(1) | The amounts shown represent the grant date fair value of these awards as computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation. For a Directordiscussion of valuation assumptions used to determine the Company since September 2019. From 1971grant date fair value of these awards, see Note 16 to 1985, Mr. Casey served inour audited consolidated financial management assignments with domestic and international affiliates of Exxon Corporation. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Casey served in executive leadership positions as Vice Chairman of the Board, Director, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Birmingham Steel, a national steel manufacturer with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Casey retired in September 2010 after serving sixteen years as President, CEO, Director and Chairman of Gerdau Ameristeel, the second largest mini-mill steel manufacturer in North America. Mr. Casey has been a trusteestatements for the University of Tampa since May 1996 and has beenfiscal year ended December 31, 2020 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the board of trustees since May 2017. Mr. Casey completed the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School in 1992, was awarded an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1971 and received a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1966. Robert Eddy
Robert Eddy, age 50, has served as a Director of the Company since September 2019. From 1997 to 2014, Mr. Eddy was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he was a partner in the Assurance practice specializing in financial services and private equity. Beginning in April 2015, Mr. Eddy continues to serve as Chief Financial Officer for The Holding Company of the Villages, Inc. and affiliated entities. Mr. Eddy serves as the audit committee chair of Citizens First Bancorp, Inc., serves as the president of the Buffalo Scholarship Foundation and isSEC on the board of directors for the Cornerstone Hospice Foundation. Mr. Eddy received a BS in Accounting with highest honors and a Master of Accounting from the University of Florida in 1997.
Joseph Kadow
Joseph Kadow, age 63, has served as a Director of the Company since February 2020. Mr. Kadow served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. from 2005 to July 2019, and joined Bloomin’ Brands in 1994 as Vice President and General Counsel. Bloomin’ Brands is the operator of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar. Prior to that, he served as a partner in the Orlando, Florida office of the national law firm, Baker Hostetler LLP. Mr. Kadow is a past Chairman of the board of directors of the National Restaurant Association. From September 2015 to March 2020, Mr. Kadow served as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Habit Restaurants, Inc. Mr. Kadow received his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Scranton and his JD from the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University.
Barbara Matas
Barbara Matas, age 60, has served as a Director of the Company since February 2020. In 2017, Ms. Matas joined the board of directors of Apollo Investment Corporation and currently serves on its nominating and corporate governance committee and serves as chair of its audit committee. Ms. Matas has served as a board member of the Sleep Number Corporation since 2016 and currently serves as chair of its audit committee. Ms. Matas retired in April 2016 after serving seventeen years in senior leadership positions such as Managing Director, Head andCo-Head and Chairman of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets at Citigroup. Ms. Matas received her Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Quantitative Analysis from New York University and her MBA from the University of Michigan.
Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan, age 72, has served as a Director of the Company since September 2019. Mr. Sullivan is a founder of Outback Steakhouse, and former Chairman & CEO of Outback Steakhouse. From February 1991 to March 2005, Mr. Sullivan was CEO of OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. (now OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC). Since 2013, Mr. Sullivan continues to serve as Chairman of Omnivore Technologies, Inc. Since 2014, Mr. Sullivan continues to serve asCo-Chair of Consul Partners LLC. Currently, Mr. Sullivan serves on the Board of Directors for The First Tee of Tampa Bay, and Board of Directors for Copperhead Charities and Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Mr. Sullivan is active in numerous charitable organizations focusing on education, catastrophic diseases, and is Chairman of ART International, a PTSD focused nonprofit group. Mr. Sullivan received a BS in Business and Economics in 1972 from the University of Kentucky.
Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2019
The table below summarizes the 2019 compensation of all of ournon-employee directors and our Chairman (rounded to the nearest dollar). Although Joseph Kadow and Barbara Matas currently serve as directors, they are excluded from the table as they joined the board during 2020. We do not provide directors who are our employees with additional compensation for their service as directors.
Compensation for ournon-employee directors is currently $12,500 payable in cash each quarter and $12,500 payable in shares of Class A common stock each quarter (rounded up to the nearest whole share) and an additional $2,500 in cash payable to the chairman of our Audit Committee (Phillip Casey) each quarter. Members of our board of directors are also eligible for reimbursement for reasonable travel and otherout-of-pocket expenses.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Name | | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) | | | Stock Awards ($)(1) | | | All Other Compensation ($)(2) | | | Total ($) | | Phillip Casey | | | 15,000 | | | | 12,500 | | | | — | | | | 27,500 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Robert Eddy | | | 12,500 | | | | 12,500 | | | | — | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chris Sullivan | | | 12,500 | | | | 12,500 | | | | — | | | | 25,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lowry Baldwin | | | — | | | | — | | | | 658,906 | | | | 658,906 | |
(1) | The amounts shown represent the grant date fair value of these awards as computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation. For a discussion of valuation assumptions used to determine the grant date fair value of these awards, see Note 19 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in our Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2020.
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(2) | The amount shown represents (i) salary of $125,820 paid to Mr. Baldwin and (ii) commissions of $533,086 paid in 2019 to Mr. Baldwin and Jennifer Baldwin, Mr. Baldwin’s wife, who was a Risk Advisor with the Company in 2019.11, 2021.
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(2) | Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions
We describe below transactions and seriesThe amount shown represents (i) salary of similar transactions, during our last three fiscal years or currently proposed,$112,187 paid to which we were or will be a participant, in which:
the amounts involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of (i) $120,000Mr. Baldwin and (ii) one percentcommissions of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years;$510,694 paid in 2020 to Mr. Baldwin and
any of our directors or executive officers (in each case, including their immediate family members) or beneficial holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities had or will have Mr. Baldwin’s wife, Jennifer Baldwin, who served as a direct or indirect material interest.
Other than as described below, there have not been, nor are there any currently proposed, transactions or series of similar transactions meeting this criteria to which we have been or will be a participant other than compensation arrangements, which are described where required under “Executive Officers and Compensation” and “Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2019.”
Reorganization Agreement
We entered into a reorganization agreement and related agreements with thePre-IPO LLC Members, which effected an internal reorganization (the “Reorganization Transactions”).
The table below sets forth the consideration innon-voting common interest units of BRP (the “LLC Units”) and Class B common stock received by our directors, officers and 5% equity holders in the Reorganization Transactions.
| | | | | Name
| | Class B Common Stock
and LLC Units Issued
in the Reorganization
Transactions | | Lowry Baldwin(1)
| | | 20,733,907 | | Trevor Baldwin(2)
| | | 120,172 | | Kris Wiebeck
| | | 1,709,332 | | John Valentine
| | | 1,459,169 | | Daniel Galbraith
| | | 1,376,592 | | Brad Hale
| | | 120,171 | | Christopher Stephens
| | | 1,926 | | Phillip Casey
| | | — | | Chris Sullivan
| | | — | | Robert Eddy
| | | — | | Barbara Matas
| | | — | | Joseph Kadow
| | | — | | Elizabeth Krystyn
| | | 3,090,876 | | Laura Sherman
| | | 3,090,875 | | The Villages Invesco, LLC
| | | 6,863,805 | |
(1) | Consists of 20,733,907 shares of Class B common stock and LLC Units issued to BIGH, an entity controlled by Lowry Baldwin.
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(2) | Excludes the shares of Class B common stock and LLC Units indirectly held by Mr. Trevor Baldwin through his 17.0% ownership interest (directly and through a trust) in BIGH, an entity controlled by Trevor Baldwin’s father, Lowry Baldwin.
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Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC
BRP Group, BRP and each of thePre-IPO LLC Members entered into the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of BRP (the “Amended LLC Agreement”). We operate our business through BRP in accordanceAdvisor with the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement, so long as each of the owners of BRP’s outstanding equity interests (“BRP’s LLC Members”) continue to own any LLC Units or securities redeemable or exchangeable into shares of our Class A common stock, we will not, without the prior written consent of such holders, engage in any business activity other than the management and ownership of BRP or own any assets other than securities of BRP and/or any cash or other property or assets distributed by or otherwise received from BRP, unless we determine in good faith that such actions or ownership are in the best interest of BRP.
As the sole managing member of BRP, we have control over all of the affairs and decision making of BRP. As such, through our officers and directors, we are responsible for all operational and administrative decisions of BRP and theday-to-day management of BRP’s business. We will fund any dividends to our stockholders by causing BRP to make distributions to BRP’s LLC Members and us, subject to the limitations imposed by our debt agreements.
The holders of LLC Units will generally incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any net taxable income of BRP. Net profits and net losses of BRP will generally be allocated to its members pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective ownership of LLC Units, though certainnon-pro rata adjustments will be made to reflect tax depreciation, amortization and other allocations. The Amended LLC Agreement provides for pro rata cash distributions to the holders of LLC Units for purposes of funding their tax obligations in respect of the taxable income of BRP that is allocated to them. Generally, these tax distributions will be computed based on BRP’s estimate of the net taxable income of BRP allocable to each holder of LLC Units multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual or corporate resident of Florida (taking into account thenon-deductibility of certain expenses and the character of our income).
Except as otherwise determined by us, if at any time we issue a share of our Class A common stock, the net proceeds received by us with respect to such share, if any, shall be concurrently invested in BRP and BRP shall issue to us one LLC Unit (unless such share was issued by us solely to fund the purchase of an LLC Unit from a holder of LLC Units (upon an election by us to exchange such LLC Unit in lieu of redemption following a redemption request by such holder of LLC Units in which case such net proceeds shall instead be transferred to the selling holder of LLC Units as consideration for such purchase, and BRP will not issue an additional LLC Unit to us)). Similarly, except as otherwise determined by us, (i) BRP will not issue any additional LLC Units to us unless we issue or sell an equal number of shares of our Class A common stock and (ii) should BRP issue any additional LLC Units to BRP’s LLC Members or any other person, we will issue an equal number of shares of our Class B common stock to such BRP LLC Members or any other person. Conversely, if at any time any shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, BRP will redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire an equal number of LLC Units held by us, upon the same terms and for the same price per security, as the shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired. In addition, BRP will not effect any subdivision (by any unit split, unit distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse unit split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the LLC Units unless it is accompanied by substantively identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of each class of our common stock, and we will not effect any subdivision or combination of any class of our common stock unless it is accompanied by a substantively identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the LLC Units.
Under the Amended LLC Agreement, the holders of LLC Units (other than us) have the right to require BRP to redeem all orCompany during a portion of their LLC Units for, at our election, newly-issued shares of Class A common stock on aone-for-one basis or a cash payment equal to the volume weighted average market price of one share of our Class A common stock for2020.
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(3) | Mr. Kadow and Ms. Matas each LLC Unit redeemed (subject to customary adjustments, including for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications). If we decide to make a cash payment, the holder of an LLC Unit has the option to rescind its redemption request within a specified time period. Upon the exercise of the redemption right, the redeeming member will surrender its LLC Units to BRP for cancellation. The Amended LLC Agreement requires that we contribute cash or shares of our Class A common stock to BRP in exchange for an amount of newly-issued LLC Units in BRP that will be issued to us equal to the number of LLC Units redeemed from the holders of LLC Units. BRP will then distribute the cash or shares of our Class A common stock to such holder of an LLC Unit to complete the redemption. In the event of a redemption request by a holder of an LLC Unit, we may, at our option, effect a direct exchange of cash or Class A common stock for LLC Units in lieu of such a redemption. Whether by redemption or exchange, we are obligated to ensure that at all times the number of LLC Units that we or our wholly owned subsidiaries own equals the number of shares of Class A common stock issued by us (subject to certain exceptions for treasury shares and shares underlying certain convertible or exchangeable securities). Shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled on aone-for-one basis if we, following a redemption request of a holder of an LLC Unit, redeem or exchange LLC Units of such holder of an LLC Unit pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement.
The Amended LLC Agreement provides that, in the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to our Class A common stock is proposed by us or our stockholders and approved byjoined our board of directors or is otherwise consented to or approved by our board of directors, the holders of LLC Units will be permitted to participate in such offer by delivery of a notice of redemption or exchange that is effective immediately prior to the consummation of such offer. In the case of any such offer proposed by us, we are obligated to use our reasonable best efforts to enable and permit the holders of LLC Units to participate in such offer to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of our Class A common stock without discrimination. In addition, we are obligated to use our reasonable best efforts to ensure that the holders of LLC Units may participate in each such offer without being required to redeem or exchange LLC Units.February 2020.
