Pico Holdings, Inc. Announces Adoption of New Tax Benefits Preservation Plan

CARSON CITY, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PICO Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PICO) (the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a new tax benefits preservation plan (the “Plan”) designed to preserve the Company’s ability to utilize its net operating losses (“NOLs”). The Company will seek shareholder ratification of the Plan at PICO’s 2021 Annual Meeting. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $156.5 million (pre-tax) federal NOLs. The Plan is similar to the Company's previous tax benefits preservation plan, which expired on July 24, 2020 and tax benefits preservation plans adopted by other public companies seeking to preserve significant NOLs.