WESTWIND CAPITAL CORPORATION SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AGREEMENT dated as of September 30, 2007Shareholders’ Equity Agreement • January 3rd, 2008 • Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York
This WESTWIND CAPITAL CORPORATION SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2007 is entered into by and between Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the persons listed on the signature page hereof (each, a “Shareholder”). For the purposes of this Agreement, (i) “Shareholder” shall mean, if such person shall have “Transferred” any of his or her “Company Securities” to any of his or her respective “Permitted Transferees” (as such terms are defined below), such person and such Permitted Transferees, taken together, and any right, obligation or action that may be exercised or taken at the election of such person may be taken at the election of such person and such Permitted Transferees, and (ii) where any Shareholder is a corporation controlled by an individual that is employed by the Firm or a trust created for the benefit of such individual and/or his or her Family Member (as defined below), “Shareholder” shall
