Document:

Separation and Distribution Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 
 between 
 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC. 
 and 
 BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 
 Dated as
of March 20, 2007 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	 ARTICLE I
	  	DEFINITIONS	  	2
			
	 Section 1.1
	  	Definitions	  	2
			
	 Section 1.2
	  	General Interpretive Principles	  	11
			
	 ARTICLE II
	  	THE PRE-DISTRIBUTION TRANSACTIONS	  	12
			
	 Section 2.1
	  	Restructuring, Recapitalization and Other Transactions	  	12
			
	 Section 2.2
	  	Broadridge Cash Dividend	  	12
			
	 Section 2.3
	  	The Separation and Related Transactions	  	12
			
	 Section 2.4
	  	Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Pre-Distribution Transactions	  	18
			
	 ARTICLE III
	  	THE DISTRIBUTION	  	19
			
	 Section 3.1
	  	Actions Prior to the Distribution	  	19
			
	 Section 3.2
	  	The Distribution	  	20
			
	 Section 3.3
	  	Conditions to Distribution	  	21
			
	 ARTICLE IV
	  	SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION; RELEASE	  	23
			
	 Section 4.1
	  	Survival of Agreements	  	23
			
	 Section 4.2
	  	Indemnification by Broadridge	  	23
			
	 Section 4.3
	  	Indemnification by ADP	  	24
			
	 Section 4.4
	  	Insurance	  	24
			
	 Section 4.5
	  	Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims	  	25
			
	 Section 4.6
	  	Procedures for Indemnification of Non-Third Party Claims	  	27
			
	 Section 4.7
	  	Survival of Indemnities	  	27
			
	 Section 4.8
	  	Remedies Cumulative	  	27
			
	 Section 4.9
	  	Ancillary Agreements	  	27
			
	 Section 4.10
	  	Mutual Release.	  	27
			
	 ARTICLE V
	  	ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS	  	29
			
	 Section 5.1
	  	Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement	  	29
			
	 Section 5.2
	  	Employee Matters Agreement	  	29
			
	 Section 5.3
	  	Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement	  	29
			
	 Section 5.4
	  	Tax Allocation Agreement	  	30
			
	 Section 5.5
	  	Transition Services Agreement	  	30
			
	 ARTICLE VI
	  	CERTAIN ADDITIONAL COVENANTS	  	30
			
	 Section 6.1
	  	Consents for Business	  	30
			
	 Section 6.2
	  	Additional Consents	  	30
			
	 Section 6.3
	  	Further Assurances	  	30

  

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	 Section 6.4
	  	Future Activities	  	31
			
	 Section 6.5
	  	Settlement of Certain Insurance Claims	  	32
			
	 Section 6.6
	  	Transitional Use of ADP Name	  	32
			
	 ARTICLE VII
	  	ACCESS TO INFORMATION	  	33
			
	 Section 7.1
	  	Agreement for Exchange of Information	  	33
			
	 Section 7.2
	  	Ownership of Information	  	34
			
	 Section 7.3
	  	Compensation for Providing Information	  	34
			
	 Section 7.4
	  	Record Retention	  	35
			
	 Section 7.5
	  	Limitation of Liability	  	35
			
	 Section 7.6
	  	Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information	  	35
			
	 Section 7.7
	  	Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation	  	35
			
	 Section 7.8
	  	Confidentiality	  	36
			
	 ARTICLE VIII
	  	NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES	  	38
			
	 Section 8.1
	  	NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES	  	38
			
	 ARTICLE IX
	  	TERMINATION	  	39
			
	 Section 9.1
	  	Termination	  	39
			
	 Section 9.2
	  	Effect of Termination	  	39
			
	 ARTICLE X
	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	39
			
	 Section 10.1
	  	Complete Agreement; Representations	  	39
			
	 Section 10.2
	  	Costs and Expenses	  	40
			
	 Section 10.3
	  	Governing Law	  	40
			
	 Section 10.4
	  	Notices	  	40
			
	 Section 10.5
	  	Amendment, Modification or Waiver	  	41
			
	 Section 10.6
	  	No Assignment; Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries	  	41
			
	 Section 10.7
	  	Counterparts	  	42
			
	 Section 10.8
	  	Negotiation	  	42
			
	 Section 10.9
	  	Specific Performance	  	42
			
	 Section 10.10
	  	New York Forum	  	42
			
	 Section 10.11
	  	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	  	43
			
	 Section 10.12
	  	Interpretation; Conflict With Ancillary Agreements	  	43
			
	 Section 10.13
	  	Severability	  	43

  

 (ii) 

			
	EXHIBITS	  	
		
	Bylaws of Broadridge	  	Exhibit A
	Certificate of Incorporation of Broadridge	  	Exhibit B
	Form of Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement	  	Exhibit C
	Form of Employee Matters Agreement	  	Exhibit D
	Form of Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement	  	Exhibit E
	Form of Tax Allocation Agreement	  	Exhibit F
	Form of Transition Services Agreements	  	Exhibit G
		
	SCHEDULES	  	
		
	ADP Assigned Agreements	  	Schedule 2.3(c)(i)
	Broadridge Assigned Agreements	  	Schedule 2.3(c)(ii)
	Surviving ADP Group and Broadridge Group Agreements	  	Schedule 2.3(d)
	Guarantee Fees	  	Schedule 2.3(f)
	ADP Statements in Information Statement	  	Schedule 4.3(d)
	Transaction Expenses	  	Schedule 10.2
		
	ANNEXES	  	
		
	Timeline	  	Annex A

  

 (iii) 

 SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 
 SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT dated as of March 20, 2007, between Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ADP”), and Broadridge Financial Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company whose sole member is ADP (each, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of
ADP has determined that it is in the best interests of ADP to separate the Broadridge Business (as defined below) and the ADP Business (as defined below) into two independent companies (the “Separation”), on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, in order to provide greater flexibility for the management, capital requirements and growth of the Broadridge Business while ensuring that ADP can focus its time and resources on the development of the ADP
Business; 
 WHEREAS, to effect the Separation, Broadridge (as defined below) intends to retain ownership and possession of all Broadridge
Assets (as defined below) and ADP intends to retain ownership and possession of all ADP Assets (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, to further
effect the Separation, Broadridge intends to remain solely liable for all Broadridge Liabilities (as defined below) and ADP intends to remain solely liable for all ADP Liabilities (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, to further effect the Separation, and as an integral part thereof, ADP intends to cause the Restructuring (as defined below) to occur prior to
the Separation; 
 WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that, following the Restructuring and the Separation but prior to the
Distribution (as defined below), Broadridge will be converted from a Delaware limited liability company into a Delaware corporation pursuant to Section 18-216 of the Delaware Limited Liability Act (the “LLC Conversion”), and
will be recapitalized such that all of the shares of common stock of Broadridge, par value $0.01 per share (“Broadridge Common Stock”), then outstanding will be owned by ADP; 
 WHEREAS, following the Restructuring, the Separation and the LLC Conversion but prior to the Distribution, Broadridge intends to effect the Broadridge
Cash Dividend (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, following the Restructuring, the Separation, the LLC Conversion and the Broadridge Cash
Dividend, ADP intends to distribute on a pro rata basis to holders of issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of ADP (“ADP Common Stock”), other than shares of ADP Common Stock held in the treasury
of ADP, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Broadridge Common 

  

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Stock owned by ADP, by means of a dividend of the Broadridge Common Stock to ADP’s stockholders (the “Distribution”), on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Parties that, for United States federal income
tax purposes, (i) the U.S. Restructuring (as defined below) shall qualify as tax-free pursuant to Section 332 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (ii) the Dutch Restructuring (as
defined below) shall qualify as a tax-free split-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code, (iii) the Canadian Restructuring (as defined below) shall qualify as a tax-free split-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of
the Code, (iv) the LLC Conversion and the Distribution shall qualify as a tax-free spin-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code and (v) this Agreement shall constitute, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of liquidation
under Section 332 of the Code and a plan of reorganization under Section 368 of the Code; 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of ADP
has (i) determined that the Restructuring, the Separation, the LLC Conversion, the Broadridge Cash Dividend, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as defined below) are in
furtherance of and consistent with its business strategy and are in the best interests of ADP and (ii) approved this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements; and 
 WHEREAS, the Restructuring, the Separation, the LLC Conversion, the Broadridge Cash Dividend, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (as defined below) shall be consummated in the order and in the manner described on the timeline attached hereto as Annex A; and 
 WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Separation, the Broadridge Cash
Dividend and the Distribution and certain other agreements that will govern certain matters relating to these transactions and the relationship of ADP and Broadridge and their respective subsidiaries following the Distribution. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: 
 “Action” means any claim, demand, action, cause of action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, litigation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitration
or mediation tribunal or authority. 
  

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 “ADP” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto. 
 “ADP Assets” means all Assets of the ADP Group (including the amount of the Broadridge Cash Dividend after declaration thereof), other
than the Broadridge Assets. 
 “ADP Business” means all businesses and operations of the ADP Group, other than the
Broadridge Business. 
 “ADP Claims” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a). 
 “ADP Common Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 
 “ADP Group” means ADP and each of its Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and any corporation or other entity that may become part of such
Group from time to time, other than the Broadridge Group. 
 “ADP Indemnified Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 4.2. 
 “ADP Liabilities” means those Liabilities of ADP, other than the Broadridge Liabilities. 

“ADP Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(b). 
 “ADP Releasors” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a). 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, no member of either Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of
the other Group. As used herein, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through ownership of voting securities or
other interests, by contract or otherwise. 
 “Agreement” means this Agreement, as the same may be modified, amended or
supplemented from time to time. 
 “Ancillary Agreements” means the Employee Matters Agreement, the Intellectual Property
Transfer Agreement, the Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement and the Tax Allocation Agreement. 
  

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 “Asset” means any right, property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or
intangible, of any kind, nature and description, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and wheresoever situated and whether or not carried or reflected, or required to be carried or reflected, on the books of any Person. 
 “Balance Sheet” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Broadridge Assets.” 
 “Broadridge” means, prior to the LLC Conversion, Broadridge Financial Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company whose sole
member is ADP and, immediately after the LLC Conversion, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation whose sole shareholder is ADP. 
 “Broadridge Assets” means, without duplication: 
 (i) all of the outstanding shares of all
classes of capital stock of (or other equity interests in) Broadridge Subsidiaries owned (either of record or beneficially) by Broadridge or a Broadridge Subsidiary, as of the Effective Time; 
 (ii) all of the Assets included on the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of Broadridge, including the notes thereto, as of December 31,
2006 that is included in the Registration Statement (the “Balance Sheet”) to the extent such Assets would have been included as Assets on a consolidated balance sheet of Broadridge, and the notes thereto, as of the Effective Time
(were such balance sheet and notes to be prepared) on a basis consistent with the determination of Assets included on the Balance Sheet; 
 (iii) all other Assets that are of a nature or type that would have resulted in such Assets being included as Assets on a consolidated balance sheet of Broadridge, and the notes thereto, as of the Effective Time (were such balance sheet and
notes to be prepared) on a basis consistent with the determination of Assets included on the Balance Sheet; 
 (iv) the Assets expressly
contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed or delivered to any member of the Broadridge Group pursuant to the Ancillary Agreements; 
 (v)
the contract rights, licenses, Trade Secrets, know-how, and any other rights and Intellectual Property, and any other rights, claims or properties (including any and all rights as an insured party under any ADP insurance policy), in each case of any
member of the Broadridge Group and as of the Effective Time; and 
 (vi) all other Assets that are held by any member of the Broadridge Group
as of the Effective Time and that are used or held primarily for use in or necessary to the operation of the Broadridge Business. 
 “Broadridge Business” means the business and operations conducted by the Broadridge Group from time to time, whether prior to, at or after the Effective Time, 

  

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including, without duplication, (i) the Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted by ADP prior to the
Restructuring and (ii) the business and operations conducted by the Broadridge Group, as more fully described in the Information Statement. 
 “Broadridge Bylaws” means the Bylaws of Broadridge substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. 
 “Broadridge Cash Dividend” means (i) the borrowing under the new credit facility to be entered into by Broadridge as described in the Registration Statement and (ii) the distribution of $690 million of the
proceeds of such borrowing as well as approximately $60 million from ADP’s Canadian subsidiaries to ADP in one or more transactions intended to qualify as tax-free pursuant to Section 361(b) of the Code. 
 “Broadridge Certificate of Incorporation” means the Certificate of Incorporation of Broadridge substantially in the form of Exhibit
B hereto. 
 “Broadridge Claims” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(b). 
 “Broadridge Common Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Broadridge Group” means Broadridge and each of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any corporation or other entity that may become part
of such Group from time to time. 
 “Broadridge Indemnified Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.3. 
 “Broadridge Liabilities” means, without duplication: 
 (i) all outstanding Liabilities included on the Balance Sheet, to the extent such Liabilities would have been included on a consolidated balance sheet of
Broadridge, and the notes thereto, as of the Effective Time (were such balance sheet and notes to be prepared) on a basis consistent with the determination of Liabilities included on the Balance Sheet; 
 (ii) all other Liabilities that are of a nature or type that would have resulted in such Liabilities being included as Liabilities on a consolidated
balance sheet of Broadridge, and the notes thereto, as of the Effective Time (were such balance sheet and notes to be prepared) on a basis consistent with the determination of Liabilities included on the Balance Sheet; 
 (iii) all Liabilities expressly assumed by any member of the Broadridge Group pursuant to the Ancillary Agreements; and 
  

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 (iv) all Liabilities to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from actions, inactions,
events, omissions, conditions, facts or circumstances occurring or existing prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in each case to the extent such Liabilities relate to, arise out of or result from any Broadridge Asset or the Broadridge Business.

 “Broadridge Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(a). 
 “Broadridge Releasors” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(b). 
 “Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses” means all of the ADP Brokerage Services’ and
Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services’ business and operations, as more fully described in ADP’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. 
 “Business” means the Broadridge Business and/or the ADP Business, as the context requires. 
 “Canadian Restructuring” means the transfer of the Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted, directly or indirectly, by ADP Canada Co., a Canadian corporation, to a new
Canadian company that will be transferred to a second Canadian company that will be a subsidiary of Broadridge in a transaction intended to qualify as a tax-free split-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code. 
 “Code” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Consents” means any consents, waivers, notices, reports or other filings to be made, or any registrations, licenses, permits,
authorizations to be obtained from, or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any third parties, including any Governmental Authority. 
 “Continuing ADP Guarantees” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(f)(ii). 
 “Data
Center Outsourcing Services Agreement” means the Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement to be entered into between ADP, Inc. and Broadridge, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, with such changes as may be
agreed to by the Parties. 
 “Delayed Transfer Asset and/or Liability” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.3(b). 
 “Dispute Escalation Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.8. 

