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Employment Agreement between Answerthink, Inc. and Robert A. Ramirez

 Exhibit 10.8 
 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into and is made
effective the 1st day of August, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Answerthink, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and Robert A. Ramirez (the “Executive”). 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have entered into that certain Compliance Agreement dated as of March 30, 1998, as amended (the “ 1998
Employment Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend and restate the 1998 Employment Agreement in its entirety and declare
the 1998 Employment Agreement null and void; and 
 WHEREAS. Executive desires to be employed by the Company, on the terms and conditions set forth herein
from and after the Effective Date; and 
 WHEREAS, the duly authorized Compensation Committee of the board of directors of the Company (the
“Board”) has approved and authorized the entry into this Agreement with the Executive. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Employment Agreement. On the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to employ the Executive and the Executive agrees to be
employed by the Company for the Employment Period set forth in Section 2 hereof and in the position and with the duties set forth in Section 3 hereof. Terms used herein with initial capitalization are defined in Section 21 below.

 2. Term. The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall be for a three-year period commencing on the Effective Date (the “Initial
Term”). The term of employment shall be automatically renewed for an additional consecutive 12-month period (the “Extended Term”) as of the first and every subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date, unless and until either party
provides written notice to the other party in accordance with Section 11 hereof not less than 90 days before such anniversary date that such party is terminating the term of employment under this Agreement, which termination shall be effective
as of the end of such Initial Term or Extended Term, as the case may be, or until such term of employment is otherwise terminated as hereinafter set forth. Such Initial Term and all such Extended Terms are collectively referred to herein as the
“Employment Period.” The parties’ obligations under Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof shall survive the expiration or termination of the Employment Period. 
 3. Position and Duties. The Executive shall serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company during the Employment Period. As the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of
the Company, the Executive shall render executive, policy and other management services to the Company of the type customarily performed by persons serving in a similar officer capacity. The Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, except as otherwise determined by the 

 
Chief Executive Officer or the Board. The Executive shall also perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer or the Board may from time to time
reasonably determine and assign to the Executive. During the Employment Period, there shall be no material change in the duties and responsibilities of the Executive from those previously in effect, other than as provided herein, unless the parties
otherwise agree in writing. The Executive shall devote the Executive’s reasonable best efforts and substantially full business time to the performance of the Executive’s duties and the advancement of the business and affairs of the
Company. 
 4. Place of Performance. In connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company, the Executive shall be based at the principal
executive offices of the Company, except as otherwise agreed by the Executive and the Company and except for reasonable travel on Company business. If the Executive is required to relocate his place of employment to a location more than 50 miles
from his location as of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for the reasonable moving and relocation expenses incurred by him to establish a personal residence at the new location, including reasonable
traveling and temporary living expenses. 
 5. Compensation. 
 (a) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay to the Executive an annual base salary (the “Base Salary”), which initially shall be at the rate of $275,000.00 per year. The Base Salary
shall be reviewed no less frequently than annually and may be increased at the discretion of the Board. If the Executive’s Base Salary is increased, the increased amount shall be the Base Salary for the remainder of the Employment Period. The
Base Salary shall be payable biweekly or in such other installments as shall be consistent with the Company’s payroll procedures. 
 (b)
Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Executive may also be eligible to earn an annual bonus pursuant to a bonus plan adopted by the Board for each fiscal year. 
 (c) Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive will be entitled to such other benefits approved by the Board and made available to employees. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the Company
from changing carriers or from effecting modifications in insurance coverage for the Executive. 
 (d) Vacation; Holidays. The Executive shall
be entitled to all public holidays observed by the Company and vacation days in accordance with the applicable vacation policies for senior executives of the Company, which shall be taken at a reasonable time or times. 
 (e) Withholding Taxes and Other Deductions. To the extent required by law, the Company shall withhold from any payments due Executive under this Agreement
any applicable federal, state or local taxes and such other deductions as are prescribed by law or Company policy. 
 6. Expenses. The Executive is
expected and is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of his duties hereunder, including the costs of entertainment, travel, and similar business expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The Company shall reimburse
the Executive for all such expenses promptly upon periodic presentation by the Executive of an itemized account of such expenses. 
  

 7. Confidentiality; Work Product. 
 (a) Information. The Executive acknowledges that the information, observations and data obtained by the Executive concerning the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their predecessors during
the course of the Executive’s performance of services for, or employment with, any of the foregoing persons (whether or not compensated for such services) are the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including information concerning
acquisition opportunities in or reasonably related to the business or industry of the Company or its Subsidiaries of which the Executive becomes aware during such period. Therefore, the Executive agrees that he will not at any time (whether during
or after the Employment Period) disclose to any unauthorized person or, directly or indirectly, use for the Executive’s own account, any of such information, observations or data without the Board’s consent, unless and to the extent that
the aforementioned matters become generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a direct or indirect result of the Executive’s acts or omissions to act or the acts or omissions to act of other senior or junior management
employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Executive agrees to deliver to the Company at the termination of the Executive’s employment, or at any other time the Company may request in writing (whether during or after the Employment
Period), all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and other documents, regardless of the format or media (and copies thereof), relating to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their predecessors (including, without limitation,
all acquisition prospects, lists and contact information) which the Executive may then possess or have under the Executive’s control. 
 (b) Inventions and Patents. The Executive acknowledges that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) that
relate to the actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services of the Company or its Subsidiaries that are conceived, developed, made or reduced to practice by the Executive while employed by the
Company or any of its predecessors (“Work Product”) belong to the Company and the Executive hereby assigns, and agrees to assign, all of the above to the Company. Any copyrightable work prepared in whole or in part by the Executive in the
course of the Executive’s work for any of the foregoing entities shall be deemed a “work made for hire” under the copyright laws, and the Company shall own all rights therein. To the extent that any such copyrightable work is not a
“work made for hire,” the Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to Company all right, title and interest, including without limitation, copyright in and to such copyrightable work. The Executive shall promptly disclose such Work
Product and copyrightable work to the Board and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Board (whether during or after the Employment Period) to establish and confirm the Company’s ownership (including, without limitation, assignments,
consents, powers of attorney and other instruments). 
 (c) Enforcement. The Executive acknowledges that the restrictions contained in
Section 7(a) hereof are reasonable and necessary, in view of the nature of the Company’s business, in order to protect the legitimate interests of the Company, 

 
and that any violation thereof would result in irreparable injury to the Company. Therefore, the Executive agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Executive of the provisions of Section 7(a) hereof, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief restraining the Executive from disclosing or using
any such confidential information. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available to it for such breach or threatened breach, including, without limitation, recovery of damages from the
Executive. 
 8. Termination of Employment. 
 (a) Permitted Terminations. The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated during the Employment Period without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances: 
 (i) Death. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon the Executive’s death; 
 (ii) By the Company. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment: 
 (A) If the Executive shall have been unable to perform all of the Executive’s duties hereunder by reason of illness, physical or mental disability
or other similar incapacity, which inability shall continue for more than three consecutive months; or 
 (B) For Cause; or 
 (iii) By the Executive. The Executive may terminate employment for Good Reason. 
 (b) Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or the Executive (other than because of the Executive’s death)
shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, if any, and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated.
Termination of the Executive’s employment shall take effect on the Date of Termination. 
 9. Compensation Upon Termination. 
 (a) Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period as a result of the Executive’s death, the Company shall pay
to the Executive’s estate, or as may be directed by the legal representatives of such estate, the Executive’s full Base Salary through the Date of Termination and all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the Executive is entitled as of
the Date of Termination in connection with any fringe benefits or under any bonus or incentive compensation plan or program of the Company pursuant to Sections 5(b) and (c) hereof, at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have
no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. 
  

 (b) Disability. If the Company terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period
because of the Executive’s disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) hereof, the Company shall pay the Executive the Executive’s full Base Salary through the Date of Termination and all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the
Executive is entitled as of the Date of Termination in connection with any fringe benefits or under any bonus or incentive compensation plan of program of the Company pursuant to Sections 5(b) and (c) hereof, at the time such payments are due,
and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement; provided, that payments so made to the Executive during any period that the Executive is unable to perform all of the Executive’s duties hereunder by
reason of illness, physical or mental illness or other similar incapacity shall be reduced by the sum of the amounts, if any, payable to the Executive at or prior to the time of any such payment under disability benefit plans of the Company and
which amounts were not previously applied to reduce any such payment. 
 (c) By the Company with Cause or by the Executive without Good
Reason. 
 If the Company terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause pursuant to
Section 8(a)(ii)(B) hereof or if the Executive voluntarily terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period other than for Good Reason, the Company shall pay the Executive the Executive’s full Base Salary through the
Date of Termination and all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which Executive is entitled as of the Date of Termination in connection with any fringe benefits or under any bonus or incentive compensation plan or program of the Company pursuant to
Sections 5(b) and (c) hereof, at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement. 
 (d) By the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason. 
 If the Company terminates the
Executive’s employment during the Employment Period other than for Cause, disability or death pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) or (ii) hereof, or the Executive terminates his employment during the Employment Period for Good Reason pursuant
to Section 8(a)(iii) hereof, the Company shall pay the Executive (A) the Executive’s full Base Salary through the Date of Termination and all other unpaid amounts, if any, to which the Executive is entitled as of the Date of
Termination in connection with any fringe benefits or under any bonus or incentive compensation plan or program of the Company pursuant to Sections 5(b) and (c) hereof, at the time such payments are due; and 
 (B) subject to Sections 9(e) and 9(f) hereof: 
 (i) No Change of Control. Except as provided in Section 9(d)(ii) hereof, during the six-month period commencing on the Date of Termination (the “Initial Period”), the Company shall pay the Executive an aggregate amount equal
to Executive’s Base Salary, payable in equal installments on the Company’s regular salary payment dates, and any other amounts that would have been payable to or on behalf of the Executive under Section 5(c) hereof (the
“Severance Payments”). In 

