Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-039949
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Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: DEFM14A
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 or solely among or between one or more Subsidiaries, (ii) borrowings permitted under the Credit Agreements or (iii) in the ordinary course of business; |

| • | change any of the material accounting, financial reporting, actuarial, reserving, claims administration, underwriting principles, practices or methods used by Fortegra or any Subsidiary, except as may be required in order to comply with changes in GAAP, Applicable SAP or applicable law in each case, other than in respect of taxes, which are governed by the applicable terms of the Merger Agreement; |

| • | amend any material permit in a manner that adversely impacts Fortegra’s ability to conduct its business in any material respect or abandon, terminate or allow to lapse any material permits except as required by an insurance regulator; |

| • | enter into, become subject to, terminate, fail to renew, modify or waive or amend certain material contracts or arrangements that would constitute material contracts under the Merger Agreement, other than (i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) with Excepted Related Parties in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length terms; |

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| • | enter into any new lines of business that would require the insurance Subsidiaries to add new lines of authority to their certificates of authority; |

| • | seek approval from the applicable governmental authority for the use of any accounting practices in connection with statutory statements of Fortegra’s insurance Subsidiaries made available to Purchaser that depart from the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by applicable insurance laws of the applicable domiciliary jurisdiction; |

| • | reduce any reserves, provisions for losses or other liability amounts in respect of insurance contracts or reinsurance contracts, except in the ordinary course of business or as may be required by applicable accounting standards (consistently applied with their application for prior periods), or as required by law or by policies imposed by a governmental authority; |

| • | merge or consolidate with any other person or adopt a plan of restructuring, recapitalization or reorganization other than as required by the Merger Agreement; |

| • | make, change or revoke any material tax election, change any annual accounting period, settle or compromise any claim or assessment of a material amount of taxes, adopt or change any material method of tax accounting, file any material tax return in a manner inconsistent with past practice of Fortegra and the Subsidiaries or file any material amended material tax return, make any material voluntary