SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
X	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SUMMIT PARTNERS L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Fortegra Financial Corp [ FRF ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Manager of GP of 10% Owner
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/04/2014
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/04/2014		S(1)		12,438,772(2)	D	$10	0	I	See remarks.

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SUMMIT PARTNERS L P (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Manager of GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Summit Partners PE VII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Summit Partners PE VII, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Indirect GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SUMMIT PARTNERS VI GP LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SUMMIT PARTNERS VI GP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Indirect GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MANNION MARTIN J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SUMMIT PARTNERS 222 BERKELEY STREET, 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Manager of GP of 10% owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Summit Partners SD III, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) GP of 10% Owner

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Summit Partners SD III, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 222 BERKELEY STREET 18TH FLOOR (Street) BOSTON MA 02116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Indirect GP of 10% Owner

Explanation of Responses:

1. Disposition is pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated August 11, 2014, among Fortegra Financial Corporation (the "Company"), Tiptree Operating Company, LLC, Caroline Holdings LLC, ("Holdings"), and Caroline Merger Sub, Inc.("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings.

2. Represents shares sold by the following entities: 7,185,871 shares of common stock sold by Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-A, L.P., 4,315,949 shares of common stock sold by Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-B, L.P., 591,713 shares of common stock sold by Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund III-A, L.P., 308,237 shares of common stock sold by Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund III-B, L.P. and 37,002 shares of common stock sold by Summit Investors VI, L.P.

Remarks:

The entities mentioned in Footnote 2 are collectively referred to as the "Summit Entities." Summit Partners, L.P. (i) is the managing member of Summit Partners PE VII, LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners PE VII, L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-A, L.P. and Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-B, L.P., (ii) is the managing member of Summit Partners SD III, LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners SD III, L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund III-A, L.P. and Summit Partners Subordinated Debt Fund III-B, L.P. and (iii) advises, and through its Investment Committee exercises voting and dispositive authority over Summit Partners VI (GP), LLC, which is the general partner of Summit Partners VI (GP), L.P., which is the general partner of Summit Investors VI, L.P. Summit Partners, L.P., through its Investment Committee, currently composed of Martin J. Mannion, has voting and dispositive authority over the shares held by each of these entities and therefore may be deemed to beneficially own such shares. Mr. Mannion, as the sole member of the Investment Committee, has voting and dispositive authority over the shares held by the Summit Entities, and therefore may be deemed to beneficially own the shares. Each of the Summit Entities and Mr. Mannion disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of the shares for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, except, in each case, to the extent of each such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.

	Summit Partners, L.P., by Summit Master Company, LLC, its General Partner, by Robin W. Devereux, POA for Joseph F. Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners PE VII, L.P., by Summit Partners PE VII, LLC, its General Partner, by Summit Partners, L.P., its Manager, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its General Partner, by Robin W. Devereux, POA for Joseph Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners PE VII, LLC, by Summit Partners, L.P., its Manager, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its General Parnter, by Robin W. Devereux, POA for Joseph Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners VI (GP), L.P., by Summit Partners VI (GP), LLC, its General Partner, by Summit Partners L.P., its Manager, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its General Partner, by Robin W. Devereux, Power of Attorney for Joseph F. Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners VI (GP), LLC, by Summit Partners, L.P., its Manager, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its General Partner, by Robin W. Devereux, Power of Attorney for Joseph F. Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Robin W. Devereux, POA for Martin J. Mannion	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners SD III, L.P., its GP, by Summit Partners SD III, LLC, its GP, by Summit Partners, L.P., its GP, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its GP, by Robin W. Devereux, POA for Joseph F. Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	Summit Partners SD III, LLC, its GP, by Summit Partners, L.P., its GP, by Summit Master Company, LLC, its GP, by Robin W. Devereux, POA for Joseph F. Trustey, Member	12/04/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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