 addition, the Company shall have the option, by delivering written notice to the Executive in accordance
with Section 11 hereof within 90 days after the Date of Termination, to extend the severance period to the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Extended Period”). During the Extended Period, the Company will continue to
make Severance Payments at the same annual rate to the Executive. Notwithstanding the foregoing and without in any way modifying the provisions of Sections 7 and 10 hereof, from and after the first date that Executive becomes employed with another
Person or provides services as a consultant or other self-employed individual, the Company, at its option, may eliminate or otherwise reduce the amount of Severance Payments otherwise required to be made pursuant to this Section 9(d)(i) to the
extent of the compensation and benefits received by the Executive from such other employment or self-employment; or 
 (ii) Change of Control.
If such termination is in anticipation of, in connection with or within one year after the date of a Change of Control, the Company shall pay the Executive an aggregate amount equal to Executive’s Base Salary, payable in equal installments on
the Company’s regular salary payment dates, and any other amounts that would have been payable to or on behalf of the Executive under Section 5(c) hereof (the “Severance Payments”) from the Date of Termination through the first
anniversary of the Date of Termination at the time such payments would otherwise have been due in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.
In addition, in such event, the Executive’s rights with respect to stock options, shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units previously granted by the Company, deferred and incentive compensation or bonus amounts awarded by the
Company and other contingent or deferred compensation awards or grants made by the Company, or otherwise made in connection with the Executive’s employment hereunder, shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the Date of Termination,
except to the extent inconsistent with the terms of any such plan or arrangement that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) or 423 of the Code. For purposes of Section 10 hereof, the “Initial Period” shall be the first 24
months following the Date of Termination. 
 (e) Parachute Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or of any other
agreement, contract or understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by the Executive with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, except an agreement, contract or understanding hereafter entered into that expressly modifies or
excludes application of this Section 9(e) (the “Other Agreements”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement heretofore or hereafter adopted by the Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof) for the
direct or indirect compensation of the Executive (including groups or classes of participants or beneficiaries of which the Executive is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for
the Executive (a “Benefit Plan”), if the Executive is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Section 280G(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), the Executive shall not have any
right to receive any payment or benefit under this Agreement, any Other Agreement or any Benefit Plan (i) to the extent that such payment or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments or benefits to or for the 

 Executive under this Agreement, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Plans, would cause any payment or
benefit to the Executive under this Agreement, any Other Agreement or any Benefit Plan to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a “Parachute Payment”) and
(ii) if, as a result of receiving a Parachute Payment, the aggregate after-tax amount received by the Executive under this Agreement, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Plans would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be
received by the Executive without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such payment or benefit under this Agreement, any Other Agreement or any Benefit Plan would cause the
Executive to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment that would have the adverse after-tax effect described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then the Executive shall have the right, in the Executive’s sole discretion,
to designate those rights, payments or benefits under this Agreement, any Other Agreement and any Benefit Plan that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the Executive under this Agreement be deemed to be a
Parachute Payment. 
 (f) Mitigation. The Company’s obligation to continue to provide the Executive with benefits pursuant to
Section 9(d)(i) or (ii) above shall cease if the Executive becomes eligible to participate in benefits substantially similar to those provided under this Agreement as a result of the Executive’s subsequent employment during the period
that the Executive is entitled to receive Severance Payments. 
 (g) Liquidated Damages. The parties acknowledge and agree that damages which
will result to the Executive for termination by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason shall be extremely difficult or impossible to establish or prove, and agree that the Severance Payments shall constitute liquidated damages
for any breach of this Agreement by the Company through the Date of Termination. The Executive agrees that, except for such other payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or
any applicable Benefit Plan, such liquidated damages shall be in lieu of all other claims that the Executive may make by reason of termination of his employment or any such breach of this Agreement and that, as a condition to receiving the Severance
Payments, the Executive will execute a release of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 
 10. Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation.

 (a) Noncompetition. The Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries and their
predecessors, he has and will continue to become familiar with the trade secrets of, and other confidential information concerning, the Company and its Subsidiaries, that the Executive’s services will be of special, unique and extraordinary
value to the Company and its Subsidiaries and that the Company’s ability to accomplish its purposes and to successfully pursue its business plan and compete in the marketplace depend substantially on the skills and expertise of the Executive.
Therefore, and in further consideration of the compensation being paid to the Executive hereunder, the Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period and any Initial Period or Extended Period, so long as Severance Payments are being made or
during any 

 portion of the Initial or Extended Period that Severance Payments are not required to be made pursuant to
the last sentence of Section 9(d)(i) hereof (the “Noncompete Period”), he shall not directly or indirectly own, manage, control, participate in, consult with, render services for, or in any manner engage in any business competing with
the businesses of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any business in which the Company or its Subsidiaries has commenced negotiations or has requested and received information relating to the acquisition of such business within eighteen months prior
to the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, in any country where the Company, its Subsidiaries, or other aforementioned business conducts business. 
 (b) Nonsolicitation. During the Employment Period and for two years following the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly
through another entity (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary to leave the employ of the Company or such Subsidiary, or in any way willfully interfere with the relationship between the Company or any
Subsidiary and any employee thereof, (ii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee or other business relation of the Company or any Subsidiary to cease doing business with the Company or such Subsidiary, or in any way
interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee or business relation and the Company or any Subsidiary or (iii) initiate or engage in any discussions regarding an acquisition of, or the Executive’s employment
(whether as an employee, an independent contractor or otherwise) by, any businesses in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has entertained discussions or has requested and received information relating to the acquisition of such business by
the Company or its Subsidiaries upon or within the 18-month prior to the Date of Termination. 
 (c) Enforcement. If, at the time of
enforcement of this Section 10, a court holds that the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum duration, scope or geographical area reasonable under such
circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or area and that the court shall be allowed to revise the restrictions contained herein to cover the maximum duration, scope and area permitted by law. Because the Executive’s
services are unique and because the Executive has access to confidential information, the parties hereto agree that money damages would be an inadequate remedy for any breach of any provision of this Agreement. Therefore, in the event a breach or
threatened breach by the Executive of any provision of this Agreement, the Company may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in its favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive or other
relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or other security). 
 11. Notices. All
notices, demands, requests or other communication required or permitted to be given or made hereunder shall be in writing an shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

 (a) If to the Company: Ted Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer, Answerthink, Inc. 1001 Brickell Bay Drive, Suite 3000, Miami, FL 33131. Copy
to: General Counsel. 
 (b) If to the Executive: Robert A. Ramirez, 3416 Andersen Road, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. 

 or to such other address as may be designated by either party in a notice to the other. Each notice, demand, request or
other communication that shall be given or made in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all purposes three days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, or at such time as it is delivered to the
addressee (with the return receipt, the delivery receipt, the answer back or the affidavit of messenger being deemed conclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. 
 12. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other
provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
 13. Survival. It is the express intention and agreement of the parties
hereto that the provisions of Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof shall survive the termination of employment of the Executive. In addition, all obligations of the Company to make payments hereunder shall survive any termination of this Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein. 
 14. Assignment. The rights and obligations of the parties to this Agreement shall not be assignable or
delegable, except that (i) in the event of the Executive’s death, the personal representative or legatees or distributees of the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have the right to receive any amount owing and unpaid to
the Executive hereunder and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall be assignable and delegable in connection with any subsequent merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or
similar reorganization of a successor corporation. 
 15. Binding Effect. Subject to any provisions hereof restricting assignment, this Agreement
shall be binding upon the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns. 
 16. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement shall not be amended, altered or modified except by an instrument in writing duly executed by the parties hereto. Neither
the waiver by either of the parties hereto of a breach of or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of either of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to
exercise any right or privilege hereunder, shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder. 
 17. Headings. Section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this
Agreement for any purpose, and shall not in any way define or affect the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof. 
 18. Governing
Law. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida (but not including the choice of law rules
thereof). 
  

 19. Entire Agreement; 1998 Employment Agreement Amended. By mutual consent, effective as of the Effective Date,
the parties hereby declare the 1998 Employment Agreement null and void and of no further force or effect. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties respecting the employment of Executive, there being no representations,
warranties or commitments except as set forth herein. 
 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 
 21. IRC Section 409A Savings Clause. If any
provision of this Agreement contravenes any regulations or guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code, the Company may reform this Agreement or any provision hereof to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of
the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. 
 22. Definitions. 
 “Agreement” means this Employment Agreement. 
 “Base Salary” is defined in Section 5(a) above. 
 “Beneficial Owner” means a
beneficial owner within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Benefit Plan” is
defined in Section 9(e) above. 
 “Board” means the board of directors of the Company. 
 “Cause” means (i) the commission of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or the commission of any other act or omission involving
dishonesty or fraud with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) conduct tending to bring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into substantial public disgrace or disrepute,
(iii) substantial and repeated failure to perform duties of the office held by the Executive as reasonably directed by the Board, and such failure is not cured within 30 days after the Executive receives notice thereof from the Board,
(iv) gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) any breach of Section 7 or 10 of this Agreement. 
 “Change in Control” means (A) any Person, other than any Person who is a Beneficial Owner of the Company’s securities before the Offering Date, becomes, after the Offering Date, the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; (B) during any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constitute the Board (including, for this purpose, any director who after the beginning of such period filled a vacancy on the Board caused by the resignation, mandatory retirement, death, or 

 disability of a director and whose election or appointment was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds
of the directors then in office who were directors at the beginning of such period) cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; (C) notwithstanding clauses (A) or (E) of this paragraph, the Company consummates a merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, the result of which is that the Persons who were stockholders of the Company at the time of the execution of the agreement to merge or consolidate own less than 80% of the total equity
of the corporation surviving or resulting from the merger or consolidation or of a corporation owning, directly or indirectly, 100% of the total equity of such surviving or resulting corporation; or (D) the sale in one or a series of
transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (E) any Person has commenced a tender or exchange offer, or entered into an agreement or received an option to acquire beneficial ownership of 40% or more of the total
number of voting shares of the Company, unless the Board has made a determination that such action does not constitute and will not constitute a material change in the Persons having control of the Company; or (F) there is a change of control
in the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act other than in circumstances specifically covered by clauses (A) through
(E) above. 
 “Code” is defined in Section 9(e) above. 
 “Company” means Answerthink, Inc. and its successors and assigns. 
 “Date of Termination” means (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive’s death, the date of the Executive’s death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is
terminated because of the Executive’s disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) hereof, 30 days after Notice of Termination, provided that the Executive shall not have returned to the performance of the Executive’s duties on a
full-time basis during such 30-day period; (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B) hereof or by the Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii)
hereof, the date specified in the Notice of Termination; or (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Employment Period other than pursuant to Section 8(a), the date on which Notice of Termination is given.

