Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-039949
Chunk: 188

Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 188
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 other hand, are directly adverse to one another, being shared; |

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provided, however, that Purchaser or the surviving corporation will:

| • | notify the Eligible Holder that such information cannot be disclosed without (x) violating applicable law or the surviving corporation’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ obligations of confidentiality in contract with any third party, (y) waiving the attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product privilege, or (z) resulting in information reasonably pertinent to any pending litigation in which any of Purchaser or its subsidiaries, on the one hand, or Tiptree or its affiliates on the other hand, are directly adverse to one another, being shared; |

| • | communicate to Equityholders’ Representatives in reasonable detail (x) the facts giving rise to such notification and (y) the subject matter of such information (to the extent it is able to do so in accordance with the foregoing proviso); and |

| • | use reasonable best efforts to identify and pursue a legally permissible method of providing such disclosure, including in the case where such disclosures are reasonably likely to violate Purchaser’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ obligations of confidentiality, using reasonable best efforts to seek a waiver of any such obligations of confidentiality excluding any disclosures that would jeopardize the rights of Purchaser or its affiliates in any pending litigation in which they are adverse to Tiptree or its affiliates. |

The parties will hold, and will cause their respective affiliates, advisors, accountants, attorneys and representatives to hold, any non-public information so provided to one another in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in confidence in accordance with the provisions of the confidentiality agreement between Purchaser and Fortegra, the Merger Agreement and the other transaction documents. The parties acknowledge and agree that the confidentiality agreement between Purchaser and Fortegra will remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms and conditions therefore and will (i) survive termination of the Merger Agreement and terminate in accordance with its terms or (ii) terminate at the closing. Public Statements Except for any press release issued collectively by Purchaser and Tiptree on the date of the Merger Agreement, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and except if related to an adverse recommendation change or after an adverse recommendation change has occurred or as required by applicable law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange upon which the securities of Purchaser, Tiptree, Fortegra or any of their respective affiliates are traded, no