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Exhibit 10.36    
    

CHASE CORPORATION  

Long Term Incentive Plan

Award Design and Grant Process

Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2007  

 Key Provisions  

	•
	Long
term incentive: performance shares

	•
	Eligibility:
key executives and others

	•
	Performance
measures: Earnings Before Tax (EBT) as approved by the Board of Directors

	•
	Vesting:
August 31, 2009

	•
	Performance
measurement period: September 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007

	•
	Grant
date: first day of measurement period

	•
	Stock
price for award: closing price for last trading day prior to grant date ($16.75)

	•
	Threshold:
the point at which an award is earned (80% of target). Between threshold and target the award increases on a pro-rata basis.

	•
	Stretch
area: performance in excess of target awarded at a higher rate (150% for 120% achievement) with no cap.

	•
	Termination
provisions: 

	Termination Event
 
	 	Vesting
	 	Payment in Shares

	Retirement	 	Pro-rated	 	Paid as scheduled
	Voluntary	 	All shares forfeit	 	No payment
	Without cause	 	Pro-rated	 	Paid as scheduled
	With cause	 	All shares forfeit	 	No payment
	Upon change of control	 	Acceleration at target	 	Paid at change of control
	Death or disability	 	Pro-rated	 	Paid as scheduled

Example:

Grant 1000 performance shares

Stock price (8/31/06) is $16.75

Threshold is 80% of target

Stretch area pays out pro-rata at rate of 150% for 120% achievement. 

	Performance
 
	 	EBT
	 	Payout % of Target
	 	Vesting Shares

	Threshold	 	80% of Target	 	50	%	500
	Target	 	100% of Target	 	100	%	1000
	Stretch	 	120% of Target	 	150	%	1500
	
Recommended Award Levels @ Target for FY 2007
	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	Peter R. Chase	 	26,730 shares	 	 	 	 
	Adam P. Chase	 	7,563 shares	 	 	 	 
	Terry M. Jones	 	6,142 shares	 	 	 	 
	Kenneth L. Dumas	 	3,880 shares	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	44,315 total shares	 	 	 	 

        Pre-tax
expense at target is 44,315 @ $16.75 = $742,276 spread over 3 years. 

	Participant
 
	 	Annual Salary
	 	% Salary
	 	Target Award
	 	Shares @ 100%

	Peter R Chase

President & CEO	 	$	447,720	 	100	%	$	447,720	 	26,730
	

Adam P Chase	
 	
$	

178,000	
 	

50	
%	
$	

89,000	
 	

5313 × 5/12 = 2214
	VP & COO	 	$	192,000	 	80	%	$	153,600	 	9170 × 7/12 = 5349
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7563
	

Terry M Jones	
 	
$	

178,000	
 	

50	
%	
$	

89,000	
 	

5313 × 5/12 = 2214
	VP & CMO	 	$	188,000	 	60	%	$	112,800	 	6734 × 7/12 = 3928
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6142
	

Kenneth L Dumas	
 	
$	

120,000	
 	

25	
%	
$	

30,000	
 	

1791 × 5/12 =   746
	Treasurer & CFO	 	$	150,000	 	60	%	$	90,000	 	5373 × 7/12 = 3134
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3880

Share
price is $16.75.

Salaries are as planned for promotional increases. 

        Award
opportunities are set annually and the plan is subject to the approval of the Compensation and Management Development (C&MD) Committee and may be modified from time-to-time. 

FY 2007 Schedule  

	•
	9/06    Goals
and awards proposed by management for 2007

	•
	9/06    C&MD
Committee reviews and approves 2006 vesting and 2007 plan

	•
	9/07    Management
presents assessment of goal achievement and 2008 proposal

	•
	9/07    C&MD
Committee approves 2007 vesting and 2008 goals/awards

	•
	8/09    Vested
2007 shares are released to participant 

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Exhibit 10.37    
    

November 27,
2006 

Sunburst
Electronic Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.

70 Pleasant Street

West Bridgewater, MA 02379 

Attn.
Andrew Chase 

        This
letter constitutes a thirty six month extension of the lease dated as of December 1, 2003 (the "Lease") between the above captioned Chase Corporation, as lessor, and Sunburst
Electronic Manufacturing Solutions, Inc, as lessee, of certain Leased Premises situated at 70 Pleasant Street, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Terms used herein shall have the same meaning as in the
Lease. Landlord and Tenant agree that the Lease is hereby extended for a thirty six month period commencing on December 1, 2006 and expiring on November 30, 2009. The foregoing extension
shall be on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Lease, all of which shall remain in full force and effect during the extension term provided by this agreement, with the following
exceptions: 

        (1)   the
Base Monthly Rent payable by Lessee pursuant to section 3.1 of the Lease for the extension period shall be fourteen thousand eight hundred and seventy five
dollars ($14,875); notwithstanding the foregoing, no base rent shall be payable for the month of December 2006 or the month of December 2007; 

        (2)   Section 10.1
of the Lease is amended so as to provide that Tenant will be responsible for such insurance during the extension period and the words "Subject to
Landlord's obligations under Section 10.1 hereof," as they appear in Section 16 of the Lease shall be eliminated; 

        (3)   Section 15
of the Lease is amended so as to provide that Tenant shall be responsible for all real estate taxes and such other charges during the extension period
which are currently assessed at $28,148 per annum and payable quarterly in four equal installments of $7,037 payable on August 1, November 1, February 1, and May 1. The
first and last quarterly payments during the extension period shall be pro rated; 

        (4)   Section 18
of the Lease is amended so as to delete the words "during the last six months of the Lease Term in the event Tenant shall not have effectively
exercised its rights under section 24 hereof." The notice provision in Section 18 shall be changed to forty-eight (48) hours and Landlord agrees that if it makes a request for
inspection or showing of the Leased Premises more than once per month, Tenant shall have the right to consent to additional inspections, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; 

        (5)   The
defined term "Major Repairs" as it appears in Section 8 of the Lease is hereby deleted and replaced with the following new definition: 

"Major
Repairs" shall mean any singular repair or replacement which costs exceed $50,000; provided however, that with respect to the cooling system, a Major Repair shall be deemed to exist if either
(i) a singular repair or replacement for the system exceeds $50,000 or (ii) multiple repairs or replacements of the system are required during the Lease term and such costs exceed in the
aggregate $50,000; provided further that in any such circumstance relating to repairs or replacement of the cooling system, Tenant shall be responsible for the first $50,000 in costs and expenses and
Landlord shall be responsible for all costs and expenses in excess of $50,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Tenant shall not be required to repair, upgrade or replace the
cooling system nor shall Landlord be required to improve or upgrade the cooling system (but Landlord shall be required to make any repair to the system in excess of $50,000); and 

        (6)   Section 32(a)
is amended so as to delete the exclusion for existing signs. In this regard Tenant has entered into a separate agreement with Landlord with respect
to Tenant's termination of its use of 

Landlord's
logo and trademark, which agreement supersedes the provisions of Section 32(a) of the Lease. 

        Pursuant
to Section 8, Landlord agrees to permit Tenant to make the repairs to the outside of the Leased Premises in accordance with the Exterior Building Repair List attached as
Exhibit A hereto and to deduct the cost of such repairs from the Base Monthly Rent. An estimate of these costs, not to exceed $5,800, is attached hereto. Nothing contained herein shall affect
the Landlord's ongoing obligation to make the repairs specified in Section 8 (c)(i) and (ii) of the Lease. 

        Tenant
represents that, other than the cooling system, to the best of its knowledge it is not aware of any other condition that currently exists which is likely to result in a Major
Repair. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement as an instrument under seal on the date set forth above. 

LANDLORD:
CHASE CORPORATION 

	By:	 
	 	
 Title:
	

TENANT: SUNBURST ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS, INC.
	

By:	

 
	 	
 Title:

Exhibit A  

Exterior Building Repair List  

	•
	On
the South side of the building (main parking area), (2) white Aluminum divider panels are missing.

	•
	Black
roof flashing over main entry door needs securing

	•
	Overhead
Aluminum panels over both garage doors are missing. 1/2 a panel is present over old Blue door.

	•
	On
the East side (back) of building, (2) Aluminum divider panels are partially torn from the building

	•
	Flashing
over trash entry door is missing

	•
	Corner
Aluminum flashing on the NE corner (near dumpster) is missing

	•
	On
North side of building, Aluminum divider panel is missing

	•
	(2)
Corner security light fixtures on North side of building (over cafeteria) are burnt out. Not a bulb problem

	•
	Siding
panel on NW corner of building is missing

	•
	Outside
steel door leading to dumpster is rotting out and should be replaced 

Estimated Cost  

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Exhibit 10.37Exhibit 10.1

 

 

DUFF
& PHELPS ACQUISITIONS, LLC

 

A
Delaware Limited Liability Company

 

 

THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

Dated as
of October 3, 2007

 

THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. 
SUCH INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE LAWS
OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS
ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  Page

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 1.1

  	
  Definitions

  	
  3

  
	
  Section 1.2

  	
  Terms Generally

  	
  16

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 2.1

  	
  Formation

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 2.2

  	
  Name

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 2.3

  	
  Term

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 2.4

  	
  Purpose; Powers

  	
  17

  
	
  Section 2.5

  	
  Foreign Qualification

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 2.6

  	
  Registered Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices

  	
  18

  
	
  Section 2.7

  	
  No State Law Partnership

  	
  18

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE III CAPITALIZATION

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.1

  	
  Units; Initial Capitalization; Schedules

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.2

  	
  Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units

  	
  19

  
	
  Section 3.3

  	
  Capital Accounts

  	
  20

  
	
  Section 3.4

  	
  No Withdrawal

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 3.5

  	
  Redemption of Class A Stock

  	
  22

  
	
  Section 3.6

  	
  Loans From Members

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 3.7

  	
  No Right of Partition

  	
  23

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 4.1

  	
  Distributions

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 4.2

  	
  Unvested Units

  	
  23

  
	
  Section 4.3

  	
  Successors

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 4.4

  	
  Tax Distributions

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 4.5

  	
  Security Interest and Right of Set Off

  	
  24

  
	
  Section 4.6

  	
  Certain Distributions

  	
  25

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 5.1

  	
  Allocations for Capital Account Purposes

  	
  25

  
	
  Section 5.2

  	
  Allocations for Tax Purposes

  	
  28

  
	
  Section 5.3

  	
  Members’ Tax Reporting

  	
  30

  
	
  Section 5.4

  	
  Indemnification and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member

  	
  30

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 6.1

  	
  The Managing Member; Delegation of Authority and Duties

  	
  31

  
	
  Section 6.2

  	
  Officers

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 6.3

  	
  Duties of Officers

  	
  33

  
	
  Section 6.4

  	
  Liability of Members

  	
  34

  

 

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  Section 6.5

  	
  Indemnification by the Company

  	
  34

  
	
  Section 6.6

  	
  Investment Representations of Members

  	
  35

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VII
  WITHDRAWAL; DISSOLUTION; TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; ADMISSION OF NEW
  MEMBERS

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 7.1

  	
  Member Withdrawal

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 7.2

  	
  Continuation of Vesting

  	
  35

  
	
  Section 7.3

  	
  Dissolution

  	
  36

  
	
  Section 7.4

  	
  Transfer by Members

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 7.5

  	
  Admission or Substitution of New Members

  	
  37

  
	
  Section 7.6

  	
  Compliance with Law

  	
  38

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE VIII
  BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION; TAX MATTERS

  	
  38

  
	
  Section 8.1

  	
  Books and Records; Management Interviews

  	
  38

  
	
  Section 8.2

  	
  Information

  	
  39

  
	
  Section 8.3

  	
  Fiscal Year; Taxable Year

  	
  39

  
	
  Section 8.4

  	
  Certain Tax Matters

  	
  39

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

  	
  40

  
	
  Section 9.1

  	
  Schedules

  	
  40

  
	
  Section 9.2

  	
  Governing Law

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 9.3

  	
  Successors and Assigns

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 9.4

  	
  Amendments

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 9.5

  	
  Notices

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 9.6

  	
  Counterparts

  	
  41

  
	
  Section 9.7

  	
  Power of Attorney

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 9.8

  	
  Entire Agreement

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 9.9

  	
  Remedies

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 9.10

  	
  Severability

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 9.11

  	
  Creditors

  	
  42

  
	
  Section 9.12

  	
  Waiver

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 9.13

  	
  Further Action

  	
  43

  
	
  Section 9.14

  	
  Delivery by Facsimile or Email

  	
  43

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Schedule A     —

  	
  Schedule of Units

  	
   

  

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

DUFF & PHELPS ACQUISITIONS, LLC

A Delaware Limited Liability Company

 

