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Stockholders' and Members' Equity

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Stockholders' and Members' Equity

RSG LLC Equity Structure

Prior to the Organizational Transactions and the IPO, RSG LLC had issued and outstanding Class A common units, Class B common units, preferred units, and Redeemable Preferred Units. As part of the Organizational Transactions, the Class A common units and the Class B common units were exchanged for LLC Common Units. Substantially concurrent with the IPO, RSG LLC repurchased preferred units from the Founder Group for $78.3 million, which reflected the par value of $75.0 million plus unpaid accrued preferred dividends.

Redeemable Preferred Units

Prior to the Organizational Transactions and IPO, the Company had 260,000,000 Redeemable Preferred Units issued and outstanding. As defined in the related purchase agreements with Onex (the “Onex Purchase Agreements”), the Company had the option, but not the requirement, to repurchase up to 100% of the 260,000,000 Redeemable Preferred Units issued to Onex at any time. If the option was exercised before the fifth anniversary of each issuance, the redemption price would be subject to a make-whole provision set forth in the terms of the Onex Purchase Agreements. Additionally, the Onex Purchase Agreements required a redemption (“Mandatory Redemption”) of the Redeemable Preferred Units upon the occurrence of a realization event, which included a Qualified Public Offering (as defined in the Onex Purchase Agreement). Where a Mandatory Redemption was required prior to the fifth anniversary of an issuance, the redemption price was subject to a make-whole provision. The Company determined that the Mandatory Redemption feature must be accounted for separately from the Redeemable Preferred Units par value as a derivative liability in accordance with ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging. These embedded derivatives were accounted for on a combined basis separately from the Redeemable Preferred Units and were recorded at fair value. See Note 13, Derivatives and Note 16, Fair Value Measurements for further information.

As part of the Organizational Transactions, the Company acquired the entity (the "Preferred Blocker Entity") through which Onex held its preferred unit interest in RSG LLC. The 260,000,000 Redeemable Preferred Units of RSG LLC owned by the Preferred Blocker Entity were converted through a series of transactions to LLC Common Units immediately after the acquisition. As the Company's IPO in July 2021 was a realization event triggering the payment of the make-whole provision to Onex, there were no amounts outstanding related to the Redeemable Preferred Units in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

Ryan Specialty Group Holdings, Inc. Equity Structure

In connection with the Company’s IPO in July 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up

to 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 1,000,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, 10,000,000 shares of Class X common stock, and 500,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each having a par value of $0.001 per share.

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the New RSG Holdings LLC Operating Agreement require that the Company and RSG LLC at all times maintain a one-to-one ratio between the number of shares of Class A common stock issued by the Company and the number of LLC Common Units owned by the Company, except as otherwise determined by the Company.

Class A and Class B Common Stock

Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share. Each share of Class B common stock is initially entitled to 10 votes per share and, upon the occurrence of certain events, shall be entitled to one vote per share. All holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class except as otherwise required by applicable law or our amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

In accordance with the New RSG Holdings LLC Operating Agreement, the LLC Unitholders will be entitled to exchange LLC Common Units for shares of Class A common stock determined in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement or, at the Company's election, for cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale (based on the price of our Class A common stock in such public offering or private sale). The LLC Unitholders will also be required to deliver to us an equivalent number of shares of Class B common stock to effectuate such an exchange. Any shares of Class B common stock so delivered will be canceled.

Holders of Class B common stock do not have any right to receive dividends or distributions upon the liquidation or winding up of the Company.

Class X Common Stock

As part of the Organizational Transactions, the Company acquired the Common Blocker Entity, the entity through which Onex held its Class B common unit interest in RSG LLC. Through the acquisition, Onex exchanged its equity interests in the Common Blocker Entity for shares of Class A common stock and a right to participate in the TRA. The Company issued shares of Class X common stock to Onex, which were immediately repurchased and canceled, as a mechanism for Onex to participate in the TRA. The shares of Class X common stock have no economic or voting rights. There were no shares of Class X common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

Preferred Stock

There were no shares of preferred stock outstanding as of March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Board is authorized to direct the Company to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval. The Board has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock.

Dividends

No dividends were declared or payable as of March 31, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

Non-controlling Interest

In connection with the IPO and the Organizational Transactions, the Company became the sole managing member of RSG LLC. As a result, the Company began consolidating RSG LLC in its consolidated financial statements, resulting in a non-controlling interest related to the LLC Common Units not held by the Company on the consolidated financial statements. The non-controlling interest previously recognized in RSG LLC's historical consolidated financial statements represented RSG LLC's equity interests in an underlying subsidiary. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company owned 42.6% of the economic interests in RSG LLC, while the non-controlling interest holders owned the remaining 57.4% of the economic interests in RSG LLC.

Weighted average ownership percentages for the applicable reporting periods are used to attribute net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss) to the Company and the non-controlling interest holders. The non-controlling interest holders' weighted average ownership percentage as of March 31, 2022 was 57.6%.