Document:

Amended and Restated Seller Note, effective July 1, 2011

 Exhibit 10.47 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED SELLER NOTE 
 $20,578,155 

Effective as of July 1, 2011 
 1. FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, PENSON WORLDWIDE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Issuer”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Inc. (“Payee”) the principal amount of Twenty Million Five Hundred Seventy Eight One Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars $20,578,155 (the “Initial Amount”), subject to adjustment as provided in this Note (if adjusted, the
“Adjusted Amount”) on the Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), subject to the provisions herein. The Issuer further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
this Note from time to time at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate plus an amount (the “Spread”) equal to five and one-half percent (5.50%). Interest on this Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date, provided that if any
such day is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, while an Event of Default is continuing the Spread shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, increase by 2.00%,
and the Spread will be increased by an additional 2.00% each additional 90 days the Event of Default remains uncured or unwaived, subject to a maximum Spread of 12.0%. After the cure or waiver of any such Event of Default and provided no other
Events of Default are then continuing, the Spread shall return to 5.50%. 
 Payments of principal hereof and interest hereon
shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds to such account of the Noteholder located in New York, New York, as the Noteholder may designate in writing to the Issuer. 

2. Prepayments; Optional Prepayment. Subject to the provisions herein, the Issuer may, at any time and from time to time
prior to the Maturity Date, prepay the principal amount of this Note, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium, on any Business Day. Prepayments of this Note must be accompanied by payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount prepaid to and including the date of payment. 
 3. Negative Covenants. So long as any principal of and interest
on this Note or any other amount payable hereunder remains unpaid or unsatisfied: 
 (a) Mergers and
Consolidations. The Issuer shall not merge or consolidate with or into any Person or sell all or substantially all of its assets, except that so long as both prior to and subsequent to such merger or consolidation, no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Issuer may merge or consolidate with any Person, provided that (x) the Issuer shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (y) if the Issuer shall not be the surviving Person, such surviving Person shall
have assumed the obligations of the Issuer hereunder pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholder (each such merger or consolidation, a “Permitted Merger”). 

(b) Liens. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired to secure Indebtedness without making, or causing such Subsidiary to make effective provision for securing this Note equally and ratably with
such Indebtedness or in the event such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to this Note, prior to such Indebtedness, as to such property or assets for so long as such Indebtedness shall be secured. The foregoing restrictions shall not
apply to the following Liens: 
  

	 	(A)	Liens existing on the date hereof; 

  

	 	(B)	Liens securing the Credit Agreement (including any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any such Lien in connection with the modification, renewal,
replacements, extension, amendment or amendment and restatement of the Credit Agreement); 

  

	 	(C)	Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement; 

	 	(D)	Liens securing Cash Management Obligations, Hedging Agreements and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft
protections, employee credit card programs and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business and any guarantees thereof; 

 

	 	(E)	Liens arising from judgments or orders for the payment of money; 

  

	 	(F)	Liens (I) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an investment to be applied against the purchase price for such investment or
(II) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property; 

  

	 	(G)	Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;

  

	 	(H)	Liens in connection with any sale-leasebacks; 

  

	 	(I)	Liens in connection with any credit facility or other lending arrangement entered into by a Regulated Subsidiary to finance operations in the ordinary course of
business; 

  

	 	(J)	Liens on assets of a Regulated Subsidiary resulting from the lending of securities and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements; 

 

	 	(K)	Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

  

	 	(L)	Liens of materialmen, mechanics, warehousemen, carriers or employees or other similar Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business;

  

	 	(M)	Liens consisting of deposits or pledges to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, public or statutory obligations, or other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 

  

	 	(N)	Liens upon or in any assets acquired or held to secure the purchase price of such assets or Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such
assets to secure Indebtedness not exceeding 

 (x) if the Credit Agreement (including any agreement that
refinances or replaces the Credit Agreement) is in effect (regardless of whether any indebtedness is outstanding thereunder) $25,000,000 in the aggregate under this clause (N) without prejudice to any other clause hereof or 

(y) if the Credit Agreement (including any agreement that refinances or replaces the Credit Agreement) is terminated or otherwise no
longer in effect (and not replaced), an amount not to exceed 15% of the Company’s net revenues for the trailing twelve month period (based on the latest period for which internal financial statements are available), 

in each case, provided that the Liens are restricted to such assets and the proceeds thereof; it being understood that any Lien that was
permitted to be incurred as of the date of incurrence shall not violate subsection (y) solely as a result of a subsequent decline in the Issuer’s net revenues; 

  
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	 	(O)	restrictions and other minor encumbrances on real property which do not in the aggregate materially impair the use or value of such property; 

 

	 	(P)	the rights of licensors or lessors of property under the license or lease agreements related thereto; 

 

	 	(Q)	Liens which constitute rights of set-off or bankers’ liens or securities intermediaries’ liens whether arising by operation of law or by contract; and

  

	 	(R)	the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted under this Section 3(b) (other than Section 3(b)(B)). 