This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC,
dated and effective as of October 3, 2007 (this “Agreement”),
is adopted, executed and agreed to, for good and valuable consideration, by and
among Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Company”), and the Members (as defined below) listed on the
Schedule of Members. Any reference in this Agreement to any Member shall
include such Member’s Successors in Interest (as defined below) to the extent
such Successors in Interest have become Substituted Members in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed
as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act by the filing of its
Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on September 7, 2005;

 

WHEREAS, on September 7, 2005,
Duff & Phelps Holdings, LLC (“DPH”) and the
Company executed and delivered that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement
of the Company (the “Original
Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, on September 30, 2005,
DPH, Vestar Capital Partners IV, L.P.  (“VCP IV”), Vestar/D&P Holdings LLC (“VDP” and, together with VCP IV, “Vestar”), LM Duff Holdings LLC (“Lovell Minnick”),
the Company and the other Members thereto executed and delivered (i) that
certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company
(the “First Amended
Agreement”), thereby amending and
restating the Original Agreement in its entirety, and (ii) that certain Securityholders
Agreement among the Company and the Members thereto;

 

WHEREAS, on October 10, 2006,
the Company executed and delivered that certain Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Chanin Unit Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Company acquired all of the limited liability company membership interests of
Chanin Capital Partners, LLC (“Chanin”) in
exchange for the consideration set forth therein, including certain membership
interests in the Company;

 

WHEREAS, on October 31, 2006,
Vestar, Lovell Minnick, DPH, D&P Class C Holdings LLC and the Company
executed and delivered that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of the Company (the “Second Amended Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section
9.5 of the Second Amended Agreement, the Management Committee (as defined
in the Second Amended Agreement) may cause this Agreement to be executed and
delivered with the consent of the Majority Members and DPH;

 

 

WHEREAS, the Majority Members
and DPH constitute all of the Members necessary to adopt this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Management
Committee, the Majority Members and DPH now wish to amend and restate the
Second Amended Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Existing DPA
Members (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement, as defined below) own 100%
of the outstanding membership interests of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Management Committee
has approved the conversion of all classes of Units into New Class A Units;

 

WHEREAS, the Management Committee
and the Board of Managers of DPH has approved the merger of DPH with and into
DPA (the “DPH
Merger”), whereby DPH’s outstanding
membership interests held by the Existing DPH Members (as defined in the Reorganization
Agreement) will be cancelled and the Existing DPH Members will receive New
Class A Units, in accordance with the DPH Merger Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the members holding a
majority of the Class B Interests (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement)
of DPH, the members holding a majority of all other classes of interests in DPH
and the Vestar Majority Holders and Lovell Minnick Majority Holders must
approve the DPH Merger Agreement and the DPH Merger;

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the
Securityholders Agreement will terminate the Securityholders Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Duff & Phelps
Corporation will be formed as a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware (“Pubco”), and Pubco will issue shares of class B stock (the
“Class B Stock”) equal to the number of outstanding New Class A Units of
the Company (the “New Class A Units”) as of such date;

 

WHEREAS, Pubco will issue
shares of its class A stock (the “Class A Stock”) to the public in the initial
public offering of shares of stock of Pubco (the “IPO”), and will
contribute all of the net proceeds received by it from the IPO to the Company
in exchange for a number of New Class A Units in the Company equal to the
number of shares of Class A Stock issued in the IPO;

 

WHEREAS, the Management
Committee and the Majority Members now wish that following the consummation of
the transactions described above, Pubco will become the sole managing member of
the Company (the “Managing Member”);

 

WHEREAS, following the
contribution of the proceeds of the IPO from Pubco, the Company will redeem a
number of New Class A Units from Vestar, Lovell Minnick, the holders of Class B
Interests of DPH and the Electing Members (as the terms “Class B Interests” and
“Electing Members” are defined in the Reorganization Agreement);

 

2

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto,
each intending to be legally bound, agree that the Second Amended Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety, and further agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                      Definitions.

 

Unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of
this Agreement:

 

“Act” means the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. L. Sections 18-101 et seq., as
it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to the Act.

 

“Additional Member”
means any Person that has been admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section
7.5 by virtue of having received its Membership Interest from the Company
and not from any other Member or Assignee.

 

“Adjusted Capital Account” means the Capital Account maintained for each
Member as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, (a) increased by any
amounts that such Member is obligated to restore under the standards set by
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or is deemed obligated to
restore under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5)) and
(b) decreased by (i) the amount of all losses and deductions that, as of the
end of such Fiscal Year, are reasonably expected to be allocated to such Member
in subsequent years under Sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and
Treasury Regulations Section 1.751-1(b)(2)(ii), and (ii) the amount of all
distributions that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, are reasonably expected
to be made to such Member in subsequent years in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement or otherwise to the extent they exceed offsetting increases to
such Member’s Capital Account that are reasonably expected to occur during (or
prior to) the year in which such distributions are reasonably expected to be
made (other than increases as a result of a minimum gain chargeback pursuant to
Section 5.1(e)(i) or Section 5.1(e)(ii)). The foregoing
definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the
provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.  The “Adjusted Capital Account” of a Member in respect of a Unit shall be the
amount that such Adjusted Capital Account would be if such Unit were the only
interest in the Company held by such Member from and after the date on which
such Unit was first issued.

 

“Adjusted Property”
means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section
3.3(d)(i) or Section 3.3(d)(ii).

 

“Affiliate”
when used with reference to another Person means any Person (other than the
Company), directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other Person.  In addition, Affiliates of a Member shall
include all its Members, officers, employees and former Members in their
capacities as such.

 

3

 

“Agreed Allocation”
means any allocation, other than a Required Allocation, of an item of income,
gain, loss or deduction pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.1,
including, without limitation, a Curative Allocation (if appropriate to the
context in which the term “Agreed Allocation”
is used).

 

“Agreed Value”
of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such property or
other consideration at the time of contribution as determined by the Managing
Member, without taking into account any liabilities to which such Contributed
Property was subject at such time.  The
Managing Member shall use such method as it determines to be appropriate to
allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed Properties contributed to
the Company in a single or integrated transaction among each separate property
on a basis proportional to the fair market value of each Contributed Property.

 

“Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

 “Assignee”
means any Transferee to which a Member or another Assignee has Transferred all
or a portion of its interest in the Company in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, but that is not a Member.

 

“Assumed Tax Rate”
means, for any taxable year, the highest marginal effective rate of federal,
state and local income tax applicable to an individual resident in New York,
New York (or, if higher, a corporation doing business in New York, New York),
taking account of any differences in rates applicable to ordinary income and
capital gains and any allowable deductions in respect of such state and local
taxes in computing a Member’s liability for federal income tax; provided
that the Assumed Tax Rate for ordinary income initially will be set at 45
percent, as adjusted by decision of the Managing Member; and provided
further that the Assumed Tax Rate for ordinary income shall be recalculated
at any time that the applicable tax rates change.

 

 “Bankruptcy”
means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) the filing of an application by such Person for, or a consent to,
the appointment of a trustee or custodian of such Person’s assets; (ii) the
filing by such Person of a voluntary petition in Bankruptcy or the seeking of
relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting
in writing such Person’s inability to pay its debts as they become due; (iii)
the failure of such Person to pay its debts as such debts become due; (iv) the
making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (v)
the filing by such Person of an answer admitting the material allegations of,
or such Person’s consenting to, or defaulting in answering, a Bankruptcy
petition filed against him in any Bankruptcy proceeding or petition seeking
relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or as
hereafter amended; or (vi) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any
court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Person a bankrupt or
insolvent or for relief in respect of such Person or appointing a trustee or
custodian of such Person’s assets and the continuance of such order, judgment
or decree unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive calendar days.

 

“Book-Tax Disparity”
means, with respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property,
as of the date of any determination, the

 

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difference
between the Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property
and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as of such date.

 

“Business Day”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York, New York are authorized or required to close.

 

“Capital Account”
means the capital account maintained for a Member pursuant to Section 3.3.

 

“Capital Contribution”
means any cash, cash equivalents or the Fair Market Value of other property
that a Member contributes to the Company with respect to any Unit or other
Equity Securities issued pursuant to ARTICLE III (net of liabilities
assumed by the Company or to which such property is subject).

 

“Carrying Value”
means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, subject to the following
sentence, the Agreed Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all
depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the Members’
Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed Property, and (b) with respect
to any other Company property, subject to the following sentence, the adjusted
basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of
determination.  The Carrying Value of any
property shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section
3.3(d)(i) and Section 3.3(d)(ii) and to reflect changes, additions
or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of
Company properties, as deemed appropriate by the Managing Member.

 

 “CEO” means the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 

“Certificate”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

 

“CFO” means the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

“Chanin” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Chanin Unit Purchase
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Class A Stock” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

“Class B Stock” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

“Code” means
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

“Company” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Company
EBITDA” means, for any period, the consolidated net income of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus, without duplication, (i) the
sum of the amounts attributable to (to the extent deducted from such net
income) (A) depreciation and

 

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amortization for such period, (B) U.S. federal, state and local income
tax expense for such period, (C) interest expense (less interest income) for
such period, (D) any non-cash charges (less non-cash income) for such period
for which no cash payments are or will be due and payable during any future
period, (E) any amounts payable by D&P LLC pursuant to that certain
Professional Services Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among
D&P LLC, Vestar Capital Partners, Lovell Minnick Partners LLC and DPH, (F)
all fees and expenses payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as such
term is defined in the Second Amended Agreement) and (G) any special cash bonus
award payments payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
(1) the first paragraph under the heading “Retention Payments” and (2) the last
paragraph under the heading “Annual Bonus and other Special Annual Payments,”
in each case, set forth in those certain employment letters entered into by and
between D&P LLC (and subsequently assigned to D&P Employment) and
certain other Persons, in each case, calculated in accordance with GAAP as in
effect on the date hereof, plus (ii) such other adjustments as may be agreed
from time to time by the Managing Member and the Majority Unitholders. Company
EBITDA for any Fiscal Year shall be based on the financial statements for such
Fiscal Year delivered in accordance with Section 8.2(a)(iii) of the Second
Amended Agreement, and Company EBITDA for any trailing 12-month period other
than a Fiscal Year shall be based on the financial statements delivered in
accordance with Section 8.2(a)(1) of the Second Amended Agreement.

 

“Company Minimum Gain”
has the meaning set forth for the term “partnership minimum gain” in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d).

 

“Control” means, when
used with reference to any Person, the power to direct the management or
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, by or through stock or other equity
ownership, agency or otherwise, or pursuant to or in connection with an
agreement, arrangement or other understanding (written or oral); and the terms “controlling”
and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

“Contributed Property”
means any property contributed to the Company by a Member.

 

“Curative Allocation”
means any allocation of an item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.1(e)(ix).

 

“Depreciation”
means, for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for
federal income tax purposes with respect to an asset for such year or other
period, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted
basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other
period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such
beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization
or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such
beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the
federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be calculated with reference to such
beginning Carrying Value using any reasonable method selected by the Managing
Member.

 

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“Distributable Assets”
means, with respect to any fiscal period, all cash receipts (including from any
operating, investing and financing activities) and (if distribution thereof is
determined to be necessary or desirable by the Managing Member) other assets of
the Company from any and all sources, reduced by operating cash expenses,
contributions of capital to Subsidiaries of the Company and payments (if any)
required to be made in connection with any loan to the Company and any reserve
for contingencies or escrow required, in each case, as is determined in Good
Faith by the Managing Member; provided that Distributable Assets shall not
exceed the amount permitted under Section 18-607 of the Act.

 

“D&P LLC”
means Duff & Phelps, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“D&P Management Co.” means Duff & Phelps Management Company, a
Delaware corporation and a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“D&P Management LLC” means Duff & Phelps Management Co., LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“D&P Securities”
means Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of D&P LLC.

 

“DPH” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“DPH LLC Agreement”
means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of DPH, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and among DPH and each of the
members party thereto, as in effect on such date and as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“DPH Merger Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“DPH Merger” has the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Economic Risk of Loss” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e)(vi).

 

“Electing Members” has
the meaning given to it in the Reorganization Agreement.

 

“Equity Securities”
means, as applicable, (i) any capital stock, membership interests or other
share capital, (ii) any securities directly or indirectly convertible into or
exchangeable for any capital stock, membership interests or other share capital
or containing any profit participation features, (iii) any rights or options
directly or indirectly to subscribe for or to purchase any capital stock,
membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit
participation features or to subscribe for or to purchase any securities
directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock,
membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit
participation features, (iv) any share appreciation rights, phantom share
rights or other similar rights, or (v) any Equity Securities issued or issuable
with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (i) through (iv)

 

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above in
connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger,
consolidation or other reorganization.