 “Employment Period” is defined in Section 2 above. 
 “Executive” means Robert A. Ramirez. 
 “Extended Period” is defined in Section 9(d)(i) above. 
 “Extended Term” is defined in Section 2
above. 
 “Good Reason” means (i) the Company’s failure to perform or observe any of the material terms or provisions of
this Agreement, and the continued failure of the Company to cure such default within 30 days after written demand for performance has been given to the Company by the Executive, which demand shall describe specifically the nature of such alleged
failure to perform or observe such material terms or provisions; or (ii) a material reduction in the scope of the Executive’s responsibilities and duties. 

 “Initial Period” is defined in Section 9(d) above. 
 “Initial Term” is defined in Section 2 above. 
 “Noncompete Period” is defined in Section 10(a) above. 
 “Notice of Termination” is
defined in Section 8(b) above. 
 “Offering Date” means the date of the completion of an initial public offering of the
Company’s Common Stock. 
 “Other Agreements” is defined in Section 9(e) above. 
 “Parachute Payment” is defined in Section 9(e) above. 
 “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental
entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof. 
 “Severance Payments” is defined in Section 9(d) above.

 “Subsidiary” means any corporation of which the Company owns securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power in
electing the board of directors directly or through one or more subsidiaries. 
 “Work Product” is defined in Section 7(b)
above. 
  

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed
on their behalf, as of the day and year first hereinabove written. 
  

									
	ANSWERTHINK, INC.	 		 	Attest:
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	  

					
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	THE EXECUTIVE:	 		 	Attest:
					
		 		 		 	By:	 	  

				
	  
 /s/ Robert A.
Ramirez
	 		 		 	
	Robert A. RamirezExhibit 10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
  

 RECAPITALIZATION AGREEMENT 
  

 By and Among 
 FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS RAMSEY GROUP, INC., 
 FNLC
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 
 NLC HOLDING CORP., 
 and 
 FIRST NLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 
  

 Dated July 25, 2007 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page
	 ARTICLE 1 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
	  	1
		
	 ARTICLE 2 STAGE ONE
	  	7
	 Section 2.1.
	  	Loans	  	7
	 Section 2.2.
	  	Repayment of Loans	  	8
	 Section 2.3.
	  	First Closing	  	8
	 Section 2.4.
	  	FBR Guaranty	  	8
		
	 ARTICLE 3 STAGE TWO
	  	9
	 Section 3.1.
	  	Conditions Subsequent	  	9
	 Section 3.2.
	  	Additional Actions	  	10
		
	 ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES
	  	10
	 Section 4.1.
	  	Organization and Good Standing	  	10
	 Section 4.2.
	  	Power and Authorization	  	10
	 Section 4.3.
	  	No Conflicts	  	11
	 Section 4.4.
	  	Brokers	  	11
		
	 ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FBR AND FNLC
	  	11
	 Section 5.1.
	  	Title to Current Equity	  	11
	 Section 5.2.
	  	Equity Rights	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE 6 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	  	12
	 Section 6.1.
	  	Conditions to First Closing Obligations of Each of the Parties	  	12
		
	 ARTICLE 7 indemnification
	  	13
	 Section 7.1.
	  	Obligations of FBR and FNLC	  	13
	 Section 7.2.
	  	Obligations of NLC Holding	  	13
	 Section 7.3.
	  	Obligations of the Company	  	14
	 Section 7.4.
	  	Minimum Losses	  	14
	 Section 7.5.
	  	Certain Limitations	  	14
	 Section 7.6.
	  	Notice; Procedure for Third-Party Claims	  	16
	 Section 7.7.
	  	Survival of Indemnity	  	17
	 Section 7.8.
	  	Subrogation	  	18
	 Section 7.9.
	  	Other Limitations	  	18
	 Section 7.10.
	  	Interest on Indemnity Claim	  	18
		
	 ARTICLE 8 TAX Matters
	  	18
	 Section 8.1.
	  	Stage One	  	18
	 Section 8.2.
	  	Stage Two	  	19
	 Section 8.3.
	  	Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns	  	19
	 Section 8.4.
	  	Tax Indemnification	  	20
	 Section 8.5.
	  	Tax Refunds	  	20
	 Section 8.6.
	  	Contests	  	20
	 Section 8.7.
	  	Cooperation	  	22
	 Section 8.8.
	  	Tax Sharing Agreements	  	22
	 Section 8.9.
	  	Coordination; Survival	  	22

  

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	 ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	22
	 Section 9.1.
	  	Counterparts	  	22
	 Section 9.2.
	  	Assignment	  	22
	 Section 9.3.
	  	Fees and Expenses	  	23
	 Section 9.4.
	  	Notices	  	23
	 Section 9.5.
	  	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process	  	24
	 Section 9.6.
	  	Further Action	  	24
	 Section 9.7.
	  	Effect of Headings	  	25
	 Section 9.8.
	  	Severability	  	26
	 Section 9.9.
	  	Entire Agreement; Modification; Waiver	  	26
	 Section 9.10.
	  	Counterparts	  	26

 Index of Exhibits 
  

			
	Exhibit A	  	Loan Agreement
	Exhibit B	  	Limited Liability Company Agreement
	Exhibit C	  	Members’ Agreement
	Exhibit D	  	Registration Rights Agreement
	Exhibit E	  	Securities Purchase Agreement
	Exhibit F	  	Mortgage Loan Indemnity Agreement
	Exhibit G	  	Conditions Precedent to Second Closing
	Exhibit H	  	Indemnification

  

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 RECAPITALIZATION AGREEMENT 
 This Recapitalization Agreement is made and entered into this 25th day of July 2007, by and among FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS RAMSEY GROUP, INC., a
Virginia corporation (“FBR”), FNLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“FNLC”), NLC HOLDING CORP., a Delaware corporation (“NLC Holding”), and FIRST NLC FINANCIAL
SERVICES, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “Company,” and together with FBR, FNLC, and NLC Holding, the “Parties,” and each, a “Party”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, FBR
is the ultimate parent of FNLC, which in turn owns all the outstanding securities of the Company. The Company is the owner of all the outstanding stock of First NLC, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“FNLC Inc.”), and NLC, Inc., a
Tennessee corporation (together with FNLC Inc, the “Subsidiaries,” and the Subsidiaries together with the Company, the “FNLC Entities”); 
 WHEREAS, the FNLC Entities are engaged in the business of originating, selling and securitizing mortgage loans; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has requested additional funds, and NLC Holding, and FNLC desire to provide additional funds to, and to recapitalize the equity of, the Company in two stages as more fully described below
and on the terms contained herein; 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 
 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 

 As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meaning unless the context requires otherwise (except that capitalized
terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement (as defined below)): 
 “Affiliate”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means
the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of common stock, by contract or otherwise. 
 “Agreement” means this Agreement, together with all exhibits and schedules hereto, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time.

 “Business” means the business and operations of the FNLC Entities as currently conducted. 

 “Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(a). 
 “Class A Units” has the meaning set forth in the Limited Liability Company Agreement. 
 “Class Action Lawsuits” mean those certain class action lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California and styled Stanfield, et al. v. First NLC Financial Services, LLC, Case No. CO6-3892 SBA and Sparrow-Milrot, et al. v. First NLC Financial Services, LLC, Case No. SA CV 07-0019 AHS RCX. 
 “Class B Units” has the meaning set forth in the Limited Liability Company Agreement. 
 “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. 
 “Company Cap” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b). 
 “Company
Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, matter, occurrence or state of facts that (a) has or results in, or would reasonably be expected to have or result in, a material adverse effect on the business, financial
condition, assets and properties, taken as a whole, or results of operations of the FNLC Entities, taken as a whole, or (b) does, or would reasonably be expected to, impair or materially delay the Company’s, or FBR’s or FNLC’s
ability to promptly perform its obligations hereunder or under the Securities Purchase Agreement, other than, in the case of clause (a), any change, effect, event, matter, occurrence or state of facts to the extent resulting from (i) a decline
or worsening of the United States economy in general, (ii) a matter generally affecting the mortgage loan origination industry, which in either of cases (i) or (ii) does not have a disproportionate effect on the FNLC Entities, taken
as a whole, or (iii) any action taken by FBR, FNLC or the Company expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement or (iv) any action taken by FBR, FNLC or the Company for which NLC Holding has provided its
written consent or (v) the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or the expected consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder (other than any loss of employees of any of the FNLC Entities unrelated to the planned reduction
in force or the loss of any mortgage loan brokers working with any of the FNLC Entities or any regulatory action or failure of compliance even if resulting from the announcement of the execution of this Agreement or the expected consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereunder). For the avoidance of doubt, losses incurred by the Company in the ordinary course of business shall not be deemed to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. 
 “Conditions Subsequent” means those conditions set forth in Exhibit G. 
 “Company Subsidiary” means each Person that is a Subsidiary of the Company. 
 “Consent” means any consent, approval, authorization, waiver, permit, license, grant, agreement, exemption or order of, or registration,
declaration or filing with or notice to, any Person, including any Governmental Entity, that are necessary or required in connection with: (a) the execution and delivery by the Company, FBR, FNLC or NLC Holding of the Transaction Documents;
(b) the consummation by the Company, FBR, FNLC or NLC Holding of the transactions contemplated hereunder; or (c) the conduct of the Business by the FNLC Entities following such consummation. 
  

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 “Contract” means any contract, agreement, indenture, license, lease, understanding or
arrangement or other legally binding contractual right or obligation (whether written or oral). 
 “Controlling Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(c). 
 “Current Equity” means the outstanding membership interests or other
equity or ownership interests of the Company. 
 “Deductible” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

 “DOJ” means the United States Department of Justice. 
 “Equity Interests” means any capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interest (as applicable) or other equity (including
equity appreciation rights) or voting interest or any security or evidence of Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock, partnership or limited liability company interest or other equity interest, or any right, warrant or
option to acquire or obligation to issue or deliver any of the foregoing. 
 “Equity Right” means any securities, options,
warrants, calls, rights, conversion rights, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal, redemption rights, repurchase rights, plans, “tag-along” or “drag-along” rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings.

 “Estimated Closing Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement. 
 “Excluded Taxes” means (i) any Income Taxes of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for any Pre-Closing Period or resulting from
any transaction in any Pre-Closing Period, (ii) any Taxes of FBR, FNLC, any of their Affiliates or any other Person (other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) for any period (whether before or after the Closing Date), including any
Taxes for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be liable under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise and
(iii) any Transfer Taxes arising as a result of or otherwise incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, in the case of any Straddle Period, Income Taxes of the Company and the
Company Subsidiaries for the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be computed as if such taxable period ended as of the close of business on the First Closing Date. 
 “First Closing” shall mean the closing of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.3. 
 “First Closing Date” shall mean July 25, 2007. 
 “FNLC Entities” has the meaning set forth
in the Recitals. 
 “FTC” means the United States Federal Trade Commission. 
  

