Document:

Investor Rights Agreement

 Exhibit 4.4 

 
  

 
 INVESTORS RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 between 
 SWS GROUP, INC., 
 HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC. 

OAK HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P., and 
 OAK HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS III, L.P. 
 Dated as of
July 29, 2011 
  
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	  	 	  	Page	 
	 Section 1.
	  	Definitions	  	 	1	  
			
	 Section 2.
	  	Board of Directors	  	 	3	  
			
	 Section 3.
	  	[Reserved]	  	 	5	  
			
	 Section 4.
	  	Participation Rights	  	 	5	  
			
	 Section 5.
	  	Transfer Restrictions	  	 	7	  
			
	 Section 6.
	  	Registration Rights	  	 	7	  
			
	 Section 7.
	  	Corporate Opportunities	  	 	14	  
			
	 Section 8.
	  	Representations and Warranties	  	 	14	  
			
	 Section 9.
	  	Miscellaneous	  	 	15	  

  
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 INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS 

 

					
	 Agreement
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Board Representative
	  	 	2(a)	  
	 Common Stock
	  	 	Recitals	  
	 Company
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Credit Agreement
	  	 	Recitals	  
	 Demand Registration
	  	 	6(c)	  
	 Funding Agreement
	  	 	1(a)	  
	 Funding Date
	  	 	1(b)	  
	 Governmental Entity
	  	 	1(c)	  
	 Hilltop
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Holder
	  	 	1(d)	  
	 Holders’ Counsel
	  	 	1(e)	  
	 Indemnitee
	  	 	6(f)	  
	 Investor
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Investor Indemnitee
	  	 	2(e)	  
	 Investor Indemnitors
	  	 	2(e)	  
	 Investors
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Losses
	  	 	1(f)	  
	 Minimum Threshold
	  	 	6(c)	  

					
	 New Security
	  	 	4(a)	  
	 Oak Hill
	  	 	Preamble	  
	 Observer
	  	 	2(a)	  
	 Observer Threshold Interest
	  	 	2(a)	  
	 Piggyback Registration
	  	 	6(b)(i)	  
	 Qualifying Ownership Interest
	  	 	2(a)	  
	 Register
	  	 	1(g)	  
	 Registrable Securities
	  	 	1(h)	  
	 Registration Deadline
	  	 	6(a)	  
	 Registration Expenses
	  	 	1(i)	  
	 Selling Expenses
	  	 	1(j)	  
	 Shelf Registration Statement
	  	 	6(a)	  
	 Special Registration
	  	 	6(b)(i)	  
	 Subsidiary
	  	 	1(k)	  
	 Transaction Documents
	  	 	1(m)	  
	 Transfer
	  	 	1(l)	  
	 Warrant
	  	 	Recitals	  
	 Warrant Shares
	  	 	Recitals	  

 

  
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 INVESTORS RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of July 29, 2011 (this “Agreement“), between SWS Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company“), Hilltop Holdings Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Hilltop”), Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and Oak Hill Capital Management Partners
III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (together, “Oak Hill”) (each of Hilltop and Oak Hill, an “Investor“ and together the “Investors“). 

WHEREAS, on March 20, 2011, the parties hereto executed a Funding Agreement, pursuant to which the Investors agreed to extend
a senior unsecured loan to the Company in aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000; and 
 WHEREAS, simultaneously with
the Company’s entry into this Agreement, the Company is (1) issuing a Warrant to each of the Investors (the “Warrant”), pursuant to which the Company is issuing to each Investor a Warrant to purchase shares (the
“Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share of the Company (the “Common Stock” ) and (2) entering into a Credit Agreement with the Investors (the “Credit Agreement” ) under
which the loans are being granted; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and adequate consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows: 

Section 1. Definitions 
 (a) “Funding Agreement” means the Funding Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2011, between the Company, Hilltop Holdings Inc., and Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P. 

(b) “Funding Date“ has the meaning ascribed to it in the Funding Agreement. 

(c) “Governmental Entity“ means any governmental or regulatory authority, agency, court, commission or
other entity, whether federal, state, local or foreign, or any self-regulatory organization. 
 (d)
“Holder“ means each Investor and any other holder of Registrable Securities to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been assigned. 

(e) “Holders’ Counsel“ means one counsel for the selling Holders chosen by Holders holding a
majority interest in the Registrable Securities being registered. 
 (f) “Losses“ means any and
all actions, suits, claims, proceedings, costs, losses, liabilities, damages, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), amounts paid in settlement and other costs. 

 (g) “Register,” “registered,” and
“registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and (a) filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering
of effectiveness of such registration statement or (b) filing a prospectus and/or prospectus supplement in respect of an appropriate effective registration statement on Form S-3. 

(h) “Registrable Securities“ means (A) the Warrant Shares, (B) any securities purchased
pursuant to Section 4, and (C) any equity securities issued or issuable directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clause (A), (B) or (C) by way of conversion, exercise or exchange thereof
or stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization; provided that, once issued, such securities will not
be Registrable Securities when (i) they are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) they shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iii) they have been sold in a private transaction in which
the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of the securities. 
 (i)
“Registration Expenses“ means all expenses incurred by the Company in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement (whether or not any registration or prospectus becomes effective or final) or otherwise complying with its
obligations under Section 6, including, without limitation, all registration, filing and listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with any “road show,” the fees and disbursements of Holders’ Counsel, and expenses of the Company’s independent accountants in connection with any regular or special reviews or audits incident to or required by any
such registration, but shall not include Selling Expenses and the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company. 

(j) “Selling Expenses“ means all discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to
the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder (other than the fees and disbursements of Holders’ Counsel which shall be included in Registration Expenses). 

(k) “Subsidiary” means any entity or person that is controlled by another entity or person. For purposes
of this definition, an entity or person controls another entity or person if it (i) owns, controls, or holds the power to vote 25% of any class of voting securities of such other entity or person, (ii) controls in any manner the election
of a majority of the other entity’s or person’s board of directors (or equivalent positions), or (3) has the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of such other entity or
person. 
 (l) “Transfer“ means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, make any short sale
of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of or otherwise dispose of any securities, or take any other action that is intended to have an economic impact equivalent to any of the foregoing in one or more transactions. 

  
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 (m) “Transaction Documents” refers collectively to this
Agreement, the Funding Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Warrant (together with the Certificate of Designations for Non-Voting Perpetual Participating Preferred Stock Series A). 

Section 2. Board of Directors. 

(a) From and after the Funding Date, for so long as an Investor owns 9.9% or more of all of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (counting in both the numerator and the denominator the Common Stock issuable to the Investor upon exercise of the Warrant by that Investor in full) (and not counting in the denominator any other warrants, options or securities
convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock other than any securities held by the other Investor) (the “Qualifying Ownership Interest“) and, solely for purposes of this Section 2, excluding as shares issued and outstanding
any Common Stock issued by the Company after the Funding Date, such Investor shall be entitled to have one representative of such Investor serve as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board Representative“).
From and after the Funding Date, for so long as an Investor owns 4.9% or more of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (counting in both the numerator and the denominator the Common Stock issuable to the Investor upon exercise of the Warrant
by that Investor in full) (and not counting in the denominator any other warrants, options or securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock other than any securities held by the other Investor) (the “Observer Threshold
Interest”) and, solely for purposes of this Section 2, excluding as shares issued and outstanding any Common Stock issued by the Company after the Funding Date, such Investor shall be entitled to have a representative of such Investor
serve as an observer on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Observer“). 
 (b) The
Company will cause each Board Representative to become a member of the Board of Directors on the Funding Date and to serve thereon thereafter as long as such Investor owns the Qualifying Ownership Interest. At each annual or special meeting of the
stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected to the Board of Directors, the Company will nominate, recommend to its stockholders the election of, and use its best efforts to cause the election to the Company’s Board of
Directors of, each Board Representative. If at any time an Investor holds a Qualifying Ownership Interest but does not have a Board Representative on the Company’s Board of Directors, whether because of a Board Representative’s inability
or refusal to serve, resignation, retirement, removal, failure to be elected or otherwise, such Investor shall be entitled to identify a replacement Board Representative, the Company shall immediately cause such replacement Board Representative to
become a member of the Board of Directors and all of the Company’s obligations with respect to a Board Representative herein shall apply to such replacement Board Representative. If an Investor no longer has a Qualifying Ownership Interest,
then such Investor will have no further rights, other than observer rights for so long as such Investor maintains an Observer Threshold Interest, under this Section 2. 

  
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 (c) The Company agrees that, from and after the Funding Date for as long as
an Investor owns the Observer Threshold Interest, the Company shall invite such Investor’s Observer to attend each meeting of the Board of Directors in a nonvoting, nonparticipating observer-only capacity, except to the extent the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof shall seek communication with counsel subject to the attorney-client privilege. 
 (d) The Board Representatives shall receive the same compensation, indemnification, insurance, advancement of expenses and other similar compensatory rights in connection with his or her role as a
director as the other non-employee members of the Board of Directors, and the Board Representatives shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee
thereof, to the same extent as the other non-employee members of the Board of Directors. The Company shall notify each Board Representative and Observer of all regular meetings and special meetings of the Board of Directors (and each written consent
in lieu of a meeting) and of all regular and special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors (and each written consent in lieu of a meeting) to the same extent as other directors are so notified. The Company shall provide each Board
Representative and each Observer with copies of all notices, minutes, consents, documents, information, presentations, data and other material that it provides to all other members of the Board of Directors concurrently as such materials are
provided to the other members and shall provide other information as is reasonably requested, provided that the Company shall not be required to disclose to any Observer any information or materials subject to the attorney-client privilege.

 (e) The Company acknowledges that certain Board Representatives and Observers (each, an “Investor
Indemnitee”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Investor and/or certain of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Investor Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees
(i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to each Investor Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Investor Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities
incurred by any Investor Indemnitee are secondary), and (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by each Investor Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses and liabilities to the
extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company (and any other agreement regarding indemnification between the Company and any Investor Indemnitee), without
regard to any rights an Investor Indemnitee may have against any Investor Indemnitor. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Investor Indemnitor on behalf of any Investor Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which such
Investor Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Investor Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of
recovery of such Investor Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and each Investor Indemnitee agree that the Investor Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 2(e). 

  
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 (f) The Company shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to purchase on
commercially reasonable terms by the Funding Date or maintain the existing D&O Insurance in force, and maintain for such periods as the Company’s Board of Directors shall in good faith determine (provided that such period shall not be less
than six (6) years following cessation of service), at its expense, insurance in an amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be appropriate (provided, that such amount shall not be lower than $20,000,000 unless otherwise
agreed by the Investors), on behalf of any person who after the Funding Date is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another person, including
any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, against any expense, liability or loss asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, subject to customary
exclusions. 
 Section 3. [Reserved] 

Section 4. Participation Rights. 

(a) Sale of New Securities. From and after the Funding Date, as long as either Investor owns an Observer Threshold
Interest (before giving effect to any issuances triggering provisions of this Section), at any time that the Company makes any public or nonpublic offering or sale of any equity (including Common Stock, preferred stock or restricted stock, but
excluding shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered solely to directors, members of management, or employees of the Company or Company Subsidiaries or in connection with dividend reinvestment plans,
in each case in the ordinary course of the Company’s business consistent with past practice and solely for compensation purposes), or any securities, options or debt that is convertible or exchangeable into equity or that includes an equity
component (such as an “equity” kicker) (including any hybrid security) (any such security, a “New Security“), each such Investor owning an Observer Threshold Interest shall be afforded the opportunity to acquire from the
Company for the same price and on the same terms (except that the Investor may elect to receive such securities in nonvoting form, convertible into voting securities in a widely dispersed offering) as such securities are proposed to be offered to
others, up to the amount of New Securities in the aggregate required to enable it to maintain its proportionate Common Stock-equivalent interest in the Company immediately prior to any such issuance of New Securities. The amount of New Securities
that such Investor shall be entitled to purchase in the aggregate shall be determined by multiplying (x) the total number or principal amount of such offered New Securities by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock held by the Investor plus the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company that would be issued to the Investor upon the exercise in full by such Investor of the Warrant, and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company that would be issued to the Investor upon the exercise in full by such Investor of the Warrant. 

