otherwise. Any of these issuances could result in substantial dilution to our existing shareholders and could cause the trading price of our common shares to decline.
Only one industry analyst covers our Company, and the publication of negative research or reports, or the failure to publish reports about our business, could impact our share price, and our trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common shares is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us, our business and our market. Currently, only one industry analyst covers the Company. The limited number of analysts covering our Company impacts our share price and the trading volume of our shares. If this analyst ceases coverage of us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets which, in turn, could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.
If the ownership of our common shares continues to be concentrated, it could prevent you and other shareholders from influencing significant corporate decisions.
As of December 31, 2024, CM Bermuda, the Loeb Entities and BlackRock, Inc. beneficially own approximately 28.2%, 9.4% and 9.3% of our issued and outstanding common shares, respectively. Immediately following this offering, the Loeb Entities will continue to beneficially own approximately 9.54% of our issued and outstanding common shares. Pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement between the Company and CM Bermuda, dated as of February 26, 2021 (the “CMB Investor Rights Agreement”), CM Bermuda and its affiliates’ voting power in the Company is capped at 9.9%, in accordance with the terms described in the CMB Investor Rights Agreement and our Bye-laws. As a result of the concentration of ownership, CM Bermuda, the Loeb Entities and BlackRock, Inc. could exercise influence over matters requiring shareholder approval, including approval of significant corporate transactions, which may reduce the market price of our common shares.
However, on August 1, 2024, we entered into the CMIG Series A and Repurchase Agreement with CM Bermuda and CMIG International Holding Pte. Ltd. pursuant to which we repurchased 9,077,705 of our issued and outstanding common shares held by CM Bermuda, which were cancelled and retired. We also repurchased all Series A Preferred shares held by CM Bermuda in connection therewith. On December 30, 2024, we entered into the CMIG Securities Purchase Agreement with CM Bermuda which provides that, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions, we will repurchase all common shares and all warrants to purchase common shares held by CM Bermuda, amounting to 20,991,337 warrants being repurchased at a price of $3.56 per warrant and 45,720,732 common shares being repurchased at a price of $14.25 per common share. Following the closing, CM Bermuda will have no remaining ownership interest in SiriusPoint. The common shares will be purchased into treasury and the warrants will be cancelled at the closing. The closing is expected to be completed on or before February 28, 2025.
We do not intend to pay dividends on our common shares and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common shares.
We do not intend to declare and pay dividends on our share capital for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to invest our future earnings, if any, to fund our growth. Therefore, you are not likely to receive any dividends on your common shares for the foreseeable future, and the success of an investment in our common shares will depend upon any future appreciation in their value. Our common shares may not appreciate in value and may not even maintain the price at which our shareholders have purchased their shares. The interests of the shareholders specified above may conflict with the interests of our other shareholders.
We may repurchase our common shares without our shareholders’ consent.
Under our bye-laws and subject to Bermuda law, we have the option, but not the obligation, to require a shareholder to sell to us at fair market value, the minimum number of common shares that is necessary to avoid
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