(c) Convertible Notes. Borrower will not voluntarily redeem, purchase or otherwise voluntarily prepay its 8.00%
Senior Convertible Notes due 2014 prior to maturity. 
 (d) Credit Agreement. In the event the Issuer
amends, refinances or otherwise modifies the Credit Agreement (a “Replacement Credit Agreement”), the Issuer agrees it will use good faith efforts to (i) cause the terms of the Replacement Credit Agreement to permit the Issuer to make
regularly scheduled interest and principal payments on this Note or (ii) have the Replacement Facility not contain covenants that materially adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to make regularly scheduled interest and principal payments
on this Note beyond the terms that exist in the Credit Agreement. 
 (e) Notice of Proposed Debt
Financings. The Issuer will give Payee at least 30 days prior written notice of the anticipated closing of an issuance of debt securities by the Issuer by way of (x) an offering to institutional investors exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 (such as a so-called Rule 144A offering), or (y) an offering covered by an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, in each case in a principal amount at least equal to the amount
outstanding under this Note. 
 4. Events of Default. The following are “Events of Default”: 

(a) The Issuer fails to pay any interest or principal of this Note as and on the date when due and such failure shall
continue unremedied for more than 3 (three) Business Days; or 
 (b) (i) The Issuer fails to perform or observe
any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 3(a) hereof or (ii) the Issuer fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in the preceding clause (b)(i)) contained in this Note on its part to be
performed or observed and in the case of this clause (ii) such failure continues unremedied for 45 days; or 
 (c) The occurrence of a Change of Control; or 
 (d) An event of
default has occurred and is continuing under any agreement in respect of Indebtedness with an outstanding principal amount in excess of $50,000,000 or under the Credit Agreement resulting in such Indebtedness or the Credit Agreement being or being
declared due and payable (or such default is a failure to pay at maturity); provided, however, if any such acceleration of Indebtedness has been rescinded, there shall no longer be any Event of Default under this Section 4(d) with
respect to such acceleration; or 
 (e) The Issuer or any Material Subsidiary institutes any proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, or similar officer for it or for all or any
material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for
60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of 

  
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such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered, or consented to by such Person, in any such proceeding or an order for the liquidation
of any such Person is entered in any such proceeding or any such Person admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due (such proceedings collectively, the “Insolvency Proceedings”); or 

(f) Any termination of the Outsourcing Agreement, as such term is defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement, as amended,
restated, or otherwise modified from time to time (x) by the Noteholder, pursuant to the exercise of remedies for a material breach of the Outsourcing Agreement by the Issuer entitling such termination or (y) by the Issuer, for any reason
(other than a termination by the Issuer for a material breach or material failure to perform by the Payee or its Affiliates including the exercise of any termination right pursuant to any service level agreement). 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Noteholder may declare all sums outstanding hereunder,
including all interest thereon, to be immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and payable, without notice of default, presentment or demand for payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor, or
other notices or demands of any kind or character, all of which are hereby expressly waived; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual entry of an order for relief with respect to the Issuer under the Bankruptcy Code,
all sums outstanding hereunder including all interest thereon, shall become and be immediately due and payable, without notice of default, presentment or demand for payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor, or other notices or demands of
any kind or character, all of which are hereby expressly waived. 
 5. Guarantees. (i) The Issuer will not permit
any of its subsidiaries to Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Issuer, other than the Credit Agreement and except as permitted by the Credit Agreement and except to the extent a Lien of such Indebtedness would be permitted under Section 3(b)
above ,and (ii) the Issuer will not permit any of its subsidiaries to Guarantee any Indebtedness issued to a seller for the purposes of financing the acquisition of substantially all the assets of a business, unless in each case such
subsidiary, concurrently with the incurrence of any such Guarantee, executes and delivers to the Noteholder a guarantee of the Issuer’s obligations under this Note, in the substantially the same form or otherwise in a form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholder. 
 6. Adjustment of Principal Amount in Certain Cases. 

(a) This Note has been issued in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement. In accordance with the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the principal amount of this Note may, at the Issuer’s option, be reduced by the amount of any Claims of the Issuer or increased by the amount of any Claims of the Payee. 

(b) For the purposes of this Note, “Claims” shall mean, as determined pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement,
(i) any Purchase Price Adjustment and (ii) any and all Losses (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement) in respect of which Issuer or the Payee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement and in accordance
with the Asset Purchase Agreement the principal amount of this Note may be adjusted. Payee is authorized to record any such adjustment on the grid attached to this Note in the columns provided therefor and after such record is made, Payee will
promptly furnish to Issuer a copy of the Note reflecting such adjustment; provided that the failure to do so will not affect the validity of any adjustment made in accordance with the provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Note.