 

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 “Distribution” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 

“Distribution Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company. 
 “Distribution Agent Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(b). 
 “Distribution Date” means the date on which the Distribution shall be effected, such date to be determined by, or under the authority
of, the Board of Directors of ADP in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 “Dutch Restructuring” means the transfer of the
Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted by the subsidiaries of ADP Nederland BV, a Dutch corporation, to a new Dutch company that will be transferred to a second Dutch company that will be a
subsidiary of Broadridge in a transaction intended to qualify as a tax-free split-off pursuant to Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code. 
 “Effective Time” means the time at which the Distribution occurs on the Distribution Date. 
 “Employee
Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement to be entered into between ADP and Broadridge, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, with such changes as may be agreed to by the Parties. 
 “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. 
 “FIFO Basis” means, with respect to the payment of Unrelated Claims pursuant to the same ADP insurance
policy, the payment in full of each successful claim (regardless of whether ADP or Broadridge is the claimant) in the order in which such successful claim is approved by the insurance carrier, until the limit of the applicable ADP insurance policy
is met. 
 “Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, foreign or international court, government, department,
commission, board, bureau or agency, or any other regulatory, self-regulatory, administrative or governmental organization or authority, including the NYSE. 
 “Group” means the ADP Group and/or the Broadridge Group, as the context requires. 
 “Indemnified Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.3. 
 “Indemnifying
Party” means Broadridge, for any indemnification obligation arising under Section 4.2, and ADP, for any indemnification obligation arising under Section 4.3. 
  

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 “Information” means all information of either the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group, as
the context requires, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including non-public financial information, studies, reports, records, books,
accountants’ work papers, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks,
diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other Software (as defined in the definition of “Intellectual Property”), marketing plans, customer data, communications by or to attorneys, memos and other materials prepared by attorneys and
accountants or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, legal, employee or business information or data. 
 “Information Statement” means the information statement and any related documentation to be distributed to holders of ADP Common Stock in connection with the Distribution, including any amendments or
supplements thereto. 
 “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property and other similar proprietary rights in any
jurisdiction, whether owned or held for use under license, whether registered or unregistered, including such rights in and to: (i) trademarks, trade dress, service marks, certification marks, logos, and trade names, and the goodwill associated
with the foregoing (collectively, “Trademarks”); (ii) patents and patent applications, and any and all divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, continuing patent applications, reexaminations, and extensions
thereof, any counterparts claiming priority therefrom, utility models, patents of importation/confirmation, certificates of invention, certificates of registration, design registrations or patents and like rights (collectively,
“Patents”); inventions, invention disclosures, discoveries and improvements, whether or not patentable; (iii) writings and other works of authorship (“Copyrights”); (iv) trade secrets (including, those
trade secrets defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and under corresponding foreign statutory Law and common law), Information, business, technical and know-how information, business processes, non-public information, proprietary information and
confidential information and rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any Person (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); (v) software, including data files, source code, object code, application programming interfaces,
databases and other software-related specifications and documentation (collectively, “Software”); (vi) domain names and uniform resource locators; (vii) moral rights; (viii) privacy and publicity rights; (ix) any
and all technical information, Software, specifications, drawings, records, documentation, works of authorship or other creative works, ideas, knowledge, invention disclosures or other data, not including works subject to Copyright, Patent or
Trademark protection (“Technology”); (x) advertising and promotional materials, whether or not copyrightable; and (xi) claims, causes of action and defenses relating to the enforcement of any of the foregoing; in each
case, including any registrations of, applications to register, and renewals and extensions of, any of the foregoing with or by any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction. 
 “Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement to be entered into between ADP and
Broadridge, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, with such changes as may be agreed to by the Parties. 
  

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 “Inter-Group Indebtedness” means any intercompany receivables, payables, accounts,
advances, loans, guarantees, commitments and indebtedness for borrowed funds between a member of the ADP Group and a member of the Broadridge Group; provided, that “Inter-Group Indebtedness” shall not include any contingent
Liabilities and accounts payable arising pursuant to the Ancillary Agreements, any agreements with respect to continuing transactions between a member of the ADP Group and a member of the Broadridge Group and any other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business. 
 “Law” means any applicable foreign, federal, national, state, provincial or local law
(including common law), statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code or other requirement enacted, promulgated, issued or entered into, or act taken, by a Governmental Authority. 
 “Liabilities” means all debts, liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, response actions, Losses, damages (whether compensatory,
punitive, consequential, treble or other), fines, penalties and sanctions, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, foreseen or unforeseen, on- or off-balance sheet, joint, several or individual, asserted or
unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, including those arising under or in connection with any Law, or other pronouncements of Governmental Authorities constituting an Action, order or consent decree of any
Governmental Authority or any award of any arbitration tribunal, and those arising under any contract, guarantee, commitment or undertaking, whether sought to be imposed by a Governmental Authority, private party, or a Party, whether based in
contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, or otherwise, and including any costs, expenses, interest, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and expense of counsel, expert and consulting fees, fees of
third party administrators, and costs related thereto or to the investigation or defense thereof. 
 “LLC Conversion” has
the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Loss” means any claim, demand, complaint, damages, loss,
liability, cost or expense arising out of, relating to or in connection with any Action. 
 “Mixed Account” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.3(g)(ii). 
 “Mixed Contract” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.3(g)(i). 
 “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 
 “Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto. 
  

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 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited
liability company or partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority. 
 “Pre-Distribution Transactions” means, collectively, the Restructuring, the Separation, the LLC Conversion, the Recapitalization and the
Broadridge Cash Dividend. 
 “Recapitalization” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1(c). 
 “Record Date” means the date to be determined by the Board of Directors of ADP as the record date for determining stockholders of ADP
entitled to receive shares of Broadridge Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution. 
 “Registration Statement” means the
Registration Statement on Form 10 of Broadridge relating to the registration under the Exchange Act of Broadridge Common Stock, including any amendments or supplements thereto. 
 “Reimbursing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.2. 
 “Related Claims” means a claim or claims against an ADP insurance policy made by each of ADP and/or its insured parties, on the one
hand, or Broadridge and/or its insured parties, on the other hand, filed in connection with Losses suffered by each of ADP and Broadridge arising out of the same underlying transaction, transactions, event or events. 
 “Restructuring” means, collectively, the Dutch Restructuring, the U.S. Restructuring, the Canadian Restructuring, the Swiss
Restructuring and the U.S. Contribution. 
 “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 “Separation” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto. 
 “Shared Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3(i). 
 “SOX” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended from time to time. 
 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which a Person (either alone or through or together with any other
Subsidiary of such Person) owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the stock or other equity interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such corporation or
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 “Swiss Restructuring” means the transfer of the Brokerage Services and Securities
Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses conducted by ADP Suisse S.A., a Swiss company, to a new Swiss company that will be transferred to Broadridge. 
 “Tax Allocation Agreement” means the Tax Allocation Agreement to be entered into between ADP and Broadridge, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, with such changes as may be
agreed to by the Parties. 
 “Third Party Claim” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.5(a). 

