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Sundance Strategies, Inc.

CIK: 11718382 Annual ReportsLatest: 2025-06-30

10-K / June 30, 2025

Revenue:N/A
Income:-$1,603,382

10-K / July 1, 2024

Revenue:N/A
Income:-$1,834,991

10-K / June 30, 2025

Company Summary: Sundance Strategies, Inc.

Overview

  • Type: Publicly traded company (OTCQB symbol: SUND)
  • Location: Principal offices at 4626 North 300 West, Suite 365, Provo, Utah 84604
  • Incorporation: Nevada (Company), Utah (Subsidiary)
  • Number of Shares Outstanding: 43,063,441 (as of June 30, 2025)
  • Market Value of Non-Affiliate Shares: approximately $15,031,021 (as of September 30, 2024)
  • Employees: 1 full-time employee (Randall F. Pearson as of March 31, 2025)

Business Focus and Activities

  • Historical Business Model:
    • Purchased or acquired life insurance policies and residual interests such as Net Insurance Benefits (NIBs).
    • NIBs provided the right to receive a portion of proceeds from life insurance settlements on third-party-held policies.
    • Did not hold life insurance policies directly but held contractual rights to the cash flows from these policies.
    • Focused on the secondary market of life settlements, trading interests tied to life insurance policies.
  • Current Business Activities:
    • Transitioned to providing professional advisory services to:
      • Specialty structured finance groups
      • Bond issuers
      • Life settlement aggregators
    • Services include:
      • Advising on portfolio selection and acquisition of life insurance policies
      • Applying proprietary analytics to structure bonds secured by life insurance assets
      • Assisting in assembling and structuring life insurance portfolios, including debt optimization and cash management
    • Goal: Grow the professional services arm and asset base to generate long-term shareholder value and pay dividends.

Industry and Market

  • Life Settlements Market:

    • Facilitated owners aged 65+ selling policies due to no longer needing or affording coverage, or seeking liquidity.
    • Market peaked in 2007-2008 at about $12 billion of face value settled annually.
    • Industry participants included insurance companies, private investors, hedge funds, and portfolio aggregators.
    • Challenges include:
      • Uncertainty in cash flow predictions due to life expectancy variances
      • Market liquidity issues
      • Competition from larger entities with greater resources (e.g., Berkshire Hathaway)
      • Regulatory environment including potential classification of interests as securities
  • Business Risks:

    • Significant reliance on third-party life expectancy reports
    • Fluctuations in the value of life insurance policies
    • Regulatory and legal risks related to insurable interest and potential litigation
    • Limited concentration of assets and insured parties increases vulnerability
    • Illiquidity in secondary markets

Financial Highlights

  • Revenue: No revenue from bond advisory or portfolio consulting services as of FY2025.
  • Net Loss:
    • FY2025: $1,603,382
    • FY2024: $1,834,991
  • Expenses:
    • General & Administrative (FY2025): $604,167 (up from FY2024: $531,406)
    • Notable costs in professional fees, payroll, and rent.
  • Interest & Financing Expenses:
    • FY2025: $349,016
    • FY2024: $410,856
  • Other Income/Expenses:
    • Losses on extinguishment of debt (FY2025): $435,199 (down from FY2024: $1,047,729)
    • No gains from debt settlement in FY2025, but had $290,000 in FY2024.
  • Liquidity:
    • Cash on hand: $168,648 (as of March 31, 2025)
    • Available debt capacity:
      • ~$4.27 million under notes payable and related party lines
      • $3 million under convertible debentures
    • Accounts payable: $446,885
    • Outstanding debt obligations total approximately $5.35 million (including accrued interest).

Ownership and Stockholder Info

  • Major beneficial owners:
    • Kraig T. Higginson (30.5%)
    • Radiant Life, LLC (12.3%)
    • Zoe, LLC (11.8%)
    • Other insiders (total group ownership approx. 43%)
  • Management and Directors:
    • Current management includes Randall F. Pearson (President, CFO, and Director) and three other directors, including Kraig Higginson, Glenn S. Dickman, and Stephen Quesenberry.
  • Stockholders beneficially owning more than 10%: Includes related party entities and individuals, with some sharing ownership structures.

Key Points

  • Focused originally on investing in life insurance transactions, now primarily offering advisory services.
  • No current revenue streams from advisory operations.
  • Significant debt and negative equity position.
  • Operating losses continue, with substantial reliance on related-party debt and capital raising.
  • Limited staff (single full-time employee), with reliance on external consultants.
  • Company is considered a "smaller reporting company" and emerging growth entity.

Note: The company is in a transition phase, moving from direct life insurance interests to providing industry advisory services, with ongoing financial challenges.