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 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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9. Debt

Note 9 – Debt

 

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

In July 2017, KICO became a member of, and invested in, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY”).  KICO is required to maintain an investment in capital stock of FHLBNY.  Based on redemption provisions of FHLBNY, the stock has no quoted market value and is carried at cost.  At its discretion, FHLBNY may declare dividends on the stock.  Management reviews for impairment based on the ultimate recoverability of the cost basis in the stock. At December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, no impairment has been recognized. FHLBNY members have access to a variety of flexible, low cost funding through FHLBNY’s credit products, enabling members to customize advances, which are to be fully collateralized.  Eligible collateral to pledge to FHLBNY includes residential and commercial mortgage backed securities, along with U.S. Treasury and agency securities. See Note 3 – Investments for eligible collateral held in a designated custodian account available for future advances. Advances are limited to 5% of KICO’s net admitted assets as of the previous quarter and are due and payable within one year of borrowing.  KICO is currently able to borrow on an overnight basis. If KICO has collateral, the maximum allowable advance as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was approximately $13,419,000 and $1,206,600 respectively. Advances are limited to 85% of the amount of available collateral, which as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $-0- and approximately $9,682,000, respectively. There were no borrowings under this facility during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Debt

 

On December 19, 2017, the Company issued $30 million of its 5.50% Senior Unsecured Notes due December 30, 2022 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 30 and December 30 of each year, which began on June 30, 2018 at the rate of 5.50% per annum. The net proceeds of the issuance were $29,121,630, net of discount of $163,200 and transaction costs of $715,170, for an effective yield of 5.67% per annum. The balance of debt as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

 

 

 

 December 31,

 

 

 December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.50% Senior Unsecured Notes

 

$30,000,000

 

 

$30,000,000

 

Discount

 

 

(32,442)

 

 

(64,883)

Issuance costs

 

 

(143,767)

 

 

(287,506)

Debt, net

 

$29,823,791

 

 

$29,647,611

 

 

The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and are not the obligations of or guaranteed by any of the Company's subsidiaries. The Notes rank senior in right of payment to any of the Company's existing and future indebtedness that is by its terms expressly subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes. The Notes rank equally in right of payment to all of the Company's existing and future senior indebtedness, but will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such secured indebtedness. In addition, the Notes will be structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other obligations of the Company's subsidiaries. The Company may redeem the Notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed that would be due if the Notes matured on the applicable redemption date (exclusive of interest accrued to the applicable redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury Rate, plus 50 basis points (“Make Whole Call”).

 

Due to the Make Whole Call, management intends to retire the Notes at or close to the scheduled maturity date in December 2022. Management plans to refinance the Notes with a new issue of debt of similar or longer maturity that would result in net proceeds equal to or greater than the principal amount of the current issue. In connection therewith, the Company has engaged an investment banker to serve as exclusive placement agent for a proposed offering by the Company of its securities (including debt, equity and/or preferred securities).   The engagement letter indicates that the offering would be of such size as to generate proceeds to the Company of no less than $30,000,000.  The Company also plans to use dividends paid to it by KICO, its insurance subsidiary, to repay the Notes.  Without the prior approval of the New York State Department of Financial Services, dividends are restricted to the lesser of 10% of surplus or 100% of investment income (on a statutory accounting basis) for the trailing 36 months, less dividends paid by KICO to the Company during such period.  As of December 31, 2021, the maximum distribution that KICO could pay the Company without prior regulatory approval was approximately $3,448,000.  Further, the Company plans to use available invested assets and cash to repay the Notes.  As of December 31, 2021, invested assets and cash was approximately $1,108,000.

 

The Company used an aggregate $28,256,335 of the net proceeds from the offering to contribute capital to KICO in order to support additional growth. The remainder of the net proceeds was used for general corporate purposes. A registration statement relating to the debt issued in the offering was filed with the SEC, which became effective on November 28, 2017.