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Stockholders' and Members' Equity

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Stockholders' and Members' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
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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 234,374,281 LLC Common Units.

As described in Note 4, Merger and Acquisitions Activity, the Company acquired 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 14,617,675 LLC Common Units immediately after the acquisition.

Substantially concurrent with the IPO, RSG LLC repurchased 74,990,000 preferred units from the Founder Group for $78.3 million, which reflects the par value of $75.0 million plus unpaid accrued preferred dividends.

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, and 10,000,000 shares of Class X common 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 described in Note 4, Merger and Acquisitions Activity, 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 20,680,420 shares of Class A common stock and a right to participate in the TRA. The Company issued 640,784 shares of Class X common stock to Onex, which were immediately repurchased and cancelled, as a mechanism for Onex to

participate in the TRA. The shares of Class X common stock have no economic or voting rights. As of September 30, 2021, there were no shares of Class X common stock outstanding.

Preferred Stock

As of September 30, 2021, there are no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Under the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our Board is authorized to direct us to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval. Our 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 September 30, 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 September 30, 2021, the Company owned 109,903,867 LLC Common Units, while the non-controlling interest holders owned 149,162,107 LLC Common Units. The weighted average ownership percentages for the applicable reporting periods are used to attribute net income to the Company and the non-controlling interest holders. The non-controlling interest holders' weighted average ownership percentage from the date of the IPO through September 30, 2021 was 57.5%.