  
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 (b) Notice. In the event the Company proposes to offer or sell New
Securities, it shall give each Investor written notice of its intention, describing the price (or range of prices), anticipated amount of securities, timing and other terms upon which the Company proposes to offer the same (including, in the case of
a registered public offering and to the extent possible, a copy of the prospectus included in the registration statement filed with respect to such offering), no later than ten business days, as the case may be, after the initial filing of a
registration statement with the SEC with respect to an underwritten public offering, after the commencement of marketing with respect to a Rule 144A offering or after the Company proposes to pursue any other offering. Each Investor shall have ten
business days from the date of receipt of such a notice to notify the Company in writing that it intends to exercise its rights provided in this Section 4 and as to the amount of New Securities the Investor desires to purchase, up to the
maximum amount calculated pursuant to Section 4(a). 
 (c) Purchase Mechanism. If either Investor
exercises its rights provided in this Section 4, the closing of the purchase of the New Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place within 30 calendar days after the giving of notice of such exercise, which
period of time shall be extended for a maximum of three (3) months at the election of the Investors in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations (including receipt of any applicable regulatory or stockholder approvals). The Company
agrees to use its reasonable commercial efforts to secure any regulatory or stockholder approvals or other consents, and to comply with any law or regulation necessary in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of, such New Securities.

 (d) Failure of Purchase. In the event the Investors do not exercise the rights provided in this
Section 4 within the ten-business day period or, if so exercised, the Investors are unable to consummate such purchase within the time period specified in Section 4(c), the Company shall thereafter be entitled (during the period of 90 days
following the conclusion of the applicable period) to sell or enter into an agreement (pursuant to which the sale of the New Securities covered thereby shall be consummated, if at all, within 90 days from the date of said agreement) to sell the New
Securities not elected to be purchased pursuant to this Section 4, at a price and upon terms, taken together in the aggregate, no more favorable to the purchasers of such securities than were specified in the Company’s notice to the
Investors. In the event the Company has not sold the New Securities or entered into an agreement to sell the New Securities within such 90-day period (or sold and issued New Securities in accordance with the foregoing within 90 days from the date of
said agreement), the Company shall not thereafter offer, issue or sell such New Securities without first offering such securities to the Investor in the manner provided above. 

(e) Non-Cash Consideration. In the case of the offering of securities for a consideration in whole or in part other
than cash, including securities acquired in exchange therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable), the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof as determined by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that such fair value as determined by the Board of Directors shall not exceed the aggregate market price of the securities being offered as of the date the Board of Directors authorizes the offering of such
securities. 

  
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 (f) Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, in the event that an Investor is not permitted under applicable law or regulation to exercise any of its rights to purchase New Securities under this Section 4, each Investor may, in its sole discretion, assign such rights under this
Section 4 to any of its non-stockholder affiliates that agrees in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (any such affiliate shall be included in the term “Investor”). 

(g) Exception to Time Periods. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, in the event that
(i) New Securities are to be offered or issued by the Company at the written direction of the applicable federal banking regulator of the Company or Southwest Securities, FSB or (b) the Board of Directors determines that there is a valid
business reason for issuing New Securities prior to the expiration of the time periods set forth in Section 4(b) and Section 4(c), the Company may proceed to complete such issuance prior to the expiration of such time periods, so long as
provision is made in such issuance such that subsequent to the time periods set forth in Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) either (A) the purchaser(s) will be obligated to transfer that portion of such New Securities to either Investor
properly electing to participate in such issuance pursuant to this Section 4 sufficient to satisfy the terms of this Section 4 or (ii) the Company shall issue an incremental amount of such New Securities to those Investors properly
electing to participate in such issuance pursuant to this Section 4 sufficient to satisfy the terms of this Section 4. 
 Section 5. Transfer Restrictions. The Warrants may be transferred in accordance with Section 8 of the Warrant. Any shares of Common Stock that are acquired pursuant to the Warrant may be
transferred at any time or from time to time by the Investors to any Person without the consent of the Company. 

Section 6. Registration Rights. 
 (a) Shelf Registration. As promptly as practicable after the Funding Date (and in any event no later than the date that is 90 days after the Funding Date (the “Registration
Deadline“)), the Company shall file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement covering all Registrable Securities (or otherwise designate an existing Shelf Registration Statement filed with the SEC to cover the Registrable Securities),
and, to the extent the Shelf Registration Statement has not theretofore been declared effective or is not automatically effective upon such filing, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared or become effective not later than the Registration Deadline and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and in compliance with the Securities Act and usable for resale of such Registrable Securities for a period
from the date of its initial effectiveness until such time as there are no Registrable Securities remaining (including by refiling such Shelf Registration Statement (or a new Shelf Registration Statement) if the initial Shelf Registration Statement
expires). The registration pursuant to this Section 6(a) shall be effected by means of a shelf registration under the Securities Act (a “Shelf Registration Statement“) in accordance with the methods and distribution set forth
in the Shelf Registration Statement and the rules and regulations of the Securities Act. 

  
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 (b) Piggyback Registration. 

(i) Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its equity securities, other than a Special Registration, the Company
will give prompt written notice to the Investors and all other Holders of its intention to effect such a registration (but in no event less than ten days prior to the anticipated filing date) and will include in such registration all Registrable
Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within ten business days after the date of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration“). Any such person that has made such a
written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the fifth business day prior to the planned effective date of such
Piggyback Registration. “Special Registration“ means the registration of shares of equity securities and/or options or other rights in respect thereof to be offered solely to directors, members of management, employees or
consultants of the Company or Company Subsidiaries in connection with any existing or future compensation, stock, stock option, or dividend reinvestment plans, including, without limitation, the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan effective
January 1, 2005, the 1997 Stock Option Plan, and the 2003 Restricted Stock Plan, in each case in the ordinary course of the Company’s business consistent with past practice and solely for compensation purposes. 

(ii) If a Piggyback Registration relates to an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, and the
managing underwriters advise the Company that in their reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering
(including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Company will include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting the
marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the
Registrable Securities of the Investors and all other Holders who have requested registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(b), pro rata on the basis of the aggregate number of such securities or shares owned by
each such person and (iii) third, any other securities of the Company that have been requested to be so included, subject to the terms of this Agreement. 
 (c) Demand Registration. If an Investor wishes to distribute any Registrable Securities by means of an underwritten offering, it shall promptly so advise the Company and the Company shall take all
steps necessary to facilitate such distribution, including the actions required by this Section 6. The lead underwriter to administer the offering in connection with any Demand Registration will be mutually acceptable to the Investors
participating in the registration. Any registration requested by an Investor or Investors or Holders pursuant to this Section 6(c) is referred to in this Agreement as a “Demand Registration.” The Company is not required to
complete more than (i) two underwritten offerings with respect to each Investor and its permitted transferees and assigns and (ii)

  
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one underwritten offering for all Investors during any period of twelve consecutive months. Whenever the Company receives a request for Demand Registration hereunder, the Company will give prompt
written notice to each Investor of its intention to effect such a registration (but in no event less than ten days prior to the anticipated filing date) and will include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Company has received written requests for inclusion from Investors therein within ten business days after the date of the Company’s notice. Any such person that has made such a written request may withdraw its Registrable Securities from such
underwritten offering by giving written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter, if any, on or before the fifth business day prior to the planned effective date of such underwritten offering. If the managing underwriter(s) of such
underwritten offering advises the Investors that in its reasonable opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold without adversely affecting the marketability of such offering
(including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), the Investors will include in such registration or prospectus only such number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of such underwriters can be sold without adversely affecting
the marketability of the offering (including an adverse effect on the per share offering price), which securities will be so included on a pro rata basis by each Investor in proportion to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities held by
such Investor on the date that such request for Demand Registration was made. Anything to the contrary in this Section 6(c) notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Demand Registration for aggregate gross proceeds of less
than $25,000,000 (the “Minimum Threshold”); provided that the Minimum Threshold shall not apply to an Investor proposing to sell all of its remaining Registrable Securities of the Company. 

(d) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any registration or
qualification of Registrable Securities or compliance with this Agreement shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses incurred in connection with any registrations hereunder shall be borne by the holders of the securities so registered
pro rata on the basis of the aggregate offering or sale price of the securities so registered. 
 (e)
Obligations of the Company. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts for so long as there are Registrable Securities outstanding, to take such actions as are under its control to remain a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act) if it becomes eligible for such status in the future (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)). In addition, whenever required to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities or facilitate the distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement or in an underwritten offering, the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible: 

(i) prepare and file with the SEC a prospectus supplement with respect to a proposed offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to an effective registration statement and keep such registration statement effective or such prospectus supplement current until the securities described therein are no longer Registrable Securities; 

  
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 (ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to the
applicable registration statement and the prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement; 
 (iii) furnish to the Holders and any underwriters such
number of copies of the applicable registration statement and each such amendment and supplement thereto (including in each case all exhibits) and of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned or to be distributed by them; 

(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under
such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing underwriter(s), to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in
effect, and to take any other action which may be reasonably necessary to enable such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities owned by such Holder; 

(v) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the applicable prospectus, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. 
 (vi) give
written notice to the Holders: 
 (A) when any registration statement or any amendment thereto has been filed
with the SEC and when such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 

(B) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any registration statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information; 
 (C) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 
 (D) of the
receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; 

(E) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in any effective registration statement or
the prospectus related to the registration statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading (which notice shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made); and

  
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 (F) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any underwriting agreement cease to be true and correct. 
 (vii) use its reasonable best efforts to
prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement at the earliest practicable time. 
 (viii) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 6(e)(v) or 6(e)(vi)(E), promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to such registration statement or a supplement to the related
prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders and any underwriters, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 (ix) use
reasonable best efforts to procure the cooperation of the Company’s transfer agent in settling any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including with respect to the transfer of physical stock certificates into book-entry form in
accordance with any procedures reasonably requested by the Holders or any managing underwriter(s). 
 (x) if an
underwritten offering is requested pursuant to Section 6(c), enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form, scope and substance and take all such other actions reasonably requested by the Holders or by the managing underwriter(s), if
any, to expedite or facilitate the underwritten disposition of such Registrable Securities (including making members of management and executives of the Company available to participate in “road shows,” similar sales events and other
marketing activities), and in connection therewith in any underwritten offering, (i) make such representations and warranties to the Holders that are selling stockholders and the managing underwriter(s), if any, with respect to the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in customary form, substance and scope, and, confirm the same if
and when requested, (ii) furnish the underwriters with opinions of counsel to the Company, addressed to the underwriter(s), covering the matters customarily covered in such opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain
“cold comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are included in the Shelf Registration Statement) who have certified the financial statements included in such Shelf Registration Statement, addressed to each of the underwriter(s), such letters to

  
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be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters, (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain
indemnification provisions and procedures customary in underwritten offerings, and (v) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders, their counsel and the managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence the
continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

 (xi) except for materials subject to attorney-client privilege, make available for inspection by a
representative of Holders that are selling stockholders, the underwriters, and any attorneys or accountants retained by such Holders or underwriters, financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause
the officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested (and of the type customarily provided in connection with due diligence conducted in connection with a registered public offering of securities) by
any such representative, underwriters, attorney or accountant in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement. 
 (xii) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or, if no similar securities issued by the Company
are then listed on any securities exchange, use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 

(xiii) if requested by an Investor whose Registrable Securities are being registered and/or sold in connection therewith,
or the managing underwriter(s), if any, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or amendment such information as such Investor or managing underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of
such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received such request. 

(xiv) timely provide to its security holders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder. 
 (f) Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify each
Holder and, if a Holder is a person other than an individual, such Holder’s officers, directors, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives and Affiliates, and each Person, if any, that controls a Holder within the meaning of the
Securities Act (each, an “Indemnitee“), against any and all Losses, joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any registration statement, including
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto or any documents incorporated therein by reference or contained in any free writing prospectus (as such term is defined in Rule 405) prepared
by the Company or authorized by it in writing for use by such Holder (or 

  
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any amendment or supplement thereto); or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. If the indemnification provided for in the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable to an Indemnitee with respect to any Losses or is insufficient to hold the Indemnitee harmless, then the Company, in
lieu of indemnifying such Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnitee, on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Indemnitee, on the other
hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other factors, whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Indemnitee and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(f) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(f). The indemnification provided by this Section 6(f) shall be a
continuing right to indemnification and shall survive the registration and sale of any securities by any person entitled to indemnification hereunder and the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 

(g) Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights of the Investors to registration of Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Section 6 may be assigned by such Investor to a transferee or assignee of Registrable Securities, and references to “Investor” in this Section 6 shall include such transferee or assignee. 

