The Marygold Companies Acquires Ownership Stake in Savings and Loan Association Holding Company
October 24 2024 - 7:05AM
Business Wire
-$1.8 Million Investment Affirms Marygold’s
Corporate Strategy of Focusing on Financial Services/Fintech
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The Marygold Companies, Inc. ("TMC" or the "Company") (NYSE
American: MGLD), a diversified global holding firm, today announced
it has acquired a 7.95% ownership position, investing $1.8 million,
in Delaware based Midland Capital Holdings Corporation (MCHC), a
privately owned holding company whose principal operating entity is
Midland Federal Savings and Loan Association (“Midland Federal”),
headquartered in Bridgeview, Illinois.
Operating continuously in the greater Chicago area since 1914,
Midland Federal has total assets of approximately $115 million,
with four full-service branch offices—two in Chicago, and in nearby
Bridgeview and Homer Glen, Illinois.
As part of the transaction, TMC also holds 180,044 warrants to
purchase 180,044 additional shares of MCHC at an exercise price of
$22.25. The warrants expire on February 27, 2034.
“The transaction affirms our corporate strategy and focus on the
financial services and fintech sector,” said Nicholas Gerber, CEO
of TMC. “It follows our recent acquisitions of UK-based investment
advisory firms Tiger Financial & Asset Management and Step By
Step Financial Planners, which are now wholly owned TMC indirect
subsidiaries, plus our long-established ETF management subsidiary,
USCF Investments, with approximately $3.2 billion in assets under
management.
“In addition, we recently completed the development and have
initiated marketing of an innovative mobile fintech app that
enables users to spend, invest and save. The app was soft-launched
in the U.S. last year, with plans underway for further market
penetration in the U.S. and introduction in the UK later this
year,” Gerber added.
Joe Kirkeeng, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of both MCHC
and Midland Federal, said, "We are pleased that TMC, with its
expertise in financial services, has become a significant investor
in our company. With the acquisition of Midland Federal, we look
forward to expanding the bank’s offerings and further enhancing
technology, while serving our community by offering the same
outstanding service and convenience our customers have come to
expect.”
About The Marygold Companies, Inc.
The Marygold Companies was founded in 1996 and repositioned as a
global holding firm in 2015. The Company currently has operating
subsidiaries in financial services, food manufacturing, printing,
security systems and beauty products, under the trade names USCF
Investments, Marygold & Co., Tiger Financial & Asset
Management Limited, Step By Step Financial Planners, Gourmet Foods,
Printstock Products, Brigadier Security Systems and Original
Sprout, respectively. Offices and manufacturing operations are in
the U.S., New Zealand, U.K., and Canada. For more information,
visit www.themarygoldcompanies.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Words such as
“expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may” “will,” “could,” “should”
“believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements, including, but not
limited to, further market penetration of the Company’s fintech app
in the U.S. and introducing the Company’s mobile fintech app in the
UK later this year, involve significant risks and uncertainties
that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the
expected results and, consequently, you should not rely on these
forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. These
forward-looking statements and factors that may cause such
differences include, without limitation, satisfaction of customary
closing conditions related to the offering, the expected timing of
the closing of the offering and the risks disclosed in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and in the Company’s other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing list of factors
is not exclusive. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date made. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any
obligation to update or publicly announce any revisions to any of
the forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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Media and investors, for more Information, contact: Roger
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Contact the Company: David Neibert, Chief Operations
Officer 949-429-5370 dneibert@themarygoldcompanies.com
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