UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form
(Mark One)
| | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended
OR
| | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from _____ to _____.
Commission file number:
HG HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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As of May 12, 2025, there were
ITEM 1. Consolidated Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| Common stock, $ par value, shares authorized as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
| 1. | Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations |
These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete annual financial statements. However, the Company (as defined below) believes that the disclosures made are adequate for a fair presentation of results of operations and financial position. In addition, the year-end consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management of the Company, these statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of all interim periods reported herein. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the interim periods reported herein may not be indicative of the results expected for the year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2025 (the “2024 Form 10-K”).
HG Holdings, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “it,” and “its”), operates through its subsidiaries, National Consumer Title Insurance Company (“NCTIC”), National Consumer Title Group, LLC (“NCTG”), Title Agency Ventures, LLC (“TAV”), HG Managing Agency, LLC (“HGMA”), Omega National Title Agency, LLC (“ONTA” or “Omega”), Omega National Title of Florida, LLC (“ONF”) and Omega National Title of Pensacola, LLC (“ONP”), and through an affiliated investment in HC Government Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“HC Realty”).
Description of the Business
Effective January 1, 2025, the Company changed its reportable segments to: (i) Title Insurance and (ii) Corporate and Other. The Corporate and Other segment is comprised of activity previously presented in Real Estate, Reinsurance and Management Advisory Services segments. This reflects the changes in the business mix and the manner in which management monitors the performance of its operations. The change in reportable segments had no impact on the Company’s historical consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows as previously reported. Where applicable, all prior periods presented have been revised to conform to this new presentation.
Title Insurance
The Company engages in issuing title insurance through its subsidiary, NCTIC, and providing title agency services through its subsidiaries, NCTG, TAV, ONTA, ONF and ONP. Through NCTIC, the Company underwrites title insurance for owners and mortgagees as the primary insurer. The Company mainly provides title insurance services in the State of Florida.
Title insurance protects against loss or damage resulting from title defects that affect real property. When real property is conveyed from one party to another, occasionally there is an undisclosed defect in the title or a mistake or omission in a prior deed, will or mortgage that may give a third party a legal claim against such property. If a covered claim is made against real property, title insurance provides indemnification against insured defects. There are two basic types of title insurance policies – one for the mortgage lender and one for the real property owner. A lender often requires the property owner to purchase a lender’s title insurance policy to protect its position as a holder of a mortgage loan, but the lender’s title insurance policy does not protect the property owner. The property owner has to purchase a separate owner’s title insurance policy to protect its investment.
NCTIC issues title insurance policies through its home office and through a network of affiliated and independent title agents. In the State of Florida, issuing agents are independent agents or subsidiaries of community and regional mortgage lending institutions, depending on local customs and regulations. The ability to attract and retain issuing agents is a key determinant of the Company’s growth in title insurance premiums written.
Revenues for the title insurance segment primarily result from purchases of new and existing residential and commercial real estate, refinance activity and certain other types of mortgage lending such as home equity lines of credit. Title insurance premiums vary from state to state and are subject to extensive regulation. Statutes generally provide that rates must not be excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory. The process of implementing a rate change in most states involves pre-approval by the applicable state insurance regulator.
The substantial majority of the Company's title insurance business is dependent upon the overall level of residential and commercial real estate activity and mortgage markets, which are cyclical and seasonal. Residential purchase activity is typically slower in the winter months with increased volumes in the spring and summer months and is sensitive to interest rates. Refinance activity is not seasonal, but is generally correlated with changes in interest rates and general economic cycles. Commercial real estate volumes are less sensitive to changes in interest rates than residential real estate volumes, but fluctuate based on local supply and demand conditions and financing availability. Commercial real estate historically has elevated activity towards the end of the year. However, changes in general economic conditions in the United States and abroad can cause fluctuations in these traditional patterns of real estate activity, and changes in the general economic conditions in a geography can cause fluctuations in these traditional patterns of real estate activity in that geography. The Company’s revenues from title insurance premiums in future periods are likely to fluctuate due to these and other factors which are beyond management’s control.
In conducting its title insurance operations, the Company often holds customers’ assets in escrow, pending completion of real estate transactions. This cash is presented as restricted cash on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company records an offsetting escrow liability given that we are liable for the disposition of these escrowed funds.
Corporate and Other
The Corporate and Other segment contains results of management advisory services and other investment activity, not related to title insurance.
The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, HGMA, engages in providing various management advisory services such as legal entity formation, licensure, regulatory approval, assumption of policies, and other general operational services.