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Compensation for our non-employee directors during 2020 was $12,500 payable in cash each quarter and $12,500 payable in shares of Class A common stock each quarter (rounded up to the nearest whole share) and an additional $2,500 in cash payable to our Audit Committee Chair (Phillip Casey) each quarter. Members of our board of directors are also eligible for reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses. How we Govern and are Governed Our board leadership structure currently separates the roles of the Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer. Our Chair is a non-independent, employee director. We currently have a lead independent director with a strongly delineated role, who serves as an effective and independent counterbalance to both our Chair and our Chief Executive Officer. Our board of directors currently consists of seven directors, five of whom—Phillip Casey, Robert Eddy, Joseph Kadow, Barbara Matas, and Chris Sullivan—qualify as independent directors under Nasdaq’s corporate governance standards and applicable SEC rules. If elected, the board has determined that Jay Cohen will qualify as independent under Nasdaq’s corporate governance standards. In accordance with our certificate of incorporation and by-laws, the number of directors on our board of directors will be determined from time to time by the board of directors but shall not be less than three persons nor more than 13 persons. Our independent directors have appointed Chris Sullivan as the lead independent director, whose responsibilities include, among others, calling meetings of the independent directors, presiding over executive sessions of the independent directors, participating in the formulation of board and committee agendas and, if requested by shareholders, ensuring that he is available, when appropriate, for consultation and direct communication. Meetings of the Board of Directors, Board and Committee Member Attendance and Annual Meeting Attendance During 2020, the board of directors met 14 times, the Audit Committee met five times, the Compensation Committee met five times and the Executive Committee met three times. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is a newly-formed committee, and as such, did not meet during 2020. Each board member attended 100% of the meetings of the board of directors and of the committees on which he or she served. We encourage all our directors and director nominees to attend our annual meetings of shareholders. Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation None of our executive officers have served as a member of a compensation committee (or if no committee performs that function, the board of directors) of any other entity that has an executive officer serving as a member of our board of directors. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics policy that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. These standards are designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at ir.baldwinriskpartners.com. Any waiver of the Code for directors or executive officers may be made only by our board of directors or a board committee to which the board has delegated that authority and will be promptly disclosed to our shareholders as required by applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the corporate governance rules of the Nasdaq. Amendments to the code must be approved by our board of directors and will be promptly disclosed (other than technical, administrative or non-substantive changes). Any amendments to the Code, or any waivers of its requirements for which disclosure is required, will be disclosed on our website. Hedging and Pledging Policy Employees and directors are prohibited from engaging in any hedging transactions (including transactions involving options, puts, calls, prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds or other derivatives) that are designed to hedge or speculate on any change in the market value of the Company’s equity securities. Indemnification of Officers and Directors Our certificate of incorporation provides that we will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). We have established directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures such persons against the costs of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances. Our certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty, except for liability relating to any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, violations under Section 174 of the DGCL or any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify each director and executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, including indemnification of expenses such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director or executive officer in any action or proceeding, including any action or proceeding by or in right of us, arising out of the person’s services as a director or executive officer. Transactions with Related Persons We describe below certain transactions or series of transactions, since the beginning of our last fiscal year or currently proposed, to which we were or will be a participant and in which: the amount or amounts involved exceed or will exceed $120,000; and any of our directors, director nominees, or executive officers (in each case, including their immediate family members) or beneficial holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. Other than as described below, there have not been, nor are there any currently proposed, transactions or series of similar transactions meeting this criteria to which we have been or will be a participant other than compensation arrangements, which are described where required under “Executive Officers and Compensation.” Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC On October 7, 2019, BRP Group, Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC (“BRP”) and certain historical members (the “Pre-IPO LLC Members”) of BRP entered into the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of BRP (the “Amended LLC Agreement”). We operate our business through BRP in accordance with the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement, so long as each of the owners of BRP’s outstanding equity interests (“BRP’s LLC Members”) continue to own any membership interests of BRP (“LLC Units”) or securities redeemable or exchangeable into shares of our Class A common stock, we will not, without the prior written consent of such holders, engage in any business activity other than the management and ownership of BRP or own any assets other than securities of BRP and/or any cash or other property or assets distributed by or otherwise received from BRP, unless we determine in good faith that such actions or ownership are in the best interest of BRP. As the sole managing member of BRP, we have control over all of the affairs and decision making of BRP. As such, through our officers and directors, we are responsible for all operational and administrative decisions of BRP and the day-to-day management of BRP’s business. We will fund any dividends to our shareholders by causing BRP to make distributions to BRP’s LLC Members and us, subject to the limitations imposed by our debt agreements. The holders of LLC Units will generally incur U.S. federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any net taxable income of BRP. Net profits and net losses of BRP will generally be allocated to its members pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective ownership of LLC Units, though certain non-pro rata adjustments will be made to reflect tax depreciation, amortization and other allocations. The Amended LLC Agreement provides for pro rata cash distributions to the holders of LLC Units for purposes of funding their tax obligations in respect of the taxable income of BRP that is allocated to them. Generally, these tax distributions will be computed based on BRP’s estimate of the net taxable income of BRP allocable to each holder of LLC Units multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual or corporate resident of Florida (taking into account the non-deductibility of certain expenses and the character of our income). Except as otherwise determined by us, if at any time we issue a share of our Class A common stock, the net proceeds received by us with respect to such share, if any, shall be concurrently invested in BRP and BRP shall issue to us one LLC Unit (unless such share was issued by us solely to fund the purchase of an LLC Unit from a holder of LLC Units (upon an election by us to exchange such LLC Unit in lieu of redemption following a redemption request by such holder of LLC Units in which case such net proceeds shall instead be transferred to the selling holder of LLC Units as consideration for such purchase, and BRP will not issue an additional LLC Unit to us)). Similarly, except as otherwise determined by us, (i) BRP will not issue any additional LLC Units to us unless we issue or sell an equal number of shares of our Class A common stock and (ii) should BRP issue any additional LLC Units to BRP’s LLC Members or any other person, we will issue an equal number of shares of our Class B common stock to such BRP LLC Members or any other person. Conversely, if at any time any shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired, BRP will redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire an equal number of LLC Units held by us, upon the same terms and for the same price per security, as the shares of our Class A common stock are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired. In addition, BRP will not effect any subdivision (by any unit split, unit distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse unit split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the LLC Units unless it is accompanied by substantively identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of each class of our common stock, and we will not effect any subdivision or combination of any class of our common stock unless it is accompanied by a substantively identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the LLC Units. Under the Amended LLC Agreement, the holders of LLC Units (other than us) have the right to require BRP to redeem all or a portion of their LLC Units for, at our election, newly-issued shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or a cash payment equal to the volume weighted average market price of one share of our Class A common stock for each LLC Unit redeemed (subject to customary adjustments, including for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications). If we decide to make a cash payment, the holder of an LLC Unit has the option to rescind its redemption request within a specified time period. Upon the exercise of the redemption right, the redeeming member will surrender its LLC Units to BRP for cancellation. The Amended LLC Agreement requires that we contribute cash or shares of our Class A common stock to BRP in exchange for an amount of newly-issued LLC Units in BRP that will be issued to us equal to the number of LLC Units redeemed from the holders of LLC Units. BRP will then distribute the cash or shares of our Class A common stock to such holder of an LLC Unit to complete the redemption. In the event of a redemption request by a holder of an LLC Unit, we may, at our option, effect a direct exchange of cash or Class A common stock for LLC Units in lieu of such a redemption. Whether by redemption or exchange, we are obligated to ensure that at all times the number of LLC Units that we or our wholly owned subsidiaries own equals the number of shares of Class A common stock issued by us (subject to certain exceptions for treasury shares and shares underlying certain convertible or exchangeable securities). Shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled on a one-for-one basis if we, following a redemption request of a holder of an LLC Unit, redeem or exchange LLC Units of such holder of an LLC Unit pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement. The Amended LLC Agreement provides that, in the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to our Class A common stock is proposed by us or our shareholders and approved by our board of directors or is otherwise consented to or approved by our board of directors, the holders of LLC Units will be permitted to participate in such offer by delivery of a notice of redemption or exchange that is effective immediately prior to the consummation of such offer. In the case of any such offer proposed by us, we are obligated to use our reasonable best efforts to enable and permit the holders of LLC Units to participate in such offer to the same extent or on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of shares of our Class A common stock without discrimination. In addition, we are obligated to use our reasonable best efforts to ensure that the holders of LLC Units may participate in each such offer without being required to redeem or exchange LLC Units. Subject to certain exceptions, BRP will indemnify all of its members and their officers and other related persons, against all losses or expenses arising from claims or other legal proceedings in which such person (in its capacity as such) may be involved or become subject to in connection with BRP’s business or affairs or the Amended LLC Agreement or any related document. BRP may be dissolved upon (i) the determination by us to dissolve BRP or (ii) any other event which would cause the dissolution of BRP under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, unless BRP is continued in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. Upon dissolution, BRP will be liquidated and the proceeds from any liquidation will be applied and distributed in the following manner: (a) first, to creditors (including creditors who are members or affiliates of members) in satisfaction of all of BRP’s liabilities (whether by payment or by making reasonable provision for payment of such liabilities, including the setting up of any reasonably necessary reserves) and (b) second, to the members in proportion to their vested LLC Units. Tax Receivable Agreement On October 28, 2019, we entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement with BRP’s LLC Members that provides for the payment by us to BRP’s LLC Members of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax that we actually realize as a result of (i) any increase in tax basis in BRP’s assets resulting from (a) acquisitions by BRP Group of LLC Units from BRP’s LLC Members in connection with our initial public offering, (b) the acquisition of LLC Units from BRP’s LLC Members using the net proceeds from any future offering, (c) redemptions or exchanges by BRP’s LLC Members of LLC Units and the corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock for shares of our Class A common stock or cash or (d) payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and (ii) tax benefits related to imputed interest resulting from payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement. This payment obligation is an obligation of BRP Group and not of BRP. For purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement, the cash tax savings in income tax will be computed by comparing the actual income tax liability of BRP Group (calculated with certain assumptions) to the amount of such taxes that BRP Group would have been required to pay had there been no increase to the tax basis of the assets of BRP as a result of the redemptions or exchanges and had BRP Group not entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. While the actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of redemptions or exchanges, the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the redemption or exchange, the extent to which such redemptions or exchanges are taxable and the amount and timing of our income, we anticipate that we will account for the effects of these increases in tax basis and associated payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement arising from future redemptions or exchanges as follows: record an increase in deferred tax assets for the estimated income tax effects of the increases in tax basis based on enacted federal and state tax rates on the date of the redemption or exchange; reduce the deferred tax asset with a valuation allowance to the extent we estimate that we will not realize the full benefit represented by the deferred tax asset; and record 85% of the estimated realizable tax benefit (which is the recorded deferred tax asset less any recorded valuation allowance) as an increase to the liability due under the Tax Receivable Agreement and the remaining 15% of the estimated realizable tax benefit as an increase to additional paid-in capital. Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement are not conditioned on BRP’s LLC Members’ continued ownership of us. There may be a material negative effect on our liquidity if, as described below, the payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement exceed the actual benefits we receive in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement and/or distributions to us by BRP are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement. In addition, although we are not aware of any issue that would cause the IRS to challenge the tax basis increases or other benefits arising under the Tax Receivable Agreement, BRP’s LLC Members will not reimburse us for any payments previously made if such tax basis increases or other tax benefits are subsequently disallowed, except that any excess payments made to BRP’s LLC Members will be netted against future payments otherwise to be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement, if any, after our determination of such excess. As a result, in such circumstances we could make payments to BRP’s LLC Members under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than our actual cash tax savings and may not be able to recoup those payments, which could negatively impact our liquidity. In addition, the Tax Receivable Agreement provides that, upon certain mergers, asset sales or other forms of business combination or certain other changes of control, our or our successor’s obligations with respect to tax benefits would be based on certain assumptions, including that we or our successor would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the benefits arising from the increased tax deductions and tax basis and other benefits covered by the Tax Receivable Agreement. As a result, upon a change of control, we could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than or less than the specified percentage of our actual cash tax savings, which could negatively impact our liquidity. This provision of the Tax Receivable Agreement may result in situations where BRP’s LLC Members have interests that differ from or are in addition to those of our other shareholders. In addition, we could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are substantial and in excess of our, or a potential acquirer’s, actual cash savings in income tax. Finally, because we are a holding company with no operations of our own, our ability to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement is dependent on the ability of BRP to make distributions to us. To the extent that we are unable to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for any reason, such payments will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid. Our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement will also apply with respect to any person who is issued LLC Units in the future and who becomes a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Registration Rights Agreement On October 28, 2019, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Pre-IPO LLC Members. At any time beginning on April 25, 2020 (i.e., 180 days following the closing of our initial public offering), subject to several exceptions, including underwriter cutbacks and our right to defer a demand registration under certain circumstances, the Pre-IPO LLC Members may require that we register for public resale under the Securities Act all shares of Class A common stock constituting registrable securities that they request be registered at any time following our initial public offering so long as the securities requested to be registered in each registration statement have an aggregate estimated market value of at least $25 million. In addition, the Pre-IPO LLC Members have the right to require us to register the sale of the registrable securities held by them on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, subject to offering size and other restrictions. If we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act for our own account or the account of any other holder (excluding any registration related to an employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization or other Rule 145 transaction), the Pre-IPO LLC Members are entitled to notice of such registration and to request that we include registrable securities for resale on such registration statement, and we are required, subject to certain exceptions, to include such registrable securities in such registration statement. We have undertaken in the Registration Rights Agreement to use our reasonable best efforts to maintain a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 to permit the resale of the shares of Class A common stock held by the Pre-IPO LLC Members. In connection with the transfer of their registrable securities, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement may assign certain of their respective rights under the Registration Rights Agreement under certain circumstances. In connection with the registrations described above, we will indemnify any selling shareholders and we will bear all fees, costs and expenses (except underwriting discounts and spreads). Stockholders Agreement On October 28, 2019, we entered into the Stockholders Agreement with each of the Pre-IPO LLC Members, which provides that, for so long as the Substantial Ownership Requirement is met, approval by the Pre-IPO LLC Members will be required for certain corporate actions. These actions include: (1) a change of control; (2) acquisitions or dispositions of assets in an amount exceeding 5% of our total assets; (3) the issuance of securities of BRP Group or any of its subsidiaries (other than under equity incentive plans that have received the prior approval of our board of directors) in an amount exceeding $10 million; (4) amendments to our certificate of incorporation or by-laws or to the certificate of formation or operating agreement of BRP; (5) the incurrence, guarantee, assumption or refinancing of indebtedness, or grant of a security interest, in excess of 10% of total assets; (6) any capital or other expenditure in excess of 5% of total assets; and (7) any change in the size of the board of directors. The Stockholders Agreement also provides that, until the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer met, the approval of the Pre-IPO LLC Members will be required for the hiring and termination of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Partnership Officer or any other change to senior management or key employees (including terms of compensation). Furthermore, the Stockholders Agreement provides that, until the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer met, the Pre-IPO LLC Members holding a majority of the shares of Class B common stock held by the Pre-IPO LLC Members may designate the majority of the nominees for election to our board of directors, including the nominee for election to serve as the Board Chair. Indemnification Agreements We entered into an indemnification agreement with each of our executive officers and directors that provides, in general, that we will indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with their service to us or on our behalf. Family Relationships Trey Baldwin and John Baldwin, brothers of Lowry Baldwin, our Board Chair, received $204,000 and $468,000, respectively, from the Company in risk advisor commissions since the beginning of fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. Other Related Person Transactions Commissions Revenue The Company serves as a broker for the Holding Company of the Villages, Inc. (“The Villages”) and certain affiliated entities. Since the beginning of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, commissions revenue recorded as a result of transactions with The Villages and its affiliated entities was approximately $1.6 million. The Company serves as a broker for an entity in which Chris Sullivan, a member of our board of directors, owns approximately 35%. Since the beginning of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, commissions revenue recorded as a result of transactions with such entity was approximately $193,000. Rent Expenses The Company is a party to various agreements to lease office space from wholly-owned subsidiaries of The Villages. Rent expense ranges from approximately $3,000 to $28,000 per month, per lease. Lease agreements expire on various dates through 2025. Since the beginning of fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, total rent expense incurred with respect to The Villages and its wholly-owned subsidiaries was $671,000. Ownership Interest Redemption On each of June 24, 2020 and December 8, 2020, BRP Group consummated an underwritten offering of shares of its Class A common stock. A portion of the net proceeds from each sale was used to purchase then-newly issued LLC Units from BRP, and to purchase LLC Units from certain co-founders and executive officers of the Company. We purchased 1,875,000, 450,000 and 150,000 LLC Units from Lowry Baldwin, Elizabeth Krystyn and Laura Sherman, respectively, for proceeds of $23.7 million, $5.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in connection with the June 2020 offering. We purchased 566,667, 300,000, 400,000, 200,000 and 150,000 LLC Units from Lowry Baldwin, Elizabeth Krystyn, Laura Sherman, Kris Wiebeck, our Chief Strategy Officer, John Valentine, our Chief Partnership Officer, and/or their affiliated entities, respectively, for proceeds of $16.0 million, $8.5 million, $11.3 million, $5.6 million and $4.2 million respectively, in connection with the December 2020 offering. Related Person Transactions Policies and Procedures We adopted a written Related Person Transactions Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth our policy with respect to the review, approval, ratification and disclosure of all related person transactions by our Audit Committee. In accordance with the Policy, our Audit Committee has overall responsibility for implementation of and compliance with the Policy. For purposes of the Policy, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which a related person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest, as determined by the Audit Committee. The Policy contains certain enumerated exceptions to transactions that would otherwise fall within the definition of “related party transaction”, including, among others, where the amount involved exceeds the lesser of (i) $120,000 and (ii) one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years. The Policy requires that notice of a proposed related person transaction be provided to our legal department prior to entry into such transaction. If our legal department determines that such transaction is a potential related person transaction, the proposed transaction will be submitted to our Audit Committee for consideration at its next meeting. Under the Policy, our Audit Committee may approve only those potential related person transactions that are in, or not inconsistent with, the Company’s best interests. In the event that we become aware of a related person transaction that has not been previously reviewed, approved or ratified under the Policy and that is ongoing or is completed, the transaction will be submitted to the Audit Committee so that it may determine whether to ratify, rescind or terminate the related person transaction. The Policy also provides that the Audit Committee review certain previously approved or ratified related person transactions that are ongoing to determine whether the related person transaction remains in our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders. Additionally, we will make periodic inquiries of directors and executive officers with respect to any potential related person transaction of which they may be a party or of which they may be aware. Executive Officers and Compensation Executive Officer Biographies Trevor Baldwin BRP may be dissolved upon (i) the determination by us to dissolve BRP or (ii) any other event which would cause the dissolution of BRP under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, unless BRP is continued in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. Upon dissolution, BRP will be liquidated and the proceeds from any liquidation will be applied and distributed in the following manner: (a) first, to creditors (including creditors who are members or affiliates of members) in satisfaction of all of BRP’s liabilities (whether by payment or by making reasonable provision for payment of such liabilities, including the setting up of any reasonably necessary reserves) and (b) second, to the members in proportion to their vested LLC Units.
