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Cannae Holdings Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 29, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 29, 2024

CNNE$17.63-0.3%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Item 9B. Other Information

On February 26, 2024, the Company, Cannae LLC and Trasimene entered into a Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement (the "Third Amended MSA") which amends and restates the Second Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated September 30, 2023 (the "Second Amended MSA"). The Third Amended MSA amends the Second Amended MSA primarily to (i) provide for a termination of the agreement by the Company effective June 30, 2027, (ii) reduce the management fee to a fixed amount of $7.6 million annually effective beginning July 2, 2024 and (iii) provide for payment of the termination fee under the agreement of $20 million to be paid by the Company to Trasimene in installments of $6.7 million annually over the three-year period ended July 1, 2026. The Third Amended and Restated MSA has a termination date of June 30, 2027 unless earlier terminated by the Company or Trasimene. The foregoing description of the Third Amended MSA is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the full text of the Third Amended MSA, which is filed as Exhibit 10.11 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

On February 26, 2024, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with William P. Foley, II, Cannae's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board"). The employment agreement is effective as of February 26, 2024 (the "Effective Date") and provides for a three-year term ending on March 31, 2027, with a provision for automatic one-year extensions each year following the Effective Date and continuing thereafter unless the Company provides timely notice that the term should not be extended. Mr. Foley's employment agreement provides that beginning on the Effective Date he will receive a minimum annual base salary of $1.0 million and, on or around February 28, 2024, a time-based equity incentive of award in the form of one million restricted stock units which will vest as follows: 400,000 units on July 2, 2024, 400,000 units on July 2, 2025 and 200,000 units on July 2, 2026. Mr. Foley's employment agreement also provides for a minimum annual grant of 150,000 restricted stock units on or prior to March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, each vesting in three equal annual installments beginning one year from their respective grant dates. The restricted stock units granted to Mr. Foley will contain pass-through voting rights and rights to accrued dividends (if any are declared by the Company during the vesting period) payable upon vesting of the restricted stock units.

On February 26, 2024, the Company entered into a new employment agreement with Ryan R. Caswell, Cannae's President. The employment agreement is effective as of February 26, 2024 (the "Effective Date") and provides for a three-year term ending on March 31, 2027, with a provision for automatic one-year extensions each year following the Effective Date and continuing thereafter unless the Company provides timely notice that the term should not be extended. Mr. Caswell's employment agreement provides that beginning on the Effective Date he will receive a minimum annual base salary of $1.0 million and, on or around February 28, 2024, a time-based equity incentive award in the form of 150,000 restricted-stock units which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. Mr. Caswell's employment agreement also provides for a minimum annual grant of 150,000 restricted stock units on or prior to March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board, each vesting in three equal annual installments beginning one year from their respective grant dates. Mr. Caswell's employment agreement also provides for eligibility for a target annual incentive bonus of $750,000 which may be periodically reviewed and increased at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board. The restricted stock units granted to Mr. Caswell will contain pass-through voting rights and rights to accrued dividends (if any are declared by the Company during the vesting period) payable upon vesting of the restricted stock units.

The foregoing summary of the terms and conditions of Mr. Foley's and Mr. Caswell's employment agreements and long-term incentive awards are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of Mr. Foley's and Mr. Caswell's employment agreements with the Company, the award agreements for their long-term incentive awards and the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan dated November 17, 2017 which are filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

On February 27, 2024, our Board adopted a resolution increasing the size of the Company’s Board to twelve and elected Douglas K. Ammerman to serve on our Board. Mr. Ammerman will serve in Class III of our Board and his term will expire at our 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Ammerman has not been appointed to any committee of our Board.

Mr. Ammerman, who is 72, is a retired partner of KPMG LLP, where he became a partner in 1984. Mr. Ammerman formally retired from KPMG in 2002. He also serves as a director of Stantec Inc. since 2011, where he serves as Chairman, as a director of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. since 2006, as a director of F&G Annuities and Life, Inc. since December 2022 and as a director Dun & Bradstreet since February 2019. Mr. Ammerman formerly served on the boards of J. Alexander’s Holdings, Inc. and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. Mr. Ammerman’s qualifications to serve on Cannae’s Board include his financial and accounting background and expertise, including his 18 years as a partner with KPMG, and his experience as a director on the boards of other companies.

Mr. Ammerman is not a party to any related party transactions with the Company. He will receive customary compensation paid to our non-employee directors.

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