“Transaction Expenses” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.2. 
 “Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement to be entered into between ADP and Broadridge, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, with such changes as may be agreed to by the Parties. 
 “Unrelated Claims”
means a claim or claims against an ADP insurance policy made by each of ADP and/or its insured parties, on the one hand, or Broadridge and/or its insured parties, on the other hand, filed in connection with Losses suffered by each of ADP and
Broadridge arising out of unrelated and separate transactions or events. 
 “U.S. Contribution” means the contribution by
ADP to Broadridge of Financial Information Services (Japan) Limited and the U.S. Subsidiaries that will have been subsidiaries of ADP Atlantic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ADP Atlantic”), immediately prior to the U.S.
Restructuring and that conduct the Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses. 
 “U.S.
Restructuring” means the transfer by ADP Atlantic, to ADP of the U.S. Subsidiaries of ADP Atlantic that conduct the Brokerage Services and Securities Clearing and Outsourcing Services Businesses, in a transaction intended to qualify as
tax-free pursuant to Section 332 of the Code. 
 Section 1.2 General Interpretive Principles. (a) Words in the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall include the other gender, in each case, as the context requires, (b) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” and
“herewith” and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and references to Article, Section, paragraph, exhibit and
schedule are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs, exhibits and schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (c) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean
“including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified and (d) any reference to any federal, state, local or non-U.S. statute or Law shall be deemed to also refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the
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 ARTICLE II 
 THE PRE-DISTRIBUTION TRANSACTIONS 
 Section 2.1 Restructuring, Recapitalization and Other
Transactions. On or prior to the Distribution Date (but prior to the Broadridge Cash Dividend and the Distribution), and subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 2.4: 
 (a) the Parties shall effect the Restructuring; 
 (b) following the Restructuring, the Parties shall effect the LLC Conversion; and 
 (c) following the LLC Conversion, the
Broadridge Common Stock shall be recapitalized (the “Recapitalization”) such that the number of shares of Broadridge Common Stock issued and outstanding and owned by ADP immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be in an amount
calculated on the basis of the following: one (1) share of Broadridge Common Stock with respect to every four (4) shares of ADP Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Distribution; and such Broadridge Common Stock
owned by ADP will constitute all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Broadridge. 
 Section 2.2 Broadridge Cash
Dividend. On or prior to the Distribution Date (but prior to the Distribution) and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 and 2.4, Broadridge shall effect the Broadridge Cash Dividend. 
 Section 2.3 The Separation and Related Transactions. 
 (a)    (i) The Parties acknowledge that the Separation, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the Ancillary Agreements, will result in (A) Broadridge directly or indirectly
operating the Broadridge Group and the Broadridge Business, owning all of the Broadridge Assets and being liable for all of the Broadridge Liabilities and (B) ADP directly or indirectly operating the ADP Group and the ADP Business, owning all
of the ADP Assets and being liable for all of the ADP Liabilities. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Separation, Broadridge, or one or more members of
the Broadridge Group, shall remain and be the sole owner, and shall have exclusive right, title and interest in and to, all Broadridge Assets. Concurrently therewith, Broadridge shall remain solely liable for and shall faithfully perform, fulfill
and discharge fully in due course all of the Broadridge Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms. Pursuant to the Separation, ADP, or one or more members of the ADP Group, shall remain the sole owner, and shall have exclusive right,
title and interest in and to, all ADP Assets. Concurrently therewith, ADP shall remain and be solely liable for and shall faithfully perform, fulfill and discharge fully in due course all of the ADP Liabilities in accordance with their respective
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Broadridge or one or more members of the Broadridge Group shall be solely responsible for all Broadridge Liabilities and ADP or one or more members of the
ADP Group shall be solely responsible for all ADP Liabilities, regardless of when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, or whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Distribution Date, regardless of
where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined (including any Liabilities arising out of claims made by ADP’s or Broadridge’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates against any
member of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group, as the case may be) or whether asserted or determined prior to the date hereof, and regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or
misrepresentation by any member of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this
Section 2.3(a)(ii) shall not apply to any Assets or Liabilities contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed, delivered and/or assumed under any Ancillary Agreement, which shall be governed by the terms thereof. 
 (iii) Subject to any Ancillary Agreement and to the extent that prior to the Effective Time, (A) any member of the ADP Group owns or is in
possession of any Broadridge Asset or any member of the Broadridge Group owns or is in possession of any ADP Asset or (B) any member of the ADP Group is liable to any third party for any Broadridge Liability or any member of the Broadridge
Group is liable to any third party for any ADP Liability, ADP and Broadridge shall, and shall cause the respective members of their Groups to, cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary Consents to,
and shall, contribute, assign, transfer, convey and/or deliver any ADP Asset or Broadridge Asset, as the case may be, and/or assume any ADP Liability or Broadridge Liability, as the case may be, such that, on or prior to the Effective Time,
Broadridge or a member of the Broadridge Group owns and is in possession of the Broadridge Assets and is solely liable for the Broadridge Liabilities and ADP or a member of the ADP Group owns and is in possession of the ADP Assets and is solely
liable for the ADP Liabilities. 
 (b) Delayed Transfer of Assets and/or Liabilities. To the extent that any contribution,
assignment, transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption required pursuant to Section 2.3 shall not have been consummated as of the Effective Time, whether by its terms or by operation of Law (any such Asset and/or Liability, a “Delayed
Transfer Asset and/or Liability”) and subject to any Ancillary Agreement: (i) ADP and Broadridge thereafter shall, and shall cause the members of their respective Groups to, use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate to effect
such contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption as promptly following the Effective Time as shall be practicable; (ii) ADP shall thereafter, with respect to any such Broadridge Asset, use commercially reasonable
efforts, with the costs of ADP related thereto to be promptly reimbursed by Broadridge, hold, or cause a member of the ADP Group to hold, such Broadridge Asset in trust for the use and benefit of Broadridge and, with respect to any such Broadridge
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Broadridge related thereto to be promptly reimbursed by ADP, hold, or cause a member of the ADP Group to hold, such ADP Asset in trust for the use and
benefit of ADP and, with respect to any such ADP Liability, to retain such ADP Liability for the account of ADP, in each case in order to place each Party, insofar as is reasonably possible, in the same position as would have existed had such
Delayed Transfer Asset and/or Liability been contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed, delivered or assumed as contemplated hereby (it being understood that neither ADP (with respect to any Broadridge Asset or Broadridge Liability) nor
Broadridge (with respect to any ADP Asset or ADP Liability) shall be required to take any action pursuant to this clause that would, or could reasonably be expected to, result in any financial obligation to it or any restriction on its business or
operations, except as may be required in any Ancillary Agreement. To the extent that Broadridge is provided the use or benefit of any Broadridge Asset or has any Broadridge Liability held for its account pursuant to this Section 2.3(b),
Broadridge or another member of the Broadridge Group shall perform, for the benefit of ADP and any third Person, the obligations of ADP thereunder or in connection therewith, or as may be directed by ADP and if Broadridge or another member of the
Broadridge Group shall fail to perform to the extent required herein, Broadridge shall hold ADP harmless and indemnify ADP therefor. To the extent that ADP or another member of the ADP Group is provided the use or benefit of any ADP Asset or has any
ADP Liability held for its account pursuant to this Section 2.3(b), ADP or another member of the ADP Group shall perform, for the benefit of Broadridge and any third Person, the obligations of Broadridge thereunder or in connection therewith,
or as may be directed by Broadridge and if ADP or another member of the ADP Group shall fail to perform to the extent required herein, ADP shall hold Broadridge harmless and indemnify Broadridge therefor. Each Party shall, and/or shall cause members
of its Group to, as and when any such Delayed Transfer Asset and/or Liability becomes contributable, assignable, transferable, conveyable, deliverable or assumable by such Party, effect such contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance, delivery
or assumption, as applicable, as promptly as practicable thereafter. Each of ADP and Broadridge shall, and shall cause the members of its respective Group to, (i) treat for all income tax purposes (A) the Delayed Transfer Assets as assets
owned by the Person entitled to such Delayed Transfer Assets as of the Effective Time and (B) the Delayed Transfer Liabilities as liabilities of, or owed by, the Person intended to be subject to such Delayed Transfer Liabilities as of the
Effective Time and (ii) neither report nor take any income tax position (on a tax return or otherwise) inconsistent with such treatment (unless required by a change in applicable law or a good faith resolution of a tax contest relating to
income taxes). 
 (c) Assignment of Certain Agreements. Subject to the Ancillary Agreements and to Section 2.3(g) hereof,
(i) ADP shall assign to Broadridge all of its right, title and interest under the agreements comprising Broadridge Assets, as set forth on Schedule 2.3(c)(i) attached hereto, and (ii) Broadridge shall assign to ADP all of its right,
title and interest under the agreements comprising ADP Assets, as set forth on Schedule 2.3(c)(ii) attached hereto, and each Party shall execute and deliver any and all instruments of substitution and such other instruments or agreements as
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 (d) Termination of Certain Agreements. Subject to Section 2.3(e), all contracts, licenses,
agreements, commitments or other arrangements, formal or informal, between any member of the ADP Group, on the one hand, (i) and any member of the Broadridge Group, on the other hand, or (ii) guarantying any obligation of any member of the
Broadridge Group, on the other hand, in each case in existence on or prior to the Distribution Date, shall be automatically settled, cancelled, assigned, assumed or terminated by the Parties at the Effective Time, except (i) for (A) such
agreements specifically set forth on Schedule 2.3(d) attached hereto, (B) this Agreement and (C) each Ancillary Agreement (including each other agreement or instrument expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement to be entered into by any of the Parties or any of the members of their respective Groups), (ii) for any contracts, licenses, agreements, commitments or other arrangements to which any Person is a party in addition to either Party or
any member of either Group, or (iii) as otherwise agreed to in good faith by the Parties in writing on or after the date hereof. Except as expressly provided in Section 2.3(e), from and after the Distribution Date, no member of either
Group shall have any rights or obligations under any such settled, cancelled, assigned, assumed or terminated contract, license, agreement, commitment or arrangement with any member of the other Group. 
 (e) Settlement of Inter-Group Indebtedness. Except with respect to the agreements specifically set forth on Schedule 2.3(d), the Parties
shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to settle all amounts payable in connection with any Inter-Group Indebtedness on or prior to the Distribution Date. 
 (f) Guaranteed Obligations. 
 (i) ADP and Broadridge shall cooperate, and shall cause their
respective Groups to cooperate, to terminate, or to cause a member of the ADP Group to be substituted in all respects for any member of the Broadridge Group in respect of, all obligations of such member of the Broadridge Group under any ADP
Liability for which such member of the Broadridge Group may be liable, as guarantor, original tenant, primary obligor or otherwise. If such termination or substitution is not effected by the Distribution Date, (A) ADP shall indemnify and hold
harmless the relevant Broadridge Indemnified Party for any Liability arising from or relating thereto and (B) without the prior written consent of Broadridge, from and after the Distribution Date, ADP shall not, and shall not permit any member
of the ADP Group or any of its Affiliates to, amend, renew or extend the term of, increase its obligations under, or transfer to a third Person, any loan, lease, contract or other obligation for which any member of the Broadridge Group is or may be
liable, unless all obligations of the Broadridge Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Broadridge. 
 (ii) ADP and Broadridge shall cooperate, and shall cause their respective Groups to cooperate, to terminate, or to cause a member of the Broadridge
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tenant, primary obligor or otherwise, other than those guarantees listed on Schedule 2.3(d) (the “Continuing ADP Guarantees”). If
such termination or substitution is not effected by the Distribution Date, (A) Broadridge shall indemnify and hold harmless the relevant ADP Indemnified Party for any Liability arising from or relating thereto (including with respect to any
Continuing ADP Guarantees), (B) without the prior written consent of ADP, from and after the Distribution Date, Broadridge shall not, and shall not permit any member of the Broadridge Group to, amend, renew or extend the term of, increase its
obligations under, or transfer to a third Person, any loan, lease, contract or other obligation for which any member of the ADP Group is or may be liable (including any Continuing ADP Guarantee or any loan, lease, contract or other obligation
underlying any Continuing ADP Guarantee), unless all obligations of the ADP Group with respect thereto are thereupon terminated by documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to ADP and (C) with respect to each Continuing ADP
Guarantee, for the period commencing on the Distribution Date through the date that such Continuing ADP Guarantee has terminated, the member of the Broadridge Group that is a party to the underlying loan, lease, contract or other obligation relating
to such Continuing ADP Guarantee shall pay a guarantee fee to ADP in the amounts specified on Schedule 2.3(f). 
 (g) Mixed
Contracts; Mixed Accounts. 
 (i) Subject to the Ancillary Agreements, and unless the Parties agree otherwise, any agreement to which any
member of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group is a party prior to the Effective Time that inures to the benefit or burden of both of the ADP Business and the Broadridge Business (a “Mixed Contract”) shall be assigned in part to
Broadridge or one of its Subsidiaries, and/or to ADP or one of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, if so assignable, prior to or as of the Effective Time, such that each Party or its respective Subsidiaries shall be entitled to the rights and
benefits thereof and shall assume the related portion of any obligations thereunder and any Liabilities inuring to their respective Businesses; provided, however, that in no event shall either Party be required to assign any Mixed
Contract in its entirety. If any Mixed Contract cannot be so partially assigned, ADP and Broadridge shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, take such other reasonable and permissible actions to cause: (A) the Assets
associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the Broadridge Business to be enjoyed by Broadridge or a Broadridge Subsidiary; (B) the Liabilities associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the
Broadridge Business to be borne by Broadridge or a Broadridge Subsidiary; (C) the Assets associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the ADP Business to be enjoyed by ADP or an ADP Subsidiary; and (D) the
Liabilities associated with that portion of each Mixed Contract that relates to the ADP Business to be borne by ADP or an ADP Subsidiary; provided, however, that the arrangements described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and
(D) shall terminate on the earlier to occur of (1) the termination of the applicable Mixed Contract and (2) the first anniversary of the Distribution Date. 
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Broadridge shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, take such other reasonable and permissible actions to cause: (A) the Assets
associated with that portion of each Mixed Account that relates to the ADP Business to be enjoyed solely by ADP or an ADP Subsidiary; (B) the Liabilities associated with that portion of each Mixed Account that relates to the ADP Business to be
borne solely by ADP or an ADP Subsidiary; (C) the Assets associated with that portion of each Mixed Account that relates to the Broadridge Business to be enjoyed solely by Broadridge or a Broadridge Subsidiary; and (D) the Liabilities
associated with that portion of each Mixed Account that relates to the Broadridge Business to be borne solely by Broadridge or a Broadridge Subsidiary; provided, however, that the arrangements described in clauses (A), (B),
(C) and (D) shall terminate no later than the first anniversary of the Distribution Date. 
 (iii) Nothing in this
Section 2.3(g) shall require any member of either Group to make any payment, incur any obligation or grant any concession to any third party in order to effect any transaction contemplated by this Section 2.3(g). 
 (h) Advance Pricing Agreement. 
 (i)
ADP Canada shall transfer to a Canadian Affiliate of Broadridge (“New CanCo 2”), and New CanCo 2 shall assume the liability for, a portion (subject to adjustment) of the payables owing under the APA (defined below) such that the
amount of the payables owing under the APA by New CanCo 2 and ICC (defined below) is $70 million, and a U.S. Affiliate of Broadridge shall retain, or acquire from a U.S. Affiliate of ADP, $70 million of the receivables owed under the APA.

 (ii) If it is finally determined under the APA that the aggregate amount of receivables owing under the APA is greater than $120 million
(such difference the “APA excess”), then one or more U.S. Affiliates of ADP shall be deemed to have contributed to one or more U.S. Affiliates of Broadridge, prior to the Separation, receivables owing under the APA such that the
total amount of the receivables owing to U.S. Affiliates of Broadridge under the APA equals: the amount of the APA liability assumed by New CanCo 2 (as adjusted), plus the amount of the liability under the APA payable by ICC, less the
amount of any payment owing to New CanCo 2 by ADP Canada in respect of the Canadian income tax consequences of the payment of the APA excess (which payment New CanCo 2 has directed ADP Canada to make to ADP). 
 (iii) If it is finally determined under the APA that the aggregate amount of receivables owing under the APA is less than $120 million (such difference
the “APA deficit”), then one or more U.S. Affiliates of Broadridge shall be deemed to have distributed to one or more U.S. Affiliates of ADP, prior to the Separation, receivables owing under the APA such that the total amount of the
receivables owing to U.S. Affiliates of Broadridge under the APA equals: the amount of the liability under the APA assumed by New CanCo 2 (as adjusted), plus the amount of the liability under the APA payable by ICC, plus the amount of
any payment owing to ADP Canada by New CanCo 2 in respect of the Canadian income tax consequences of the APA deficit (which payment ADP Canada has directed Newco to make to Broadridge). 
  

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 (iv) For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any tax owing as a
result of the APA shall be treated as an Income Tax (as such term is defined in the Tax Allocation Agreement) that is governed by Section 2.01 of the Tax Allocation Agreement. 
 (v) The term “APA” means the advance pricing agreement currently being negotiated, as such agreement is finally agreed, by ADP, ADP
Canada, a Canadian corporation that is directly and wholly owned by ADP, and ADP Investor Communications Corporation (“ICC”), a Canadian corporation that is directly and wholly owned by ADP Canada, with the Internal Revenue Service
and the Canadian Revenue Agency relating to the pricing of services and software that ADP and its U.S. subsidiaries (both in the Broadridge Business and in ADP’s other businesses) provide to ADP Canada and its subsidiaries. 
 (i) Shared Personnel. Immediately prior to the Distribution Date, except for Arthur F. Weinbach and Leslie A. Brun, (i) each Person who is
an officer or director of any member of the Broadridge Group and an officer or director of any member of the ADP Group (a “Shared Person”) and who is to continue as an officer or director of any member of the Broadridge Group after
the Distribution Date shall resign, effective at or prior to the Effective Time, from each of such Person’s positions with each member of the ADP Group and (ii) each such Shared Person who is to continue as an officer or director of any
member of the ADP Group after the Distribution Date shall resign, effective at or prior to the Effective Time, from each of such Person’s positions with each member of the Broadridge Group. 
 Section 2.4 Conditions Precedent to Consummation of the Pre-Distribution Transactions. The obligations of the Parties to consummate each of
the Pre-Distribution Transactions is subject to the prior or simultaneous satisfaction, or waiver by ADP in its sole and absolute discretion, of each of the following conditions: 
 (a) final approval of each of the Pre-Distribution Transactions shall have been given by the Board of Directors of ADP in its sole and absolute
discretion; and 
 (b) each of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Distribution set forth in Section 3.3 hereof (other
than Section 3.3(j)) shall have been satisfied or waived by ADP in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 Each of the foregoing conditions
is for the benefit of ADP and ADP may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to waive any such condition. Any determination made by ADP prior to any of the Pre-Distribution Transactions concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any
or all of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.4 shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
 THE DISTRIBUTION 
 Section 3.1 Actions Prior to the Distribution. Subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.3, the actions set forth in this Section 3.1 shall be taken prior to the Distribution Date. 
 (a) The Board of Directors of ADP shall establish the Distribution Date and any appropriate procedures in connection with the Distribution. ADP and Broadridge shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
(i) cooperate with each other with respect to the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Information Statement, (ii) cause the Registration Statement to become effective under the Exchange Act, and (iii) mail, promptly
after effectiveness of the Registration Statement and on or promptly after the Record Date, and in any event prior to the Distribution Date, to the holders of ADP Common Stock as of the Record Date, the Information Statement. 
 (b) ADP shall enter into a distribution agent agreement with the Distribution Agent (the “Distribution Agent Agreement”) providing for,
among other things, (i) the payment of the Distribution to the holders of ADP Common Stock in accordance with this Article III and the Distribution Agent Agreement, and (ii) the designation of Broadridge as a third party beneficiary.

