TIPTREE INC. (NASDAQ:TIPT) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

In connection with the Disposition (defined below), Tiptree Operating Company, LLC ("Tiptree") and Invesque Inc. ("Invesque") entered into a governance and investor rights agreement on February 1, 2018 (the "Investor Rights Agreement") whereby Tiptree will have the right to, among other things, nominate one board member to Invesque’s Board of Directors as well as customary Canadian demand and piggyback registrations rights and Tiptree will, among other things, be subject to customary standstill voting and lock-up restrictions.

The Investor Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding certain terms, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by the full text, terms and conditions of the Investor Rights Agreement.

On February 1, 2018, Tiptree, the operating subsidiary of Tiptree Inc. (the "Company"), completed the previously announced sale ofall of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Tiptree's subsidiary, Care Investment Trust LLC, and all of its subsidiaries (“Care”) and two real estate properties held by other subsidiaries of Tiptree (the “Disposition”) to Invesque and Invesque Holdings, LP (together with Invesque, the "Buyer Entities") to the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated November 16, 2017 by and among Tiptree and the Buyer Entities.

In connection with the Disposition, Tiptree, through its various consolidated subsidiaries, received an aggregate of 16,647,236 shares of Invesque, representing approximately 34% of Invesque's issued and outstanding common shares.

The unaudited pro forma financial information giving effect to the Disposition is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on November 17, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding certain terms, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by the full text, terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

The representations and warranties of Tiptree contained in the Purchase Agreement have been made solely for the benefit of the Buyer Entities. In addition, such representations and warranties (i) have been made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement, (ii) have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to the Buyer Entities in connection with the Purchase Agreement, (iii) are subject to materiality qualifications contained in the Purchase Agreement which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (iv) were made only as of the date of the Purchase Agreement or such other date as is specified in the Purchase Agreement and (v) have been included in the Purchase Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement will be filed only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding Care or its business. Investors should not rely on the representations and warranties or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of Care or any of its affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in our public disclosures. The Purchase Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other information regarding Care that is or will be contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other documents that the Registrant has filed and may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On February 1, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Disposition referred to in Item 2.01 above. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information of the Company giving effect to the Disposition is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits.

TIPTREE INC. ExhibitEX-10.1 2 ex101governanceandinvestor.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit EXHIBIT 10.1 GOVERNANCE AND INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENTThis governance and investor rights agreement is made as of this 1st day of February,…To view the full exhibit click here
About TIPTREE INC. (NASDAQ:TIPT)
Tiptree Inc., formerly Tiptree Financial Inc., is a diversified holding company that acquires and manages controlling interests of operating businesses. The Company conducts its operations through Tiptree Operating Company, LLC (the Operating Company). It operates through five segments: insurance and insurance services, specialty finance, real estate, asset management, and corporate and other. The insurance and insurance services segment operates through Fortegra Financial Corporation. The specialty finance segment operates through Siena Capital Finance LLC and Luxury Mortgage Corp. The real estate segment operates through Care LLC. The asset management segment operations include Telos Asset Management’s management of collateralized loan obligations and Muni Capital Management’s management of Non-Profit Preferred Funding Trust I. The corporate and other segment operations include Tiptree Direct Holdings LLC (TDH) and Muni Funding Company of America LLC (MFCA).