Tax Receivable Agreement
On October 28, 2019, we entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement with BRP’s LLC Members that provides for the payment by us to BRP’s LLC Members of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax that we actually realize as a result of (i) any increase in tax basis in BRP’s assets resulting from (a) acquisitions by BRP Group of LLC Units from BRP’s LLC Members in connection with our initial public offering, (b) the acquisition of LLC Units from BRP’s LLC Members using the net proceeds from any future offering, (c) redemptions or exchanges by BRP’s LLC Members of LLC Units and the corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock for shares of our Class A common stock or cash or (d) payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and (ii) tax benefits related to imputed interest resulting from payments made under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
This payment obligation is an obligation of BRP Group and not of BRP. For purposes of the Tax Receivable Agreement, the cash tax savings in income tax will be computed by comparing the actual income tax liability of BRP Group (calculated with certain assumptions) to the amount of such taxes that BRP Group would have been required to pay had there been no increase to the tax basis of the assets of BRP as a result of the redemptions or exchanges and had BRP Group not entered into the Tax Receivable Agreement. Estimating the amount of payments that may be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement is by its nature imprecise, insofar as the
calculation of amounts payable depends on a variety of factors. While the actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of redemptions or exchanges, the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the redemption or exchange, the extent to which such redemptions or exchanges are taxable and the amount and timing of our income, we anticipate that we will account for the effects of these increases in tax basis and associated payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement arising from future redemptions or exchanges as follows:
record an increase in deferred tax assets for the estimated income tax effects of the increases in tax basis based on enacted federal and state tax rates on the date of the redemption or exchange;
reduce the deferred tax asset with a valuation allowance to the extent we estimate that we will not realize the full benefit represented by the deferred tax asset; and
record 85% of the estimated realizable tax benefit (which is the recorded deferred tax asset less any recorded valuation allowance) as an increase to the liability due under the Tax Receivable Agreement and the remaining 15% of the estimated realizable tax benefit as an increase to additionalpaid-in capital.
Payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement are not conditioned on BRP’s LLC Members’ continued ownership of us. There may be a material negative effect on our liquidity if, as described below, the payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement exceed the actual benefits we receive in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement and/or distributions to us by BRP are not sufficient to permit us to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
In addition, although we are not aware of any issue that would cause the IRS to challenge the tax basis increases or other benefits arising under the Tax Receivable Agreement, BRP’s LLC Members will not reimburse us for any payments previously made if such tax basis increases or other tax benefits are subsequently disallowed, except that any excess payments made to BRP’s LLC Members will be netted against future payments otherwise to be made under the Tax Receivable Agreement, if any, after our determination of such excess. As a result, in such circumstances we could make payments to BRP’s LLC Members under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than our actual cash tax savings and may not be able to recoup those payments, which could negatively impact our liquidity.
In addition, the Tax Receivable Agreement provides that, upon certain mergers, asset sales or other forms of business combination or certain other changes of control, our or our successor’s obligations with respect to tax benefits would be based on certain assumptions, including that we or our successor would have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the benefits arising from the increased tax deductions and tax basis and other benefits covered by the Tax Receivable Agreement. As a result, upon a change of control, we could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are greater than or less than the specified percentage of our actual cash tax savings, which could negatively impact our liquidity.
This provision of the Tax Receivable Agreement may result in situations where BRP’s LLC Members have interests that differ from or are in addition to those of our other stockholders. In addition, we could be required to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement that are substantial and in excess of our, or a potential acquirer’s, actual cash savings in income tax.
Finally, because we are a holding company with no operations of our own, our ability to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement is dependent on the ability of BRP to make distributions to us. To the extent that we are unable to make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement for any reason, such payments will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid.
Our obligations under the Tax Receivable Agreement will also apply with respect to any person who is issued LLC Units in the future and who becomes a party to the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Registration Rights Agreement
We entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with thePre-IPO LLC Members.
At any time beginning on April 25, 2020 (i.e., 180 days following the closing of our initial public offering), subject to several exceptions, including underwriter cutbacks and our right to defer a demand registration under certain circumstances, thePre-IPO LLC Members may require that we register for public resale under the Securities Act all shares of Class A common stock constituting registrable securities that they request be registered at any time following our initial public offering so long as the securities requested to be registered in each registration statement have an aggregate estimated market value of least $25 million. If we become eligible to register the sale of our securities on FormS-3 under the Securities Act, which will not be until at least twelve months after the date of our initial public offering, thePre-IPO LLC Members have the right to require us to register the sale of the registrable securities held by them on FormS-3, subject to offering size and other restrictions. If we propose to register any of our securities under the Securities Act for our own account or the account of any other holder (excluding any registration related to an employee benefit plan or a corporate reorganization or other Rule 145 transaction), thePre-IPO LLC Members are entitled to notice of such registration and to request that we include registrable securities for resale on such registration statement, and we are required, subject to certain exceptions, to include such registrable securities in such registration statement.
We have undertaken in the Registration Rights Agreement to use our reasonable best efforts to file a shelf registration statement on FormS-3 to permit the resale of the shares of Class A common stock held by thePre-IPO LLC Members.
In connection with the transfer of their registrable securities, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement may assign certain of their respective rights under the Registration Rights Agreement under certain circumstances. In connection with the registrations described above, we will indemnify any selling stockholders and we will bear all fees, costs and expenses (except underwriting discounts and spreads).
Stockholders Agreement
We entered into the Stockholders Agreement with each of thePre-IPO LLC Members, which provides that, for so long as the Substantial Ownership Requirement is met, approval by thePre-IPO LLC Members will be required for certain corporate actions. These actions include: (1) a change of control; (2) acquisitions or dispositions of assets in an amount exceeding 5% of our total assets; (3) the issuance of securities of BRP Group or any of its subsidiaries (other than under equity incentive plans that have received the prior approval of our board of directors) in an amount exceeding $10 million; (4) amendments to our certificate of incorporation orby-laws or to the certificate of formation or operating agreement of BRP; (5) the incurrence, guarantee, assumption or refinancing of indebtedness, or grant of a security interest, in excess of 5% of total assets; (6) any capital or other expenditure in excess of 10% of total assets; and (7) any change in the size of the board of directors. The Stockholders Agreement also provides that, until the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer met, the approval of thePre-IPO LLC Members will be required for the hiring and termination of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Partnership Officer or any other change to senior management or key employees (including terms of compensation). Furthermore, the Stockholders Agreement provides that, until the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer met, thePre-IPO LLC Members holding a majority of the shares of Class B common stock held by thePre-IPO LLC Members may designate the majority of the nominees for election to our board of directors, including the nominee for election to serve as the Chairman of the board of directors and that, so long as The Villages Invesco, LLC (“Villages Invesco”) beneficially owns 7.5% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of our common stock, it may designate one nominee for election to our board of directors and any director elected after having been nominated by Villages Invesco may only be removed for cause or with the consent of Villages Invesco. The parties to the Voting Agreement have agreed to vote for the election of the nominee designated by Villages Invesco.
Family Relationships
Lowry Baldwin, our Chairman andco-founder, is the father of Trevor Baldwin, our Chief Executive Officer.
Other Related Person Transactions
Due from Related Persons
Due from related persons totaling $43,000 and $117,000 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, consists of amounts due from related person entities in connection with newly formed partnerships.
Villages Related Party Debt
During April 2016, the Company entered into anon-revolving loan, which provided for a $100.0 millionnon-revolving line of credit (“Villages Credit Agreement”) with Holding Company of the Villages, Inc. (“Villages”). The Villages Credit Agreement required quarterly interest payments at a fixed rate per annum of 6.5% beginning July 1, 2016 and continuing on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter until maturity in April 2023.
The Villages Credit Agreement required that the Company issue Voting Common Units to Villages concurrently with each additional advance made on thenon-revolving line of credit. Advances on the Villages Credit Agreement were to be made solely to finance permitted acquisitions or for general working capital purposes. The Company issued 261,604 units at a unit price of $11.50 in connection with these advances during the year ended December 31, 2018 based on the most recent Company valuation. Total expense incurred related to the issuance of these Voting Common Units was $3.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, which was recorded as a component of interest expense as the issuance most closely represented fees paid to Villages as a replacement for a debt discount.
During March 2019, the Company amended and restated the Villages Credit Agreement, which (i) increased the principal borrowing amount of the Villages Credit Agreement to $125.0 million, (ii) increased the interest rate to a fixed rate of 8.75% per annum, and (iii) changed the maturity date to September 2024. As consideration for the increase in the interest rate, the Company was no longer required to issue additional Voting Common Units to Villages upon the closing of each additional advance.
In addition, the Company issued 293,660 Voting Common Units with a unit price of $18.76 to Villages on the closing date as consideration for the additional borrowing capacity. The Company recorded $5.5 million of noncash debt issuance costs related to the issuance of these Voting Common Units during the year ended December 31, 2019 as these Voting Common Units were issued as consideration for the refinancing. The Company also recorded an additional $1.7 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the refinancing during the year ended December 31, 2019. The refinancing did not qualify for extinguishment, and therefore, the previously unamortized deferred financing costs continued to be amortized over the term of the new agreement.
On October 28, 2019, in connection with the closing of our initial public offering, BRP repaid in full all outstanding loans, together with interest and all other amounts due in connection with such repayment under the Villages Credit Agreement and terminated the Villages Credit Agreement. No penalties were due in connection with such repayment. Entities affiliated with Villages hold approximately 10% of the equity of the Company.
