Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001393726-25-000038
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Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 may pledge or otherwise use Tiptree common stock (but not options, warrants, restricted stock units or other rights to purchase stock) as collateral for a loan, margin account or similar arrangement so long as the maximum aggregate loan amount collateralized by the pledged stock does not exceed 25% of the total value of the pledged stock. Tiptree believes permitting limited

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pledging of shares in select cases promotes an ownership culture by providing holders with flexibility in financial planning without requiring them to sell Tiptree shares, thereby aligning their interests with those of our stockholders.

### CONTINUING DIRECTORS
The following table and biographical descriptions set forth certain information, as of March 17, 2025, with respect to each continuing director.

| Name                                               |     | Age |     | Director Since |
| Class I                                            |     |     |     |                |
| Paul M. Friedman (Chairman of the Audit Committee) |     |  69 |     | August 2016    |
| Randy Maultsby                                     |     |  51 |     | November 2021  |
| Bradley E. Smith                                   |     |  68 |     | July 2013      |
| Class II                                           |     |     |     |                |
| Michael G. Barnes                                  |     |  58 |     | August 2010    |
| Dominique Mielle (Chair of the CNG Committee)      |     |  56 |     | January 2020   |

Paul M. Friedman has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2016 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee in August 2020. He was the Chairman of the CNG Committee from 2016 until August 2020. From November 2009 to March 2015, Mr. Friedman served as the Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Guggenheim Securities LLC. From June 2008 to October 2009, Mr. Friedman served as a Managing Director of Mariner Investment Group (“Mariner”). Mr. Friedman spent 27 years at Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. (“Bear Stearns”) from 1981 to 2008, most recently holding the position of Chief Operating Officer of its Fixed Income Division. Mr. Friedman serves as the Lead Director and the chairman of the Compliance Committee of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. and on the board of directors of Rithm Property Trust Inc