Effective January 1, 2024, the Company, through HGMA, was engaged to provide management advisory services to a related captive managing general agency, HP Managing Agency, LLC ("HPMA"), and its affiliates, including but not limited to general management, legal compliance, strategy services and review of potential acquisitions and transactions. The engagement was initially for twelve months from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, for a monthly fee of $
Effective April 1, 2023, the Company, through HGMA, was also engaged to provide management advisory services to a related reinsurance intermediary affiliated with HPMA. The services include legal entity formation, licensure, regulatory approval, and other general operational services to allow the intermediary to adequately perform its business functions. The engagement was initially for twelve months from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024, for a monthly fee of $
On April 21, 2025, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement, effective June 1, 2025, with HP Risk Solutions, LLC (“HP Risk”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP Holding Company, LLC, which is wholly owned by certain affiliates of Mr. Hale, pursuant to which the Company will provide certain managerial and operational services to HP Risk for consideration from HP Risk of $
Additionally, the Company owns
HC Realty is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on acquiring, financing, owning and managing build-to-suit or renovate-to-suit, single-tenant properties leased primarily to the U.S. government and administered by the U.S. General Services Administration or directly by the federal government agencies or sub-agencies occupying such properties (referred to as “Government Properties”). HC Realty invests primarily in Government Properties ranging from
| 2. | Significant Accounting Policies |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as described in its 2024 Form 10-K.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures ("ASU 2023-07"), that requires public entities to provide enhanced segment disclosures, including significant segment expenses and other segment items. The amendment was effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company has adopted ASU 2023-07 for the 2024 annual reporting period and applied it retrospectively to all periods presented. The updated guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements except for the disclosure requirements provided in Note 8, Segment Information.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This update requires public business entities to disclose disaggregated information about certain income statement expenses, including categories such as employee compensation, intangible asset amortization and depreciation, and selling expense, in the notes to the financial statements. Public business entities are required to apply the guidance prospectively and may apply it retrospectively. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impacts of this standard on our tax disclosures and is not planning to early adopt.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, that requires public entities, on an annual basis, to disclose in their rate reconciliation table additional categories of information about federal, state and foreign income taxes and provide more details about the reconciling items in some categories if items meet a quantitative threshold. The guidance will require all entities to disclose income taxes paid, net of refunds, disaggregated by federal (national), state and foreign taxes for annual periods and to disaggregate the information by jurisdiction based on a quantitative threshold. The guidance makes several other changes to the disclosure requirements. All entities are required to apply the guidance prospectively, with the option to apply it retrospectively. The amendment is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impacts of this standard on our tax disclosures and is not planning to early adopt.
Reclassifications
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current quarter presentation.
| 3. | Investments in Related Parties |
The following table summarizes the Company’s investment in HC Realty as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (amounts in thousands, except ratios):
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| HC Series B Stock (a) | % | % | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||||
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| (a) | Represents investments in shares of HC Series B Stock with a basis of $ |
| (b) | Loss from these investments is included in “Income from investments in related parties, net” in the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations. Since HC Realty is a REIT and not a taxable entity, the loss is not reported net of taxes. |
The Company’s investment in HC Common Stock is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as the Company has concluded it has a significant influence over the investee. The HC Series B Stock is not deemed to be in-substance common stock and is accounted for under the cost adjusted for market observable events less impairment method. Both investments in HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock are evaluated quarterly for impairment. During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not recognize any impairment of HC Common Stock and recognized impairment of HC Series B Stock of $
As a result of the Company’s holding in HC Realty, the Company includes the following summarized income statement information of HC Realty for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
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The Company’s other investments in related parties totaled $
| 4. | Investments |
The following table details investments by major investment category, other than investments in related parties, at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
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| Total investments | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| (1) | The Company's portfolio of fixed-income securities fully matured prior to March 31, 2025. There were unrealized gains or losses on fixed-income securities as of December 31, 2024. |
| (2) | As of March 31, 2025, there are unfunded commitments related to the investment in limited partnership. This limited partnership invests in property catastrophe risk through customized reinsurance solutions. The underlying assets of the limited partnership are one year or less in duration and the Company’s proceeds may be redeemed or reinvested annually. Changes in net asset value of the investment in limited partnership are included in "Net investment income" on the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations. |
The Company's fixed-income securities portfolio was classified as held-to-maturity and reported at amortized cost as of December 31, 2024. The Company performed ongoing impairment evaluations, and did not record any current expected credit losses in previous periods as U.S. government and agency securities were assumed to have no risk of non-payment. The disclosed fair value of our fixed-income securities was calculated by a third-party pricing service. Valuation service providers typically obtain data about market transactions and other key valuation model inputs from multiple sources and, through the use of proprietary models, produce valuation information in the form of a single fair value for individual fixed-income and other securities for which a fair value has been requested. The inputs used by the valuation service providers included, but were not limited to, market prices from recently completed transactions and transactions of comparable securities, interest rate yield curves, credit spreads, liquidity spreads, currency rates and other information, as applicable. Credit and liquidity spreads are typically implied from completed transactions and transactions of comparable securities. Valuation service providers also use proprietary discounted cash flow models that are widely accepted in the financial services industry and similar to those used by other market participants to value the same financial information. The valuation models take into account, among other things, market observable information as of the measurement date, as described above, as well as the specific attributes of the security being valued, including its term, interest rate, credit rating, industry sector and, where applicable, collateral quality and other issue or issuer specific information. Executing valuation models effectively requires seasoned professional judgment and experience. The Company's fixed-income securities as of December 31, 2024 were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
The Company has elected the practical expedient for fair value for its investment in limited partnership which is estimated based on our share of the net asset value (“NAV”) of the limited partnership, as provided by the independent fund administrator. The Company’s share of the NAV represents the Company’s proportionate interest in the members’ equity of the limited partnership.