 7. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor may assign its rights and obligations under this Note other than pursuant to a Permitted Merger. The Noteholder may at any time
assign its rights and obligations under this Note to any other Person. 
 8. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person,
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, 

  
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“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) with respect to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

“Asset Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of November 2, 2009, among the Company,
Buyer, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time). 
 “Bankruptcy Code” means The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as codified as 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. 

“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the New York Stock Exchange is authorized or
required by Law to close. 
 “Capitalized Lease” means a lease under which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is
the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP. 

“Cash Management Obligations” means any obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary in respect of overdrafts and related
liabilities arising from treasury, depository or cash management services. 
 “CFTC” means the Commodity Futures
Trading Corporation, or any successor thereto. 
 “Change of Control” means 

(i) an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding the Company, its subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator
of any such plan) (any such person or group, an “Acquiror” ) files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that, or the Issuer otherwise becomes aware that, such person or group has become the direct
or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of 50% or more of the equity securities of the Issuer entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the
Issuer (“Issuer Voting Securities”) on a fully diluted basis (a “Control Interest”); 
 (ii) all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer (on a consolidated basis) are sold or otherwise transferred to any person in one transaction or a series of related transactions in which, immediately after the consummation thereof, the holders of the
majority of the Issuer Voting Securities prior to such transaction to not represent a majority of the Issuer Voting Securities or of the equity interests of the surviving or transferee person; or 

(iii) the Issuer shall adopt a plan of liquidation or dissolution or any such plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Issuer.

 “Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 1. 

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 6 , 2010, with Regions
Bank, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, the lenders party thereto and other parties thereto (together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, replaced, refinanced,
supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time) and any extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing of such credit facility from time to time. 

  
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 “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting
the rights of creditors generally. 
 “Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or
that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default. 
 “Dollar” means
lawful money of the United States. 
 “Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 4. 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any successors thereto. 

“FSA” means the Financial Services Authority, or any successor thereto. 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied. 
 “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as
the European Union or the European Central Bank). 
 “Guarantee” by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, or (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation. 

“Hedging Agreement” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price
protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement. 

“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,
(d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which
the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by
such Person of Indebtedness of others, and (g) all obligations under Capitalized Leases. 
 “Indenture” means the
Indenture, dated as of May 6, 2010, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto and U.S. Bank National Association, a national association banking corporation, as Trustee (in such capacity, including its successors and assigns from time
to time, the “Trustee”) and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, including its successors and assigns from time to time, the “Collateral Agent”) relating to the 12.50% Senior Second Lien Secured Notes due 2017 (as amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time). 

  
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 “Interest Period” means the period commencing on the date of the initial borrowing
under the Note (or the continuation of any prior interest period) and ending on the date three months thereafter; provided that: 
 (i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a business day shall be extended to the next succeeding business day unless such business day falls in another calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding business day; 
 (ii) any Interest Period that
begins on the last business day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period; and 
 (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. 

“Insolvency Proceedings” has the meaning specified in Section 4(e). 

“LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the 90-day rate per annum
obtained by dividing (a) the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two business days before the first day of such Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period (provided that, if for any reason such rate is not available, the term “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, for any Interest
Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO Page as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided, however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all
such rates) by (b) a percentage equal to 100% minus the LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage for such Interest Period. 
 “LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage” for any Interest Period means the reserve percentage applicable two business days before the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from time
to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank
of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to
time) (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Rate Loans is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period. 

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation,
encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset. 
 “Loss” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Asset Purchase Agreement. 
 “Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary
of the Company which at the date of determination is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof). 

  
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 “Maturity Date” means June 25, 2015 

“Note” means this Senior Note, as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing
from time to time. 
 “Noteholder” means the Payee and its permitted successors and assigns.

 “Payee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1. 

“Permitted Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a). 

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. 
 “Purchase Price Adjustment” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.6 of the Asset Purchase Agreement. 
 “Regulated
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary registered or regulated as a broker or dealer with or by the SEC, FINRA, FSA, CFTC or any other applicable governmental authority, whether domestic or foreign. 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references
herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Issuer. 
 “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time. 
  

	 	9.	 	Miscellaneous. 

 (a) This
Note is subject to the terms and conditions of (1) that certain Subordination Agreement dated as of even date herewith among Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions, Inc., Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and Regions Bank, as
administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Bank Subordination Agreement”) and (2) that certain Subordination Agreement dated
as of even date herewith among Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions, Inc., Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and the Trustee (as defined in the definition of Indenture above) (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Bond Subordination Agreement” and together with the Bank Subordination Agreement, the “Subordination Agreements” and the Bank Subordination Agreement and Bond Subordination Agreement each a
“Subordination Agreement”). The Payee agrees that, upon the request of the Company and the agent or trustee (or other person performing a similar function) under the Credit Agreement or Trustee (as applicable), Payee will
promptly execute and deliver written one or more subordination agreements substantially in the form of the Subordination Agreements. 
 (b) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Note and no consent by the Noteholder to any departure therefrom by the Issuer shall be effective unless such amendment, waiver or consent shall be in
writing and signed by the Noteholder, and any such amendment, waiver or consent shall then be effective only for the period and on the conditions and for the specific instance specified in such writing. No failure or delay by the Noteholder in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other rights, power or privilege.

