Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-038514
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Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-17
Form: PREM14A
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 efforts conducted by Tiptree or any affiliate of Tiptree or any recruitment agency, in each case, that are not targeted specifically at the Restricted Individuals, (ii) the solicitation or hiring of any Restricted Individual who has not been employed by or otherwise provided services to Purchaser, the surviving corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates for at least 12 months prior to the date of such solicitation or hiring, (iii) as Tiptree can reasonably demonstrate, the hiring of any employee who approaches Tiptree or such affiliates on their own initiative without any solicitation from Tiptree or on its behalf or (iv) prior to the closing, any action by Fortegra or one of its Subsidiaries that is not prohibited by Section 7.01 of the Merger Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, clause (iv) will not apply with respect to any actions by Tiptree or any of its other Covered Affiliates). “Covered Affiliates” of Tiptree means the controlled Affiliates of Tiptree; provided, that no current or future “portfolio company” (as the term is commonly used in the private equity industry) of Tiptree or its affiliated funds will be deemed to be a “Covered Affiliate” of Tiptree solely by virtue of being a controlled affiliate of Tiptree and no such portfolio company will be restricted by the terms of this paragraph, in each case, unless such portfolio company either (x) has received Confidential Information (as defined in the Tiptree Restrictive Covenant Agreement) or (y) acts at the direction or encouragement of Tiptree or its affiliated funds (in the case of any portfolio company of Tiptree or its affiliated funds, which is a Covered Affiliate pursuant to the foregoing clause (x) or this clause (y)) with respect to the actions described in this paragraph (in which case, for the avoidance of doubt, such portfolio company will be deemed to be a “Covered Affiliate” of Tiptree).

During the period beginning on the date of the Tiptree Restrictive Covenant Agreement through the second anniversary of the closing date, Tiptree has covenanted and agreed that it will not make any statement, written or verbal, or take any other action in disparagement of, Purchaser, Fortegra, the surviving corporation or any of their

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respective subsidiaries or Affiliates. Notwithstanding the