The Company recorded interest expense related to quarterly interest payments to Villages of $4.9 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Commission Revenue
The Company serves as a broker for Villages. Commission revenue recorded as a result of these transactions was $1.3 million and $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The Company serves as a broker for certain entities in which Chris Sullivan, a member of our board of directors, has an approximate 35% ownership interest. Commission revenue recorded as a result of these transactions was $238,000 and $255,000 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Rent Expense
The Company is also party to various agreements to lease office space from wholly-owned subsidiaries of Villages. Rent expense ranges from approximately $2,000 to $12,500 per month, per lease. Lease agreements expire on various dates through 2023. Total rent expense incurred with respect to Villages and its wholly-owned subsidiaries was $499,000 and $493,000 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The Company is also party to various agreements to lease office space from other related persons. Rent expense ranges from approximately $1,000 to $21,000 per month, per lease. Lease agreements expire on various dates through 2029. Total rent expense incurred with respect to related persons other than Villages was $761,000 and $422,000 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Ownership Interest Redemption
BRP redeemed 297,890 units for approximately $6.25 million from each of Elizabeth Krystyn and Laura Sherman, ourco-founders, on March 15, 2019.
Indemnification Agreements
We entered into an indemnification agreement with each of our executive officers and directors that provides, in general, that we will indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with their service to us or on our behalf.
Related Person Transactions Policies and Procedures
We adopted a written related person transactions policy (the “policy”), which sets forth our policy with respect to the review, approval, ratification and disclosure of all related person transactions by our Audit Committee. In accordance with the policy, our Audit Committee has overall responsibility for implementation of and compliance with the policy.
For purposes of the policy, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we were, are or will be a participant and the amount involved exceeded, exceeds or will exceed the lesser of (i) $120,000 and (ii) one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any related person (as defined in the policy) had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “related person transaction” does not include any employment relationship or transaction involving an executive officer and any related compensation resulting solely from that employment relationship that has been reviewed and approved by our board of directors.
The policy requires that notice of a proposed related person transaction be provided to our legal department prior to entry into such transaction. If our legal department determines that such transaction is a related person transaction, the proposed transaction will be submitted to our Audit Committee for consideration at its next meeting. Under the policy, our Audit Committee may approve only those related person transactions that are in, or not inconsistent with, our best interests. In the event that we become aware of a related person transaction that has not been previously reviewed, approved or ratified under the policy and that is ongoing or is completed, the transaction will be submitted to the Audit Committee so that it may determine whether to ratify, rescind or terminate the related person transaction.
The policy also provides that the Audit Committee review certain previously approved or ratified related person transactions that are ongoing to determine whether the related person transaction remains in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. Additionally, we will make periodic inquiries of directors and executive officers with respect to any potential related person transaction of which they may be a party or of which they may be aware.
Executive Officers and Compensation
Executive Officer Biographies
Trevor Baldwin
Chief Executive Officer Trevor Baldwin, age 34,35, has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 2019 and has served as Directordirector since September 2019. Mr. Baldwin joined what is today the Middle Market Operating Group in 2009 as a Commercial Risk Advisor working primarily with healthcare and private equity clients, overclients. Over time he led the firm’s Commercial Risk Management Group as Managing Director, followed by being Baldwin Risk Partners’ President & Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Baldwin Risk Partners, Mr. Baldwin worked at the private equity firm HealthEdge Investment Partners, LLC. Mr. Baldwin graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Risk Management & Insurance. Kris Wiebeck Chief FinancialStrategy Officer Kris Wiebeck, age 37, has served38, joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer of the Company sincein May 2015.2015 and was appointed Chief Strategy Officer effective April 1, 2021. Mr. Wiebeck began his career in the Advisory Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. From October 2007 to March 2015, Mr. Wiebeck worked at MMA Capital Management holding various roles, the most recent of which was Senior Vice President responsible for United States Investments. Mr. Wiebeck has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Florida where he was also a four timefour-time All American on the men’s swimming & diving team and a winner of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Brad Hale Chief Financial Officer Brad Hale, age 40, joined the Company as Chief Accounting Officer in May 2019 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective April 1, 2021. From September 2014 to May 2019, Mr. Hale served as Managing Director and shareholder at CBIZ MHM, LLC, where he led the Accounting Advisory Practice through projects focused on complex accounting and SEC matters. From June 2010 to September 2014, he was the Director of Accounting and Risk Management for Bloomin Brands, Inc., after starting his career at Deloitte where he focused on serving insurance clients. Mr. Hale has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accountancy from Wake Forest University. John Valentine Chief Partnership Officer John Valentine, age 40,41, has served as Chief Partnership Officer of the Company since August 2018. As Chief Partnership Officer, Mr. Valentine is responsible for Partnership execution and due diligence activities in collaboration with our respective Division and Business Function leadership teams. In addition, Mr. Valentine collaborates with our leadership team to drive successful integration of new Partners. Mr. Valentine was at Wells Fargo Securities from November 2010 to August 2018 where he most recently was a Director and led the Investment Banking practice in theMid-Atlantic region. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Securities, Mr. Valentine was a vice president at Hyde Park Capital Partners, LLC and Athena Capital Partners. Mr. Valentine earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with special attainments in commerce, from Washington and Lee University. Daniel Galbraith Chief Operating Officer Daniel Galbraith, age 38,40, has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since March 2019. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Galbraith is focused on operational execution of the firm’s strategic priorities, organizational development and business development. He is also responsible for sales strategy and execution throughout all Operating Groups. Mr. Galbraith began his career at Cintas Corporation and, after 11 years in operations and sales leadership roles, achieved the position of Head of Sales in the Document Management division. In May 2014, Mr. Galbraith was appointed as Executive Vice President of Sales atShred-It and in October 2015 was the Senior Vice President of sales for Stericycle. Mr. Galbraith graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, where he majored in Government with a minor in Economics. Brad HaleCorbyn Galloway
Chief Accounting Officer Brad Hale,Corbyn Galloway, age 39, has served29, joined the Company as Director of Accounting in May 2019 and was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer, effective April 1, 2021. As Chief Accounting Officer, Ms. Galloway is responsible for BRP Group’s accounting function and financial reporting. Ms. Galloway began her career in the Assurance practice at CBIZ & MHM Tampa Bay, where she planned and executed financial statement audits of the Company sinceprivately-held and publicly-traded companies from September 2013 to May 2019. From September 2014 to May 2019, Mr. HaleWhile at CBIZ, Ms. Galloway served as Managing Directora technical leader, focusing specifically on transaction-related accounting, business combinations, and shareholder at CBIZ MHM, LLC, where he ledrevenue recognition. Ms. Galloway graduated with honors from the Accounting Advisory Practice through projects focused on complex accounting and SEC matters. From June 2010
to September 2014, he was the DirectorUniversity of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Risk Management for Bloomin Brands, Inc, after starting his career at Deloitte where he focused on serving insurance clients. Mr. Hale hasis licensed as a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accountancy from Wake Forest University.Certified Public Accountant.
Christopher Stephens General Counsel Christopher Stephens, age 42,43, has served as General Counsel of the Company since September 2019.2019 and Corporate Secretary since March 2020. As General Counsel, Mr. Stephens is responsible for BRP Group’s legal matters. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Stephens served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Savills Inc. from January 2019 to September 2019, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel from July 2016 to January 2019 and Vice President and Associate General Counsel from September 2015 to July 2016. Prior to joining Savills, Mr. Stephens was a shareholder with Hill Ward Henderson until August 2015 where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings and compliance, venture capital transactions and corporate governance matters after joining as an associate in September 2004. Mr. Stephens began his legal career with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Mr. Stephens received a BS in finance from the University of Florida in 2000 and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. Executive Compensation The executive compensation disclosure contained in this section reflects compensation information with respect to our ”named“named executive officers” (“NEOs”) for the year ended December 31, 2019, which include2020, who are Trevor Baldwin, our Chief Executive Officer, and our two other most highly compensated executive officers for that year, including Christopher Stephens, our General Counsel, and Daniel Galbraith,2020, Kris Wiebeck, our Chief OperatingStrategy Officer, and John Valentine, our Chief Partnership Officer. Our Company BRP Group is a rapidly growing independent insurance distribution firm delivering solutions that give our clients the peace of mind to pursue their purpose, passion and dreams. We support our clients, colleagues, insurance company partners and communities through the deployment of vanguard resources and capital to drive organic and inorganic growth. When we consistently execute for these key stakeholders, we believe that the outcome is an increase in value for our fifth stakeholder, our shareholders. We are innovating the industry by taking a holistic and tailored approach to risk management, insurance and employee benefits. Our growth plan includes increased geographic representation across the U.S., expanded client value propositions and new lines of insurance to meet the needs of evolving lifestyles, business risks and healthcare funding. We are a destination employer supported by an award-winning culture, powered by exceptional people and fueled by industry-leading growth and innovation. We represent over 600,000 clients across the U.S. and internationally. Our more than 1,500 colleagues include approximately 290 risk advisors, who are fiercely independent, relentlessly competitive and “insurance geeks.” We have approximately 80 offices in 18 states, all of which are equipped to provide diversified products and services to empower our clients at every stage through our four operating groups. In 2011, we adopted the “Azimuth” as our corporate constitution. Named after a historical navigation tool used to find “true north,” the Azimuth asserts our core values, business basics and stakeholder promises. The ideals encompassed by the Azimuth support our mission to deliver indispensable, tailored insurance and risk management insights and solutions to our clients. We strive to be regarded as the preeminent insurance advisory firm fueled by relationships, powered by people and exemplified by client adoption and loyalty. This type of environment is upheld by the distinct vernacular we use to describe our services and culture. We are a firm, instead of an agency; we have colleagues, instead of employees; and we have risk advisors, instead of producers/agents. We serve clients instead of customers and we refer to our strategic acquisitions as partnerships. We refer to insurance brokerages that we have acquired, or in the case of asset acquisitions, the producers, as partners. We are an emerging growth company and, as such, are providing executive compensation information in line with the requirements of Item 402 of Regulation S-K for a company of our status. Compensation Philosophy We provide executive compensation through a total compensation program. This program consists of fixed and variable elements and performance-based pay designed to reward performance. Our total compensation is weighed more heavily toward incentive compensation in the form of short and, beginning in 2021, long-term incentives. The Company retained FGMK, LLC in 2020 to advise on relevant market practices and specific compensation programs. Some of the services FGMK, LLC has provided have included: developing a bonus plan philosophy; developing an annual cash compensation structure; and developing short-term incentive and long-term incentive plans. The Compensation Committee retained Pear Meyer & Partners, LLC (“Pearl Meyer”) in 2020 to advise on market practices. The services included collection of market data on compensation practices in our current comparator group and general industry compensation. The Compensation Committee considered the independence of Pearl Meyer in light of SEC rules and Nasdaq listing standards. At this time, the Compensation Committee has concluded there is no conflict of interest with regard to Pearl Meyer. Summary Compensation Table The below summary compensation table contains compensation paid to our NEOs during the years ended December 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019. All numbers are rounded to the nearest dollar. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Name and Position | | Year | | | Salary ($) | | | Bonus ($)(1) | | | Stock Awards ($)(2) | | | Non-equity Incentive Plan Awards ($)(3) | | | All Other Compensation ($)(4) | | | Total ($) | | Trevor Baldwin(5) | | | 2019 | | | | 194,167 | | | | 100,000 | | | | — | | | | 473,750 | | | | 269,157 | | | | 1,037,074 | | Chief Executive Officer | | | 2018 | | | | 125,006 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 28,947 | | | | 218,374 | | | | 372,327 | | | | | | | | | | Christopher Stephens(6) | | | 2019 | | | | 76,425 | | | | — | | | | 1,648,072 | | | | 37,500 | | | | 712,536 | | | | 2,474,533 | | General Counsel | | | 2018 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | Daniel Galbraith(7) | | | 2019 | | | | 239,506 | | | | — | | | | 1,648,817 | | | | 248,633 | | | | 4,000 | | | | 2,140,956 | | Chief Operating Officer | | | 2018 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Name and Position | | Year | | Salary ($) | | | Bonus ($)(1) | | | Stock Awards ($)(2) | | | Non-equity Incentive Plan Awards ($)(3) | | | All Other Compensation ($)(4) | | | Total ($) | | | | | | | | | | Trevor Baldwin | | 2020 | | | 400,000 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 724,000 | | | | — | | | | 1,124,000 | | | | | | | | | | Chief Executive Officer | | 2019 | | | 194,167 | | | | 100,000 | | | | — | | | | 375,485(5) | | | | 269,157 | | | | 938,809 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kris Wiebeck(6) | | 2020 | | | 300,000 | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | — | | | | 549,000 | | | | 16,000 | | | | 1,865,000 | | | | | | | | | | Chief Strategy Officer | | 2019 | | | 300,000 | | | | — | | | | 116,160 | | | | 361,116 | | | | — | | | | 777,276 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Valentine | | 2020 | | | 300,000 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 558,000 | | | | 12,440 | | | | 870,440 | | | | | | | | | | Chief Partnership Officer | | 2019 | | | 300,000 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 361,116 | | | | 5,600 | | | | 666,716 | |
(1) | TheFor 2020, the amount shown represents a $1,000,000 bonus paid to Mr. Wiebeck in recognition of his successful leadership and execution of our June 2020 follow-on public offering. For 2019, the amount shown represents a $100,000 bonus paid to Mr. Baldwin in connection with our initial public offering.
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(2) | In 2019, (i) Mr. Stephens was granted (x) 30,000The amount shown represents 42,240 Management Incentive Units (“MIUs”) in BRP granted to Mr. Wiebeck in 2019, which were exchanged for 1,927179,333 LLC Units (and an equal number of shares of Class B common stock) as part of our initial public offering and (y) 69,503 LLC Units (and an equal number of shares of Class B common stock) and (ii) Mr. Galbraith was granted 343,659 MIUs in BRP, which were exchanged for 1,376,592 LLC Units (and an equal number of Shares of Class B common stock) as part of our initial public offering. A portion of these awards is subject to vesting as described in the footnotes to the “Outstanding Equity Awards at 2019 Fiscal Year End” table. The amounts shown represent the grant date fair value of these awards as computed in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718,Compensation. For a discussion of valuation assumptions used to determine the grant date fair value of these awards, see Note 1916 to our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 20192020 included in our Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2020.11, 2021.