(h) Holdback. With respect to any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities by the Investors or other Holders
pursuant to this Section 6, the Company agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution, or to file any other Shelf Registration Statement covering any of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for such securities, during the period not to exceed ten days prior and 60 days following the effective date of such underwritten offering or such longer period prior to or following such underwritten offering as may be requested by the
managing underwriter. The Company also agrees to cause each of its directors and senior executive officers to execute and deliver customary lockup agreements in such form and for such time period as may be requested by the managing underwriter.
 
 (i) Rule 144. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, with a view to enabling Holders of Registrable Securities to sell shares of Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company will deliver to such holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such information requirements. 

  
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 (j) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company shall not, on or after
the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that may impair the rights granted to the Investors and the Holders under this Section 6 or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof in any manner
that may impair the rights granted to the Investors and the Holders under this Section 6. In the event the Company has, prior to the date of this Agreement, entered into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Investor and the Holders under this Section 6 (including agreements that are inconsistent with the order of priority contemplated by Section 6(b)) or that may otherwise conflict with the provisions hereof, the Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to amend such agreements to ensure they are consistent with the provisions of this Section 6. 
 Section 7. Corporate Opportunities. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that each Investor and its Affiliates and related investment funds may review the business plans and related
proprietary information of any enterprise, including enterprises which may have products or services which compete directly or indirectly with those of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and may trade in the securities of such enterprise. None of the
Investors, any of their respective Affiliates or related investment funds shall be precluded or in any way restricted from investing or participating in any particular enterprise, or trading in the securities thereof whether or not such enterprise
has products or services that compete with those of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that: (a) the Investors, the Board Representatives, the Observers and affiliates of the Investors have the right
to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly, engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company and its Subsidiaries; and (b) in the event that the Investors, the Board
Representatives, the Observers or any affiliate of the Investors acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Investor, Board Representative, Observer or
affiliate of an Investor shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be
liable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the other Investors or stockholders of the Company for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that the Investor, any affiliate thereof or related investment fund
thereof, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or does not present such opportunity to the Company. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing, the provisions of this
Section 7 shall only apply to the extent permitted by 12 C.F.R. §§ 563.200 and 563.201. 
 Section 8.
Representations and Warranties. 
 (a) The Company represents and warrants to the Investors as follows:

 (i) The Company is a company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 

  
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 (ii) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the
performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with, violate any provision of, or require any consent or approval of any
person under, applicable law, the organizational documents of the Company or any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party. 
 (iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms 
 (iv) True and complete copies of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws have been
delivered to Investors. 
 (v) The Company is not a party to any agreement granting any other person registration
rights. 
 (b) Each Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, on behalf of itself only and not
jointly or severally with the other Investor, that: 
 (i) Such Investor is a company or other legal entity duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Such Investor has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations under this Agreement and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 (ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by such Investor have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Investor and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each of
the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against such Investor in accordance with its terms 
 Section 9. Miscellaneous. 
 (a) Certain Actions. The Company
shall not take any action which would reasonably be expected to pose a risk that either Investor or any of its respective Affiliates will become, or control, a “savings and loan holding company” within the meaning of HOLA, or otherwise be
deemed to control the Company or have other adverse consequences to the Investors under applicable law or regulation, including without limitation undertaking any redemption, recapitalization or repurchase of Common Stock, of securities or rights,
options, or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock. In the event that the Company breaches its obligations under this
Section 9(a) or takes or any action, or otherwise believes that it will or is likely to breach its obligations under this Section 9(a), it shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and shall cooperate in good faith with such parties
to make arrangements or take any other action, in each case, as determined by the Investors. 

  
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 (b) Survival of Covenants. All covenants and agreements contained herein shall
survive the execution of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with this Agreement. 
 (c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors, assigns and
affiliates. This Agreement is not assignable by operation of law or otherwise (any attempted assignment in contravention hereof being null and void), except that each Investors shall be permitted to assign its rights or obligations hereunder to any
Affiliate entity (any such transferee shall be included in the term “Investor”) or pursuant to Section 6(g). 
 (d) Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of
delivery if delivered personally or by telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first business day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the third business
day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in
writing by the party to receive such notice. 
  

							
		  	(1)	  	 If to Hilltop Holdings Inc.:
	  	
				
		  		  	 Hilltop Holdings Inc.
	  	
		  		  	 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1330
	  	
		  		  	 Dallas, Texas 75201
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:             Corey Prestidge
	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:    (214) 855-2173
	  	
			
		  		  	 with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

				
		  		  	 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
	  	
		  		  	 51 West 52nd Street
	  	
		  		  	 New York, New York 10019-6150
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:             David E. Shapiro
	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:    (212) 403-2000
	  	
				
		  	(2)	  	 If to Oak Hill Capital Partners III:
	  	
				
		  		  	 Oak Hill Capital Partners
	  	
		  		  	 65 East 55th Street, 32nd Floor
	  	
		  		  	 New York, NY 10022
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:             Douglas Kaden
	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:    (212) 527-8450
	  	

  
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		  		  	 with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

				
		  		  	 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
	  	
		  		  	 425 Lexington Avenue
	  	
		  		  	 New York, New York 10017
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:
	  	Lee A. Meyerson	  	
		  		  		  	Elizabeth A. Cooper	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:
	  	(212) 455-2502	  	
				
		  	(3)	  	 If to the Company:
	  	
				
		  		  	 SWS Group, Inc.
	  	
		  		  	 1201 Elm Street, Suite 3500
	  	
		  		  	 Dallas, Texas 75270
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:
	  	General Counsel	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:
	  	(214) 859-6020	  	
			
		  		  	 with copies to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

				
		  		  	 Andrews Kurth, LLP
	  	
		  		  	 1717 Main Street, Suite 3700
	  	
		  		  	 Dallas, Texas 75201
	  	
		  		  	 Attn:
	  	Ronald L. Brown	  	
		  		  	 Facsimile:
	  	(214) 659-4819	  	

 (e) Waiver. No party may waive any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, except by a duly
executed writing referring to the specific provision to be waived. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. 
 (f) Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended only by a writing duly executed by the Company and both Investors. 
 (g) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto and their affiliates, with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

(h) Captions. The article, section, paragraph and clause captions herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute
part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. 
 (i)
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person (including, the officers and directors of the Investors and the Company) or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or 

  
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unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated
hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the
parties. 
 (j) Counterparts and Facsimile. For the convenience of the parties hereto, this Agreement may be executed in
any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or
electronically in portable document format (pdf) and such facsimiles or pdfs will be deemed as sufficient as if original signature pages had been delivered. 
 (k) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of Delaware for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 (l) Remedies. The Company agrees that irreparable damage would occur in the
event that the Company breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement or fails to perform this Agreement in accordance with its specific terms. It is accordingly agreed that the Investors shall be entitled to obtain specific performance against
the Company of the terms hereof, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are entitled at law or equity. The Company further agrees that (a) it has and shall have no legal or equitable recourse against any of either
Investor’s Affiliates, officers, directors, members, stockholders, general or limited partners, employees and agents, or any person who controls either Investor within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder in connection with or otherwise arising out of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) it is not entitled to obtain specific performance or other equitable or injunctive relief against
the Investors in connection with this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby or otherwise, and (c) neither Investor is liable (for money damages or any other legal or equitable relief) for any breach by
the other Investor of any Transaction Document and no such liability shall be sought by the Company. 
 [Signature Page
Follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly
authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	SWS GROUP, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ James H. Ross
		 	Name: James H. Ross
		 	Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

			
	HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeremy B. Ford            
		 	Name: Jeremy B. Ford
		 	Title:   President & CEO

  

			
	OAK HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P.
		
	By:	 	OHCP GenPar III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP Partners III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP III, Ltd., its general partner

  

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Steven Gruber            
		 	Name: Steven Gruber
		 	Title:   Vice President

  

			
	OAK HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS III, L.P.
		
	By:	 	OHCP GenPar III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP Partners III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP III, Ltd., its general partner

  

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Steven Gruber            
		 	Name: Steven Gruber
		 	Title:   Vice President

 [Signature Page to Investors Rights Agreement]Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 

 
  

 
 $100,000,000 

CREDIT AGREEMENT 

among 
 SWS
GROUP, INC., 
 as Borrower, 
 The Subsidiaries of SWS Group, Inc. from Time to Time Parties Hereto, 
 as
Guarantors, 
 The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, 

and 
 Hilltop
Holdings Inc., 
 as Administrative Agent 
 Dated as of July 29, 2011 
  

 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	 	 	 	  	Page	 
	 SECTION 1.
	 	     DEFINITIONS
	  	 	1	  
			
	 1.1
	 	 Defined Terms
	  	 	1	  
	 1.2
	 	 Other Definitional Provisions
	  	 	13	  
			
	 SECTION 2.
	 	     AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
	  	 	14	  
			
	 2.1
	 	 Commitments
	  	 	14	  
	 2.2
	 	 Procedure for Borrowing
	  	 	14	  
	 2.3
	 	 [Reserved]
	  	 	14	  
	 2.4
	 	 Prepayments; Repayment
	  	 	14	  
	 2.5
	 	 Interest Rates and Payment Dates
	  	 	15	  
	 2.6
	 	 Computation of Interest and Fees
	  	 	15	  
	 2.7
	 	 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
	  	 	15	  
	 2.8
	 	 Taxes
	  	 	16	  
	 2.9
	 	 Change of Lending Office
	  	 	19	  
	 2.10
	 	 Notes
	  	 	19	  
	 2.11
	 	 Requirements of Law
	  	 	19	  
			
	 SECTION 3.
	 	     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	  	 	20	  
			
	 3.1
	 	 Representations and Warranties of the Funding Agreement
	  	 	20	  
	 3.2
	 	 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
	  	 	20	  
	 3.3
	 	 No Default
	  	 	21	  
	 3.4
	 	 Federal Regulations
	  	 	21	  
			
	 SECTION 4.
	 	     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	  	 	21	  
			
	 4.1
	 	 Conditions to Making of Loans
	  	 	21	  
			
	 SECTION 5.
	 	     AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	  	 	23	  
			
	 5.1
	 	 Financial Statements
	  	 	23	  
	 5.2
	 	 Certificates; Other Information
	  	 	24	  
	 5.3
	 	 Payment of Obligations
	  	 	25	  
	 5.4
	 	 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance
	  	 	25	  
	 5.5
	 	 Maintenance of Property; Insurance
	  	 	26	  
	 5.6
	 	 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
	  	 	26	  
	 5.7
	 	 Notices
	  	 	26	  
	 5.8
	 	 Additional Guarantors
	  	 	27	  
	 5.9
	 	 Compliance with Regulatory Requirements
	  	 	27	  
	 5.10
	 	 Use of Proceeds
	  	 	27	  

							
			
	 SECTION 6.
	 	     NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	  	 	28	  
			
	 6.1
	 	 Financial Condition Covenants
	  	 	28	  
	 6.2
	 	 Indebtedness
	  	 	28	  
	 6.3
	 	 Liens
	  	 	30	  
	 6.4
	 	 Fundamental Changes
	  	 	31	  
	 6.5
	 	 Disposition of Property
	  	 	32	  
	 6.6
	 	 Restricted Payments
	  	 	33	  
	 6.7
	 	 Capital Expenditures
	  	 	33	  
	 6.8
	 	 Investments
	  	 	34	  
	 6.9
	 	 Transactions with Affiliates
	  	 	35	  
	 6.10
	 	 [Reserved]
	  	 	35	  
	 6.11
	 	 Changes in Fiscal Periods
	  	 	35	  
	 6.12
	 	 Lines of Business
	  	 	35	  
	 6.13
	 	 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries
	  	 	36	  
			
	 SECTION 7.
	 	     EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	  	 	36	  
			
	 SECTION 8.
	 	     THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	  	 	38	  
			
