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Exhibit 10.27

2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.

STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) shall have the same defined meanings in this Stock
Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement.

You have been granted an option to purchase common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(the “Common Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Stock Option Grant
Notice, the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Appendix A (collectively, the “Agreement”)
and the Plan, as follows:

	 	 	 
	Name of Participant:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
 
	 
	 	 
	Total Number of Shares subject to the Option:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
 
	 
	 	 
	Exercise Price per Share:

	 	$
 
 
	 
	 	 
	Total Exercise Price:

	 	$
 
 
	 
	 	 
	Grant Date:
	 	 
	 

	 	 
 
	 
	 	 
	Type of Option:

	 	[Incentive] [Nonstatutory] Stock Option
	 
	 	 
	Final Expiration Date:

	 	[10 years from Grant Date]

	 	 	 
	Vesting Schedule:

	 	This option will vest and become exercisable in accordance with the
vesting schedule set forth in Section 2 of the Stock Option
Agreement.

	 	 	 	 
	SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.
	 
	 	 
	By
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	Title:

 

 

APPENDIX A

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

	1.	 	Grant of Option.

     This agreement evidences the grant by the Company on the Grant Date to the Participant, of an
option to purchase, in whole or in part, on the terms provided herein and in the Plan, an aggregate
of the Shares set forth in the Stock Option Grant Notice at an Exercise Price per Share set forth
in the Stock Option Grant Notice (without commission or other charge).

     It is intended that the option evidenced by this agreement shall [not] be an incentive stock
option (“Incentive Stock Option”) as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”). Except as otherwise indicated
by the context, the term “Participant,” as used in this option, shall be deemed to include any
person who acquires the right to exercise this option validly under its terms.

	2.	 	Vesting Schedule.

     (a) This option will become exercisable (“vest”) as to 25% of the original number of Shares on
the first anniversary of the Grant Date and as to an additional 1/36 of the remaining number of
Shares on the day of the month of the Grant Date beginning with each successive month following the
first anniversary of the Grant Date until the fourth anniversary of the Grant Date.1

     (b) This option shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effective
date of a Change in Control.

     (c) The right of exercise shall be cumulative so that to the extent this option is not
exercised in any period to the maximum extent permissible it shall continue to be exercisable, in
whole or in part, with respect to all Shares for which it is vested until the earlier of the Final
Expiration Date or the termination of this option under Section 3 hereof or the Plan.

	3.	 	Exercise of Option.

     (a) Form of Exercise. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, each election to
exercise this option shall be in writing (including electronic submission), signed by the
Participant and received by the Company at its principal office, accompanied by this agreement, and
payment in full in the manner provided in the Plan. The Participant may purchase less than the
number of shares covered hereby, provided that no partial exercise of this option may be for any
fractional share or for fewer than ten whole shares.

     (b) Continuous Relationship with the Company Required. Except as otherwise provided
in this Section 3, this option may not be exercised unless the Participant, at the time he or she
exercises this option, is, and has been at all times since the Grant Date, an employee,

 

			
	1	 	Kenneth Daly will receive a fully vested option
effective upon closing of the Company’s initial public offering.

 

 

officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or any parent or subsidiary
of the Company as defined in Section 424(e) or (f) of the Code (an “Eligible Participant”).

	 	(c)	 	Expiration of Option.

          (1) This option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the
following events:

               (A) The Final Expiration Date;

               (B) Except as the Board may otherwise approve, ninety (90) days following the date of the
Participant’s Termination of Service for any reason other than Cause, death or Disability;

               (C) Except as the Board may otherwise approve, the date of the Participant’s Termination of
Service for Cause;

               (D) Except as the Board may otherwise approve, twelve months following the Participant’s
Termination of Service by reason of the Participant’s death or Disability; or

               (E) Pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

          (2) If, pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, the Company has a right to
repurchase the Participant’s Shares, the Company may exercise such call right regardless of whether
the Participant continues to have a right to exercise this option under Section 3(c).

          (3) For the purposes of the Plan and this Agreement, the date of the Termination of Service
shall be the last day of the Participant’s service as a Service Provider, whether such day is
selected by agreement with the Participant or unilaterally by the Company or its Subsidiary and
whether with or without advance notice. For the avoidance of doubt, no period of notice that is
given or that ought to have been given under applicable law in respect of such Termination of
Service will be utilized in determining entitlement under the Plan, the Stockholders Agreement or
this Agreement. Any action by the Company or its Subsidiary taken in accordance with the terms of
the Plan and this Agreement as set out aforesaid shall be deemed to fully and completely satisfy
any liability or obligation of the Company or its Subsidiary to the Participant in respect of the
Plan or this Agreement arising from or in connection with such Termination of Service, including in
respect of any period of notice given or that ought to have been given under applicable law in
respect of such Termination of Service.

	4.	 	Tax Matters.

     (a) Withholding. The Participant shall pay to the Company or any applicable
Subsidiary of the Company, or make provision satisfactory to the Company or such Subsidiary, for
payment of, any taxes required by law to be withheld in connection with the grant, vesting,
assignment and/or exercise of any portion of this option, as applicable. With respect to any
portion of this option that is exercised (i) prior to a Change in Control and (ii) within the
period beginning on the date ninety (90) days prior to the date this option is scheduled to expire

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pursuant to Section 3(c)(1)(B) or Section 3(c)(1)(D) and ending on the date such option is
scheduled to expire pursuant to Section 3(c)(1)(B) or Section 3(c)(1)(D), as applicable, and
subject to any applicable legal conditions or restrictions, the Company shall, upon the
Participant’s request, withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the
Participant upon the exercise of this option or any portion thereof a number of whole Shares having
a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum of tax
required to be withheld by law (or such lower amount as may be necessary to avoid variable award
accounting); provided that the foregoing is at such time permitted under the terms of the
agreements governing any indebtedness to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be a
party; and provided, further that no fractional shares of Common Stock will be retained to satisfy
any portion of the withholding tax and the Participant hereby agrees to satisfy any additional
amount of withholding taxes that are not satisfied through the retention of shares of Common Stock
by the Company. Any shares of Common Stock retained by the Company pursuant to this Section shall
be deducted from the underlying shares to be received by such Participant upon exercise of this
option. Any adverse consequences to the Participant arising in connection with the Share
withholding procedure set forth in the preceding sentence shall be the sole responsibility of the
Participant.

     (b) Disqualifying Disposition. If this option is an Incentive Stock Option and the
Participant disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this option within two years from the
Grant Date or one year after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this option, the
Participant shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

	5.	 	Nontransferability of Option.

     This option may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the
Participant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, this option shall be exercisable only by
the Participant.

	6.	 	Provisions of the Plan and Stockholders Agreement.

     This option is subject to the provisions of the Plan (including the provisions relating to
amendments to the Plan), a copy of which is furnished to the Participant with this option, and the
Stockholders Agreement.

	7.	 	Definitions.

     Whenever the following terms are used in this Agreement, they shall have the meaning specified
below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not defined below shall have the meaning given such terms in the Plan. The singular
pronoun shall include the plural, where the context so indicates.

     (a) Agreement. “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Stock Option Grant
Notice.

     (b) Cause. “Cause” shall mean,

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          (1) The Board’s determination that the Participant failed to substantially perform his or her
duties (other than any such failure resulting from the Participant’s disability) which is not
remedied within ten days after receipt of written notice from the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, specifying such failure;

          (2) the Board’s determination that the Participant failed to carry out, or comply with any
lawful and reasonable directive of the Board or the Participant’s immediate supervisor, which is
not remedied within ten days after receipt of written notice from the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries, as applicable, specifying such failure;

          (3) the Participant’s conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition
of unadjudicated probation for any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;

          (4) the Participant’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of
illegal drugs on the Company’s or one of its Subsidiaries’, as applicable, premises or while
performing the Participant’s duties and responsibilities; or

          (5) the Participant’s commission of a material act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation,
willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as
applicable.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant is a party to a written employment or consulting
agreement with the Company (or one of its Subsidiaries), then “Cause” shall be as such term is
defined in the applicable written employment or consulting agreement.

     (c) Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean the consummation of any
transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which one or more Persons or group of Persons
(other than any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates) acquires (a) capital stock of the Company
possessing the voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the members of the Board or the board
of directors of the successor to the Company (whether such transaction is effected by merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, sale or transfer of the Company’s capital stock or otherwise) or
(b) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

     (d) Company. “Company” shall mean SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     (e) Disability. “Disability” shall mean “disability,” as such term is defined in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

     (f) Exercise Price. “Exercise Price” shall mean the per share price set forth in the
Stock Option Grant Notice.

     (g) Final Expiration Date. “Final Expiration Date” shall mean the date set forth in
the Stock Option Grant Notice.

     (h) Grant Date. “Grant Date” shall be the date set forth in the Stock Option Grant
Notice.

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     (i) IPO. “IPO” shall mean the Company’s initial public offering of Common Stock
pursuant to a registration statement filed in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

     (j) Person. “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

     (k) Plan. “Plan” shall mean the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan of SS&C Technologies
Holdings, Inc.

     (l) Principal Stockholders. “Principal Stockholders” shall mean (i) Carlyle Partners
IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and CP IV Coinvestment, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, and (ii) any of their Affiliates to which (X) any of the Principal Stockholders or any
other Person transfers Common Stock or (Y) the Company issues Common Stock.

     (m) Share. “Share” shall mean a share of Common Stock.

     (n) Stock Option Grant Notice. “Stock Option Grant Notice” shall mean the first page
of this Agreement.

     (o) Stockholders Agreement. “Stockholders Agreement” shall mean that certain
agreement by and between each Participant, the Principal Stockholders, the Company and other
parties thereto, which contains certain restrictions and limitations applicable to options and the
shares of Common Stock acquired upon option exercise or grant of restricted stock. The Board, in
its discretion, shall determine the terms of the Stockholders Agreement and may amend the terms
thereof on behalf of the Company from time to time. If the Participant is not a party to a
Stockholders Agreement at the time of grant of restricted stock or exercise of the option (or any
portion thereof), the grant of restricted stock or, as applicable, the exercise of the option shall
be subject to the condition that the Participant enter into the Stockholders Agreement with the
Company.

     (p) Subsidiary. “Subsidiary” of any entity shall mean any corporation in an unbroken
chain of corporations beginning with such entity if each of the corporations other than the last
corporation in the unbroken chain then owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

     (q) Termination of Service. “Termination of Service” shall mean [the time when the
engagement of a Participant as a Service Provider Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholders
Agreement) is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, including, but not by way of
limitation, by resignation, failure to be elected or appointed, discharge, death or retirement, but
excluding (i) terminations where there is simultaneous commencement by the former Service Provider
Stockholder of a relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary as a Service Provider Stockholder
and (b) at the discretion of the Board, terminations which result in a temporary severance of the
service relationship. The Board, in its good faith judgment, shall determine the effect of all
matters and questions relating to Termination of Service, including, but not byway of limitation,
the question of whether a Termination of Service resulted from discharge for good cause, and all
questions of whether a particular leave of absence constitutes a Termination of

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Service. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company or any Subsidiary has an
absolute and unrestricted right to terminate a Service Provider’s service at any time for any
reason, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in writing] [the
time when the Participant ceases to be a director of the Company].

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Exhibit 10.28

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

OF

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.

          This
Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment”), dated
April 22, 2008, to the Stockholders
Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of November 23, 2005, is entered into by and among
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Sunshine Acquisition
Corporation) (the “Company”), Carlyle Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“CP IV”), CP IV Coinvestment, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Coinvestment”, and, together with CP IV, the “Initial Carlyle Stockholders”), and
William C. Stone, an individual (“Executive”). Certain capitalized terms used herein
without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement (as amended hereby).

RECITALS:

          WHEREAS, the Company, the Initial Carlyle Stockholders and Executive desire to amend the
Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

AGREEMENT:

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth herein,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

          Section 1. Amendments.

          (a) Effective as of the date hereof, Section 1 of the Agreement is hereby amended by (1)
deleting the word “and” immediately prior to “(v)”; (2) adding the phrase “; (vi) Transfers
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (as defined below); and
(vii) following an IPO, Transfers pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act”
immediately following the phrase “any Permitted Transfer” in the first sentence of Section 1; and
(3) amending and restating the last sentence of Section 1 in its entirety to read as follows: “It
shall be a condition to any Permitted Transfer or any Transfer requiring approval by the Board
pursuant to this Section 1 that the transferee shall (i) agree to become a party to this Agreement
as a Carlyle Stockholder (if such Transfer is effected by a Carlyle Stockholder) or as an Executive
Stockholder (if such transfer is effected by an Executive Stockholder), as the case may be, and
(ii) execute a signature page in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto acknowledging that such
transferee agrees to be bound by the terms hereof.”

          (b) Effective as of the date hereof, Section 3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the phrase “(other than Transfers pursuant to an effective registration statement in connection
with an IPO)” immediately following the phrase “Third Party Purchaser” the first time such phrase
appears in the first sentence of Section 3.

