SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT among PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES, PIPER JAFFRAY NEWCO INC., ADVISORY RESEARCH HOLDINGS, INC., THE PERSONS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO, and BRIEN M. O’BRIEN AND TA ASSOCIATES, INC. AS SELLERS’ REPRESENTATIVES Dated as of...Securities Purchase Agreement • December 21st, 2009 • Piper Jaffray Companies • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Delaware
This Securities Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 20, 2009, is made among Piper Jaffray Companies, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Piper Jaffray Newco Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Buyer”), Advisory Research Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the Persons listed on Schedule I attached hereto (collectively, the “Sellers”), and Brien M. O’Brien, a natural person, and TA Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in their joint capacity as the representatives of the Sellers hereunder (collectively, the “Sellers’ Representatives”).