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 “Guaranty” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a). 
 “Governmental Entity” means any federal, state, local or foreign government, authority, agency, department, bureau, court, commission or
other body, office or instrumentality or an arbitrator of any kind. 
 “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antirust
Improvement Act of 1976, as amended. 
 “Income Tax Claim” means any claim with respect to Income Taxes made by any Taxing
Authority that, if pursued successfully, would reasonably be expected to serve as the basis for a claim for indemnification under Section 8.4. 
 “Income Taxes” means any federal, state, foreign or local income or franchise Tax measured by or imposed on net income (including all interest and penalties thereon or additions thereto). 

“Indebtedness” means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), whether or not evidenced by a writing, (b) any other indebtedness that is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture,
draft or similar instrument, (c) all obligations under financing or capital leases, (d) all obligations in respect of acceptances issued or created, (e) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit, (f) all
liabilities secured by any lien on any property, (g) all obligations in respect of purchase agreements, put agreements or similar agreements pursuant to which a commitment has been made to purchase mortgage loans and other property,
(h) letters of credit and any other agreements relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit and (i) any guarantee of any of the foregoing obligations. 
 “Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a). 
 “Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a). 
 “Initial Capitalization” shall mean the conversion of amounts outstanding under the Loans, including those deemed outstanding under the
Loan Agreement, into Class A Units or Class B Units, as applicable. 
 “Law” means any domestic or foreign, state or
local law, constitution, rule, administrative code, administrative interpretation, ordinance, regulation, decree, policy, reporting and licensing requirement, order, statute, permit, license, certificate, judgment, writ, injunction, directive,
stipulation, award, guideline or other requirement of any Governmental Entity. 
 “Limited Liability Company Agreement”
means the Fourth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time. 
 “Litigation” means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, suit, Proceeding, citation, summons, subpoena, inquiry or investigation
of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory or otherwise, in law or in equity, pending or threatened, by or before any court, tribunal, arbitrator or other Governmental Entity. 
  

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 “Loan Agreement” shall mean the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the First
Closing Date, by and among FBR, FNLC, as lender, NLC Holding, as agent and lender, and the Company, as borrower, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, providing for the Loans, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time.

 “Loans” shall mean the loans to be made by the lenders under the Loan Agreement. 
 “Loss” means any liability, damage, claim, demand, obligation, loss, diminution of value, fine, cost, expense, royalty, Litigation, or
deficiency (whether known, unknown, disclosed, undisclosed, absolute, contingent, accrued or otherwise, whether or not resulting from third-party claims), including interest and penalties with respect thereto and out-of-pocket expenses and all
attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses incurred in the investigation, defense or settlement of any of the same or in asserting, preserving or enforcing any of the respective rights in connection therewith under any Transaction
Document. 
 “Maturity Date” has the meaning given to such term in the Loan Agreement. 
 “Members’ Agreement” shall mean the Members’ Agreement, dated as of the Second Closing Date, by and among the Company, NLC
Holding, and FNLC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time. 
 “Mortgage
Loan Indemnity Agreement” shall mean the Mortgage Loan Indemnity Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2007, by and among the Company and FBR. 
 “Mortgage Loan” has the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement. 
 “Mortgage Loan
Losses” shall mean those Losses incurred by the Company and accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that result from a breach of the Company’s representations or warranties with
respect to Mortgage Loans sold by the Company prior to the First Closing or from its obligation to repurchase any such Mortgage Loans as a result of an early payment default. 
 “Non-Controlling Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(c). 
 “Parties” and “Party” have the meanings set forth in the Preamble. 
 “Payee Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10. 
 “Payor Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10. 
 “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust or trustee
thereof, estate or executor thereof, unincorporated organization or joint venture, court or governmental unit or any agency or subdivision thereof, or any other legally recognizable entity. 
  

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 “Post-Closing Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the
First Closing Date. 
 “Pre-Closing Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the First
Closing Date. 
 “Preferred Interests” shall mean, collectively, Class A Units and Class B Units. 
 “Proceeding” means any judicial, administrative or arbitral action, suit, claim, investigation, examination, audit, review, inquiry or
proceeding brought by or on behalf of any Governmental Entity or any other Person. 
 “Real Estate Losses” shall mean any
Losses incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries with respect to the closing or relocation of any of the operating facilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1.1 attached hereto and the termination of the
employees set forth on Schedule 1.2; provided that following the First Closing, Schedules 1.1 and 1.2 may be modified with the prior written consent of the Parties. 
 “Registration Rights Agreement” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Second Closing Date, by and among the
Company, NLC Holding, and FNLC in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time. 
 “Second Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. 
 “Second Closing Date”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. 
 “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement by and among the Parties hereto, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, providing for the purchase by NLC Holding of Class A Units, as amended, modified and in effect from time to time. 
 “Settlement Agreement” means all those certain settlement agreements, dated July 24, 2007, as filed with the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California on July 24, 2007. 
 “Straddle Period” means any taxable period beginning on or
prior to and ending after the First Closing Date. 
 “Subsidiary” of a Person means an Affiliate of such Person of which
fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock (or of any general partnership or other voting or controlling equity interest in the case of a Person that is not a corporation) is beneficially owned by the Person directly or indirectly through
one or more other Persons. 
 “Tax” means any federal, state, foreign or local net or gross income, alternative minimum,
accumulated earnings, personal holding company, franchise, doing business, capital stock, net worth, capital, profits, windfall profits, gross receipts, business, securities transaction, value added, sales, use, excise, custom, transfer,
registration, stamp, premium, real property, personal property, ad valorem, intangibles, rent, occupancy, license, occupational, employment, 

  

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unemployment, social security, disability, workers’ compensation, payroll, withholding, estimated or other similar tax, duty or other governmental
charge of any kind whatsoever (including all interest and penalties thereon and additions thereto). 
 “Tax Proceeding” has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(b). 
 “Tax Return” means any return, report, declaration, form, claim for
refund or information statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof. 
 “Taxing Authority” means any governmental agency, board, bureau, body, department or authority of any United States federal, state or local jurisdiction or any foreign jurisdiction, having or purporting to exercise
jurisdiction with respect to any Tax. 
 “Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(b).

 “Transfer Tax” means any real or personal property transfer tax, sales, use, registration, value-added, stamp, stock
transfer or other similar tax or related amounts (including any interest, penalties and additions to tax). 
 “Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Loan Agreement, the Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Members’ Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Indemnity Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and
documents required to be delivered by NLC Holding, FBR, FNLC, or the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
 “Treasury Regulations” means the final and temporary federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as the same may be amended hereafter from time to time. 
 “Wage and Hour Classifications” means those Laws relating to wage and hour classifications, recordkeeping, pay practice, compensation,
benefits, remuneration, withholdings, meal periods or rest periods under the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Law that compels the Company to take into account the classification or job responsibilities of any position in determining or
providing compensation, benefits, working conditions or business operations as they relate to interactions with employees (other than Litigation that is primarily unrelated to pay or that relates to employment discrimination or that relates to
unfair labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act). 
 “WAMU Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(a). 
 ARTICLE 2 
 STAGE ONE 
 Section 2.1. Loans. 
 (a) Each of the Company, NLC Holding, FBR and FNLC agrees, as of the First Closing, to enter into the Loan Agreement on the terms and
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 (b) At the First Closing, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan
Agreement, NLC Holding will make a Loan in a principal amount of $60,000,000 and FNLC will make a Loan in a principal amount equal to $15,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Loan Agreement, to the Company.

 (c) The Loans shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amounts thereof in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Agreement. 
 (d) The Loans shall be secured by all the assets of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Loan
Agreement. 
 Section 2.2. Repayment of Loans. 
 (a) The Loans shall mature no later than the Maturity Date, and shall be repaid as provided in the Loan Agreement. Payments in respect of
the Loans shall be applied (i) first, to pay all accrued but unpaid interest on the Loans made by NLC Holding and FNLC and (ii) second, to repay the outstanding principal balance (for avoidance of doubt, such amounts shall exclude
capitalized interest) of the Loans made by NLC Holding and FNLC. All amounts paid to NLC Holding and FNLC with respect to the Loans shall be made pro rata based on the respective Loan Percentages (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 (b) If prior to the Maturity Date, the Conditions Subsequent have been satisfied or waived, the total amount of the Loans
made to such date, plus any and all capitalized interest and other amounts outstanding and/or due and owing as part of the Loans, shall be deemed to be repaid and converted into Class A Units and Class B Units, as applicable. 
 Section 2.3. First Closing. 
 Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article 6, the First Closing shall take place on the First Closing Date at such date, time or place agreed to in writing by FNLC and NLC Holding. 
 Section 2.4. FBR Guaranty. 
 (a) The Parties acknowledge that FBR currently guaranties the Company’s obligations under that certain Mortgage Loan Repurchase Agreement (the “WAMU Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2006,
by and among Washington Mutual Bank, FA, MHC I, Inc., First NLC, Inc., NLC, Inc., the Company and FBR, pursuant to a guaranty dated as of April 6, 2006 (the “Guaranty”). 
 (b) The parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a new or restructured mortgage loan repurchase agreement
without a guaranty from FBR. FBR agrees that it shall maintain its Guaranty, and shall not amend the terms thereof, for three months following the First Closing Date. 
 (c) For each of the first three months following the First Closing Date, FBR shall receive a monthly fee from the Company equal to the
product of 0.20% and the average amount drawn under such repurchase agreement during such monthly period, payable in arrears on the last day of the applicable monthly period. 
  