	 8.1
	 	 Appointment
	  	 	38	  
	 8.2
	 	 Delegation of Duties
	  	 	39	  
	 8.3
	 	 Exculpatory Provisions
	  	 	39	  
	 8.4
	 	 Reliance by Administrative Agent
	  	 	39	  
	 8.5
	 	 Notice of Default
	  	 	40	  
	 8.6
	 	 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	  	 	40	  
	 8.7
	 	 Indemnification
	  	 	41	  
	 8.8
	 	 Agent in Its Individual Capacity
	  	 	41	  
	 8.9
	 	 Successor Administrative Agent
	  	 	41	  
			
	 SECTION 9.
	 	     MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	42	  
			
	 9.1
	 	 Amendments and Waivers
	  	 	42	  
	 9.2
	 	 Notices
	  	 	43	  
	 9.3
	 	 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
	  	 	44	  
	 9.4
	 	 Survival of Representations and Warranties
	  	 	44	  
	 9.5
	 	 Payment of Expenses and Taxes
	  	 	44	  
	 9.6
	 	 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
	  	 	45	  
	 9.7
	 	 Adjustments; Set-off
	  	 	48	  
	 9.8
	 	 Counterparts
	  	 	48	  
	 9.9
	 	 Severability
	  	 	48	  
	 9.10
	 	 Integration
	  	 	49	  
	 9.11
	 	 GOVERNING LAW
	  	 	49	  
	 9.12
	 	 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
	  	 	49	  
	 9.13
	 	 Acknowledgements
	  	 	50	  
	 9.14
	 	 Releases of Guarantee
	  	 	50	  
	 9.15
	 	 Confidentiality
	  	 	50	  
	 9.16
	 	 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
	  	 	51	  
	 9.17
	 	 USA PATRIOT Act
	  	 	51	  

  
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	 SECTION 10.
	 	     GUARANTEE
	  	 	51	  
			
	 10.1
	 	 Guarantee
	  	 	51	  
	 10.2
	 	 No Subrogation
	  	 	52	  
	 10.3
	 	 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations
	  	 	53	  
	 10.4
	 	 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional
	  	 	53	  
	 10.5
	 	 Reinstatement
	  	 	54	  
	 10.6
	 	 Payments
	  	 	54	  

  
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 SCHEDULES: 
  

			
	1.1A	 	Commitments
	1.1B	 	Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries
	6.2(e)	 	Existing Indebtedness
	6.3(f)	 	Existing Liens
	6.8	 	Existing Investments

 EXHIBITS: 
  

			
	A	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	B	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	C	 	Form of Exemption Certificate
	D	 	Form of Joinder Agreement

 CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 29, 2011 among
SWS GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement, as Guarantors, the several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to
this Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings Inc., as Administrative Agent. 
 The parties hereto
hereby agree as follows: 
 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 
 1.1 Defined Terms 
 As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this
Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1. 
 “Act”: as defined in
Section 9.17. 
 “Administrative Agent”: Hilltop Holdings Inc., as the administrative agent for the
Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors. 
 “Affiliate”:
with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management or policies of such person, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of Section 6.9, “Affiliate” shall also include a Person with the power, directly or indirectly, to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person. For all purposes of this definition (including as it relates to Section 6.9), the Borrower and any of its Affiliates are not Affiliates of the Lenders
or any of their respective Affiliates. 
 “Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Loans. 
 “Aggregate Exposure
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time. 

“Agreement”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 

“Applicable Premium”: with respect to any Loans prepaid on any applicable Prepayment Date, the present value at such
Prepayment Date of all required interest payments due on such Loans through the Maturity Date (excluding accrued but unpaid interest as of the applicable Prepayment Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the sum of (a) the Treasury Rate
as of such Prepayment Date, plus (b) 50 basis points. 

  
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 “Assignee”: as defined in Section 9.6(b). 

“Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit B. 

“Bank”: Southwest Securities, FSB. 
 “Bank Reserve”: as defined in Section 5.10. 

“Benefited Lender”: as defined in Section 9.7(a). 

“Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor). 

“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 
 “Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries”: the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.1B and any other Subsidiary that becomes a registered broker-dealer after the date hereof. 

“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the States of New York or
Texas generally are authorized or required by law or other government actions to be closed. 
 “C & D
Order”: the Order to Cease and Desist, effective as of February 4, 2011, issued to the Bank by the Office of Thrift Supervision, acting by and through its Regional Director for the Western Region. 

“Capital Expenditures”: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and
its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under
GAAP on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries. 
 “Capital Lease Obligations”: as to
any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

 “Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing. 

“Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one 

  
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year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least
A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both
of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the
requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less
from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; (g) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in
assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition; or (h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
(ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000 or (i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in Euros
or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in
connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction. 
 “C.F.R.”: the Code
of Federal Regulations, as in effect from time to time. 
 “Closing Price” of any security on any date of
determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price of the shares of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date. If the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock
Exchange on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or if the Common
Stock is not so listed or quoted on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock (in the over-the-counter market as reported by Pink Sheets LLC or similar organization, or, if that bid price is not
available, the market price of the Common Stock on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholders for this purpose. 

“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 

  
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 “Commitment”: to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make
a Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. The aggregate amount of the Commitments is $100,000,000. 

“Common Stock” means the Borrower’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (or other relevant capital stock or
equity interest of the Borrower), and any Capital Stock for or into which such Common Stock hereafter is exchanged, converted, reclassified or recapitalized by the Borrower or pursuant to an agreement or a merger, consolidation, reorganization,
statutory share exchange or similar transaction to which the Borrower is a party. 
 “Commonly Controlled
Entity”: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code and all other entities which, together with such Borrower, are treated as
a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. 
 “Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed
by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit A. 
 “Consolidated Net Income”: for any
period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior
to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or
Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary; provided, further, that clause (c) above shall not exclude the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary in situations where the only restriction on the ability of such Subsidiary
to declare or pay dividends or make similar distributions arises from regulatory restrictions (or Contractual Obligations relating to compliance with law or regulatory restrictions). 

“Continuing Directors”: the directors of the Borrower on the date hereof and each other director, if, in each case, such
other director’s nomination for election to the board of directors of the Borrower is recommended by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors. 
 “Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound. 
 “Default”: any of the events specified in Section 7, whether
or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied. 

  
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 “Disposition”: with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings. 

“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States. 

“Domestic Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United
States. 
 “ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. 
 “Event of Default”: any of the events specified in
Section 7, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied. 

“Exchange Act”: as defined in Section 7(j). 

“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary”: any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the
Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower. 

“Excluded Regulated Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary that is a registered broker-dealer, bank or other regulated entity in
respect of which the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations would (a) be prohibited by federal law or regulation or any form of action or directive by a federal agency that supervises the Subsidiary or, (b) in the good faith
judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse regulatory consequences to such Subsidiary, or impair the conduct of the business of such Subsidiary. 
 “Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.8(a). 

“Exercise Price”: as defined in the Warrants. 
 “FATCA”: Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations with respect thereto or official interpretations thereof. 

“FDI Act”: as defined in Section 6.1(d). 
 “Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds
brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received
by Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. 
 “FINRA”: the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any other self-regulatory body which succeeds to the functions of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. 

  
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 “Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary. 
 “Funding Agreement”: that certain Funding Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2011, between
the Borrower, Hilltop Holdings Inc., a Maryland corporation, Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and Oak Hill Capital Management Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

 “Funding Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 9.2 or such other office
as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. 
 “GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 6.1, GAAP shall be determined on the basis
of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements referred to in Section 2.1(f) of the Funding Agreement. In the event that any “Accounting
Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then, at the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s
financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles
required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC. 

“Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any
self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners). 
 “Group
Members”: the collective reference to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. 
 “Guarantee Obligation”: as
to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing Person that guarantees or in effect guarantees, or which is given to induce the
creation of a separate obligation by another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) that guarantees or in effect guarantees, any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any
other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
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constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital
or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however,
that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of
(a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of
the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be
such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith. 
 “Guarantor”: each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than (a) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary (or any Subsidiary thereof) and (b) any Excluded Regulated Subsidiary (or any
Subsidiary thereof). 
 “Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations
of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) the liquidation value of all mandatorily redeemable preferred Capital
Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through
(h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person
has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) for the purposes of Section 7(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements and (k) all obligations or liabilities of such Person arising
from a Repo Transaction; provided, that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (A) payments with respect to deferred employee compensation, (B) agreements providing for indemnification, for the adjustment of purchase
price or for similar adjustments in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or a Disposition permitted by Section 6.5 or (C) any obligations of such Person in respect of any lease pursuant to which such Person is the lessee that is
accounted for as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable
therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor. 

  
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 “Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 9.5. 

“Indemnitee”: as defined in Section 9.5. 
 “Ineligible Institution”: shall mean the Persons identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower on the Closing Date. 

“Initial Bank Contribution Amount”: as defined in Section 5.10. 

“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of
Section 4245 of ERISA. 
 “Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how
and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. 
 “Interest Payment Date”: the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while the Loans are outstanding and the Maturity Date. 

“Investments”: as defined in Section 6.8. 
 “Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto. 
 “Leverage
Ratio”: as defined in 12 C.F.R. 325.2(m) (incorporating other terms defined in 12 C.F.R. 325.2 and calculations in accordance with 12 C.F.R. part 325). 
 “Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or
other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 “Loan”: as defined in Section 2.1. 

“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Notes and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the
foregoing. 
 “Loan Parties”: each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document. 

“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
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 “Maturity Date”: the day prior to the fifth anniversary of the date hereof.

 “Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 “Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.8(a). 

“Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 2.8(d). 

“Notes”: the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans. 

“Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and
interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise. 

“Other Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 

“Participant”: as defined in Section 9.6(c). 

“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any
successor). 
 “Permitted Acquisition”: any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or shares or
other equity interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person that is in the same line of business of the Borrower if immediately after giving effect thereto: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result therefrom, (b) any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other business entity shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, or a Domestic Subsidiary in which an Investment is permitted (and to the
extent permitted) pursuant to Section 6.8, and all actions required to be taken, if any, with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under Section 5.9 shall have been taken and (c) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall
be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, with the covenants contained in Section 6.1 recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as if such
acquisition and related financings or other transactions had occurred on the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance. 

  
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 “Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust (including statutory trust or business trust), unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature. 

“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by Title IV ERISA and in respect of which the
Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. 

“Prepayment Condition”: as of any date, the condition that the Closing Price of the Common Stock shall exceed 150% of
the Exercise Price on at least 20 Trading Days out of the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding such date. 

“Prepayment Date”: means, in respect of any Loan, (a) in the event that the Lender holding such Loan is a
Warrantholder, the earlier of (i) the date of delivery of notice by such Lender to Borrower that such Lender elects not to apply any of the proceeds of the prepayment of principal of its respective Loan toward the payment of the Exercise Price
of such Warrantholder’s Warrants and (ii) the expiration of the Applicable Period (as defined in such Warrantholder’s Warrants), as such period may be extended pursuant to the terms of such Warrants, or (b) in the event that the
Lender holding such Loan is not a Warrantholder, 30 days following the Borrower’s delivery of the applicable prepayment notice to the Administrative Agent. 
 “pro forma”: all pro forma computations required to be made hereunder giving effect to any acquisition, investment, sale, disposition, merger or similar event shall reflect on a pro forma
basis such event and, to the extent applicable, the historical earnings and cash flows associated with the assets acquired or disposed of and any related incurrence or reduction of Indebtedness, and may also reflect any projected synergies or
similar benefits expected to be realized as a result of such event to the extent such synergies or similar benefits would be permitted to be reflected in financial statements prepared in compliance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 “Properties”: the facilities and properties owned, leased or
operated by any Group Member. 
 “Register”: as defined in Section 9.6(b)(iii). 

“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time. 

“Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the
meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA. 
 “Repo Transaction”: any of the following: repurchase agreements,
reverse repurchase agreements, sell buy backs and buy sell backs agreements, securities lending and borrowing agreements and any other agreement or transaction similar to those referred to above in this definition. 

  
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 “Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043 pursuant to PBGC regulations promulgated under Section 4043 of ERISA as
in effect on the date hereof. 
 “Required Lenders”: holders of at least 80 % the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Loans then outstanding. 
 “Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. 
 “Responsible
Officer”: the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower or persons acting in such capacities. 