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(3) | TheFor 2020, the amounts shown represent (i) a cash bonus paid to Mr. Baldwin in 2019 in respect of 2018 performance and (ii) bonuses paid to Messrs. Baldwin, StephensWiebeck and GalbraithValentine in 2021 in respect of 2020 performance (collectively, the “2020 Bonuses”). For Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Wiebeck, the 2020 Bonus was settled in 26,733 and 20,271 shares, respectively, of fully vested Class A common stock issued under our Omnibus Incentive Plan. For Mr. Valentine, $75,000 of the 2020 Bonus was settled in cash and the remainder was settled in 17,834 shares of fully vested Class A common stock issued under our Omnibus Incentive Plan. For 2019, the amounts shown represent bonuses paid to Messrs. Baldwin, Wiebeck and Valentine in 2020 in respect of 2019 performance (collectively, the “2019 Bonuses”). For Mr. Baldwin, $75,000 of the 2019 Bonus was settled in cash and the remainder was settled in 28,482 shares of fully vested Class A common stock issued under our Omnibus Incentive Plan. For Mr. Stephens, the full amount of the 2019 Bonus was settled in cash. For Mr. Galbraith, $50,000Wiebeck, $75,000 of the 2019 Bonus was settled in cash and the remainder was settled in 14,18827,120 shares of fully vested Class A common stock issued under our Omnibus Incentive Plan. For Mr. Valentine, $75,000 of the 2019 Bonus was settled in cash and the remainder was settled in 27,120 shares of fully vested Class A common stock issued under our Omnibus Incentive Plan.
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(4) | The amounts shown represent (i) commissionstax preparation services paid to Mr. Baldwinfor by BRP on behalf of Messrs. Wiebeck and Valentine in 2019respect of 2020 taxes at a cost of $16,000 and 2018,$8,000, respectively, (ii) a cash bonus paid to Mr. Stephens in 2019 to cover tax obligations associated with his stock awards and (iii) matching employer contributions for Mr. GalbraithValentine of $4,440 in 2020 and $5.600 in 2019 under a qualified defined contribution plan sponsored by BRP Colleague, Inc. and (iii) commissions paid to Mr. Baldwin in 2019. After our initial public offering, Mr. Baldwin is no longer eligible to earn commissions. |
(5) | The amount shown for Mr. BaldwinBaldwin’s 2019 Bonus in the 2020 Proxy Statement of $473,750 was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer on May 21, 2019. Prior to this, he served as our President.overstated by $98,265. |
(6) | Mr. Stephens joined BRP Group as our General Counsel on September 30, 2019. |
(7) | Mr. Galbraith joined BRP GroupWiebeck was appointed as our Chief OperatingStrategy Officer on March 13, 2019.April 1, 2021. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Financial Officer.
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Employment Agreements and Other Compensation Agreements EmployeeEmployment Agreements
We entered into employment agreements with each of our named executive officers, which became effective upon the closing of our initial public offering. Effective April 1, 2021, we amended Mr. Wiebeck’s employment agreement to reflect his new role as our Chief Strategy Officer. Mr. Baldwin’s employment agreement provides for an annual base salary of $400,000, and Messrs. Stephens’Wiebeck’s and Galbraith’sValentine’s employment agreements each provide for an annual base salary of $300,000. Mr. Baldwin’s agreement also provided for a $100,000 cash bonus, which was paid in connection with our initial public offering. Messrs. Baldwin’s, Wiebeck’s and Galbraith’sValentine’s employment agreements provide for an annual incentive opportunity of up to 250% of base salary, which may be settled in a combination of cash and equity awards at our Compensation Committee’s discretion. Mr. Stephens’ agreement provides for a target annual incentive opportunity of at least 50% of base salary, which may be settled in a combination of cash and equity awards at our Compensation Committee’s discretion. In addition, Mr. Galbraith’sValentine’s employment agreement provides that if we terminate his employment without “cause” (as defined in his agreement) prior to the full vesting of his LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock), he will be entitled to cash severance equal to $1,500,000, payable in equal installments over theone-year period following such termination, subject to his execution andnon-revocation of a general release of claims. Mr. Stephens’ agreement (in conjunction with his equity award agreements) also provides that if we terminate his employment without “cause” or he resigns for “good reason” (each as defined in his agreement), he will be entitled to (i) cash severance equal to the greater of (x) $400,000 and (y) the sum of his then base salary and most recent annual bonus earned prior to the termination date, payable in equal installments over theone-year period following such termination, and (ii) full accelerated vesting of his LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock), in each case subject to his execution andnon-revocation of a general release of claims. Restrictive Covenants Each of our named executive officersNEOs is subject tonon-competition, customer and employeenon-solicitation and confidentiality restrictions. Pension Benefits We do not provide a pension plan for our employees, and none of our named executive officersNEOs participated in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan in 20192020 or 2018.2019. We maintain a qualified defined contribution plan sponsored by BRP Colleague Inc. (the “401(k) Plan”). Mr. GalbraithValentine participated in the 401(k) Plan during 2020 and 2019. BRP Group, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan In 2019, in connection with our initial public offering, we adopted, and received shareholder approval for, the Company’s Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”“Omnibus Plan”). The purpose of the Omnibus Plan is to motivate and reward employees and other individuals to perform at the highest level and contribute significantly to our success, thereby furthering the best interests of our shareholders. The Omnibus Plan provides for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards (“RSUs”), performance awards, other cash-based awards and other stock-basedshare-based awards. Messrs. Baldwin, Wiebeck, and GalbraithValentine each received a portion of their 2020 and 2019 annual bonus in the form of fully vested Class A common stock issued under the Omnibus Plan (please see the Summary Compensation Table for further information). We anticipate that we will continue to use equity awards as an integral part of our executive compensation program. BRP Group, Inc. Partnership Inducement Award Plan On November 27, 2020, we adopted the BRP Group, Inc. Partnership Inducement Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”) to motivate and reward new colleagues who join the Company, primarily through partnerships, to perform at the highest level and contribute significantly to the Company’s success, thereby furthering the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Inducement Plan permits the grant of stock options (both nonqualified and incentive stock options), SARs, restricted stock awards, RSUs, performance awards, other cash-based awards and other share-based awards. Such awards have a minimum vesting period of one year. The following table sets forth information regarding the Omnibus Plan and the Inducement Plan on December 31, 2020. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Plan category | | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (#) | | | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights ($) | | | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (#) | | | | (a) | | | (b) | | | (c) | | | | | | Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Omnibus Plan | | | — | | | | — | | | | 811,484 | | | | | | Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inducement Plan | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,500,000 | | | | | | Total | | | | | | | | | | | 2,311,484 | |
Potential Payments and Benefits on a Change in Control If we terminate Mr. Stephens’ employment without “cause” (as defined in his employment agreement) or he resigns for any reason, in each case within six months followingUpon a “change in control” (as defined in the Plan), he will be entitled to the severance benefits and equity acceleration benefits described in the “Employee Agreements” section above, in each case subject to his execution andnon-revocationcontrol,” all of a general release of claims. In addition, upon a change in control, allMr. Valentine’s unvested LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) held by Mr. Galbraith will become fully vested.vested, subject to continued employment through the occurrence of such change in control. For such purpose, “change in control” generally means (i) any person or entity (with limited exceptions) is (or becomes, during any 12-month period) the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; (ii) the replacement of more than 50% of the members of our board of directors during any 12-month period; (iii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with another entity, or the issuance of voting securities in connection with the merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity (unless (x) the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately prior to such transaction continue to represent at least 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the successor or surviving corporation (or its parent) or (y) the merger or consolidation is effected to implement a recapitalization (or similar transaction) and no person or entity is or becomes the beneficial owner of 50% or more of either the Company’s then-outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding voting securities); or (iv) the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in which any person or entity acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or entity) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to more than 50% of the total gross fair market value of all of the Company’s assets immediately prior to such acquisition(s).
Outstanding Equity Awards at 20192020 Fiscal Year End The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding unvested equity awards held by each of our NEOs on December 31, 2019.2020. | | | | | | | | | | | Name | | Type of Equity | | Number of Units (and Associated Shares) Acquired That Have Not Vested (#) | | | Market Value of Units (and Associated Shares) That Have Not Vested (#)(1) | | Christopher Stephens | | BRP LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) | | | 71,430 | (2) | | | 1,146,452 | | | | | | Daniel Galbraith | | BRP LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) | | | 897,685 | (3) | | | 14,407,844 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Name | | Type of Equity | | Number of Units (and Associated Shares) Acquired That Have Not Vested (#) | | | Market Value of Units (and Associated Shares) That Have Not Vested (#)(1) | | | | | | John Valentine | | BRP LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) | | | 570,979 | (2) | | | 17,112,241 | |
(1) | The amounts shown are based on the closing price of Class A common stock on December 31, 2019,2020, which was $16.05$29.97 per share. Each LLC Unit (and associated share of Class B common stock) is convertibleredeemable for one share of Class A common stock. |
(2) | These LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) vest in equal annual installments over fivethree years, subject to Mr. Stephens’Valentine’s continued employment, on September 30, 2020August 6, 2021 and each anniversary thereafter; provided, that if Mr. Stephens’ employment terminates due to death or disability, these LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock), to the extent not otherwise vested, will fully vest. |
(3) | These LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock) vest in equal annual installments over four years, subject to Mr. Galbraith’s continued employment, on March 13, 2020 and each anniversary thereafter; provided, that if Mr. Galbraith’sValentine’s employment terminates due to death or disability, these LLC Units (and associated shares of Class B common stock), to the extent not otherwise vested, will fully vest.
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that each of our directors and executive officers, and any other person who beneficially owns more than ten percent (10%) of our common stock, file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock. Mark G. Morse, Tracy L. Dadeo and Jennifer L. Parr (as well as each of their family trusts), as well as Villages Invesco and Robert Eddy, have each amended one filing to correct an omission of securities over which there is common beneficial ownership. Based solely on information furnished to us and written representations by such persons that no such other reports were required to be filed, we believe that all other such SEC filing requirements were met in a timely manner during 2019.
Beneficial Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers In accordance with the rules of the SEC, beneficial ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable pursuant to stock options that are exercisable within 60 days of April 15, 2020. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each listed stockholder is: c/o 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd. Suite 200, Tampa, Florida 33607. To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock.
The following table sets forth information as of April 19, 2021 (unless otherwise indicated) regarding the numberbeneficial ownership of shares ofthe Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock beneficially owned as of April 15, 2020 by (i) each of the directorsdirector and nameddirector nominee, (ii) each executive officersofficer, and (iii) all current directors and executive officers as a group. As of April 19, 2021, 96,072,902 shares of BRP Group’s common stock were issued and outstanding. Subject to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement, LLC Units are redeemable or exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Corresponding basis, and corresponding shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled on a one-for-one basis if LLC Units are redeemed or exchanged pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement. Beneficial ownership of shares of our Class A common stock reflected in this table does not include beneficial ownership of shares of our Class A common stock for which such LLC Units may be redeemed or exchanged. In accordance with the rules of the SEC, beneficial ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable pursuant to stock options that are exercisable within 60 days of April 19, 2021. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each listed shareholder is: c/o 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard. Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33607. To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned (1) | | | Class B Common Stock Beneficially Owned (2) | | | Combined Voting Power(3) | Name of Beneficial Owner | | Number | | | Percentage | | Number | | | Percentage | Directors and executive officers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lowry Baldwin (4)(10) | | | — | | | | * | | | | 18,933,907 | | | | 42.7 | % | | | 55.1 | % | Trevor Baldwin (5) | | | 21,571 | | | | * | | | | 120,172 | | | | * | | | | * | | Kristopher Wiebeck (6) | | | 20,563 | | | | * | | | | 1,709,332 | | | | 3.9 | % | | | 2.7 | % | John Valentine (7) | | | 19,139 | | | | * | | | | 1,459,169 | | | | 3.3 | % | | | 2.3 | % | Daniel Galbraith | | | 10,719 | | | | * | | | | 1,376,592 | | | | 3.1 | % | | | 2.2 | % | Bradford Hale | | | 7,000 | | | | * | | | | 120,171 | | | | * | | | | * | | Christopher Stephens | | | — | | | | * | | | | 71,430 | | | | * | | | | * | | Phillip Casey | | | 133,036 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | Robert Eddy (8) | | | 5,036 | | | | * | | | | 6,263,805 | | | | 14.1 | % | | | 9.7 | % | Joseph Kadow (9) | | | 6,352 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | Barbara Matas | | | 1,352 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | Chris Sullivan | | | 83,036 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All directors and executive officers as a group (12 persons) | | | 307,804 | | | | 1.5 | % | | | 30,054,578 | | | | 67.8 | % | | | 47.2 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | | Class B Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | | Combined Voting Power(3) | | Name of Beneficial Owner | | Number | | | Percentage(1) | | | Number | | | Percentage(2) | | | | | | | | Directors and executive officers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lowry Baldwin (4) | | | 491,436 | | | | 1.1% | | | | 30,750,285 | | | | 62.0% | | | | 32.5% | | | | | | | | Trevor Baldwin (5) | | | 41,731 | | | | * | | | | 120,172 | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Kristopher Wiebeck (6) | | | 35,779 | | | | * | | | | 1,509,332 | | | | 3.0% | | | | 1.6% | | | | | | | | John Valentine (7) | | | 31,694 | | | | * | | | | 1,309,169 | | | | 2.6% | | | | 1.4% | | | | | | | | Daniel Galbraith (8) | | | 23,811 | | | | * | | | | 1,376,592 | | | | 2.8% | | | | 1.5% | | | | | | | | Bradford Hale | | | 46,636 | | | | * | | | | 120,171 | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Christopher Stephens | | | 9,162 | | | | * | | | | 71,430 | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Corbyn Galloway | | | 22,357 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Phillip Casey | | | 135,571 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Robert Eddy | | | 7,571 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Joseph Kadow (9) | | | 8,887 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Barbara Matas | | | 3,887 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Chris Sullivan | | | 85,571 | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | Jay Cohen | | | — | | | | * | | | | — | | | | * | | | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | All directors, director nominee and executive officers as a group (14 persons) | | | 755,280 | | | | 1.6% | | | | 30,750,285 | | | | 62.0% | | | | 32.8% | |
* | LessRepresents less than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of BRP Group’s common stock as of April 19, 2021.