Net investment income
Net investment income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 is detailed below (in thousands):
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| 5. | Reserve for Title Claims |
NCTIC’s reserves for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses are established using estimated amounts required to settle claims for which notice has been received (reported) and the amount estimated to be required to satisfy claims that have been incurred but not yet reported (“IBNR”). Despite the variability of such estimates, management believes that the total reserve for claims is adequate to cover claim losses which might result from pending and future claims under title insurance policies issued through March 31, 2025. We continually update loss reserve estimates as new information becomes known, new loss patterns emerge or as other contributing factors are considered and incorporated into the analysis of reserve for claim losses. Due to the uncertainty inherent in the process and to the judgment used by management, the ultimate liability may be greater or less than our current reserves. If actual claims loss development varies from what is currently expected and is not offset by other factors, it is possible that additional reserve adjustments may be required in future periods in order to maintain our recorded reserve within a reasonable range of our actuary's central estimate.
A reconciliation of the activity in the reserves account for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
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At March 31, 2025, there were
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, there was no development of the net provision for claims attributable to insured events of the prior year as a result of estimation of the reserve for claims. Original estimates of ultimate loss exposures are decreased or increased as additional information becomes known during the adjustment process regarding individual claims.
A summary of the Company’s loss reserves at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 is as follows (in thousands):
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| 6. | Reinsurance |
Certain premiums and benefits at NCTIC are ceded to other insurance companies under various reinsurance agreements. The reinsurance agreements provide NCTIC with increased capacity to write more risk and maintain its exposure to loss within its capital resources. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, NCTIC's reinsurance program consisted of excess of loss reinsurance treaties. The following is a summary of the reinsurance coverage:
Effective January 1, 2025, NCTIC entered into a per risk excess of loss reinsurance agreement that provides coverage of $
Effective January 1, 2024, NCTIC entered into a per risk excess of loss reinsurance agreement that provided coverage of $
NCTIC’s reinsured risks are treated, to the extent of reinsurance, as though they are risks for which the Company is not liable. However, NCTIC remains contingently liable in the event its reinsurers do not meet their obligations under these reinsurance contracts. NCTIC uses a broker to place its reinsurance through Lloyd’s syndicates, a group of underwriters who work together to provide insurance coverage for a variety of risks. Chaucer Syndicates Ltd. (“Chaucer Syndicates”) and Beazley Syndicate (“Beazley”) are each
The effects of reinsurance on the title premiums written and earned at NCTIC for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows (in thousands):
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| Direct title premiums | $ | $ | ||||||
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| Net title premiums written (1) | $ | $ | ||||||
| (1) | Net title premiums written disclosed in the table above is of NCTIC only and is included as part of the "Net premiums written" on the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations. |
The Company did not have any written reinsurance contracts in-force during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
| 7. | Statutory Reporting and Requirements |
NCTIC's assets, liabilities, and results of operations have been reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which varies from statutory accounting practices (“SAP”) prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities. Prescribed SAP are found in a variety of publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, state laws and regulations, as well as through general practices. The principal differences between SAP and U.S. GAAP are that under SAP: (1) certain assets that are not admitted assets are eliminated from the balance sheet, (2) a supplemental reserve for claims is charged directly to unassigned surplus rather than provision for claims under U.S. GAAP, and (3) differences may arise in the computation of deferred income taxes. The Company must file with applicable state insurance regulatory authorities an “Annual Statement” which reports, among other items, net income (loss) and stockholders' equity (called “surplus as regards policyholders” in statutory reporting).