“Restricted Payments”: as defined in Section 6.6. 

“SEC”: the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental
Authority. 
 “Single Employer Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a
Multiemployer Plan. 
 “Subordinated Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of the Borrower that is subordinated in right
of payment to the Obligations, provided, that such Indebtedness has (a) no maturity, amortization, mandatory redemption or repurchase option or sinking fund payment prior to the date that is six months after the Maturity Date,
(b) customary subordination provisions as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (c) no financial maintenance or performance covenants, unless such Indebtedness shall also have standstill provisions as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 “Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. 

  
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 “Swap Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future
or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”. 

“Tangible Net Worth”: means, as of any date: (a) the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would
appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any, minus (b) the total
liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, minus (c) the net book amount of all intangible
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including without limitation goodwill and intellectual property, after deducting any reserves applicable thereto) which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Taxes”: any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any interest, penalties and additions thereto. 
 “Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio”: as defined in 12 C.F.R. 325.2(w) (incorporating other terms defined in 12 C.F.R. 325.2 and calculations in accordance with appendix A to 12 C.F.R. part
325). 
 “Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio”: as defined in 12 C.F.R. 325.2(y) (incorporating other terms defined
in 12 C.F.R. 325.2 and calculations in accordance with appendix A to 12 C.F.R. part 325). 
 “Trading Day”
means: 
 (1) if the applicable security is listed or admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another national
security exchange, a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or such other national security is open for business; 
 (2) if
the applicable security is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, a day on which trades may be made thereon; or 
 (3) if the
applicable security is not so listed, admitted for trading or quoted, any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. 

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 “Treasury Rate”: as of the applicable Prepayment Date, the yield to
maturity as of such date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days
prior to such Prepayment Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Prepayment Date to the Maturity Date (provided, however, that if
the period from such Prepayment Date to the Maturity Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used) 

“United States”: the United States of America. 
 “Warrants”: those certain Warrants to Purchase Shares of Common Stock, issued by the Borrower as of the date hereof. 

“Warrantholder” as defined in each Warrant (it being understood that “Warrantholders” shall mean the
collective reference to all Persons defined as a Warrantholder in any Warrant). 
 “Wholly Owned Guarantor”:
any Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower. 
 “Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any
Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings given thereto herein when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto. 
 (b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined
in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the
words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, Cash Equivalents, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless
otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. 

  
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 (c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. 

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 (e) References herein to any particular provision of the C.F.R. shall be deemed to incorporate any successor provision.

 SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS 
 2.1 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender as of the date hereof severally agrees to make a term loan (a “Loan”) to the Borrower on the date hereof in
an amount not to exceed the amount of the Commitment of such Lender. 
 2.2 Procedure for Borrowing. By its execution
hereof, the Borrower hereby gives the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice requesting that the Lenders make the Loans in an amount equal to $100,000,000.00 on the date hereof. 

2.3 [Reserved]. 
 2.4 Prepayments; Repayment. (a) Except as set forth in this Section 2.4, the Loans shall not be prepayable at the option of the Borrower prior to the Maturity Date. 

(b) In the event that any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender that is a Warrantholder elects to exercise any Warrant that it holds (other
than following receipt of a prepayment notice from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(c) hereof, in which case Section 2.4(c) shall apply), then (x) in the case that such Warrantholder is a Lender, concurrently with and
automatically upon such exercise, the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of such Lender shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of the proceeds of such exercise that the Borrower would have received if the Lender had paid for such
exercise in cash rather than through a reduction in the amount of its Loans, and such Loans shall be deemed prepaid for all purposes hereof and there shall be no Applicable Premium owing with respect to such prepayment and (y) in the case that
such Warrantholder is an Affiliate of a Lender, then immediately following such exercise, the Borrower shall prepay in cash an aggregate principal amount of the Loans of such Lender in an amount equal to the amount of the proceeds of such exercise,
and there shall be no Applicable Premium owing with respect to such prepayment . Concurrently therewith, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender any accrued but unpaid interest on the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of such Lender reduced and
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 (c) If on any date between the third anniversary of the date hereof and the Maturity Date,
the Prepayment Condition shall be satisfied (any such date, a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), the Loans shall be prepayable, at the option of the Borrower, in whole or in part, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative
Agent and each Warrantholder no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time on such Condition Satisfaction Date (which notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Loans to be prepaid), at a prepayment price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Loans repaid plus the Applicable Premium, if any, as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable Prepayment Date. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, such prepayment shall be due and payable, and shall be made, on the applicable Prepayment Date. Prepayments of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.4(c) shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount equal to
$20,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, provided that no such minimum prepayment amount shall apply to prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.4(b). Optional prepayments of the Loans shall be applied ratably to all
Loans. 
 (d) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans on the Maturity Date. 

2.5 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 8.0%. 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fees or other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after, as well as before, judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan;
provided, that this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.1. 
 (c) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 2.6 Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual days elapsed. 
 2.7 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. The borrowing by the Borrower from the
Lenders on the date hereof shall be made pro rata according to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, and each payment (including each prepayment, but other than prepayments pursuant to Section 2.4(b), which shall be paid in
accordance with the terms thereof) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amount of the Loans then held by the Lenders. 

  
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 (a) Amounts prepaid on account of any Loans may not be reborrowed. 

(b) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in
immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. 

(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made
by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date,
the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average
Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower. 
 2.8 Taxes. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, all payments made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, excluding any such amounts resulting from (A) income taxes and franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) net income imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or Transferee) as a result of a present or former
connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender (or Transferee) and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection
arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (B) any branch profits taxes imposed by a
jurisdiction described in clause (A) above, (C) any Non-Excluded Taxes to the extent such Taxes are due to the failure of such Lender to comply with paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section, (D) United States withholding taxes
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Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such
Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph; (E) any Taxes imposed on any “withholdable payment” payable to a Lender as a result of a failure of such Lender to satisfy the applicable requirements in FATCA; or (F) any
Non-Excluded Taxes that are imposed as a result of any relocation of Lender’s office to which payment by the Borrower is made and which relocation occurs after the Lender becomes a Lender (such non-excluded items referred to as
“Excluded Taxes”). If any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings other than Excluded Taxes (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted from any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of
all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement. 
 (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
 (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the
account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof or, if such receipt is not available from the Governmental Authority, other documentary evidence
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority (and after having had the ability to contest in good faith the payment of such taxes),
fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence or any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are directly imposed on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, the Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure (or direct imposition), whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes,
Other Taxes, incremental taxes, interest or penalties were correctly or legally imposed or assessed by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided however that the Lender provides proper documentation of the amount owing to such
Governmental Authority. 
 (d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased)
two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of
“portfolio interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit C and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete
exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to
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such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by
such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by
the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

 (e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction
in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by
applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such
Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or subject such
Lender to a material unreimbursed cost. 
 (f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its reasonable
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.8, it shall pay
over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.8 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of
all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. 
 (g) Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing contained in this Section 2.8, if a Lender would be subject to United States federal withholding taxes imposed by FATCA on payments under any Loan Document and such Lender fails to comply with the applicable reporting
requirement of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or Section 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall provide such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by
Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the borrower or the Agent, as the case may be, to comply with their obligations
under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from any such payments. 

  
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 (h) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 
 2.9 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that,
upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.8 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate
another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its
lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to
Section 2.8. 
 2.10 Notes. Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a Note. In such event, the
Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.6) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such
form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns). 
 2.11 Requirements of Law. 
 (a) If the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law (other than any voluntary change to the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws or other organizational or governing document of the applicable Lender) or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with
any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof 
 (i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes
covered by Section 2.8, Excluded Taxes and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender); 
 (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances,
loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender; or 

(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition; 
 and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making or continuing its Loans, or to reduce any amount receivable
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such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. 

(b) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred
more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such
nine-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder. 
 SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, the Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that: 
 3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Funding
Agreement. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower in the Funding Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof . 
 3.2 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in
the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of
the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement and each Loan Document dated as of the date hereof has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto and
each Loan Document, when delivered, shall have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent
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 3.3 No Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any of its
Contractual Obligations in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 
 3.4 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used (a) for “buying” or “carrying” any “margin
stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board or (b) for any purpose that
violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable, referred to in Regulation U. 
 SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 4.1 Conditions to Making of Loans. The agreement of each Lender to make the extension of credit requested to be made
by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the date hereof, of the following conditions precedent (if not otherwise waived): 

(a) Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower, each Guarantor and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A. 
 (b) Funding Agreement
Conditions. Each of the conditions set forth in Sections 1.2(b)(1) and 1.2(b)(2) of the Funding Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof. 

(c) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions
where assets of the Loan Parties are located, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for liens permitted by Section 6.3 or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 (d) [Reserved]. 

(e) Closing Certificate; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have
received in the case of each Loan Party each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below: 
 (i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a
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to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or
other similar official) or (B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party; 

(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the date hereof and
certifying: 
  

	 	(A)	(1) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing
documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the date hereof and at all times since the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, 

  

	 	(B)	that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) and stockholders (if required) of
such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such
resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the date hereof, 

  

	 	(C)	that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date
of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above, 

  

	 	(D)	as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan
Party, and 

  

	 	(E)	as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such
Loan Party; 

 (iii) a certificate of a director or another officer as to the incumbency and
specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above; and 
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 (f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself
and the Lenders on the date hereof, a favorable written opinion of (i) Andrews Kurth LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, and to the extent Andrews Kurth LLP does not deliver Delaware law opinions, Richards, Layton & Finger,
P.A., special counsel for the Loan Parties and (ii) Allen Tubb, in-house counsel for certain of the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case (A) dated the date hereof,
(B) addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Loan Parties as the Administrative
Agent shall reasonably request. 
 (g) Solvency Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate in
form and substance acceptable to the Lenders and signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower confirming the solvency of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the borrowing of the Loans on the date
hereof. 
 (h) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or
pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date or, if such representation and warranty relates to a specific date, then as of such date. 

(i) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the
extensions of credit requested to be made on such date. 
 The borrowing of Loans by the Borrower shall constitute a representation and warranty
by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 4.1 have been satisfied. 
 SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 
 The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as any
Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to: 
 5.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender: 
 (a) as soon as available, but in any event before the earlier of (i) 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) the date on which the Borrower is required to file
with the SEC such financial statements, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Grant Thornton,
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 (b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than the earlier of (i) 60 days
after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) the date on which the Borrower is required to file with the SEC such financial statements, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments); and 

(c) as soon as available but in any event by the 30th day of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the Bank’s Thrift Financial Report (or
any successor report required by an applicable regulator) for such quarter. 
 All such financial statements shall fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer,
as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 (to the extent any such documents are
included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered by posting such documents electronically with notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender thereof and if so posted, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
(i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the Borrower’s website address at www.swst.com; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the
Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 5.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (or, in the case of clause
(e), to the relevant Lender): 
 (a) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1,
(i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every
condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as
specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member with the
provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, and (y) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, a description of any
change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a list of any material Intellectual Property acquired by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the
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 (b) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year; 
 (c) promptly upon receipt thereof,
copies of all final reports submitted to the Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries made by
such accountants, and, upon the request of any Lender (through the Administrative Agent), any final comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit; 

(d) (i) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower sends to the
public holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities and (ii) within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC, in each
case, to the extent not otherwise provided on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the Borrower’s website address at www.swst.com; and 
 (e) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request through the Administrative Agent. 

5.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all its obligations of whatever nature (including Taxes), except where (a) the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect
thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member or (b) such failure would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
 5.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights,
privileges (including, in the case of each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, its registration as a broker-dealer with the SEC and its membership with FINRA) and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case,
as otherwise permitted by Section 6.4 or Section 6.5(e) and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) comply with all
orders or other correspondence provided by any banking regulatory authorities; and (c) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not, separately or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 5.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and
necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the
same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business and owning similar property. 
 5.6 Inspection of
Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper accounting books and financial records in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all material dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often
as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers and employees of the Group Members and with their independent registered public accounting firm;
provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default is then continuing, no Lender shall exercise its rights pursuant to this Section 5.6(b) more often than one time during any fiscal quarter of the Borrower or on less than 48 hours notice
to the Borrower. Any Assignee under Section 9.6(b)(i) (other than an Affiliate of a Person who is a Lender as of the date hereof) may exercise the rights set forth under this Section 5.6 only through the Administrative Agent. 