 (c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, notices and other communications to each party provided for herein shall
be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed or sent by telecopy to the address provided from time to time by such party. All notices and other communications shall be effective upon receipt. 

  
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 (d) If any provision of this Note is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
(i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 (e) THIS NOTE IS GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SUCH STATE. THE ISSUER AND NOTEHOLDER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AND EACH STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR
FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT. THE ISSUER AND NOTEHOLDER EACH IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO THE ISSUER OR NOTEHOLDER AT ITS
ADDRESS SET FORTH BENEATH ITS SIGNATURE HERETO. THE ISSUER AND THE NOTEHOLDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN
SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. 
 (f)
THE ISSUER AND THE NOTEHOLDER EACH WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
 (g) THIS NOTE AND THE ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY
NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 
 (h) This Note represents an amendment and restatement of the obligations represented by that certain Seller Note dated as of June 25, 2010 (as amended, the “Original Note”) and is not an
accord and satisfaction, a novation, or an extinguishment of the obligations represented by the Original Note. 

  
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	 PENSON WORLDWIDE, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Philip A. Pendergraft

		 	 Name: Philip A. Pendergraft

Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

			
	 BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ John Hogan

		 	 Name: John Hogan

Title: President

 Signature Page to Amended and Restated Seller Note 

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 Grid to Amended and Restated Seller NoteSeparation Agreement, dated January 31, 2012, between C. William Yancey and PFSI

 Exhibit 10.48 

CONFIDENTIAL 
 January 31, 2012 
 Mr. Bill Yancey 

2701 Highgrove Court 
 Colleyville, TX 76034 
 Via Personal Delivery 

Dear Bill: 

This letter proposes a separation agreement and general release (“Agreement”) between you and Penson Financial Services, Inc.
(“Company”) relating to your employment with the Company. Your employment with the Company is terminated effective as of February 10, 2012 (“Termination Date”). 

You and the Company agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	 	Regardless of whether you sign this Agreement, you will receive payment for all base salary and accrued but unused vacation earned by you in the normal course of
business through the Termination Date, less all required deductions for Federal and State withholdings, other applicable taxes, and any lawfully authorized or required payroll deductions. We will also promptly reimburse you for all reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with your recent ordinary course employment in accordance with the Company’s (or the Company’s ultimate parent company’s) existing policies with all such properly documented expenses to be reimbursed
promptly. Regardless of signing this Agreement, you may elect to continue receiving group medical insurance under the Company’s plan, should you currently have it, pursuant to the Federal “COBRA” law. All premium costs shall be paid
by you on a monthly basis for as long as, and to the extent that, you remain eligible for COBRA continuation coverage; provided, however, that if you timely elect such continued coverage under COBRA, the Company will reimburse you for the
employer portion (at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date) of the monthly premium costs incurred for continuation of such medial coverage under the Company’s plan (the “Coverage Costs”) for a period of twelve
months following the Termination Date or, if earlier, until the first date on which you are covered under another employer’s medical insurance plan . You will notify us immediately should you become covered under another employer’s medical
insurance plan. You should consult the COBRA materials to be provided by the Company for details regarding COBRA continuation benefits. All other benefits will end on the Termination Date. 

 Provided you sign this Agreement and return it to me within 45 days from the date of this
letter and do not thereafter revoke it within the applicable seven day revocation period measured from the date you return this signed Agreement, the Company is willing to provide you with certain benefits. If you do not accept this Agreement within
that time or you revoke it within the applicable revocation period, you will not be entitled to receive the benefits described below. 
 By signing and returning this Agreement and not revoking it within the applicable revocation period, you will be entering into a binding agreement with the Company and will be agreeing to the terms and
conditions set forth herein including in the paragraphs below. 
 Accordingly, if you execute and return this Agreement within 45
days following the date of your receipt of this letter, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, and your general release under this Agreement becomes irrevocable and enforceable after the applicable seven-day revocation period, you will
receive the following severance benefits: 
 In consideration of your waiver of claims against the Company as specified in
Section 2(a) hereof and subject to continued compliance with the restrictions in Section 7, the Company will pay to you severance (“Severance”) in the sum of $360,000 payable on the first scheduled payroll date coincident with or
following the date that the general release under this Agreement becomes effective and $230,000 on May 15, 2012. In additional consideration, the Company agrees to the terms contained on Attachment A. 

The Severance payments and benefits under this Agreement are in lieu of the payments and benefits you may be entitled to under the 2012
Penson Severance Pay Plan (the “Severance Plan”). Accordingly, you agree that you are not entitled to receive any payments or benefits under the Severance Plan. 
 This Agreement is intended to be written, administered, interpreted and construed in a manner such that no payment or benefits provided under the Agreement become subject to (a) the gross income
inclusion set forth within Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code or (b) the interest and additional tax set forth within Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code, including, where appropriate, the construction of defined terms to have meanings
that would not cause the imposition of Section 409A penalties. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that you may be
eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment and shall not collectively be treated as a single payment. 
 In order to obtain reimbursement for the Coverage Costs, you must submit appropriate evidence to the Company of each periodic payment within sixty (60) days after the payment date, and the Company
shall within thirty (30) days after such submission reimburse you for that payment. During the period that you are being reimbursed for the Coverage Costs hereunder, the following provisions

 
shall govern the arrangement: (a) the amount of Coverage Costs eligible for reimbursement in any one calendar year of such coverage shall not affect the amount of Coverage Costs eligible for
reimbursement in any other calendar year for which such reimbursement is to be provided hereunder; (ii) no Coverage Costs shall be reimbursed after the close of the calendar year following the calendar year in which those Coverage Costs were
incurred; and (iii) your right to the reimbursement of such Coverage Costs cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. To the extent the reimbursed Coverage Costs constitute taxable income to you, the Company shall report the
reimbursement as taxable W-2 wages and collect the applicable withholding taxes, and any remaining tax liability shall be your sole responsibility. 
  

	2.	 	In consideration of the promises contained in this Agreement you agree as follows: 

(a) On behalf of yourself and anyone claiming through you, irrevocably and unconditionally to release, acquit and forever discharge the
Company and its affiliates (including, without limitation, Penson Worldwide, Inc. and its subsidiaries), their successors and assigns, as well as their officers, directors, shareholders, agents and employees (collectively, “Releasees”), in
the individual and/or corporate capacities of each, from any and all claims, liabilities, promises, actions, damages and the like, known and unknown, which you may ever have had against any of the Releasees arising out of or relating to your
employment with the Company and/or the termination of your employment with the Company. Said claims include, but are not limited to, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1966; the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA); the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; the Equal Pay Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; the Civil Rights Act of
1991; 42 U.S.C. § 1981; any State law equivalents of the forgoing statutes and laws, defamation; intentional infliction of emotional distress; injury to reputation; pain and suffering; or any other Federal, State, or local law or regulation; or
any right under any Company (or the Company’s ultimate parent company) pension, welfare, or stock plans, with the exception of any breach of the terms of this Agreement. In case of any doubt, the terms of your release shall be broadly construed
in favor of Releasees and any references to statutes and laws shall refer to such as they may be amended from time to time. 

The only exceptions to this release are any claim(s) you may have for: 

(i) unemployment benefits pursuant to the terms of applicable law (to the extent available to you under applicable law); 

(ii) workers’ compensation insurance benefits pursuant to applicable State law under the terms of any workers’ compensation
insurance policy or fund of the Company (or the Company’s ultimate parent company); 

 (iii) continued participation in certain of the Company’s (or the Company’s
ultimate parent company’s) group health benefit plans pursuant to the terms and conditions of COBRA, if applicable, and/or any applicable State law counterpart to COBRA; 
 (iv) any benefit entitlements vested as of the Termination Date pursuant to written terms of any applicable employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company (or the Company’s ultimate parent company);
and 
 (v) any claims that, as a matter of applicable law, are not waivable and any claims you may have for breach of this
Agreement by the Company. 
 (b) That you shall not bring any legal action against any of the Releasees for any claim waived and
released under this Agreement and that you represent and warrant that no such claim has been filed to date. You further agree that should you bring any type of administrative or legal action arising out of claims waived under this Agreement, you
will bear all legal fees and costs, on an as incurred basis (i.e., you must immediately pay all invoices for same that we submit to you), including those of Releasees. 
 (c) As a condition to you entering into this Agreement, you and Penson Worldwide, Inc. shall contemporaneously execute the Indemnification Agreement attached hereto as Attachment B. 

 

	 	3.	 	You agree to refer any reference checks to Dawn Gardner, the Company’s Vice President – Human Resources, or a designee indicated by her in writing and you
know that any such references may be limited to confirmation of your dates of employment and last position held; except that as a condition of your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement, the Company agrees that Phil Pendergraft shall provide you
with a favorable letter of recommendation for use at your discretion, the substance of which shall be mutually agreed upon between you and the Company. 

  

	 	4.	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties and upon their heirs, administrators, representatives, executors, successors and assigns. 

 

	 	5.	 	You represent and warrant that you have not taken and/or have returned (or destroyed in the case of electronic files) all property of the Company (including, without
limitation, all confidential information). You agree that you will not make any comments relating to the Company and/or its employees that are derogatory or which may injure the business reputation of the Company. 

	 	6.	 	You represent and warrant that you are not aware of any previously unreported violation of any state or federal laws, rules, or regulations, including but not limited
to securities laws, rules, or regulations, by the Company or any of its employees. You further represent and warrant that you have no knowledge of any conduct by the Company or any of its employees that might give rise to such a violation.

  

	 	7.	 	For the purposes of this Section 7, the following definitions shall apply: (i) “Business” means the development, marketing and sales of
technology-based processing solutions for the execution, clearing, custody and settlement of securities, commodities, and/or foreign exchange transactions; (ii) “Territory” means and includes each of the fifty (50) states
of the United States of America and its protectorates, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong. 

 During the twelve months following your Termination Date, you shall not, anywhere in the Territory, whether as an employee, agent, consultant, advisor, independent contractor, proprietor, partner,
officer, director, joint venturer, trustee, stockholder, investor, lender, or guarantor of any corporation, partnership, or other entity, or in any other capacity, either directly or indirectly (on your own behalf or on behalf of any other person or
entity) solicit or induce any current Company customer to curtail, cease or otherwise interfere with such customer doing Business with the Company. You acknowledge and agree that each of the restrictions of this Section 7 is reasonable with
respect to subject matter, length of time, and geographic area, and will not prevent you from pursuing an occupation or living during the twelve months following your Termination Date. Your non-solicitation and/or inducement obligations under this
Section 7 in favor of the Company shall be terminated from and after the date the Company permanently terminates engaging in all of the Business (but this does not permit or excuse any such activity prior to such time). 

 

	 	8.	 	 The provisions of this Agreement are severable. If any provision is held to be unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity of any other provision.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and the Company relating to your separation of employment from the Company; provided that, notwithstanding the forgoing, you shall continue to be bound by any prior obligations you may have
under any prior agreements you entered into in favor of the Company with respect to confidentiality, intellectual property, equity and health related plans, employment matters (in the case of employment matters to the extent agreements related
thereto remain applicable after implementing this Agreement), and other matters set forth in such agreements in accordance with the terms and conditions of those agreements (you may request a copy of such agreements from Dawn Gardner if you no
longer have a copy of same). This Agreement may not be amended or waived without a written document executed by all of the parties hereto. You represent and warrant that you fully understand that you have a right to consult with an attorney of your
choice prior to executing this Agreement and that you have carefully read the provisions of this Agreement and are executing it freely and knowingly. This Agreement will be governed by

	 	
the laws of the State of Texas. VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTE RELATING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY IN A COURT LOCATED IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE COMPANY
OTHERWISE DETERMINES. 

 You agree that in executing this Agreement it shall be effective as a bar to each and
every claim, demand and cause of action released in this Agreement that you may have against the Company or its affiliates. 

You agree that you understand and that you acknowledge the significance and the consequences of such release. This means that, should you
discover any facts different from what you understood at the time you signed this Agreement; you will still be barred from making any claims against any of the foregoing people or entities. 

Nothing in this release shall limit your right to testify, assist or participate in any investigation, hearing or proceeding conducted by
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) or preclude you from filing a charge of discrimination with the EEOC. In addition, nothing in this release is intended to prevent, impede or otherwise interfere with your ability and/or
right to: (a) provide truthful testimony if under subpoena to do so or (b) file a claim with any State or Federal agency or to participate or cooperate in such a matter; provided, however, that you hereby acknowledge and agree that you
cannot recover any monetary benefits in connection with any such claim. 

 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. YOU ARE GIVING UP LEGAL CLAIMS THAT YOU HAVE AGAINST THE COMPANY BY
SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT. THIS OFFER OF COMPENSATION TO YOU WILL EXPIRE AND NO LONGER BE VALID IF NOT ACCEPTED BY YOU AS SET FORTH ABOVE PRIOR TO MARCH 23, 2012. 
  

	
	 Sincerely,

	
	 /s/ Philip A. Pendergraft

	 Phil Pendergraft

	 Chairman

 Attachment A 

You will be entitled to the use of the remaining miles in your American Airlines AAirpass account. 

You will be entitled to keep your Apple laptop computer. In return, you agree to erase all Company information currently contained on this computer.

 Attachment B 
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
 This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is
entered into as of the 31st day of January, 2012, by and between Penson Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Bill Yancey (“Indemnitee”). 

RECITALS 
 A. The Company and Indemnitee recognize the continued difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for its directors and officers, the significant increases in the cost of such insurance and the general
reductions in the coverage of such insurance. 
 B. The Company and Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in
corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors and officers to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited. 

C. In view of the considerations set forth above, the Company desires that Indemnitee be indemnified by the Company as set forth herein.