 (c) ADP and Broadridge shall deliver to the Distribution Agent (i) book-entry transfer authorizations for all of the outstanding
shares of Broadridge Common Stock to be distributed in connection with the payment of the Distribution and (ii) all information required to complete the Distribution on the basis set forth herein and under the Distribution Agent Agreement.
Following the Distribution Date, upon the request of the Distribution Agent, Broadridge shall provide to the Distribution Agent book-entry transfer authorizations of Broadridge Common Stock that the Distribution Agent shall require in order to
further effect the Distribution. 
 (d) Each of ADP and Broadridge shall execute and deliver to the other Party, or cause the appropriate
members of its Group to execute and deliver to the other Party, each of the Ancillary Agreements and any other document necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 
 (e) ADP will establish the Record Date and give the NYSE the required notice of the Record Date in compliance with Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act
and Rule 204.21 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. 
 (f) Each Party shall cooperate with the other Party to accomplish the Distribution and
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 (g) The Parties will take all actions and make all filings as ADP, in consultation with Broadridge but
ultimately in its sole and absolute discretion, determines are necessary or appropriate, to cause the transfer or issuance of all material Consents in order for ADP and Broadridge to operate their respective Businesses independently of each other in
the manner contemplated hereunder and under the Ancillary Agreements. Broadridge will prepare, file and use commercially reasonable efforts to make effective an application for listing of the Broadridge Common Stock on the NYSE, subject to official
notice of issuance. 
 (h) ADP shall, in its sole discretion, determine (i) whether to proceed with all or part of the Distribution,
(ii) the Distribution Date, (iii) the timing and conditions to the Distribution and (iv) the terms thereof. ADP may, at any time and from time to time prior to the Effective Time, change the terms of the Distribution, including by
delaying or accelerating the timing of the Distribution. ADP shall use good faith efforts to provide notice to Broadridge of any such change. ADP may select, for itself and for Broadridge, outside financial advisors, outside counsel, agents and the
financial printer employed in connection with the transactions hereunder in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 (i) ADP and Broadridge
shall take all actions necessary so that the Broadridge Certificate of Incorporation and the Broadridge Bylaws shall be in effect at or prior to the Effective Time. 
 (j) ADP and Broadridge shall take all such actions as ADP, in consultation with Broadridge but ultimately in its sole and absolute discretion, determines are necessary or appropriate under applicable federal or state
securities or blue sky laws of the United States (and any comparable laws under any foreign jurisdiction) in connection with the Distribution. 
 Section 3.2 The Distribution. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.3, the actions set forth in this Section 3.2 shall be taken on the Distribution Date. 
 (a) ADP shall effect the Distribution by causing all of the issued and outstanding shares of Broadridge Common Stock beneficially owned by ADP to be
distributed to record holders of shares of ADP Common Stock as of the Record Date, other than with respect to shares of ADP Common Stock held in the treasury of ADP, by means of a pro rata dividend of such Broadridge Common Stock to such record
holders of shares of ADP Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. 
 (b) Each record holder of
ADP Common Stock on the Record Date (or such holder’s designated transferee or transferees), other than in respect of shares of ADP Common Stock held in the treasury of ADP, will be entitled to receive in the Distribution, one (1) share of
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reasonably practicable thereafter the appropriate number of shares of Broadridge Common Stock to each such record holder or designated transferee(s) of such
holder of record. 
 (c) ADP shall direct the Distribution Agent to determine, as soon as is practicable after the Distribution Date, the
number of fractional shares, if any, of Broadridge Common Stock allocable to each holder of record of ADP Common Stock entitled to receive Broadridge Common Stock in the Distribution and to promptly thereafter aggregate all such fractional shares
and sell the whole shares obtained thereby, in open market transactions or otherwise at the then-prevailing trading prices, and to cause to be distributed to each such holder, in lieu of any fractional share, such holder’s ratable share of the
proceeds of such sale, after making appropriate deductions of the amounts required to be withheld for federal income tax purposes and after deducting an amount equal to all brokerage charges, commissions and transfer taxes attributed to such sale.

 (d) Any Broadridge Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect to Broadridge Common Stock that remains unclaimed by
any holder of record 180 days after the Distribution Date shall be delivered to Broadridge. Broadridge shall hold such Broadridge Common Stock and/or cash for the account of such holder of record and any such holder of record shall look only to
Broadridge for such Broadridge Common Stock and/or cash, if any, in lieu of fractional share interests, subject in each case to applicable escheat or other abandoned property laws. 
 Section 3.3 Conditions to Distribution. The obligation of ADP to consummate the Distribution is subject to the prior or simultaneous
satisfaction, or waiver by ADP, in its sole and absolute discretion, of each of the following conditions: 
 (a) final approval of the
Distribution shall have been given by the Board of Directors of ADP, and the Board of Directors of ADP shall have declared the dividend of Broadridge Common Stock, each such action in its sole and absolute discretion; 
 (b) the Registration Statement shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the SEC, and there shall be no stop-order in effect with respect
thereto and the Information Statement shall have been mailed to ADP shareholders; 
 (c) the actions and filings necessary or appropriate
under applicable federal and state securities laws of the United States (and any comparable laws under any foreign jurisdictions) in connection with the Distribution (including, if applicable, any actions and filings relating to the Registration
Statement) and any other necessary and applicable Consents from any Governmental Authority shall have been taken, obtained and, where applicable, have become effective or been accepted, each as the case may be; 
  

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 (d) the Broadridge Common Stock to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing
on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance; 
 (e) no order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Authority or other
legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Pre-Distribution Transactions or the Distribution or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall have been threatened or be in
effect; 
 (f) ADP shall have received a tax opinion from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, in form and substance
satisfactory to ADP, to the effect that the LLC Conversion and the Distribution will qualify as a tax-free spin-off under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 355 of the Code, and the private letter ruling issued to ADP by the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the tax-free status of the transactions contemplated hereunder shall not have been revoked or materially amended; 
 (g) ADP shall
have established the Record Date and shall have given the NYSE not less than ten (10) days’ advance notice of the Record Date in compliance with Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act and Rule 204.21 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual;

 (h) the Distribution will not violate or result in a breach of Law or any material agreement; 
 (i) all material Consents required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (that are not referred to in Section 3.3(c)) shall have
been received and be in full force and effect; 
 (j) each of the Pre-Distribution Transactions shall have been consummated in accordance
with this Agreement; 
 (k) the Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered and such agreements shall be in full force
and effect and the parties thereto shall have performed or complied with all of their respective covenants, obligations and agreements contained herein and therein and as required to be performed or complied with prior to the Effective Time; and

 (l) the Board of Directors of ADP shall have not determined that any event or development shall have occurred or exists, or might occur
or exist, that makes it inadvisable to effect the Distribution. 
 Each of the foregoing conditions is for the sole benefit of ADP and ADP
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to waive any such condition. Any determination made by ADP, in its sole and absolute discretion, prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the
conditions set forth in this Section 3.3 shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties. Each Party will use good faith efforts to keep the other Party apprised of its efforts with respect to, and the status of, each of the foregoing
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 ARTICLE IV 
 SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION; RELEASE 
 Section 4.1 Survival of Agreements. All covenants and
agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Pre-Distribution Transactions and the Distribution. 
 Section 4.2 Indemnification by Broadridge. Broadridge shall indemnify, defend, release and hold harmless ADP, each member of the ADP Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs,
executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “ADP Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Losses or Liabilities of the ADP Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from
any of the following items regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud, misrepresentation or otherwise (without duplication): 
 (a) the failure of Broadridge or any other member of the Broadridge Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any
Broadridge Liability or any contract, agreement or arrangement included in the Broadridge Assets in accordance with their respective terms, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date; 
 (b) any Broadridge Liability, any Broadridge Asset or the Broadridge Business, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date; 

(c) any breach by Broadridge or any member of the Broadridge Group of this Agreement; 
 (d) except to the extent set forth in Section 4.3(d), any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, contained in the Registration Statement or the Information Statement or in any registration statement filed by Broadridge (or
related prospectus) in connection with the Distribution; 
 (e) the failure by Broadridge to substitute a member of the Broadridge Group for
any member of the ADP Group as guarantor or primary obligor for any Broadridge Agreement or Broadridge Liability according to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3(f)(ii) (except as otherwise provided in such Section); and 
 (f) the failure by Broadridge to perform in connection with any Delayed Transfer Asset and/or Liability held by ADP for Broadridge’s benefit
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 Section 4.3 Indemnification by ADP. ADP shall indemnify, defend, release and hold harmless
Broadridge, each member of the Broadridge Group and each of their respective directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Broadridge Indemnified
Parties,” and, together with ADP Indemnified Parties, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Losses or Liabilities of the Broadridge Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of
the following items regardless of whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud, misrepresentation or otherwise (without duplication): 
 (a) the failure of ADP or any other member of the ADP Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any ADP Liability or any
contract, agreement or arrangement included in the ADP Assets in accordance with their respective terms, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date; 
 (b) any ADP Liability, ADP Asset or the ADP Business, whether arising prior to, on or after the Distribution Date; 
 (c) any breach by ADP or any member of the ADP Group of this Agreement; 
 (d) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only with respect to the information contained in the Registration Statement or
the Information Statement that is set forth on Schedule 4.3(d); 
 (e) the failure by ADP to substitute a member of the ADP Group for
any member of the Broadridge Group as guarantor or primary obligor for any ADP agreement or ADP Liability according to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3(f)(i) (except as otherwise provided in such Section); and 
 (f) the failure by ADP to perform in connection with any Delayed Transfer Asset and/or Liability held by Broadridge for ADP’s benefit pursuant to
Section 2.3(b). 
 Section 4.4 Insurance. 
 (a) Each of ADP and Broadridge shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to collect any proceeds under its respective available and applicable third party insurance policies to which it or any of its
Subsidiaries is entitled prior to seeking indemnification under this Agreement, where allowed; provided, however, that any such actions by an Indemnified Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any of its obligations under
this Agreement, including the Indemnifying Party’s obligation to pay directly or reimburse the Indemnified Party for costs and expenses actually incurred by the Indemnified Party. 
  

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 (b) The amount of any Loss subject to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement will be reduced by any
amounts actually recovered (including insurance proceeds or other amounts actually recovered under insurance policies, net of any out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof), whether retroactively or prospectively, by the
Indemnified Party from any third Person with respect to such Loss. If any Indemnified Party recovers an amount from a third Person in respect of any Loss for which indemnification is provided in this Agreement after the full amount of such
indemnifiable Loss has been paid by an Indemnifying Party or after an Indemnifying Party has made a payment of such indemnifiable Loss and the amount received from the third Person exceeds the remaining unpaid balance of such indemnifiable Loss,
then the Indemnified Party will promptly remit to the Indemnifying Party the excess (if any) of (i) the sum of the amount previously paid by such Indemnifying Party in respect of such indemnifiable Loss plus the amount received by such
Indemnified Party from such third Person in respect of such indemnifiable Loss (after deducting any costs and expenses that have not yet been paid or reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party), minus (ii) the full amount of such indemnifiable Loss.
An insurer or other third Person who would otherwise be obligated to pay any Loss shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof or, solely by virtue of the indemnification
provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto, it being understood and agreed that no insurer or any third Person shall be entitled to a “windfall” (i.e., a benefit it would not be entitled to receive in the
absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof. 
 Section 4.5 Procedures for
Indemnification of Third Party Claims. 
 (a) If an Indemnified Party shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by any
Person who is not a member of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group of any claim, or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action, with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnified
Party pursuant to Section 4.2 or Section 4.3, or any other Section of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (collectively, a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnified Party shall give such Indemnifying Party prompt
written notice thereof and, in any event, within ten (10) days after such Indemnified Party received notice of such Third Party Claim. Any such notice shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail, including, if known, the amount of
the Liability for which indemnification may be available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnified Party or other Person to give notice as provided in this Section 4.5(a) shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of
its obligations under this Article IV, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. 
 (b) An Indemnifying Party may elect (but is not required) to assume the defense of and defend, at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense and by such Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, any Third Party Claim. Within thirty
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shall notify the Indemnified Party of its election whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party Claim, which
election shall specify any reservations or exceptions. If, in such notice, the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but
not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expense solely of such Indemnified Party. 
 (c) If, in such notice, an Indemnifying Party elects not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim, or fails to notify an Indemnified Party of its election as provided in Section 4.5(b), such
Indemnified Party may defend such Third Party Claim at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party. 
 (d) The Indemnifying Party shall
have the right to compromise or settle a Third Party Claim the defense of which it shall have assumed pursuant to Section 4.5(b), and any such settlement or compromise made or caused to be made of a Third Party Claim in accordance with this
Article IV shall be binding on the Indemnified Party in the same manner as if a final judgment or decree had been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in the amount of such settlement or compromise. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence,
without the express prior consent of the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to admit culpability on behalf of the Indemnified Party and shall not compromise or settle a Third Party Claim unless the compromise or
settlement includes, as a part thereof, an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from Liability with respect to such Third Party Claim and does not require the Indemnified Party to make any payment that is not fully indemnified under this
Agreement or to be subject to any non-monetary remedy; provided, however, that if the Indemnified Party unreasonably withholds a consent required by this sentence to the terms of a compromise or settlement of a Third Party Claim
proposed to the Indemnified Party by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party’s obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Party for such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the total amount that had been proposed in such compromise or
settlement offer plus the amount of all expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim through the date on which such consent was requested. 
 (e) In the event of payment by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnified Party in connection with any Third Party Claim, such
Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnified Party as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnified Party may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third Party Claim
against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim or against any other Person. Such Indemnified Party shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in
prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim. 
 (f) The provisions of Section 4.2 through Section 4.6 shall not apply to
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 Section 4.6 Procedures for Indemnification of Non-Third Party Claims. Any claim with respect
to a Liability that does not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of such
notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond in writing within such 30-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have agreed to accept responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party
(i) does not respond within such 30-day period or (ii) rejects such claim in whole or in part and does not deliver a Dispute Escalation Notice pursuant to Section 10.8 within such 30-day period, such Indemnified Party shall be free to
pursue such remedies as may be available to such Party as contemplated by this Agreement. 
 Section 4.7 Survival of Indemnities.
The rights and obligations of each of ADP and Broadridge and their respective Indemnified Parties under this Article IV shall survive the sale or other transfer by any Party of any of its Assets or Businesses or the assignment by it of any
Liabilities. 
 Section 4.8 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Article IV shall be cumulative and shall not
preclude assertion by any Indemnified Party of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party; provided, that the procedures set forth in this Article IV shall be the exclusive procedures
governing any indemnity action brought under this Agreement. 
 Section 4.9 Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any Ancillary Agreement contains any indemnification obligation relating to any ADP Liability, ADP Asset, Broadridge Liability or Broadridge Asset contributed, assumed, retained, transferred, delivered
or conveyed pursuant to such Ancillary Agreement, the indemnification obligations contained herein shall not apply to such ADP Liability, ADP Asset, Broadridge Liability or Broadridge Asset and instead the indemnification obligations set forth in
such Ancillary Agreement shall govern with regard to such ADP Asset, ADP Liability, Broadridge Asset or Broadridge Liability. 
 Section 4.10 Mutual Release. 
 (a) Except as provided in Section 4.10(c), effective as of the Effective Time, ADP
does hereby, on behalf of itself and each other member of the ADP Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the Broadridge Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been
stockholders (other than any member of the Broadridge Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the ADP Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) (the “ADP Releasors”), unconditionally and
irrevocably release and discharge each of Broadridge, the other members of the Broadridge Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the ADP Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective
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administrators, successors and assigns (the “Broadridge Parties”), from any and all Liabilities existing or arising in connection with the
implementation of the Separation (the “ADP Claims”); and the ADP Releasors hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably agree not to initiate proceedings with respect to, or institute, assert or threaten to assert, any ADP Claim.

