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White Mountains completes sale of NSM Insurance Group to Carlyle for $1.4B net cash proceeds
WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD
- Completed sale of NSM Insurance Group to Carlyle on August 1, 2022, receiving $1.4B net cash proceeds.
- Gross proceeds $1.775B; proceeds used to repay NSM debt of $283M and pay transaction costs of $45M.
- NSM segment assets and liabilities removed from balance sheet; pro forma total equity increases to $4.49B from $3.67B.
- White Mountains generated estimated net gain of $836.9M after tax on the sale.
- Pro forma statements show NSM results removed; continuing operations include HG Global/BAM, Ark, Kudu, and Other.