 

“Exchange
Agreement” means the Exchange Agreement, among the Company and the other
parties named therein, dated as of October 3, 2007.

 

“Expert” means
an independent investment bank, accounting firm or other Person of national
standing having particular expertise in the valuation of businesses comparable
to that of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

“Existing DPA Members”
has the meaning given to it in the Reorganization Agreement.

 

“Existing DPH Members”
has the meaning given to it in the Reorganization Agreement.

 

“Fair Market Value”
means (i) in reference to a particular Unit or, as the case may be, all of the
outstanding Units, the hypothetical amount that would be distributed with
respect to such Unit(s), as determined pursuant to an appraisal, which
appraisal shall be subject to the approval of the Majority Members, performed
at the expense of the Company by (A) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
(B) an investment bank, accounting firm or other Person of national standing
having particular expertise in the valuation of businesses comparable to that
of the Company mutually selected by the Company and the Majority Members, and
where such appraisal (1) determines the net equity value of the Company, and
(2) assumes the distribution to the Members pursuant to Section 4.1 and ARTICLE
VII of the proceeds that would hypothetically be received with respect to
such Unit(s) based on such net equity value, and (ii) in reference to assets or
securities other than Units, the fair market value for such assets or
securities as between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s length
transaction occurring on the date of valuation, taking into account all
relevant factors determinative of value, as is reasonably determined in Good
Faith by the Managing Member, and subject to the approval of the Majority
Members.

 

“First
Amended Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Fiscal Quarter”
means each fiscal quarter of the Company and its Subsidiaries, ending on the
last day of each of March, June, September and December of any Fiscal Year.

 

“Fiscal Year”
means the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, ending on December
31 of each calendar year.

 

 “GAAP” means accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistently
applied and maintained throughout the applicable periods.

 

“Good Faith”
shall mean a Person having acted in good faith and in a manner such Person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to a criminal proceeding, having had no reasonable
cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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“Governmental Entity”
means the United States of America or any other nation, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government, including any
court, in each case, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of the property or other assets of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.

 

 “HSR Act” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(f).

 

“Incentive Plan” means
any equity incentive or similar plan pursuant to which the Managing Member may
issue shares of Class A Stock from time to time.

 

“Income” means
individual items of Company income and gain determined in accordance with the
definitions of Net Income and Net Loss.

 

“Indebtedness”
shall mean, for any Person at the time of any determination, without
duplication, and without including any amounts owed by such Person to the
Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, the following
obligations, contingent or otherwise: 
(i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced
by notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or similar instruments, or arising out
of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued for such Person’s account,
(iii) all obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by any Lien or payable
out of the proceeds or production from any property or assets now or hereafter
owned or acquired by such Person other than a Permitted Lien, (iv) the
capitalized portion of lease obligations under capitalized leases, (v) all
obligations arising from installment purchases of property or representing the
deferred purchase price of property or services in respect of which such person
is liable, contingently or otherwise, as obligor or otherwise (other than trade
payables and other current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business), (vi) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are
customarily paid or accrued and (vii) any other obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, should be classified
upon the balance sheet of such Person as indebtedness (other than trade
payables or current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business).

 

“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Lien” means
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any
kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
lease in the nature thereof), any sale of receivables with recourse against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any filing or agreement to file a financing
statement as a debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar statute
other than to reflect ownership by a third party of property leased to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries under a lease that is not in the nature of a
conditional sale or title retention agreement.

 

“Loss” means
individual items of Company loss and deduction determined in accordance with
the definitions of Net Income and Net Loss.

 

“Lovell Minnick”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

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“Lovell Minnick Majority
Holders” means, at any time, the holders of a majority of the Units then
held by Lovell Minnick.

 

 “Majority Members”
means, collectively, the Vestar Majority Holders and the Lovell Minnick
Majority Holders.

 

“Managing Member” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Member” means each
Person listed on the Schedule of Members and each other Person who is hereafter
admitted as a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Act.  The Members shall constitute the “members” (as such term is defined in the Act) of the
Company.  Except as otherwise set forth
herein or in the Act, the Members shall constitute a single class or group of
members of the Company for all purposes of the Act and this Agreement.

 

“Member Minimum Gain”
means minimum gain attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt determined in
accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

 

“Member Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth for the term “partner nonrecourse debt” in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

 

“Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

“Member Nonrecourse Deduction” has the meaning set forth for the term “partner nonrecourse deduction” in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

“Membership Interest”
means, with respect to each Member, such Member’s economic interest and rights
as a Member.

 

“Net Agreed Value”
means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of such
property reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Company upon such
contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed, and (b) in
the case of any property distributed to a Member by the Company, the Company’s
Carrying Value of such property (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3(d)(ii))
at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any liabilities either
assumed by such Member upon such distribution or to which such property is
subject at the time of distribution.

 

“Net Income”
means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the Company’s items of
income and gain for such taxable year over the Company’s items of loss and
deduction for such taxable year.  The
items included in the calculation of Net Income shall be determined in
accordance with Section 3.3(b) and shall not include any items specially
allocated under Section 5.1(e).

 

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“Net Loss”
means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the Company’s items of loss
and deduction for such taxable year over the Company’s items of income and gain
for such taxable year.  The items
included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with Section
3.3(b) and shall not include any items specially allocated under Section
5.1(e).

 

“New Class A Units”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

“Nonrecourse Built-in Gain” means, with respect to any Contributed Properties
or Adjusted Properties that are subject to a mortgage or pledge securing a
Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated
to the Members pursuant to Section 5.1(e) if such properties were disposed of
in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such liabilities and for no
other consideration.

 

“Nonrecourse Deductions” means any and all items of loss, deduction, or
expenditure (including, without limitation, any expenditure described in
Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse
Liability.

 

“Nonrecourse Liability”
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

 

 “Officer” means
each Person designated as an officer of the Company pursuant to and in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2, subject to any resolution
of the Managing Member appointing such Person as an officer or relating to such
appointment.

 

“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past custom and practice
(including with respect to quantity, quality and frequency).

 

“Original Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereof.

 

 “Percentage Interest”
means, with respect to any Member as of any date of determination, (a) as to
any New Class A Units, the product obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the
aggregate percentage applicable to all Units referred to in clause (b) by (ii)
the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of such Units held by such
Member by (y) the total number of all outstanding New Class A Units, and (b) as
to any other Units, the percentage established for such Units by the Managing
Member as a part of such issuance.

 

“Permitted Business”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c).

 

“Permitted Liens”
means:

 

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(i)                                     Liens with respect to taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or
actively contested in good faith;

 

(ii)                                  deposits or pledges made in the
Ordinary Course of Business in connection with, or to secure payment of,
utilities or similar services, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance,
old age pensions or other social security, governmental insurance and
governmental benefits, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts,
performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations;

 

(iii)                               purchase money Liens in any property
acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of
Business to the extent permitted by this Agreement;

 

(iv)                              interests or title of a licensor,
licensee, lessor or sublessor under any license or lease permitted by this
Agreement;

 

(v)                                 Liens in respect of property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries imposed by applicable law which were
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, such as warehousemen’s, mechanic’s,
statutory landlord’s, materialmen’s, carriers’ or contractors’ liens or
encumbrances or any similar Lien or restriction for amounts not yet due and
payable;

 

(vi)                              easements, rights of way,
restrictions and other similar charges and encumbrances on real property and
minor defects or irregularities in the title thereof that do not (A) secure
obligations for the payment of money or (B) materially impair the value of such
property or its use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Ordinary
Course of Business; and

 

(vii)                           Liens securing Indebtedness under
the Senior Credit Agreement.

 

“Permitted
Transferee” shall mean with respect to each Member (a) such Member’s
spouse, (b) a lineal descendant of such Member’s maternal or paternal
grandparents (or any such descendant’s spouse), (c) a Charitable Institution
(as defined below), (d) a trustee of a trust (whether inter vivos or
testamentary), all of the current beneficiaries and presumptive remaindermen of
which are one or more of such Member and Persons described in clauses (a) through
(c) of this definition, (e) an entity that, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, is disregarded as separate from its owner, of which all of the
outstanding equity interests therein are owned by such Member or a Person
described in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition, (f) an individual
mandated under a qualified domestic relations order, (g) a legal or personal
representative of such Member in the event of his death or Disability (as
defined below) and (h) a liquidating trust, as defined in Treasury Regulations
section 1.7701-4(d), or other entity with comparable characteristics.  For purpose of this definition: (i) “lineal
descendants” shall not include individuals adopted after attaining the age of
eighteen (18) years and such adopted Person’s descendants; (ii) “Charitable
Institution” shall refer to an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any corresponding provision
of a future United State Internal Revenue law) which is exempt from income taxation

 

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under section 501(a) thereof; (iii) “presumptive remaindermen” shall
refer to those Persons entitled to a share of a trust’s assets if it were then
to terminate; and (iv) “Disability” shall refer to any physical or mental
incapacity which prevents such Member from carrying out all or substantially
all of his duties under his employment agreement with the Company or any of its
Affiliates in such capacity for any period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive
days or any aggregate period of six (6) months in any 12-month period, as
determined, in its sole discretion, by the Managing Member.

 

“Person” means
an individual, a partnership (including a limited partnership), a corporation,
a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a
joint venture, an unincorporated organization, association or other entity or a
Governmental Entity.

 

“Pledge” means pledge,
grant a security interest in, create a lien on, assign the right to receive
distributions or proceeds from, or otherwise encumber, directly or indirectly,
or any act of the foregoing.

 

“Proceeding”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

 

“Pubco”
has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

“Quarterly
Estimated Tax Periods” means the two, three, and four calendar month
periods with respect to which Federal quarterly estimated tax payments are
made.  The first such period begins on
January 1 and ends on March 31.  The
second such period begins on April 1 and ends on May 31.  The third such period begins on June 1 and
ends on August 31.  The fourth such
period begins on September 1 and ends on December 31.

 

“Required Allocations”
means (a) any limitation imposed on any allocation of Net Losses under Section
5.1(b) and (b) any allocation of an item of income, gain, loss or deduction
pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(i), 5.1(e)(ii), 5.1(e)(iii), 5.1(e)(vi) or 5.1(e)(viii).

 

“Reorganization Agreement” means that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated
as of •, 2007, entered into by and among the Company, each of the individuals
and entities listed on Annex A thereto and each of the individuals and entities
listed on Annex B thereto.

 

“Residual Gain”
or “Residual Loss” means any item of gain or loss, as the case may
be, of the Company recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting from a
sale, exchange or other disposition of a Contributed Property or Adjusted
Property, to the extent such item of gain or loss is not allocated pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(i)(A) or 5.2(b)(ii)(A), respectively, to eliminate Book-Tax
Disparities.

 

“Schedule of Members”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

“Second
Amended Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

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“Securities”
means any debt securities or Equity Securities of any issuer, including common
and preferred stock and interests in limited liability companies (including
warrants, rights, put and call options and other options relating thereto or
any combination thereof), notes, bonds, debentures, trust receipts and other
obligations, instruments or evidences of indebtedness, other property or
interests commonly regarded as securities, interests in real property, whether
improved or unimproved, interests in oil and gas properties and mineral
properties, short term investments commonly regarded as money market
investments, bank deposits and interests in personal property of all kinds,
whether tangible or intangible.

 

“Securityholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securityholders Agreement,
dated October 31, 2006.

 

“Segregated
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.

 

“Senior Credit Agreement” means the Company’s principal credit facility,
which shall initially be that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September
30, 2005, by and among D&P LLC, the Company, General Electric Capital
Corporation and each of the other parties from time to time signatory thereto,
as amended or amended and restated (i) by that certain Amendment Number One,
dated as of June 14, 2006 and that certain Amendment Number Two, dated as of
October 10, 2006 and (ii) from time to time, and any successor principal credit
facility in replacement thereof.

 

“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the
total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership,
association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership
or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof.  For
purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall be deemed to have a majority
ownership interest in a limited liability company, partnership, association or
other business entity (other than a corporation) if such Person or Persons
shall be allocated a majority of limited liability company, partnership,
association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control any
managing director or general partner of such limited liability company, partnership,
association or other business entity. 
For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of any Person shall be given effect only at such
times that such Person has one or more Subsidiaries and, unless otherwise
indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“Substituted Member”
means any Person that has been admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section
7.5 by virtue of such Person receiving all or a portion of a Membership
Interest from a Member or its Assignee and not from the Company.