 (b) Except as provided in Section 4.10(c), effective as of the Effective Time, Broadridge does hereby, on behalf of itself and each
other member of the Broadridge Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the ADP Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or
employees of any member of the Broadridge Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) (the “Broadridge Releasors”), unconditionally and irrevocably release and discharge each of ADP, the other members of the ADP
Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the Broadridge Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time have been stockholders (other than any member of the Broadridge Group),
directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the ADP Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, trustees, administrators, successors and assigns (the “ADP
Parties”), from any and all Liabilities existing or arising in connection with the implementation of the Separation (the “Broadridge Claims”); and the Broadridge Releasors hereby unequivocally, unconditionally and
irrevocably agree not to initiate proceedings with respect to, or institute, assert or threaten to assert, any Broadridge Claim. 
 (c)
Nothing contained in Section 4.10(a) or 4.10(b) shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, nor shall anything contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement be interpreted as terminating
as of the Effective Time any rights under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. For purposes of clarification, nothing contained in Section 4.10(a) or 4.10(b) shall release any Person from: 
 (i) any Liability provided in or resulting from this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements (including for greater certainty, any Liability
resulting or flowing from any breaches of such agreements that arose prior to the Effective Time); 
 (ii) with respect to ADP, any ADP
Liability and, with respect to Broadridge, any Broadridge Liability; 
 (iii) any Liability that the Parties may have under Article IV with
respect to Third Party Claims; 
 (iv) any Liability for unpaid Inter-Group Indebtedness; or 
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 In addition, nothing contained in this Section 4.10(a) shall release ADP from honoring its existing
obligations to indemnify any director, officer or employee of Broadridge who was a director, officer or employee of ADP or any other member of the ADP Group on or prior to the Effective Time, to the extent that such director, officer or employee
becomes a named defendant in any litigation involving ADP or any other member of the ADP Group and was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to then existing obligations. 
 (d) ADP shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the ADP Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim
or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against Broadridge or any other member of the Broadridge Group or any other Person released pursuant to Section 4.10(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to
Section 4.10(a). Broadridge shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the Broadridge Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any
indemnification, against ADP or any other member of the ADP Group or any other Person released pursuant to Section 4.10(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 4.10(b). 
 ARTICLE V 
 ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS 
 Section 5.1 Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement. All matters relating to or arising out of ADP’s data center shall be governed by
the Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement, except as may be expressly stated herein or therein. In the event of any inconsistency with respect to such matters between the Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement and this Agreement or any
other Ancillary Agreement, the Data Center Outsourcing Services Agreement shall govern to the extent of the inconsistency. 
 Section 5.2 Employee Matters Agreement. All matters relating to or arising out of any employee benefit, compensation or welfare arrangement in respect of any present and former employee of the ADP Group or the Broadridge Group
shall be governed by the Employee Matters Agreement, except as may be expressly stated herein or therein. In the event of any inconsistency with respect to such matters between the Employee Matters Agreement and this Agreement or any other Ancillary
Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement shall govern to the extent of the inconsistency. 
 Section 5.3 Intellectual Property
Transfer Agreement. All matters relating to the ownership and right to use intellectual property, including the “ADP” name, shall be governed exclusively by the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement, except as may be expressly
stated herein or therein. In the event of any inconsistency with respect to such matters between the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement and this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, the Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement shall
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 Section 5.4 Tax Allocation Agreement. All matters relating to Taxes shall be governed
exclusively by the Tax Allocation Agreement, except as may be expressly stated herein or therein. In the event of any inconsistency with respect to such matters between the Tax Allocation Agreement and this Agreement or any other Ancillary
Agreement, the Tax Allocation Agreement shall govern to the extent of the inconsistency. 
 Section 5.5 Transition Services
Agreement. All matters relating to the provision of support and other services by the ADP Group to the Broadridge Group after the Effective Time, covered by the Transition Services Agreement, shall be governed exclusively by the Transition
Services Agreement, except as may be expressly stated herein or therein. In the event of any inconsistency with respect to such matters between the Transition Services Agreement and this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, the Transition
Services Agreement shall govern to the extent of the inconsistency. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 CERTAIN ADDITIONAL COVENANTS 
 Section 6.1 Consents for Business. After the
Effective Time, each Party shall cause the appropriate members of its respective Group to prepare and file with the appropriate Governmental Authorities applications for the transfer or issuance, as each of the Parties determines is necessary or
advisable, to its Group of all material Consents required for the members of its Group to operate its Business. The members of the Broadridge Group and the members of the ADP Group shall cooperate and use all reasonable efforts to secure the
transfer or issuance of such Consents. 
 Section 6.2 Additional Consents. In addition to the actions described in
Section 6.1, the members of the ADP Group and the members of the Broadridge Group shall cooperate to make all other filings and to give notice to and obtain any Consent required or advisable to consummate the transactions that are contemplated
to occur from and after the Effective Time by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. 
 Section 6.3 Further Assurances.

 (a) Each of the Parties shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, on and after the Distribution Date, to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws, regulations and agreements to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements. 
 (b) Without limiting the foregoing, on and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall cooperate with the other Party, and
without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party, cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and make all filings with, and to obtain all Consents,
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may request to be taken by any other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to
effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and, to the extent necessary, (i) the transfer of any Broadridge Asset from any member of the ADP Group to any member of the Broadridge Group and the
assignment and assumption of any Broadridge Liability by any member of the Broadridge Group and (ii) the transfer of any ADP Asset from any member of the Broadridge Group to any member of the ADP Group and the assignment and assumption of any
ADP Liability by any member of the ADP Group, and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided that neither Party shall be obligated to make any payment, incur any obligation or grant any concession, other than the payment
of ordinary and customary fees to Governmental Authorities. 
 (c) ADP and Broadridge, in their respective capacities as direct and indirect
stockholders of their respective Subsidiaries, shall each properly ratify or cause to be taken any actions that are reasonably necessary or desirable to be taken by ADP and Broadridge, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to
effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement. 
 (d) Each of the Parties shall, and shall cause
each of the members of their respective Groups, at the request of the other, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, any Consent, substitution or amendment required to novate (including with respect to any
federal government contract) or assign all obligations under agreements, leases, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever that constitute Broadridge Liabilities or ADP Liabilities, as the case may be, or to obtain in
writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements other than any member of either the Broadridge Group or the ADP Group, as the case may be, so that, in any such case, such Group will be solely responsible for all such
Liabilities. 
 (e) In the event that at any time and from time to time after the Effective Time any member of the ADP Group shall receive
or otherwise possess any Broadridge Asset, ADP shall or shall cause such member of the ADP Group to promptly transfer such Broadridge Asset to Broadridge or its Affiliate or designee. 
 (f) In the event that at any time and from time to time after the Effective Time any member of the Broadridge Group shall receive or otherwise possess
any ADP Asset, Broadridge shall or shall cause such member of the Broadridge Group to promptly transfer such ADP Asset to ADP or its Affiliate or designee. 
 Section 6.4 Future Activities. Following the Effective Time and except as set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, no member of either Group shall have any duty to refrain from (i) engaging in the same
or similar activities or lines of business as any member of the other Group, (ii) conducting its business with any potential or actual supplier or customer of any member of the other Group or (iii) engaging in, or refraining from, any
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 Section 6.5 Settlement of Certain Insurance Claims. 
 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.3(a), the Parties acknowledge and agree that, following the Distribution Date, Broadridge may make
claims arising out of occurrences or events relating to the Broadridge Business that occurred prior to the Distribution Date against applicable insurance policies of ADP covering periods prior to the Distribution Date (the “Pre-Distribution
Policies”), in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of such Pre-Distribution Policies. ADP shall not be responsible to negotiate, investigate, defend, settle or otherwise handle such claims on behalf of Broadridge.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party agrees to keep the other Party apprised of the status of any such claims and to cooperate and assist the other Party in a commercially reasonable manner in connection with the communications and discussions
with the applicable insurance providers under the Pre-Distribution Policies. ADP shall instruct the applicable insurance carrier to negotiate with and accept proof of Loss directly from Broadridge with respect to such claims, and to pay such claims
directly to Broadridge. ADP and Broadridge each agree to provide necessary releases to resolve claim settlements. 
 (b) To the extent that
the limits of any Pre-Distribution Policies preclude payment in full of Unrelated Claims filed by ADP and Broadridge, the insurance proceeds available under such policies shall be paid to ADP and/or Broadridge on a FIFO Basis. 
 (c) In the event that, after the Distribution Date, ADP and Broadridge file Related Claims under any Pre-Distribution Policies, each of Broadridge and
ADP shall receive a pro rata amount of the available insurance proceeds, based on the relationship the Loss incurred by each such Party bears to the total Loss to both such Parties from the occurrence or event underlying the Related Claims.

 Section 6.6 Transitional Use of ADP Name. ADP agrees that the Broadridge Group shall have a royalty-free, non-exclusive,
non-transferable right to use the trademark “ADP” and the “ADP” logo only in the following manner: (i) to the extent reasonably required during a transitional period not to exceed one (1) year following the Distribution
Date; provided Broadridge is diligently transitioning off of such use during such time; (ii) solely to the extent that any tangible materials acquired by the Broadridge Group hereunder contain the “ADP” trademark or “ADP”
logo at the time such tangible materials are acquired by the Broadridge Group hereunder, for a transitional period not to exceed six (6) months following the Distribution Date; and (iii) solely with respect to software releases acquired by
the Broadridge Group hereunder and installed at sites of clients as of the Distribution Date, for a transitional period ending on the date that a new release of such software has been installed at such client site by the Broadridge Group but in any
event not later than one (1) year following the Distribution Date; provided that the Broadridge Group shall not be liable for a breach of this clause (iii) with respect to software used by a client if such client has not permitted
the Broadridge Group to install a new release in accordance with this clause (iii), provided that the Broadridge Group shall have used its reasonable commercial efforts to comply with this clause (iii) and the Broadridge Group is in
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the Distribution Date. ADP agrees further that the Broadridge Group shall have a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the
trademark “ADP” solely with respect to software that contains such trademark at the time such software is acquired by the Broadridge Group hereunder, provided that such software is used solely by, and is not made available to persons other
than, the Broadridge Group. ADP agrees further that the Broadridge Group shall have a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to the trademark “ADP” solely with respect to Legacy Software (defined below) that
(A) contains such trademark at the time the Legacy Software is acquired by the Broadridge Group hereunder and (B) is installed at sites of clients as of the Distribution Date. “Legacy Software” shall mean software (and related
documentation) that (i) was originally provided to clients more than three (3) years before the Distribution Date, (ii) has not been updated with a new release within the two (2) year period ending on the Distribution Date nor
will be updated with future releases and (iii) is not intended or reasonably expected to be made available to more than twenty (20) persons at each client site. Any uses of the “ADP” trademark or the “ADP” logo during
the periods referred to above shall be subject to ADP’s right to approve the manner, style and placement of the “ADP” trademark or “ADP” logo on or in connection with any materials, goods or services, except to the extent
that any tangible materials acquired by the Broadridge Group hereunder already contain the “ADP” trademark or “ADP” logo. All uses of the “ADP” trademark and “ADP” logo by the Broadridge Group shall inure to
the exclusive benefit of ADP, and the Broadridge Group shall acquire no ownership rights of any kind or nature in and to the “ADP” trademark or the “ADP” logo by virtue of this transitional right to use such trademark or logo.

 ARTICLE VII 
 ACCESS TO
INFORMATION 
 Section 7.1 Agreement for Exchange of Information. 
 (a) Each of ADP and Broadridge, on behalf of its respective Group, agrees to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other Party and its auditors, at
any time after the Distribution Date, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor from such other Party, any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group (including access to such Group’s
accountants, personnel and facilities) that the requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the requesting Party (including under applicable securities laws) by a
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the requesting Party (including pursuant to Section 7.1(d)), (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting,
claims, regulatory, litigation or other similar requirements, or (iii) to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that any Party reasonably determines that
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Group, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with the obligations pursuant to this Section 7.1(a) in a manner that
avoids any such harm or consequence. ADP and Broadridge intend that any transfer of Information that would otherwise be within the attorney-client privilege shall not operate as a waiver of any potentially applicable privilege. 
 (b) Following the Distribution Date, each Party shall make its employees and facilities available and accessible during normal business hours and on
reasonable prior notice to provide an explanation of any Information provided hereunder. 
 (c) Until the end of the first full ADP fiscal
year occurring after the Distribution Date (and for a reasonable period of time afterwards as required for each Party to prepare consolidated financial statements or complete a financial statement audit for the fiscal year during which the
Distribution Date occurs), each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with past practice, to enable the other Party to meet its timetable for dissemination of its financial statements and enable such other Party’s
auditors to timely complete their annual audit and quarterly financial statements. 
 (d) In order to enable the principal executive officer
or officers, principal financial officer or officers and controller or controllers of the other Party to make the certifications required of them under SOX §302, within thirty (30) days following the end of any fiscal quarter during which
Broadridge is a Subsidiary of ADP, each Party shall cause its officers or employees to provide the other Party with the certification statements of such officers and employees with respect to such quarter or portion thereof, in substantially the
same form and manner as such officers or employees provided such certification statements prior to the Distribution Date, or as otherwise agreed upon between the Parties. Such certification statements shall also reflect any changes in certification
statements necessitated by the Separation, Distribution and any other transactions related thereto. 
 Section 7.2 Ownership of
Information. Any Information owned by one Group that is provided to a requesting Party pursuant to Section 7.1 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing Party. Unless specifically set forth herein or in any Ancillary
Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information. 
 Section 7.3 Compensation for Providing Information. The Party requesting such Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information or
for providing explanations of Information provided, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting Party by or on behalf of such other Party’s Group. Except as may be specifically provided elsewhere in this
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 Section 7.4 Record Retention. Except as otherwise required or agreed in writing, or as
otherwise provided in the Tax Allocation Agreement, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to retain, in accordance with such Party’s record retention policies in effect from time to time, applicable to such Information, all
significant Information in such Party’s possession or under its control relating to the Business, Assets or Liabilities of the other Party, and, for a period of two (2) years following the Distribution Date, prior to destroying or
disposing of any such Information, (a) the Party proposing to dispose of or destroy any such Information shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide no less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the other Party,
specifying the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of and (b) if, prior to the scheduled date for such destruction or disposal, the other Party requests in writing that any of the Information proposed to be destroyed or disposed of
be delivered to such other Party, the Party proposing to dispose of or destroy such Information shall promptly arrange for the delivery of the requested Information to a location specified by, and at the expense of, the requesting Party;
provided, however, that in the event that any Party reasonably determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental to such Party or any member of its Group, violate any Law or agreement to which such
Party or member of its Group is a party, or waive any attorney-client privilege applicable to such Party or member of its Group, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with the obligations pursuant to this
Section 7.4 in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence. ADP and Broadridge intend that any transfer of Information that would otherwise be within the attorney-client privilege shall not operate as a waiver of any potentially
applicable privilege. 
 Section 7.5 Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding Article IV, no Party shall have any Liability to
the other Party in the event that any Information exchanged or provided pursuant to this Agreement (and not otherwise constituting part of this Agreement, its Exhibits or Schedules) is found to be inaccurate. No Party shall have any Liability to the
other Party if any Information is disposed of or destroyed after complying with its obligations under Section 7.4 with respect to the retention of such Information. 
 Section 7.6 Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information. The rights and obligations granted under this Article VII are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional
provisions on the sharing, exchange or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Ancillary Agreement. The provisions of Section 7.1 through Section 7.7 shall not apply to matters governed by the Tax Allocation Agreement.