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 (d) If and to the extent that FBR is obligated to make any payments pursuant to the
Guaranty, the Company shall promptly repay FBR the amount actually paid by FBR under the Guaranty, such amount to be payable prior to any payments made under the Loan Agreement or any Transaction Document, including the Management Services Agreement
(as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). 
 (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge and agree
that in no event shall FBR be entitled to be paid or repaid any amounts pursuant to Section 2.4(c) or (d) with respect to Mortgage Loans outstanding as of or prior to the First Closing Date. 
 (f) For purposes of clarity, the Parties acknowledge that the Company shall be able to fund Mortgage Loans under the WAMU Agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof if the Company does not have any availability under any secured warehouse financing provided by Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC or other secured warehouse financing lenders, in each case acceptable
to NLC Holding in its sole discretion. 
 ARTICLE 3 
 STAGE TWO 
 Section 3.1. Conditions Subsequent. 
 The Initial Capitalization shall occur three Business Days (or such other date as mutually agreed to by the Parties) (such date, the “Second
Closing Date”) after receipt by FBR and FNLC, on the one hand, and NLC Holding, on the other hand, of satisfactory evidence that each of the conditions set forth in Exhibit G has been satisfied (the “Second
Closing”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if FBR and FNLC, on the one hand, and NLC Holding, on the other hand, receive satisfactory evidence that each of the conditions set forth in Sections (a)-(g) of Exhibit G have
been satisfied by the Party responsible therefor, or waived in writing by the Party benefited thereby, the Second Closing, including the Initial Capitalization and all actions required by Section 3.2, shall occur within three Business
Days of the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions; provided, however, that in such a Second Closing, the Current Equity will be cancelled and the Preferred Interests will be issued to FNLC and NLC Holding in exchange for the
conversion of only 20% of the amount of the Loans, pro rata as between FNLC and NLC Holdings, including those amounts deemed outstanding under the Loan Agreement. The balance of the Loans shall remain outstanding until either (a) FBR and
FNLC, on the one hand, and NLC Holding, on the other hand, receive satisfactory evidence that the condition set forth in Section (h) of Exhibit G has been satisfied or waived in writing by the Parties, at which time the Parties
shall be issued additional Preferred Interests in exchange for the conversion of all outstanding amounts under the Loans, or (b) the Loans are otherwise due in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement. 
  

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 Section 3.2. Additional Actions. 
 At the Second Closing: 
 (a)
The parties thereto will execute, deliver and perform the Securities Purchase Agreement. 
 (b) The Company, FNLC, and NLC
Holding will enter into the Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Members’ Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. 
 (c) Pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Current Equity will be cancelled and the Preferred Interests will be issued to FNLC and NLC Holding in exchange for the conversion of all outstanding amounts under the Loans,
including those amounts deemed outstanding under the Loan Agreement. FNLC hereby acknowledges and agrees that, effective as of the Second Closing, (A) the Current Equity is surrendered and terminated and (B) FNLC shall no longer have any
rights with respect to such Current Equity, except as set forth in the Limited Liability Company Agreement (including its rights to the Preferred Interests). 
 ARTICLE 4 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES 
 Each Party represents and warrants as to itself as follows: 
 Section 4.1. Organization and Good Standing. 
 Each Party is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws under which it has been incorporated or otherwise formed. Each Party has all requisite power and authority (corporate and other) to own, operate and lease its assets and properties and to carry on its business as
presently conducted. 
 Section 4.2. Power and Authorization. 
 Such Party has full legal right, power and authority necessary to enter into and perform its obligations and consummate the transactions contemplated to
be consummated by it under this Agreement and under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by such Party of the transactions contemplated to be consummated by it hereby
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational action and no other corporate or organizational proceedings on the part of such Party is necessary to authorize this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been and, at the First Closing and the Second Closing, each Transaction Document to which such Party is a party will have been, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Party. Assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery of the other parties hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and each Transaction Document to which such Party is a party will constitute when executed and delivered by such Party, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability is subject to the effect of (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  

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 Section 4.3. No Conflicts. 
 (a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which such Party is a party do not and will
not (with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice): 
 (i) violate or conflict with the certificate or articles
of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational document, if any, of such Party; 
 (ii) violate or conflict with any Law;
or 
 (iii) violate or conflict with, result in a breach or termination of, or constitute a default or otherwise cause any
loss of benefit under any Contract to which such Party is a party or by which such Party or any of its assets are bound, or give to others any rights (including rights of termination, foreclosure, cancellation or acceleration), in or with respect to
such Party or any of its assets. 
 Section 4.4. Brokers. 
 No Person acting on behalf of either Party or any of their respective officers, directors or employees or any of their affiliates or under the authority
of any of the foregoing is or will be entitled to any brokers’ or finders’ fee or any other commission or similar fee, directly or indirectly, from any of such Persons in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Each Party shall be responsible for any such required payments to its own broker or finder, and shall fully indemnify the other Party for such payments on a dollar-for-dollar basis. 
 ARTICLE 5 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF FBR AND FNLC 
 Each of FBR and FNLC, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to NLC Holding as follows: 
 Section 5.1. Title to Current Equity. 
 FNLC is the sole record and beneficial owner of all of the Current Equity as set forth on Schedule 5.1, and, except as set forth in Schedule 5.1, has good and valid title to such Current Equity, free and clear of any Liens and with no
restriction on the voting rights and other incidents of record and beneficial ownership pertaining thereto. FNLC is not the subject of any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding. Except for this Agreement, the documents contemplated
hereunder and as set forth on Schedule 5.1, there are no outstanding Contracts or understandings between FBR, FNLC and any other Person with respect to the acquisition, disposition, transfer, registration or voting of or any other matters in any way
pertaining or relating to, or any other restrictions on any of the Current Equity and, except as contemplated by this Agreement, neither FBR nor FNLC has any right to receive or acquire any Equity Interest of any of the FNLC Entities. 
  

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 Section 5.2. Equity Rights. 
 Except as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no outstanding Equity Rights (a) obligating FBR or FNLC or any of their Affiliates to issue,
deliver, redeem, purchase or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered, redeemed, purchased or sold, any Equity Interests of any of the FNLC Entities or any securities or obligation convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, any Equity
Interests of any of the FNLC Entities, (b) issued by FBR or FNLC and giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire any Equity Interests of any of the FNLC Entities, or (c) obligating FBR, FNLC or any of their Affiliates to issue,
grant, adopt or enter into any such Equity Right. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, none of FBR, FNLC or any of their Affiliates has (i) outstanding Indebtedness that could entitle or convey to any Person the right to vote, or that is
convertible into or exercisable for any Equity Interest of the any of the FNLC Entities or (ii) Equity Rights that could entitle or convey to any Person the right to vote with the equityholders of any of the FNLC Entities on any matter. There
are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings outstanding with respect to the Equity Interests of any of the FNLC Entities to which such FBR, FNLC or any of their Affiliates is a party. 
 ARTICLE 6 
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 

 Section 6.1. Conditions to First Closing Obligations of Each of the Parties. 
 The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated at the First Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or
prior to the First Closing Date of the following conditions: 
 (a) Governmental and Regulatory Consents. All filings
required to be made prior to the First Closing Date with, and all consents, approvals, permits and authorizations required to be obtained prior to the First Closing Date from, Governmental Entities in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been made or obtained (as the case may be). 
 (b) No Injunctions or Restraints. No action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Entity which has not been dismissed or resolved shall have been instituted or threatened by any Person to restrain or prohibit the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Party invoking this condition shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order or injunction vacated. 
 (c) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in Article 4 shall be true and correct in
all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the First Closing Date as though made on and as of the First Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. 
 (d)
Intercompany Indebtedness. Except as set forth on Annex A of the Loan Agreement, none of the FNLC Entities shall have outstanding any Indebtedness to any of their Affiliates. 
  

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 (e) Mortgage Loan Indemnity. FBR and NLC Holding shall have entered into the
Mortgage Loan Indemnity Agreement. 
 (f) Warehouse Lenders. The Company shall have obtained: (i) a Consent from
Washington Mutual Bank, FA related to the WAMU Agreement if required thereunder in the reasonable judgment of NLC Holding; and (ii) if determined to be necessary or appropriate by NLC Holding in its sole discretion, secured warehouse financing
from Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC acceptable to NLC Holding in its sole discretion. 
 (g) Performance
of Obligations of the Parties. The Parties shall have performed all obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the First Closing Date. 
 ARTICLE 7 
 INDEMNIFICATION 
 Section 7.1. Obligations of FBR and FNLC. 
 Subject to the other provisions of this Article 7, FBR and FNLC shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless NLC Holding and its Affiliates (including the Company and the Company
Subsidiaries after the First Closing), predecessors and successors, stockholders, employees, officers, partners, members, trustees, directors, managers, agents, and representatives (the “Sun Indemnitees”) from and against, and pay
or reimburse the Sun Indemnitees for, any and all Losses that any of them may suffer, incur or sustain, directly or indirectly, arising out of, attributable to, relating to or resulting from the matters listed in Exhibit H. 

Section 7.2. Obligations of NLC Holding. 
 Subject to the other provisions of this Article 7, NLC Holding hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless FBR, FNLC and their respective Affiliates, predecessors and successors, and stockholders,
employees, officers, partners, members, trustees, directors, managers, agents, and representatives (the “FBR Indemnitees”) from and against, and pay or reimburse FBR Indemnitees for, any and all Losses that any of them may suffer,
incur, or sustain, directly or indirectly, arising out of, attributable to, relating to or resulting from: 
 (a) any breach
of any of the representations and warranties made by NLC Holding in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement, where such representations and warranties are read without giving effect to any qualifiers or exceptions relating to knowledge
or materiality; 
 (b) any breach or nonperformance of any of the covenants or other agreements set forth in any Transaction
Document made and to be performed by NLC Holding; or 
 (c) any fees, expenses or other payments incurred or owed by NLC
Holding to any brokers, financial advisors or comparable other persons retained or employed by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. 
  