 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows: 

1. Indemnification. 
 (a) Indemnification of Expenses. The Company will indemnify each Indemnitee to the fullest extent provided by law, for any and all Expenses (as defined Section 10(b), including all
interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses), which such Indemnitee is or becomes legally obligated to pay in connection with any Proceeding (as defined in Section 10(e)); provided,
that in each such case such Indemnitee has acted in good faith and in a manner, which such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, in addition, had no
reasonable cause to believe that the conduct at issue was unlawful. Subject to Section 1(b), such payment of Expenses shall be made by the Company as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand
by Indemnitee therefor is presented to the Company. 
 (b) Reviewing Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in Section 1(a) and 2(a): 
 (i) the indemnification obligations of the Company under Section 1(a)
shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party (as described in Section 10(f) hereof) shall not have determined that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law; and 

 (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an advance payment of Expenses to
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 2(a) (an “Expense Advance”) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under
applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid by Company to Indemnitee; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or
thereafter commences legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to
be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal
therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). 
 Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance shall be unsecured
and no interest shall be charged thereon. If there has not been a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10(a) hereof) or if there has been a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the directors of the Company who were
directors immediately prior to the Change in Control (the “Incumbent Directors”), the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors of the Company, and if there has been a Change in Control which has not been approved by a
majority of the Incumbent Directors, the Reviewing Party shall be the Independent Legal Counsel. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified
in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or
factual bases therefor, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee. 

(c) Contribution. If the indemnification obligations of the Company under Section 1(a) shall be held by a court of
competent jurisdiction for any reason to be unavailable to Indemnitee in respect of any Expense, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by Indemnitee as a result of such
Expense (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and Indemnitee in connection with the action or inaction which resulted in such Expense, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The Company and Indemnitee agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 1(c) were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. 

 (d) Mandatory Payment of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to
the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any Proceeding or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. 
 2. Expenses;
Indemnification Procedure. 
 (a) Advancement of Expenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 1(b) above and to the extent not prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Section 13(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. The
advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand by Indemnitee therefor to the Company. 

(b) Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified
under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any Proceeding for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation
as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s power. 
 (c) No Presumptions; Burden of Proof

 (i) For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or
without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined
that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. In addition, neither the failure of the Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to whether Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular belief, nor an
actual determination by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a judicial determination that Indemnitee should be
indemnified under applicable law, shall be a defense to Indemnitee’s claim or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular belief. 

(ii) In connection with any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified
hereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. 

 (d) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt by the Company of a
notice of a Proceeding pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, the Company has liability insurance in effect which may cover such Proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation in accordance with the terms of such policies. 
 (e) Selection of Counsel. In the event
the Company shall be obligated hereunder to pay the Expenses of a Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, upon the
delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election so to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this
Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding; provided that, (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee’s counsel in any such Proceeding at Indemnitee’s
expense and (ii) if (A) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in
the conduct of any such defense, or (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to defend such Proceeding, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. The Company shall have the
right to conduct such defense as it sees fit in its sole discretion, provided that the Company has the right to settle any claim against Indemnitee only with the consent of Indemnitee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

3. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity 

(a) Scope. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that
such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in
any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by
this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, employee,
agent or fiduciary, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder. 

(b) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to any
rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise.

 4. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this
Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Proceeding against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw or otherwise) of the amounts
otherwise indemnifiable hereunder. 
 5. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of
this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of Expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion
of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled. 
 6. Mutual Acknowledgement. Both the Company and Indemnitee
acknowledge that in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and
acknowledges that the Company has undertaken and may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the
Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee. 
 7. Maintenance of Liability Insurance

 (a) The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, as long as Indemnitee continues to serve as an officer of the Company
and thereafter as long as Indemnitee may be subject to any Proceeding, the Company, subject to subsection (c) below, shall maintain in full force and effect Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”)
in reasonable amounts from established and reputable insurers. 
 (b) In all D&O Insurance policies, Indemnitee shall
be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s Directors and Officers. 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain D&O Insurance if the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such insurance is not reasonably available, the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided, the coverage provided by such insurance is so limited by
exclusions that it provides an insufficient benefit, or Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance maintained by a subsidiary of the Company. 

 8. Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company
shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement: 
 (a) Claims Excluded Under Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. To indemnify Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding if (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith or in a manner reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the Company with respect to such Proceeding, (ii) with respect to any Proceeding that is a criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, (iii) Indemnitee shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Company with respect to such Proceeding, except to the extent the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought shall permit indemnification as provided in Section 145(b) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law or (iv) otherwise prohibited by applicable law; 
 (b) Proceedings Initiated by
Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance Expenses to Indemnitee with respect to Proceedings initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except (i) with respect to any Proceeding (x) brought to establish or
enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement, or any other agreement, or insurance policy, or Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, now or hereafter in effect relating to any Proceeding, or
(y) specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, or (ii) as otherwise required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such
indemnification, advance expense payment or insurance recovery, as the case may be; 
 (c) Claims Under
Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses, judgments, fines or penalties sustained in any proceeding for an accounting of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company in violation of
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any similar provisions of any federal, state or local statute; or 

(d) Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding
instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous. 

9. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the
Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of three (3) years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of
the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such three-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of
action, such shorter period shall govern. 

