UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2022

BROWN & BROWN, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Florida	001-13619	59-0864469
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
300 North Beach Street
Daytona Beach, Florida		32114
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 386 252-9601

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value	BRO	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 14, 2022, Brown & Brown, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Truist Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with respect to the offer and sale by the Company of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.200% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 4.950% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes,” and together with the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were offered under the Company’s Automatic Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-248587) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2020. The Underwriting Agreement contemplates that the Notes will be 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, as supplemented by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture expected to be dated as of March 17, 2022. The sale of the Notes is expected to close on March 17, 2022. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes to fund the cash consideration and other amounts payable under the majority share purchase agreement to acquire GRP (Jersey) Holdco Limited and its businesses and to pay fees and expenses associated with the foregoing.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, conditions to closing, termination provisions and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type. The Underwriting Agreement also contains customary indemnification and contribution rights and obligations of the Company and the Underwriters. The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

Exhibit No.	Description
1.1	Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2022, among Brown & Brown, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Truist Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			BROWN & BROWN, INC.
Date:	March 15, 2022	By:	/s/ R. Andrew Watts
			R. Andrew Watts Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer