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Exhibit 10.19    
    

 
  RESTRICTED UNIT AGREEMENT    
    

        This Restricted Unit Agreement (this "Agreement") is made as of this 5th day of August, 2004 (the
"Effective Date") between New Refco Group Ltd., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Company"), and the undersigned employee (the "Employee"). Certain capitalized terms used herein are
defined in Section 7 hereof. 

        WHEREAS,
the Company believes it to be in the best interests of the Company and its unitholders to take action to promote work-force stability, to reward performance and
otherwise align interests of key management employees with those of the Company; 

        WHEREAS,
accordingly the Company has determined to issue restricted units in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and 

        WHEREAS,
the Company desires to be assured that the confidential information and goodwill of the Company will be preserved for the exclusive benefit of the Company. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows: 

1.    Issuance of Employee Units.    

        (a)   Upon
execution of this Agreement, the Company will issue to the Employee that number of Class B Common Units of the Company (the
"Class B Common Units") set forth below such Employee's name on the signature page attached hereto. All of such Class B Common Units
issued to the Employee hereby are referred to herein as "Employee Units." To secure the Company's rights under the Repurchase Option in  Section 3, the
Company will retain possession of the certificates representing the Employee Units and will provide the Employee with copies
thereof.(1) 

	(1)
	The
IRS has published guidance to the effect that if the Company and the Employee treat the Employee as the owner of the Employee Units from the Effective Date and the Employee takes
into account his distributive share of Company items in computing his income tax liability, it is not necessary, given that the Class B Common Units will represent a pure profits interest in a
partnership for tax purposes, for the Employee to make a Section 83(b) election with respect to his receipt of the Employee Units. Nevertheless, many recipients of these type of interests make
a Section 83(b) election as a matter of practice. 

        (b)   In
connection with the acquisition of the Employee Units hereunder, the Employee represents and warrants to the Company that: 

        (i)    the
Employee Units to be acquired by the Employee pursuant to this Agreement will be acquired for the Employee's own account, for investment only and not with a view to,
or intention of, distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, or any applicable state securities laws, and the Employee Units will not be disposed of in contravention of the Securities Act
or any applicable state securities laws or this Agreement or the Securityholders' Agreement; 

        (ii)   the
Employee has such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters and with respect to investments in securities of privately held companies so as to
enable the Employee to understand and evaluate the risks and benefits of his or her investment in the Employee Units; 

        (iii)  the
Employee has no need for liquidity in his or her investment in the Employee Units and is able to bear the economic risk of his or her investment in the Employee
Units for an indefinite period of time and understands that the Employee Units have not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, by reason of the
issuance of the Employee Units in a transaction exempt from the registration and qualification requirements of the Securities Act or such state securities laws and, therefore, cannot be sold 

 

unless
subsequently registered or qualified under the Securities Act or such state securities laws or an exemption from such registration or qualification is available; 

        (iv)  the
Employee acknowledges that he or she is aware that the Employee Units may not be sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act unless all of
the conditions of that Rule are met. Among the current conditions for use of Rule 144 by certain holders is the availability to the public of current information about the Company. Such
information is not now available, and the Company has no current plans to make such information available; and 

        (v)   the
Employee has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Employee Units and has had full
access to or been provided with such other information concerning the Company as the Employee has requested. 

        (c)   This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Employee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Employee does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Employee is a party or any judgment, order or
decree to which the Employee is subject. 

        (d)   As
an inducement to the Company to issue the Employee Units to the Employee and as a condition thereto, the Employee acknowledges and agrees that: 

        (i)    neither
the issuance of the Employee Units to the Employee nor any provision contained herein shall entitle the Employee to remain in the employment of the Company or
its subsidiaries or affect the right of the Company to terminate the Employee's employment at any time for any reason; and 

        (ii)   except
as provided in any other agreement between the Company or any subsidiary thereof and the Employee, the Company shall have no duty or obligation to disclose to
the Employee, and the Employee shall have no right to be advised of, any material information regarding the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, at any time prior to, upon or in connection with the
forfeiture of the Employee Units upon the termination of the Employee's employment with the Company or a subsidiary thereof. 

        (e)   In
connection with the issuance and sale by the Company to the Employee of the Employee Units, the Company represents and warrants that: 

        (i)    the
Company is a limited liability company validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite limited liability company power
and authority to own, lease and operate the assets used in its business, to carry on its business as presently conducted, to enter into this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; 

        (ii)   the
Company has taken all limited liability company action necessary to authorize its execution and delivery of this Agreement, its performance of its obligations
thereunder, and its consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; and 

        (iii)  this
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms. 

2.    Vesting of Employee Units.    

        (a)    General.    

        (i)    Vesting.    The Employee Units granted hereunder (the "Units")
will be deemed "vested" (the "Vested Units") in accordance with this Section 2. One half of the
Units (the "Non Performance-Based Units") will vest 25% on each of February 28, 2005, February 28, 2006, 

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February 28,
2007 and February 29, 2008, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b). The other half of the Units (the
"Performance Units") will vest based upon the Company's achievement of the EBITDA targets set forth below for each of the Company's fiscal years ending
February 28, 2005, February 28, 2006, February 28, 2007 and February 29, 2008 (each, a "Measurement Year"). The vesting for
the Performance Units will be based on the following schedule: 

EBITDA Targets
  (dollars in millions) 

	Measurement

Year
	 	Target

EBITDA
	 	Cumulative

Target

EBITDA
	 	90% of

Target

EBITDA
	 	90% of

Cumulative

Target

EBITDA
	 	Eligible

Performance

Units

	2005	 	$	294.7	 	$	294.7	 	$	265.2	 	$	265.2	 	25% of Performance Units
	2006	 	$	348.9	 	$	643.6	 	$	314.01	 	$	579.2	 	25% of Performance Units
	2007	 	$	403.9	 	$	1,047.5	 	$	363.51	 	$	942.75	 	25% of Performance Units
	2008	 	$	464.6	 	$	1,512.1	 	$	418.14	 	$	1,360.89	 	25% of Performance Units

The
minimum EBITDA targets set forth above shall be appropriately adjusted by the Company's Board of Managers for acquisitions and dispositions made by the Company (whether by purchase or sale of
assets, merger or otherwise) and such adjustments shall take into account the pro forma annual EBITDA of any acquired business. 

        (A)    Performance Based Vesting.    Following the end of each Measurement Year, on the Measurement Date, the number
of Performance Units set forth above that are identified above as first being eligible to vest for that Measurement Year (the "Eligible Performance
Units") shall be eligible to vest. On each Measurement Date, 50% of the Eligible Performance Units with respect to the prior Measurement Year shall become Vested Units if at
least 90% of the annual EBITDA target amount was met for the prior Measurement Year. If more than 90% of the annual EBITDA target amount was met for the prior Measurement Year, then the Eligible
Performance Units with respect to the prior Measurement Year shall become Vested Units on a straight line basis such that an additional 5% of Eligible Performance Units shall become Vested Units for
each 1% that actual EBITDA exceeds 90% of the annual EBITDA target amount. 

        (B)    Catch Up.    On the fourth Measurement Date, in addition to the vesting provided in subsection
(A) above, the Eligible Performance Units for all prior Measurement Years that have not previously vested due to the Company's failure to meet any annual EBITDA target as of such date
(collectively, the "Missed Performance Units") shall be eligible for "catch-up" vesting. Such "catch-up" vesting shall occur if
the cumulative EBITDA target set forth above in the column for Measurement Year 2008 (which represents the cumulative EBITDA target for Measurement Years 2005 through 2008) is met;  provided, that
(a) at least 90% of the annual EBITDA target for Measurement Year 2008 is met and (b) the actual EBITDA for Measurement
Year 2008 exceeds the actual EBITDA for Measurement Year 2007 (collectively, the "Catch-Up Targets"). If 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target
for Measurement Years 2005 through 2008 is met, then 50% of the Missed Performance Units shall become Vested Units. If over 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target for Measurement Years 2005 through 2008
is met, then a number of Missed Performance Units will become Vested Units, determined on a straight line basis such that an additional 5% of the Missed Performance Units will become Vested Units for
each 1% that actual cumulative EBITDA exceeds 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target for Measurement Years 2005 through 2008. 

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        (ii)    Change of Control.    All Non Performance-Based Units that have not previously vested will vest in full upon a
Change of Control. Performance Units that have not become Vested Units will accelerate as set forth below upon a Change of Control solely if the Company (a) achieves at least 90% of the EBITDA
target for the Measurement Year immediately preceding the year in which the Change of Control occurs, and (b) the actual EBITDA for the Measurement Year immediately preceding the year in which
the Change of Control occurs exceeded the actual EBITDA for the preceding year. If (x) the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above are met, and (y) the Company
achieved 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target for the Measurement Year completed immediately prior to the Change of Control, then 50% of the Missed Performance Units and 50% of the Performance Units
that are not Eligible Performance Units shall become Vested Units. If (x) the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above are met, and (y) the Company achieved more
than 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target for such immediately prior Measurement Year, then a number of Missed Performance Units and Performance Units that are not Eligible Performance Units will
become Vested Units, determined on a straight line basis such that an additional 5% of the Missed Performance Units and 5% of the Performance Units that are not Eligible Performance Units will become
Vested Units for each 1% that actual cumulative EBITDA for such immediately prior Measurement Year exceeds 90% of the cumulative EBITDA target for such immediately prior Measurement Year. 

        (b)   In
the event the Employee ceases to be employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on a full-time basis for any reason, then (i) all Employee
Units shall cease vesting effective as of the date upon which the Employee ceases to be so employed (the "Termination Date"), (ii) a fraction of
the Non Performance-Based Units that otherwise would become Vested Units at the end of the Measurement Year in which such termination occurs will become Vested Units, the numerator of which fraction
shall equal the number of whole months during such year (or, in the case of such termination prior to February 28, 2005, the number of whole months since the date of this Agreement) that the
Employee remained employed by the Company and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12), and, (iii) in the event that the Company achieves the EBITDA target with respect to the Measurement
Year in which such termination occurs, then the Eligible Performance Units with respect to such year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall equal the number of whole months during such
year that the Employee remained employed with the Company and the denominator of which is 12, shall become Vested Units as of the next Measurement Date. 

        (c)   Notwithstanding
the vesting terms set forth in clause (a) above, if the Employee remains employed on a full-time basis with the Company or any of its
subsidiaries from the Effective Date through the eighth anniversary of the Effective Date, all Performance Units that have not previously vested shall automatically and immediately vest on the eighth
anniversary of the Effective Date. 

3.    Repurchase or Forfeiture of Units.    

        (a)   In
the event that the Employee ceases to be employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries on a full-time basis for any reason, then all Employee Units
(whether held by the Employee or by one or more of the Employee's transferees) which as of the date of termination: 

        (i)    have
not vested pursuant to Section 2 hereof, will be forfeited and returned to the Company; 

        (ii)   have
vested pursuant to Section 2 hereof, will be subject to repurchase by the Company, at its option (the
"Repurchase Option"), for Fair Market Value. 

        (b)   In
the event of a Change of Control, then all Performance Units (whether held by the Employee or by one or more of the Employee's transferees) which, as of the date of
such Change of Control, have not become Vested Units pursuant to Section 2, will be forfeited and returned to the Company. 

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        (c)   The
Repurchase Option shall be exercised by the Company, or its designee, from time to time, by delivering to the Employee a written notice of exercise and a check in
the amount of the Fair Market Value. Upon delivery of such notice and payment of the purchase price as described above (or automatically upon any forfeiture of units pursuant to  Section 3(a) or
3(b)), the Company, or its designee, shall become the legal and beneficial owner
of the Employee Units being repurchased and all rights and interest therein or related thereto, and the Company, or its designee, shall have the right to transfer to its own name the number of
Employee Units being repurchased without further action by the Employee or any of his or her transferees. If the Company or its designee elect to exercise the Repurchase Option pursuant to this  Section 3 and the Employee or his or her transferee fails to deliver the Employee Units in accordance with the terms hereof, the Company, or its
designee, may, at its option, in addition to all other remedies it may have, deposit the purchase price in an escrow account administered by an independent third party (to be held for the benefit of
and payment over to the Employee or his or her transferee in accordance herewith), whereupon (or, in any case, upon any forfeiture of units pursuant to this  Section 3) the Company shall by written
notice to the Employee cancel on its books the certificates(s) representing such Employee Units
registered in the name of the Employee and all of the Employee's or his or her transferee's right, title, and interest in and to such Employee Units shall terminate in all respects. 

        (d)   Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if at any time the Company elects to repurchase any Class B Common Units pursuant to the Repurchase Option, the Company shall pay
the purchase price for the Class B Common Units it purchases (i) first, by offsetting indebtedness, if any, owing from such Employee to the Company and (ii) then, by the Company's
delivery of cash for the remainder of the purchase price, if any, against delivery of the certificates or other instruments representing the Class B Common Units so purchased, duly endorsed;  provided that, (x) if any such cash payment at the time such payment is required to be made would result (A) in a violation of any law,
statute, rule, regulation, policy, order, writ, injunction, decree or judgment promulgated or entered by any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental authority applicable to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their property or (B) after giving effect thereto, in a Financing Default, or (y) if the Board determines in good faith that immediately prior
to such purchase there shall exist a Financing Default which prohibits such purchase ((x) and (y) collectively the "Cash Deferral
Conditions"), the portion of the cash payment so affected may be made by the Company's delivery of a promissory note or senior preferred units of the Company with a liquidation
preference equal to the balance of the purchase price. The promissory note or senior preferred units shall accrue interest or yield, as the case may be, annually at the "prime rate" published in The
Wall Street Journal on the date of issuance, which interest or yield, as the case may be, shall be payable at maturity. The value of each such senior preferred unit shall as of its issuance be deemed
to equal (A) the portion of the cash payment paid by the issuance of such preferred units divided by (B) the number of senior preferred units so issued. Any senior preferred units or the
promissory note shall be redeemed or payable when and to the extent the Cash Deferral Condition which prompted their issuance no longer exists. 

        (e)   In
the event that Employee Units are repurchased or forfeited pursuant to this Section 3, the Employee and his or
her successors, assigns or Representatives shall take (at the Company's expense) all steps necessary and desirable to obtain all required third-party, governmental and regulatory consents and
approvals and take all other actions necessary and desirable to facilitate consummation of such repurchase in a timely manner. 

4.    Legend.    

        The
certificates representing the Employee Units will bear the following legend: 

        "THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE, REPURCHASE RIGHTS AND CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN A RESTRICTED UNIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 5,
2004, 

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BETWEEN
THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER SIGNATORY THERETO. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED BY THE HOLDER HEREOF AT THE COMPANY'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE. 

        THE
SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, OR ENCUMBRANCE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES IN RESPECT OF THE ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS ARE SUBJECT TO A SECURITYHOLDERS' AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 5, 2004 AMONG THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN HOLDERS OF ITS EQUITY INTERESTS. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT NO COST BY WRITTEN
REQUEST MADE BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. 

        THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR
BLUE SKY LAWS. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID ACT OR LAWS." 

5.    Restrictions on Transfer, Conversion and Voting.    

        (a)   The
Company and the Employee acknowledge and agree that the Employee Units are subject to and restricted by the Securityholders' Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in the Securityholders' Agreement, no Employee Units that have not become Vested Units pursuant to Section 2 hereof may be
transferred to any Person and no Employee Units that are Vested Units may be transferred to any Person who is not an Affiliate of the Employee. The Vested Units may be transferred by will or the laws
of descent and distribution. 

        (b)   Prior
to any Transfer, the transferee shall agree, by execution of a Joinder Agreement, to be bound by this Agreement as holder of Employee Units and by the
Securityholders' Agreement. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Employee Units in violation of the preceding sentence shall be void, and the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books
or treat any purported transferee of such Employee Units as the owner of such units for any purpose. 

        (c)   The
Employee agrees that so long as the Employee owns Employee Units which have not become Vested Units pursuant to  Section 2 hereof, the Employee shall be obligated to vote all of his, her or its
Employee Units which have not become Vested Units pursuant to  Section 2 hereof in the same manner and proportions as the votes cast by the holders of a majority of the Company's voting equity
interests not
subject to such repurchase rights. If the Employee fails or refuses to vote his, her or its Employee Units which have not become Vested Units pursuant to  Section 2 hereof as required by, or votes
his, her or its Employee Units which have not become Vested Units pursuant to  Section 2 hereof in contravention of this Section 5(c), then the
Employee hereby grants to
each of the President and Treasurer of the Company, acting solely in his or her capacity as such, an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an interest, to vote such units in accordance with  Section 5(c).

6.    Restricted Activities.    

        (a)   The
Employee acknowledges and agrees that the Company is engaged in a highly competitive business and that the success of the Company's business in the marketplace
depends upon its goodwill and reputation for quality and dependability. 

        (b)   The
Employee further acknowledges and agrees that (i) reasonable limits may be placed on the Employee's ability to compete against the Company and its Affiliates
as provided herein to the extent that they protect and preserve the legitimate business interests and goodwill of the Company and/or its Affiliates and (ii) such limits are (A) in
consideration for and as an inducement for, among 

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other
things, the receipt of the units, (B) the result of arms-length negotiations between the parties, (C) reasonable in scope and duration, and (D) necessary to
protect the legitimate business interests of the Company and its Affiliates. In addition, the Employee acknowledges (1) that the business of the Company and its Affiliates is international in
scope and without geographical limitation and (2) notwithstanding the state of incorporation or formation or principal office or location of the Company or any of its Affiliates, or any of
their respective executives or employees (including the Employee), it is expected that the Company will have business activities and have valuable business relationships within its industry throughout
the United States and the world. 

        (c)   The
Employee acknowledges that he has carefully read this Agreement and has given careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon by the Employee by this Agreement,
and is in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper protection of Proprietary Information, whether now existing or to be developed in the future. The Employee expressly
acknowledges and agrees that each and every restraint imposed by this Agreement is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and geographical area. 

        (d)   Having
acknowledged the foregoing, the Employee covenants and agrees with the Company as follows: 

        6.1    Proprietary Information.    

        (a)   In
the course of service to the Company, the Employee will have access to confidential information regarding the organization, business and finances of the Company and
its Affiliates, including products, services, designs, methods, techniques, systems, specifications, know-how, strategic or technical data, marketing research data, product research and
development data, sales techniques, confidential customer lists and information, sources of supply and trade secrets, all of which are confidential and may be proprietary and are owned or used by the
Company, or any of its Affiliates. Such information shall hereinafter be called "Proprietary Information" and shall include any and all items enumerated
in the preceding sentence and coming within the scope of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates as to which the Employee may have access, whether conceived or developed by others or by
the Employee alone or with others during the period of service to the Company, whether or not conceived or developed during regular working hours. Proprietary Information shall not include any
records, data or information which are (i) in the public domain during or after the Employee's term of employment provided the same are not in the public domain as a consequence of disclosure
directly or indirectly by the Employee in violation of this Agreement, (ii) required to be disclosed by law, or (iii) reasonably required to be disclosed in defending any suit,
proceeding or investigation to which the Employee is a party. 

        (b)   The
Employee agrees that Proprietary Information is of critical importance to the Company and a violation of this  Section 6.1(b) would seriously and irreparably impair and damage the Company's
business. The Employee agrees that he shall keep all Proprietary
Information in a fiduciary capacity for the sole benefit of the Company. 

        (c)   The
Employee shall not during the Employee's term of employment or at any time thereafter: (i) disclose, directly or indirectly, any Proprietary Information to
any person, other than any person who, in the reasonable judgment of the Employee, needs to know such Proprietary Information or such other persons to whom the Employee has been specifically
instructed to make disclosure by the Board of Managers and in all such cases only to the extent required in the course of the Employee's service to the Company; or (ii) use any Proprietary
Information, directly or indirectly, for the Employee's own benefit or for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company. 

        (d)   The
Employee agrees to assign and transfer to the Company or its designee, without any separate remuneration or compensation, his entire right, title and interest in and
to all Inventions 

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in
the Field (as defined below), together with all United States and foreign rights with respect thereto, and, at the Company's expense, to execute and deliver all appropriate patent and copyright
applications for securing United States and foreign patents and copyrights on Inventions in the Field and to perform all lawful acts, including giving testimony, and to execute and deliver all such
instruments that may be necessary or proper to vest all such Inventions in the Field and patents and copyrights with respect thereto in the Company, and to assist the Company in the prosecution or
defense of any interference which may be declared involving any of said patent applications, patents, copyright applications or copyrights. For the purposes of this Agreement, the words
"Inventions in the Field" shall include any discovery, process, design, development, improvement, application, technique, or invention, whether
patentable or copyrightable or not and whether reduced to practice or not, conceived, created, discovered, invented or made by the Employee, individually or jointly with others (whether on or off the
Company's premises or during or after normal working hours), while in the employ of the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and which was or is directly or indirectly related to the business
of the Company or any of its affiliated companies or suppliers or customers, or which resulted or results from any work performed by, or use of any Documents, Property or other personal property of
the Company (whether tangible or intangible and whether owned, leased or contracted for) by, any executive, employee or agent of the Company or any of its affiliated companies. 

        6.2    Protection of Documents.    All (i) notes, memoranda, reports, lists, letters, documents, records,
specifications, software programs, software code, data, tapes and other media of every kind, form and description relating to or within the scope of the business of the Company or any of its
Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (collectively, the "Documents"), whether or not prepared by the Employee, and (ii) all
computers, cellular telephones, pagers, credit and/or calling cards, keys, access cards or other personal property of or relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the
"Property") shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. The Employee shall safeguard all Documents and Property and shall surrender to the
Company within five (5) days of the date of termination of the Employee, or at such earlier time or times as the Board of Managers or its designee may specify, all Documents and Property then
in the Employee's possession or control; provided, however, that the Employee may retain a copy of any
personnel-related materials relating to his or her employment with the Company, including, but not limited to, this Agreement, any compensation or benefit plan or program, or any awards or evidence of
participation in such plans or programs, or any other communications to or from the Company related to Employee's employment. During the Employee's term of employment, the Employee shall not make, use
or permit to be used any Documents or Property otherwise than for the benefit of the Company. After the Employee's term of employment, the Employee shall not use or permit others to use any Documents
or Property. This Section 6.2 and Section 6.1 shall not be construed to unreasonably restrict the Employee's ability to disclose Proprietary Information in an arbitration or court
proceeding regarding the assertion of, or defense against, any claim of breach of this Agreement. 

        6.3    Non-Competition.    During the Non-Competition Period (as defined below), the Employee
will not and will not permit any of his Affiliates to anywhere in the Territory (as defined below) engage or participate in, directly or indirectly, alone or as principal, agent, employee, employer,
consultant, investor or partner of, or assist in the management of, or provide advisory or other services to, or own any stock or any other ownership interest in, or make any financial investment in,
any business or entity which is Competitive with the Company (as defined below); provided, however, that
the ownership of not more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding securities of any class of securities listed on a national exchange or inter-dealer quotation system shall not constitute a violation
of this Section 6.3. For purposes of this Agreement, a business or entity shall be considered "Competitive with the
Company" as of any point in time during the Non-Competition Period if it competes with (A) the products then marketed or sold by the Company and/or any of
its Affiliates and as such products may be improved and/or modified, (B) the services then marketed, sold or provided by the Company and/or 

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any
of its Affiliates and as such services may be improved and/or modified or (C) the products and/or services that the Company and/or any of its Affiliates is then actively developing,
designing, marketing, producing or supplying in the future including, without limitation, the business of providing financial products or services, including those involving or related to
exchange-traded derivatives, managed futures, prime brokerage services, fixed income securities, foreign exchange, equities, over-the-counter derivatives and asset management
of structured products related to the Company's core business. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Non-Competition Period" shall mean the
period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending eighteen (18) months after the date of termination of the Employee's employment with the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Territory" shall mean the States of New York and Illinois and every other State or foreign country where the Company and/or any of its Affiliates
maintains employees, owns or leases property or otherwise conducts business during the Non-Competition Period. 

        6.4    Non-Solicitation and No-Hire Restrictions.    During the Non-Competition
Period, the Employee will not and will not permit any of his Affiliates (i) solicit, or attempt to solicit any officer, director, consultant or executive of the Company or any of its Affiliates
(each such individual, a "Company Affiliate") to leave his or her engagement with the Company or such Affiliate, (ii) hire any Company Affiliate
or (iii) call upon, solicit, divert or attempt to solicit or divert from the Company or any of its Affiliates any of their customers or suppliers or potential or prospective customers or
suppliers of whom the Employee was aware were potential customers prior to or during the Employee's term of employment in any manner that harms or interferes with such person's relationship with the
Company; provided, however, that nothing in this  Section 6.4 shall be deemed to prohibit the Employee
from calling upon or soliciting a customer or supplier of the Company or any Affiliate
during the Non-Competition Period if such action relates solely to a business which is not Competitive with the Company; provided,  further, that nothing in
this Section 6.4 shall be deemed to prohibit the Employee from
(A) soliciting or hiring any Company Affiliate if such Company Affiliate is a member of the Employee's immediate family; (B) placing advertisements in newspapers or other media of
general circulation advertising employment opportunities; and (C) hiring any Company Affiliate who responds to such advertisements without any prior notice thereof by the Employee; provided
that such Company Affiliate was not otherwise solicited by the Employee or any of his Affiliates in violation of this Agreement. 

        6.5    No Disparagement.    Each of the Company and the Employee covenants and agrees that during the
Non-Competition Period, such party will not, directly or indirectly, either in writing or by any other medium, make any disparaging, derogatory or negative statement, comment or remark
about the other party or any of its Affiliates, or Thomas H. Lee Partners or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and
assigns, as the case may be; provided, however, that either party may make such statements, comments or remarks as are necessary to comply with law. 

        6.6    Further Assurances.    The Employee will not circumvent the purpose of any restriction contained in this  Section 6 by
engaging in business outside the Territory through remote means such as telephone, correspondence or computerized communication. 

7.    Definitions.    

        The
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: 

        "Affiliate" of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular Person
or, with respect to any individual, such individual's spouse and descendants (whether natural or adopted) and any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar vehicle established and
maintained solely for the benefit of (or the sole members or partners of which are) such individual, such individual's spouse and/or such individual's descendants. 

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        "Board" means the Board of Managers of the Company. 

        "Change of Control" shall mean the consummation of a transaction, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions
that are consummated contemporaneously (or consummated pursuant to contemporaneous agreements), with any other party or parties, other than an Affiliate of THL or an Affiliate of Phillip Bennett, on
an arm's-length basis, pursuant to which (a) a party or group (as defined under Rule 13d under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) who is not a unitholder of the Company on
the Effective Date, acquires, directly or indirectly (whether by merger, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of capital stock or otherwise), more than 50% of the
voting power of the Company or otherwise becomes entitled to designate a majority of the members of the Company's Board of Managers, or (b) such party or parties, directly or indirectly,
acquire assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. 

        "Class A Common Units" means the Company's Class A Common Units. 

        "Class B Common Units" has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) hereof. 

        "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

        "Credit Agreement" shall mean the Credit Agreement made as of August 5, 2004, between Refco Finance Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, Refco Group Ltd., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, each lender from time to time party thereto, Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, acting
through its Cayman Islands Branch, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as co-lead arrangers and joint book running managers, Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman
Islands Branch, as Syndication Agent, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Documentation Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, as may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms. 

        "EBITDA" has the meaning set forth in the Securityholders' Agreement. 

        "Employee Units" has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a) hereof. The Employee
Units will continue to be Employee Units in the hands of any holder other than the Employee (except for the Company and except for transferees in a public sale) and, except as otherwise provided
herein, each such other holder of the Employee Units will succeed to all rights and obligations attributable to the Employee as a holder of the Employee Units hereunder. The Employee Units will also
include equity interests of the Company issued with respect to the Employee Units by way of an equity split, dividend of equity or other recapitalization. 

        "Fair Market Value" shall be determined by the Board based on methods consistently applied in good faith. Upon such determination, the
Company shall promptly provide the Employee with notice of the Fair Market Value so determined (the "Board Notice"). 

        "Financing Default" means any event of default or breach under the Credit Agreement. 

        "Measurement Date" shall mean, for any Measurement Year, the date following the end of such Measurement Year upon which the Company shall
have received its audited financial statements for such Measurement Year, beginning with the Measurement Year ending February 28, 2005. 

        "Person" shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, an investment fund, a limited
liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political
subdivision thereof. 

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        "Representative" means, with respect to the deceased Employee, the duly appointed, qualified and acting personal representative (or
personal representatives collectively) of the estate of the deceased Employee (or portion of such estate that includes Employee Units), whether such personal representative holds the position of
executor, administrator or other similar position qualified to act on behalf of such estate. 

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal law then in force. 

        "Securityholders' Agreement" means the Securityholders' Agreement dated August 5, 2004 between the Company and certain
securityholders of the Company, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. 

        "THL" means Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its Affiliates. 

        "Transfer" means the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposal (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily
or involuntarily or by operation of law) of any Employee Units. 

8.    General Provisions.    

        (a)    Severability.    The parties agree that each provision herein shall be treated as a separate and independent
clause, and the unenforceability of any one clause shall in no way impair the enforceability of any other clauses of this Agreement. If any one or more provisions of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable for any reason, including due to being overbroad in scope activity, subject or otherwise: (i) this Agreement shall be considered divisible; (ii) such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent it is deemed invalid or unenforceable; and (iii) in all other respects this Agreement shall remain full force and effect; provided, however, that if
any such provision maybe made valid or enforceable by limitation thereof, then such provision shall be deemed to be so limited and shall be valid and/or enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law. 

        (b)    Entire Agreement.    This Agreement and the Securityholders Agreement constitute the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof and from and after the date of this Agreement, this Agreement shall supersede any other prior negotiations, discussions,
writings, agreements or understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. 

        (c)    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement. 

        (d)    Successors and Assigns.    

        (i)    This
Agreement is personal to the Employee and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by the Employee. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the Employee and the Employee's legal representatives. 

        (ii)   This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. 

        (iii)  Nothing
in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors, and permitted assigns, any rights, benefits, or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. 

        (e)    Governing Law.    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or 

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rule
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. 

        (f)    Remedies.    Each of the parties to this Agreement and any such Person granted rights hereunder whether or not
such Person is a signatory hereto shall be entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically to recover damages and costs (including reasonable attorney's fees) for any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the
provisions of this Agreement and that any party and any such Person granted rights
hereunder whether or not such Person is a signatory hereto may in its sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief (without posting any bond or deposit) in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this Agreement. 

        (g)    Amendment and Waiver.    The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written
consent of the Company and the Employee and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the
validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof. 

        (h)    Notices.    Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally
delivered, transmitted via facsimile, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the
address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to
have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via facsimile, five (5) days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one (1) day after deposit
with a reputable overnight courier service. 

        If
to the Company, to: 

New
Refco Group Ltd., LLC

c/o Refco Group Ltd., LLC

One World Financial Center

200 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10281

Attention: Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel 

With
a copy to: 

Thomas
H. Lee Partners, L.P.

100 Federal Street, 35th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

Attention: Scott A. Schoen

                  Scott Jaeckel

                  George Taylor 

If
to the Employee, to the address set forth underneath the Employee's name on the signature pages hereto. 

        (i)    Business Days.    If any time period for giving notice or taking action hereunder expires on a day which is a
Saturday, Sunday or holiday in the state in which the Company's chief executive office is located, the time period for giving notice or taking action shall be automatically extended to the business
day immediately following such Saturday, Sunday or holiday. 

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        (j)    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.    All representations, warranties and agreements
contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the termination of this Agreement indefinitely. 

        (k)    Descriptive Headings.    The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do
not constitute a part of this Agreement. 

        (l)    Construction.    Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein,
such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed
to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. 

        (m)    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.    EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. 

        (n)    Nouns and Pronouns.    Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa. 

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

	 	 	NEW REFCO GROUP LTD, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	

 
	 	 	 	/s/  PHILLIP R. BENNETT      

	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 	Phillip R. Bennett

	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	President

	 	 	EMPLOYEE:
	 	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

/s/  PHILLIP R. BENNETT      
 Phillip R. Bennett
	

 	
 	

Address:	

Phillip R. Bennett

125 Colt Lane

Gladstone, NJ 07934
	

 	
 	

Number of Employee Units Received
	 	 	 	 
	

 	
 	

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SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT    
    
    Dated August 5, 2004    
    
    Among    
    
    NEW REFCO GROUP LTD., LLC    
    
    AND    
    
    THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO    

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS  

	 
	 
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	ARTICLE I    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES	 	1
	 	
  1.1	

Representations and Warranties of the Company	
 	

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  1.2	

Representations and Warranties of the Securityholders	
 	

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ARTICLE II    VOTING AGREEMENTS	
 	

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  2.1	

Election of Managers	
 	

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  2.2	

Limitations on Certain Actions by the Company	
 	

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  2.3	

Actions Requiring Board Approval	
 	

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  2.4	

Other Voting Matters	
 	

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ARTICLE III    TRANSFERS OF SECURITIES	
 	

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  3.1	

General Restrictions on Transfers of Securities	
 	

4
	 	
  3.2	

Right of First Offer	
 	

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  3.3	

Rights of Co-Sale	
 	

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  3.4	

Securities Act Compliance	
 	

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  3.5	

Transfers in Violation of Agreement	
 	

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  3.6	

Transfers and Other Actions in Connection with Public Offering	
 	

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ARTICLE IV    TAKE-ALONG RIGHTS ON APPROVED SALE	
 	

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  4.1	

Take-Along Right	
 	

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ARTICLE V    CALL RIGHTS	
 	

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  5.1	

Call by the Company of Executive Investor Securities	
 	

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ARTICLE VI    REGISTRATION RIGHTS	
 	

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  6.1	

Demand Registrations	
 	

10
	 	
  6.2	

Incidental Registration	
 	

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  6.3	

Holdback Agreements	
 	

13
	 	
  6.4	

Registration Procedures	
 	

13
	 	
  6.5	

Registration Expenses	
 	

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  6.6	

Indemnification; Contribution	
 	

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  6.7	

Rule 144	
 	

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  6.8	

Underwritten Registrations	
 	

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  6.9	

No Inconsistent Agreements	
 	

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ARTICLE VII    INFORMATION RIGHTS	
 	

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  7.1	

Information Rights	
 	

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ARTICLE VIII    PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS	
 	

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  8.1	

Issuance of New Securities	
 	

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ARTICLE IX    AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION	
 	

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  9.1	

Amendment and Waiver	
 	

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  9.2	

Termination of Certain Provisions	
 	

21
	 	
  9.3	

Termination of Agreement	
 	

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  9.4	

Termination as to a Party	
 	

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ARTICLE X    MISCELLANEOUS	
 	

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 10.1	

Certain Defined Terms	
 	

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 10.2	

Legends	
 	

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 10.3	

Severability	
 	

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 10.4	

Entire Agreement	
 	

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 10.5	

Successors and Assigns	
 	

28
	 	
 10.6	

Counterparts	
 	

28
	 	
 10.7	

Remedies	
 	

28
	 	
 10.8	

Notices	
 	

29
	 	
 10.9	

Governing Law	
 	

29
	 	
 10.10	

Bennett Ownership of RGHI	
 	

30
	 	
 10.11	

Consent of THL	
 	

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 10.12	

Descriptive Headings	
 	

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SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of August 5, 2004 by and among
(i) New Refco Group Ltd., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), (ii) Refco Group Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("RGHI"), (iii) THL Refco Acquisition Partners and certain other Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. as identified on
the signature pages hereto that become a holder of Units, (each, a "THL Holder" and collectively "THL"),
(iv) the Limited Partners or Affiliates of Limited Partners who are parties to this Agreement (each, a "THL Limited Partner"), (v) the
executive employees of the Company who have purchased Class A Common Units and who are identified as Executive Investors on the signature pages hereto (each, an
"Executive Investor" and, collectively, the "Executive Investors"), and (v) the initial parties
to this Agreement who are identified as Employees on the signature pages hereto (each, an "Employee," collectively, the
"Employees"). RGHI, THL, the THL Limited Partners and the Executive Investors are collectively referred to herein as the
"Investors". The Investors and the Employees and each other holder of Securities that is or may become a party to this Agreement as contemplated hereby
are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the "Securityholders" and individually as a
"Securityholder". In addition, Phillip R. Bennett ("Bennett") is a party to this Agreement solely for
the purposes of Section 10.10. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in  Section 10.1. 

        The
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ARTICLE I
  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES    
    

        1.1    Representations and Warranties of the Company.    The Company hereby represents and warrants to the
Securityholders that as of the date of this Agreement: 

        (a)   it
is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, it has full power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action; 

        (b)   this
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms; and 

        (c)   the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, with or
without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both (i) violate any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which the Company is subject, (ii) violate any order, judgment or
decree applicable to the Company or (iii) conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any term or condition of the Company's organizational documents or any agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. 

        1.2    Representations and Warranties of the Securityholders.    Each Securityholder (as to himself or itself only)
represents and warrants to the Company and the other Securityholders that, as of the time such Securityholder becomes a party to this Agreement: 

        (a)   this
Agreement (or the separate joinder agreement executed by such Securityholder) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Securityholder, and this
Agreement constitutes a legal and binding obligation of such Securityholder, enforceable against such Securityholder in accordance with its terms; and 

        (b)   the
execution, delivery and performance by such Securityholder of this Agreement (or any joinder to this Agreement, if applicable) and the consummation by such
Securityholder of the transactions contemplated hereby (and thereby, if applicable) will not, with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, (i) violate any provision of law,
statute, rule or regulation to 

 

which
such Securityholder is subject, (ii) violate any order, judgment or decree applicable to such Securityholder or (iii) conflict with, or result in a breach or default under, any
term or condition of any agreement or other instrument to which such Securityholder is a party or by which such Securityholder is bound. 

 
 

ARTICLE II
  VOTING AGREEMENTS    
    

        2.1    Election of Managers.    

        (a)    Size and Composition of the Board.    Each Securityholder, other than the Company, that is a party to this
Agreement hereby agrees that such Securityholder will vote, or cause to be voted, all voting securities of the Company over which such Securityholder has the power to vote or direct the voting, and
will take all other necessary or desirable actions within such Securityholder's control, and the Company will take all necessary and desirable actions within its control, to cause the authorized
number of managers for the Company to be established at up to eight (8) managers, and cause to be continued in office, the following individuals: 

        (i)    three
(3) managers designated by RGHI (the "RGHI Managers") one of whom shall be Bennett so long as he is willing
and able to so serve (the "CEO Manager"); provided,  however, that, other than the CEO Manager, the RGHI
Managers will not include Persons who were direct or indirect owners of the Company prior to the
date of this Agreement; 

        (ii)   four
(4) managers designated by one or more of the THL Holders or their designees (with the Company to be notified of such designation) (the
"THL Managers"); and 

        (iii)  one
(1) manager designated by RGHI and THL, who shall not be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor be an Affiliate of THL and who shall be
reasonably acceptable to the THL Holders and RGHI (the "Independent Manager"). 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon and following the occurrence of a Threshold Event, the number of managers comprising the Board shall be increased to nine (9) and THL shall be entitled to
designate one (1) additional manager to the Board for a total of five (5) THL Managers. 

        (b)    Number of Votes.    At each meeting of the Company's Board (or any committee thereof) at which a quorum is
present, each manager shall be entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted on at such meeting. 

        (c)    Resignation and Removal.    If at any time any manager ceases to serve on the Board (whether due to
resignation, removal or otherwise), the Securityholder(s) shall designate a successor manager to fill the vacancy created thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions of paragraph (a)
above. If at any time an RGHI Manager who is an employee of the Company (other than Bennett) ceases his employment with the Company, such RGHI Manager shall be removed from the Board and RGHI shall
designate a new RGHI Manager. Each Person that is a party hereto agrees to vote, or cause to be voted, all voting securities of the Company over which such Person has the power to vote or direct the
voting, and shall take all such other actions as shall be necessary or desirable, to cause the designated successor to be elected to fill such vacancy. Any party or parties hereto entitled to
designate a specific manager, including, but not limited to, the Independent Manager, may remove such manager, at any time and from time to time, with or without cause (subject to applicable law or
the LLC Agreement), in such party's or parties' sole discretion, and after written notice to each of the parties hereto of the new designee to replace such manager, the Securityholders shall promptly
vote, or cause to be voted, all voting securities of the Company over which such Securityholder has the power to vote or direct the voting, and will take all other necessary or desirable actions
within such Securityholder's control, to elect such designee to the Board of Managers in accordance with this Section 2.1. 

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        (d)    Removal for Cause.    Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to impair any rights that the
Securityholders of the Company may have to remove any manager for cause under applicable law or the LLC Agreement. No such removal of an individual designated pursuant to this  Section 2.1 for cause
shall affect any of the Securityholders' rights to designate a different individual pursuant to this
Section 2.1 to fill the position from which such individual was removed. 

        (e)    Committees of the Board.    The Board shall establish an audit committee, compensation committee and nominating
committee and such other committees as the Board from time to time may determine. The Board in good faith shall attempt to provide that each committee shall include reasonable representation from the
various constituencies represented on the Board. 

        (f)    Transfer by THL Holders.    In the event the THL Holders or the THL Limited Partners (or any of them) shall
Transfer any of their Class A Common Units to a third party pursuant to Section 3.1(a), THL shall have the right, if it so elects, to
permit such Transferee thereafter to have the right to designate such number of managers (who theretofore were THL Managers) as is determined by THL and that is reasonably proportionate to the
Class A Common Units transferred to such Transferee. 

        2.2    Limitations on Certain Actions by the Company.    

        (a)   Without
the prior affirmative vote or written consent of the Securityholders owning at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the outstanding Class A
Common Units, the Company shall not take any of the following actions: 

        (i)    enter
into, or agree to enter into, or permit Old Refco to enter into or agree to enter into, any merger or consolidation with any Person; 

        (ii)   offer
for sale or sell, or permit Old Refco to offer for sale or sell, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; 

        (iii)  effectuate
the first Public Offering of the Company or any successor entity; 

        (iv)  pass
a resolution of managers commencing the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary or voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any
petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or similar law
with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary; 

        (v)   make
an election to be taxed as other than a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except in connection with a Public Offering of the Company or any
successor entity; 

        (vi)  permit
Old Refco to elect to terminate Bennett's employment under the Bennett Employment Agreement or elect not to renew such agreement, except in a case where "Cause"
(as defined in the Bennett Employment Agreement) exists for the termination of employment under such agreement; 

        (vii) amend
the LLC Agreement or the Certificate of Formation of the Company, except in connection with a Public Offering of the Company or any successor entity; 

        (viii) amend
the Management Agreement, except in connection with a Public Offering of the Company or any successor entity or otherwise in a manner not adverse to the Company
or Old Refco; or 

        (ix)  grant
any Persons the right to request the Company to register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable
for such securities; provided, that the Company may grant rights to other Persons to participate in 

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Incidental
Registrations so long as such rights are subordinate to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities with respect to such Incidental Registrations. 

        (b)   The
Company shall not, or shall not permit Old Refco (to the extent such actions are specifically applicable to Old Refco), without the prior affirmative vote or written
consent of five (5) managers, which supermajority must include the affirmative vote of the CEO Manager, take any of the actions described in  Section 2.2(a) above. 

        (c)   Upon
and following the occurrence of a Threshold Event, Section 2.2(a) and  (b), in their entirety, shall be of no further force and effect. In addition,
following the third anniversary of the Closing Date, even if a Threshold
Event has not occurred, clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 2.2(a) shall be of no force and effect and  Section 2.2(b) shall be of no
force and effect with respect to actions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of  Section 2.2(a). 

        2.3    Actions Requiring Board Approval.    The Securityholders agree that, during the term of Bennett's employment as
Chief Executive Officer of Old Refco pursuant to the Bennett Employment Agreement, the day-to-day management of the Company and its subsidiaries will be under the direction and
control of Bennett in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer. Exhibit A hereto sets forth a list of actions on the part of the Company or its
subsidiaries that require approval of the Board. 

        2.4    Other Voting Matters.    In order to effectuate the provisions of Sections
2.1, 2.2 and 4.1, each Executive Investor and each Employee grants to the
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or if he or she shall be unable to exercise this proxy due to illness or absence or if the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company shall be vacant, to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a proxy to vote at any annual or special meeting of Securityholders, or to take any action by written consent in lieu of
such meeting with respect to, or to otherwise take action in respect of, all of the Securities owned or held of record by such holder in connection with the matters set forth in  Sections 2.1,
2.2 and 4.1 in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 4.1. EACH OF THE
PROXIES GRANTED HEREBY IS IRREVOCABLE AND IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST. To effectuate the provisions of this Section 2, the secretary of the
Company, or if there be no secretary, such other officer or employee of the Company or as the Board may appoint to fulfill the duties of the secretary, shall not record any vote or consent or other
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ARTICLE III
  TRANSFERS OF SECURITIES    
    

        3.1    General Restrictions on Transfers of Securities.    

        (a)    General.    Prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, no Investor may Transfer any Class A
Common Units without consent of both RGHI (if the transferring Securityholder is not RGHI) and the THL Holders holding a majority of the securities held by all THL Holders (if the transferring
Securityholder is not a THL Holder); provided, however, that (i) RGHI may Transfer Class A
Common Units to Bennett, (ii) a THL Holder or THL Limited Partner may Transfer Class A Common Units to an Affiliate of such THL Holder or an Affiliate of such THL Limited Partner, as
applicable, provided that THL maintains voting control over such Class A Common Units (except with respect to Class A Common Units held by the Putnam Limited Partners), (iii) New
York State Retirement Co-Investment Fund L.P. (which is one of the THL Limited Partners) may transfer Class A Common Units to New York State Common Retirement Fund, provided that
THL maintains voting control over such Class A Common Units, (iv) an Investor who is an individual may Transfer Class A Common Units pursuant to an Exempt Individual Transfer, and
(v) prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, THL may Transfer up to 65.45 Class A Common Units to a Transferee reasonably acceptable to RGHI. RGHI hereby agrees that any such
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automatically shall be deemed to be acceptable to RGHI, provided that THL retains voting control over the Class A Common Units so transferred. 

        (b)    Execution by Transferee of Counterpart Signature Page.    No Transfer of any Securities by any Securityholder,
other than a Public Sale, shall become effective unless and until the Transferee (unless such Transferee already is a party to this Agreement) executes and delivers to the Company a counterpart to
this Agreement and the LLC Agreement, agreeing to be treated in the same manner and have the same status (e.g. Executive Investor, Employee, etc.) as the transferring Securityholder. Upon such
Transfer and such execution and delivery, the Transferee shall be bound by, and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the Transferred Securities in the same manner as the
transferring Securityholder. Any attempted Transfer of Securities by any Securityholder not in accordance with this Section 3.1 shall not be
effective and shall be void. 

        3.2    Right of First Offer.    

        (a)    Right of First Offer Restrictions.    After the third anniversary of the Closing Date, if any Securityholder
(the "Offeror") desires to Transfer any Securities to a third party, the Offeror shall, before such Transfer: 

        (i)    Deliver
to each of the THL Holders and THL Limited Partners (unless such THL Holder or THL Limited Partner is the Offeror) and RGHI (unless RGHI is the Offeror)
(collectively, the "Eligible Holders") a written offer (the "Offer") to Transfer such Securities to the
Eligible Holders. The Offer shall set forth the number and class of Securities to which the potential Transfer relates (the "Offered Securities") and
the name of the Offeror. Each Eligible Holder shall have the right and option to notify the Offeror, in writing (each, an "Investor Response") delivered
within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Offer, of its desire to purchase all, but no less than all, of the Offered Securities at the purchase price and on the terms stated in the Investor
Response (the "Investor Terms"). Offeror shall notify each Eligible Holder that submitted an Investor Response of its acceptance or rejection of the
Investor Terms within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Investor Response (the "Acceptance Period"). If different Investor Terms are submitted
by the Eligible Holders for the Offered Securities, then the Offeror shall have the right, if it so elects, to accept the Investor Terms of the Eligible Holder who submitted the Investor Response that
the Offeror determines to be the most desirable. 

        (ii)   Within
twenty (20) days following the acceptance by the Offeror of an Investor Response, the Offered Securities that are subject to such Investor Response shall
be transferred by the Offeror to the appropriate Eligible Holders against receipt of payment therefor. 

        (iii)  Subject
to Section 3.3, if no Investor Response is delivered within thirty (30) days of receipt of the
Offer, or if the Offeror rejects each of the Investor Terms, then the Offeror may Transfer all, but no less than all, of the Offered Securities for a price and on terms that, taken as a whole, are
more favorable to the Offeror than any Investor Terms, at any time within 180 days after expiration of the Acceptance Period. If such Transfer is not made within such 180-day
period, the provisions of this Section 3.2 shall again become effective with respect to the proposed Transfer. 

        (b)    Exempt Transfers.    The provisions of Section 3.2(a) above shall not apply to any Exempt Transfer. 

        3.3    Rights of Co-Sale.    

        (a)    Tag-Along Rights.    Prior to making any Transfer of Class A Common Units (other than a
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to purchase all of such Class A Common Units pursuant to Section 3.2, any holder of Class A Common Units proposing to make
such a Transfer (for purposes of this Section 3.3, a "Selling Holder") shall give at least
fifteen (15) days prior written notice to each Securityholder (for purposes of this Section 3.3, each an "Other
Holder") and the Company, which notice (for purposes of this Section 3.3, the "Sale
Notice") shall identify the Class A Common Units that are proposed to be sold (for purposes of this Section 3.3,
the "Co-Sale Offered Securities"), and describe in reasonable detail the terms and conditions of such proposed Transfer and identify each
prospective Transferee. Any of the Other Holders may, within ten (10) days of the receipt of the Sale Notice, give written notice (each, a "Tag-Along
Notice") to the Selling Holder that such Other Holder wishes to participate in such proposed Transfer upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Sale Notice, which
Tag-Along Notice shall specify the Common Units such Other Holder desires to include in such proposed Transfer; provided,  however, that (1) each Other
Holder shall be required, as a condition to being permitted to sell Common Units pursuant to this  Section 3.3(a) in connection with a Transfer of Co-Sale Offered Securities, to sell its
proportionate amount (based on the respective
Pro Rata Amounts of the Selling Holder and each Other Holder exercising tag-along rights under this Section 3.3(a)) of the
Class A Common Units proposed to be sold by the Selling Holder and (2) to exercise its tag-along rights hereunder, each Other Holder must agree to make to the Transferee the
same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as the Selling Holder agrees to make in connection with the Transfer of the Co-Sale Offered Securities (except that
in the case of representations and warranties pertaining specifically to, or covenants made specifically by, the Selling Holder, the Other Holders shall make comparable representations and warranties
pertaining specifically to (and, as applicable, covenants by) themselves), and must agree to bear his or its ratable share (which shall be proportionate based on the value of Common Units that are
Transferred but shall not exceed the amount of proceeds received in connection with such Transfer) of all liabilities to the Transferees arising out of representations, warranties and covenants (other
than those representations, warranties and covenants that pertain specifically to a given Investor, who shall bear all of the liability related thereto), indemnities or other agreements made in
connection with the Transfer. Each participating Other Holder will bear its or his pro-rata share (based upon the relative amount of Common Units sold) of all reasonable and customary
costs of the sale of Common Units pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) to the extent such costs are not otherwise paid by the Transferee. If any
holder of Class B Common Units wishes to participate in any sale pursuant to this Section 3.3(a), appropriate economic adjustments to the
Class B Common Units offered for sale in the Tag-Along Notice may be made to facilitate the sale of such Class B Common Units; provided, that the economic value of the
Class B Common Units, as determined in the good faith discretion of the Board, prior to any economic adjustment will be maintained after such adjustment (by means of conversion into the
economic equivalent of Class A Common Units or otherwise). 

        If
none of the Other Holders gives the Selling Holder a Tag-Along Notice prior to the expiration of the 10-day period for giving Tag-Along Notices
with respect to the Transfer proposed in the Sale Notice, then (notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 3.3(a)) the Selling Holder may
Transfer such Co-Sale Offered Securities on the terms and conditions set forth, and to or among any of the Transferees identified (or Affiliates of Transferees identified), in the Sale
Notice at any time within 180 days after expiration of the 10-day period for giving Tag-Along Notices with respect to such Transfer. Any such Co-Sale Offered
Securities not Transferred by the Selling Holder during such 180-day period will again be subject to the provisions of Section 3.2
and this Section 3.3(a) upon subsequent Transfer. If one or more Other Holders give the Selling Holder a timely Tag-Along Notice,
then the Selling Holder shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain the agreement of the prospective Transferee(s) to the participation of such Other Holders in any contemplated Transfer, on the same
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if such prospective Transferee(s) declines to allow the participation of such Other Holders. 

        (b)    Excluded Transfers.    The rights and restrictions contained in  Section 3.3(a) shall not apply with respect to any
Exempt Transfer or any Transfer of Securities in a Public Sale. 

        (c)    Excluded Securities.    No Securities that have been transferred by the Selling Holder or an Other Holder in a
Transfer pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3(a) ("Excluded Securities") shall be subject
again to the restrictions set forth in Section 3.3(a), nor shall any Securityholder holding Excluded Securities be entitled to exercise any
rights as any Other Holder under Section 3.3(a) with respect to such Excluded Securities, and no Excluded Securities held by a Selling Holder or
any Other Holder shall be counted in determining the respective participation rights of such holders in a Transfer subject to Section 3.3(a). 

        (d)    Rule 144 Sales.    If any of the Investors propose to Transfer any Securities in a Rule 144 Sale,
such Investors shall give written notice of such proposed Transfer to RGHI (unless RGHI is proposing to make such Transfer) and THL (unless any THL Holder is proposing to make such Transfer) at least
five (5) business days prior to the Transfer. 

        3.4    Securities Act Compliance.    No Securities may be Transferred by a Securityholder (other than pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act) unless such Securityholder first delivers to the Company an opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Company, to the effect that such Transfer is not required to be registered under the Securities Act. 

        3.5    Transfers in Violation of Agreement.    Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Securities in violation of
any provision of this Agreement shall be void, and the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Securities as the owner of such Securities for any
purpose. 

        3.6    Transfers and Other Actions in Connection with Public Offering.    If, in order to facilitate a Public Offering
that has been approved by the Board in a manner that does not violate Section 2.2, the Board determines that it is necessary or advisable to
convert the Company into a corporation, to cause the outstanding equity securities of the Company to be contributed to a corporation (including, without limitation, the contribution of such equity
interests to one of the THL Corporate Holders), or to effect a transaction having a similar effect, each Securityholder will cooperate to effect the actions requested by the Board in connection with
any such transaction; provided, however, that if a Securityholder is to receive any new Securities in
such transaction in replacement of Securities held by the Securityholder prior to such transaction, the Board shall have determined in good faith that any such Securities to be received have a fair
value at least equal to the fair value of the Securities so replaced. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to structure any such transaction in a manner that minimizes any adverse tax
consequences to THL, RGHI or Bennett and his Family Group, to the extent such structure does not have a negative impact on the Company, any successor through which a Public Offering is to be
consummated, or the proposed Public Offering; provided, however, that RGHI (or its stockholder, to the
extent the stockholder shall then be a holder of interests in the Company) shall be required to contribute, and to cause any of its subsidiaries that holds an interest in the Company to contribute,
its interests in the Company to a new corporation or a THL Corporate Holder (the "IPO Vehicle") in connection with a proposed Public Offering, and the
structure of such Public Offering shall not involve a contribution (an "RGHI Stock Contribution") of the outstanding capital stock of RGHI to a new
corporation or a THL Corporate Holder unless (i) at the time of such contribution, (w) neither RGHI nor any of its subsidiaries has any assets other than its interest in the Company or
any liabilities (contingent or otherwise), (x) neither the IPO Vehicle nor any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) would suffer any adverse tax consequence (other than the failure to
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of the business of the Company that would not have been incurred had RGHI (and any subsidiary thereof) contributed its interest in the Company to the IPO Vehicle, (y) Bennett executes
an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to THL, pursuant to which, among other things, he will indemnify and hold harmless the IPO Vehicle and its subsidiaries and affiliates from and against
any and all Losses (as defined herein) that may arise by reason of any asset of RGHI or its subsidiaries (other than their respective interests in the Company), any liability of RGHI or its
subsidiaries, or any adverse tax consequence described in clause (x) above, and (z) the managing underwriter shall have determined that an RGHI Stock Contribution would not adversely
affect the proposed Public Offering, and (ii) prior to such contribution, THL shall have had a full opportunity to conduct due diligence with respect to RGHI and its subsidiaries to confirm all
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ARTICLE IV
  TAKE-ALONG RIGHTS ON APPROVED SALE    
    

        4.1    Take-Along Right.    

        (a)    Sale of the Company.    If, after the third anniversary of the Closing Date, THL elects to consummate, or to
cause the Company to consummate, a transaction constituting a Sale of the Company, THL shall notify the Company and the other Securityholders in writing of that election, all other Securityholders
will agree to participate in, consent to and raise no objections to the proposed transaction, and the Securityholders and the Company will take all other actions reasonably necessary or desirable to
cause the consummation of such Sale of the Company on the terms proposed by THL. In connection therewith, each other Securityholder shall be required to make the same representations, warranties,
covenants, indemnities and agreements as THL agrees to make in connection with the Sale of the Company (except in the case of representations and warranties pertaining specifically to, or covenants
made specifically by, THL, the other Securityholders shall make comparable representations and warranties pertaining specifically to (and, as applicable, covenants by) themselves), and must agree to
bear his or its ratable share (which shall be proportionate based on the value of Securities sold) of all liabilities to the Transferees arising out of representations, warranties and covenants (other
than those representations, warranties and covenants that pertain specifically to a given Securityholder), indemnities or other agreements made in connection with the Sale of the Company;  provided, that
no Executive Investor or Employee shall be required to indemnify any indemnitee for any amount, in the aggregate, in excess of the
proceeds that such Executive Investor or Employee receives in connection with any such transaction. Each Securityholder will bear its, his or her pro-rata share (based on the relative
amount of Securities sold) of all reasonable and customary costs of the sale of Securities pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) to the extent such
costs are not otherwise paid by the acquirer. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) if the proposed Sale of the Company is structured as a sale of assets or a merger or consolidation, or
otherwise requires equityholder approval, the Securityholders and the Company will vote or cause to be voted all Securities that they hold or with respect to which such Securityholder has the power to
direct the voting and which are entitled to vote on such transaction in favor of such transaction and will waive any appraisal rights which they may have in connection therewith and (ii) if the
proposed Sale of the Company is structured as or involves a sale or redemption of Securities, the Securityholders will agree to sell their pro-rata share of the Securities being sold in
such Sale of the Company on the terms and conditions approved by THL, and the Securityholders will execute any merger, asset purchase, security purchase, recapitalization or other sale agreement
approved by THL in connection with such Sale of the Company. 

        (b)    Conditions.    The obligations of the Securityholders with respect to the Sale of the Company are subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions: upon the consummation of the Sale of the Company, all of the holders of a particular class or series of Securities shall receive the 

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form and amount of consideration per share, unit or amount of Securities, or if any holders of a particular class or series of Securities are given an option as to the form and amount of
consideration to be received, all holders of such class or series will be given the same option. 

        (c)    Costs and Expenses.    Each Securityholder will bear its, his or her pro-rata share (based upon the
relative amount of Securities sold) of the reasonable and customary costs of any sale of Securities pursuant to a Sale of the Company to the extent such costs are incurred for the benefit of all
Securityholders and are not otherwise paid by the Company or the acquiring party. Costs incurred by or on behalf of a Securityholder for its, his or her sole benefit will not be considered costs of
the transaction hereunder. In the event that any transaction that THL elects to consummate or cause to be consummated pursuant to this  Section 4.1 is not consummated for any reason (other than a
breach by THL), the Company will reimburse THL for all actual and reasonable expenses
paid or incurred by THL in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to reimburse THL for the expenses of more than one legal or financial adviser, as the case may be. 

        (d)    Further Assurances.    In the event of a sale or exchange by the Securityholders of all or substantially all of
the Securities held by the Securityholders (whether by sale, merger, recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, combination or otherwise), each Securityholder shall receive in exchange for the
Securities held by such Securityholder the same portion of the aggregate consideration from such sale or exchange that such Securityholder would have received if such aggregate consideration had been
distributed by the Company in complete liquidation pursuant to the rights and preferences set forth in the LLC Agreement as in effect immediately prior to such sale or exchange. Each Securityholder
shall take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the distribution of the aggregate consideration from such sale or exchange as requested by the Company. 

 
 

ARTICLE V
  CALL RIGHTS    
    

        5.1    Call by the Company of Executive Investor Securities.    

        (a)   Upon
the termination of the employment of any Executive Investor with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a "Call
Event") for any reason, the Company or its designee shall have the right to
purchase (the "Call Option"), by delivery of a written notice (the "Call Notice") to such Executive
Investor no later than ninety (90) days after the date of such Call Event, and such Executive Investor and such Executive Investor's permitted Transferees (collectively, the
"Call Group") shall be required to sell all (but not less than all) of the Class A Common Units then held by the Call Group (the
"Call Securities") at a price per Class A Common Unit equal to the Call Price (as hereinafter defined) of such Call Securities determined as of
the date of the repurchase pursuant to the Call Notice. 

        (b)   For
purposes of this Section 5.1, the term "Call Price" shall mean
the fair market value of the Securities as determined in good faith by the Board. 

        (c)   The
closing of any purchase of Call Securities by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall take place at the
principal office of the Company no later than 90 days after the exercise of the Call Option. At such closing, the Company shall deliver to the Call Group consideration in an amount equal to the
aggregate Call Price payable with respect to such Call Securities against delivery of original certificates and stock powers duly endorsed in favor of the Company representing the Call Securities. The
Company shall pay the Call Price by paying the Call Group in cash; provided, however, that in the event
that any such cash payment could, in the reasonable judgment of the Board, cause the Company or any Subsidiary to be (i) in a violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, policy, order,
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by any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental authority applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their property or (ii) in default under or
otherwise in violation of the terms of any material loan or credit agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party ("Default"), the
Company shall pay such cash portion of the Call Price by issuing a subordinated promissory note in the principal amount equal to the cash portion of the purchase price (the
"Company Note") or senior preferred units of the Company with a liquidation preference equal to the balance of the purchase price. The Company Note or
senior preferred units shall accrue interest or yield, as the case may be, annually at the "prime rate" published in The Wall Street Journal on the date of issuance, which interest or yield, as the
case may be, shall be payable at maturity or upon payment of distributions by the Company. The value of each senior preferred unit shall as of its issuance be deemed to equal (i) the portion of
the cash payment paid by the issuance of such preferred units divided by (ii) the number of senior preferred units so issued. Any senior preferred units or the Company Note shall be redeemed or
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ARTICLE VI
  REGISTRATION RIGHTS    
    

        6.1    Demand Registrations.    

        (a)    Requests for Registration.    Subject to the provisions of this  Article VI, the holders of a majority of THL Securities
that constitute Registrable Securities shall have the right from and following the
earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the Closing Date or (ii) 180 days following the consummation of the first Public Offering (the "THL Demand
Right") to request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by the THL Holders and the THL Limited Partners (the
"Requesting THL Holders") by delivering a written notice to the principal business office of the Company, which notice identifies the Requesting Holders
and specifies the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such registration (the "Registration Request"). Subject to the provisions of this  Article VI, from and following the initial exercise by the Requesting THL Holders of a THL Demand Right, RGHI shall have the right (the
"RGHI Demand Right") to request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities held by RGHI by delivering a
Registration Request to the principal business office of the Company. Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.1(d), the Company will
give prompt written notice of any Registration Request (the "Registration Notice") to all other holders of Registrable Securities and will thereupon use
its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration (a "Demand Registration") under the Securities Act on any form available to the Company
of: 

        (i)    the
Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable; and 

        (ii)   all
other Registrable Securities of the same type and class which the Company has received a written request to register within 30 days after the Registration
Notice is given and any securities of the Company proposed to be included in such registration by the Company for its own account. 

        (b)    Preservation of Demand Registration.    A registration undertaken by the Company at the request of the
Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, will not count as a Demand Registration: 

        (i)    if,
pursuant to the THL Demand Right or the RGHI Demand Right, as applicable, the Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, fail to register and sell at least 75%
of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by them, unless such failure results from any act of, or failure to act by, any of the Requesting THL Holders or 

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RGHI,
as applicable (provided that if the Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, withdraw their Registration Request prior to the time the registration statement therefor is declared
effective); or 

        (ii)   if
the Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, withdraw a Registration Request upon the determination of the Board to postpone the filing or effectiveness of a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 6.1(d). 

        (c)    Priority on Demand Registration.    If the sole or managing underwriter of a Demand Registration advises the
Company in writing that in its opinion the number of Registrable Securities and other securities requested to be included exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities which can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the distribution of the securities being offered, the price that will be paid in such offering or the marketability thereof, the Company will include
in such registration the Registrable Securities and other securities of the Company in the following priority: 

        (i)    first,
the greatest number of Registrable Securities proposed to be registered by the holders thereof, ratably among the holders of Registrable Securities based on the
respective amounts of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by each such holder; 

        (ii)   second,
after all Registrable Securities that the holders thereof propose to register have been included, securities proposed to be registered by the Company for its
own account, which in the opinion of such underwriters can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the distribution of the securities being offered, the price that will be paid in such
offering or the marketability thereof; and 

        (iii)  third,
after all of the securities described in clause (ii) above have been included, any other securities the Company wishes to include in such registration. 

        (d)    Restrictions on Demand Registrations.    Except as otherwise provided in this  Section 6.1(d), the Company shall be
obligated to effect six Demand Registrations pursuant to a THL Demand Right and two Demand Registrations
pursuant to a RGHI Demand Right. Any Demand Registration requested must be for a firmly underwritten public offering of Registrable Securities with an expected value of at least $25 million to
be managed by an underwriter or underwriters of recognized national standing selected by the Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, and reasonably acceptable to the Company. If, after a
request is made, the Company has determined in good faith that the filing of a registration request would require disclosure of material information which the Company has a bona fide business purpose
for preserving as confidential relating to a pending transaction, the Company shall not be obligated to effect the registration until the earlier of (A) the date upon which such material
information is disclosed to the public or is no longer material or (B) 120 days after the Company first makes such good faith determination. If the Company shall furnish to the
Requesting THL Holders or RGHI, as applicable, a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its Securityholders for such Demand Registration to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such registration statement, the Company shall have the
right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the Registration Request by the Requesting THL Holders or
RGHI, as applicable; provided, however, that the Company
may not utilize this right more than once with respect to a THL Demand Right or RGHI Demand Right, as applicable. 

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        (e)    Stock Splits.    In connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to this  Section 6.1, each party to this Agreement
will vote, or cause to be voted, all securities of the Company over which it has the power to vote or
direct the voting to effect any stock split which, in the opinion of the sole or managing underwriter, is necessary to facilitate the effectiveness of such Demand Registration. 

        6.2    Incidental Registration.    

        (a)    Requests for Incidental Registration.    At any time the Company proposes to register any shares of Common
Stock under the Securities Act (other than registrations on such form(s) solely for registration of Common Stock in connection with any employee benefit plan or dividend reinvestment plan or a merger
or consolidation), including, without limitation, registrations pursuant to Section 6.1(a), whether or not for sale for its own account, the
Company will give written notice to each holder of Registrable Securities at least 30 days prior to the initial filing of such Registration Statement with the SEC of its intent to file such
registration statement and of such holder's rights under this Section 6.2. Upon the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities made
within 20 days after any such notice is given (which request shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such holder), the Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to effect the registration (an "Incidental Registration") under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company,
as the case may be, has been so requested to register by the holders thereof; provided, however, that if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and prior
to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such Incidental Registration (each an "Incidental Registration Statement"),
the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each holder of
Registrable Securities and, thereupon, (a) in the case of a determination not to register, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities under this  Section 6.2 in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the expenses incurred in connection therewith) and
(b) in the case of a determination to delay registration, the Company shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities under this  Section 6.2 during the period that the
registration of such other securities is delayed. 

        (b)    Priority on Incidental Registration.    If the sole or managing underwriter of a registration advises the
Company in writing that in its opinion the number of Registrable Securities and other securities requested to be included exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities which can be
sold in such offering without adversely affecting the distribution of the securities being offered, the price that will be paid in such offering or the marketability thereof, the Company will include
in such registration the Registrable Securities and other securities of the Company in the following order of priority: 

        (i)    first,
the greatest number of securities of the Company proposed to be included in such registration by the Company for its own account that have priority over the
incidental registration rights granted to holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement, which in the opinion of such underwriters can be so sold; and 

        (ii)   second,
after all securities that the Company proposes to register for its own account that have priority over the incidental registration rights under this Agreement
have been included, the greatest amount of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by the holders thereof which in the opinion of such underwriters can be sold in such offering without
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on the respective amounts of Registrable Securities requested to be registered by each such holder. 

        (c)   Upon
delivering a request under this Section 6.2, a Securityholder (excluding THL Holders and THL Limited Partners
and RGHI and its Affiliates) will, if requested by the Company, execute and deliver a custody agreement and power of attorney in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and one of
the THL Managers with respect to such Securityholder's Securities to be registered pursuant to this Section 6.2 (a
"Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney"). The Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney will provide, among other things, that the Securityholder will
deliver to and deposit in custody with the custodian and attorney-in-fact named therein (who shall be reasonably satisfactory to one of the THL Managers) a certificate or
certificates representing such Securities (duly endorsed in blank by the registered owner or owners thereof or accompanied by duly executed stock powers in blank) and irrevocably appoint said
custodian and attorney-in-fact with full power and authority to act under the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney on such Securityholder's behalf with respect to the
matters specified therein. Such Securityholder also agrees to execute such other agreements as the Company may reasonably request to further evidence the provisions of this  Section 6.2. 

        6.3    Holdback Agreements.    

        (a)   Each
holder of Registrable Securities agrees that if requested in connection with an underwritten offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement for which such
Securityholder has registration rights pursuant to this Article VI by the managing underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering,
such holder will not effect any Public Sale or distribution of any of the securities being registered or any securities convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities (except as part
of such underwritten offering), during the period beginning 10 days prior to, and ending 180 days after, the closing date of each underwritten offering made pursuant to such Registration
Statement (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter or underwriters may agree, provided that such shorter period applies equally to all holders of Registrable Securities). 

        (b)   The
Company agrees (i) not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for such securities, during the 7 days prior to and during the 180-day period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration (or for such shorter period as
to which the managing underwriter or underwriters may agree), except as part of such Demand Registration or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan, any dividend reinvestment plan, or
a business acquisition or combination and (ii) to use all reasonable efforts to cause each holder of at least 1% (on a fully-diluted basis) of its equity securities, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, which are or may be purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a registered offering)
to agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any such securities during such period (except as part of such underwritten offering, if otherwise permitted). 

        6.4    Registration Procedures.    In connection with the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company
shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as
expeditiously as possible: 

        (a)   Prepare
and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on a form available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof
in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective; 

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        (b)   Prepare
and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 90 days from the effective date and (ii) such time as all of such securities have been disposed of in
accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof; cause the related prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such prospectus as so supplemented. 

        (c)   Notify
the selling holders of Registrable Securities promptly (but in any event within 2 business days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a prospectus
or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become
effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable
Securities the Company becomes aware that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including, without limitation, any underwriting agreement) contemplated by  Section 6.4(h)
 below cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, (v) if the
Company becomes aware of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement, prospectus or documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement, it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the
case of the prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

        (d)   Use
its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of a prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is
issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment. 

        (e)   Deliver
to each selling holder of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus or prospectuses (including each
form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents to the use of such prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters or agents, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. 

        (f)    Prior
to any public offering of Registrable Securities, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the selling holders of
Registrable Securities, the underwriters, if any, the sales agents and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or
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jurisdictions
within the United States as any selling holder or the managing underwriters reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is
not then so subject. 

        (g)   Upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 6.4(c)(v) above, as promptly as practicable
prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 

        (h)   Enter
into an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings and take all such other actions as are reasonably requested
by the managing or sole underwriter in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, (i) make such representations
and warranties to the underwriters, with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the Registration Statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings, and confirm the same if and when requested,
(ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters),
addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by underwriters,
(iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants
of any Subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement),
addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with underwritten offerings and
(iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable to the holders of Registrable Securities than those set
forth in Section 6.6 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement and the managing underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section. The above shall be done at each closing under such
underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder. 

        (i)    Comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its Securityholders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any
12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which
Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day
of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods. 

        (j)    (i) Use
its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed on the principal
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Common
Stock is then listed (if any), if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) if no Common Stock is then so listed, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to, either (as the Company may elect) (x) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on a national securities exchange or (y) secure designation
of all such Registrable Securities as a NASDAQ "national market system security" within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1 or, failing that, to secure NASDAQ authorization for such shares
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two market makers to register as such with respect to such shares with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). 

The
Company may require each holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding such holder and the distribution of
such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing; provided that such information shall be used only in connection with such registration. The Company
may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information promptly after receiving such request. Each holder agrees that, upon
receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 6.4(c)(ii),  6.4(c)(iv) or 6.4(c)(v), such holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or prospectus until such holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by this  Section 6.4, or until it is
advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies
of any amendments or supplements thereto. 

        6.5    Registration Expenses.    Subject to Section 6.1(b)(i),
all fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company, whether or not any Registration Statement is filed or becomes
effective, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with the NASD in
connection with an underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or "blue sky" laws), (ii) reasonable messenger, telephone and delivery expenses,
(iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in  Section 6.4(h), (v) underwriters'
fees and expenses (excluding discounts, commissions, or fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer
managers or similar securities industry professionals relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities), (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such
insurance, (vii) internal expenses of the Company, (viii) the expense of any annual audit, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to
be registered on any securities exchange and (x) the fees and expenses of any Person, including without limitation special experts, retained by the Company. In connection with any Demand
Registration or Incidental Registration hereunder, the Company shall reimburse the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered in such registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements
of not more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) chosen by the Requesting Holders, and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the holders of
Registrable Securities incurred in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities. 

        6.6    Indemnification; Contribution.    

        (a)    Indemnification by the Company.    The Company shall, without limitation as to time, indemnify and hold
harmless, to the full extent permitted by law, each holder of Registrable Securities, the officers, managers, agents and employees of each of them, each Person who controls each such holder (within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), the officers, managers, agents and employees of each such controlling person and any financial or
investment adviser (each, an "Indemnified Party"), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
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preparation
and reasonable attorneys' fees) and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable expenses of investigation) (collectively,
"Losses"), as incurred, arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, prospectus or form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplements thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except to the extent that the same arise out of or are based upon information furnished in writing to the
Company by such Indemnified Party or the related holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein or (ii) any violation by the Company of any federal, state or common law rule or
regulation applicable to the Company and relating to action required of or inaction by the Company in connection with any such registration; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to
any Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of Registrable Securities or any other Person, if any, who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act to
the extent that any such Losses arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus if (i) such
Person failed to send or deliver a copy of the prospectus with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by such Person to the Person asserting the claim from which such Losses
arise, (ii) the prospectus would have corrected such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or such omission or alleged omission, and (iii) the Company has complied with its
obligations under Section 6.4(c). Each indemnity and reimbursement of costs and expenses shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. 

        (b)    Indemnification by Holders.    In connection with any Registration Statement in which a holder of Registrable
Securities is participating, such holder, or an authorized officer of such holder, shall furnish to the Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection
with any Registration Statement or prospectus and agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, the Company, its managers, officers, agents and employees, each
Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the managers, officers, agents or employees of such
controlling persons, from and against all Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus, or form of
prospectus, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent,
but only to the extent, that such untrue or alleged untrue statement is contained in, or such omission or alleged omission is required to be contained in, any information so furnished in writing by
such holder to the Company expressly for use in such Registration Statement or prospectus and that such statement or omission was relied upon by the Company in preparation of such Registration
Statement, prospectus or form of prospectus; provided, however, that such holder of Registrable Securities shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that the holder has furnished in writing
to the Company within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing of any such Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto information expressly for use in such
Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading, information previously furnished to the Company, and the Company failed to include
such information therein. In no event shall the liability of any selling holder of Registrable Securities hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of payment of all
expenses) received by such holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. 

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        (c)    Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.    Any Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification herein shall give
prompt notice to the party or parties from which such indemnity is sought (the "Indemnifying Parties") of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation or written threat thereof (a
"Proceeding") with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the failure to
so notify the Indemnifying Parties shall not relieve the Indemnifying Parties from any obligation or liability except to the extent that the Indemnifying Parties have been prejudiced by such failure.
The Indemnifying Parties shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such Indemnified Party of such Proceeding,
to assume, at the Indemnifying Parties' expense, the defense of any such Proceeding, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party;  provided, however, that an Indemnified Party or Parties (if more than one such Indemnified Party is
named in any Proceeding) shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (i) the Indemnifying Parties agree to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Indemnifying Parties fail promptly to assume the defense
of such Proceeding or fail to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party or Parties; or (iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both such Indemnified Party or Parties and the Indemnifying Parties or an Affiliate of the Indemnifying Parties or such Indemnified Parties, and there may be one or more defenses available to
such Indemnified Party or Parties that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Parties, in which case, if such Indemnified Party or Parties notifies the Indemnifying
Parties in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties, the Indemnifying Parties shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnifying Parties, it being understood, however, that, unless there exists a conflict among Indemnified Parties, the Indemnifying Parties shall not, in connection with any one such Proceeding or
separate but substantially similar or related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Party or Parties. Whether or not such defense is assumed by the Indemnifying Parties, such
Indemnifying Parties or Indemnified Party or Parties will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its or their consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld). The
Indemnifying Parties shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (i) provides for other than monetary damages without the consent of the Indemnified Party or
Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (ii) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party
or Parties of a release, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnified Party or Parties, from all liability in respect of such Proceeding for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to
indemnification hereunder. 

        (d)    Contribution.    If the indemnification provided for in this  Section 6.6 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or is
insufficient to hold such Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses in respect of which
this Section 6.6 would otherwise apply by its terms, then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party,
shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other
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material
fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been taken by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be
deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding, to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such expenses if the
indemnification provided for in Section 6.6(a) or 6.6(b) was available to such party. The parties
hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6.6(d) were determined by pro-rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6.6(d).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.6(d), an Indemnifying Party that is a selling holder of Registrable Securities shall not be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Indemnifying Party exceeds the amount of any damages that such Indemnifying Party has otherwise
been required to pay by reasons of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of  Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
 

        6.7    Rule 144.    At all times after the Company or any successor entity effects its first Public Offering,
the Company shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and will take such further action as
any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities
Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to
whether it has complied with such requirements. 

        6.8    Underwritten Registrations.    No holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such holder (a) agrees to sell such holder's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms
of such underwriting arrangements. 

        6.9    No Inconsistent Agreements.    The Company has not and will not, enter into any agreement with respect to the
Company's securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Article VI or otherwise
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ARTICLE VII
  INFORMATION RIGHTS    
    

        7.1    Information Rights.    Prior to the consummation of the first Public Offering by the Company or any successor
entity, the Company shall provide to holders of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Class A Common Units: 

        (a)    Audited Annual Statements.    Within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited
balance sheet of the Company as of the end of such fiscal ear, and an audited statement of income and statement of cash flows of the Company for such year, in each case prepared in accordance with
GAAP and setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail. 

        (b)    Quarterly Statements.    Within forty five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each fiscal year, unaudited balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such fiscal quarter, unaudited statements of income, and unaudited statements of cash flows for such 

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fiscal
quarter and for the current fiscal year to date. Such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (other than omission of accompanying notes) and
compared with both the actual results from the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year and the budget for the current fiscal year, all in reasonable detail. 

        (c)    Monthly Statements.    Within thirty (30) days after the end of each month of each fiscal year, the
Company's monthly reporting package, including the unaudited balance sheets of the Company as of the end of such month, unaudited statements of income, and unaudited statements of cash flows for such
month and for the current fiscal year to date. Such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (other than omission of accompanying notes) and compared with
both the actual results from the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year and the budget (including any reforecasts) for the current fiscal year, all in reasonable detail. 

        (d)    Annual Budget.    Thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a copy of an annual
budget with line items compared to the previous year's budget and an annual strategic plan for such fiscal year. 

 
 

ARTICLE VIII
  PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS    
    

        8.1    Issuance of New Securities.    

        (a)    Purchase Rights.    If at any time after the date of this Agreement the Company proposes to issue or sell any
Units, Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or Preferred Stock of the Company (collectively, "New Securities") to any Person, the Company shall first
offer to sell to the Investors a portion of each type of such New Securities equal to the quotient determined by dividing (x) the number of Class A Common Units which are held or
beneficially owned by such Investor, by (y) the total number of Class A Common Units outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale. The Investors shall be entitled to purchase
all or any portion of their respective portions (as determined in the immediately preceding sentence) of such New Securities at the most favorable price and on the most favorable terms as such New
Securities are to be offered to any Person. 

        (b)    Offer Period.    In order to exercise its purchase rights hereunder, each Investor must, within 30 days
after receipt of written notice from the Company describing in reasonable detail the New Securities being offered, the purchase price thereof, the payment terms and the percentage of the New
Securities available to such holder pursuant to Section 8.1(a), deliver a written notice to the Company describing its election to exercise its
purchase rights hereunder. 

        (c)    Expiration of Offer Period.    Upon the expiration of the offering periods described above, the Company shall
be entitled to sell such New Securities which the Investors have not elected to purchase during the 180 days following such expiration on terms and conditions no more favorable to the
purchasers thereof than those offered to the Investors. Any New Securities to be sold by the Company to any Person after such 180-day period must be reoffered to the Investors pursuant to
the terms of this Section 8.1. 

        (d)    Exceptions to Purchase Rights.    The provisions of this  Section 8.1 will not apply to the following issuances of New
Securities: 

        (i)    any
New Securities issued upon the conversion or exercise of any Common Stock Equivalents not issued in violation of this  Section 8.1; 

        (ii)   any
issuance of New Securities incident to the exercise, conversion or exchange of any securities of the Company that were not issued in violation of this  Section 8.1, a 

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subdivision
of shares (including, without limitation, any stock dividend or stock split), any combination of shares (including, without limitation, any reverse stock split) or any recapitalization,
reorganization or reclassification of the Company; 

        (iii)  any
New Securities issued to a seller(s) in connection with business acquisitions or similar transactions; 

        (iv)  Class B
Common Units or other incentive equity issued to employees or consultants of the Company; or 

        (v)   any
securities issued in a Public Offering. 

        (e)    Distressed Purchase.    Nothing in this Section 8.1
shall be deemed to prevent THL, or any Affiliate of THL, any THL Limited Partner or RGHI from purchasing for cash any New Securities without first complying with the provisions of this  Section 8.1;
provided, that in connection with such purchase, (a) the Company's Board has
determined in good faith (1) that the Company needs an immediate cash investment, (2) that no alternative financing on terms no less favorable to the Company in the aggregate than such
purchase is available which is of a type that could be obtained without having to comply with this Section 8.1 and (3) that the delay
caused by compliance with the provisions of this Section 8.1 in connection with such investment would be reasonably likely to cause severe and
immediate harm to the Company, (b) the Company gives prompt notice to the other Securityholders of such investment, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the New Securities being
purchased by the Person making such purchase (for purposes of this Section 8.1, the "Purchasing
Holder") and the purchase price thereof and (c) the Purchasing Holder and the Company take all steps necessary to enable the other Securityholders to effectively
exercise their respective rights under this Section 8.1 with respect to their purchase of a pro-rata share of the New Securities
issued to the Purchasing Holder after such purchase by the Purchasing Holder on the terms specified in Section 8.1(a). 

 
 

ARTICLE IX
  AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION    
    

        9.1    Amendment and Waiver.    Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall be effective against the Company or the Securityholders unless such modification, amendment or waiver is approved in writing by each of the Company, the THL Holders
holding a majority of the Class A Common Units held by all THL Holders, and RGHI. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a
waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. 

        9.2    Termination of Certain Provisions.    The provisions of Articles II,
III, IV, VII and VIII shall
terminate upon the consummation of the Company's or any successor entity's first Public Offering; provided,  however, that Section 3.3 shall survive until the third anniversary of the consummation of the
Company's or any successor entity's first Public Offering. 

        9.3    Termination of Agreement.    This Agreement will terminate in respect of all Securityholders (a) with
the written consent of the Company, the THL Holders holding a majority of the Class A Common Units held by all THL Holders, and RGHI, (b) upon the dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up of the Company or (c) upon the consummation of a Sale of the Company. The termination of this Agreement will not affect any indemnification or contribution obligations
under Section 6.6, which shall survive such termination. 

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        9.4    Termination as to a Party.    Any Person who ceases to hold any Securities shall cease to be a
Securityholder
and shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement (except with respect to any indemnification and contribution rights or obligations under  Section 6.6, which shall survive).

 
 

ARTICLE X
  MISCELLANEOUS    
    

        10.1    Certain Defined Terms.    As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth or
as referenced below: 

        "Acceptance Period" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Affiliate" of any particular Person means any other Person Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such particular Person
or, in the case of a natural Person, any other member of such Person's Family Group. 

        "Agreement" has the meaning given to such term in the preamble. 

        "Bennett" has the meaning given such term in the preamble. 

        "Bennett Employment Agreement" means the Executive Employment and Noncompetition Agreement dated as of June 8, 2004, between the
Company and Bennett. 

        "Board" means the Board of Managers of the Company. 

        "Call Event" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(a). 

        "Call Group" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(a). 

        "Call Notice" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(a). 

        "Call Option" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(a). 

        "Call Price" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(b). 

        "Call Securities" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(a). 

        "CEO Manager" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a)(i). 

        "Class A Common Units" means the Class A Common Units of the Company, and any units, shares or other equity interests of the
Company or a successor entity received in respect of such Class A Common Units. 

        "Class B Common Units" means the Class B Common Units of the Company, and any units, shares or other equity interests of the
Company or a successor entity received in respect of such Class B Common Units. 

        "Closing" or "Closing Date" has the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement. 

        "Co-Sale Offered Securities" has the meaning given such term in  Section 3.3(a). 

        "Common Stock" means, collectively, following the conversion of the Company into a corporation or the Company being merged into, or
otherwise succeeded by, a corporation, the common stock of the Company and any other class or series of authorized capital stock of the Company which is not limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par
or stated value in respect to the rights of the holders thereof to
participate in dividends or in the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the successor to the Company. 

        "Common Stock Equivalents" means (without duplication with any Units, Common Stock or other Common Stock Equivalents) rights, warrants,
options, convertible securities, or exchangeable 

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securities
or indebtedness, or other rights, exercisable for or convertible or exchangeable into, directly or indirectly, Units, Common Stock or securities exercisable for or convertible or
exchangeable into Units or Common Stock, as the case may be, whether at the time of issuance or upon the passage of time or the occurrence of some future event. 

        "Company" has the meaning given to such term in the preamble. 

        "Company Note" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(c). 

        "Control" (including, with correlative meaning, all conjugations thereof) means with respect to any Person, the ability of another Person
to control or direct the actions or policies of such first Person, whether by ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

        "Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney" has the meaning given to such term in  Section 6.2(c). 

        "Default" has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(c). 

        "Demand Registration" has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.1(a). 

        "EBITDA" as to any fiscal year of the Company and the Subsidiaries, shall mean the consolidated earnings of the Company and the
Subsidiaries before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for such fiscal year, as derived from the audited financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries (or if the Company and the
Subsidiaries do not have audited financial statements, the internally prepared financial statements of the Company and the Subsidiaries, as reviewed by the accountant of the Company and the
Subsidiaries) which were prepared in a manner for all periods consistent with GAAP. If for any reason the Company and the Subsidiaries do not report on a consolidated basis, EBITDA shall be calculated
from the combined earnings of each of the Company and all the Subsidiaries as if they did so report on a consolidated basis. 

        "Eligible Holders" has the meaning given to such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Employee(s)" has the meaning given to such term in the preamble. 

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. 

        "Excluded Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(c). 

        "Executive Investor(s)" has the meaning given to such term in the preamble. 

        "Exempt Transfer" means a Transfer of Securities (a) to one or more Eligible Holders pursuant to the exercise of a right of first
offer pursuant to Section 3.2(a), (b) pursuant to an exercise of tag-along rights as an Other Holder under  Section 3.3, (c) pursuant to
a Sale of the Company under Section 4.1,
(d) upon the death of the holder pursuant to the applicable laws of descent and distribution, (e) solely to or among such Person's Family Group (so long as the individual effecting such
Transfer maintains control over the voting and disposition of such Securities), (f) incidental to the exercise, conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms, any
combination of shares (including, without limitation, any reverse stock split) or any recapitalization, reorganization or reclassification of, or any merger or consolidation involving, the Company,
(g) to or among the partners or members of THL and the partners (including, without limitation, any Limited Partner or Affiliate of any Limited Partner), securityholders and employees of such
partners, (h) by New York State Retirement Co-Investment Fund L.P. to New York State Common Retirement Fund (provided that THL maintains voting control over such Securities) or
(i) to an Affiliate of the holder effecting such Transfer (provided, that the Affiliate to which such Transfer is made at all times thereafter during the term of this Agreement remains an
Affiliate of the holder effecting such Transfer). 

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        "Exempt Individual Transfer" means a Transfer of Securities held by a natural person (a) upon the death of the holder pursuant to
the applicable laws of descent and distribution, (b) solely to or among such natural person's Family Group (so long as the individual effecting such Transfer maintains control over the voting
and disposition of such Securities), or (c) to the Company incidental to the exercise, conversion or exchange of such securities in accordance with their terms, any combination of shares
(including, without limitation, any reverse stock split) or any recapitalization, reorganization or reclassification of, or any merger or consolidation involving, the Company. 

        "Family Group" means, with respect to any individual, such individual's spouse, parents, siblings and descendants (whether natural or
adopted) and any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar vehicle established and maintained solely for the benefit of (or the sole members or partners of which are) such individual,
such individual's spouse and/or such individual's parents, siblings and descendants. 

        "GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles. 

        "Incidental Registration" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.2(a). 

        "Incidental Registration Statement" has the meaning given such term in  Section 6.2(a). 

        "Indemnified Party" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.6(a). 

        "Indemnifying Party" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 6.6(c). 

        "Independent Manager" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a)(iii). 

        "Investor Response" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Investor Terms" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Investors" has the meaning given to such term in the preamble. 

        "Limited Partner" means a direct or indirect limited partner of THL. 

        "LLC Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, THL, and
the other parties thereto. 

        "Losses" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.6(a). 

        "Management Agreement" means the Management Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Company and THL Managers V, LLC. 

        "NASD" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.4(j). 

        "NASDAQ" means the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System. 

        "New Securities" has the meaning given such term in Section 8.1(a). 

        "Offer" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Offered Securities" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a)(i). 

        "Offeror" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(a). 

        "Old Refco" means Refco Group, Ltd., LLC, an entity of which the Company is the sole member. 

        "Other Holder" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.3(a). 

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        "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a limited liability
company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or any department or agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        "Preferred Stock" means collectively, following the conversion of the Company into a corporation or the Company being merged into, or
otherwise succeeded by, a corporation, the classes or series of authorized capital stock of the Company that is limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value or stated value in respect of the
rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the successor to the Company. 

        "Proceeding" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.6(c). 

        "Pro Rata Amount" or "Pro Rata" means, with respect to any Investor, the quotient obtained
by dividing (i) the number of Class A Common Units held by such Investor by (ii) the aggregate number of Class A Common Units held by all Investors. 

        "Public Offering" means a sale of Common Stock to the public in an offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the
SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as then in effect, provided that a Public Offering shall not include an offering made in connection with a business acquisition or combination or an employee
benefit plan. 

        "Public Sale" means a sale of Securities pursuant to a Public Offering or a Rule 144 Sale or its equivalent. 

        "Purchase Agreement" means the Equity Purchase and Merger Agreement dated as of June 8, 2004 by and among the Company, Old Refco,
RGHI, THL Refco Acquisition Partners and certain other parties thereto, as the same has been amended by the First Amendment to Equity Purchase and Merger Agreement dated as of July 9, 2004. 

        "Purchasing Holder" has the meaning given such term in Section 8.1(e). 

        "Putnam Limited Partners" means Putnam Investments Holdings, LLC, Putnam Investments Employees' Securities Company I, LLC and Putnam
Investments Employees' Securities Company II, LLC, and any Affiliate of any such Person to whom any Securities held by any such Person are Transferred. 

        "Registrable Securities" means any Securities held by a Securityholder that are of the same type and class as the THL Securities. As to
any particular Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when they have been (i) Transferred in a Public Sale, (ii) unless THL otherwise elects,
have been distributed to Limited Partners or (iii) otherwise Transferred and new certificates not bearing the legend set forth in  Section 10.2(b) hereof shall have been delivered by the
Company and subsequent disposition of such securities shall not require registration or
qualification of such securities
under the Securities Act or such state securities or blue sky laws then in force. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person will be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person
has the right to acquire such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a Transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the
exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been affected. 

        "Registration Expenses" means all amounts payable by the Company pursuant to  Section 6.5. 

        "Registration Notice" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(a). 

        "Registration Request" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(a). 

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        "Registration Statement" means any registration statement of the Company under which any of the Registrable Securities are included
therein pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement. 

        "Requesting THL Holder(s)" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(a). 

        "RGHI" has the meaning given such term in the preamble. 

        "RGHI Demand Right" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(a). 

        "RGHI Managers" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a)(i). 

        "Rule 144" means Rule 144 adopted under the Securities Act (or any successor rule or regulation). 

        "Rule 144 Sale" means a sale of Securities to the public through a broker, dealer or market-maker pursuant to the provisions of
Rule 144 (other than Rule 144(k) prior to a Public Offering) adopted under the Securities Act (or any successor rule or regulation). 

        "Sale of the Company" means the consummation of a transaction, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions that
are consummated contemporaneously (or consummated pursuant to contemporaneous agreements), with any other Person or group of related Persons on an arm's-length basis other than an Affiliate of THL,
pursuant to which such party or parties (a) acquire (whether by merger, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, redemption, issuance of capital stock or otherwise) more than 50% of
the voting power of the Company or (b) acquire assets constituting all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that in
no event shall a Sale of the Company be deemed to include any transaction effected for the purpose of (i) changing, directly or indirectly, the form of organization or the organizational
structure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) contributing assets or equity to entities controlled by the Company (or owned by the Securityholders in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of the Company). 

        "Sale Notice" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.3(a). 

        "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

        "Securities" means all Class A Common Units and Class B Common Units that are subject to this Agreement. 

        "Securityholder(s)" has the meaning given such term in the preamble. 

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 

        "Selling Holder" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.3(a). 

        "Subsidiary" means any corporation with respect to which another specified corporation has the power to vote or direct the voting of
sufficient securities to elect directors having a majority of the voting power of the board of directors of such corporation. 

        "Tag-Along Notice" has the meaning given such term in Section 3.3(a). 

        "THL" has the meaning given such term in the preamble. 

        "THL Corporate Holder" means a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. that holds an indirect
interest in the Company through a THL Holder. 

        "THL Demand Right" has the meaning given such term in Section 6.1(a). 

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        "THL Managers" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a)(ii). 

        "THL Holder" has the meaning given such term in the preamble. 

        "THL Securities" means (a) THL Units, (b) Units, Common Stock, Common Stock Equivalents or Preferred Stock hereafter
acquired by THL and (c) any securities of the Company issued with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (a) or (b) above by way of a
payment-in-kind, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, exchange, conversion, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other
reorganization. 

        "THL Units" means the Class A Common Units issued to THL on the Closing Date. 

        "Threshold Event" means (a) for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2005, the failure of the Company to achieve at least 85%
of $287.0 million in EBITDA, (b) for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2006, the failure of the Company to achieve at least 85% of $627.1 million in EBITDA in the
aggregate for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2005 and 2006, (c) for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2007, the failure of the Company to achieve at least 85% of
$1,024.9 million in EBITDA in the aggregate for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2005, 2006 and 2007, (d) for the fiscal years ending February 28, 2008 and 2009, the
failure of the Company to achieve at least 80% of $455.9 million and $524.0 million in EBITDA, respectively and (e) for any fiscal years ending after February 28, 2009, the
failure of the Company to achieve at least 80% of the EBITDA target for that year as determined in good faith by the Board, or (f) the default by the Company under any documents governing any
of the Company's funded indebtedness, after the expiration of notice or cure periods, if any; provided that if any such document provides for the cure or the avoidance of any default through the
provision of an equity contribution or other investment in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which will constitute EBITDA or similar financial measurement, any such amount contributed to or
invested in the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall not be taken into account in determining whether a default exists. The threshold targets set forth above shall be adjusted by the Board, in its good faith discretion, for
acquisitions and dispositions made by the Company (whether by purchase or sale of assets, merger or otherwise) and such adjustments shall take into account the pro forma annual EBITDA of any acquired
business. In determining whether any threshold target has been achieved by the Company for any given fiscal year, all fees paid during the applicable time period pursuant to Section 2 of the
Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, Old Refco and THL shall be excluded from such calculation as if such fees were not required to be paid. 

        "Transfer" means (in either the noun or the verb form, including with respect to the verb form, all conjugations thereof within their
correlative meanings) with respect to any security, the gift, sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition (whether for or without consideration, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law) of such security or any interest therein. 

        "Transferee" means any Person to whom a Securityholder shall Transfer Units. 

        "Units" means the Company's Class A Units or Class B Units. 

        10.2    Legends.    

        (a)    Securityholders Agreement.    Each certificate or instrument evidencing Securities and each certificate or
instrument issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any such Securities (if such securities remain subject to this Agreement after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a
legend (as appropriately completed under the circumstances) in substantially the following form: 

"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE CONSTITUTE SECURITIES UNDER A CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT DATED 

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AS
OF AUGUST 5, 2004 AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (THE "COMPANY") AND CERTAIN OF THE COMPANY'S SECURITYHOLDERS AND, AS SUCH, ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN VOTING PROVISIONS, PURCHASE RIGHTS AND
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT. A COPY OF SUCH SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST." 

        (b)    Restricted Securities.    Each instrument or certificate evidencing Securities and each instrument or
certificate issued in exchange or upon the Transfer of any Securities shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form: 

"THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD UNLESS IT HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE (AND, IN SUCH CASE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
OFFER OR SALE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)." 

        (c)    Removal of Legends.    Whenever in the opinion of the Company and counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company (which opinion shall be delivered to the Company in writing) the restrictions described in any legend set forth above cease to be applicable to any Securities, the holder thereof shall be
entitled to receive from the Company, without expense to the holder, a new instrument or certificate not bearing a legend stating such restriction. 

        10.3    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. 

        10.4    Entire Agreement.    Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this document embodies the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the
parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. 

        10.5    Successors and Assigns.    Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the Company and its successors and assigns and the Securityholders and any subsequent holders of Securities and the respective successors and assigns of each of them,
so long as they hold Securities. 

        10.6    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts (including by means of telecopied
signature pages) each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

        10.7    Remedies.    The Company and the Securityholders shall be entitled to enforce their rights under this
Agreement specifically, to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, costs of enforcement) and to exercise all other rights existing in
their favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that the Company or any Securityholder may
in its or his sole discretion apply to any court of law or equity of competent 

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jurisdiction
for specific performance or injunctive relief (without posting a bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent any violation of the provisions of this Agreement. 

        10.8    Notices.    Any notice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either personally
delivered, or mailed first class mail (postage prepaid) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the Company at the address set forth below and to any other recipient at the
address indicated on the Company's records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party; provided that
any notice to be given to THL shall be deemed delivered if such notice is delivered to Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. at the address indicated below (with a copy to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP at
the address indicated below). Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when sent by facsimile (receipt confirmed) delivered personally, 5 days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one
day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier service. The Company's address is: 

New
Refco Group Ltd., LLC

One World Financial Center

200 Liberty Street

New York City, NY 10281

Attention:    Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile:     (212) 693-7686 

with copies to:

Thomas
H. Lee Partners, L.P.

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

Attention:    Scott A. Schoen

                      Scott Jaeckel

                      George Taylor

Facsimile:     (617) 227-3514

and

Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

Attention:    James Westra, Esq.

Facsimile:     (617) 772-8333 

        10.9    Governing Law.    The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (and, following the conversion of the Company
into a corporation or the Company being merged into, or otherwise succeeded by, a corporation, the relevant state corporation law) shall govern all questions arising under this Agreement concerning
the relative rights of the Company and its equityholders. All other questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of Delaware. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of any State or Federal court sitting in Wilmington, Delaware over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The parties hereby agree
that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail addressed to any such party shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against a
party in any such court. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any
claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The parties hereto agree that a final judgment in any such suit, 

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action
or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon any party and may be enforced in any other courts to whose jurisdiction any party is or may be subject, by suit upon
such judgment. 

        10.10    Bennett Ownership of RGHI.    Effective as of the Closing Date, Bennett is the sole owner of RGHI. Bennett
hereby covenants and agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, he at all times will
continue to directly own, of record and beneficially, all of the outstanding capital stock of RGHI, that he will not pledge or otherwise permit his shares of the capital stock of RGHI to be encumbered
in any manner and that he will not grant any proxy or otherwise transfer voting power or economic rights of ownership or enter into any voting agreement with respect to capital stock of RGHI;  provided, however,
that Bennett shall be permitted to transfer shares of capital stock of RGHI to members of his Family Group so long as he continues to
maintain Control of RGHI in his individual capacity. Bennett covenants and agrees to cause RGHI to comply with the provisions of this Agreement. 

        10.11    Consent of THL.    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, to the extent the consent of THL
is required with respect to any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to the any designation or removal of the manager to be designated by RGHI and THL, as
contemplated in Section 2.1(a)(iii) and the last sentence of Section 2.1(c)), consent
shall be deemed given so long as written consent is granted by THL Refco Acquisition Partners or Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. 

        10.12    Descriptive Headings.    The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do
not constitute a part of this Agreement. 

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Securityholders Agreement on the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	NEW REFCO GROUP LTD., LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  PHILLIP BENNETT      

	 	 	Name:	 	Phillip Bennett
	 	 	Title:	 	President
	

 	
 	

REFCO GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  PHILLIP BENNETT      

	 	 	Name:	 	Phillip Bennett
	 	 	Title:	 	President
	

 	
 	

THL REFCO ACQUISITION PARTNERS
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

THL Refco GP LLC, a general partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  SCOTT A. SCHOEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	Scott A. Schoen
	 	 	Title:	 	President
	

 	
 	

PHILLIP R. BENNETT*
	

 	
 	

/s/  PHILLIP BENNETT      

	*
	For
purposes of Section 10.10 only. 

	 	 	THL LIMITED PARTNERS
	

 	
 	
GM-REFCO II CORP.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  CHARLES FROLAND      

	 	 	Name:	 	Charles Froland

	 	 	Title:	 	MD

	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee

for First Plaza Group Trust,

solely with respect to

Pools PMI-111 and PMI-112
	

 	
 	

By: J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, as Trustee
	

 	
 	

Name:	
 	

/s/  NICOLE STEPHENSON      

	 	 	Title:	 	AT

	 	 	PG DIRECT INVEST NO. 10, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  WALTER KELLER      

	 	 	Name:	 	Walter Keller

	 	 	Title:	 	Director

	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  M. BARBEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	M. Barben

	 	 	Title:	 	Director

	 	 	NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT CO-INVESTMENT FUND L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  PHILIP POSNER      

	 	 	Name:	 	Philip Posner

	 	 	Title:	 	Treasurer

	 	 	CSFB FUND CO-INVESTMENT PROGRAM, L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: DLJ Fund Partners, L.P., its General Partner

By: DLJMB Fund, Inc., its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DAVID M. RUSSELL      

	 	 	Name:	 	David M. Russell

	 	 	Title:	 	Vice President

	 	 	AUDA REFCO LTD.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DAVID S. ANDRYC      

	 	 	Name:	 	David S. Andryc

	 	 	Title:	 	Director

	

 	
 	

AUDA PARTNERS L.P.
	 	 	By:	 	Auda Partners LLC,

its general partner
	 	 	By:	 	Auda Advisor Associates LLC,

its Managing Member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DAVID S. ANDRYC      

	 	 	Name:	 	David S. Andryc

	 	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact for Marcel Giacometti, its Managing Member

	 	 	THOMAS H. LEE INVESTORS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

THL Investment Management Corp., its General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  SCOTT A. SCHOEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	Scott A. Schoen

	 	 	Title:	 	President

	 	 	U.S. BANK N.A.,

as trustee under the 1997 Thomas H. Lee Nominee Trust
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  PAUL D. ALLEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	Paul D. Allen

	 	 	Title:	 	Vice President

	 	 	PUTNAM INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Putnam Investments, LLC,

its managing member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  CHARLES A. RUYS DE PEREZ      

	 	 	Name:	 	Charles A. Ruys de Perez

	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Director

	

 	
 	

PUTNAM INVESTMENTS EMPLOYEES' SECURITIES COMPANY I, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Putnam Investment Holdings, LLC,

its managing member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Putnam Investments, LLC,

its managing member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  CHARLES A. RUYS DE PEREZ      

	 	 	Name:	 	Charles A. Ruys de Perez

	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Director

	

 	
 	

PUTNAM INVESTMENTS EMPLOYEES' SECURITIES COMPANY II, LLC
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Putnam Investment Holdings, LLC,

its managing member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Putnam Investments, LLC, its managing member
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  CHARLES A. RUYS DE PEREZ      

	 	 	Name:	 	Charles A. Ruys de Perez

	 	 	Title:	 	Managing Director

	 	 	THL REFCO ACQUISITION PARTNERS II
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

THL Refco GP LLC, a general partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  SCOTT A. SCHOEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	Scott A. Schoen

	 	 	Title:	 	President

	

 	
 	

THL REFCO ACQUISITION PARTNERS III
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

THL Refco GP LLC, a general partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  SCOTT A. SCHOEN      

	 	 	Name:	 	Scott A. Schoen

	 	 	Title:	 	President

	 	 	EXECUTIVE INVESTORS
	

 	
 	

/s/  ROBERT C. TROSTEN      
 Robert C. Trosten
	

 	
 	

/s/  SANTO C. MAGGIO      
 Santo C. Maggio
	

 	
 	

/s/  JOSEPH R. MURPHY      
 Joseph R. Murphy
	

 	
 	

/s/  WILLIAM M. SEXTON      
 William M. Sexton
	

 	
 	

/s/  DENNIS KLEJNA      
 Dennis Klejna

	[Counterpart Signature Page to Securityholders Agreement]
	

 	
 	

    
 [Name of Employee], an Employee

 
 

Exhibit A    
    
    Actions Requiring Board Approval    
    

	•
	Acquisitions
of assets or stock of another business.

	•
	Dispositions
of assets of the Company or any subsidiary (outside the ordinary course of business).

	•
	Annual
budgets (including any investment and capital expenditures budgets).

	•
	Distributions
on equity of the Company.

	•
	Setting
of performance targets for incentive plans.

	•
	Incurrence
of any debt in excess of $5,000,000 outside of the ordinary course of business.

	•
	Hiring,
firing and compensation of key executives.

	•
	Issuance
of units, options, SARs, warrants or other equity or debt securities.

	•
	Approval
of any new incentive plan.

	•
	Selection
of auditors.

	•
	Entry
into joint venture or partnership agreements.

	•
	Change
in lines of business: decision to enter/quit a line of business.

	•
	Actions
to settle or resolve litigation or regulatory matters involving $50,000 or more or that would reasonably be expected to materially impact the Company's and its
subsidiaries' operations or regulatory relationships.

	•
	Contracts
requiring annual expenditures over $500,000 that are not included in the annual budget.

	•
	Any
action requiring a supermajority approval pursuant to Section 2.2(b) of the Securityholders Agreement.

	•
	Any
action relating to Taxes or actions reserved for the Board pursuant to the LLC Agreement. 

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SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT Dated August 5, 2004 Among NEW REFCO GROUP LTD., LLC AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO

SECURITYHOLDERS AGREEMENT

ARTICLE I REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES

ARTICLE II VOTING AGREEMENTS

ARTICLE III TRANSFERS OF SECURITIES

ARTICLE IV TAKE-ALONG RIGHTS ON APPROVED SALE

ARTICLE V CALL RIGHTS

ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION RIGHTS

ARTICLE VII INFORMATION RIGHTS

ARTICLE VIII PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS

Exhibit A Actions Requiring Board Approval

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