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          (c) Effective as of, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s initial public offering,
Section 7(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

          “(a) Nomination. The Company and the Stockholders shall take such action as may be required
under applicable law to cause the Board to consist of seven (7) Directors. The Stockholders and the
Company agree that (i) the Carlyle Stockholders shall collectively be entitled to nominate for
election to the Board four (4) Directors (the “Carlyle Designees”); (ii) the Chief
Executive Stockholders shall collectively be entitled to nominate for election to the Board two (2)
Directors (the “Executive Designees”), one of whom shall be Executive for so long as
Executive is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company; and (iii) the Carlyle Stockholders and the
Chief Executive Stockholders shall collectively be entitled to nominate for election to the Board
one (1) Director (the “Stockholders Designee”); provided, however, that (A) the number of
Carlyle Designees shall be reduced to (x) three (3) Directors at such time as the Carlyle
Stockholders hold less than 40% of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock, (y) two (2)
Directors at such time as the Carlyle Stockholders hold less than 30% of the then-outstanding
shares of Common Stock and (z) one (1) Director at such time as the Carlyle Stockholders hold less
than 15% of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock and (B) the number of Executive Designees
shall be reduced to one (1) at such time as Executive holds less than 15% of the then-outstanding
shares of Common Stock. So long as the Carlyle Stockholders shall be entitled to nominate directors
for election to the Board pursuant to this Section 7(a), CP IV shall be entitled to designate at
least one of the Carlyle Designees. At the option of the Carlyle Stockholders, the Carlyle
Stockholders may, by written notice to the Company, designate the Carlyle Stockholder(s) that have
the right to nominate the individual Carlyle Designees. For so long as Executive serves as a member
of the Board, Executive shall be a member of any Executive Committee of the Board.”

          (d) Effective as of, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s initial public offering,
Section 7(d) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

          “(d) Vacancies. In the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by
death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of a Director designated by the Carlyle
Stockholders, each Stockholder hereby agrees to vote all Shares owned or held of record by it for
the individual designated to fill such vacancy by the Carlyle Stockholders. In the event that a
vacancy is created on the Board at any time by death, disability, retirement, resignation or
removal of a Director designated by Executive, each Stockholder hereby agrees to vote all Shares
owned or held of record by it for the individual designated to fill such vacancy by Executive. In
the event that a vacancy is created on the Board at any time by death, disability, retirement,
resignation or removal of the Director designated collectively by the Carlyle Stockholders and the
Chief Executive Stockholders, each Stockholder hereby agrees to vote all Shares owned or held of
record by it for the individual designated to fill such vacancy by the Carlyle Stockholders and the
Chief Executive Stockholders, collectively.”

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          (e) Effective as of, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s initial public offering,
Section 9 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding “, 7(c)” immediately following the phrase
“(i) the provisions of Sections 3, 4” in the proviso of Section 9.

          (f) Effective as of, and subject to, the closing of the Company’s initial public offering,
Section 10(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding “Stockholders Designee” and “Section 7”
in the appropriate alphabetical position in the list of defined terms.

          Section 2. Miscellaneous.

          (a) Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall
not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the
rights and remedies of the Parties under the Agreement or any agreement or instrument referred to
therein, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Agreement or any agreement or instrument
referred to therein, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in
full force and effect. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the
provisions of the Agreement specifically referred to herein. On and after the date hereof, any
reference to the Agreement in any agreement or instrument referred to therein shall mean the
Agreement as modified hereby.

          (b) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to the choice of law principles
therein).

          (c) Interpretation. The headings of the Sections contained in this Amendment are
solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment.

          (d) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one
and the same agreement.

          (e) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained
herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be in any way
impaired thereby.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment on the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ William
C. Stone	 
	 	 	Name:  	William
C. Stone 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive
Officer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CARLYLE PARTNERS IV, L.P.,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	a Delaware limited partnership	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group IV, L.P.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its General Partner
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group IV Managing GP, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its General Partner
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its Managing Member
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its Managing Member
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Claudius E. Watts, IV 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Claudius E. Watts, IV	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CP IV COINVESTMENT, L.P.,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	a Delaware limited partnership	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group IV, L.P.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its General Partner
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group IV Managing GP, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its General Partner
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	TC Group, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its Managing Member
	 	 

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	 	 	 	By:
	 	TCG Holdings, L.L.C.,	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	its Managing Member
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Claudius E. Watts, IV 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Name: Claudius E. Watts, IV	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
/s/ William C. Stone 	 
	 	 	William C. Stone 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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