TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of October 28, 2019, is hereby entered into by and among BRP Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporate Taxpayer”), Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), each of the Members (as defined below) from time to time party hereto, and each of the successors and assigns hereto.
WHEREAS, the OpCo is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Corporate Taxpayer is classified as an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, Drew Armacost, L. Lowry Baldwin, Trevor L. Baldwin, Brian Brennan, W. David Cox, Clinton Durst, Joseph D. Finney, Daniel Galbraith, Bradford L. Hale, Christopher J. Stephens, Matthew Hammer, Amy Ingram, Elizabeth H. Krystyn, Elizabeth H. Krystyn 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust I dated September 30, 2019, Elizabeth H. Krystyn 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust II dated September 30, 2019, Emanuel Lauria, Kelly Nash, Richard Russo, Michael P. Ryan, Laura R. Sherman, Laura R. Sherman GRAT2019-1 dated September 30, 2019, Laura R. ShermanGRAT-2 dated September 30, 2019, Ken Spraggins, William Taulbee, John A. Valentine, John A. Valentine 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated September 30, 2019, Mark Webb, Kristopher A. Wiebeck, Kristopher A. Wiebeck 2019 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust dated September 30, 2019, Robert C. Wentzell, AB Risk Holdco, LLC, Baldwin Insurance Group Holdings, LLC, BRP Group, Inc., CRB Insurance, LLC, KMW Consulting, LLC, Foundation Insurance of Florida, LLC, Millennial Specialty Holdco, LLC, Fiduciary Partners Retirement Group, Inc., Insurance Agencies of the Villages, Inc., The Villages Invesco, LLC, WMTHCS & Associates, LLC, Ryan Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., Robert J. Wentzel Family Partnership, iPEO Solutions LLC and Insurance Affordable, Inc., (the “Members”) hold common interest units in OpCo (the “Common Units”), and following certain reorganization transactions, the Corporate Taxpayer will be the managing member of OpCo and will hold, directly and/or indirectly, Common Units;
WHEREAS, on and after the date hereof, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the LLC Agreement, each Member has the right, in its sole discretion, from time to time to require OpCo to redeem (a “Redemption”) all or a portion of such Member’s Common Units for cash or, at the Corporate Taxpayer’s option, shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporate Taxpayer (the “Class A Common Stock”);providedthat, pursuant to Section 10.04 of the LLC Agreement and at the election of the Corporate Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer may effect a direct exchange (a “Direct Exchange,” and together with a Redemption, an “Exchange”) of such cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Common Units;
WHEREAS, OpCo and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, if any, treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for each Taxable Year (as defined below) in which an Exchange occurs, which elections are intended generally to result in an adjustment to the Tax basis of the assets owned by OpCo (solely with respect to the Corporate Taxpayer) at the time of an Exchange (such time, the “Exchange Date”) by reason of the Exchange and the receipt of payments under this Agreement;