5.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of: 

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; 
 (b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any
Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) which relates to any Loan Document; 
 (c) the following events, as soon as possible and in any
event within 30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the
termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect
to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; and 
 (d) any development or event that,
in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

  
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 Each notice pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer
setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with respect thereto. 
 5.8 Additional Guarantors. With respect to any Subsidiary (other than an (x) Excluded Foreign Subsidiary (or any Subsidiary thereof) (y) Excluded Regulated Subsidiary or (z) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is wholly or partially owned by any Excluded Regulated Subsidiary) created or acquired after the date hereof by any Loan Party (which, for the purposes of this Section 5.8, shall include any existing Subsidiary
directly wholly-owned by one or more Loan Parties that ceases to be a Subsidiary described in clause (x), (y) or (z) above, and shall include any Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary and is not described in clause (x), (y) or
(z) above), promptly cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to this Agreement as a Guarantor by executing a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and (B) to deliver to the Administrative Agent
a certificate of such Subsidiary and such other documents relating to such Subsidiary consistent with those described in Section 4.1(e) hereof, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 
 5.9 Compliance with Regulatory Requirements. (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary to comply with all material rules and regulations of the SEC and FINRA applicable to
it (including such rules and regulations dealing with net capital requirements). 
 (b) The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary that is a financial institution to comply with all material rules and regulations applicable to it (including such rules and regulations dealing with capital requirements). 

5.10 Use of Proceeds. On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall (a) contribute not less than $80.0 million (as such amount may
be adjusted with the consent of the Required Lenders, the “Initial Bank Contribution Amount”) of the proceeds of the Loans to the Bank and (b) deposit into a segregated account an amount of Loan proceeds equal to the excess of
$100 million over the Initial Bank Contribution Amount (the “Bank Reserve”). From and after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall hold the Bank Reserve in such segregated account and shall use the Bank Reserve only for the following
purposes: (a) cash contributions by the Borrower to the Bank, at such times and in such amounts as determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower and (b) subject to the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, other corporate
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 SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 

The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: 
 6.1 Financial Condition Covenants. 
 (a) Tangible Net Worth. Permit
Tangible Net Worth at any time to be less than the sum of (i) $275,000,000 and (ii) 20% of cumulative Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2011) for which
Consolidated Net Income is positive. 
 (b) Minimum Unrestricted Cash. Permit the sum of (i) unrestricted and
non-segregated cash and (ii) unrestricted and non-segregated Cash Equivalents, in each case of the Borrower and the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries, at any time, to be less than $4,000,000. 

(c) Minimum Excess Net Capital. Permit the excess net capital (as set forth in the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform
Single Report filings of each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary for each monthly period) of Southwest Securities, Inc. to be less than $100 million as of the end of any calendar month. 
 (d) Bank Capitalization. (i) At any time that the C & D Order is in effect, fail to comply with the terms of the C & D Order, and (ii) at any time when the C & D Order is not
in effect, permit the Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, the Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio or the Leverage Ratio of the Bank to be less than the higher of (i) the ratio of each such capital ratio required in order for the Bank to be “Well
Capitalized”, as defined in Section 38(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDI Act”), 12 U.S.C. § 1831o(b)(1)(A), and 12 C.F.R. 325.103(b)(1), or any successor regulation implementing such section of the
FDI Act, and (ii) that required by federal law or regulation or any form of action or directive by a federal agency that supervises the Bank. 
 6.2 Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except: 
 (a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document; 
 (b)
Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary or of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary that in either case shall not have been transferred or pledged to any third party to the extent that such Indebtedness corresponds to any
Investment permitted by Section 6.8(g), (h) or (i); 

  
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 (c) Indebtedness of any Person that shall have become a Subsidiary after the date hereof;
provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall have existed at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and shall not have been created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary, and any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without increasing the principal amount or shortening the maturity thereof) and (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (c) shall not exceed $15,000,000 at the time
of such incurrence; 
 (d) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of obligations of any Guarantor or any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary; 
 (e) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof
and listed on Schedule 6.2(e) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without increasing the principal amount or shortening the maturity thereof); 

(f) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.3(g) incurred to
finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations, and any Indebtedness assumed or incurred in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such
assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within
180 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, and (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (f) shall not exceed $5,000,000 at the time of such incurrence;

 (g) Indebtedness incurred by Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries under customary terms in the ordinary course of business,
provided that if any such Indebtedness is unsecured and has a term of longer than one month, the relevant Broker-Dealer Subsidiary holds, or will have the right to hold pursuant to pending securities transactions and in accordance with
applicable laws and regulations, unencumbered marketable securities sufficient, at the time of the securities transaction which gave rise to any such Indebtedness, to refinance such Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business on a secured basis
using such securities as collateral; 
 (h) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of
Indebtedness or liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as the incurrence or existence of such Indebtedness or liabilities is permitted under this Agreement; provided that a Group Member that is not a Loan Party may not incur
such Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of a Loan Party, and a Loan Party may not incur such Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of a Group Member that is not a Loan Party; provided further that any Guarantee
Obligations of Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be subordinated; 
 (i) [Reserved]; 

(j) cash management obligations and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each
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 (k) Indebtedness of the Bank (i) to the Board or to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
(ii) constituting federal funds purchased and securities sold in Repo Transactions undertaken in the ordinary course of business, or (iii) otherwise incurred in the ordinary course of its banking business; 

(l) overnight borrowing in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and 

(m) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, which taken together with the
principal amount of all other debt outstanding under this clause (m) at the time of incurrence thereof (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries), shall not exceed at the time of incurrence thereof $15,000,000. 

6.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except: 
 (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies not yet due or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP; 

(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s,
workmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; 

(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

 (d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
 (e) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances on title to real property incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; 

(f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 6.3(f) hereto securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.2(e)
hereof and Liens incurred to secure any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.2(e) to refinance any such Indebtedness; provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the date hereof and that the principal amount of
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 (g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of Subsidiary incurred pursuant to
Section 6.2(f); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased; 

(h) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any of Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its
business and covering only the assets so leased; 
 (i) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition
thereof by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Company Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof as of such date; 
 (j) Liens created, incurred or assumed by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary upon assets
owned by such Subsidiary or held for such Subsidiary’s account to secure indebtedness and other liabilities incurred under customary terms in the ordinary course of business; 

(k) Liens on securities sold by the Bank in Repo Transactions permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(k); 

(l) Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its property and assets which were not incurred in connection
with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit, and which do not in the aggregate detract from the value of its property or assets or impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; 

(m) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 7(h) or securing appeal or
other surety bonds relating to such judgments; and 
 (n) customary rights of setoff upon deposit accounts and securities
accounts in favor of banks or other depository institutions and securities intermediaries, respectively. 
 6.4 Fundamental
Changes. Merge, consolidate or amalgamate, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets or business, except that: 

(a) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may merge or consolidate with any Person; provided that (A) in the case of any merger or
consolidation involving the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation and the shareholders of the Borrower immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall hold at least a majority of the

  
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outstanding shares of the combined entity immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation; (B) in the case of any merger or consolidation involving a Loan Party, the
surviving entity shall be a Loan Party; and (C) in the case of any merger or consolidation involving a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, the surviving entity shall be a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary; 

(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (i) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided that (A) in the case of any such Disposition by any Guarantor, the transferee entity shall be a Loan Party and (B) in the case of any such Disposition by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, the transferee entity shall be a
Broker-Dealer Subsidiary or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by Section 6.5; 
 (c) any Investment expressly
permitted by Section 6.8 may be structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation; and 
 (d) any Subsidiary of the
Borrower may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii) in the case of a
liquidation or dissolution of a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, such liquidation or dissolution is into another Broker-Dealer Subsidiary. 
 6.5 Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital
Stock to any Person, except: 
 (a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business;

 (b) the sale of inventory and other assets (including loans, securities and derivatives) in the ordinary course of business;

 (c) Dispositions permitted by clause (i) of Section 6.4(b); 

(d) the sale or issuance of the Capital Stock of (i) any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Guarantor or (ii) any Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor to any other Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; 
 (e) (i) the sale by any Loan Party of its
property or assets to another Loan Party, (ii) the sale by any Subsidiary (other than a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary) that is not a Guarantor of its property or assets to another Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and (iii) the sale by a
Broker-Dealer Subsidiary of its property or assets to another Broker-Dealer Subsidiary that shall not have any Indebtedness not permitted to be incurred under Section 6.2 (other than paragraph (c) thereof). 

(f) any Restricted Payment or Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 6.6 or 6.8,
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 (g) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary
course of business; 
 (h) sales or grants of licenses or sublicenses to use the Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ trademarks, patents, trade secrets, know-how or other intellectual property and technology to the extent that such sale, license or sublicense does not prohibit the licensor from using such trademark, patent, trade secret,
know-how, technology or other intellectual property and is in the ordinary course of business; and 
 (i) the Disposition of
other property not in the ordinary course of business having a fair market value not to exceed, in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower, $3,000,000; provided that (x) any such Disposition to a Person that is not a Group
Member is for consideration at least equivalent to the fair market value of such other property and (y) in no event shall Dispositions of loans be permitted pursuant to this clause 6.5(i). 

6.6 Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making
such dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or
hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of any Group Member (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:

 (a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary which is a holder of the Capital Stock of
such Subsidiary; 
 (b) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to its Capital Stock; 

(c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management
or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and 
 (d) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing or shall be caused thereby, the Borrower may declare and pay cash dividends with respect to its Common Stock in a quarterly amount not to exceed $0.01 per outstanding share of its Common Stock (subject to adjustment for any stock
split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or similar occurrence so that the aggregate amount of dividends payable after such transaction is the same as the amount payable immediately prior to such transaction). 

6.7 Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure, except (a) Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business on information technology used in the ordinary course of business of the applicable Group Member not exceeding $5,000,000 per fiscal year; and (b) Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its

  
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Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (other than Capital Expenditures described in the foregoing clause (a)) not exceeding $3,000,000 per fiscal year; provided, that such
amount, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the immediately succeeding fiscal year. 
 6.8 Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt
securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person, including by way of merger or consolidation (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except: 

(a) Investments consisting of extensions of credit entered into or made or that are received in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with normal practice; 
 (b) investments in Cash Equivalents (and other Investments in the ordinary course of a
broker-dealer business); 
 (c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 6.2; 

(d) (i) margin loans made by any Broker-Dealer Subsidiary to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) loans made by the Bank to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business and (iii) any other loans and advances to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment
and relocation expenses) in an aggregate amount for all Group Members not to exceed $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding; 

(e) other Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of the consideration paid
in connection with any Permitted Acquisition shall not be in excess of $5,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate amount of the consideration paid in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions shall not be in excess of $15,000,000; 

(f) [Reserved] 
 (g) (i) intercompany Investments by (A) any Group Member in the Borrower or any Subsidiary that, prior to or concurrently with such investment, is or becomes a Guarantor and (B) any
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in any other Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and (ii) the intercompany Investments existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6.8 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof; 
 (h) any Investment by any Loan Party or a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary in a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, or any Investment
by any Loan Party or a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary in the form of the purchase by such Loan Party of any Investment held by a Broker-Dealer Subsidiary, in either case with the intent of (i) permitting such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary to comply with
applicable capital requirements on a temporary basis or (ii) to finance the working capital needs of such Broker-Dealer Subsidiary; 

  
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 (i) any Investment by any Group Member in the Bank, or any Investment by any Group Member in
the form of the purchase by such Loan Party of any Investment held by the Bank, in either case with the intent of (i) permitting the Bank to comply with applicable capital requirements or (ii) to finance the working capital needs of the
Bank; 
 (j) [Reserved]; 
 (k) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.8 and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the
original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.8; and 
 (l) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed during the term
of this Agreement an amount equal to $2,000,000; and 
 (m) Investments purchased in the ordinary course of business by the
Bank. 
 6.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or Subsidiary) unless such transaction is (a) (i) in the ordinary course of business of the
relevant Group Member and (ii) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the relevant Group Member than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate or (b) a Restricted
Payment permitted by Section 6.6. 
 6.10 [Reserved].