NCTIC is subject to regulations and standards of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. These standards and regulations include a requirement that the insurance entities domiciled in the State of Florida maintain specified levels of statutory capital and restrict the timing and amount of dividends and other distributions that may be paid by the insurance entities to the parent company. As of March 31, 2025, NCTIC’s statutory surplus is $
| 8. | Segment Information |
Effective January 1, 2025, the Company changed its reportable segments to reportable segments: (i) Title Insurance and (ii) Corporate and Other. The Corporate and Other segment is comprised of activity previously presented in Real Estate, Reinsurance and Management Advisory Services segments. This reflects the changes in the business mix and the manner in which management monitors the performance of its operations. The change in reportable segments had no impact on the Company’s historical consolidated financial positions, results of operations or cash flows as previously reported. Where applicable, all prior periods presented have been revised to conform to this new presentation.
Provided below is selected financial information about the Company’s operations by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
| Title | Corporate | |||||||||||
| Insurance | and Other | Total | ||||||||||
| Insurance and other services revenue | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Cost of revenues: | ||||||||||||
| Underwriting expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Provision for title claim losses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Search and other fees | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Personnel costs | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other operating expense (1) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Amortization and depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total operating expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other income, net | ||||||||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | |||||
| Goodwill and intangible assets, net (2) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| (1) | Other operating expense primarily consists of rent and other occupancy expenses, software and equipment expense, corporate insurance and other regulatory and professional fees. | |
| (2) | The Company does not allocate its assets by segment, with the exception of Goodwill and Intangible assets. |
Provided below is selected financial information about the Company’s operations by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| Title | Corporate | |||||||||||
| Insurance | and Other | Total | ||||||||||
| Insurance and other services revenue | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Cost of revenues: | ||||||||||||
| Underwriting expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Provision for title claim losses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Search and other fees | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total cost of revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Personnel costs | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other operating expense (1) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Amortization and depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Total operating expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other income, net | ||||||||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | |||||||
| Goodwill and intangible assets, net (2) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
| (1) | Other operating expense primarily consists of rent and other occupancy expenses, software and equipment expense, corporate insurance and other regulatory and professional fees. | |
| (2) | The Company does not allocate its assets by segment, with the exception of Goodwill and Intangible assets. |
| 9. | Income taxes |
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recorded a non-cash credit to its valuation allowance of $
The Company maintains a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets that currently exceeds our deferred tax liabilities. The primary assets covered by this valuation allowance are net operating loss carry-forwards. The valuation allowance was calculated in accordance with the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740, Income Taxes, which requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence when measuring the need for a valuation allowance. The Company’s results over the most recent four-year period were heavily affected by business restructuring activities. The Company’s cumulative loss represented sufficient negative evidence to require a valuation allowance. The Company intends to maintain a valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support its reversal, resulting in no deferred tax asset balance being recognized.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company has a valuation allowance that covers all deferred tax assets, net of deferred tax liabilities. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 was
| 10. | Stockholders’ Equity |
Basic earnings (loss) per common share are based upon the weighted average shares outstanding. Outstanding stock options and restricted stock are treated as potential common stock for purposes of computing diluted earnings (loss) per share. Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are calculated using the following share data (in thousands):
| Three Months | ||||||||
| Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding for basic calculation | ||||||||
| Add: Effect of dilutive stock awards | ||||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding, adjusted for diluted calculation | ||||||||
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no stock options or restricted stock awards outstanding.
On May 14, 2024, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) authorized the repurchase of up to $
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did repurchase any shares of common stock.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did declare or pay any dividends to its holders of common stock.
See Note 13, Subsequent Events for information regarding the Company’s repurchases of shares of common stock and other impacts on stockholders’ equity subsequent to March 31, 2025.
