabilities at the closing date.