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 Section 7.3. Obligations of the Company. 
 Subject to the other provisions of this Article 7, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sun Indemnitees from and against, and
pay or reimburse the Sun Indemnitees for, any and all Losses that any of them may suffer, incur or sustain, directly or indirectly, arising out of, attributable to, relating to or resulting from the matters listed in Sections (a)-(e) of
Exhibit H. 
 Section 7.4. Minimum Losses. 
 (a) No Sun Indemnitee shall have any right to indemnification under Section (a) of Exhibit H until aggregate
Losses incurred by all Sun Indemnitees would exceed $1,000,000 (the “Deductible”), after which time all Losses pursuant to such Section, including those included in the Deductible, shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms
hereof; provided, however, that the Sun Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification without regard to the Deductible (i.e., from the first dollar) with respect to any Loss attributable to (i) fraud or (ii) any
breach of any representation or warranty of FBR, FNLC or the Company, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof. 
 (b) No FBR Indemnitee shall have any right to indemnification under Section 7.2(a) until aggregate Losses incurred by all FBR Indemnitees exceed the Deductible, after which time all Losses including those
included in the Deductible shall be recoverable in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that the FBR Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification without regard to satisfaction of the Deductible (i.e., from
the first dollar) with respect to any Loss attributable to (i) fraud or (ii) any breach of any representation or warranty of NLC Holding, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof. 
 Section 7.5. Certain Limitations. 
 (a) FBR and FNLC shall not be obligated to provide indemnification to the Sun Indemnitees for an amount exceeding, in the aggregate $15,000,000 (such aggregate amount, the “Cap”); provided,
however, that the Sun Indemnitees shall only be entitled to indemnification from FBR and FNLC for 80% of any Losses in excess of $10,000,000; and provided further, that the Sun Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification
without regard to the Cap for any Loss attributable to (i) any indemnification obligation pursuant to Sections (b), (c), (f) or (g) of Exhibit H, (ii) fraud, (iii) any breach of any representation or warranty
of FBR, FNLC or the Company in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof, (iv) any intentional or willful breach by FBR or FNLC of any covenant, which
breach was made with reckless disregard of FBR’s or FNLC’s obligations under this Agreement, or (v) as provided in Section 7.5(e). 
 (b) The Company shall not be obligated to provide indemnification to the Sun Indemnitees for an amount exceeding, in the aggregate
$1,250,000 (such aggregate amount, the “Company Cap”); provided, however, that the Sun Indemnitees shall only be entitled to indemnification from the Company for 20% of any Losses in excess of $10,000,000; and
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the Company Cap for any Loss attributable to (i) any indemnification obligation pursuant to Sections (b) or (c) of Exhibit H,
(ii) fraud, (iii) any breach of any representation or warranty of FBR, FNLC or the Company, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof or with the intent to mislead or defraud NLC Holding, (iv) any
intentional or willful breach by FBR, FNLC or the Company of any covenant, which breach was made with reckless disregard of FBR’s or FNLC’s obligations under this Agreement or with the intent to mislead or defraud NLC Holding, or
(v) as provided in Section 7.5(e). 
 (i) Except as provided below, any indemnification obligation of FBR or
FNLC up to the Cap payable hereunder shall, at FBR’s option, be satisfied either in cash or by an assignment to NLC Holding of: (i) FNLC’s right to payment of any Loans (as defined in the Loan Agreement); or (ii) Units (as
defined in the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Operating Agreement) or other capital of the Company held by FNLC or its permitted assigns. To the extent any indemnification obligation is satisfied with Units of the Company, (A) prior
to the Second Closing, such Units will be valued at a per Unit price equal to (x) the aggregate amount of any Loan made by FBR that is converted into equity in accordance with this Agreement or the Loan Agreement divided by (y) the number
of Units held by FBR at the time of such indemnification payment, and (B) after the Second Closing, (x) $15,000,000.00 divided by (y) the number of Units held by FBR immediately following the Second Closing. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any indemnification obligation pursuant to Sections (f) or (g) of Exhibit H or Section 7.5(e), shall be satisfied in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account identified by the
applicable Sun Indemnitees. 
 (c) In no event shall NLC Holding be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to
Section 7.2(a) exceeding, in the aggregate, the Cap; provided, however, that the FBR Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification without regard to the Cap for any Loss attributable to (i) fraud, (ii) any
breach of any representation or warranty of NLC Holding, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof or (iii) any intentional or willful breach by NLC Holding of any covenant, which breach was made with
reckless disregard of NLC Holding’s obligations under this Agreement. 
 (d) FBR, FNLC and the Company shall only be
obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to Section (d) of Exhibit H with respect to the Class Action Lawsuits to the extent any such Losses exceed the reserve for the Class Action Lawsuits set forth in the Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet. 
 (e) FBR, FNLC and the Company shall be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to Section
(e) of Exhibit H only to the extent that any Losses thereunder exceed the reserve for Mortgage Loan Losses set forth on the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet, provided that (i) FBR and FNLC shall also provide indemnification for
80% of $3,750,00 of Losses in excess of the Cap, up to an additional $3,000,000, and (ii) the Company shall also provide indemnification for 20% of $3,750,00 of Losses in excess of the Cap, up to an additional $750,000. In addition, upon the
later of March 1, 2008 or resolution of any claims under Section (e) of Exhibit H, the Company shall pay to FNLC (in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds) an amount, if any, equal to the excess, if any, of the
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results in a negative number). The Company may set-off any payment payable to FNLC under this Section 7.5(e) against any indemnification
obligations owed to FBR or FNLC under Section 7.1. 
 (f) FBR and FNLC shall be obligated to provide
indemnification pursuant to Section (g) of Exhibit H only to the extent that any Losses thereunder exceed the reserve for Real Estate Losses set forth on the Final Closing Balance Sheet (as defined in the Loan Agreement).

 Section 7.6. Notice; Procedure for Third-Party Claims. 
 (a) Any Person entitled to indemnification under this Agreement (an “Indemnified Party”) may seek indemnification for any
Loss or potential Loss by giving written notice to the applicable party or parties from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”), specifying (i) the representation and warranty or covenant or other agreement
that is alleged to have been breached or to have given rise to indemnification, (ii) the basis for such allegation and (iii) if known, the aggregate amount of the Losses for which a claim is being made under this Article 7 or, to
the extent that such Losses are not known or have not been incurred at the time such claim is made, an estimate, to be prepared in good faith, of the aggregate potential amount of such Losses. Written notice to such Indemnifying Party of the
existence of a claim shall be given by the Indemnified Party as soon as practicable after the Indemnified Party first receives notice of the potential claim; provided that any failure to provide such prompt notice of the existence of a claim
to the applicable Indemnifying Party shall not affect the Indemnified Party’s right to seek indemnification pursuant to this Article 7 except and only to the extent that such failure results in a lack of actual notice to the Indemnifying
Party and such Indemnifying Party actually incurs an incremental expense or otherwise has been materially prejudiced as a result of such delay. In the case of a claim not involving a Third-Party Claim, if the Indemnifying Party does not notify the
Indemnified Party within 30 calendar days following its receipt of such notice that the indemnifying party disputes its liability to the indemnified party under this Article 7, such claim specified by the Indemnified Party in such notice
shall be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under this Article 7 and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such liability to the Indemnified Party on demand or, in the case of any notice in which the amount of
the claim (or any portion thereof) is estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim (or such portion thereof) becomes finally determined. 
 (b) In the case of any claim asserted by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement against an Indemnified Party (a “Third-Party Claim”), the Indemnified Party shall permit the Indemnifying Party
(at the expense of such Indemnifying Party) to assume the defense of such Third-Party Claim and any litigation or Proceeding resulting therefrom; provided that (i) counsel for the Indemnifying Party who shall conduct the defense of such
claim or litigation shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and (ii) the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such Indemnified Party’s expense. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any Third-Party
Claim, shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed if the judgment or settlement is solely for monetary
damages and such monetary damages are fully indemnified by the Indemnifying Party). In the event that the Indemnified Party shall in good faith determine that the conduct of the defense of any Third- 

  