| 11. | Goodwill and Intangible Assets |
Goodwill
The Company historically recognized $
Intangible Assets
The following is a summary of intangible assets excluding goodwill recorded as intangible assets on our Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Intangible assets subject to amortization | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ||||||
Intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following as of March 31, 2025 (dollars in thousands):
| Weighted-average | ||||||||||||||||
| remaining | ||||||||||||||||
| amortization period | Gross carrying | Accumulated | Net carrying | |||||||||||||
| (in years) | amount | amortization | amount | |||||||||||||
| Noncompetition agreement | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||
impairment in the value of intangible assets was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
Amortization expense of the intangible assets for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $
Estimated amortization expense of the intangible assets to be recognized by the Company during the remainder of 2025 and over the following years is as follows (in thousands):
| Estimated Amortization | ||||
| Year ending December 31, | Expense | |||
| Remaining in 2025 | $ | |||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| Total | $ | |||
| 12. | Commitments and Contingencies |
The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to claims and lawsuits related to the normal course of business operations. When the Company determines that a loss is both probable and reasonably estimable, a liability representing the best estimate of the Company’s financial exposure is recorded. Actual losses may materially differ from the Company’s estimates. With respect to our title insurance operations, this customary litigation includes but is not limited to a wide variety of cases arising out of or related to title and escrow claims, for which we make provisions through our loss reserves. See Note 5, Reserve for Title Claims, for further information. None of these claims and lawsuits, in management’s opinion, will have a material adverse effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
Litigation
The Company’s subsidiaries are parties to legal actions incidental to their business. As of March 31, 2025, management believed that the resolution of these matters would not materially affect our financial condition or results of operations.
Omega Litigation
During the fourth quarter of 2024, one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Omega, was served with litigation in the Circuit Court in and for Charlotte County, Florida. The case, instituted by ABL RPC Residential Credit Acquisition, LLC, is a mortgage foreclosure action filed against multiple parties including the borrower, the current UCC lien holder, the current owners of the collateralized properties, and unknown tenants of the properties (collectively “Defendants”). Two of the Defendants, 760 Anatalya Holding LLC and 562 Monaco Holding LLC (“Anatalya and Monaco”), through their majority owners, filed Affirmative Defenses and Counter Claims in the foreclosure action alleging a count of negligence against Omega and naming Omega as a Third-Party Defendant. Anatalya and Monaco allege that Omega was negligent in conducting the closing of the mortgage transaction when Omega allowed the Manager of Anatalya and Monaco to execute all documents on their behalf including deeds transferring the properties into the name of the borrowing entity. Omega has retained outside counsel. The Company believes it is unlikely that the case will result in a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Citibank Foreclosure Against Unrelated Third Party
On May 13, 2024, the Company was served with a foreclosure action filed by Citibank, N.A., primarily against two individually named defendants. The Company was identified as a co-defendant in this matter as the Company has a recorded judgment against one of the primary defendants. The Company has retained outside counsel in this matter in efforts to preserve any claim the Company may have to said recorded judgment against the primary defendant. Given the posture of the litigation, management does not believe this matter will result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Omega Employee Litigation
During the first quarter of 2024, one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Omega, became involved in litigation in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The case, instituted by a former Omega employee, alleges that the former employee was separated from Omega in a manner inconsistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Florida Civil Rights Act. Omega entered into a settlement agreement to resolve all counts against Omega effective March 28, 2025. The monetary amount conveyed under the settlement agreement did not result in a material adverse effect to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Leases
Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities related to operating leases under ASC Topic 842, Leases (“ASC Topic 842”), are recorded when the Company and its subsidiaries are party to a contract, which conveys the right for it to control an asset for a specified period of time. Substantially all of our operating lease arrangements relate to rented office space and real estate for our title operations. The Company is not a party to any material contracts considered finance leases. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities under ASC Topic 842 are recorded as Lease assets and Lease liabilities, respectively, on the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company’s operating leases range in term from to years. As of March 31, 2025, the weighted-average remaining lease term of our operating leases was
The Company’s lease agreements do not contain material variable lease payments, buyout options, residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.
Most of the Company’s leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term by varying amounts. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. We do not include options to renew in our measurement of lease assets and lease liabilities as they are not considered reasonably assured of exercise as of March 31, 2025.
