| Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On June 23, 2025, Brown & Brown, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.600% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.700% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.900% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.550% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “2035 Notes”) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.250% Senior Notes due 2055 (the “2055 Notes,” and together with the 2026 Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes, the 2032 Notes and the 2035 Notes, the “Notes”). The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, were approximately $4.2 billion.
The Notes were offered and sold under the Company’s Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-271708) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 8, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). In connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2025, with BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 13, 2025.
The Notes were issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2014, between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2014, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2019, the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 24, 2020, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2022, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2024, and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2025 (the “Supplemental Indentures”, and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indentures, the “Indenture”).
Information concerning the Notes and related matters is set forth in the Registration Statement, including the Company’s Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, which Prospectus Supplement was filed with the SEC on June 13, 2025.
The 2026 Notes bear interest at the rate of 4.600% per year and will mature on December 23, 2026. The 2028 Notes bear interest at the rate of 4.700% per year and will mature on June 23, 2028. The 2030 Notes bear interest at the rate of 4.900% per year and will mature on June 23, 2030. The 2032 Notes bear interest at the rate of 5.250% per year and will mature on June 23, 2032. The 2035 Notes bear interest at the rate of 5.550% per year and will mature on June 23, 2035. The 2055 Notes bear interest at the rate of 6.250% per year and will mature on June 23, 2055. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 23 and December 23 of each year, commencing on December 23, 2025. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equal in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. The Company may redeem the Notes in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices specified in the Prospectus Supplement for the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date.
If the acquisition of RSC Topco, Inc. (“RSC”), a Delaware corporation (the “Transaction”), is not consummated on or prior to the later of: (x) March 10, 2026 (as such date may be extended in accordance with the Merger Agreement (as defined below) to June 10, 2026) and (y) the date that is five business days after any later date to which the Company and RSC may agree to extend the “Expiration Date” in the Merger Agreement (the “Outside Date”) or, if on or prior to such date, the Company notifies the trustee in writing that the Merger Agreement is terminated, then, in either case, the Company must redeem all of the 2026 Notes, the 2028 Notes, the 2030 Notes, the 2032 Notes and the 2055 Notes, in each case, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the special mandatory redemption date. The 2035 Notes are not subject to the special mandatory redemption provision and will remain outstanding even if the Transaction is not consummated on or prior to the Outside Date, or, if on or prior to such date, the Company notifies the trustee in writing that the Merger Agreement is terminated (unless they are otherwise optionally redeemed pursuant to their terms).