 Section 7.7 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation. 
 (a) Except in the case of an Action by one Party against another Party (which shall be governed by such discovery rules as may be applicable thereto),
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employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or
which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such Person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may
reasonably be required in connection with any Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such Action is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder. The requesting Party
shall bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith. 
 (b) If an Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or to
seek to compromise or settle any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the Indemnifying Party, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees,
other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such Person (giving
consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such defense, settlement or compromise, and shall otherwise
cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise. 
 (c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties shall cooperate and consult, and
shall cause each member of its respective Group to cooperate and consult, to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any Actions and any Related Claims with respect thereto. 
 (d) Without limiting any provision of this Section 7.7, each of the Parties agrees to cooperate, and to cause each member of its respective Group
to cooperate, at the other Party’s sole cost and expense, with the other Party and each member of its respective Group in the defense of any claim that the Business of the other Party or its Group members infringes upon or misappropriates third
Person Intellectual Property and shall not acknowledge or concede, or permit any member of its respective Group to acknowledge or concede (i) that the Business of the other Party or its Group members infringes upon such third Person
Intellectual Property (ii) or that such third Person Intellectual Property is valid or enforceable, in a manner that would hamper or undermine the defense of such infringement or misappropriation claim. 
 (e) In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 7.7, the Parties will enter into a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as
to maintain to the extent practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege or work product immunity of any member of any Group. 
 Section 7.8 Confidentiality. 
 (a) General. Each Party acknowledges (i) that such Party has in its
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such Party will receive, Information of the other Party that is not available to the general public, and (ii) that such Information may constitute,
contain or include material non-public Information of the other Party. Subject to Section 7.8(c), as of the Distribution Date, ADP, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates, and Broadridge, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates,
agrees to hold, and to cause its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care
that such Party applies to its own confidential and proprietary Information pursuant to its applicable policies and procedures in effect as of the Distribution Date, all Information (including Information received and/or obtained pursuant to
Section 7.1) concerning the other Party (or its Business) and such other Party’s Affiliates (or their respective Business) that is either in its possession (including Information in its possession prior to the Distribution Date) or
furnished by the other Party or the other Party’s Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives at any time pursuant to this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and will not use such Information other than for such purposes as may be expressly permitted hereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information: (i) is or becomes available to the
general public, other than as a result of a disclosure by such Party or its Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives
in breach of this Agreement; (ii) was available to such Party or its Affiliates or becomes available to such Party or its Affiliates, on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the other Party hereto, provided, that, the source
of such Information was not bound by a confidentiality obligation with respect to such Information, or otherwise prohibited from transmitting the Information to such Party or its Affiliates by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation; or
(iii) is independently generated by such Party without use of or reference to any proprietary or confidential Information of the other Party. 
 (b) No Disclosure, Compliance with Law, Return or Destruction. Following the Effective Time, each Party agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any Information with respect to the other Party to any
other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel, lenders, investors and other advisors and representatives who need to know such Information in connection with this Agreement or
the Ancillary Agreements or for valid business reasons relating thereto, and except in compliance with Section 7.8(c). Each Party shall advise its directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel,
lenders, investors and other advisors and representatives who have been provided with such Information of such Party’s confidentiality obligations hereunder and that such Information may constitute, contain or include material non-public
Information of the other Party. Following the Effective Time, each Party shall, and shall cause, its directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel, lenders, investors and other advisors and
representatives who have been provided with such Information to, use such Information only in accordance with (i) the terms of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and (ii) applicable Law (including federal and state securities
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return to the other Party all such Information in a tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon) or
certify to the other Party that it has destroyed such Information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon), as directed by the other Party; provided, however, that in no event shall either Party be
required to destroy any hardware that includes Information if such Information is only accessible to highly skilled computer experts and cannot otherwise be deleted or destroyed without undue cost or effort (provided that such Information will
remain subject to the confidentiality protection provisions herein). 
 (c) Protective Arrangements. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, in the event that, following the Effective Time, either Party or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, third party contractors, vendors, accountants, counsel, lenders, investors and other advisors and representatives
either determines on the advice of its counsel that it is required to disclose any Information pursuant to applicable Law or the rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority or receives any demand under lawful process or from any Governmental
Authority to disclose or provide Information of the other Party that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof, such Party shall, if possible, notify the other Party prior to disclosing or providing such Information and shall cooperate at
the expense of the other Party in seeking any reasonable protective arrangements requested by such other Party. In the event that a protective arrangement is not obtained, the Person that received such request (i) may thereafter disclose or
provide such Information to the extent required by such Law (as so advised by counsel) or by lawful process or such Governmental Authority, without liability therefor and (ii) shall exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to have
confidential treatment accorded any such Information so furnished. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES 
 Section 8.1 NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES. EACH PARTY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL MEMBERS OF ITS GROUP, UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY OTHER ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, (A) NO MEMBER OF THE ADP GROUP, THE BROADRIDGE GROUP OR ANY
OTHER PERSON IS, IN THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT, MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO ANY PARTY OR ANY MEMBER OF ANY GROUP IN ANY WAY WITH RESPECT TO
ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE BUSINESS, ASSETS, CONDITION OR PROSPECTS (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER INVOLVING, ANY ADP ASSETS, ANY ADP LIABILITIES, THE ADP BUSINESS, ANY BROADRIDGE ASSETS, ANY BROADRIDGE
LIABILITIES OR THE BROADRIDGE BUSINESS, (B) EACH PARTY AND EACH MEMBER OF EACH GROUP SHALL TAKE ALL OF THE ASSETS, THE BUSINESS AND LIABILITIES TRANSFERRED TO OR ASSUMED BY IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT ON AN

  

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“AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED, AND (C) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY APPLICABLE ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, NONE OF ADP, BROADRIDGE OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE ADP GROUP OR BROADRIDGE GROUP OR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY
WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE PRE-DISTRIBUTION TRANSACTIONS OR THE DISTRIBUTION OR THE ENTERING INTO OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY
AND EACH MEMBER OF EACH GROUP SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISK THAT ANY CONVEYANCES OF ASSETS SHALL PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT OR THAT THE TITLE OF ANY MEMBER OF ANY GROUP TO ANY ASSETS SHALL BE OTHER THAN GOOD AND MARKETABLE AND FREE FROM
ENCUMBRANCES. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 TERMINATION 
 Section 9.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by ADP in its sole discretion at any time prior
to the consummation of the Distribution. 
 Section 9.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination of this Agreement
prior to consummation of the Distribution, neither Party (nor any of its directors or officers) shall have any Liability or further obligation to the other Party. 
 ARTICLE X 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 10.1 Complete Agreement; Representations. 
 (a) This Agreement, together with the
exhibits and schedules hereto and the Ancillary Agreements, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all previous negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such
subject matter. 
 (b) ADP represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the ADP Group and Broadridge represents on behalf of
itself and each other member of the Broadridge Group as follows: 
 (i) each such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and
authority and has taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform each of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated by such agreements;
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 (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Person (if such Person is a Party) and
constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the other Party), and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is or will be a party is or will
be duly executed and delivered by it and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the other party or parties to such Ancillary
Agreements), except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles. 
 Section 10.2 Costs and Expenses. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and except with respect to the
Transaction Expenses (defined below) set forth on Schedule 10.2 to be borne by Broadridge, the ADP Group shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement,
the Ancillary Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (the “Transaction Expenses”) to the extent such costs and expenses are incurred on or prior to the Distribution Date. Except as expressly provided in this
Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or Schedule 10.2, each Party shall bear its respective Transaction Expenses to the extent incurred after the Distribution Date. 
 Section 10.3 Governing Law. This Agreement and any dispute arising out of, in connection with or relating to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of
New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
 Section 10.4 Notices. All notices, requests,
claims, demands and other communications hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally or by facsimile transmission or mailed (first class postage prepaid) to the Parties at the following
addresses or facsimile numbers: 
 If to ADP or any member of the ADP Group, to: 
 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
 One ADP
Boulevard 
 Roseland, New Jersey 07068 
 Attn: General Counsel 
 Fax: 973-974-3324 
 If to Broadridge or any member of the Broadridge Group, to: 
 Broadridge Financial Solutions 
 2 Journal Square Plaza 
  

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 Jersey City, New Jersey 07306 
 Attn: General Counsel 
 Fax: 201-714-3506

 All such notices, requests and other communications will (i) if delivered personally to the address as provided in this section, be
deemed given upon delivery, (ii) if delivered by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number as provided in this section, be deemed given upon receipt and (iii) if delivered by mail in the manner described above to the address as
provided in this section, be deemed given upon receipt (in each case regardless of whether such notice, request or other communication is received by any other Person to whom a copy of such notice, request or other communication is to be delivered
pursuant to this section). Any party from time to time may change its address, facsimile number or other information for the purpose of notices to that party by giving notice specifying such change to the other party. 
 Section 10.5 Amendment, Modification or Waiver. 
 (a) Prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented or superseded, in whole or in part, by ADP in its sole discretion by execution of a written amendment delivered to
Broadridge. Subsequent to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or superseded only by an instrument signed by duly authorized signatories of both Parties. 
 (b) Following the Effective Time, any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the Party that is entitled to the benefit
thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the Party waiving such term or condition. No waiver by any Party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more
instances, shall be deemed or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion. All remedies, either under this Agreement or by Law or otherwise afforded, will be cumulative and not
alternative. 
 Section 10.6 No Assignment; Binding Effect; No Third Party Beneficiaries. 
 (a) Neither this Agreement nor any right, interest or obligation hereunder may be assigned by either Party hereto without the prior written consent of
the other Party hereto and any attempt to do so will be void, except that following the Effective Time each Party hereto may assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate, provided that any such Affiliate
agrees in writing to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions contained herein. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement is binding upon, inures to the benefit of and is enforceable by the Parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. 
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benefit of each Party hereto and their respective Affiliates, successors or permitted assigns, and it is not the intention of the Parties to confer third
party beneficiary rights upon any other Person. 
 Section 10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 Section 10.8 Negotiation. In the event that any dispute arises between the Parties that cannot be resolved, either Party shall have the right to refer the dispute for resolution to the chief financial officers of the Parties by
delivering to the other Party a written notice of such referral (a “Dispute Escalation Notice”). Following receipt of a Dispute Escalation Notice, the chief financial officers of the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
such dispute. In the event that the chief financial officers of the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute within fifteen (15) business days after receipt of the Dispute Escalation Notice, either Party shall have the right to refer the
dispute to the chief executive officers of the Parties, who shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute. In the event that the chief executive officers of the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute within thirty (30) business days
after the date of the Dispute Escalation Notice, either Party shall have the right to commence litigation in accordance with Section 10.10. The Parties agree that all discussions, negotiations and other Information exchanged between the Parties
during the foregoing escalation proceedings shall be without prejudice to the legal position of a Party in any subsequent Action. 
 Section 10.9 Specific Performance. From and after the Distribution, in the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the
Parties agree that the Party or Parties to this Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement who are or are to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its or their rights under this
Agreement or such Ancillary Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The Parties agree that, from and after the Distribution, the remedies at law for
any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, including monetary damages, are inadequate compensation for any loss, that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate is
hereby waived, and that any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are hereby waived. 
 Section 10.10
New York Forum. Subject to the prior exhaustion of the procedures set forth in Section 10.8, each of the Parties agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein, all Actions arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement (except to the extent any such Ancillary Agreement provides otherwise), or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment arising out of or in connection with the foregoing agreements, shall be tried and determined exclusively
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and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the Parties hereby expressly
waives any right it may have to assert, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any such action or proceeding: (a) any claim that it is not subject to personal jurisdiction in the aforesaid courts
for any reason; (b) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts; and (c) any claim that (i) any of the aforesaid courts is an
inconvenient or inappropriate forum for such action or proceeding, (ii) venue is not proper in any of the aforesaid courts and (iii) this Agreement or any such Ancillary Agreement, or the subject matter hereof or thereof, may not be
enforced in or by any of the aforesaid courts. Each of the Parties agrees that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section 10.4 or any other manner as may be permitted by
Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. 
 Section 10.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES
AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE WAIVER IN THIS SECTION, (ii) SUCH PARTY
UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (iii) SUCH PARTY MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (iv) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, AGREEMENTS AND
CERTIFICATIONS HEREIN. 
 Section 10.12 Interpretation; Conflict With Ancillary Agreements. The Article and Section headings
contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Except as specifically set forth in each Ancillary
Agreement, the provisions of each Ancillary Agreement shall govern in the event of any conflict between any provision of this Agreement and that of the relevant Ancillary Agreement. 
 Section 10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future
Law, the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above
written. 
  

			
	 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ James B. Benson

	 Name:
	 	James B. Benson
	 Title:
	 	Corporate Vice President
	
	 BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

		
	 By:
	 	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.,
		 	Managing Member
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ James B. Benson

	 Name:
	 	James B. Benson
	 Title:
	 	Corporate Vice PresidentCommitment Letter Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 
 One Maritime Plaza, Suite 2100 
 San Francisco, CA 94111 
 March 19, 2007

 Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. 
 15253 Avenue of Science

 San Diego, CA 92128 
 Re: Commitment
Letter 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 You have advised us that
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), desires to establish a $200,000,000 senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., a
California corporation (“AHLI”), and Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust, a Maryland investment trust (“AMLRT”; and together with AHLI, the “Borrowers”). The proceeds of the Term Loan Facility would
be used (i) to fund the repurchase obligations of the Borrowers, (ii) to satisfy margin calls of certain warehouse lenders, (iii) to fund loan originations, (iv) to pay all transaction costs, expenses and fees in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereunder and (v) for general working capital and business purposes of the Borrowers. You have asked Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (“FCM”) to act as administration agent for the Term Loan
Facility. 
 Based upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in (a) this commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”) and
(b) the Summary Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Appendix A (the “Summary of Terms”, and together with the Commitment Letter, the “Commitment”), Farallon is pleased to advise you of its commitment
to have funds or managed accounts (the “Farallon Funds”, and together with FCM, “Farallon”) provide the full amount of the Term Loan Facility, either directly or via newly created special purpose vehicles on a
several, and not joint and several, basis. The amount of the Term Loan Facility shall be allocated among the Farallon Funds in the amounts set forth on Annex 1 attached hereto. In addition, FCM will act as sole administrative agent and sole
collateral agent for the Term Loan Facility. You agree that no other agents or arrangers will be appointed, and no other titles or compensation will be awarded or paid, in connection with the Term Loan Facility unless approved by Farallon.