The lease liability is determined by discounting future lease payments using a discount rate based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate for similar collateralized borrowing. The discount rate is calculated using estimates of capitalization rates and borrowing rates. As of March 31, 2025, the weighted-average discount rate used to determine our operating lease liability was
Lease expense included in general and administrative expenses on the Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations was $
Future minimum rental commitments as of March 31, 2025 under these leases are expected to be as follows (in thousands):
| Remainder of 2025 | $ | |||
| 2026 | ||||
| 2027 | ||||
| 2028 | ||||
| Total lease payments, undiscounted | $ | |||
| Less: present value discount | ( | ) | ||
| Lease liabilities, at present value | $ |
| 13. | Subsequent Events |
Stock Repurchase Agreement
On April 21, 2025, the Company entered into a Stock Repurchase Agreement with certain of its existing stockholders who are managed by Solas Capital Management, LLC (the “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Sellers agreed to sell to the Company, and the Company agreed to repurchase from the Sellers, an aggregate of
Prior to the Repurchase, the Sellers owned an aggregate of approximately
Master Services Agreement
On April 21, 2025, the Company entered into the Services Agreement, effective June 1, 2025, with HP Risk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP Holding Company, LLC, which is wholly owned by certain affiliates of Mr. Hale, pursuant to which the Company will provide certain managerial and operational services to HP Risk for consideration from HP Risk of $
Assignment and Contribution Agreement
On April 21, 2025, the Company entered into an Assignment and Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with the certain assignors listed therein (the “Assignors”), pursuant to which the Assignors agreed to assign and contribute to the Company an aggregate of
HPCM, an entity wholly owned by Mr. Hale, is the registered investment advisor or investment manager for each of the Assignors, and Mr. Hale is the sole principal owner of Hale Partnership Capital Advisors, LLC, the general partner of all but one of the Assignors.
Prior to the transactions effected pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and the Repurchase described above, the Assignors owned an aggregate of approximately
ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, the notes thereto and the other unaudited financial data included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The following discussion should also be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 27, 2025. The terms the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us” refer to HG Holdings, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, and unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in our accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this report are not based on historical facts, but are forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” "would," "intends" or “anticipates,” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. These statements reflect our reasonable judgment with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include the occurrence of events that negatively impact the Company’s liquidity in such a way as to limit or eliminate the Company’s ability to use its cash on hand to fund further asset acquisitions, an inability on the part of the Company to identify additional suitable businesses to acquire or develop, and the occurrence of events that negatively impact the title insurance operations of the Company’s subsidiaries and/or the business or assets of HC Realty and the value of our investment in HC Realty, such as HC Realty’s dependence on leases by the U.S. government and its agencies for substantially all of its revenues, and the risk that the U.S. government reduces its spending on real estate or that it changes its preference away from leased properties. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this filing and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.
Overview
For a description of our business, including descriptions of segments and recent business developments, see the discussion in Note 1, Basis of Presentation and Nature of Operations – Description of the Business in the accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated by reference into this Part I, Item 2.
As of March 31, 2025, our sources of income include earnings from our title insurance subsidiaries, management service fees and interest earned on invested assets. The Company believes that the revenue generated from these sources and cash on hand is sufficient to fund operating expenses for at least 12 months from the date of the accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company will continue to pursue acquisition opportunities which will allow us to potentially derive benefit from the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards and also create appropriate risk adjusted returns for stockholders.
Title Insurance Segment Trends and Conditions
Our title insurance segment revenue is closely related to the level of real estate activity, such as sales, mortgage financing and mortgage refinancing. Declines in the level of real estate activity or the average price of real estate sales will adversely affect our title insurance revenues. The industry as a whole saw a decline in total real estate transactions in the last two years, largely due to higher mortgage interest rates. Mortgage rates remained very high after emergency actions taken by the Federal Reserve to substantially increase its benchmark interest rate in an attempt to control inflation. In the last four months of 2024, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate three times to a current range of 4.25% to 4.50%, and while there are expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue lowering the federal funds rate in 2025, these expectations may not materialize and the Federal Reserve may increase rates in the future in an effort to combat inflation. While the latest and potential future Federal Reserve rate decreases may positively impact the title insurance market, mortgage rates continue to remain relatively high and will likely continue to contribute to decreased real estate activity in the upcoming year. Per the Mortgage Bankers Association's (“MBA”) Mortgage Finance Forecast as of February 2025, interest rates on a Freddie Mac 30-year, fixed rate mortgage averaged 6.6% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and are projected to stay relatively stable at the current level through 2027.
Further, per the MBA Mortgage Finance Forecast as of February 2025, total loan originations are forecast to increase by approximately 13% in 2025 as compared to 2024, from approximately 5.0 million units to approximately 5.7 million units. Mortgage origination volume is expected to increase by approximately 16% in 2025 as compared to 2024, to approximately $2.1 trillion in mortgage originations as compared to $1.8 trillion in 2024. Fannie Mae forecasts overall existing-home sales to increase 4% in 2025 compared to 2024.
A shortage in the supply of homes for sale, increasing home prices, high mortgage interest rates and inflation have created volatility in the residential real estate market since 2021. Despite the Federal Reserve lowering the federal funds rate in 2024, current interest rates remain at elevated levels compared to pre-2021 interest rates. Additionally, recent geopolitical uncertainties and federal government efforts have created elevated volatility in domestic and global arenas.