 

“Successor in Interest”
means any (i) trustee, custodian, receiver or other Person acting in any
Bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding with

 

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respect to,
(ii) assignee for the benefit of the creditors of, (iii) trustee or receiver,
or current or former officer, director or partner, or other fiduciary acting
for or with respect to the dissolution, liquidation or termination of, or (iv)
other executor, administrator, committee, legal representative or other
successor or assign of, any Member, whether by operation of law or otherwise.

 

“Tax Distribution”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

 

“Tax Distribution Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.

 

“Tax Matters Member”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(d).

 

“Transaction Documents”
means, collectively, this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement, the Reorganization
Agreement, the DPH Merger Agreement, and the Tax Receivable Agreement.

 

“Transfer”
means sell, assign, convey, contribute, give, or otherwise transfer, whether
directly or indirectly, or any act of the foregoing, but excludes Pledge or any
act of Pledging. 
The terms “Transferee,”  “Transferor,”  “Transferred,” “Transferring Member” and other forms of the word
“Transfer” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

“Treasury Regulations”
means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the
United States Treasury Department under the Code, as such regulations may be
amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).

 

“Unit” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

“Unrealized Gain”
attributable to any item of Company property means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such
property as of such date (as determined under Section 3.3(d)) over (b)
the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to
be made pursuant to Section 3.3(d) as of such date).

 

“Unrealized Loss”
attributable to any item of Company property means, as of any date of determination,
the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date
(prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 3.3(d) as of
such date) over (b) the fair market value of such property as of such date (as
determined under Section 3.3(d)).

 

“VCP IV” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“VDP” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Vestar” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

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“Vestar Majority Holders” means, at any time, the holders of a majority of
the Units then held by the Vestar Members.

 

“Vestar Members”
means the Members holding an economic interest in any Units initially issued to
Vestar.

 

“Vesting Percentage”
means, with respect to any Unit held by a Member, a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the number of complete calendar years that have lapsed since the
grant of such Unit to such Member and the denominator of which shall be the
number of years designated as “Vesting Years” at the time of the grant of such Unit,
or such other percentage with respect to a period as may be designated at the
time of the grant of such Unit.

 

Section 1.2                                      Terms
Generally.  In this Agreement, unless
otherwise specified or where the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                        the headings of particular
provisions of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not be
construed as a part of this Agreement or serve as a limitation or expansion on
the scope of any term or provision of this Agreement;

 

(b)                       words importing any gender shall
include other genders;

 

(c)                        words importing the singular only
shall include the plural and vice versa;

 

(d)                       the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be
followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(e)                        the words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith”
and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement;

 

(f)                          references to “Articles,” “Exhibits,”
“Sections” or “Schedules” shall be to Articles, Exhibits, Sections or Schedules
of or to this Agreement;

 

(g)                       references to any Person include the
successors and permitted assigns of such Person;

 

(h)                       the use of the words “or,” “either”
and “any” shall not be exclusive;

 

(i)                           wherever a conflict exists between
this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely
to the extent of such conflict;

 

(j)                           references to “$” or “dollars” means
the lawful currency of the United States of America;

 

(k)                        references to any agreement,
contract or schedule, unless otherwise stated, are to such agreement, contract
or schedule as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

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(l)                           the parties hereto have participated
jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement; accordingly, in the
event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and
no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party
hereto by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 2.1                                      Formation.  The Company was formed as a Delaware limited
liability company on September 7, 2005 by the execution and filing of a
Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”) by an authorized person
under and pursuant to the Act.  The
Members agree to continue the Company as a limited liability company under the
Act, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement.  The rights, powers, duties,
obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the
Act and this Agreement.  To the extent
that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are
different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in
the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by
the Act, control.

 

Section 2.2                                      Name.  The name of the Company is “Duff & Phelps
Acquisitions, LLC,” and all Company business shall be conducted in that name or
in such other names that comply with applicable law as the Managing Member may
select from time to time.  The Managing
Member may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to
time.  Prompt notification of any such
change shall be given to all Members.

 

Section 2.3                                      Term.  The term of the Company commenced on the date
the Certificate was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and shall continue in existence perpetually until termination
or dissolution in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.3.

 

Section 2.4                                      Purpose;
Powers.

 

(a)                        General Powers. 
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by
the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited
liability companies may be organized under the Act.  The Company may engage in any and all
activities necessary, desirable or incidental to the accomplishment of the
foregoing.  Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, nothing set forth herein shall be construed as
authorizing the Company to possess any purpose or power, or to do any act or
thing, forbidden by law to a limited liability company organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware.

 

(b)                       Company Action. 
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and except as prohibited by
applicable law, (i) the Company may, with the approval of the Managing Member,
enter into and perform any and all documents, agreements and instruments, all
without any further act, vote or approval of any Member and (ii) the Managing
Member may authorize any Person (including any Member or Officer) to enter into
and perform any document on behalf of the Company.

 

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Section 2.5                                      Foreign
Qualification.  Prior to the Company’s
conducting business in any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, the
Managing Member shall cause the Company to comply, to the extent procedures are
available and those matters are reasonably within the control of the Officers,
with all requirements necessary to qualify the Company as a foreign limited
liability company in that jurisdiction.

 

Section 2.6                                      Registered
Office; Registered Agent; Principal Office; Other Offices.  The registered office of the Company required
by the Act to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the office of the
initial registered agent named in the Certificate or such other office (which
need not be a place of business of the Company) as the Managing Member may
designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.  The registered agent of the Company in the
State of Delaware shall be the initial registered agent named in the
Certificate or such other Person or Persons as the Managing Member may
designate from time to time in the manner provided by law.  The principal office of the Company shall be
at such place as the Managing Member may designate from time to time, which
need not be in the State of Delaware, and the Company shall maintain records at
such place.  The Company may have such
other offices as the Managing Member may designate from time to time.

 

Section 2.7                                      No State Law Partnership.  (a)  The
Members intend that the Company shall not be a partnership (including a limited
partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member or Officer shall be a partner
or joint venturer of any other Member or Officer by virtue of this Agreement,
for any purposes other than as is set forth in the last sentence of this Section
2.7(a), and this Agreement shall not be construed to the contrary.  The Members intend that the Company shall be
treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state or local income
tax purposes, and each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and
shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner
consistent with such treatment.

 

(b)                       So long as the Company is treated as
a partnership for federal income tax purposes, to ensure that Units are not
traded on an established securities market within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.7704-1(b) or readily tradable on a secondary market or the
substantial equivalent thereof within the meaning of Regulations Section
1.7704-1(c), notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,

 

(i)                                     the Company shall not participate in
the establishment of any such market or the inclusion of its Units thereon, and

 

(ii)                                  the Company shall not recognize any
Transfer made on any such market by:

 

(A)                  redeeming the Transferor Member (in
the case of a redemption or repurchase by the Company); or

 

(B)                    admitting the Transferee as a Member
or otherwise recognizing any rights of the Transferee, such as a right of the
Transferee to receive Company distributions (directly or indirectly) or to
acquire an interest in the capital or profits of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE III

CAPITALIZATION

 

Section 3.1                                      Units; Initial
Capitalization; Schedules.

 

(a)                        Units; Initial Capitalization. 
Each Member’s interest in the Company, including such Member’s interest,
if any, in the capital, income, gain, loss, deduction and expense of the
Company and the right to vote, if any, on certain Company matters as provided
in this Agreement, shall be represented by units of limited liability company
interest (each, a “Unit”).  The
Company shall have one authorized class of Units, designated “New Class A Units.”  The
authorized Units consist of 200,000,000 New Class A Units.  The ownership by a Member of Units shall
entitle such Member to allocations of profits and losses and other items and
distributions of cash and other property as is set forth in ARTICLE IV and
ARTICLE V.

 

(b)                       Schedule of Units; Schedule of
Members.  The aggregate number of outstanding Units and
the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that have been made by the
Members and the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed
by the Members with respect to the Units (including, if applicable, a
description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which
contributed property is subject) shall be set forth on Schedule A
attached hereto.  The Company shall also
maintain a schedule setting forth the name and address of each Member, the
number of Units owned by such Member and the aggregate Capital Contributions
that have been made by such Member with respect to such Member’s Units (such
schedule, the “Schedule
of Members”).

 

Section 3.2                                      Authorization
and Issuance of Additional Units.

 

(a)                        The Managing Member shall have the
right to cause the Company to issue and/or create and issue at any time after
the date hereof, and for such amount and form of consideration as the Managing
Member may determine, additional Units (of the existing class or new classes)
or other Equity Securities of the Company (including creating other classes or
series thereof having such powers, designations, preferences and rights as may
be determined by the Managing Member). The Managing Member is expressly
authorized to cause the Company to issue Units for less than Fair Market Value,
so long as the Managing Member concludes in good faith that such issuance is in
the best interests of the Company and its Members. Subject to the foregoing,
the Managing Member shall have the power to make such amendments to this
Agreement in order to provide for such powers, designations and preferences and
rights as the Managing Member in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate
to give effect to such additional authorization or issuance.

 

(b)                       At any time the Managing Member issues
a share Class A Stock or a share of other capital stock of the Managing Member,
other than shares of Class B Stock, the net proceeds received by the Managing
Member with respect to such share, if any, shall be concurrently transferred to
the Company and the Company shall issue to the Managing Member one (1) New
Class A Unit registered in the name of the Managing Member or other equity
security of the Company, if the Managing Member issues capital stock other than
Class A Stock

 

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or Class B Stock, corresponding to the number
of shares of capital stock issued by the Managing Member.

 

(c)                        Any subdivision (by any stock split,
stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination
(by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of
shares of Class A Stock shall be accompanied by an identical subdivision or
combination, as applicable, of the New Class A Units, and the Managing Member
shall ensure a corresponding adjustment to the number of shares of Class B
Stock outstanding.

 

Section 3.3                                      Capital
Accounts.

 

(a)                        The Managing Member shall maintain
for each Member owning Units a separate Capital Account with respect to such
Units in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Such Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the amount of
all Capital Contributions made to the Company with respect to such Units
pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all items of Company income and gain
(including, without limitation, income and gain exempt from tax) computed in
accordance with Section 3.3(b) and allocated with respect to such Units
pursuant to Section 5.1, and decreased by (x) the amount of cash or Net
Agreed Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property made
with respect to such Units pursuant to this Agreement and (y) all items of
Company deduction and loss computed in accordance with Section 3.3(b)
and allocated with respect to such Units pursuant to Section 5.1. The
foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent
with such Treasury Regulations. In the event the Managing Member shall
determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts
or any adjustments thereto (including, without limitation, adjustments relating
to liabilities which are secured by contributed or distributed property or
which are assumed by the Company or any Members) are computed in order to
comply with such Treasury Regulations, the Managing Member may make such
modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect on the
amounts distributed to any Person pursuant to ARTICLE VII hereof upon
the dissolution of the Company. The Managing Member also shall (i) make any
adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality among the
Capital Accounts of the Members and the amount of capital reflected on the
Company’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and (ii) make any
appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise
cause this Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b).

 

(b)                       For purposes of computing the amount
of any item of income, gain, loss or deduction, which is to be allocated
pursuant to ARTICLE VI and is to be reflected in the Members’ Capital
Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item
shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for
federal income tax purposes (including, without limitation, any method of
depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for that purpose), provided,
that:

 

(i)                                     Solely for purposes of this Section
3.3, the Company shall be treated as owning directly its proportionate
share (as determined by the Managing Member) of

 

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all property owned by any partnership,
limited liability company, unincorporated business or other entity or
arrangement that is classified as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, of which the Company is, directly or indirectly, a partner.

 

(ii)                                  Except as otherwise provided in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the computation of all items
of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made without regard to any
election under Section 754 of the Code which may be made by the Company and, as
to those items described in Section 705(a)(1)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code,
without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income
or are neither currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax
purposes. To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company
asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in
determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment in the Capital
Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain or loss.

 

(iii)                               Any income, gain or loss
attributable to the taxable disposition of any Company property shall be
determined as if the adjusted basis of such property as of such date of
disposition were equal in amount to the Company’s Carrying Value with respect
to such property as of such date.

 

(iv)                              In accordance with the requirements
of Section 704(b) of the Code, any deductions for depreciation, cost recovery
or amortization attributable to any Contributed Property shall be determined in
the manner described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) as
if the adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by the
Company were equal to the Agreed Value of such property.  Upon an adjustment pursuant to Section
3.3(d) to the Carrying Value of any Adjusted Property that is subject to
depreciation, cost recovery or amortization, any further deductions for such
depreciation, cost recovery or amortization attributable to such property shall
be determined in the manner described in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) and 1.704-3(a)(6)(i) as if the adjusted basis of such
property were equal to the Carrying Value of such property immediately
following such adjustment; provided, however, that, if the asset has a zero
adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, depreciation, cost recovery or
amortization deductions shall be determined using any method that the Managing
Member may adopt.

 

(c)                        A transferee of Units shall succeed
to a pro rata portion of the Capital Account of the transferor relating to the
Units so transferred.

 

(d)                       (i) 
In accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), on
an issuance of additional Units for cash or Contributed Property and the
issuance of Units as consideration for the provision of services, the Capital
Account of all Members and the Carrying Value of each Company property
immediately prior to such issuance shall be adjusted upward or downward to
reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Company
property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on
an actual sale of each such property immediately prior to such issuance and had
been allocated to the Members at such time pursuant to Section 6.1 in
the same manner as a corresponding item of gain or loss actually recognized
during such period would have been allocated. In determining such Unrealized
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and fair market value of all Company assets
(including, without limitation, cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to
the issuance of additional Units shall be determined by the Managing Member
using such method of valuation as it may adopt; provided, however, that the
Managing Member, in arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account
the fair market value of the Units of all Members at such time. The Managing
Member shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the Company (in
such manner as it determines) to arrive at a fair market value for individual
properties.

 

(ii)                                  In accordance with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), immediately prior to any actual or deemed
distribution to a Member of any Company property (other than a distribution of
cash that is not in redemption or retirement of a Unit), the Capital Accounts
of all Members and the Carrying Value of all Company property shall be adjusted
upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss
attributable to such Company property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized
Loss had been recognized in a sale of such property immediately prior to such
distribution for an amount equal to its fair market value, and had been
allocated to the Members, at such time, pursuant to Section 5.1 in the
same manner as a corresponding item of gain or loss actually recognized during
such period would have been allocated. In determining such Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Company
assets (including, without limitation, cash or cash equivalents) immediately
prior to a distribution shall (A) in the case of an actual distribution that is
not made pursuant to ARTICLE VII or in the case of a deemed
distribution, be determined and allocated in the same manner as that provided
in Section 3.3(d)(i) or (B) in the case of a liquidating distribution
pursuant to ARTICLE VII, be determined and allocated by the Liquidator
using such method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

(iii)                               The Managing Member may make the
adjustments described in clause (i) above in the manner set forth therein if
the Managing Member determines that such adjustments are necessary or useful to
effectuate the intended economic arrangement among the Members, including
Members who received Units in connection with the performance of services to or
for the benefit of the Company.

 

(e)                        Notwithstanding anything expressed
or implied to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event the Managing Member
shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, that it is prudent to
modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits
thereto, are computed in order to effectuate the intended economic sharing
arrangement of the Members, the Managing Member may make such modification.

 

Section 3.4                                      No Withdrawal.  No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any
part of such Person’s Capital Contributions or Capital Account or to receive
any distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided herein.

 

Section 3.5                                      Redemption of
Class A Stock.  If, at any time, any
shares of Class A Stock are redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call,
automatically or by means of another arrangement) by the Managing Member for
cash, the Company shall, immediately prior to such redemption of Class A Stock,
redeem an equal number of Units held by the Managing Member, upon the same
terms and for the same price per Unit, as such shares of Class A Stock are
redeemed.

 

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Section 3.6                                      Loans From
Members.  Loans by Members to the
Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions.  If any Member shall loan funds to the
Company, then the making of such loans shall not result in any increase in the
Capital Account balance of such Member. 
The amount of any such loans shall be a debt of the Company to such
Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and
conditions upon which such loans are made.

 

Section 3.7                                      No Right of
Partition.  No Member shall have the
right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of law of any
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the right to own or use
particular or individual assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or,
except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, be entitled to
distributions of specific assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.8                                      Non-Certification
of Units; Legend; Units are Securities

 

(a)                        Units shall be issued in non
certificated form; provided that the Managing Member may cause the
Company to issue certificates to a Member representing the Units held by such
Member.  If any Unit certificate is
issued, then such certificate shall bear a legend substantially in the
following form:

 

This certificate evidences a New Class A Unit representing an interest
in Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC and shall be a security within the
meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

The interest in Duff & Phelps Acquisitions, LLC represented by this
certificate is subject to restrictions on transfer set forth in the Third
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Duff & Phelps
Acquisitions, LLC, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Duff &
Phelps Acquisitions, LLC and each of the members from time to time party
thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

(b)                       The Company hereby irrevocably
elects that all Units shall be “securities” governed by Article 8 of the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware
or analogous provisions in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any other
jurisdiction.  This Section 3.7(b) shall
not be amended without the prior written consent of all of the Members, and any
purported amendment to this Section 3.7(b) in violation of the foregoing shall
be null and void.

 

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 4.1                                      Distributions.
 Distributions shall be made to the
Members, after Tax Distributions are made pursuant to Section 4.4
hereof, as and when determined by the Managing Member, in accordance with their
respective Units and pro rata in respect of each class of Units.

 

Section 4.2                                      Unvested Units.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, to the extent that a Member’s Vesting Percentage is less than 100%,
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shall only be entitled to receive an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
amount otherwise distributable with respect to any Unit in which such Member’s
Vesting Percentage is 100% and (b) with respect to any other Unit, the greater
of (i) the product of the amount otherwise distributable with respect to any
Unit in which such Member was not fully vested and the Vesting Percentage or
(ii) the Tax Distribution Amount with respect to such Unit.  The Company shall maintain, in a segregated
interest-bearing account (the “Segregated Account”) any amounts that were
otherwise distributable to the Members that were not distributed to them as a
result of this Section 4.2.  Any interest
thereon shall be distributed no less frequently than annually to the applicable
Members pro rata and such interest income shall be specially allocated to such
Members for purposes of Article V.  After
the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall distribute to each such Member
an amount equal to the excess of (a) the product of the aggregate amount
previously distributable with respect to the Units held by such Member
(determined without giving effect to the first sentence of this Section 4.2)
and the Vesting Percentage as of the end of such fiscal year over (b) the
amounts previously distributed to such Member (exclusive of any amounts
distributed pursuant to the preceding sentence).

 

Section 4.3                                      Successors.  For purposes of determining the amount of
distributions under Section 4.1, each Member shall be treated as having
made the Capital Contributions and as having received the distributions made to
or received by its predecessors in respect of any of such Member’s Units.

 

Section 4.4                                      Tax
Distributions.  Subject to the Act
and to any restrictions contained in any agreement to which the Company is
bound, no later than the tenth day following the end of each Quarterly
Estimated Tax Period of each calendar year, the Company shall, to the extent of
available cash and borrowings of the Company, make a distribution in cash
(each, a “Tax Distribution”), pro rata in accordance with the Percentage
Interests in effect with respect to such Quarterly Estimated Tax Period, in an
amount equal to the excess of (i) the product of (x) the taxable income of the
Company attributable to such Quarterly Period and all prior Quarterly Periods
in such calendar year, based upon (I) the information returns filed by the
Company, as amended or adjusted to date, and (II) estimated amounts, in the
case of periods for which the Company has not yet filed information returns,
multiplied by (y) the Assumed Tax Rate, over (ii) distributions made by the
Company pursuant to this Section 4.4 with respect to such calendar year.  The Managing Member shall use conventions
similar to those adopted pursuant to Section 5.2(d) of this Agreement to
determine the Percentage Interests of the Members with respect to a Quarterly
Period.  For the avoidance of doubt, Tax
Distributions shall be made only with respect to taxable income earned by the
Company (as opposed to income recognized by any Member with respect to the
vesting of such Member’s Units).  For
purposes of clause (i)(x) above, the taxable income of the Company shall be
determined by disregarding any adjustment to the taxable income of any Member
that arises under Section 743(b) of the Code and is attributable to the
acquisition by such Member of an interest in the Company in a transaction
described in Section 743(a) of the Code.

 

Section 4.5                                      Security
Interest and Right of Set Off.  As
security for any liability or obligation to which the Company may be subject as
a result of any act or status of any Member, or to which the Company may become
subject with respect to the interest of any Member, the Company shall have (and
each Member hereby grants to the Company) a security interest in all
Distributable Assets distributable to such Member to the extent of the amount
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such liability or obligation. 
Whenever the Company is to pay any sum to any Member or any Affiliate or
related Person thereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any amounts
that such Member or such Affiliate or related Person owes to the Company under
any promissory note issued to the Company as partial payment for any Units of
the Company may be deducted from that sum before payment.

 

Section 4.6                                      Certain
Distributions.  For purposes of this ARTICLE
IV, a distribution to a Member of property (other than cash) shall be
treated as a Tax Distribution pursuant to Section 4.4 (rather than as,
for example, a distribution pursuant to Section 4.1) in an amount equal
to the hypothetical amount of tax that the Member would pay, at the Assumed Tax
Rate, if (i) such property were not treated as a distribution of money pursuant
to Section 731(c)(2) of the Code (to the extent that Section 731(c)(2)
otherwise applies) and (ii) the Member sold the property immediately after
receiving such distribution.

 

ARTICLE V

ALLOCATIONS

 

Section 5.1                                      Allocations
for Capital Account Purposes.  For
purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of
the Members among themselves, the Company’s items of income, gain, loss and
deduction (computed in accordance with Section 3.3(b)) shall be
allocated among the Members in each taxable year (or portion thereof) as
provided herein below.

 

(a)                        Net Income. 
After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
5.1(e), Net Income for each taxable year (or portion thereof) and all items
of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Income
for such taxable year (or portion thereof) shall be allocated to the Members in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

 

(b)                       Net Losses. 
After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
5.1(e), Net Losses for each taxable year (or portion thereof) and all items
of income, gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Losses
for such taxable year (or portion thereof) shall be allocated to the Members in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests; provided that to the
extent any allocation of Net Losses would cause any Member to have a deficit
balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of such taxable year (or
increase any existing deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account), such
allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated among the other Members in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

 

(c)                        Allocation upon Termination. 
With respect to all Section 5.1(a) and (b) allocations following
a liquidation date, such allocations shall be made after Capital Account
balances have been adjusted by all other allocations provided under this Section
5.1 and after giving effect to all distributions during such taxable year;
provided, however, that solely for purposes of this Section 5.1(c),
Capital Accounts shall not be adjusted for distributions made pursuant to ARTICLE
VII.

 

(d)                       Allocations Relating to Last Fiscal
Year. Except
as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Agreement, if upon the dissolution and
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pursuant to Article VII and after all other
allocations provided for in Section 5.1 have been tentatively made as if
this Section 5.1(d) were not in this Agreement, a distribution to the
Members under Article VII would be different from a distribution to the Members
on a pro rata basis in relation to the Units held by such Members, then all
items of income, gain, deduction and loss for the Fiscal Year in which the
Company dissolves and terminates pursuant to Article VII shall be allocated
among the Members in a manner such that the Capital Account of each Member,
immediately after giving effect to such allocation, is, as nearly as possible,
equal (proportionately) to the amount of the distributions that would be made
to such Member during such last Fiscal Year on a pro rata basis in relation to
the Units held by such Member.  The
Managing Member may apply the principles of this Section 5.1(d) to any Fiscal
Year preceding the Fiscal Year in which the Company dissolves and terminates
(including through application of Section 761(e) of the Code) if delaying
application of the principles of this Section 5.1(d) would likely result
in Capital Accounts that are materially different from pro rata distributions in
relation to Units held by Members in the Fiscal Year in which the Company
dissolves and terminates.

 

(e)                        Special Allocations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1, the
following special allocations shall be made for such taxable period:

 

(i)                                     Company Minimum Gain Chargeback. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1, if there
is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Company taxable period,
each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such period
(and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and
1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any successor provision. 
For purposes of this Section 5.1(e), each Member’s Adjusted
Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income and
gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any
other allocations pursuant to this Section 5.1(e) with respect to such
taxable period (other than an allocation pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(iii)
and Section 5.1(e)(vi)).  This Section
5.1(e)(i) is intended to comply with the Company Minimum Gain chargeback
requirement in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.

 

(ii)                                  Chargeback of Member Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain.  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
5.1 (other than Section 5.1(e)(i)), except as provided in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain during any Company taxable period, any Member with a share of
Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such taxable period
shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such period (and, if
necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions. For
purposes of this Section 5.1(e), each Member’s Adjusted Capital Account
balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income and gain required
hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations
pursuant to this Section 5.1(e), other than Section 5.1(e)(i) and
other than an allocation pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(i)(v) and (e)(i)(vi),
with respect to such taxable period. 
This Section 5.1(e)(ii) is intended to comply with the chargeback
of items of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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(iii)                               Qualified Income Offset. 
In the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments,
allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), items of Company income and gain shall be
specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to
eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under
Section 704(b) of the Code, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted
Capital Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as
quickly as possible, unless such deficit balance is otherwise eliminated
pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(i) or (ii). This Section 5.1(e)(iii)
is intended to qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(iv)                              Gross Income Allocations. 
In the event any Member has a deficit balance in its Capital Account at
the end of any Company taxable period in excess of the sum of (A) the amount
such Member is required to restore pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
and (B) the amount such Member is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Member shall
be specially allocated items of Company gross income and gain in the amount of
such excess as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to
this Section 5.1(e)(iv) shall be made only if and to the extent that
such Member would have a deficit balance in its Capital Account as adjusted
after all other allocations provided for in this Section 5.1 have been
tentatively made as if this Section 5.1(e)(iv) were not in this
Agreement.

 

(v)                                 Nonrecourse Deductions. 
Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to the
Members in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.  If the Managing Member determines that the
Company’s Nonrecourse Deductions should be allocated in a different ratio to
satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Treasury Regulations promulgated
under Section 704(b) of the Code, the Managing Member is authorized, upon
notice to the other Members, to revise the prescribed ratio to the numerically
closest ratio that does satisfy such requirements.

 

(vi)                              Member Nonrecourse Deductions. 
Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated
100% to the Member that bears the “Economic Risk of Loss” (as defined in the
Treasury Regulations) with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such
Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i).  If more than one
Member bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Member Nonrecourse
Debt, such Member Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be
allocated between or among such Members in accordance with the ratios in which
they share such Economic Risk of Loss.

 

(vii)                           Nonrecourse Liabilities. 
Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Company described in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be allocated among the Members in the manner chosen
by the Managing Member and consistent with such Section of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(viii)                        Code Section 754 Adjustments. 
To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company
asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to
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taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be
treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset)
or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such item of gain or loss
shall be specially allocated to the Members in a manner consistent with the
manner in which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to
such Section of the Treasury Regulations.

 

(ix)                                Curative Allocation.

 

(1)                      The Required Allocations are
intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations. It is
the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Required
Allocations shall be offset either with other Required Allocations or with
special allocations of other items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction
pursuant to this Section 5.1(e)(ix)(i). Therefore, notwithstanding any
other provision of this ARTICLE V (other than the Required Allocations),
the Managing Member shall make such offsetting special allocations of Company
income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it determines appropriate so
that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Member’s Capital Account
balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such
Member would have had if the Required Allocations were not part of this
Agreement and all Company items were allocated pursuant to the economic
agreement among the Members.

 

(2)                      The Managing Member shall, with
respect to each taxable period, (1) apply the provisions of Section
5.1(e)(ix)(1) in whatever order is most likely to minimize the economic
distortions that might otherwise result from the Required Allocations, and (2)
divide all allocations pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(ix)(1) among the
Members in a manner that is likely to minimize such economic distortions.

 

(x)                                   Deficit Capital Accounts. 
No Member shall be required to pay to the Company, to any other Member
or to any third party any deficit balance which may exist from time to time in
the Member’s Capital Account.

 

Section 5.2                                      Allocations
for Tax Purposes.

 

(a)                        The income, gains, losses and
deductions of the Company shall be allocated for federal, state and local
income tax purposes among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such
income, gains, losses and deductions among the Members for purposes of
computing their Capital Accounts; except that if any such allocation is not
permitted by the Code or other applicable law, then the Company’s subsequent
income, gains, losses and deductions for tax purposes shall be allocated among
the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth
herein in computing their Capital Accounts.

 

(b)                       In an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax
Disparities attributable to a Contributed Property or an Adjusted Property,
items of income, gain, loss, depreciation, amortization and cost recovery
deductions shall be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Members
as follows:

 

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(i)                                     (A)  In the case of a Contributed Property, such
items attributable thereto shall be allocated among the Members in the manner
provided under Section 704(c) of the Code that takes into account the variation
between the Agreed Value of such property and its adjusted basis at the time of
contribution; and (B) any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable
to a Contributed Property shall be allocated among the Members in the same
manner as its correlative item of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section
5.1.

 

(ii)                                  (A) 
In the case of an Adjusted Property, such items shall (1) first, be
allocated among the Members in a manner consistent with the principles of
Section 704(c) of the Code to take into account the Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss attributable to such property and the allocations thereof
pursuant to Section 3.3(d)(i) or Section 3.3(d)(ii), and (2)
second, in the event such property was originally a Contributed Property, be
allocated among the Members in a manner consistent with Section 5.2(b)(i)(A);
and (B) any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable to an Adjusted
Property shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as its
correlative item of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 5.1.

 

(iii)                               In order to eliminate Book-Tax
Disparities, the Managing Member shall apply (i) the “remedial method” with
respect to the “forward” Section 704(c) allocations arising as of September 30,
2005, (ii) the “traditional method” with respect to the Section 704(c)
allocations relating both to the property deemed to be contributed to the
Company and the associated “reverse” Section 704(c) allocations as of October
10, 2006, and (iii) the “traditional method” with respect to the “reverse”
Section 704(c) allocations arising as of the date of the IPO.  In cases not described in the preceding
sentence the Managing Member may cause the Company to eliminate Book-Tax
Disparities using any method described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3.

 

(c)                        For the proper administration of the
Company and for the preservation of uniformity of the Units (or any class or
classes thereof), the Managing Member shall (i) adopt such conventions as it
deems appropriate in determining the amount of depreciation, amortization and
cost recovery deductions; (ii) make special allocations for federal income tax
purposes of income (including, without limitation, gross income) or deductions;
(iii) amend the provisions of this Agreement as appropriate (x) to reflect the
proposal or promulgation of Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) or
Section 704(c) of the Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve uniformity
of the Units (or any class or classes thereof); and (iv) adopt and employ such
methods for (A) the maintenance of capital accounts for book and tax purposes,
(B) the determination and allocation of adjustments under Sections 704(c), 734
and 743 of the Code, (C) the determination and allocation of taxable income,
tax loss and items thereof under this Agreement and pursuant to the Code, (D)
the determination of the identities and tax classification of Members, (E) the
provision of tax information and reports to the Members, (F) the adoption of
reasonable conventions and methods for the valuation of assets and the
determination of tax basis, (G) the allocation of asset values and tax basis,
(H) the adoption and maintenance of accounting methods, (I) the recognition of
the transfer of Units and (J) tax compliance and other tax-related requirements,
including without limitation, the use of computer software, as it determines in
its sole discretion are necessary and appropriate to execute the provisions of
this Agreement and to comply with federal, state and local tax law, and to
achieve uniformity of Units within a class. The Managing Member may adopt such
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such allocations and make such amendments to
this Agreement as provided in this Section 5.2(c) only if such conventions,
allocations or amendments would not have a material adverse effect on the
Members, the holders of any class or classes of Units issued and outstanding or
the Company, and if such allocations are consistent with the principles of
Section 704 of the Code.

 

(d)                       For purposes of determining the
items of Company income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit allocable to any
Member with respect to any period, such items shall be determined on a daily,
monthly, or other basis, as determined by the Managing Member using any
permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.

 

(e)                        Tax credits, tax credit recapture
and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members according to
their interests in such items as reasonably determined by the Managing Member
taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii)
and 1.704-1T(b)(4)(xi).

 

(f)                          Allocations pursuant to this Section
5.2 are solely for the purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall
not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s
Capital Account or share of Income, Loss, distributions or other Company items
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.3                                      Members’ Tax
Reporting.  The Members acknowledge
and are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made pursuant
to this ARTICLE V and, except as may otherwise be required by applicable
law or regulatory requirements, hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of
this ARTICLE V in reporting their shares of Company income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit for federal, state and local income tax purposes.

 

Section 5.4                                      Indemnification
and Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member.  If the Company is required by law to make any
payment to a Governmental Entity that is specifically attributable to a Member
or a Member’s status as such (including federal withholding taxes, state or
local personal property taxes and state or local unincorporated business
taxes), then such Member shall indemnify the Company in full for the entire
amount paid (including interest, penalties and related expenses).  The Managing Member may offset distributions
to which a Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such
Person’s obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 5.4.  A Member’s obligation to indemnify the
Company under this Section 5.4 shall survive termination, dissolution,
liquidation and winding up of the Company, and for purposes of this Section
5.4, the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence.  The Company may pursue and enforce all rights
and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.4,
including instituting a lawsuit to collect such indemnification, with interest
calculated at a rate equal to 10 percent (but not in excess of the highest rate
per annum permitted by law).

 

Section 5.5                                      Certain Costs
and Expenses.  The Company shall (i)
pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other
expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys,
accountants or other professionals and the compensation of all personnel
providing services to the Company) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or
otherwise related to, the activities of the Company, and (ii) in the sole
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Member, reimburse the Managing
Member for any out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by it in
connection therewith.  To the extent that
the Managing Member reasonably determines in good faith that such expenses are
related to the business and affairs of the Managing Member that are conducted
through the Company and/or its subsidiaries (including any good faith
allocation of a portion of expenses that so relate to the business and affairs
of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and that also relate to other activities
of the Managing Member, then the Managing Member may cause the Company to pay
or bear all expenses of the Managing Member, including, without suggesting any
limitation of any kind, costs of securities offerings not borne directly by
Members, Board of Directors compensation and meeting costs, cost of periodic
reports to its stockholders, litigation costs and damages arising from
litigation, accounting and legal costs and franchise taxes, provided
that the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of the
Managing Member.

 

ARTICLE VI

MANAGEMENT

 

Section 6.1                                      The
Managing Member; Delegation of Authority and Duties.

 

(a)                        Members and Managing Member.

 

(i)                                     In connection with
the performance of its duties as the managing member of the Company, the
Managing Member acknowledges that it will owe to the Members the same fiduciary
duties as it would owe to the stockholders of a Delaware corporation if it were
a member of the board of directors of such a corporation and the Members were
stockholders of such corporation.  The
parties acknowledge that the Managing Member will take action through its board
of directors, and that the members of the Managing Member’s board of directors
will owe comparable fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Managing
Member.  The Managing Member will use all
commercially reasonable and appropriate efforts and means, as determined in
good faith by the Managing Member, to minimize any conflicts of interest
between the Members and the stockholders of the Managing Member and to
effectuate any transaction that involves or affects any of the Company, the
Managing Member, the Members and/or the stockholders of the Managing Member in
a manner that does not (i) disadvantage the Members or their interests relative
to the stockholders of the Managing Member, or (ii) advantage the stockholders
of the Managing Member relative to the Members, or (iii) treats the Members and
the Stockholders of the Managing Member differently.

 

(ii)                                  The Members shall
possess all rights and powers as provided in the Act and otherwise by
applicable law.  Except as otherwise
expressly provided for herein, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by
the Managing Member of all such powers and rights conferred on them by the Act
with respect to the management and control of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as
explicitly set forth in this Agreement, if a vote, consent or approval of the
Members is required by the Act or other applicable law with respect to any act
to be taken by the Company or matter considered by the Managing Member, each
Member agrees that it shall be deemed to have consented to or approved such act
or voted on such matter in accordance with the actions of the Managing Member
on such act or matter.  If a vote,
consent or approval of the Members is required by this Agreement, then each
such Member shall have one vote for each Unit held by such Member, regardless
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held by such Member
are vested or unvested as of the date of such vote, consent or approval.  In no manner limiting the foregoing, the
Members acknowledge that no Member shall be permitted to vote on the removal or
replacement of the Managing Member. 
Additionally, and in no manner limiting the foregoing, the Managing
Member shall submit to a vote of the Members, and shall not take any action inconsistent
with the outcome of such vote, (i) any action by the Managing Member or the
Company that, in the good faith judgment of the Managing Member, could
negatively impact the amount of future distributions or (ii) any issuance of,
or amendment to the rights in respect of, Units the terms of which include a
right to distributions senior to that of any then-existing Member.  To the extent that any of the matters to be
voted on, consented to or approved by the Members as described above or
otherwise in this Agreement will have the effect that gives rise to the need
for such vote, consent or approval on only one class of Units or only certain
holders of a particular class of Units, then the vote, consent or approval
required by this Agreement shall be taken among only the holders of such class or
among the holders of the particular class that are so affected, in which case
the action shall require a majority of the voting power of the Units
affected.  Unless otherwise set forth in
this Agreement, any vote, consent or approval of the Members required by this
Agreement shall require a majority of the voting power of the Units (or class
of Units, as applicable).  No Member, in
its capacity as a Member, shall have any power to act for, sign for or do any
act that would bind the Company.  Each
Member acknowledges and agrees that no Member shall, in its capacity as a
Member, be bound to devote all of such Member’s business time to the affairs of
the Company, and that each Member and such Member’s Affiliates do and will
continue to engage for such Member’s own account and for the account of others
in other business ventures.

 

(b)                       Delegation by Managing Member. 
The Managing Member shall have the power and authority to delegate to
one or more other Persons the Managing Member’s rights and powers to manage and
control the business and affairs of the Company, including to delegate to
agents and employees of a Member or the Company (including Officers), and to
delegate by a management agreement or another agreement with, or otherwise to,
other Persons.  The Managing Member may
authorize any Person (including any Member or Officer) to enter into and
perform any document on behalf of the Company.

 

(c)                        The Members expressly acknowledge
that (A) Vestar, Lovell Minnick and their respective Affiliates are permitted to
have, and may presently or in the future have, investments or other business
relationships with entities other than through the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (each, a “Permitted Business”), (B) Vestar, Lovell Minnick and
their respective Affiliates may have or may develop a strategic relationship
with Permitted Businesses, (C) none of Vestar, Lovell Minnick and their
respective Affiliates will be prohibited by virtue of its investment in the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, if applicable, its service on the
Managing Member from pursuing and engaging in any such activities with
Permitted Businesses, (D) none of Vestar, Lovell Minnick and their respective
Affiliates shall be obligated to inform the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any such opportunity, relationship or investment relating to Permitted
Businesses, (E) the other Members will not acquire or be entitled to any
interest or participation in any Permitted Business as a result of the
participation therein of Vestar, Lovell Minnick or any of their respective
Affiliates, and (F) the involvement of any equityholder of a Member or its
Affiliates in any Permitted Business will not constitute a conflict of interest
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(d)                       The Managing Member shall have the
power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other
disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including,
but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege
or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any
assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation,
reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity.

 

Section 6.2                                      Officers.

 

(a)                        Designation and Appointment. 
The Managing Member may, from time to time, employ and retain Persons as
may be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the Company’s business,
including employees, agents and other Persons (any of whom may be a Member) who
may be designated as Officers of the Company, with such titles as and to the
extent authorized by the Managing Member. 
Any number of offices may be held by the same Person.  In its discretion, the Managing Member may
choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.  Officers need not be residents of the State
of Delaware or Members.  Any Officers so
designated shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Managing
Member may from time to time delegate to them. 
The Managing Member may assign titles to particular Officers.  Each Officer shall hold office until his
successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until his death or until
he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter
provided.  The salaries or other
compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time
to time by the Managing Member.

 

(b)                       Resignation and Removal. 
Any Officer may resign as such at any time.  Such resignation shall be made in writing and
shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, at
the time of its receipt by the Managing Member. 
The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.  Any Officer may be removed as such, either
with or without cause at any time by the Managing Member.  Designation of an Officer shall not of itself
create any contractual or employment rights.

 

Section 6.3                                      Duties of
Officers.  The Officers, in the
performance of their duties as such, shall owe to the Company duties of loyalty
and due care of the type owed by officers of a Delaware corporation pursuant to
the laws of the state of Delaware.

 

(a)                        Transfer of Property. 
All property owned by the Company shall be registered in the Company’s
name, in the name of a nominee or in “street name” as the Managing Member may
from time to time determine.  Any
corporation, brokerage firm or transfer agent called upon to Transfer any
Securities to or from the name of the Company shall be entitled to rely on
instructions or assignments signed or purported to be signed by any Officer
without inquiry as to the authority of the Person signing or purporting to sign
such instructions or assignments or as to the validity of any Transfer to or
from the name of the Company.  At the
time of any such Transfer, any such corporation, brokerage firm or transfer
agent shall be entitled to assume that (i) the Company is then in existence and
(ii) that this Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been amended,
in each case, unless such corporation, brokerage firm or transfer agent shall
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(b)                       Existence and Good Standing. 
The Managing Member may take all action which may be necessary or
appropriate (i) for the continuation of the Company’s valid existence as a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware (and of each
other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to enable the Company
to conduct the business in which it is engaged) and (ii) for the maintenance,
preservation and operation of the business of the Company in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and applicable laws and regulations.  The Managing Member may file or cause to be
filed for recordation in the office of the appropriate authorities of the State
of Delaware, and in the proper office or offices in each other jurisdiction in
which the Company is formed or qualified, such certificates (including
certificates of limited liability companies and fictitious name certificates)
and other documents as are required by the applicable statutes, rules or
regulations of any such jurisdiction or as are required to reflect the identity
of the Members and the amounts of their respective capital contributions.

 

(c)                        Investment Company Act. 
The Managing Member shall use its best efforts to assure that the
Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant
to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 6.4                                      Liability of
Members.

 

(a)                        No Personal Liability. 
Except as otherwise required by applicable law and as expressly set
forth in this Agreement, no Member shall have any personal liability whatsoever
in such Person’s capacity as a Member, whether to the Company, to any of the
other Members, to the creditors of the Company or to any other third party, for
the debts, liabilities, commitments or any other obligations of the Company or
for any losses of the Company.  Each
Member shall be liable only to make such Member’s Capital Contribution to the
Company, if applicable, and the other payments provided for expressly herein.

 

(b)                       Return of Distributions. 
In accordance with the Act and the laws of the State of Delaware, a
member of a limited liability company may, under certain circumstances, be
required to return amounts previously distributed to such member.  It is the intent of the Members that no
distribution to any Member pursuant to ARTICLE IV shall be deemed a
return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the
Act.  The payment of any such money or
distribution of any such property to a Member shall be deemed to be a
compromise within the meaning of the Act, and the Member receiving any such
money or property shall not be required to return to any Person any such money
or property.  However, if any court of
competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this
Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation
shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.

 

Section 6.5                                      Indemnification
by the Company.  Subject to the
limitations and conditions provided in this Section 6.5, each Person who
was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or arbitrative (each, a “Proceeding”), or any
appeal in such a Proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to
such a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that he, she or it, or a Person of
which he, she or it is the legal representative, is or was a Member or an
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by the Company to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than
such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment) against all
judgments, penalties (including excise and similar taxes and punitive damages),
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses) actually incurred by such Person in connection with such
Proceeding, appeal, inquiry or investigation, if such Person acted in Good
Faith.  Reasonable expenses incurred by a
Person of the type entitled to be indemnified under this Section 6.5 who
was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a
Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of
the Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company. 
Indemnification under this Section 6.5 shall continue as to a
Person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such
Person to indemnity hereunder.  The
rights granted pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be deemed contract
rights, and no amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.5
shall have the effect of limiting or denying any such rights with respect to
actions taken or Proceedings, appeals, inquiries or investigations arising
prior to any amendment, modification or repeal. 
It is expressly acknowledged that the indemnification provided in this Section
6.5 could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of
strict liability.

 

Section 6.6                                      Investment
Representations of Members.  Each
Member hereby represents, warrants and acknowledges to the Company that: (a)
such Member has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the
Company and is making an informed investment decision with respect thereto; (b)
such Member is acquiring interests in the Company for investment only and not
with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution to the
public or public offering thereof; and (c) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by such Member.

 

ARTICLE VII

WITHDRAWAL; DISSOLUTION; TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS; ADMISSION OF NEW
MEMBERS

 

Section 7.1                                      Member
Withdrawal.  No Member shall have the
power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign or be expelled from the Company
prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company except pursuant to a
Transfer permitted under this Agreement.

 

Section 7.2                                      Continuation
of Vesting.  Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the New Class A Units held by any Member
as a result of the conversion of Units held under the Second Amended Agreement
or as a result of the DPH Merger (in each case, the “converted units”) shall
continue to be subject to any vesting provisions or forfeiture provisions to
which those converted units were subject in the applicable grant agreement or
other agreement pursuant to which such converted units were issued, adjusted as
provided in any such agreement, in relation to the transactions relating to the
conversion or DPH Merger, as the case may be; and (ii) no Member may Transfer
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Section 7.3                                      Dissolution.

 

(a)                        Events.  The Company shall be dissolved and its
affairs shall be wound up on the first to occur of (i) the determination of the
Managing Member, or (ii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Company under Section 18-802 of the Act. 
In the event of a dissolution pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately
preceding sentence, the relative economic rights of each class of Units
immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent
practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section
7.3(c) below in connection with such dissolution, taking into consideration
tax and other legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties
to such dissolution and subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations,
unless, with respect to any class of Units, holders of a majority of the Units
of such class consent in writing to a treatment other than as described above.

 

(b)                       Actions Upon Dissolution.  When the Company is dissolved, the business
and property of the Company shall be wound up and liquidated by the Managing
Member or, in the event of the unavailability of the Managing Member or if the
Managing Member shall so determine, such Member or other liquidating trustee as
shall be named by the Managing Member.

 

(c)                        Priority. 
A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the
business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant
to Section 7.3 to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such
winding up.  Notwithstanding the
generality of the foregoing, 180 calendar days after the effective date of
dissolution of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed in
the following manner and order: (i) all debts and obligations of the Company,
if any, shall first be paid, discharged or provided for by adequate reserves;
and (ii) the balance shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with
their Capital Account balances, as adjusted for all Company operations up to
and including the date of distribution.

 

(d)                       Cancellation of Certificate. 
On completion of the distribution of Company assets as provided herein,
the Company is terminated, and shall file a certificate of cancellation with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made
and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company.

 

(e)                        Return of Capital. 
The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital
Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that
any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

 

(f)                          Hart Scott Rodino. 
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event the
Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of l976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), is applicable to any Member by reason of the
fact that any assets of the Company will be distributed to such Member in
connection with the dissolution of the Company, the dissolution of the Company
shall not be consummated until such time as the applicable waiting periods (and
extensions thereof) under the HSR Act have expired or otherwise been terminated
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Section 7.4                                      Transfer by
Members.  No Member may Transfer or
Pledge all or any portion of its Units except with the written consent of the
Managing Member in its sole discretion, provided, however,
that, subject to the provisions of Section 7.5(c), without the consent of the
Managing Member, a Member may, at any time, (i) Transfer any of such Member’s
Units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, (ii) Transfer any of such Member’s
Units to a Permitted Transferee of such Member, and, provided
further, that, to the extent that the Managing Member determines in
good faith that a proposed transfer would not have the effect contemplated by
Section 7.5(c) below, then the Managing Member will not unreasonably withhold
its consent to a transfer by any Member who holds at least 10% of the Class A
Units not held by the Managing Member and who intends, in connection with such
proposed transfer, to transfer all or substantially all of the Class A Units
then held by such Persons to any Person or group of Persons acting together
that would constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor provisions thereto. Any
purported Transfer or Pledge of all or a portion of a Member’s Units not
complying with this Section 7.4 shall be void and shall not create any
obligation on the part of the Company or the other Members to recognize that
Transfer or Pledge or to deal with the Person to which the Transfer or Pledge
purportedly was made.

 

Section 7.5                                      Admission or
Substitution of New Members.

 

(a)                        Admission. 
The Managing Member shall have the right, subject to Section 7.4,
to admit as a Substituted Member or an Additional Member, any Person who
acquires an interest in the Company, or any part thereof, from a Member or from
the Company.  Concurrently with the
admission of a Substituted Member or an Additional Member, the Managing Member
shall forthwith (i) amend the Schedule of Members to reflect the name and
address of such Substituted Member or Additional Member and to eliminate or
modify, as applicable, the name and address of the Transferring Member with
regard to the Transferred Units and (ii) cause any necessary papers to be filed
and recorded and notice to be given wherever and to the extent required showing
the substitution of a Transferee as a Substituted Member in place of the
Transferring Member, or the admission of an Additional Member, in each case, at
the expense, including payment of any professional and filing fees incurred, of
such Substituted Member or Additional Member; provided that such
expenses shall not be payable with respect to a Substituted Member or
Additional Member that is or is to become an employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, where the issuance or Transfer of an interest in the Company
to such Person is in connection with their provision of services to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                       Conditions and Limitations. 
The admission of any Person as a Substituted Member or an Additional
Member shall be conditioned upon (i) such Person’s written acceptance and
adoption of all the terms and provisions of this Agreement, either by (A)
execution and delivery of a counterpart signature page to this Agreement
countersigned by the Managing Member on behalf of the Company or (B) any other
writing evidencing the intent of such Person to become a Substituted Member or
an Additional Member and such writing is accepted by the Managing Member on
behalf of the Company.

 

(c)                        Prohibited Transfers. 
Transfers subject to the provisions of the Exchange Agreement excepted,
no Transfer of a Unit shall be permitted (and, if attempted, shall be void ab initio) if, in the determination of the Managing Member,
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pose a material risk that the Company would
be a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Section 7704 of the Code.

 

(d)                       Effect of Transfer to Substituted
Member.  Following the Transfer of any Unit that is
permitted under this Section 7.5, the Transferee of such Unit shall be
treated as having made all of the Capital Contributions in respect of, and
received all of the distributions received in respect of, such Unit, shall
succeed to the Capital Account balance associated with such Unit, shall receive
allocations and distributions under ARTICLE IV, ARTICLE V and Section
7.2 in respect of such Unit and otherwise shall become a Substituted Member
entitled to all the rights of a Member with respect to such Unit.

 

Section 7.6                                      Compliance
with Law.  Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof to the contrary, no sale or other disposition of an interest
in the Company may be made except in compliance with all federal, state and
other applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

 

ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS AND RECORDS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION; TAX MATTERS

 

Section 8.1                                      Books and
Records; Management Interviews.

 

(a)                        Books and Records. 
The Company shall keep at its principal executive office (i) correct and
complete books and records of account (which, in the case of financial records,
shall be kept in accordance with GAAP), (ii) minutes of the proceedings of
meetings of the Members, (iii) a current list of the directors and officers of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective residence addresses, and
(iv) a record containing the names and addresses of all Members, the total
number of Units held by each Member, and the dates when they respectively
became the owners of record thereof.  Any
of the foregoing books, minutes or records may be in written form or in any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time.

 

(b)                       Inspection of Property. 
The Company shall permit any Member that owns at least five percent (5%)
of all of the Company’s outstanding Units, upon reasonable notice and during
normal business hours and at such other times as such Persons may reasonably
request, but in no event more frequently than once in each Fiscal Quarter, for
any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a member of the
Company, to (i) visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) examine any books, minutes and records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (including business and financial records) and make copies
thereof or extracts therefrom, and (iii) discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the directors,
officers, key employees and independent accountants of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, in each case, under such conditions and restrictions (including a
confidentiality undertaking or agreement) as the Managing Member may reasonably
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Section 8.2                                      Information.

 

(a)                        The Members shall be supplied with
all other Company information necessary to enable each Member to prepare its
federal, state, and local income tax returns.

 

(b)                       All determinations, valuations and
other matters of judgment required to be made for ordinary course accounting
purposes under this Agreement shall be made by the Managing Member and shall be
conclusive and binding on all Members, their Successors in Interest and any
other Person, and to the fullest extent permitted by law or as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, no such Person shall have the right to an
accounting or an appraisal of the assets of the Company or any successor
thereto.

 

Section 8.3                                      Fiscal Year;
Taxable Year.  Each of the Fiscal
Year and the taxable year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each calendar
year; provided that the taxable year of the Company shall end on a different
date if necessary to comply with Section 706 of the Code.

 

Section 8.4                                      Certain Tax
Matters.

 

(a)                        Preparation of Returns. 
The Managing Member shall cause to be prepared all federal, state and
local tax returns of the Company for each year for which such returns are
required to be filed and shall cause such returns to be timely filed.  The Managing Member shall determine the
appropriate treatment of each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit
of the Company and the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of
the United States of America, the several states and other relevant
jurisdictions as to the treatment of any such item or any other method or
procedure related to the preparation of such tax returns.  Except as specifically provided otherwise in
this Agreement, the Managing Member may cause the Company to make or refrain
from making any and all elections permitted by such tax laws.  As promptly as practicable after the end of
each Fiscal Year, the Managing Member shall cause the Company to provide to
each Member a Schedule K-1 for such Fiscal Year.  Additionally, the Managing Member shall cause
the Company to provide to each Member, to the extent commercially reasonable
and available to the Company without undue cost, any information reasonably
required by the Member to prepare, or in connection with an audit of, such
Member’s income tax returns.

 

(b)                       Consistent Treatment. 
Each Member agrees that it shall not, except as otherwise required by
applicable law or regulatory requirements, (i) treat, on its individual income
tax returns, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit relating to
its interest in the Company in a manner inconsistent with the treatment of such
item by the Company as reflected on the Form K-1 or other information statement
furnished by the Company to such Member for use in preparing its income tax
returns or (ii) file any claim for refund relating to any such item based on,
or which would result in, such inconsistent treatment.

 

(c)                        Duties of the Tax Matters Member. 
In respect of an income tax audit of any tax return of the Company, the
filing of any amended return or claim for refund in connection with any item of
income, gain, loss, deduction or credit reflected on any tax return of the
Company, or any administrative or judicial proceedings arising out of or in
connection with any such audit, amended return, claim for refund or denial of
such claim, (A) the Managing Member shall direct the Tax Matters Member to act
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binding upon, the Company and all Members
except to the extent a Member shall properly elect to be excluded from such
proceeding pursuant to the Code, (B) all expenses incurred by the Tax Matters
Member in connection therewith (including attorneys’, accountants’ and other
experts’ fees and disbursements) shall be expenses of, and payable by, the
Company, (C) no Member shall have the right to (1) participate in the audit of
any Company tax return, (2) file any amended return or claim for refund in
connection with any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (other than
items which are not partnership items within the meaning of Code Section
6231(a)(4) or which cease to be partnership items under Code Section 6231(b))
reflected on any tax return of the Company, (3) participate in any
administrative or judicial proceedings conducted by the Company or the Tax
Matters Member arising out of or in connection with any such audit, amended
return, claim for refund or denial of such claim, or (4) appeal, challenge or
otherwise protest any adverse findings in any such audit conducted by the
Company or the Tax Matters Member or with respect to any such amended return or
claim for refund filed by the Company or the Tax Matters Member or in any such
administrative or judicial proceedings conducted by the Company or the Tax
Matters Member and (D) the Tax Matters Member shall keep the Members reasonably
apprised of the status of any such proceeding. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if a petition for a readjustment
to any partnership item included in a final partnership administrative
adjustment is filed with a District Court or the Court of Claims and the IRS
has elected to assess income tax against a Member with respect to that final partnership
administrative adjustment (rather than suspending assessments until the
District Court or Court of Claims proceedings become final), such Member shall
be permitted to file a claim for refund within such period of time as to avoid
application of any statute of limitations which would otherwise prevent the
Member from having any claim based on the final outcome of that review.

 

(d)                       Tax Matters Member. 
The Company and each Member hereby designate Pubco as the “tax matters partner”
for purposes of Code Section 6231(a)(7) (the “Tax Matters Member”).  The Managing Member may remove or replace the
Tax Matters Member at any time and from time to time.

 

(e)                        Certain Filings. 
Upon the Transfer of an interest in the Company (within the meaning of
the Code), a sale of Company assets or a liquidation of the Company, the
Members shall provide the Managing Member with information and shall make tax
filings as reasonably requested by the Managing Member and required under
applicable law.

 

(f)                          Section 754 Election. The Managing Member shall cause
the Company to make and to maintain and keep in effect at all times, in
accordance with Sections 734, 743, and 754 of the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations and comparable state law provisions, an election to adjust basis in
the event (i) any New Class A Unit is transferred in accordance with this
Agreement or the Exchange Agreement or (ii) any Company property is distributed
to any Member. 

 

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.1                                      Schedules.  Without in any way limiting the provisions of
Sections 8.2 and 9.4, the Managing Member may from time to time execute on
behalf of the Company and deliver to the Members schedules that set forth the
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each Member and any other matters deemed appropriate by the Managing
Member or required by applicable law. 
Such schedules shall be for information purposes only and shall not be
deemed to be part of this Agreement for any purpose whatsoever.

 

Section 9.2                                      Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY
CONFLICT OF LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.  In the event of a direct conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and any provision of the Certificate or any mandatory
provision of the Act, the applicable provision of the Certificate or the Act
shall control.

 

Section 9.3                                      Successors and
Assigns.  This Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective Successors in Interest; provided that no Person claiming by,
through or under a Member (whether as such Member’s Successor in Interest or
otherwise), as distinct from such Member itself, shall have any rights as, or
in respect to, a Member (including the right to approve or vote on any matter
or to notice thereof).

 

Section 9.4                                      Amendments.  Except as may be otherwise required by law,
this Agreement may be amended by the Managing Member without the consent or
approval of any Members; provided, however, that except as
expressly provided herein (including Section 3.3(e)), (i) no amendment may
adversely affect the rights of a holder of Units without the consent of such
holder if such amendment adversely affects the rights of such holder other than
on a pro rata basis with other holders of Units of the same class.

 

Section 9.5                                      Notices.  Whenever notice is required or permitted by
this Agreement to be given, such notice shall be in writing and shall be given
to any Member at such Member’s address or facsimile number shown in the Company’s
books and records, or, if given to the Company, at the following address:

 

Duff & Phelps Acquisitions,
LLC

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY  10055

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (212) 450-2801

 

with copies (which shall not constitute
notice to the Company) to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036

Telephone: (212) 735-3000

Facsimile: (212) 735-2000

Attention: David J. Goldschmidt, Esq.

Each proper notice shall be effective upon
any of the following: (a) personal delivery to the recipient, (b) when sent by
facsimile to the recipient (with confirmation of receipt), (c) one Business Day
after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service
(charges prepaid) or (d) three Business Days after being deposited in the mails
(first class or airmail postage prepaid).

 

Section 9.6                                      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed simultaneously
in two or more separate counterparts, any one of which need not contain the
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than one party, but each of which shall be an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties
hereto.

 

Section 9.7                                      Power of
Attorney.  Each Member hereby
irrevocably appoints the Managing Member as such Member’s true and lawful
representative and attorney in fact, each acting alone, in such Member’s name,
place and stead, (a) to make, execute, sign and file all instruments, documents
and certificates which, from time to time, may be required to set forth any
amendment to this Agreement or which may be required by this Agreement or by
the laws of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or any other
state in which the Company shall determine to do business, or any political
subdivision or agency thereof and (b) to execute, implement and continue the
valid and subsisting existence of the Company or to qualify and continue the
Company as a foreign limited liability company in all jurisdictions in which
the Company may conduct business.  Such
power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall survive and continue in
full force and effect notwithstanding the subsequent withdrawal from the
Company of any Member for any reason and shall survive and shall not be
affected by the disability or incapacity of such Member.

 

Section 9.8                                      Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement, the other
Transaction Documents and the other documents and agreements referred to herein
or entered into concurrently herewith embody the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained
herein; provided that such other agreements and documents shall not be
deemed to be a part of, a modification of or an amendment to this Agreement.  There are no restrictions, promises,
representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein. 
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
between the parties with respect to such subject matter, including the Original
Agreement and the First and Second Amended Agreements.

 

Section 9.9                                      Remedies.  Each Member shall have all rights and
remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies that such
Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and
all of the rights that such Person has under any applicable law.  Any Person having any rights under any
provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall
be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or
other security) to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of
this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by applicable law.

 

Section 9.10                                Severability.  Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or
rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall
not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement
shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

Section 9.11                                Creditors.  None of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or
any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any
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pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company
in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any
direct or indirect interest in Company profits, losses, distributions, capital
or property other than as a secured creditor.

 

Section 9.12                                Waiver.  No failure by any party to insist upon the
strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this
Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof
shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty,
agreement or condition.

 

Section 9.13                                Further
Action.  The parties agree to execute
and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from
taking such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes
of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.14                                Delivery
by Facsimile or Email.  This
Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or
instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated
hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed
and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or email with scan or facsimile
attachment, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original
agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal
effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person.  At the request of any party hereto or to any
such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re
execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties.  No party hereto or to any such agreement or
instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or email to deliver a
signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was
transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or email as
a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract, and each such party
forever waives any such defense.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
duly executed or caused to be duly executed this Agreement as of the dates
indicated.

 

	
   

  	
  DUFF & PHELPS ACQUISITIONS, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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  /s/ Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  DUFF & PHELPS CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  LM DUFF HOLDINGS, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Lovell Minnick Equity Partners II LP, its Manager

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Lovell Minnick Equity Advisors II LLC, its General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, its Managing Member

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Robert Belke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Robert Belke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Managing Director

  
				

 

 

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  LOVELL MINNICK EQUITY PARTNERS LP

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Lovell Minnick Equity Advisors LLC, its General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, its Managing Member

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Robert Belke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Robert Belke

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Managing Director

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  VESTAR CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Vestar Associates IV, L.P., its General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By: Vestar Associates Corporation IV, its General Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Sander Levy

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Sander Levy

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Managing Director

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  VESTAR/D&P HOLDINGS LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Sander Levy

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Sander Levy

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Managing Director

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
				

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  ON BEHALF OF EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF DUFF & PHELPS
  ACQUISITIONS, LLC

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  NOAH GOTTDIENER

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Noah Gottdiener

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Attorney-In-Fact for the Members

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  GERARD CREAGH

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Gerard Creagh

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Gerard Creagh

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: Attorney-In-Fact for the Members

  
				

 

 

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