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(1) | Calculated as the number of shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of Class A common stock issued and outstanding of 19,984,74946,493,031 as of April 15, 2020.19, 2021. |
(2) | Calculated as the number of shares of Class B common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of Class B common stock issued and outstanding of 44,359,00249,579,871 as of April 15, 2020.19, 2021. |
(3) | Calculated as the sum of the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of common stock issued and outstanding of 64,343,75196,072,902 as of April 15, 2020.19, 2021. |
(4) | ConsistsLowry Baldwin’s Class A common stock consists of 18,933,907491,436 shares beneficially owned by BIGH,the Voting Group (as defined below). Lowry Baldwin’s Class B common stock consists of 16,451,478 shares beneficially owned by Baldwin Insurance Group Holdings, LLC (“BIGH”), an entity controlled by Lowry Baldwin, and an additional 14,298,807 shares beneficially owned by the Voting Group. The “Voting Group” is a group comprised of BIGH, Elizabeth Krystyn, Laura Sherman, Trevor Baldwin, our Chief Executive Officer, Kris Wiebeck, our Chief Strategy Officer, John Valentine, our Chief Partnership Officer, Daniel Galbraith, our Chief Operating Officer, Brad Hale, our Chief Financial Officer, Christopher Stephens, our General Counsel, James Roche, Joseph Finney, Millennial Specialty Holdco, LLC, Highland Risk Services LLC and certain trusts established by such individuals who are party to a voting agreement with Lowry Baldwin, our Board Chair, pursuant to which, in connection with any meeting of our shareholders or any written consent of our shareholders, each of the parties to the voting agreement will agree to vote or exercise their right to consent in the manner directed by Lowry Baldwin. As a result, Lowry Baldwin may be deemed to beneficially own an additional 491,436 shares of Class A common stock and 14,298,807 shares of Class B common stock.
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(5) | Excludes the shares indirectly held by Trevor Baldwin through his 17.0%19.6% ownership interest (directly and through a trust) in BIGH, an entity controlled by Trevor Baldwin’s father, Lowry Baldwin. |
(6) | Mr. Wiebeck’s Class B common stock consists of 1,177,9041,033,655 shares beneficially owned directly by Mr. Wiebeck, 35,751 shares beneficially owned by KMW Consulting LLC and 495,677431,427 shares beneficially owned by the Kristopher A. Wiebeck 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust and 44,250 shares beneficially owned by the Kristopher A. Wiebeck 2020 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. |
(7) | Mr. Valentine’s Class B common stock consists of 1,268,8431,118,843 shares beneficially owned directly by Mr. Valentine, and 190,326179,582 shares beneficially owned by the John A. Valentine 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust and 10,744 shares beneficially owned by the John A. Valentine 2020 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. |
(8) | Includes 6,263,805 shares ofMr. Galbraith’s Class B common stock beneficially held by The Villages Invesco, LLC (“Villages Invesco”) for which Mr. Eddy serves as the Chief Financial Officer and, as a result of his position, he may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of those shares. Mr. Eddy serves on the board of directors of the Company as a designee of Villages Invesco. Mr. Eddy disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Class A common stock held by Villages Invesco. The address for Mr. Eddy is c/o The Villages Invesco, LLC, 3619 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163.
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(9) | Mr. Kadow’s Class A common stock consists of 1,3521,268,014 shares beneficially owned directly by Mr. KadowGalbraith and 108,578 shares beneficially owned by the Daniel A. Galbraith 2020 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust.
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(9) | Represents: (i) 3,887 shares beneficially owned directly by Mr. Kadow; and (ii) 5,000 shares beneficially owned by the Joseph J. Kadow Revocable Trust of 2018.2008. |
Beneficial Ownership of More Than 5% Owners The following table sets forth information as of April 19, 2021 (unless otherwise indicated) regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock by each person known to the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company based solely on the Company’s review of filings with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Exchange Act. As of April 19, 2021, 96,072,902 shares of BRP Group’s common stock were issued and outstanding. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | | Class B Common Stock Beneficially Owned | | | Combined Voting Power(3) | | Name of Beneficial Owner | | Number | | | Percentage(1) | | | Number | | | Percentage(2) | | | | | | | | Lowry Baldwin (4) | | | 491,436 | | | | 1.1% | | | | 30,750,285 | | | | 62.0% | | | | 32.5% | | | | | | | | 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 800 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Villages Invesco, LLC (5) | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 6,263,805 | | | | 12.6% | | | | 6.5% | | | | | | | | 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 800 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Millennial Specialty Holdco, LLC | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 4,285,714 | | | | 8.6% | | | | 4.5% | | | | | | | | 888 Summerset PL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ambler, PA 19002 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | FMR LLC (6) | | | 3,955,180 | | | | 8.5% | | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 4.1% | | | | | | | | 245 Summer Street | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Boston, MA 02210 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IHC Holdings, Inc. (7) | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 3,857,622 | | | | 7.8% | | | | 4.0% | | | | | | | | 5151 San Felipe, Suite 2400 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Houston, TX 77056 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BAMCO Inc. (8) | | | 3,646,344 | | | | 7.8% | | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 3.8% | | | | | | | | 767 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York, NY 10153 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BlackRock, Inc. (9) | | | 2,876,717 | | | | 6.2% | | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 3.0% | | | | | | | | 55 East 52nd Street | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York, NY 10055 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Laura Sherman (10) | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 2,540,875 | | | | 5.1% | | | | 2.6% | | | | | | | | 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 800 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (11) | | | 2,410,577 | | | | 5.2% | | | | — | | | | —% | | | | 2.5% | | | | | | | | 100 East Pratt Street | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baltimore, MD 21202 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | Calculated as the number of shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of Class A common stock issued and outstanding of 46,493,031 as of April 19, 2021. |
(10)(2) | Calculated as the number of shares of Class B common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of Class B common stock issued and outstanding of 49,579,871 as of April 19, 2021. |
(3) | Calculated as the sum of the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned, divided by the amount of common stock issued and outstanding of 96,072,902 as of April 19, 2021. |
(4) | Lowry Baldwin’s Class A common stock consists of 491,436 shares beneficially owned by the Voting Group (as defined below). Lowry Baldwin’s Class B common stock consists of 16,451,478 shares beneficially owned by BIGH, an entity controlled by Lowry Baldwin, and an additional 14,298,807 shares beneficially owned by the Voting Group. The “Voting Group” is a group comprised of BIGH, Elizabeth Krystyn, Laura Sherman, Trevor Baldwin, our Chief Executive Officer, Kris Wiebeck, our Chief FinancialStrategy Officer, John Valentine, our Chief Partnership Officer, Daniel Galbraith, our Chief Operating Officer, Brad Hale, our Chief AccountingFinancial Officer, Christopher Stephens, our General Counsel, James Roche, Joseph Finney, Millennial Specialty Holdco, LLC, Highland Risk Services LLC and certain trusts established by such individuals who are party to the Voting Agreementa voting agreement with Lowry Baldwin, our Chairman,Board Chair, pursuant to which, in connection with any meeting of our stockholders |
| shareholders or any written consent of our stockholders,shareholders, each of the parties to the Voting Agreementvoting agreement will agree to vote or exercise their right to consent in the manner directed by Lowry Baldwin. As a result, Lowry Baldwin may be deemed to beneficially own an additional 16,544,131 shares. |
Beneficial Ownership of More Than 5% Owners
The following table sets forth the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock beneficially owned as of April 15, 2020 by each beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock. Subject to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement, LLC Units are redeemable or exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Corresponding shares of Class B common stock will be cancelled on a one-for-one basis if LLC Units are redeemed or exchanged pursuant to the terms of the Amended LLC Agreement. Beneficial ownership of shares of our Class A common stock reflected in this table does not include beneficial ownership of shares of our Class A common stock for which such LLC Units may be redeemed or exchanged. Based on information available as of April 15, 2020 the only persons known by us to be a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding securities were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned(1) | | | Class B Common Stock Beneficially Owned(2) | | | Combined Voting Power(3) | Name of Beneficial Owner | | Number | | | Percentage | | Number | | | Percentage | The Villages Invesco, LLC (4) | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 6,263,805 | | | | 14.1 | % | | | 9.7 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth Krystyn (5) | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 3,090,876 | | | | 7.0 | % | | | 4.8 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Laura Sherman (6) | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 3,090,875 | | | | 7.0 | % | | | 4.8 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lowry Baldwin (10) | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 18,933,907 | | | | 42.7 | % | | | 55.1 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kristopher Wiebeck | | | 20,563 | | | | 0.1 | % | | | 1,709,332 | | | | 3.9 | % | | | 2.7 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Valentine | | | 19,139 | | | | 0.1 | % | | | 1,459,169 | | | | 3.3 | % | | | 2.3 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Class A Common Stock Beneficially Owned(1) | | | Class B Common Stock Beneficially Owned(2) | | | Combined Voting Power(3) | Name of Beneficial Owner | | Number | | | Percentage | | Number | | | Percentage | Daniel Galbraith | | | 10,719 | | | | 0.1 | % | | | 1,376,592 | | | | 3.1 | % | | | 2.2 | % | 4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 200 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tampa, FL 33607 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MSD Capital, L.P. (7) | | | 1,600,000 | | | | 8.0 | % | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 2.5 | % | 645 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BAMCO Inc. (8) | | | 2,589,130 | | | | 13.0 | % | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 4.0 | % | 767 Fifth Avenue, 48th Floor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York, NY 10153 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (9) | | | 2,403,591 | | | | 12.0 | % | | | — | | | | — | % | | | 3.7 | % | 730 Third Avenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York, NY 10017-3206 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | Calculated as the number of491,436 shares of Class A common stock owned, divided by the amount of Class A common stock outstanding of 19,984,749 as of April 15, 2020.
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(2) | Calculated as the number ofand 14,298,807 shares of Class B common stock owned, divided by the amount of Class B common stock outstanding of 44,359,002 as of April 15, 2020.stock.
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(3) | Calculated as the sum of the number of shares of common stock owned, divided by the amount of common stock outstanding of 64,343,751 as of April 15, 2020.
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(4)(5) | Includes 6,263,8053,077,559 shares beneficially held by The Villages Invesco LLC (“Villages Invesco”) and 3,186,246 held by Insurance Agencies of The Villages, Inc. (“Insurance Agencies”). Villages Invesco expressly disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to any other shares of common stock. Villages Invesco isand Insurance Agencies are each 100% owned in equal amounts and jointly controlled by the family trusts of Mark G. Morse, Tracy L. Dadeo, and Jennifer L. Parr. The managers of Villages Invesco consist of five individuals, including Mark G. Morse.Parr, who have full voting and dispositive control over the family trust for which they serve as trustee. The business address for The Villages Invesco, LLC is 3619 Kiessel Road, The Villages, Florida 32163. |
(5) | Consists of 2,481,998 shares beneficially owned directly by Mrs. Krystyn, 304,439 shares beneficially owned by the Elizabeth Krystyn 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust I and 304,439 shares beneficially owned by the Elizabeth Krystyn 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust II.
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(6) | ConsistsBased on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 8, 2021 by FMR LLC (“FMR”). According to the Schedule 13G, FMR has sole voting power over 1,143,941 shares of 2,862,542Class A common stock and sole dispositive power over 3,955,180 shares beneficially owned directly by Mrs. Sherman, 152,220 shares beneficially owned by the Laura R. Sherman GRAT2019-1 and 76,113 shares beneficially owned by the Laura R. Sherman GRAT2019-2.of Class A common stock.
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(7) | Based on the most recently available Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019December 10, 2020 by MSD Capital, L.P.IHC Holdings, Inc. (“IHC”). According to the Schedule 13G, MSD Sparrowhawk, L.P.IHC and Michael S. DellBrian Kapiloff, president, director and majority owner of IHC, have shared voting and dispositive power over the reported shares of Class A common stock. |
(8) | Based on the most recently available Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 13, 202012, 2021 by BAMCO INC /NY/ (“BAMCO”). According to the Schedule 13G, BAMCO has shared voting and dispositive power over the reported shares of Class A common stock. |
(9) | Based on the most recently available Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 14, 20202, 2021 by Nuveen Asset Management, LLCBlackRock, Inc. (“NAM”), TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC (“TCIM”), Teachers Advisors, LLC (“TAL”) and TIAA-CREFMid-Cap Value Fund (“TC MCVF”BlackRock”). According to the Schedule 13G, NAMBlackRock has sole voting and dispositive power over 813,388 shares of Class A common stock, TCIM has sole voting and dispositive power over 547,866 shares of Class A common stock, TAL has sole voting and dispositive power over 1,042,3372,383,140 shares of Class A common stock and TC MCVF has shared voting andsole dispositive power over 1,004,5472,876,717 shares of Class A common stock. |
(10) | A group comprised of BIGH, Elizabeth Krystyn,Represents: (i) 2,312,221 shares beneficially owned directly by Mrs. Sherman; (ii) 135,247 shares beneficially owned by The Laura R. Sherman Trevor Baldwin, our Chief Executive Officer, Kris Wiebeck, our Chief Financial Officer, John Valentine, our Chief Partnership Officer, Daniel Galbraith, our Chief Operating Officer, Brad Hale, our Chief Accounting Officer, Christopher Stephens, our General Counsel, James Roche, Millennial Specialty Holdco, LLC, Highland Risk Services LLCGRAT 2019-1, Dated September 30, 2019; (iii) 73,501 shares beneficially owned by The Laura R. Sherman GRAT 2019-2, Dated September 30, 2019; and certain trusts established(iv) 19,906 shares beneficially owned by such individuals are partyThe Laura R. Sherman GRAT 2020-1, Dated September 30, 2020.