 10. Construction of Certain Phrases. 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation
owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting
Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the
Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented
by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. 
 (b) For purposes of this Agreement, “Expense” shall include any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations incurred in connection with
investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness in or participate in, a Proceeding), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is
approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) of a Proceeding, and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this
Agreement. 
 (c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of
attorneys who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other

 
indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements). Independent Legal Counsel shall be selected as follows: (i) by a majority of the Disinterested Directors if there has not been a Change in
Control or there has been a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors; or (ii) by Indemnitee, subject to the approval by a majority of the Disinterested Directors (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld), if there has been a Change in Control which has not been approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel, regardless of which party selects the Independent
Legal Counsel. 
 (d) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee
benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a
director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or its beneficiaries.

 (e) For purposes of this Agreement, “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, in which Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made
a party to or witness or other participant by reason of (or arising in part out of) any event or occurrence related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the
Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of
Indemnitee while serving in such capacity (including, without limitation, rendering any written statement that is a Required Statement or is made to another officer or employee of the Company to support a Required Statement). 

(f) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Reviewing Party” shall mean (i) the Board of Directors acting by a majority
vote of the directors who are not and were not parties to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being sought (the “Disinterested Directors”), (ii) a committee of some or all of the Disinterested Directors designated by
a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, or (iii) Independent Legal Counsel. 
 (g) For purposes of this Agreement,
a “Required Statement” shall mean a written statement of a person that is required to be, and is, filed with the SEC regarding the design, adequacy or evaluation of the Company’s internal controls or the accuracy, sufficiency or
completeness of reports or statements filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to federal law and/or administrative regulations, including without limitation, the certifications contemplated by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, as amended, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto. 

 (h) For purposes of this Agreement, “Voting Securities” shall mean any
securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors. 
 11.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original. 
 12.Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including with respect to the Company, any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), and with respect to Indemnitee, spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether
direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession or assignment had taken place. This Agreement shall continue in effect with respect to any
Proceeding regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company’s request. 

13. Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any action is instituted by Indemnitee under this Agreement or under any
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or thereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such action, regardless of whether
Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, and shall be entitled to the advancement of such expenses with respect to such action, unless, as a part of such action, a court of competent jurisdiction over such action determines that each of
the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms of
this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including costs and expenses incurred with respect to Indemnitee counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), and shall be
entitled to the advancement of such expenses with respect to such action, unless, as a part of such action, a court having jurisdiction over such action determines that each of Indemnitee’s material defenses to such action was not made in good
faith or was frivolous. 
 14. Notice. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in
writing, shall be effective when given, and shall in any event be deemed to be given (a) five (5) days after deposit with the U.S. Postal Service or other applicable postal service, if delivered by first class mail, postage prepaid,
(b) upon delivery, if delivered by hand, (c) one (1) business day after the business day of deposit with Federal Express or similar overnight courier, freight prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after the business day of delivery by
facsimile transmission, if delivered by facsimile transmission, with copy by first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall be addressed if to Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s address as set forth beneath Indemnitee’s signature to this Agreement
and if to the Company at the address of its principal corporate offices (attention: Secretary) or at such other address as a party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party hereto. 

 15.Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event
that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitations, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void or
otherwise unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable. 

16. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware, as applied to contracts between Delaware residents, entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. 

17. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment
to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. 

18. Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective
unless it is in writing signed by both the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a
continuing waiver. 
 19. Integration and Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding
between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto. 

20.No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right
to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written. 
  

	
	 PENSON WORLDWIDE, INC.

	
	 /s/ Philip A. Pendergraft

By: Philip A. Pendergraft

	
	Title: Chief Executive Officer
	
	Address of Principal Corporate Office:
	
	1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1400
	Dallas, TX 75201

  

	
	 AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:

	
	 Signature: /s/ Bill Yancey

	
	 Name: Bill Yancey

	
	 Address: 2701 Highgrove Ct.

	
	         Colleyville, Texas 76034

 ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT AND RELEASE 

I acknowledge that I have carefully read this Agreement and understand all of its terms, including the full and final release of claims
set forth above. I further acknowledge that I have voluntarily entered into this Agreement, that I have not relied upon any representation or statement, whether written or oral, not set forth in this Agreement and that I have been encouraged and
given the opportunity to consult with an attorney regarding this Agreement. 
 By executing this Agreement, I agree to be bound
by and comply with each and every term of this Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, therefore, and in consideration of the benefits described in this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, I hereby release and
forever discharge the Company from all potential claims as more fully described above. 
  

	
	 By: /s/ Bill Yancey

	 Name: Bill Yancey

	 Date: Jan 31, 2012

 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me on this 1st day of February, 2012. 

 

	
	 /s/ Sharon R. Ray

	 Notary Public, in and for

the State of Texas

 My Commission Expires: 
 June 29, 2013

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