AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 BY AND AMONG LORING WARD HOLDINGS INC., FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC., LWH MERGER SUB I, INC., LWH MERGER SUB II, INC., AND THE STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE NAMED HEREINMerger Agreement • December 6th, 2018 • Focus Financial Partners Inc. • Investment advice • Delaware
Contract Type FiledDecember 6th, 2018 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (as may be amended from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated September 27, 2018, by and among Loring Ward Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Focus Financial Partners Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), LWH Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Newco”), LWH Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub II”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as the stockholder representative (solely in its capacity as such, the “Stockholder Representative”).