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(11) | Based on the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021 by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe”). According to the Voting Agreement with Lowry Baldwin, our Chairman, pursuant to which, in connection with any meetingSchedule 13G, T. Rowe has sole voting power over 792,567 shares of our stockholders or any written consentClass A common stock and sole dispositive power over 2,410,577 shares of our stockholders, each of the parties to the Voting Agreement will agree to vote or exercise their right to consent in the manner directed by Lowry Baldwin. As a result, Lowry Baldwin may be deemed to beneficially own an additional 16,544,131 shares.Class A common stock. |
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that each of our directors and officers, and any other person who beneficially owns more than 10% percent of any class of our common stock, file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of any class of our common stock. Directors, executive officers and 10% holders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. Based solely on our review of such reports and written representations from reporting persons, we believe that during 2020, our directors, officers, and 10% beneficial owners timely complied with all applicable filings, except that: IHC Holdings, Inc. filed a Form 4 on December 2, 2020 that did not report the acquisition and disposition of 87,093 shares of Class B common stock. Robert Eddy filed a Form 4 on April 13, 2020 that omitted 600,000 shares of Class B common stock and LLC Units, which shares and LLC Units were acquired through conversion, immediately prior to BRP Group’s initial public offering, of historical interests held in Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC. Robert Eddy subsequently filed a Form 4/A to correct the number of shares of Class B common stock and LLC Units reported. Audit Committee Matters Audit Committee Report The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of BRP Group, Inc. (“BRP Group”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The primary purpose of the audit committee is to oversee our financial reporting processes on behalf of BRP Group’s board of directors. The audit committee’s functions are more fully described in its charter, which is available in the “Governance” section of BRP Group’s investor relations website at https://ir.baldwinriskpartners.com/corporate-governance/governance-overview. Management has the primary responsibility for BRP Group’s financial statements and reporting processes, including its systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the audit committee reviewed and discussed with management BRP Group’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019.2020. The audit committee has discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, BRP Group’s independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 1301, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). In addition, the audit committee discussed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence with their representative and has received the written disclosures and the letter required by Ethics and Independence Rule 3526 of the PCAOB from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Finally, the audit committee discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, with and without management present, the scope and results of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s audit of BRP Group’s financial statements. Based on these reviews and discussions, the audit committee has recommended to BRP Group’s board of directors that its audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 20192020 for filing with the SEC. The audit committee also has engagedapproved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as BRP Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 20202021 and is seeking ratification of this selection by the stockholders.shareholders. Audit Committee Phillip Casey (Chair) Joseph Kadow Barbara Matas Audit CommitteePre-Approval Policies and Procedures Before an independent registered public accounting firm is engaged by the Company to render audit ornon-audit services, our audit committee must review the terms of the proposed engagement andpre-approve the engagement. The audit committee may delegate authority to one or more of the members of the audit committee to provide thesepre-approvals for audit ornon-audit services, provided that the person or persons to whom authority is delegated must report thepre-approvals to the full audit committee at its next scheduled meeting. Audit committeepre-approval ofnon-audit services (other than review and attest services) are not required if those services fall within available exceptions established by the SEC. The audit committeepre-approved all audit, audit-related, tax and other services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the fiscal year 20192020 and the estimated costs of those services. Actual amounts billed, to the extent in excess of the estimated amounts, were periodically reviewed and approved by the audit committee. Proposals to be Voted on During the Meeting PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS For so long as the Majority Ownership Requirement is met, each director may be removed with or without cause with a majority vote. Following the time when the Majority Ownership Requirement is no longer met, and subjectSubject to obtaining any required stockholdershareholder votes, directors may only be removed for cause and by the affirmative vote of holders of 75% of the total voting power of our outstanding shares of common stock, voting together as a single class.
For so long as the Substantial Ownership Requirement is met, thePre-IPO LLC Members holding a majority of the shares of Class B common stock held by thePre-IPO LLC Members are able to designate a majority of the nominees for election to our board of directors, including the nominee for election to serve as Chairman of our board of directors and, so long as Villages Invesco beneficially owns 7.5% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of our common stock, it may designate one nominee for election to our board of directors and any director elected after having been nominated by Villages Invesco may only be removed for cause or with the consent of Villages Invesco. Neither theBoard Chair. The Pre-IPO LLC Members nor Villages Invesco have not utilized this right of nomination in connection with the Annual Meeting. Our board of directors currently consists of seven directors: Lowry Baldwin, Trevor Baldwin, Phillip Casey, Robert Eddy, Joseph Kadow, Barbara Matas and Chris Sullivan. OurThe Class III directors including Lowryare Trevor Baldwin, Robert Eddy and Phillip Casey, have been nominated forre-electionBarbara Matas, whose terms expire at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, by the board is recommending the election of directors.Trevor Baldwin, Barbara Matas and Jay Cohen as Class I directors’ nextII directors for a term ending at the annual shareholder meeting to be held in 2024. Class III Directors’ terms will expire at the annual stockholders’shareholders’ meeting to be held in 2022. Class I Directors’ terms expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held in 2023. Class II directors’ terms expire at the annual stockholders’ meeting to be held in 2021. Class III directors’ terms expire at the annual stockholders’ meeting to be held in 2022. Class II and Class III directorsI Directors will stand for election at the 20212022 and 20222023 annual meetings of stockholders,shareholders, respectively. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the twothree nominees named below. In the event that any nominee should be unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, those shares will be voted for the election of those substitute nominee(s) as the board of directors may propose. Each person nominated for election has agreed to serve if elected, and management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares cast at the meeting (excluding “Withheld” and brokernon-votes, which will not affect the outcome of the vote). The following table sets forth information with respect to each director’s position and office held with the Company and each director’s age as of the date of this Proxy: | | | | | | | Name | | Age | | Position | | Director Since | | | | | Name Trevor Baldwin
| | Age | 35 | | PositionChief Executive Officer and Director
| | September 2019 | | | | | Barbara Matas | | 61 | | Director | | February 2020 | | | | | Jay Cohen | | 55 | | Director Since | Lowry BaldwinNominee
| | | 61 | | | Chairman and Director | | September 2019 | Phillip CaseyNot applicable
| | | 77 | | | Director | | September 2019 |
Set forth below is biographical information for the nominees. The following includes certain information regarding our directors’ individual experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led the board of directors to conclude that they should serve as directors. LowryTrevor Baldwin, has served as Chairman sinceco-foundingChief Executive Officer of the Company in 2011. Mr. Baldwin’s insurance career began in 1981 at Aetna Property & Casualty. Two years later, he joined Baldwin & Sons. In 1991,since May 2019 and as Director since September 2019. Mr. Baldwin and Chuck Davis merged their firms to found Davis Baldwin Insurance and Risk Management. In 2006, Mr. Baldwin and his partners, Elizabeth Krystyn and Laura Sherman, formedjoined what is today the Middle Market Operating Group. In 2012, Mr.Group in 2009 as a Commercial Risk Advisor working primarily with healthcare and private equity clients. Over time he led the firm’s Commercial Risk Management Group as Managing Director, followed by being Baldwin and his partners formedRisk Partners’ President & Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Baldwin Risk Partners, to serve as a holding company for further investment into the insurance brokerage space. In 1997, Mr. Baldwinco-founded Advantec Solutions, Inc., a national Professional Employer Organization serving small andmid-size businesses by providing outsourced payroll, human resources, employee benefits and benefits administration and workers compensation. Mr. Baldwin earnedworked at the private equity firm HealthEdge Investment Partners, LLC. Mr. Baldwin graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of ScienceArts in Psychology from Wake Forest University.Risk Management & Insurance.
Barbara Matas has served as a director of the Company since February 2020. In 2017, Ms. Matas joined the board of directors of Apollo Investment Corporation and currently serves on its nominating and corporate governance committee and serves as chair of its audit committee. Ms. Matas has served as a board member of Phillip Casey, has servedthe Sleep Number Corporation since 2016 and currently serves as a Directorchair of the Company since September 2019. From 1971 to 1985, Mr. Casey servedits audit committee. Ms. Matas retired in financial management assignments with domestic and international affiliates of Exxon Corporation. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Casey servedApril 2016 after serving seventeen years in executivesenior leadership positions such as Vice ChairmanManaging Director, Head and Co-Head and Chair of the Board, Director, Chief Financial OfficerLeveraged Finance Capital Markets at Citigroup. Ms. Matas received her Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Executive Vice President of Birmingham Steel, a national steel manufacturer with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Casey retired in September 2010 after serving sixteen years as President, CEO, DirectorQuantitative Analysis from New York University and Chairman of Gerdau Ameristeel, the second largest mini-mill steel manufacturer in North America. Mr. Casey has been a trustee for the University of Tampa since May 1996 and has been on the board of trustees since May 2017. Mr. Casey completed the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School in 1992, was awarded anher MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1971 and received a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1966.Michigan.
TheJay Cohen is being nominated for election to the board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote FORat the electionAnnual Meeting. From 1995 to 2020, Mr. Cohen served as Managing Director of each nominee listed aboveEquity Research at BofA Securities, Inc., where he covered property and casualty insurance companies and insurance brokers. From 1990 to serve1995, Mr. Cohen served as Director untilan Analyst in the 2023Equity Research group at Salomon Brothers. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Cohen served as a Senior Representative in the Bond Department at Aetna Casualty & Surety. Mr. Cohen serves on the Board of the United Way of Putnam and Westchester County and the Board of the Parents Network Board at Claremont McKenna College. Mr. Cohen previously served on the Board of the Association of Insurance and Financial Analysts. Mr. Cohen received a BA in Managerial Economics from Union College and a MBA in Finance from Columbia University.
Following the 2021 Annual Meeting, or untilRobert Eddy will be retiring from the board. We thank Mr. Eddy for his successor is duly elected and qualified.valuable service to the Company. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE ✓FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH NOMINEE LISTED ABOVE TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR UNTIL THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OR UNTIL HIS OR HER SUCCESSOR IS DULY ELECTED AND QUALIFIED PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The audit committee of our board of directors has engagedapproved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 20202021 and is seeking ratification of this selection by our stockholdersshareholders at the Annual Meeting. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. Neither ourby-laws nor other governing documents or law require stockholdershareholder ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the audit committee is submitting the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to our stockholdersshareholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If our stockholdersshareholders fail to ratify the selection, the audit committee will reconsider whether or not to retain PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Even if the selection is ratified, the audit committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if they determine that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.shareholders. Audit andNon-Audit Services The following table provides information regarding the fees incurred tofrom PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP during the yearyears ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. | | | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | | | | | | | 2020 | | 2019 | | | | For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 | | | Audit Fees | | $ | 4,131,005 | | | $ | 2,176,100 | | | $ | 4,131,005 | | Audit Related Fees | | | 290,000 | | | | Audit-Related Fees | | | | — | | | | 290,000 | | | Tax Fees | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | All Other Fees | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total Fees | | $ | 4,421,005 | | | $ | 2,176,100 | | | $ | 4,421,005 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Audit Fees These amounts represent fees of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form10-K, the reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q, and other services provided in connection with registration statementstatements and regulatory filings, such as comfort letters, attest services, consents and assistance with review of documents filed with the SEC. Audit-Related Fees Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements and are not reported under Audit Fees. Tax Fees Tax fees generally consist of fees for tax compliance and return preparation, and tax planning and advice. All Other Fees All other fees consist of permitted services other than those that meet the criteria above. The board of directors unanimously recommends that you vote
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE ✓ FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR this proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2020.THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 Information About Voting and the Annual Meeting Date, Time and Place of Meeting Date: May 27, 2020 June 16, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Place: 4010 4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd., 1st Floor,Boulevard, Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33607 WeWhere can I access the Proxy materials and Annual Report?
Pursuant to SEC rules, we are actively monitoringfurnishing proxy materials to certain shareholders via the public healthInternet instead of mailing printed copies. By doing so, our shareholders will receive our proxy materials more quickly and travel safety concerns relating to the coronavirus(COVID-19)we will reduce costs and the advisories or mandates that federal, state, and local governments, and related agencies, may issue. In the event it is not possible or advisable to holdenvironmental impact of our Annual Meeting as currently planned, we will announce any additional or alternative arrangements for the meeting, which may include a change in venue or holding the meeting solely by means of remote communication. Please monitor our press releases, available at ir.baldwinriskpartners.com, and our filings with the SEC for updated information. If you are planning to attend our Annual Meeting, please check ir.baldwinriskpartners.com the week of the meeting. We encourage you to vote your shares prior to the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement was first mailed to stockholders on On or about April 27, 2020. It is furnished in connection with2021, we commenced mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to our shareholders. The Notice contains instructions about how to access our proxy materials and vote online or vote by telephone. If you received the solicitationNotice, you will not receive a printed copy of proxiesthe proxy materials unless you request one. You may request paper copies of BRP Group’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K, this Proxy Statement and proxy card by following the board of directors to be voted during the Annual Meeting for the purposes set forthinstructions in the accompanying Notice ofNotice.
BRP Group’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Stockholders who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them at a time before the shares are voted by the proxy during the meeting. A stockholder may revoke a proxy by May 25, 2020.
The 2019 Annual Report and this Proxy Statement are also available on our investor relations websiteat https://ir.baldwinriskpartners.com/financials/sec-filings and at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Please note that the information on oureither website isdoes not form a part of this Proxy Statement.
BRP Group’s 2019Who can vote at the Annual Report (whichMeeting?