6.11 Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than last Friday of the month of June
or change the Borrower’s method of determining fiscal quarters. 
 6.12 Lines of Business. Enter into any business,
either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the date hereof and businesses similar, ancillary, complementary or otherwise reasonably related thereto or that are a
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 6.13 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or any other interest or participation in
its profits owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable law or banking, financial institution or other regulation; (ii) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; (iii) customary
provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or a Subsidiary; (iv) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business; (v) any holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.3 may restrict the transfer of the asset or assets subject thereto; (vi) restrictions which are not more restrictive than those contained in this Agreement
contained in any documents governing any Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; (vii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any
property permitted under Section 6.5 pending the consummation of such sale; and (viii) any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in
contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary of Borrower. 
 SECTION 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing: 
 (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder
or under any other Loan Document, within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or 
 (b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate (including any certification of any financial
statement) furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made; or 

(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.10 or 6 hereof; or

 (d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders; or 
 (e) any Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including
any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (ii) default
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making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or
(iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided, that a default, event or condition
described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $2,000,000; or 

(f) (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for
it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be
commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for
any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of,
or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 (g) (i) a Plan becomes an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of
Section 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Section 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (ii) a Reportable Event shall occur
with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee
is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iii) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Group
Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (v) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a
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 (h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member involving in
the aggregate a liability (not paid or to the extent not covered by insurance) of $1,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof;
or 
 (i) except as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, the guarantee set forth in Section 10 shall cease, for any
reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or 
 (j)
(i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), except for any of Hilltop Holdings Inc., a
Maryland corporation, Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, Oak Hill Capital Management Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any of their Affiliates (or any combination
of such Persons), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than
24.9% of the outstanding common stock of the Borrower; or (ii) the board of directors of the Borrower shall cease to consist of a majority of Continuing Directors; 
 then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (j) above with respect to the Borrower, the Loans (with accrued
interest thereon), the Applicable Premium with respect thereto and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, the
following action may be taken: with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest
thereon), the Applicable Premium and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. Except as expressly provided above in this
Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower. 
 SECTION
8. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 
 8.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative
Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
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elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Borrower shall have no obligation to compensate the Administrative Agent or reimburse any expense incurred by the Administrative Agent
except as provided in Section 9.5 hereof. 
 8.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of
its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. 

8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing
are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or
received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any
failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. 
 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice
and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all
purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or
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Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required
Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans. 

8.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default
or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably
directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. 
 8.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its
Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent
hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness
of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates. 

  
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 8.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as
such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under
this Section 8.7 (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to
such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans)
be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 
 8.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent
were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the
terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity. 
 8.9 Successor
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon ten days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 7(a) or Section 7(f) with respect to the Borrower shall
have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and
the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any
other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is ten days
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and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. 
 SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS 
 9.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 9.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from
time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of
the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that, no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or
extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be
effective with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of
this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or reduce the premium payable upon the prepayment of any Loan or change the time at which any Loan may be redeemed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 9.1 without the written consent of such Lender; (iii) reduce any percentage specified in
the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors (or amend or
modify the definitions of “Guarantor” or “Subsidiary” whereby such amendment or modification would result in the release of all or substantially all of the Guarantors) from their obligations under the guarantee pursuant to
Section 10 hereof, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any provisions in Section 2.7(a) or (b) without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby; or
(v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 8 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be
binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right
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 9.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties
hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the
Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto: 
  

			
	Borrower:	  	 SWS Group, Inc.
 1201 Elm
Street, Suite 3500
 Dallas, Texas 75270

		  	Attention: General Counsel
		  	Telecopy: (214) 859-6020
		  	Telephone: (214) 859-6629
		
		  	with a copy to:
		  	 Andrews Kurth LLP
 1717 Main
Street, Suite 3700
 Dallas, TX 75201

Attention: Ronald L. Brown
 Telecopy: (214)
659-4819
 Telephone: (214) 659-4469

			
		
	Administrative Agent:	  	 Hilltop Holdings Inc.
 200
Crescent Court, Suite 1330
 Dallas, Texas 75201

		  	Attention: General Counsel
		  	Telecopy: 214-580-5722
		  	Telephone: 214-855-2172
		
		  	with a copy to:
		  	 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 51 W. 52nd
Street
 New York, New York

		  	Attention: David E. Shapiro
		  	Telecopy: 212-403-1000
		  	Telephone: 212-403-2000

 provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall not be
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 Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. 
 9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to
exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. 
 9.4 Survival of Representations and
Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder. 
 9.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The
Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for all of their respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of any Loan Document
created after the date hereof or any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any other documents prepared after the date hereof in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and
administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and filing and recording fees and expenses in each case incurred after the
date hereof and , in each case with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower from time to time after the date hereof on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall
deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any
such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel (excluding allocated reasonable fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender
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any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with
the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnitee”)
harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any
Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any
Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all
rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them
might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 9.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor; provided, that in the event that, following its receipt of such a demand,
the Borrower believes in good faith that it is not liable for any amounts that are the subject of such demand and files a suit in a court of competent jurisdiction with respect thereto, such amounts shall be paid by the Borrower within 10 days of
the entry of a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction that the Borrower is liable for such amounts pursuant to the terms hereof. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 9.5 shall be submitted
to the attention of the Stacy M. Hodges, Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower (Telephone No. 214-859-9362) (Telecopy No. 214-859-9309) with a copy to the attention of the Allen R. Tubb, General Counsel of the Borrower (Telephone
No. 214-859-6629) (Telecopy No. 214-859-6020), both at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 9.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative
Agent. The agreements in this Section 9.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 

9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

  
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 (b) (i) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an
“Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion the Loans at the time owing to it), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: 

 

	 	(A)	the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption; 

 

	 	(B)	the Assignee shall not be the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any Ineligible Institution; 

 

	 	(C)	the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire; and; 

 

	 	(D)	the Borrower shall have approved each assignment pursuant to this Section 9.6(b) (other than any assignment by a Lender to another Lender or to an Affiliate of any
Lender), which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, that, in the event the Borrower does not respond to a request for an approval of an assignment within seven (7) Business Days of delivery of notice of such request,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have approved such assignment. 

 (ii) Subject to acceptance and
recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iii) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under
this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits
of Section 2.8 and 9.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section. 
 (iii) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
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Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. 
 (iv) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee and the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has
been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. 
 (c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans owing
to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (D) the Borrower shall have approved such
sale, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 9.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.8 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant
also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 9.7(a) as though it were a Lender. 

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.8 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S.
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.8 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.8(d). 

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. 

  
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 (e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue
Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above. 
 9.7
Adjustments; Set-off. (a) If any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.4(b) hereof), or receive any collateral in
respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 7(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other
Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall
provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

 (b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior
notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly
to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. 

9.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate
counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 
 9.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

  
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 9.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire
agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to
the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents. 
 9.11
GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND
TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. 

9.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: 

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York,
and appellate courts from any thereof; 
 (b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; 

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified
mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower, as the case may be at its address set forth in Section 9.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 (d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or
shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and 
 (e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. 

  
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 9.13 Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that: 

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; 

(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and
creditor; and 
 (c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the
transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders. 
 9.14 Releases of Guarantee.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly
required by Section 9.1) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing the guarantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof of any Guarantor (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction
not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. 

(b) At such time as the Loans and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Swap
Agreements) shall have been paid in full, all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party in respect of the guarantee pursuant to Section 10 hereof shall terminate,
all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person. 
 9.15 Confidentiality. Each of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep, and to cause its Affiliates to keep, confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement that is designated by the provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender,
(b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its
Affiliates, its and its Affiliates employees, directors, officers and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors or to any other Lender or Participant (it being understood that such disclosure will be made only to such Persons
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and only if the Persons to whom such disclosure is made are informed of the confidential nature of such Information, instructed to keep such information confidential and receive such information
in connection with (i) their evaluation of the ability of the Borrower to repay the Loans and perform their other obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) administering the Obligations under this Agreement, (iii) servicing the
Borrowings hereunder, (iv) protecting their interests under this Agreement or (v) performing any similar function in connection with any other extension of credit by the Lenders to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (excluding any transaction in
any public security of the Borrower or a Subsidiary), (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed other than as a result of a known breach of any requirement to keep such information
confidential, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with
ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document. 
 9.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. 
 9.17 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender
subject to the Act hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is hereby required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. 

SECTION 10. GUARANTEE 
 10.1 Guarantee. (a) The Guarantors hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantee to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors, endorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of any Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of
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 (c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed
the amount of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder. 

(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall have been satisfied by payment in full. 

(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
from the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify,
reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of a Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by a Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from a Guarantor
in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full. 
 10.2 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by a Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of a Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, such Guarantor shall
not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Obligations, nor shall such Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the
Borrower on account of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to a Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of
the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from
other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required),
to be applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine. 

  
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 10.3 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain
obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against such Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by such Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or
right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, increased, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all
Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged,
waived, surrendered or released. 
 10.4 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice
of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in
this Section 10; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended, increased or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 10;
and all dealings between the Borrower and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 10. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or such Guarantor with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands
and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever
(with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or any Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of any Guarantor under the guarantee contained
in this Section 10, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no
obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect
thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or
guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall
not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and
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 10.5 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 10 shall continue to
be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any
substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made. 
 10.6 Payments. Each
Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

					
	SWS GROUP, INC., as Borrower
		
	By:	 	/s/ James H. Ross
		 	Name:	 	James H. Ross
		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer

 [Signature Page to Credit Agreement] 

 
					
	SOUTHWEST CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Richard H. Litton
		 	Name:	 	Richard H. Litton
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	SOUTHWEST INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michael Myers
		 	Name:	 	Michael Myers
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	SOUTHWEST FINANCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michael Myers
		 	Name:	 	Michael Myers
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	SOUTHWEST INSURANCE AGENCY OF ALABAMA, INC., as Guarantor
		
	By:	 	/s/ Michael Myers
		 	Name:	 	Michael Myers
		 	Title:	 	President

 [Signature Page to Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	HILLTOP HOLDINGS INC., as Administrative Agent and Lender
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeremy B. Ford            
		 	Name: Jeremy B. Ford
		 	Title:   President & CEO

 [Signature Page to Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	OAK HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P., as Lender
		
	By:	 	OHCP GenPar III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP Partners III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP III, Ltd., its general partner
		
	By:	 	/s/ Steven Gruber            
		 	Name: Steven Gruber
		 	Title:   Vice President

  

			
	OAK HILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS III, L.P., as Lender
		
	By:	 	OHCP GenPar III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP Partners III, L.P., its general partner
	By:	 	OHCP MGP III, Ltd., its general partner
		
	By:	 	/s/ Steven Gruber            
		 	Name: Steven Gruber
		 	Title:   Vice President

 [Signature Page to Credit Agreement] 

 Schedule 1.1A 

Commitments 
  

					
	 Lender
	  	Commitment	 
	 Hilltop Holdings Inc.
	  	$	50,000,000.00	  
	 Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P.
	  	$	48,410,099.62	  
	 Oak Hill Capital Management Partners III, L.P.
	  	$	1,589,900.38	  

 Schedule1.1B 

Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries 

Southwest Securities, Inc. 
 SWS Financial
Services, Inc. 

 Schedule 6.2(e) 

Existing Indebtedness 
 NONE

 Schedule 6.3(f) 

Existing Liens 
 NONE 

 Schedule 6.8 

Existing Investments 
 NONE

 Exhibit A 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE 
 This Compliance Certificate (this “Certificate”) is delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the several
banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. 
 1. I am the duly elected, qualified and acting [Chief Financial Officer / Controller] of the Borrower. 
 2. I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Certificate. 
 3. I
have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and the Loan Documents and have made or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries during the accounting
period covered by the financial statements attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the “Financial Statements”). Such review did not disclose the existence during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the Financial
Statements, and I have no knowledge of the existence, as of the date of this Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or Event of Default[, except as set forth below]. 

4. Attached hereto as Attachment 2 are the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.1 of the
Agreement. 
 5. [I hereby certify that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been, at all times during the
quarterly period ending [                ], in compliance with the terms of the C & D Order.]1 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate this              day of         ,
201    . 
  

