EXHIBIT 10.25
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 5, 2025 (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”), by and among Carrington Holding Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Original Buyer”), Tiptree Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Tiptree”), Reliance Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tiptree (“Reliance Holdings,” and together with Tiptree, the “Sellers”), Reliance First Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Holdings (the “Company”), and Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“New Buyer”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined hereafter).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Original Buyer, the Sellers and the Company are parties to that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of October 31, 2025 (the “Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Original Buyer desires to assign to New Buyer all of its rights, title and interest in, and all obligations under, the Purchase Agreement, and New Buyer desires to assume and accept all of Original Buyer’s rights, title and interest in, and obligations under, the Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.9 of the Purchase Agreement, Original Buyer, New Buyer, the Sellers and the Company desire to amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth herein (including, without limitation, to effectuate the Assignment and Assumption (as defined hereafter)).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
(a) The definition of “Buyer Indemnitees” shall be amended and restated as follows:
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““Buyer Indemnitees” means Carrington Holding Company, LLC, the Buyer, the Company and each of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, independent contractors, equity holders, successors and assigns.”
(b) The definition of “Estimated Balance Sheet” shall be amended and restated as follows:
““Estimated Balance Sheet” means the balance sheet of the Company as of the month-end prior to Closing calculated in accordance with the Accounting Principles, in form and substance consistent with the balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 2025 previously provided to Carrington Holding Company, LLC, with such pro forma adjustments as necessary to give effect to all transactions, including assets sales, reasonably anticipated to be entered into by the Company after such month-end until the Closing Date.”
(c) The definition of “Licensing Change of Control Expenses” shall be amended and restated as follows:
““Licensing Change of Control Expenses” means all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses of Carrington Holding Company, LLC and/or the Buyer incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of the Required Approvals and Filings, as evidenced by invoice(s) from Mayer Brown LLP.”
(a) For purposes of the definition of “Mortgage Loan Requirements” and Section 3.2(z)(i), each reference to “the Buyer” therein shall be amended to read “any buyer”.
(b) For purposes of Section 3.2(x), Section 3.2(y) and Section 3.2(z)(ii), each reference to “the Buyer” therein shall be amended to read “the applicable buyer”.
“If to the Sellers:
Tiptree Inc.
660 Steamboat Road 2nd Floor,
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Attention: Siew Kwok
Email: skwok@tiptreeinc.com
Reliance Holdings LLC
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660 Steamboat Road 2nd Floor,
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Attention: Siew Kwok
Email: skwok@tiptreeinc.com
If to the Buyer:
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
c/o Carrington Holding Company, LLC
1700 East Putnam Avenue, 5th Floor,
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
Attention: Andrew Taffet; Scott Siegler
Email: andrew.taffet@carringtoncap.com; scott.siegler@carringtoncap.com
With required copy to:
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
350 South Grand Avenue, 40th Floor
Los Angeles CA, 90071-3460
Attention: David Sands; Peter Park
Email: dsands@sheppardmullin.com; ppark@sheppardmullin.com”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment No. 1 to Purchase Agreement as of the date first written above.
ORIGINAL BUYER:
CARRINGTON HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
By: /s/ Andrew M. Taffet
Name: Andrew M. Taffet
Title: Chief Executive Officer
NEW BUYER:
CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ Andrew M. Taffet
Name: Andrew M. Taffet
Title: Chief Investment Officer
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SELLERS:
TIPTREE INC.
By: /s/ Jonathan Ilany
Name: Jonathan Ilany
Title: Chief Executive Officer
RELIANCE HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Jonathan Ilany
Name: Jonathan Ilany
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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COMPANY:
RELIANCE FIRST CAPITAL LLC
By: /s/ Hugh Miller
Name: Hugh Miller
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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