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Party Claim subject to indemnification hereunder or any proposed settlement of any such claim by the Indemnifying Party would reasonably be expected to
impair the ability of NLC Holding, the Company, FBR, FNLC or their respective Affiliates to conduct their businesses or to impair their respective reputations or business, or that the Indemnified Party reasonably expects to have available to it one
or more defenses or counterclaims that are inconsistent with one or more of those that may be available to the Indemnifying Party in respect of such claim or any litigation relating thereto, the Indemnified Party shall have the right at all times to
take over and assume control over the defense, settlement, negotiations or litigation relating to any such claim at the sole cost (only to the extent that the fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s counsel in such action are reasonable)
of the Indemnifying Party; provided that, if the Indemnified Party does so take over and assume control, the Indemnified Party shall not settle such claim or litigation without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In the event that the Indemnifying Party does not accept the defense of any matter as above provided, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend against any such claim or demand, and shall be
entitled to settle or agree to pay in full such claim or demand. In any event, FBR, FNLC and NLC Holding shall cooperate in the defense of any Third-Party Claim subject to this Article 7 and the records of each shall be made reasonably
available to the other with respect to such defense. 
 (c) In addition, the resolution of any Claims relating to a breach of
a Mortgage Loan representation or warranty made to a third party by the Company prior to the First Closing Date (including early payment default repurchases) shall be settled only after consultation with FBR, and with FBR’s approval not to be
unreasonably conditioned or withheld. 
 Section 7.7. Survival of Indemnity. 
 Any claims for indemnification under this Article 7 shall be made by giving a formal notice satisfying the requirements of Section 7.6
on or before the applicable “Expiration Date” specified below. Any matter as to which a claim has been asserted by formal notice satisfying the requirements of Section 7.6, and within the applicable Expiration Date, that is
pending or unresolved at the end of any applicable limitation period, under this Section 7.7, by law or otherwise, shall continue to be covered by this Article 7 notwithstanding such limitation (which the parties hereby waive
solely with respect to such circumstances), until such matter is finally terminated or otherwise resolved by the parties under this Agreement, by an arbitration or by a court of competent jurisdiction and any amounts payable hereunder are finally
determined and paid. The following claims shall have the following respective Expiration Dates: 
 (a) the first anniversary
of the Second Closing Date for any claims made under Section (a) of Exhibit H, but in any event not later than December 31, 2008; 
 (b) the date that is 15 months after the date that the Settlement Agreement is approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for any claims made under Section (d) of
Exhibit H; 
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 (d) the date that is 75 calendar days after the date that is the later of (i) the
date on which the Company closes the last of the facilities set forth on Schedule 1.1 and (ii) the date on which the Company terminates the last of the employees set forth on Schedule 1.2, for any claims made under Section
(g) of Exhibit H; and 
 (e) in perpetuity for (i) claims made under Sections (b), (c) or
(f) of Exhibit H and Section 7.2(b) and (ii) claims with respect to (A) fraud, (B) any breach of any representation or warranty of FBR, FNLC or the Company in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase
Agreement, which breach was made with reckless disregard for the truth or accuracy thereof, or (C) any intentional or willful breach by FBR or FNLC of any covenant in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement, which breach was made
with reckless disregard of FBR’s or FNLC’s obligations under this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement. 
 Section
7.8. Subrogation. 
 The rights of any Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to any right of action that the Indemnified Party may
have against any other person with respect to any matter giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. 
 Section 7.9. Other
Limitations. 
 (a) No Sun Indemnitee or FBR Indemnitee shall be entitled to any recovery in respect of any Loss to
the extent that such Loss was reduced by any insurance recoveries (and any such reduction in Loss shall not be included as a Loss for purposes of the Deductible or the Cap). 
 (b) No Sun Indemnitee or FBR Indemnitee shall be entitled to any recovery to the extent that such recovery would constitute a duplicative
payment for the same Loss. 
 Section 7.10. Interest on Indemnity Claim. 
 To the extent that any party (the “Payee Party”) becomes entitled to recover all or a portion of any Loss under this Article 7, such
Payee Party shall be entitled to accrued interest from the indemnifying party (the “Payor Party”) in respect of such Loss accruing at an interest rate equal to eight percent (8%) per annum (or if lower, the maximum rate
permitted by Law) from the date on which such Loss have been agreed among the parties (or, if earlier, the date on which such Loss has been determined by a final order or arbitration) until the date on which the Payor Party actually makes such
payment in respect of such Loss. 
 ARTICLE 8 
 TAX MATTERS 
 Section 8.1. First Closing. 
 Each of the Company, NLC Holding, FBR and FNLC agrees that, as of the First Closing Date, the Company shall be characterized as a partnership for United
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corresponding to the terms of the Loans. It is further intended that the transactions contemplated by Article 2 of this Agreement be characterized as
a capital contribution under Section 721 of the Code in exchange for partnership interests, with (i) NLC Holding contributing cash and (ii) FNLC contributing cash and all assets of the Company subject to all liabilities of the
Company. Each Party shall have an initial capital account equal to the face amount of the Loans. Such capital account shall be adjusted and income and loss shall be allocated pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Liability Company Agreement as
if such provisions were in effect and each such party had an equity interest with distribution rights identical to those of the Loans, including interest thereon, with FNLC having the right to distributions in excess of the amount of the Loans. The
Parties agree not to take any position inconsistent with the foregoing for United States federal or state and local Tax purposes. 
 Section 8.2. Stage Two. 
 Each of the Company, NLC Holding, FBR and FNLC agrees that, as of the Second Closing Date,
any conversion of the Loans be considered as an adjustment to the such parties interests in the Company for United States federal and state and local income Tax purposes, without there being any change in such members capital account, except as
otherwise adjusted pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof. The Parties agree not to take any position inconsistent with the foregoing for United States federal or state and local Tax purposes. 
 Section 8.3. Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns. 
 (a) FNLC shall timely prepare and file or shall cause to be timely prepared and filed all Tax Returns of or with respect to the Company
and the Company Subsidiaries for any taxable period that ends on or before the First Closing Date; provided, however, that FNLC shall provide NLC Holding copies of such proposed Tax Returns at least thirty (30) calendar days prior
to the due date of any such Tax Returns, such Tax Returns shall be prepared consistently with this Agreement and past practice and, in the event that NLC Holding reasonably objects to any item in such Tax Returns, such dispute shall be resolved by
the Independent Arbiter (as defined in the Loan Agreement) prior to the date such Tax Return is required to be filed. 
 (b)
NLC Holding shall timely prepare and file or shall cause to be timely prepared and filed all Tax Returns of or with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for any taxable period that ends after the First Closing Date and on or before
the Second Closing Date; provided, however, that NLC Holding shall provide FNLC copies of such proposed Tax Returns for a Straddle Period at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the due date of any such Tax Returns, such Tax
Returns shall be prepared consistently with this Agreement and past practice and, in the event that FNLC reasonably objects to any item in such Tax Returns, such dispute shall be resolved by the Independent Arbiter prior to the date such Tax Return
is required to be filed. 
 (c) The Company shall, except to the extent that such Tax Returns are the responsibility of FNLC
under Section 8.3(a) or NLC Holding under Section 8.3(b), timely prepare and file or shall cause to be timely prepared and filed all Tax Returns of or with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries; provided,
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provide FNLC copies of such proposed Tax Returns for a Straddle Period at least 30 days prior to the due date of any such Tax Returns, such Tax Returns shall
be prepared consistently with this Agreement and past practice of the Company and, in the event that FNLC reasonably objects to any item in such Tax Returns , such dispute shall be resolved by the Independent Arbiter prior to the date such Tax
Return is required to be filed. 
 Section 8.4. Tax Indemnification. 
 (a) FBR and FNLC shall pay or cause to be paid, shall be liable for, and shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold the NLC
Holding and its Affiliates (including the Company and the Company Subsidiaries after the First Closing Date) harmless from and against (i) any and all Excluded Taxes, and (ii) any and all Losses incurred by NLC Holdings or any of their
Affiliates to the extent arising out of or resulting from the breach of a representation or warranty (disregarding any materiality or knowledge qualification therein), agreement or covenant made under Section 4.17 of the Loan Agreement (to the
extent that such representation, warranty, agreement or covenant relates to Income Taxes) or in this Article 8. 
 (b)
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid, shall be liable for, and shall indemnify, defend and hold FBR and FNLC harmless from and against any and all Taxes of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries other than Taxes described in
Section 8.4(a). 
 (c) Payment in full of any amount due under this Section 8.4 shall be made to the
affected party by Wire Transfer at least two (2) Business Days before the date payment of the Taxes to which such payment relates is due, or, if no Tax is payable, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand is made for such
payment. 
 (d) The indemnification obligations under this Section 8.4 shall survive until six (6) months
following the applicable statute of limitations. 
 Section 8.5. Tax Refunds. 
 (a) FBR shall be entitled to any refunds or credits of or against any Excluded Taxes. The Company shall be entitled to any refunds or
credits of or against any Taxes other than refunds or credits of or against Excluded Taxes. 
 (b) The Company shall promptly
forward to FNLC or to reimburse FNLC for any refunds or credits due FNLC (pursuant to the terms of this Article 8) after receipt thereof, and FNLC or FBR shall promptly forward to the Company or reimburse the Company for any refunds or
credits due the Company (pursuant to the terms of this Article 8) after receipt thereof. 
 Section 8.6. Contests.

 (a) If any Taxing Authority asserts an Income Tax Claim, then the party hereto first receiving notice of such Income
Tax Claim promptly shall provide written notice thereof to the other party or parties hereto; provided, however, that the failure of such party to give such prompt notice shall not relieve the other party of any of its obligations
under this Article 8, except to the extent that the other party is actually prejudiced thereby. Such notice shall specify in reasonable detail the basis for such Income Tax Claim and shall include a copy of the relevant portion of any correspondence
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 (b) FNLC shall, upon written notice to NLC Holding and the Company, have the right to
control, at their own expense, any audit, examination, contest, litigation or other proceeding by or against any Taxing Authority (a “Tax Proceeding”) in respect of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for any taxable period that
ends on or before the First Closing Date; provided, however, that if such action could have an adverse impact on NLC Holding, any Affiliate of NLC Holding or the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (i) FNLC shall provide NLC
Holding and the Company with a timely and reasonably detailed account of each phase of such Tax Proceeding, (ii) FNLC shall consult with NLC Holding and the Company before taking any significant action in connection with such Tax Proceeding,
(iii) FNLC shall consult with NLC Holding and the Company and offer NLC Holding and the Company an opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Tax Proceeding, (iv) FNLC shall
defend such Tax Proceeding diligently and in good faith as if they were the only party in interest in connection with such Tax Proceeding, (v) NLC Holding (or an Affiliate of NLC Holding) and the Company shall be entitled to participate, at its
own expense, in such Tax Proceeding and receive copies of any written materials relating to such Tax Proceeding received from the relevant Taxing Authority, and (vi) FNLC shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Tax Proceeding without
obtaining the prior written consent of NLC Holding and the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. 
 (c) In the case of a Tax Proceeding for a Straddle Period of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, the Controlling Party shall have the right to control, at its own expense, such Tax Proceeding; provided,
however, that (i) the Controlling Party shall provide the Non-Controlling Party with a timely and reasonably detailed account of each phase of such Tax Proceeding, (ii) the Controlling Party shall consult with the Non-Controlling
Party before taking any significant action in connection with such Tax Proceeding, (iii) the Controlling Party shall consult with the Non-Controlling Party and offer the Non-Controlling Party an opportunity to comment before submitting any
written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Tax Proceeding, (iv) the Controlling Party shall defend such Tax Proceeding diligently and in good faith as if it were the only party in interest in connection with such Tax
Proceeding, (v) the Non-Controlling Party shall be entitled to participate in such Tax Proceeding, at its own expense, if such Tax Proceeding could have an adverse impact on the Non-Controlling Party or any of its Affiliates and (vi) the
Controlling Party shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Tax Proceeding without obtaining the prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, of the Non-Controlling Party if such settlement,
compromise or abandonment could have an adverse impact on the Non-Controlling Party or any of its Affiliates. “Controlling Party” means whichever of FNLC or the Company is reasonably expected to bear the greater Tax liability in
connection with a Straddle Period Tax Proceeding, and “Non-Controlling Party” means whichever of FNLC or the Company is not the Controlling Party with respect to such Straddle Period Tax Proceeding. 
 (d) The Company shall have the right to control, at its own expense, any Tax Proceeding involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary
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 Section 8.7. Cooperation. 
 From and after the First Closing Date, each of NLC Holding, the Company and FNLC shall: (a) assist in all reasonable respects (and cause their
respective Affiliates to assist) the other party in preparing any Tax Returns of the Company or any Company Subsidiary which such other party is responsible for preparing and filing; (b) cooperate in all reasonable respects in preparing for any
audits of, or disputes with any Taxing Authority regarding, any Tax Returns of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (c) make available to the other and to any Taxing Authority as reasonably requested all information, records, and documents
relating to Taxes of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (d) provide timely notice to the other in writing of any pending or threatened Tax audits or assessments of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for taxable periods for which the
other may have a liability under this Agreement; and (e) furnish the other with copies of all correspondence received from any Taxing Authority in connection with any Tax audit or information request with respect to the Company or any Company
Subsidiary with respect to any such taxable period. 
 Section 8.8. Tax Sharing Agreements. 
 Anything in any other agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, all liabilities and obligations between FBR, FNLC or any of their Affiliates (other than
the Company and the Company Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and any of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, on the other hand, under any Tax allocation or Tax sharing agreement in effect prior to the First Closing Date (other than this
Agreement) shall cease and terminate as of the First Closing Date as to all past, present and future taxable periods. 
 Section 8.9.
Coordination; Survival. 
 Except as expressly provided in this Article 8, claims for indemnification for Income Taxes shall
be governed exclusively by this Article 8. The indemnification provisions of this Article 8 shall survive until six (6) months following the expiration of the relevant statutes of limitations, including extensions. 
 ARTICLE 9 
 MISCELLANEOUS