	
	  
	Name:
	Title:

  

	1 	 To be included only when the C & D Order is in effect. 

 Attachment 1 

Financial Statements 
 Attachment 2 
 Compliance Certificate 

Attachment
22 

to the Compliance Certificate 
 The information described herein is as of             ,             ,
and pertains to the period from             ,              to
                         ,             .

 Covenant Analysis 
  

											
	I.	 	Section 6.1(a) – Minimum Tangible Net Worth.
				
		 	A.	 	Consolidated Net Income	  	
					
		 		 	1.	 	For such quarterly period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”) and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP:	  	$______
					
		 		 	2.	 	Minus, the sum of:	  	
						
		 		 		 		 	a. The income (or deficit) of all Persons accrued prior to the date they become a Subsidiary of the Borrower or were merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	b. The income (or deficit) of all Persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent
that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	c. Undistributed earnings of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower, to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by any such Subsidiary is not at
the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary, but not including the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary in situations where the
only restriction on the ability of such Subsidiary to declare or pay dividends or make similar distributions arises from regulatory restrictions (or Contractual Obligations relating to compliance with law or regulatory restrictions)	  	$______

 

	2 	In the event of any inconsistency between (x) the requirements for calculating compliance with any covenant or disclosing information in this Form of Compliance
Certificate, and (y) the requirements for calculating compliance with any covenant or disclosing information in the Agreement, the terms of the Agreement shall govern. 

											
					
		 		 	3.	 	 Consolidated Net Income (Line I.A.1 minus the sum of Lines I.A.2.a through I.A.2.c)
	  	$______
					
		 		 	4.	 	 20% of cumulative Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
June 30, 2011) for which Consolidated Net Income is positive
	  	$______
				
		 	B.	 	Tangible Net Worth:	  	
					
		 		 	1.	 	 The total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any:
	  	$______
					
		 		 	2.	 	 Minus, the sum of:
	  	
						
		 		 		 		 	a. The total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, prepared in
accordance with GAAP:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	b. The net book amount of all intangible assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including without limitation goodwill and intellectual property, after deducting any reserves
applicable thereto) which would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date, prepared in accordance with GAAP:	  	$______
					
		 		 	3.	 	 Tangible Net Worth (Line I.B.1 minus the sum of Lines I.B.2.a and I.B.2.b)
	  	$______
				
		 	C.	 	Minimum Tangible Net Worth ($275,000,000 plus Line A.4)	  	$______
			
		 		 	Minimum Allowed. Line I.B.3 must be no less than Line I.C.

											
		
	II.	 	Section 6.1(b) – Minimum Unrestricted Cash.
				
		 	A.	 	Unrestricted and Non-Segregated Cash.	  	
					
		 		 	1.	 	 The total unrestricted and non-segregated cash for the Borrower and the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries:
	  	$______
					
		 		 	2.	 	 Plus, the sum of the following of the Borrower and the Broker-Dealer Subsidiaries:
	  	
						
		 		 		 		 	a. unrestricted and non-segregated marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	b. unrestricted and non-segregated certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date
of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	c. unrestricted and non-segregated commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-1 by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers
generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	d. unrestricted and non-segregated repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of Line II.A.2.b, having a term of not more than 30
days, with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government:	  	$______

											
						
		 		 		 		 	e. unrestricted and non-segregated securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of
the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign
government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	f. unrestricted and non-segregated securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any
commercial bank satisfying the requirements of Line II.A.2.b:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	g. unrestricted and non-segregated money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses Lines II.A.2.a through
II.A.2.f:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	h. money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by
Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000:	  	$______
						
		 		 		 		 	i. unrestricted and non-segregated instruments equivalent to those referred to in Lines II.A.2.a through II.A.2.h denominated in Euros or any other foreign currency comparable in
credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any
Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction:	  	$______
					
		 		 	3.	 	 Total unrestricted and non-segregated Cash Equivalents for the Borrower and the Broker Dealer Subsidiaries (the sum of Lines
II.A.2.a through II.A.2.i):
	  	$______
				
		 	B.	 	Total Unrestricted Cash (Line II.A.1 plus II.A.3)	  	$______
				
		 		 	Minimum Allowed. Line II.B must be no less than $4,000,000 at all times.	  	

									
		
	III.	 	Section 6.1(c) – Minimum Excess Net Capital.
				
		 	A.	 	Excess Net Capital (as set forth in the Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report filings of each Broker-Dealer Subsidiary for each monthly period) of
Southwest Securities:	  	$______
(for
month ended
[___])  
 $______
(for month
ended
[___])
  
 $______
(for month
ended
[___])

					
		 		 		 	Minimum Allowed. Each of entries in Line III. A must be no less than $100,000,000 as of the end of such calendar month.	  	
			
	IV.	 	[Section 6.1(d) – Bank Capitalization.	  	
				
		 	A.	 	Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio.	  	
					
		 		 	1.	 	Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio of the Bank:	  	_________
					
		 		 	2.	 	The highest Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio required by federal law or regulation or any form of action or directive by a federal agency that supervises the Bank (including the Total
Risk-Based Capital Ratio required in order for the Bank to be “Well Capitalized” as defined in Section 38(b)(1)(A) of the FDI Act, 12 USC § 1831o(b)(1)(A), and 12 C.F.R. 325.103(b)(1), as applicable, or any successor regulation
implementing such section of the FDI Act):	  	_________
				
		 		 	Minimum Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio. Line IV.A.1 must be no less than Line IV.A.2 at all times.	  	
				
		 	B.	 	Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio.	  	
					
		 		 	1.	 	Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio of the Bank:	  	_________
					
		 		 	2.	 	The highest Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio required by federal law or regulation or any form of action or directive by a federal agency that supervises the Bank (including the
Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio required in order for the	  	_________

									
			
		 		 	Bank to be “Well Capitalized” as defined in Section 38(b)(1)(A) of the FDI Act, 12 USC § 1831o(b)(1)(A), and 12 C.F.R. 325.103(b)(1), as applicable, or
any successor regulation implementing such section of the FDI Act):
			
		 		 	Minimum Tier 1 Risk-Based Capital Ratio. Line IV.B.1 must be no less than Line IV.B.2 at all times.
			
		 	C.	 	Leverage Ratio.
					
		 		 	1.	 	Leverage Ratio of the Bank:	  	_________
					
		 		 	2.	 	The highest Leverage Ratio required by federal law or regulation or any form of action or directive by a federal agency that supervises the Bank (including the Total Risk-Based
Capital Ratio required in order for the Bank to be “Well Capitalized” as defined in Section 38(b)(1)(A) of the FDI Act, 12 USC § 1831o(b)(1)(A), and 12 C.F.R. 325.103(b)(1), as applicable, or any successor regulation implementing such
section of the FDI Act):	  	_________
			
		 		 	Minimum Leverage Ratio. Line IV.C.1 must be no less than Line IV.C.2 at all times.]3

  

	3 	 To be included when the C & D Order is not in effect. 

 Exhibit B 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION 
 Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the
“Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the
“Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Agreement. 
 The Assignor identified on Schedule l hereto (the “Assignor”) and the
Assignee identified on Schedule l hereto (the “Assignee”) agree as follows: 
 1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and
assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below), the interest described in Schedule 1
hereto (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Agreement with respect to those credit facilities contained in the Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (individually, an
“Assigned Facility”; collectively, the “Assigned Facilities”), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. 
 2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Agreement or with
respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created
any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim and (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial
condition of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Affiliates or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Agreement or any other Loan Document
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto. 
 3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Assignment and Assumption; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 thereof and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Administrative Agent or any
Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the
Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States,
its obligation pursuant to Section 2.8(d) of the Agreement. 

 4. The effective date of this Assignment and Assumption shall be the Effective Date of Assignment described
in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Assignment and Assumption, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance by it and recording by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, be earlier than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent). 

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned
Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued subsequent to the Effective Date or accrue
subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.

 6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment
and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption,
relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Agreement. 
 7. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Assignment and Assumption to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto. 

 Schedule 1 
 to Assignment and Assumption with respect to 
 the Agreement, dated as of
July 29, 2011, 
 among SWS Group, Inc., as Borrower, 
 the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement, as Guarantors, 
 the several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement, 
 as Lenders, and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as Administrative Agent, 
 Name of Assignor:
                                        

 Name of Assignee:
                                        

 Effective Date of Assignment:
                                        

  

					
	 Principal

Amount Assigned
	  	Percentage of Loans Owned by Assignor that are
being Assigned	 
	 $__________
	  	 	_____.__________	% 

  

									
	[Name of Assignee]	 		 	[Name of Assignor]
					
	By:	 	 	 		 	By:	 	 
	Title:	 		 		 	Title:	 	
			
	Accepted for Recordation in the Register:	 		 	Required Consents (if any):
			
	 HILLTOP HOLDINGS, INC., as
 Administrative Agent
	 		 	SWS GROUP, INC., as Borrower
					
	By:	 	 	 		 	By:	 	 
	Title:	 		 		 	Title:	 	

 Exhibit C 

FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE 
 (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) 
 Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2011 (as originally executed and amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the several banks and other institutions or
entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and
beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate; (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and in this regard, the
undersigned further represents and warrants that (A) it is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction and (B) it has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax, securities law or other
filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements; (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower
within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code; (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; and (v) the interest payments in question are not
effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business. 
 The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned
shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in
either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments. 
 Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this certificate. 
  

			
	[NAME OF LENDER]
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Date:                  ,
20[    ] 

 FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE 

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2011 (as originally executed and amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the
several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the
sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate; (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing
such Loan(s)); (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Agreement, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its
trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and in this regard, the undersigned further represents and warrants that neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members (A) is subject to regulatory or other
legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction or (B) has been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax, securities law or other filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or
qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements; (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code; (v) none of
its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its
partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business. 
 The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that
(1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments. 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this certificate. 
  

			
	[NAME OF LENDER]
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Date:                  ,
20[    ] 

 FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE 

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2011 (as originally executed and amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the
several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the
sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate; (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and in this regard, the undersigned further represents
and warrants that (A) it is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction and (B) it has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax, securities law or other filing or submission made to any
Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements; (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) Code; (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; and (v) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the
undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business. 
 The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its
non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in
writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the
two calendar years preceding such payments. 
 Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this certificate. 

 

			
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Date:                  ,
20[    ] 

 FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE 

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2011 (as originally executed and amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the
several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the
sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor
any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and in this regard, the undersigned further
represents and warrants that neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members (A) is subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction or (B) has been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax,
securities law or other filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements;, (iv) none of its partners/members
is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code, and (vi) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business. 

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall
promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the
undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments. 
 Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly
executed this certificate. 
  

			
	[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 Date:                  ,
20[    ] 

 Exhibit D 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT 
 JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of                     , 20     (this
“Joinder Agreement”), to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2011 (the “Agreement”), among SWS Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time parties to
the Agreement (the “Guarantors”), the several banks and other institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Hilltop Holdings, Inc., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement. 

WHEREAS, the Guarantors have entered into the Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower pursuant to the
Agreement. Section 5.8 of the Agreement provides that certain Subsidiaries must become Guarantors under the Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New
Subsidiary”) is executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Agreement to become a Subsidiary Party under the Agreement as consideration for credit previously extended to the Borrower. 

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 5.8 of the Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the
Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Agreement applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents
and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the Agreement shall be deemed to
include the New Subsidiary. The Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
 SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing. 
 SECTION 3. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. This
Joinder Agreement shall become effective when (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder Agreement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Administrative Agent has executed a
counterpart hereof. 
 SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that: 

(a) Set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of
formation and the location of its chief executive office. 
 (b) As of the date hereof, the New Subsidiary has
complied with all obligations of Section 5.8 of the Agreement. 

 SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect. 
 SECTION 6. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 SECTION 7. In the event any one
or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Agreement shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. 
 SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and
given as provided in Section 9.2 of the Agreement. 
 SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder Agreement, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Administrative Agent. 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Joinder
Agreement to the Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	[Name of New Subsidiary]
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:	 	
	
	Legal Name:
	
	Jurisdiction of Formation:
	
	Location of Chief Executive Office:
	
	 HILLTOP HOLDINGS, INC., as Administrative
 Agent

		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	
	Title:

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