 The Commitment does not set forth all the terms and conditions of the proposed financing; rather, it only summarizes the major points of understanding
which will be the basis of the final loan agreement and related documentation (which are collectively referred to herein as the “Applicable Documents”) which will be drafted by, and will be in form and substance satisfactory to,
Farallon and its counsel. All terms used in this Commitment Letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Summary of Terms. 

 The Commitment is issued by the Farallon Funds based upon the financial and other information regarding the Company and
its subsidiaries provided to Farallon. Accordingly, the Commitment is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of Farallon of the following conditions: (i) the preparation, execution and delivery of mutually acceptable loan documentation,
including a credit agreement and other loan documents incorporating the terms and conditions outlined in the Summary of Terms; (ii) satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in the Summary of Terms; (iii) performance of each of the
covenants set forth herein; and (iv) the truth and accuracy of each of the representations and warranties herein. 
 You hereby represent and covenant
that (i) all information which has been or is hereafter made available to Farallon by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
(“Information”) is or, when furnished will be, complete and correct in all material respects and does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made, and (ii) the financial projections concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries that have been or will be made available to Farallon
by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their representatives (the “Projections”) have been and will be prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions (it being understood that such financial
projections (including any related schedules and notes) are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and the Borrowers and no assurance is or can be given that any projections or
other results contemplated therein will be realized). You hereby agree to supplement the Information and the Projections from time to time until the closing date of the Term Loan Facility so that the representation and warranty in the preceding
sentence is correct on the closing date of the Term Loan Facility. In structuring and entering into the Term Loan Facility, Farallon will be using and relying on the Information and the Projections without independent verification thereof.

 The Company and the Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay or reimburse Farallon for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of every type
and nature (including all costs and expenses of counsel) incurred by Farallon before, on or after the date hereof in connection with Farallon’s legal, tax and regulatory review and documentation of (i) the transactions discussed with the
Company prior to the date hereof and (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Commitment, up to a maximum of $1,500,000 (which cost and expense cap shall not apply to any indemnification obligations in favor of Farallon pursuant to the terms
hereof). Such cost and fee reimbursement shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) closing date of the Term Loan Facility and (ii) April 2, 2007. 
 The Company and the Borrowers agree to (i) indemnify and hold harmless Farallon and its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, managing members, agents, attorneys and
shareholders (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, or liabilities of every kind whatsoever to which the Indemnified Persons may become subject in connection in any way with the
Commitment or the Term Loan Facility or the transactions contemplated under this Commitment, including without limitation expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any liability or 

 
action whether or not a party thereto, except (with respect to any Indemnified Person) to the extent any of the foregoing is found to have arisen from such
Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order or judgment (provided that such determination would not impair a right of recovery by any other
Indemnified Person); and (ii) assert no claim against any Indemnified Person seeking consequential, punitive or special damages in connection with the Commitment. The obligations described in this paragraph are independent of all other
obligations hereunder and under the Applicable Documents, shall survive the expiration, revocation or termination of the Commitment, and shall be payable whether or not the transactions contemplated by the Commitment shall close. 
 If not accepted in accordance with the terms set forth below, and unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms hereof or as a result of a breach of any
representation, warranty or undertaking herein by you, the Commitment shall expire at the close of business in San Diego, California, on April 2, 2007 without any further action by any person or entity, and from and after such date shall have
no further force or effect (except as otherwise provided herein with respect to indemnification, limitation of liability and payment of expenses and the like, choice of law, waiver of trial by jury and matters of confidentiality), unless the
Commitment is extended by Farallon in writing in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 The Commitment shall not be assignable by you without the prior written
consent of Farallon. The Commitment is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or to create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto and their indemnified
persons. 
 THE COMMITMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED, AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRE OR PERMIT APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER STATE OR JURISDICTION, BUT INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND
DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. IF THE COMMITMENT BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A DISPUTE, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND WAIVES ANY AND ALL
RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH JURISDICTION, WHETHER ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR OTHERWISE, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. 
 The Commitment Letter, together with the Summary of Terms, embodies the entire understanding among the parties hereto relating to the matters discussed herein and
therein and, except for any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement entered into between Farallon, the Borrowers and/or the Company, supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, proposals, agreements and 
 understandings, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. No course of prior conduct or dealings 

 
between the parties hereto, no usage of trade, and no parole or extrinsic evidence of any nature, shall be used or be relevant to supplement, explain or
modify any term used herein. Any modification or waiver of the Commitment or the terms hereof must be in writing, must be stated to be such and must be signed by an authorized representative of each party hereto. 
 If you wish to accept the Commitment, please return executed counterparts of this Commitment Letter, on or before 8:00 a.m., San Diego time, on March 20, 2007.

 This Commitment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 Very truly yours, 
 FARALLON CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. 
 FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.P. 
 FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS II, L.P. 
 FARALLON CAPITAL
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS III, L.P. 
  

			
	By:	 	Farallon Partners, L.L.C., their General Partner
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason E. Moment

	Name:	 	Jason E. Moment
	Title:	 	Managing Member
	
	FCOI II INVESTMENTS LTD
		
	By:	 	Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., its agent and attorney in fact
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason E. Moment

	Name:	 	Jason E. Moment
	Title:	 	Managing Member
	
	The Undersigned Hereby Accepts the Borrowers’ Request to Act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent:
		
	By:	 	FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason E. Moment

	Name:	 	Jason E. Moment
	Title:	 	Managing Member

					
	The Foregoing Is Hereby Accepted And
	Agreed To In All Respects By The Undersigned:
	
	ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS HOLDING CO.
			
	By:	 	 /s/ James A. Konrath
	 	
	Name:	 	James A. Konrath	 	
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	
	
	ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS INC.
			
	By:	 	 /s/ James A. Konrath
	 	
	Name:	 	James A. Konrath	 	
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	
	
	ACCREDITED MORTGAGE LOAN REIT TRUST
			
	By:	 	 /s/ James Konrath
	 	
	Name:	 	James A. Konrath	 	
	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	

 Appendix A 
 Summary of Terms and Conditions 
 Dated March 19, 2007 
 This Summary of Terms and Conditions (“Summary” or “Term Sheet”) is for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered to be exhaustive
as to the final terms and conditions that govern any potential financing arrangements.
  

	Borrowers:	Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. (the “Company”) and Accredited Mortgage Loan REIT Trust (the “REIT” and together with the Company, the
“Borrowers”). 

  

	Guarantor:	Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (“Parent”) and all direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the REIT and its subsidiaries, but
each subsidiary of the REIT shall guarantee the REIT Loan only ) (the “Guarantors”; and together with the Borrowers, the “Obligors”). 

  

	Administrative Agent:	Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Farallon”) or its designee (the “Agent”). 

  

	Lenders:	Funds and managed accounts managed by Farallon or entity to be formed by Farallon (collectively, the “Lenders”). 

  

	Term Loan Facility:	A $200,000,000 senior secured term loan facility (“Term Loan Facility”) pursuant to which non-amortizing term loans (the “Loans”)
will be made to the REIT in an aggregate amount of $70,000,000 (the “REIT Loan”) and to the Company in an aggregate amount of $130,000,000 (“AHL Loan”). 

  

	Purpose:	(i) General working capital for operating expenses; 

 (ii) To satisfy repurchase obligations; 
 (iii) To satisfy margin calls from warehouse lenders; 
 (iv) To fund loan originations; and 
 (v) To
pay down Bear Stearns line to $30,000,000. 
  

	Closing Date:	The date on which the conditions have been satisfied and the Loans have been made. 

  

	Maturity Date:	The five year anniversary (the “Maturity Date”) of the Closing Date. 

  

	Interest Rate and Payment:	Thirteen percent (13%) per annum; provided that during any period that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the interest rate shall be increased
to seventeen percent (17%) per annum. 

 Interest payments shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, and the
actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable in cash on June 1, September 1, December 1 and March 1 of each year, beginning June 1, 2007. 

	Voluntary Prepayments:	The Borrowers may prepay the Loans in whole on any business day, subject to the giving of five business days notice. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be at a
prepayment price set forth on the schedule below, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest on the face amount of Loans prepaid: 

 Loan Year 1: 107% 
 Loan Year 2: 107% 
 Loan Year 3: 105% 
 Loan Year 4: 103% 
 Loan Year 5: 100% 
  

	Change of Control Put:	Upon a Change of Control Event, the Lenders will have the right, at their option within ninety (90) days of such event, to require the Borrowers to repay any or all of
the Loans in cash at 102% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. 

  

	Security:	The obligations with respect to the AHL Loan will be secured by a first priority lien on all unencumbered assets of the Obligors (other than the REIT) and a second
lien on all assets of the Obligors (other than the REIT) that are encumbered as of the date hereof (until such assets cease to be so encumbered, whereupon they will become subject to such first priority lien), where permitted by the Obligors’
various credit documents (including a second lien on all pledged servicing rights and servicing receivables). The REIT Loan will be secured by a first priority lien on all unencumbered assets of the Obligors (including the REIT) and a second lien on
all assets of the Obligors (including the REIT), including the residual or retained interests held by the REIT or its affiliates in any REIT or Aames securitization transactions. Collateral arrangements shall permit ordinary course securitization
issuances and replacement of warehouse collateral, placing unencumbered loans into a warehouse facility in anticipation of securitization for the benefit of the REIT, whole loan sales, etc. and shall also permit financing of up to $15,000,000 of
servicing advances. 

 Collateral documentation to include first priority stock pledges (i) by Parent of the stock of the
Company and Accredited Home Lenders Canada, Inc., (ii) by the Company of all common stock of the REIT and (iii) by the REIT of all stock of Aames Investment Acceptance Corporation (provided however that the pledge of such stock will only secure the
REIT Loan). 
 The Company shall establish a cash collateral deposit account, which deposit account shall be under the control of the Agent,
and shall deposit $30,000,000 into such account on the Closing Date. The $30,000,000 may be used to support and invest in any securitization structures in any past and future 

 
securitizations and the equity component of committed warehouse lines of credit which are satisfactory to the Agent, provided that the Agent has a first
priority perfected security interest in the residuals of such new securitizations. 
 All dividends on the common stock of the REIT shall be
deposited into the cash collateral account and so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred or liquidity (to be defined which will include any cash on deposit in the cash collateral account) does not fall below $75,000,000, the Company
shall have access to that cash. At any time that the Borrowers’ liquidity is below $75,000,000, 50% of all dividends on the common stock of the REIT and 100% of any federal tax refund relating to the 2006 and 2007 calendar year-end will remain
in the cash collateral account. If any Default or Event of Default occurs, all dividends of the common stock of the REIT and 100% of any federal tax refund relating to the 2006 and 2007 calendar year-end will remain in the cash collateral account
during the existence of such Default or Event of Default. 
 The tax refund shall be deposited into the cash collateral account and so long
as no default or event of default has occurred, the Company shall have access to that cash. 
  

	Term Warrants:	Parent will issue to the Lenders the number of warrants that, when taken together with the Lenders existing Parent common stock holdings of approximately 6.9%, will
represent 19.9% of the outstanding common stock of Parent (approximately 3.3 million warrants) (the “Term Warrants”). The Term Warrants will be freely transferable by a Lender at any time and from time to time, subject to applicable
securities laws and that Lender shall not knowingly, after reasonable inquiry, transfer Term Warrants to any person whose holding of such warrants would cause the REIT to lose its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust. 

The exercise price of the Term Warrants will be equal to $10.00 per share. 
 The Term Warrants will be exercisable for a period of 10 years from and after the issuance date, subject to obtaining requisite regulatory approvals, if
any. In addition, the Term Warrants shall not be exercisable until the later of (x) the tenth day after a Lender or its affiliates amends its Schedule 13G with respect to Parent’s common stock into a Schedule 13D and (y) the earlier of (i) the
75th day after issuance and (ii) a Change of Control Event (such date, the “Initial Exercise Date”). “Change of Control Event” means the earliest of (a) Parent entering into a merger agreement or any other 

 
agreement for a change of control transaction, or any agreement for a sale of all or substantially all of Parent’s assets, (b) the commencement of any
tender or exchange offer for Parent’s shares, or (c) any public announcement of any of the foregoing. 
 The Term Warrants will be
exercisable for cash, through the extinguishment of a portion of the Loan at par equal to the aggregate exercise price payable, through a cashless exercise or any combination of the foregoing. 
 Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all third party consents and approvals necessary or advisable for exercise of the Term
Warrants. The Lenders shall cooperate in such efforts as reasonably required at Parent’s expense. 
 If (a) the warrants are not
exercisable due to the need for third party consents or approvals by the Initial Exercise Date or (b) a Change of Control Event occurs, then each Lender will have the right to put to Parent (in whole or in part and from time to time) the Term
Warrants for cash equal to the then Fair Market Value of the underlying Parent common stock in excess of the exercise price of such warrants. Parent shall be obligated to close within 30 days after such put is 
 exercised. 
 “Fair Market Value”
means the greater of (a) the 10 day trailing volume weighted average price of the common stock on its principal exchange at the time of exercise of the put and (b) if applicable, the sale or bid price per common stock for the Change of Control
Event. 
  

	Anti-Dilution Rights:	The Term Warrants will have the benefit of customary anti-dilution protection including the following. The exercise price of the Term Warrants will be subject to
proportional adjustment for any stock split, merger, recapitalization or similar event. Cash dividends paid by Parent will be adjusted for by decreasing the exercise price of the Term Warrants by the per share amount of the dividend. Furthermore,
the exercise price of the Term Warrants will be subject to a weighted-average adjustment in the event that the Company issues additional equity securities at a price less than the exercise price of the Term Warrants, other than equity-based
compensation programs approved by the Board prior to the date hereof and new programs that can represent in the aggregate up to 5% of the number of shares of common stock as of the date hereof. 

