Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. OnFebruary 13, 2020 ,Barbara Matas andJoseph J. Kadow were each appointed toBRP Group, Inc.'s Board of Directors (the "Board") and the Audit Committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee"), effectiveFebruary 13, 2020 . The Board has determined thatMs. Matas andMr. Kadow are each independent in accordance with applicable NASDAQ Global Select Market rules andBRP Group, Inc.'s corporate governance guidelines.Chris Sullivan , a member of the Audit Committee, will step down from the Audit Committee, effectiveFebruary 13, 2020 , but will continue to serve as a member of the Board.Ms. Matas served as the Chairman of Citigroup's Leveraged Finance business from 2013 to 2016 and Head and Co-Head from 2006 to 2013.Ms. Matas joinedCiticorp in 1985 and held various other leadership positions in leveraged finance and high yield capital markets atCiticorp ,Salomon Brothers and Citigroup until 2006. She began her career as an auditor at Touche Ross.Ms. Matas has also been a director of Apollo Investment Corporation since 2017, and a director of Sleep Number Corporation (formerly known as Select Comfort) since 2016.Ms. Matas holds a B.S. in accounting and quantitative analysis fromNew York University and an M.B.A. in corporate finance from theUniversity of Michigan .Mr. Kadow served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Bloomin' Brands, Inc. fromApril 2005 toJuly 2019 , and joined Bloomin' Brands in 1994 as Vice President and General Counsel. Bloomin' Brands is the operator ofOutback Steakhouse ,Carrabba's Italian Grill ,Bonefish Grill andFleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar . Prior to that, he served as a partner in theOrlando, Florida office of the national law firm,Baker Hostetler LLP .Mr. Kadow is a past Chairman of the board of directors of theNational Restaurant Association .Mr. Kadow is a member of the board of directors, audit committee and nominating and corporate governance committee of Habit Restaurants, Inc.Mr. Kadow received his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from theUniversity of Scranton and his J.D. from theDickinson School of Law atPennsylvania State University .Ms. Matas andMr. Kadow will each receive quarterly payments of$25,000 for their Board service,$12,500 of which will be paid in cash and$12,500 of which will be paid in Class A Common Stock ofBRP Group, Inc. Ms. Matas andMr. Kadow will also each enter intoBRP Group, Inc.'s standard indemnification agreement for directors. Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. OnFebruary 13, 2020 ,BRP Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing the appointment ofMs. Matas andMr. Kadow to the Board and the Audit Committee. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press release ofBRP Group, Inc. datedFebruary 13, 2020
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