 Section 9.1. Counterparts. 
 This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 Section 9.2. Assignment. 
 This
Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns, but this Agreement shall not be assignable by a Party without the prior written consent of the
other Parties; provided, however, that NLC Holding shall be permitted to assign and transfer, by novation, the right and responsibility to participate in up to a one-sixth (1/6) interest in any of its rights and obligations 

  

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under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the right to assign and transfer up to one-sixth (1/6) of the face amount of any Loans) to Neal
Henschel and Jeffrey M. Henschel collectively, and to each of them severally, at any time or from time to time in NLC Holding’s sole discretion. 
 Section 9.3. Fees and Expenses. 
 If the transactions contemplated herein are consummated, then
the Company agrees that it shall pay the expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants, investment bankers, brokers and other representatives or consultants) of both the Company and NLC Holding which
are incurred in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Company’s expenses shall not include the fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants, investment bankers, brokers and other representatives or consultants of FBR or FNLC,
including Hunton & Williams LLP and FBR Capital Markets. If the transactions contemplated herein are not consummated, each Party agrees that it shall pay its own expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of its legal
counsel, accountants, investment bankers, brokers and other representatives or consultants) which are incurred in connection therewith. 
 Section 9.4. Notices. 
 All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, or on the fifth day after mailing if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by reliable overnight
courier, first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed as follows: 
  

			
	FBR or FNLC	  	J. Rock Tonkel, Jr.
		  	Friedman, Billings Ramsey Group, Inc.
		  	1001 Nineteenth Street North
		  	Arlington, VA 22209
		  	Fax: (703) 469-1145
		
	With a Copy to:	  	William J. Ginivan
		  	1001 Nineteenth Street North
		  	Arlington, VA 22209
		  	Fax: (703) 469-1140
		
	NLC Holding:	  	NLC Holding Holding Corp.
		  	c/o Sun Capital Partners, Inc.
		  	5200 Town Center Circle, Suite 470
		  	Boca Raton, Florida 33846
		  	Attention: Michael Kalb and C. Deryl Couch
		  	Fax: (561) 394-0540
		
	With a Copy to:	  	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
		  	One Oxford Centre
		  	Thirty-Second Floor
		  	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
		  	Attention: David A. Gerson
		  	Fax: (412) 560-7001

  

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	The Company:	  	First NLC Financial Services, LLC
		  	4680 Conference Way South
		  	Suite 100
		  	Boca Raton, FL 33441
		  	Attention: Neal Henschel
		  	Fax: (866) 949-5333

 Any Party may change its address for purposes of this Section by giving the other Parties written notices of the
new address in the manner set forth above. 
 Section 9.5. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

 (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of New York, without
giving effect to the otherwise applicable principles of conflicts of laws of such state. 
 (b) Each Party hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and of any court of the State of New York sitting in New York county and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the Parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such federal court. Each of the Parties hereto
agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. 
 (c) Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding described in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.5 and brought in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.5. Each of the Parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. 
 (d) Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.4. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party hereto to serve process in any
other manner permitted by Law. 
 Section 9.6. Further Action. 
 (a) Following the First Closing Date, the parties shall monitor the estimated fair market value of the Company’s equity securities
with a view to assessing whether a filing under the HSR Act is required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder. 

  

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Within 60 days prior to the Second Closing Date, FNLC and NLC Holding will make a reasonable good-faith assessment of the estimated fair market value of the
Company’s equity securities, and based on such assessment, the Parties will determine whether a filing under the HSR Act is required. If the parties determine at any time that a filing is required, then the Parties shall cooperate to prepare a
filing and any supplemental information requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR Act and file as promptly as practicable thereafter and before the expiration of any relevant legal deadline. Each of the Parties shall furnish to each
other’s counsel such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission that is necessary under the HSR Act. If applicable, the parties shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act for the consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and shall keep each other apprised of the status of any communications with,
and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC and the DOJ and other Governmental Entity and shall comply promptly with any such inquiry or request. The Parties hereto commit to instruct their respective counsel to cooperate
with each other and use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate and expedite the identification and resolution of any such issues and, consequently, the expiration of the applicable HSR Act waiting period at the earliest practicable dates.
Such commercially reasonable efforts and cooperation include, but are not limited to, counsel’s undertaking (i) to keep each other appropriately informed of communications from and to personnel of the reviewing antitrust authority, and
(ii) to confer with each other regarding appropriate contacts with and response to personnel of said antitrust authority. 
 (b) Each Party shall promptly do, make, execute, or deliver, or cause to be done, made, executed, or delivered, all such further acts, documents, and things as the other Parties may reasonably require from time to time for the purpose of
giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Parties hereto shall use such Party’s commercially reasonable best efforts to take such action as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the other
Parties hereto to carry out and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. NLC Holding shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company in connection with its efforts to obtain the Consents, and shall provide
such information as may be reasonably necessary in connection therewith. 
 (c) NLC HOLDING, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS
AFFILIATES, WAIVES ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMPANY, FBR, FNLC AND THEIR AFFILIATES WITH RESPECT TO FBR AND THE COMPANY PROVIDING NLC HOLDING WITH A FINANCIAL MODEL THAT INCLUDES PROJECTIONS REGARDING THE COMPANY’S FUTURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
AND NLC HOLDING’S OR ITS AFFILIATES’ USE OF SUCH FINANCIAL MODEL. 
 Section 9.7. Effect of Headings. 
 The subject headings of the articles and sections of this Agreement are included for purposes of convenience only, and shall not affect the construction
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 Section 9.8. Severability. 
 The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision, or part of any provision, of this Agreement shall not affect the other provisions or parts
hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions or parts were omitted. 
 Section 9.9. Entire Agreement; Modification; Waiver. 
 The Transaction Documents and this Agreement, together with the
Schedules, the Exhibits and the other agreements referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in it and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, and
undertakings of the Parties hereto. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by all the Parties. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed, or shall
constitute, a waiver of any other provision, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. No waiver shall be binding unless executed in writing by any Party making the waiver. The Schedules and the Exhibits attached
hereto are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. 
 Section 9.10. Counterparts. 
 This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and
the same document. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have duly executed it on the day and year first
above written. 
  

			
	FBR:
	
	FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS RAMSEY GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ J. Rock Tonkel, Jr.
	Name:	 	J. Rock Tonkel, Jr.
	Title:	 	President, Chief Operating Officer
	
	FNLC:
	
	FNLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Brian J. Bowers
	Name:	 	Brian J. Bowers
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President
	
	NLC HOLDING:
	
	NLC HOLDING CORP.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Brian Urbanek
	Name:	 	Brian Urbanek
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	COMPANY:
	
	FIRST NLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
		
	By:	 	/s/ Neil Henschel
	Name:	 	Neil Henschel
	Title:	 	CEO

 EXHIBIT G 
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO SECOND CLOSING 
 (a) The FNLC Entities shall have obtained all Consents in
respect of all mortgage licenses required under Law by any Governmental Entity on account of, in respect of, or in connection with, the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Second Closing so that, after the Second Closing, the FNLC
Entities may conduct the Business in substantially the same manner and effect as the Business was conducted immediately prior to the Second Closing; 
 (b) The FNLC Entities shall have obtained or provided, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to NLC Holding, all Consents set forth on Schedule 3.1(a), the absence of which could not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Complete and correct copies of all such Consents shall have been delivered to NLC Holding; 
 (c) The Class Action Lawsuits (including the claims sought to be brought or added thereto) have been finally settled or otherwise dismissed with
prejudice (including those against all named and potential defendants), in each case without further possibility of appeal. Any settlement under this provision shall be upon terms and conditions substantially similar to those set forth in the
Settlement Agreement; 
 (d) If applicable, all filings required to be made under the HSR Act with Governmental Entities shall have been
made, all applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, and all other Consents required to be obtained prior to the Second Closing Date from Governmental Entities in connection with the HSR Act shall have been
made or obtained; 
 (e) All corporate, limited liability company, partnership and other Proceedings of FBR, FNLC and the Company necessary
to duly authorize the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Second Closing shall have been completed and all documents and instruments incidental thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to NLC Holding, and NLC
Holding shall have received complete and correct copies of all such documents and instruments (certified if requested); 
 (f) No action or
Proceeding before any court or other Governmental Entity which has not been dismissed or resolved shall have been instituted or threatened by any Person to restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Second Closing;
provided, however, that the Party invoking this condition shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order or injunction vacated. No Law shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any court or Governmental
Entity that prohibits, restricts or makes illegal consummation of the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Second Closing; 
  

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 (g) The Company shall have delivered evidence to NLC Holding that the Current Equity will be cancelled
and no longer issued and outstanding as of the Second Closing, which evidence will be acceptable to NLC Holding in its sole discretion. 
 (h) There shall be no Default or Event of Default under (1) Sections 9.1(a), (b), (f), (g), (h), (j) or (m) of the Loan Agreement or (2) Section 9.1(c) of the Loan Agreement as it relates solely to Sections 5.1,
5.2, 5.5, 5.6(a) (other than any failure to give notice thereunder), 5.7, 5.8(a), 5.8(b), 5.8(h), 5.9, 5.13 and Section 6 of the Loan Agreement, and NLC Holding shall have received updated schedules to the Loan Agreement as of the Second
Closing Date. 
  

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 EXHIBIT H 
 INDEMNIFICATION 
 (a) any breach of any of the representations and warranties made by the Company,
FBR or FNLC in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement, where such representations and warranties are read without giving effect to any qualifiers or exceptions relating to knowledge, materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect;

 (b) any breach or nonperformance of any of the covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement or the Securities Purchase
Agreement made and to be performed by FBR or FNLC; 
 (c) any fees, expenses or other payments incurred or owed by the Company, any Company
Subsidiary, FBR or FNLC to any brokers, financial advisors or comparable other person retained or employed by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; 
 (d) any Litigation arising out of Wage and Hour Classifications; 
 (e) any Mortgage Loan Losses; 
 (f) any Losses attributable to the Mortgage Loan Indemnity Agreement; or

 (g) any Real Estate Losses.

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