  

	Preemptive Rights:	The Lenders will have a preemptive right to purchase additional equity securities that are proposed to be issued by Parent on a pro rata basis calculated as if
any outstanding Term Warrants have been exercised. 

	Registration Rights:	If requested by a Lender at any time after the ninetieth day following the Closing Date, Parent will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to file a
registration statement pertaining to the shares of Parent common stock held by the Lenders and their respective affiliates and their transferees, including any shares underlying the Term Warrants and any other securities held by the Lenders or their
respective affiliates and their transferees, which will be effective no later than 180 days after request and will remain effective until the time at which the Lenders and their affiliates and their transferees can sell all its or their remaining
shares without being subject to transfer or volume limitations. The plan of distribution section shall be as specified from time to time by the Lenders and their respective transferees, and shall cover the sale of shares of Parent common stock
including providing for underwritten offerings using underwriters reasonably acceptable to Parent. If at any time the shelf is not available, each Lender and its affiliates and their transferees shall have fully transferable demand registration
rights and customary piggyback registration rights. The registration rights agreement will contain customary covenants, representations and warranties and indemnities. 

  

	Board Observer Rights:	At any time after the Closing Date and only during such time as the Loans are outstanding, the Lenders will have customary board observer rights for two observers,
which shall not include executive sessions of the board of its independent directors. 

  

	Offering Type:	The issuance of the Term Warrants will be made via a private placement in accordance with Section 4(2)/Regulation D. 

  

	Conditions Precedent to	The following conditions precedent must be satisfied prior to the funding of the Loans: 

	Funding:	

	 	 ̈	Agent shall have received the Loan Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the other Loan
Documents, required legal opinions and certificates, each duly executed and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

  

	 	 ̈	Agent shall be satisfied that all material liens granted to the Collateral Agent with respect to all collateral are valid and perfected liens and have the priorities
indicated herein. 

  

	 	 ̈	 Except as disclosed in a schedule, there shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory
developments, pending or threatened in any court or before 

	 	 
any arbitrator or governmental authority that, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the proposed financing or collateral, or that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change. 

  

	 	 ̈	All required consents and authorizations shall have been obtained and all required notices to and required filings with any governmental authority or any other
person or entity shall have been made. 

  

	 	 ̈	Except as disclosed in press releases of Parent attached in a schedule, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial performance, assets,
operations, prospects, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Parent and its subsidiaries shall have occurred since December 31, 2006. 

  

	 	 ̈	Bear Stearns shall have entered into a participation agreement, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent, pursuant to which (i) the Lenders will have
the right to buy participations in the repo facility provided to the REIT by Bear Stearns, (ii) Bear Stearns will agree to cap such repo facility to $30,000,000 and shall have waived all defaults under its repo facility, and (iii) the
Lenders shall have a buyout right at par. 

  

	 	 ̈	JPMorgan shall have consented to a second lien by the Agent on the JPMorgan servicing rights and servicing advance reimbursements, shall agree to cap the outstanding
amount under the servicing rights financing to $50,000,000, and shall have waived all defaults under its facilities. 

  

	 	 ̈	Agent shall be satisfied that the Borrowers have at least $750,000,000 in availability either under existing warehouse facilities with default waivers (satisfactory
to the Agent) in place or under new warehouse facilities (satisfactory to the Agent). 

  

	 	 ̈	Agent shall be satisfied that the value of the residuals of the REIT that the Agent has a first priority perfected lien on is not less than $150,000,000 as set forth
in a discounted cash flow model using a 15% discount rate and good faith assumptions as provided by the Borrowers and attached as a schedule. 

  

	 	 ̈	Agent shall have received the Term Warrants and the Investor Rights Agreement, containing terms and conditions described herein and otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent. 

  

	 	 ̈	 Parent will represent to the Agent that the Parent’s 2006 10-K, when filed, to the best of its knowledge, will not contain any material
changes, except as disclosed, from the draft previously 

	 	 
provided, other than (i) to reflect the approximately $150 million loss on sale of loans, (ii) write down of the Parent’s deferred tax asset, (iii) the
creation and write-off of good will related to the Aames acquisition, (iv) the inclusion of a going concern qualification in Grant Thornton’s audit opinion, and (v) a material weakness relating to the Company controls relating to non-recurring
transactions, such as an acquisition. 

  

	 	 ̈	The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent and the Lenders (i) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company dated not more than two days prior to the
Closing Date showing tangible net worth of not less than $275,000,000 as of such date after adjustment for elimination of goodwill and (ii) a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company certifying as to such balance sheet and neither
the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge after reasonable inquiry or is aware of any information or other matter that would make the financial information set forth therein materially inaccurate or incomplete. This shall reflect (i),
(ii) and (iii) of the paragraph above. 

  

	 	 ̈	There shall not exist any violation of applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, ERISA, margin regulations and Environmental Laws) which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, except as disclosed on a schedule. 

  

	 	 ̈	The Agent shall have received reasonable reimbursement for all legal, tax and regulatory costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of
counsel to the Agents) on work performed through the date hereof and work to be performed through the Closing Date due and payable on or before the Closing Date up to a maximum of $1,500,000. 

  

	 	 ̈	The representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date. 

  

	 	 ̈	No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of the Loans that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.

  

	Representations/ Warranties	Customary for financings of this nature, including, but not limited to the following: 

  

	 	 ̈	Corporate organization and existence; requisite power and authorization; qualification 

  

	 	 ̈	Capital stock and ownership 

	 	 ̈	Execution, delivery and performance of Loan Documents does not violate law or governing documents or does not result in the imposition of liens

  

	 	 ̈	Governmental or regulatory approvals or consents, or other third-party consents required 

  

	 	 ̈	Legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of each Loan Document 

  

	 	 ̈	Financial Statements and pro forma balance sheet are fairly stated in all material respects 

  

	 	 ̈	No Material Adverse Change (other than disclosures described in a schedule) 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of insurance 

  

	 	 ̈	No litigation that may reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change (other than as disclosed in a schedule). 

  

	 	 ̈	Payment of taxes 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of properties 

  

	 	 ̈	Environmental matters 

  

	 	 ̈	Material Contracts in full force and effect 

  

	 	 ̈	Not in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock 

  

	 	 ̈	Investment Company representation 

  

	 	 ̈	ERISA and employee representations 

  

	 	 ̈	Environmental representation 

  

	 	 ̈	No broker’s fees other than any payments to Bear Stearns and Friedman Billings Ramsey 

  

	 	 ̈	Solvency representation 

  

	 	 ̈	Perfection of liens 

  

	 	 ̈	Disclosure representation 

  

	 	 ̈	Patriot Act representation 

  

	Covenants:	Customary for financings of this nature, including but not limited to the following: 

  

	 	 ̈	The Borrowers will maintain liquidity (to be defined) of at least $75,000,000 at all times and will agree to notify the Agent if liquidity falls below $150,000,000
at any time or if management believes such event is reasonably likely. If the Borrowers’ liquidity does fall below $75,000,000, 50% of all dividends on the common stock of the REIT will remain in the cash collateral account.

	 	 ̈	The Borrowers will use best efforts to enter into a committed warehouse facility, which is not a repurchase facility and is acceptable to the Agent, such acceptance
not to be unreasonably withheld, within the first 60 days after the Closing Date. The Borrowers will fund 50% of the dollar amount of the loan originations during any quarterly period with committed warehouse facilities acceptable to the Agent, such
acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld. 

  

	 	 ̈	The present value of all the residual cash flows in the REIT, discounted at 15%, will at all times equal or exceed 125% of the sum (the “Combined REIT
Debt”) of the aggregate outstanding balance under the Bear repo facility plus the REIT Loan. If at any time the Agent does not believe that the present value of all residual cash flows in the REIT, determined above, does not exceed
125% of the Combined REIT Debt, then the Agent may request that the REIT value the present value of the residual cash flows in the REIT. If the REIT determines that the present value of the residual cash flows does not exceed 125% of the Combined
REIT Debt, then the Agent, after notice to the REIT, shall allow the Borrowers to pay-off the Combined REIT Debt within 30 days, at no premium, provided, however, that the Borrowers may, in lieu of full repayment, post cash in a cash
collateral account in the REIT equal to the difference between 125% of the Combined REIT Debt and the average of the Lenders’ and the third-party’s valuations. The Borrowers may pay off the Combined REIT Debt with another facility, as long
as such facility is not a repurchase financing structure and such facility does not exceed the lesser of $100 million dollars or the amount outstanding of the Combined REIT Debt at the time the Combined REIT Debt is repaid. If such Combined REIT
Debt is not paid off by the Borrowers within 30 days of notice by the Agent, then the Agent may take any action deemed necessary to protect Lenders’ interest in the residual cash flows. 

  

	 	 ̈	 If at any time the Agent believes that the present value of the residual cash flows in the REIT, discounted at 15%, does not exceed 125% of the
Combined REIT Debt and the Borrower believes that such present value as determined above does exceed 125% of the Combined REIT Debt, then 

	 	 
the Agent will select a third party independent valuation firm reasonably acceptable to the Borrowers and a third party valuation will be received. If the
value of the residual cash flows received from the third party valuation firm is greater than 125% of the Combined REIT Debt, no further action may be taken under this provision in regards to a request. If the value of the residual cash flows
received from the third party valuation firm is less than 125% of the Combined REIT Debt, then the Agent, upon notice, may give the Borrowers 30 days to pay-off the Combined REIT Debt, at no premium, provided, however, that the Borrowers may, in
lieu of full repayment, post cash in a cash collateral account in the REIT equal to the difference between 125% of the Combined REIT Debt and the average of the Lenders’ and the third party’s valuations. The Borrowers may pay off the
Combined REIT Debt with another facility, as long as such facility is not a repurchase financing structure and does not exceed the lesser of $100 million dollars or the amount outstanding at the time for the Combined REIT Debt. If such Combined REIT
Debt is not paid off by the Borrowers within 30 days of notice by the Agent, then the Agent may take any action deemed necessary to protect Lenders’ interest in the residual cash flows. 

  

	 	 ̈	The indebtedness of the REIT can not increase without the express written consent of the Agent except in the ordinary course of business in connection with the
funding of securitizations and financing of whole loans, but indebtedness may be incurred in an amount equal to or less than the Combined REIT Debt to pay-off the Combined REIT Debt. 

  

	 	 ̈	The 9.75% dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock of the REIT can not be increased without the express written consent of the Agent. 

  

	 	 ̈	The Company can not transfer warehoused loans to the REIT and the REIT shall not enter into any repo/financing transactions under any of its warehouse credit
agreements other than in anticipation of a pending securitization of all such loans and, in the event of such an anticipated securitization, the loans can not be transferred to the REIT prior to the fifteenth day prior to the expected securitization
closing date. 

  

	 	 ̈	All subsidiaries of Parent will be prohibited from issuing any preferred equity securities and the Parent’s subsidiaries will be prohibited from issuing any
equity securities that are not pledged to the Agent on a first priority basis. 

	 	 ̈	If the Agent reasonably believes that an event may occur which would cause a Trustee to be permitted to require a backup servicer, the Agent may request that the
Company or its subsidiaries, as appropriate, will enter into backup servicing arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Agent within thirty days. If an event occurs that would permit the Trustee to require the servicer to be replaced, the Agent may
request that the Company or its subsidiaries, as appropriate, replace the servicer. 

  

	 	 ̈	Financial statements and other reporting requirements 

  

	 	 ̈	Preservation of corporate existence 

  

	 	 ̈	Payment of taxes and claims 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of properties 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of insurance 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of books and records; inspection and visitation rights 

  

	 	 ̈	Compliance with laws (including, without limitation, environmental laws and ERISA) and performance of obligations 

  

	 	 ̈	Further assurances 

  

	 	 ̈	REIT to maintain status as a REIT 

  

	 	 ̈	Distributions of income 

  

	 	 ̈	Control accounts; cash management 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on Indebtedness 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on Liens 

  

	 	 ̈	No further negative pledges 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on Restricted Payments 

  

	 	 ̈	Restrictions on Subsidiary distributions 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on Investments 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on fundamental changes, disposition of assets and acquisitions 

	 	 ̈	Restrictions on speculative transactions 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on sale and lease-back transactions 

  

	 	 ̈	Restrictions on transactions with Affiliates 

  

	 	 ̈	Restrictions on engaging in any business other than as presently conducted 

  

	 	 ̈	Environmental covenant 

  

	 	 ̈	Investment Company Act covenant 

  

	 	 ̈	Maintenance of Fiscal Year 

  

	 	 ̈	Restrictions on changes to governing documents 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on amendments or waivers with respect to subordinated debt 

  

	 	 ̈	Limitation on asset sales out of the ordinary course of business 

  

	Events of Default:	Customary for financings of this nature, including but not limited to the following: 

  

	 	 ̈	Failure to pay principal, interest or any other amount payable under the Loan Documents. 

  

	 	 ̈	Breach of any material term of the Loan Documents, subject to certain grace periods. 

  

	 	 ̈	Cross-default to certain specified indebtedness that would have a material adverse change to a Borrower or any other Obligor. 

  

	 	 ̈	Reorganization, liquidation, or voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. 

  

	 	 ̈	Any representation, warranty or certification made in connection with the Loan Documents shall be false in any material respect that would have a material adverse
change to a Borrower or any other Obligor. 

  

	 	 ̈	The occurrence of a material adverse change to the financial condition of Parent and its subsidiaries. 

  

	 	 ̈	Any material judgment, writ or warrant of attachment. 

  

	 	 ̈	The occurrence of a material ERISA Event 

	 	 ̈	Guaranties, collateral documents or other loan documents unenforceable or liens invalid 

  

	Indemnity:	The Borrowers will indemnify each Agent and its affiliates and each Lender and its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, managing
members, agents and shareholders from any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which an indemnified party may become subject or which arise out of, or relate to or result from, the Loan Documents, except to the extent related to the gross
negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct of the Agent, such Lender or any such party. 

  

	Taxes; Yield Protection:	All payments made free and clear of present or future United States taxes, withholdings (other than withholdings on interest payments made to offshore Lenders) or
other deductions whatsoever (other than income taxes in the jurisdiction of the Lender’s applicable lending office). 

 In addition, the loan documentation will contain standard yield protection provisions protecting the Lenders in the event of unavailability of funding, illegality, increased costs, capital adequacy and funding losses. 
  

	Governing Law:	New York. 

  

	Assignment:	Each Lender has the right to assign or sell participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the loan documentation to one or more assignees or
purchasers. Upon any such assignment, the assignee shall become a Lender for all purposes of the loan documentation.

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