Because commercial real estate transactions tend to be generally driven by supply and demand for commercial space and occupancy rates in a particular area rather than by interest rate fluctuations, we believe that our commercial real estate title insurance business is less dependent on the industry cycles discussed above than our residential real estate title business. Commercial real estate transaction volume is also often linked to the availability of financing. Factors including U.S. tax reform and a shift in U.S. monetary policy have had, or are expected to have, varying effects on availability of financing in the U.S. Lower corporate and individual tax rates, and corporate tax-deductibility of capital expenditures have provided increased capacity and incentive for investments in commercial real estate.
Historically, real estate transactions have produced seasonal revenue fluctuations in the real estate industry. The first calendar quarter is typically the weakest quarter in terms of revenue due to the generally low volume of home sales during January and February. The second and third calendar quarters are typically the strongest quarters in terms of revenue, primarily due to a higher volume of residential transactions in the spring and summer months. The fourth quarter is typically strong due to the desire of commercial entities to complete transactions by year-end. Seasonality in recent years deviated from historical patterns due to COVID-19 and the subsequent rapid increase in interest rates. We have noted short-term fluctuations through recent years in resale and refinance transactions as a result of changes in interest rates.
Results from Operations
(in thousands)
| Three Months Ended |
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| March 31, |
March 31, |
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| 2025 |
2024 |
Change |
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| Net title premium written |
$ | 1,388 | $ | 1,404 | $ | (16 | ) | |||||
| Escrow and other title fees |
584 | 542 | 42 | |||||||||
| Management fees |
750 | 753 | (3 | ) | ||||||||
| Total revenue |
2,722 | 2,699 | 23 | |||||||||
| Cost of revenues |
(100 | ) | (118 | ) | 18 | |||||||
| Gross profit |
$ | 2,622 | $ | 2,581 | $ | 41 | ||||||
| Operating expenses |
(3,171 | ) | (3,081 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||||
| Other income, net |
268 | 561 | (293 | ) | ||||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes |
$ | (281 | ) | $ | 61 | $ | (342 | ) | ||||
Comparison of three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
The Company’s net title premiums written were relatively flat at $1.4 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024.
Escrow and other title fees revenue and management fees revenue also remained relatively flat at $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively, for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024.
Total revenue was $2.7 million for both the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 and the three-month period ended March 31, 2024.
The Company’s cost of revenues consists primarily of a provision for title claim losses and underwriting expenses, which are largely comprised of commissions to title agencies. Cost of revenues for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024 was $0.1 million.
The Company’s operating expenses primarily consist of general and administrative expenses such as personnel expenses, office and technology expenses, and professional fees. Operating expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024 remained relatively flat at $3.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively.
Other income, net primarily consists of net interest income, dividend income, change in the net asset value of investment in limited partnership as well as changes in value and distributions from our related party investments. Other income, net was $0.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.6 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily a result of no dividend declared on the HC Series B Stock during the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, compared to $0.3 million of dividends declared on the HC Series B Stock for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of liquidity include cash on hand, earnings from our title insurance subsidiaries, management service fees and interest earned on invested assets. At March 31, 2025, we had $13.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and an additional $11.9 million in restricted cash, substantially all of which is cash held in escrow for title insurance transactions. A portion of our unrestricted and restricted cash is currently held in savings accounts earning interest at approximately 3.5% annually. Historically, we also received discretionary dividends on our HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock at annual dividend rates of approximately 0.4% and 10%, respectively. No dividends have been declared on HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock since the first quarter of 2024. We believe that the sources stated above will be sufficient to satisfy our operating requirements for the foreseeable future, and we do not anticipate a need to raise funds from sources other than those described above within the next 12 months, even if no dividends are declared on HC Common Stock and HC Series B Stock within the next 12 months.
On April 21, 2025, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement, effective June 1, 2025, with HP Risk Solutions, LLC ("HP Risk"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP Holding Company, LLC, which is wholly owned by certain affiliates of Steven A. Hale II, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to which the Company will provide certain managerial and operational services to HP Risk for consideration from HP Risk of $6 million per year over the course of three years (the "Services Agreement"). Such services to be performed pursuant to the Services Agreement include, but are not limited to: reinsurance brokerage services; the review and improvement of financial goals; compliance with legal and regulatory mandates; maintenance of an ethical business environment; investment and asset manager compliance; cash and equity management; corporate tax management; personnel management; related party transaction oversight; tax preparation administration; strategic capital modeling; the review of potential acquisitions and transactions involving affiliates and third parties, including but not limited to, renewal rights deals, loss portfolio transfers or entity acquisitions; execution of (or provision for the execution of) all general corporate legal matters; and provision of internal control management services.
