Exhibit 99.4
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
On December 7, 2024, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”, or the “Company”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, The AssuredPartners Group LP (the “Seller”) and Dolphin TopCo, Inc. (“AssuredPartners”, or the “Acquired Entity”), pursuant to which the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Acquired Entity for an aggregate purchase price of $13.450 billion in cash payable at closing, subject to certain customary adjustments as set forth in the Purchase Agreement (the “Transaction”).
The Company plans to fund the purchase price with a combination of (i) net proceeds from a contemplated follow-on common stock offering, and (ii) net proceeds from the issuances of unsecured senior notes (the “Acquisition Financing”), described further in Note 3 to this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information set forth below has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with:
| • | | Audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 (as contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 9, 2024); |
| • | | Unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (as contained in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024 filed with the SEC on October 29, 2024); |
| • | | Audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of AssuredPartners as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 and unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of AssuredPartners as of September 30, 2024 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based on the historical consolidated financial statements of the Company and the historical consolidated financial statements of AssuredPartners, as adjusted to give effect to the Transaction and the Acquisition Financing (collectively, the “Transactions”). The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2024 gives effect to the Transactions as if they occurred or had become effective on September 30, 2024. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, give effect to the Transactions as if they occurred or had become effective on January 1, 2023. Further information about this basis of presentation is provided in Note 1 to this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information provides for pro forma adjustments giving effect to the following transactions:
| • | | The Acquisition Financing |
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared by us using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Gallagher has been treated as the acquirer in the Transaction for accounting purposes. The pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and certain assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is provided for illustrative and informational purposes only and does not purport to represent or be indicative of the consolidated results of operations or financial condition of the Company had the Transaction been completed as of the dates presented and should not be construed as representative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial condition of the combined entity.
Provisional estimates of fair value of AssuredPartners’ assets acquired and liabilities assumed will be subsequently reviewed and finalized within the first year of operations subsequent to the acquisition date to determine the necessity for adjustments. Fair value adjustments, if any, are most common to the values established for amortizable intangible assets, including expiration lists, trade name, and assembled workforce, with the offset to goodwill, net of any income tax effect. Provisional estimates of fair value were used by us to disclose the acquisition of AssuredPartners as of the acquisition date. We are using independent third party valuation specialists to assist us in determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the Transaction. As of this filing, the specialists have not completed their analysis and thus these fair value estimates are provisional. These provisional fair value estimates will be subsequently reviewed and adjusted based on the results of this valuation.
As a result of the foregoing, the pro forma adjustments are preliminary and have been made solely for the purpose of providing unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. Differences between these preliminary estimates and the final acquisition accounting may arise, and these differences could have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and the combined Company’s future results of operations and financial position.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect any expected cost savings, operating synergies or revenue enhancements that the combined entity may achieve as a result of the acquisition or the costs necessary to achieve any such cost savings, operating synergies or revenue enhancements.