The Company has two classes of voting securities, Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share. Each class of common stock entitles its holders to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date (April 19, 2021) will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the close of business on the Record Date, there were 96,072,902 shares outstanding consisting of 46,493,031 shares of Class A common stock and 49,579,871 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. What am I being asked to vote on? You are being asked to vote on two proposals: Proposal No. 1: The election of three directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and Proposal No. 2: The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. In addition, you are entitled to vote on any other matters that are properly brought before the Annual Meeting. How does the board of directors recommend that I vote? The board of directors recommends that you vote: | ✓ | FOReach of the director nominees; and |
| ✓ | FORratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. |
How do I vote? For Proposal No. 1, you may either vote “For,” or choose that your vote be “Withheld” from, any of the nominees to the board of directors. For Proposal No. 2, you may either vote “For” or “Against” the proposal, or “Abstain” from voting. Please note that by casting your vote by proxy you are authorizing the individuals listed on the proxy to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions and in their discretion with respect to any other matter that properly comes before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. The procedures for voting, depending on whether you are a shareholder of record or a beneficial owner, are as follows: How do I vote shares registered in my name? If, on the Record Date, your shares were registered directly in your name with the transfer agent for our common stock, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, then you are a shareholder of record. If you are a shareholder of record, you may vote in any of the following manners: To vote in person, come to the Annual Meeting and we will give you a ballot when you arrive. To vote over the Internet prior to the Annual Meeting, follow the instructions provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Materials or on the enclosed proxy card. We provide Internet proxy voting to allow you to vote your shares online, with procedures designed to ensure the authenticity and correctness of your proxy vote instructions. However, please be aware that you must bear any costs associated with your Internet access, such as usage charges from Internet access providers and telephone companies. To vote by telephone, call the toll-free number found on the enclosed proxy card, or the toll-free number that you can find on the website referred to on the Notice of Internet Availability of Materials. To vote by mail, complete, sign and date the enclosed proxy card and return it promptly. As long as your signed proxy card is received before the Annual Meeting, we will vote your shares as you direct. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy by mail, Internet or telephone to ensure your vote is counted. The Internet and telephone voting facilities for eligible shareholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on June 15, 2021. Even if you have submitted your vote before the Annual Meeting, you may still attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person. In such case, your previously submitted proxy will be disregarded. How do I vote shares registered in the name of my broker, bank or other agent? If, on the Record Date, your shares were held in an account at a partbrokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the shareholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the shareholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting, unless you request and obtain a legal proxy from your broker or other agent who is the record holder of the shares, authorizing you to vote at the Annual Meeting. Who counts the votes? An automated system administered by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will tabulate the votes. How are votes counted? Votes will be counted by the Inspector of Election appointed for the Annual Meeting. For Proposal No. 1, the Inspector of Election will separately count “For” and “Withheld” votes and broker non-votes for each nominee. For Proposal No. 2, the Inspector of Election will separately count “For” and “Against” votes, abstentions and broker non-votes. If your shares are held by your broker as your nominee (that is, in “street name”), you will need to follow the instructions provided by your broker to instruct your broker how to vote your shares. If you do not give instructions to your broker, your broker can vote your shares with respect to “routine” items, but not with respect to “non-routine” items. See below for more information regarding: “What are “broker non-votes”?” and “Which ballot measures are considered “routine” and “non-routine”? ”. What are “broker non-votes”? Broker non-votes occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” does not give instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed “non-routine.” Generally, if shares are held in “street name”, the beneficial owner of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions to the broker or nominee holding the shares. If the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions, the broker or nominee can still vote the shares with respect to matters that are considered to be “routine,” but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. In the event that a broker, bank, custodian, nominee or other record holder of common stock indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote certain shares on a particular proposal, then those shares will be treated as broker non-votes with respect to that proposal. Accordingly, if you own shares through a nominee, such as a broker or bank, please be sure to instruct your nominee how to vote to ensure that your vote is counted on each of the proposals. Which ballot measures are considered “routine” and “non-routine”? The ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 (Proposal No. 2) is considered “routine” under applicable rules. A broker or other nominee may generally vote on routine matters, and therefore no broker non-votes are expected to exist in connection with Proposal No. 2. The election of directors (Proposal No. 1) is considered “non-routine” under applicable rules. A broker or other nominee cannot vote without instructions on non-routine matters, and therefore there may be broker non-votes on Proposal No. 1. How many votes are needed to approve each proposal? With respect to Proposal No. 1, directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast with respect to the election of such director (excluding “Withheld” and broker non-votes, which will not affect the outcome of the vote). With respect to Proposal No. 2, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval. “Abstain” votes are treated as cast “Against” Proposal No. 2. How many votes do I have? On each matter to be voted upon, you have one vote for each share of common stock you own as of the Record Date. What if I return a proxy card, but do not make specific choices? If we receive a signed and dated proxy card that does not specify how your shares are to be voted, your shares will be voted “For” the election of each of the nominees for director, and “For” the ratification of the selection, by the audit committee of our board of directors, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. If any other matter is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your proxy (one of the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares using his or her best judgment. How is BRP Group soliciting materials) was mailed with the Proxy Statement. Soliciting Proxiesproxies?
The board of directors is soliciting proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting. After the notices for this Proxy StatementsStatement are initially distributed, we and our agents may also solicit proxies by mail, electronic mail, telephone or in person. Who is paying for this proxy solicitation? We will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to those proxy materials received by mail, our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies in person, by telephone or by other means of communication. Directors, officers and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokersbrokerage firms, banks and other intermediariesagents for their expenses in sending Proxy Statementsthe cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners. BRP Group will pay all proxy solicitation costs. HouseholdingWhat is householding?
Householding is a procedure approved by the SEC whereby multiple stockholdersshareholders of record who share the same last name and address will receive only one Notice of Internet Availability Noticeof Materials or one set of proxy materials. We have undertaken householding to reduce printing costs and postage fees. Brokers with account holders who are BRP Group stockholdersshareholders may be householding our proxy materials. A single Proxy Statement and 20192020 Annual Report may be delivered to multiple stockholdersshareholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders.shareholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that it will be householding communications to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you notify your broker or BRP Group that you no longer wish to participate in householding. Record holders who wish to begin or discontinue householding may contact Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) by calling1-800-540-7095,1-866-540-7095, or by writing to Broadridge at 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, New York 11717, Attention: Householding Department. Broadridge will undertake the necessary steps to continue or discontinue householding upon such request of a record holder. Beneficial owners who wish to begin or discontinue householding should contact their broker or other intermediary. In addition, BRP Group will deliver, upon written or oral request to the address or telephone number above, a separate copy of the Proxy Statement and 20192020 Annual Report promptly to any stockholdershareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered. What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice of Internet Availability of Materials or more than one set of printed materials? Voting ProceduresIf you receive more than one Notice of Internet Availability of Materials or more than one set of materials, your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. In order to vote all the shares you own, you must follow the instructions for voting on each Notice of Internet Availability of Materials or proxy card you receive, which include voting over the Internet, telephone or by signing and returning any of the proxy cards you receive.
Only holders of our common stockCan I change my vote after submitting my proxy vote?
Yes. You may revoke your proxy vote at any time before the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of and tofinal vote at the Annual Meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke your proxy vote in any one of three ways: You may submit a new vote on the Internet or by telephone or submit a properly completed proxy card with a later date. You may send a written notice that you are revoking your proxy to BRP Group’s General Counsel at 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33607. You may attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person. Simply attending the Annual Meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy. How will voting on any business not described in this Proxy Statement be conducted? We have noare not aware of any business to be considered at the Annual Meeting other than the items described in this Proxy Statement. If any other matter is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your proxy will vote your shares using his or her best judgment. When are shareholder proposals due for next year’s annual meeting? To be considered for inclusion in next year’s proxy materials, your proposal must be submitted in writing by December 28, 2021, to BRP Group’s General Counsel at 4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33607. If you wish to submit a proposal that is not to be included in our proxy materials for the next year’s annual meeting pursuant to the SEC’s shareholder proposal procedures or to nominate a director, you must do so between February 16, 2022 and March 18, 2022; provided that if the date of that annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after June 16, 2022, you must give notice not later than the 90th day prior to the annual meeting date or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the annual meeting date is first made. Any shareholder proposal presented outside the times listed herein or otherwise not following the process stated herein shall be deemed untimely. You are also advised to review our by-laws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of shareholder proposals and director nominations. What is the quorum requirement? A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding securitiesand entitled to vote and there are no cumulative voting rights forpresent in person or represented by proxy at the election of directors. At the close of business onAnnual Meeting. On April 19, 2021, the Record Date, we had 64,343,751there were 96,072,902 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each holder of our common stock on that date willAccordingly, 48,036,452 shares must be entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted uponrepresented by shareholders present at the Annual Meeting.Meeting or by proxy to have a quorum. Record holders mayIf you are a shareholder of record, your shares will be counted towards the quorum only if you submit a valid proxy vote (i) by completing and returningor vote at the Annual Meeting. If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” your shares will be counted towards the quorum if your broker or nominee submits a proxy card, (ii) onfor your shares at the Internet,Annual Meeting, even if the proxy results in a broker non-vote due to the absence of voting instructions from you. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, either the chairperson of the Annual Meeting or (iii) using a toll-free telephone number. Please seemajority in voting power of the enclosed proxy card for specific instructions on howshareholders entitled to vote using oneat the Annual Meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, may adjourn the Annual Meeting to another time or place.
How can I find out the results of these methods. The telephone and Internetthe voting facilities for record holders will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 26, 2020. “Beneficial owners” will receive instructions from their broker or other intermediary describing the procedures and options for voting.Annual Meeting? Tabulation of Votes
An automated system administered by Broadridge will tabulate the votes. Voting results will be reported inannounced by the filing of a Current Report on Form8-K that we will file with the SEC within four business days followingafter the Annual Meeting. If final voting results are unavailable at that time, we will file an amended Current Report on Form8-K within four business days of the day the final results are available.
Effect of Abstentions and BrokerNon-Votes
If youWhat are the beneficial ownerimplications of shares heldbeing an “emerging growth company”?
As a company with less than $1.07 billion in total annual gross revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the nameJumpstart Our Business Startups Act of a broker, trustee or2012 (the “JOBS Act”). An emerging growth company may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other nomineesignificant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. As an emerging growth company: we may present as few as two years of audited financial statements and two years of related management discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations; we are exempt from the requirement to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; we are permitted to provide reduced disclosure regarding our executive compensation arrangements pursuant to the rules applicable to smaller reporting companies, which means we do not provide that broker, trusteehave to include a compensation discussion and analysis and certain other disclosures regarding our executive compensation; and we are not required to hold non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or other nominee with voting instructions, your shares may constitute “brokernon-votes.” Generally, brokernon-votes occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” does not give instructionsgolden parachute arrangements. In addition to the brokerrelief described above, the JOBS Act permits us an extended transition period for complying with new or nominee holdingrevised accounting standards affecting public companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period, which means that our financial statements may not be comparable to the shares as to how to votefinancial statements of public companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards on matters deemeda “non-routine.”non-delayed Generally, if shares are held in street name,basis. We will remain an emerging growth company until the beneficial ownerearliest of (i) the end of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions tofiscal year during which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.07 billion or more, (ii) the broker or nominee holdingend of the shares. Iffiscal year following the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions,fifth anniversary of the broker or nominee can still votecompletion of our initial public offering, (iii) the shares with respect to matters thatdate on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt and (iv) the date on which we are considereddeemed to be “routine,” but not with respect to“non-routine” matters. Ina “large accelerated filer” under the event that a broker, bank, custodian, nominee or other record holderSecurities Exchange Act of common stock indicates on a proxy that it does not have discretionary authority to vote certain shares on a particular proposal, then those shares will be treated1934, as brokernon-votes with respect to that proposal. Accordingly, if you own shares through a nominee, such as a broker or bank, please be sure to instruct your nominee how to vote to ensure that your vote is counted on each of the proposals.amended. Other Business As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we are not aware of any matters to be raised at the Annual Meeting other than those described in this Proxy Statement. If any other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting for consideration, the people named as proxy holders on the proxy card will vote your proxy on those matters in their discretion. If any of our nominees are not available as a candidate for director, the proxy holders will vote your proxy for any other candidate the board of directors may nominate or the board of directors may choose to decrease the size of the board of directors.
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000459786_1 R1.0.1.18 For Withhold For All All All Except The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: 1. Election of Two Class I Directors to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominees 01 Lowry Baldwin 02 Phillip Casey BRP GROUP, INC. 4010 W. BOY SCOUT BLVD. SUITE 200 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33607 VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ETEDT on 05/26/2020.June 15, 2021. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. BRP GROUP, INC. 4211 W. BOY SCOUT BLVD. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS SUITE 800 If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy TAMPA, FLORIDA 33607 materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically viae-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE -1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ETEDT on 05/26/2020.June 15, 2021. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: D51640-P55039 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY BRP GROUP, INC. For Withhold For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual All All Except nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. following proposal: 1. Company Proposal - Election of three Class II Directors ! ! ! to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominees: 01) Trevor Baldwin 02) Barbara Matas 03) Jay Cohen The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal: For Against Abstain 22. Company Proposal - Ratification for the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal ! ! ! Year 2020.2021. NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
0000459786_2 R1.0.1.18 Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice &and Proxy Statement and Form10-K are available at www.proxyvote.comwww.proxyvote.com. D51641-P55039 BRP GROUP, INC. Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 27, 2020Shareholders June 16, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The undersigned hereby appoints Christopher Stephens and Lowry Baldwin and each of them as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of BRP Group, Inc. that the undersigned is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of StockholdersShareholders to be held at 10:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time on May 27, 2020,June 16, 2021, at 40104211 W. Boy Scout Blvd., 1st Floor,Suite 800, Tampa, Florida 33607, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. Continued and to be signed on reverse side
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