On April 21, 2025, the Company also entered into an Assignment and Contribution Agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with the certain assignors listed therein (the “Assignors”), pursuant to which the Assignors agreed to assign and contribute to the Company an aggregate of 10,203 shares of common stock, no par value ("ACMAT Common Stock"), and 291,656 shares of Class A stock, no par value ("ACMAT Class A Stock"), of ACMAT Corporation (“ACMAT”), a Connecticut corporation, and, in consideration of and exchange therefor, the Company agreed to issue to the Assignors an aggregate of 2,899,876 shares of Company common stock, contingent upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Services Agreement. After giving effect to the transactions pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Company owns approximately 39.1% of the outstanding equity of ACMAT and approximately 10.4% of the voting power of ACMAT, based on ACMAT's outstanding equity as of March 14, 2025. Holders of ACMAT Class A Stock are entitled to one-tenth vote per share in relation to ACMAT Common Stock, holders of which are entitled to one vote per share, with respect to matters subject to approval by ACMAT stockholders. ACMAT, through its subsidiaries, offers surety bonds for prime, sub-prime, specialty trade, environmental, asbestos and lead abatement contractors and miscellaneous obligations nationwide. ACMAT also provides other miscellaneous surety such as workers’ compensation bonds, supply bonds, subdivision bonds, and license and permit bonds. Hale Partnership Capital Management, LLC, an entity wholly owned by Mr. Hale, is the registered investment advisor or investment manager for each of the Assignors, and Mr. Hale is the sole principal owner of Hale Partnership Capital Advisors, LLC, the general partner of all but one of the Assignors.
Cash Flows
(in thousands)
| Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
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| March 31, 2025 |
March 31, 2024 |
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| Net cash provided by operating activities |
$ | 3,556 | $ | 4,726 | ||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities |
1,145 | - | ||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities |
- | (53 | ) | |||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash |
4,701 | 4,673 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period |
$ | 20,409 | $ | 17,752 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period |
$ | 25,110 | $ | 22,425 | ||||
Cash flows from operating activities differ from net loss due to adjustments for non-cash items, such as gains and losses on investments, the timing of disbursements for taxes, claims and other accrued liabilities, and collections or changes in receivables and other assets. Net cash provided by operating activities of $3.6 million differs from operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 primarily due to an increase of $3.6 million in escrow liabilities on the title insurance subsidiaries. Net cash provided by operating activities of $4.7 million differs from operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to an increase of $4.6 million in escrow liabilities on the title insurance subsidiaries.
Cash flows from investing activities include effects of purchases of investments and proceeds from sales or maturities of investments. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, the Company's fixed-income portfolio has matured, resulting in $1.0 million proceeds. Additionally, the Company received proceeds of $145,000 related to its investments in limited partnerships. There was no cash provided by or used in investing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024.
Cash flows from financing activities include effects of changes in noncontrolling interest. There was no cash provided by or used in financing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2025. Cash flows used in financing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024 of $53,000 was due to distribution of funds to non-controlling shareholders.
Critical Accounting Policies
Our critical accounting policies and estimates are provided in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. We believe there have been no new critical accounting policies or material changes to our existing critical accounting policies and estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not required to be provided by a smaller reporting company.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to us, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are designed to do, and we necessarily were required to apply our judgment in evaluating whether the benefits of the controls and procedures that we adopt outweigh their costs.
As required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Exchange Act, an evaluation as of March 31, 2025 was conducted under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of March 31, 2025, were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in internal controls over financial reporting.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
The information required for this Part II, Item 1 is incorporated by reference to the discussion under the heading “Litigation” in Note 12, Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On May 14, 2024, the Company's board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 million of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2024 Repurchase Program”). The authorization does not obligate the Company to acquire a specific number of shares during any period and does not have an expiration date. Repurchases under the 2024 Repurchase Program may be made from time to time in the open market, or through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, in such quantities, at such prices, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the authorized officers of the Company determine are in the best interests of the Company. Repurchases may also be made under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, of our directors or officers, as defined in Section 16 of the Exchange Act, adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act.
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Filed herewith |
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In accordance with Item 601(b)(32) of Regulation S-K, this Exhibit is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 14, 2025 |
HG HOLDINGS, INC. |
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| By: /s/ Anna Lieb |
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| Name: Anna Lieb |
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| Title: Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |