0001104659-17-046522.txt : 20170724 0001104659-17-046522.hdr.sgml : 20170724 20170724162457 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-046522 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170720 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Cost Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170724 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170724 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Virtu KCG Holdings LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001569391 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-54991 FILM NUMBER: 17978532 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 VESEY STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10282 BUSINESS PHONE: 646-682-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300 VESEY STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10282 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KCG Holdings, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Knight Holdco, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130211 8-K 1 a17-18152_38k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 20, 2017

Virtu KCG Holdings LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		000-54991		38-3898306
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

300 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10282
(Address of principal executive offices)

(646) 682-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

KCG Holdings, Inc.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Introductory Note.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the completion of the merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2017, by and among Virtu KCG Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, formerly known as KCG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), Virtu Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virtu”), and Orchestra Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Virtu, which merger (the “Merger”) became effective on July 20, 2017 (the “Effective Date”). On the Effective Date, in connection with the completion of the Merger, the Company was converted from a Delaware corporation having the name “KCG Holdings, Inc.” into a Delaware limited liability company having the name “Virtu KCG Holdings LLC.”

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On the Effective Date, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a supplement to the Indenture, dated as of June 16, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date), by and among Orchestra Borrower LLC, Orchestra Co-Issuer, Inc. (the “Co-Issuer”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and collateral agent (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company and certain of its subsidiaries became guarantors of the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) of VFH Parent LLC, a subsidiary of Holdings (as defined below) (“VFH” and, together with the Co-Issuer, the “Issuers”) and the Co-Issuer issued under the Indenture.

As of the Effective Date, the Notes and the related guarantees are secured by second-priority perfected liens, subject to certain exceptions, on substantially all of the Issuers’ and guarantors’ existing and future assets, including all material personal property, a pledge of the capital stock of the Issuers, the guarantors (other than Virtu Financial LLC, a subsidiary of Virtu (“Holdings”)) and the direct subsidiaries of the Issuers and the guarantors and up to 65.0% of the voting capital stock of any now-owned or later-acquired foreign subsidiaries that are directly owned by the Issuers or any of the guarantors, which assets will also secure the $1,150.0 million first lien senior secured term loan (the “Term Loan Facility”) provided under the Credit Agreement (as defined below) on a first-priority basis.

On the Effective Date, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into joinders to the guarantee and the collateral agreement relating to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date), by and among Holdings, VFH, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and sole lead arranger and book runner (the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and certain of its subsidiaries became guarantors of the $1,150.0 million first lien senior secured term loan provided under the Credit Agreement.

As of the Effective Date, all obligations under the Term Loan Facility are unconditionally guaranteed by Holdings and each of our existing direct and indirect, wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries (including, KCG and its wholly owned domestic restricted subsidiaries), subject to certain exceptions, including exceptions for our broker dealer subsidiaries and certain immaterial subsidiaries. The obligations are secured by a pledge of substantially all of the VFH’s assets and those of Holdings and each subsidiary guarantor, including capital stock of the VFH and the subsidiary guarantors and 65% of

the voting capital stock and 100% of the non-voting capital stock of the first-tier foreign subsidiaries, in each case subject to exceptions.

The description of the terms of the Indenture set forth in Item 1.01 of Virtu’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 16, 2017 (File No. 001-37352) and the description of the terms of the Credit Agreement set forth in Item 1.01 of Virtu’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2017 (File No. 001-37352) is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 2.05 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

On June 27, 2017, the Company commenced a workforce reduction plan in order to reduce the Company’s expenses and operational complexity while increasing the Company’s ability to focus on areas of competitive strength. The workforce reduction plan was effective on the Effective Date for impacted employees in the U.S. and will be effective as of July 28, 2017 for those employees in the U.K. The plan impacted approximately 14% of the Company’s workforce and will be completed during the third quarter of 2017. The Company currently estimates that it will recognize a pre-tax charge in connection with the workforce reduction of approximately $10 million during the third quarter of 2017. The charge is expected to consist of severance, other one-time termination benefits, and other associated costs. All affected employees were notified by July 17, 2017.

This Item 2.05 contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include the size of the reduction and the estimated amount and timing of the related charges. Statements regarding future events are based on the Company’s current expectations and are necessarily subject to associated risks related to the completion of the reduction in force in the manner anticipated by the Company. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to a variety of factors, including: the Company’s ability to implement the workforce reductions in various geographies; possible changes in the size and components of the expected costs and charges associated with the plan; risks associated with the Company’s ability to achieve the benefits of the planned workforce reduction and the Company’s merger with Virtu. For information regarding other factors that could cause the Company’s results to vary from expectations, please see the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Directors; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On the Effective Date, the Company and Virtu entered into a separation agreement with Daniel Coleman (Chief Executive Officer). Mr. Coleman’s separation agreement provides for (i) a “non-compete/non-solicit” payment equal to $2,000,000 paid in a lump sum, (ii) full payment of his 2017 annual bonus equal to $6,000,000 paid in a lump sum and (iii) payment of COBRA health insurance premiums for 12 months. The severance payments are conditioned on the execution of a general waiver and release of claims. Mr. Coleman’s separation agreement contains certain restrictive covenants and confidentiality provisions, including non-solicitation covenants, but expressly waives any non-competition covenants.

Mr. Coleman’s separation agreement requires Mr. Coleman to provide consulting services to the Company on transition, operational and integration matters through April 1, 2018. In consideration of these consulting services, Mr. Coleman will be paid a fee of $1,000,000, paid in approximately equal monthly installments.

On the Effective Date, the Company and Virtu entered into a separation agreement with each of Steffan Parratt (Chief Financial Officer), Ryan Primmer (Global Head of Quantitative and Systematic Trading) and Greg Tusar (Head of Global Execution Services and Platforms). Pursuant to each of their respective separation agreements, Messrs. Parratt, Primmer and Tusar are entitled to (i) a “non-compete/non-solicit” payment equal to $500,000, $500,000 and $417,625, respectively, paid in a lump sum, (ii) full payment of their 2017 annual bonus equal to $1,500,000, $3,200,000 and $3,200,000, respectively, paid in a lump sum and (iii) payment of COBRA health insurance premiums for 12 months. The severance payments are conditioned on the execution of a general waiver and release of claims. The separation agreements contain certain restrictive covenants and confidentiality provisions, including non-solicitation covenants, but expressly waive any non-competition covenants.

On the Effective Date, KCG Europe Limited entered into a separation agreement with Philip Allison (Chief Executive Officer, KCG Europe Limited). Mr. Allison’s separation agreement provides for a payment of £175,000 paid in a lump sum and full payment of his 2017 annual bonus equal to $3,200,000 of which $3,087,063 will be paid within 14 days of termination of $112,937 will be paid within 107 days of termination. The severance payments are conditioned on Mr. Allison’s execution of a general waiver and release of claims.

The foregoing summary of the separation agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the separation agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description


10.1		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Daniel Coleman, dated July 20, 2017.

10.2		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Steffan Parratt, dated July 20, 2017.

10.3		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Ryan Primmer, dated July 20, 2017.

10.4		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Greg Tusar, dated July 20, 2017.

10.5		Separation Agreement, between KCG Europe Limited and Philip Allison, dated July 20, 2017.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Virtu KCG Holdings LLC (formerly known as KCG Holdings, Inc.)

By:	/s/ Justin Waldie
	Name:	Justin Waldie
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Dated: July 24, 2017

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description


10.1		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Daniel Coleman, dated July 20, 2017.

10.2		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Steffan Parratt, dated July 20, 2017.

10.3		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Ryan Primmer, dated July 20, 2017.

10.4		Separation Agreement, between KCG Holdings, Inc., Virtu Financial, Inc. and Greg Tusar, dated July 20, 2017.

10.5		Separation Agreement, between KCG Europe Limited and Philip Allison, dated July 20, 2017.

EX-10.1 2 a17-18152_3ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

July 20, 2017

Daniel Coleman

KCG Holdings, Inc.

300 Vesey Street

New York, New York, 10282

Re: Separation Agreement

Dear Daniel,

This letter agreement (this “Agreement”) sets forth the terms of your departure from KCG Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”), which shall be contingent and effective on the Closing Date, as that term is defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2017, by and among Virtu Financial, Inc. (“Virtu”), Orchestra Merger Sub, Inc. and KCG Holdings, Inc. (as may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). This Agreement shall only become effective upon the occurrence of the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and no party hereto shall have any obligations hereunder unless and until the Closing occurs. If the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the occurrence of the Closing, then this Agreement shall be void ab initio and be of no force and effect.

Virtu will, or will cause the Company to, provide you with certain severance entitlements in exchange for your executing, delivering and performing all of the terms, conditions and obligations applicable to you under this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that the payments and benefits being provided to you herein are in exchange for your promises, representations, releases, agreements and obligations contained herein and are valuable and sufficient consideration. Now, therefore, you and the Company agree as follows:

1. Separation Date. Your employment with the Company will terminate as of the Closing Date (the “Separation Date”). For purposes of your employment agreement with the Company, dated April 21, 2016 (your “Employment Agreement”), your termination of employment is a termination by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 6(c) thereof. Upon the Separation Date, you will be deemed to have relinquished and resigned from any and all titles, positions and appointments with the Company (whether as an officer, manager, director, partner or otherwise). You agree to promptly execute such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to evidence your separation from employment and cessation of service on the Separation Date.

2. Your Employment Agreement. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the terms and conditions of your Employment Agreement shall survive and continue to remain in full force and effect. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, terms are used with the same meaning as your Employment Agreement.

3. Separation Entitlements. In accordance with Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement, you will be entitled to the following:

A. Accrued Salary and Vacation. The Company will pay you your Accrued Compensation within 30 days of the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings.

B. Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment. The Company will pay you the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment in the amount of $2,000,000. This amount will be paid to you in a lump sum, and in accordance with wire instructions that you have provided to the Company, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but no later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date following the date the Release becomes effective) to the extent it complies with the exceptions in Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)), with any remaining amounts payable in approximately equal installments over the remainder of the period commencing on the Separation Date and ending six months thereafter, per the Company’s normal payroll practice.

C. COBRA. Subject to your timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company will pay, on your behalf, the full amount of your COBRA premiums over the one-year period following your Separation Date (the “Benefits Continuation Period”) when such amounts become due, in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(4) of your Employment Agreement. The Benefits Continuation Period shall be concurrent with and applied toward any coverage period required under COBRA.

4. 2017 Bonus. The Company will pay you the 2017 Bonus in the amount of $6,000,000. The 2017 Bonus will be paid in a cash lump sum, and in accordance with wire instructions that you have provided to the Company, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but no later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date following the date the Release becomes effective). You acknowledge that payment of the 2017 Bonus will be in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(3) of your Employment Agreement.

5. Escrow Account. Not later than two business days prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Virtu shall establish an escrow account maintained by Citibank to hold the funds for certain payments to be made to you following the Separation Date (the “Escrow Account”). Upon Closing, the Company shall fund the Escrow Account with an amount equal to the sum of the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment and 2017 Bonus. Such amounts will be held in the Escrow Account until disbursed to you through the Company’s payroll system in accordance with Paragraph 6.

6. General Release. Your eligibility for the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment and the COBRA payments under Paragraphs 3(B) and 3(C), respectively, and your eligibility for payment of the 2017 Bonus under Paragraph 4, shall be contingent on your execution (and non-revocation) of a release of claims in favor of the Company, Virtu and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Release”). The Release is attached as Exhibit A and must be executed by you no earlier than the Separation Date and become effective in accordance with its terms and not be revoked by you by the 55th day following the Separation Date. The first payment of any amounts owed to you will include payments that, but for this Paragraph 6 would have

been made to you in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices over the period commencing on the Separation Date and ending no later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date following the date the Release becomes effective.

7. Equity Awards. You acknowledge that the equity awards granted to you under the KCG Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and any of your Company Warrants (as defined in the Merger Agreement) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing will be treated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, your equity awards granted to you will remain subject to the provisions regarding Recapture and Adjustment set forth in Section 13.4 of the KGC Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan; provided that the recapture events triggered by termination for Cause and violation of a non-compete agreement, as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of the first paragraph thereunder, respectively, shall no longer apply.

8. Waiver. The Company and Virtu acknowledge and agree that the Non-Competition covenants set forth in Section 8(c) of your Employment Agreement will be null and void as of your Separation Date and will not be enforced against you following the Separation Date.

9. No Other Payments. You agree that the payments and benefits set forth under Paragraphs 3 and 4 are in full satisfaction of your rights to payments and benefits under Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement and, except with respect thereto, you have not earned and will not receive any additional compensation, severance or benefits after the Separation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Paragraph 9 will nullify or otherwise impair your right to (i) bring an Excluded Claim (as defined in the Release) in the future or (ii) receive any benefits to which are entitled in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements in which you participate pursuant to Section 5(a) of your Employment Agreement.

10. Ongoing Covenants. You agree to comply with the Non-Solicitation, Non-Disparagement and Proprietary Information covenants set forth in Sections 8(d), 8(e), 8(f) and 7 of your Employment Agreement and you acknowledge that in accordance with Section 7 of your Employment Agreement, you will return all Proprietary Information to the Company by no later than the Separation Date; provided, however, that you shall be entitled to retain, and use appropriately (e.g., not in connection with violating obligations owed by you to the Company in accordance with this Paragraph 10 or otherwise) any documents and information relating to your personal entitlements or obligations and your personal rolodex (including electronic equivalents). Notwithstanding anything in the Employment Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of Section 8(d) of the Employment Agreement, the “Non-Solicitation Period” will be the period beginning on the Separation Date and terminating on April 1, 2018 or, if earlier, the date your Consulting Services (defined below) terminate.

11. Indemnification. The Company and Virtu acknowledge and agree that to the extent permitted by law and the Company’s bylaws, following the Separation Date, the Company will continue to indemnify you and advance expenses in accordance with Section 5(d) of your Employment Agreement, and, if applicable, the Merger Agreement.

connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company. You will be entitled to prompt reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including travel expenses) incurred in connection with providing such assistance.

13. Whistleblowing Policy. Nothing in any code, agreement, manual or in any other policies, procedures or agreements of the Company shall prohibit or restrict you or your counsel from providing information in connection with: (1) any disclosure of information required by law or legal process; (2) reporting possible violations of federal or state law or regulation to any governmental agency, commission or entity, including but not limited to, the Department of Justice, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Labor, the Congress, any state Attorney General, self-regulatory organization and any agency Inspector General (collectively “Government Agencies”); (3) filing a charge or complaint with Government Agencies; (4) making disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal or state law or regulation (collectively the “Whistleblower Statutes”) or (5) from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiry from, volunteering information to, testifying or otherwise participating in or assisting in any inquiry, investigation or proceeding brought by Government Agencies in connection with (1) through (4). For the avoidance of doubt, you are not required to advise or seek permission from the Company before engaging in any activity set forth in (1) through (5) of this Paragraph 13. Further, the Company does not in any manner limit your right to receive an award from Government Agencies for information provided to Government Agencies or pursuant to the Whistleblower Statutes.

14. Consulting Arrangement.

A. Consulting Services. You agree that following the Separation Date, you will provide consulting services to the Company on transition, operational and integration matters and such other advisory services as may be reasonably requested by the Company (the “Consulting Services”) through April 1, 2018. The Consulting Services will be provided at times and places mutually agreed between you and the Company from time to time, provided that the level of such services shall not exceed 20% of the average level of services you provided the Company over the thirty-six (36) month period immediately prior thereto. Given the limited scope of these consulting services, the parties agree that they will not prevent the cessation of your employment from constituting a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h). In consideration for your obligations under this Paragraph 14, the Company will pay you a fee of $1,000,000 (the “Consulting Fee”), which will be paid in approximately equal monthly installments over the period during which you provide the Consulting Services, payable in arrears following the conclusion of the applicable month. The Consulting Services and the Consulting Fee payable therefor shall not be terminable by the Company other than on account of your (A) continued failure to substantially perform after the Company delivers you a written demand for substantial performance or (B) engaging in misconduct which is injurious to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates financially, reputationally or otherwise; provided, that the Consulting Services and the Consulting Fee payable therefor shall automatically terminate upon your death. Upon the termination of the Consulting Services in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Company shall have no further obligation to you under this Section 14 except to pay, or cause to be paid, any portion of the Consulting Fee that has accrued prior to such termination.

B. Sole Consideration. Except as specifically provided in Paragraph 14(A), you will not be entitled to any compensation or benefits from Company or any of its affiliates with respect to the Consulting Services or otherwise and you will not be credited with any service, age or other credit for purposes of eligibility, vesting or benefit accrual under any employee benefit plan of the Company or Virtu.

C. Independent Contractor Status. You acknowledge and the Company agrees that in performing the Consulting Services you will be acting and shall act at all times as an independent contractor only and not as an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer of or with the Company or any of its affiliates and you shall not have any right to act for, represent or otherwise bind the Company or Virtu or any of their respective affiliates in any manner. Except for the payments and benefits provided pursuant to Paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Agreement, you acknowledge that you are and shall be solely responsible for the payment of all Federal, state, local and foreign taxes that are required by applicable laws or regulations to be paid with respect to all compensation and benefits payable or provided hereunder (including, without limitation, fees payable in respect of the Consulting Services pursuant to Paragraph 14(A)). Further, you understand that with the exception of the continuation coverage provided pursuant to Paragraph 3(C), you will not be entitled to participate in or accrue benefits under any benefit plan available to Company or Virtu employees.

15. General. This Agreement constitutes the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between you and the Company with regard to this subject matter. This Agreement is entered into without reliance on any promise or representation, written or oral, other than those expressly contained herein, and it supersedes any other such promises, warranties or representations. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by both you and a duly authorized officer of the Company. This Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both you and the Company (including, for avoidance of doubt, Virtu), and inure to the benefit of both you and the Company, each of our respective heirs, successors and assigns. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination will not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in question will be modified by the court so as to be rendered enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, consistent with the intent of the parties. This Agreement will be deemed to have been entered into and will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which shall be deemed to be part of one original, and facsimile and electronic image signatures shall be equivalent to original signatures.

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[signature page follows]

The parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

		KCG Holdings, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Thomas Merritt
			Thomas Merritt
			Deputy General Counsel and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer


		Virtu Financial, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
			Douglas A. Cifu
			Chief Executive Officer


Accepted:


By:	/s/ Daniel Coleman
	Daniel Coleman

Exhibit A

General Release of Claims

Consistent with Paragraph 6 of the separation agreement dated July 20, 2017, (the “Separation Agreement”) between me, KCG Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) and Virtu Financial, Inc., and in consideration for and as a condition of my receipt of certain payments set forth in the Separation Agreement, as applicable, I, for myself, my attorneys, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, do hereby fully and forever release and discharge the Company, Virtu Financial, Inc., GETCO Holding Company, LLC (“GETCO”), Knight Capital Group, LLC (“Knight”) and their respective current and former parents and affiliated companies, as well as its and their successors, assigns, and current and former members, managers, stockholders, directors, officers, partners, agents, employees, attorneys, and administrators, from all lawsuits, causes of action, claims, demands and entitlements of any nature whatsoever, whether known, unknown, or unforeseen, which I have or may have against any of them arising out of or in connection with: (1) my employment with the Company and GETCO, or if applicable, Knight, (2) my separation from employment with the Company, (3) the Employment Agreement and/or any other agreement between me and the Company (except for obligations in such agreements that survive my separation from employment, (4) any event, fact, transaction, or matter occurring or existing on or before the date of my signing of this General Release or (5) any claims arising from my ownership or equity interests in the Company, including, without limitation, any claim for payment with respect to any Company Stock Options or Company SARs for which the per share exercise price equals or exceeds the Merger Consideration (as each such term is defined in the Merger Agreement); provided, however, that I am not releasing any claims for indemnification, claims for payment in respect of equity interests in the Company in accordance with the Merger Agreement, claims for benefits and reimbursements in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements, claims that arise under, or are preserved by, the Separation Agreement, or claims that may not be released as a matter of law (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”). I agree not to file or otherwise institute any claim, demand or lawsuit seeking damages or other relief and not to otherwise assert any claims or demands that are lawfully released herein. I further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any and all rights to recover any relief or damages concerning the lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions that are lawfully released herein. I represent and warrant that I have not previously filed or joined in any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions against any of the persons or entities released herein and that I will indemnify and hold them harmless from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and/or attorneys’ fees incurred by them as a result of any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions.

This General Release specifically includes, but is not limited to, all released claims (as described above) with respect to breach of contract, employment discrimination (including any alleged violation of any federal, state or local statute or ordinance, any claims coming within the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, all as amended, or any other applicable federal, state, or local law), claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended (or any other applicable federal, state or local statute relating to payment of wages), claims concerning recruitment, hiring, termination, salary rate, severance pay, equity, stock options, benefits due, sick leave, life insurance, libel, slander, defamation, intentional or negligent misrepresentation and/or infliction of emotional distress, together with any and all tort or other claims which might have been asserted by me

or on my behalf in any lawsuit, charge of discrimination, demand, or claim against any of the persons or entities released herein.

I acknowledge that I received the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Disclosure at the same time I received this General Release.

I agree and understand that I am specifically releasing all claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., a federal statute that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees who are age 40 or over. I acknowledge that:

(1) I have read and understand this General Release and sign it voluntarily and without coercion;

(2) I have been given an opportunity of forty-five (45) days to consider this General Release;

(3) I have been encouraged by the Company to discuss fully the terms of this General Release with legal counsel of my own choosing; and

(4) for a period of seven (7) days following my signing of this General Release, I shall have the right to revoke the waiver of claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

If I elect to revoke this General Release within this seven-day period, I must inform the Company by delivering a written notice of revocation to the Company, c/o the General Counsel, no later than 11:59 p.m. on the seventh calendar day after I sign this General Release. I understand that, if I elect to exercise this revocation right, this General Release shall be voided in its entirety at the election of the Company and the Company shall be relieved of all obligations to provide the payments set forth in the Separation Agreement that are subject to my executing, and not revoking, this General Release. I further understand that such payments will not begin to be provided unless and until the revocation period expires without my exercising the revocation right. I may, if I wish, elect to sign this General Release prior to the expiration of the 45-day consideration period, and I agree that if I elect to do so, my election is made freely and voluntarily and after having an opportunity to consult counsel.

A-2

AGREED:

/s/ Daniel Coleman
Daniel Coleman

Date: July 20, 2017

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EX-10.2 3 a17-18152_3ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

July 20, 2017

Steffen Parratt

KCG Holdings, Inc.
300 Vesey Street
New York, New York, 10282

Re: Separation Agreement

Dear Steffen,

1. Separation Date. Your employment with the Company will terminate as of the Closing Date (the “Separation Date”). For purposes of your employment agreement with the Company, dated and executed by you on January 2, 2015 (your “Employment Agreement”), your termination of employment is a termination by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 6(c) thereof. Upon the Separation Date, you will be deemed to have relinquished and resigned from any and all titles, positions and appointments with the Company (whether as an officer, manager, director, partner or otherwise). You agree to promptly execute such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to evidence your separation from employment and cessation of service on the Separation Date.

3. Separation Entitlements. In accordance with Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement, you will be entitled to the following:

A. Accrued Salary and Vacation. The Company will pay you your Accrued Compensation within 30 days of the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings.

B. Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment. The Company will pay you the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment in the amount of $500,000. This amount will be paid to you in a lump sum as soon as administratively practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but in no event later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date thereafter) to the extent it complies with the exceptions in Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)), with any remaining amounts payable in approximately equal installments over the remainder of the period commencing on the Separation Date and ending six months thereafter, per the Company’s normal payroll practice.

C. COBRA. Subject to your timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company will pay, on your behalf, the full amount of your COBRA premiums over the one-year period following your Separation Date (the “Benefits Continuation Period”) in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(4) of your Employment Agreement. The Benefits Continuation Period shall be concurrent with and applied toward any coverage period required under COBRA.

4. 2017 Bonus. The Company will pay you the 2017 Bonus in the amount of $1,500,000. The 2017 Bonus will be paid in a cash lump sum as soon as administratively practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but in no event later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date thereafter). You acknowledge that payment of the 2017 Bonus will be in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(3) of your Employment Agreement.

5. Escrow Account. Not later than two business days prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Virtu shall establish an escrow account maintained by Citibank to hold the funds for certain payments to be made to you following the Separation Date (the “Escrow Account”). Upon Closing, KCG shall fund the Escrow Account with an amount equal to the sum of the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment and 2017 Bonus. Such amounts will be held in the Escrow Account until disbursed to you through the Company’s payroll system in accordance with Paragraph 6.

7. Equity Awards. You acknowledge that the equity awards granted to you under the KCG Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing will be treated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, your equity awards granted to you will remain subject to the provisions regarding Recapture and Adjustment set forth in Section 13.4 of the KGC Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan; provided that the recapture events triggered by termination for Cause and violation of a non-compete agreement, as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of the first paragraph thereunder, respectively, shall no longer apply.

9. No Other Payments. You agree that the payments and benefits set forth under Paragraphs 3 and 4 are in full satisfaction of your rights to payments and benefits under Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement and, except with respect thereto, you have not earned and will not receive any additional compensation, severance or benefits after the Separation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Paragraph 9 will nullify or otherwise impair your right to bring an Excluded Claim (as defined in the Release) in the future.

12. Future Cooperation. In accordance with Section 9 of your Employment Agreement, you agree that upon the Company and/or Virtu’s reasonable request following your Separation Date, you will use reasonable efforts to assist and cooperate with the Company in connection with the defense or prosecution of any claim that may be made against or by the Company arising out of events occurring during your employment, or in connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the Company. You will be entitled to prompt reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including travel expenses) incurred in connection with providing such assistance.

Exchange Commission, the Department of Labor, the Congress, any state Attorney General, self-regulatory organization and any agency Inspector General (collectively “Government Agencies”); (3) filing a charge or complaint with Government Agencies; (4) making disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal or state law or regulation (collectively the “Whistleblower Statutes”) or (5) from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiry from, volunteering information to, testifying or otherwise participating in or assisting in any inquiry, investigation or proceeding brought by Government Agencies in connection with (1) through (4). For the avoidance of doubt, you are not required to advise or seek permission from the Company before engaging in any activity set forth in (1) through (5) of this Paragraph 13. Further, the Company does not in any manner limit your right to receive an award from Government Agencies for information provided to Government Agencies or pursuant to the Whistleblower Statutes.

14. General. This Agreement constitutes the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between you and the Company with regard to this subject matter. This Agreement is entered into without reliance on any promise or representation, written or oral, other than those expressly contained herein, and it supersedes any other such promises, warranties or representations. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a writing signed by both you and a duly authorized officer of the Company. This Agreement will bind the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of both you and the Company (including, for avoidance of doubt, Virtu), and inure to the benefit of both you and the Company, each of our respective heirs, successors and assigns. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, this determination will not affect any other provision of this Agreement and the provision in question will be modified by the court so as to be rendered enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law, consistent with the intent of the parties. This Agreement will be deemed to have been entered into and will be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local and non-U.S. taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which shall be deemed to be part of one original, and facsimile and electronic image signatures shall be equivalent to original signatures.

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[signature page follows]

The parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

		KCG Holdings, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Thomas Merritt
			Thomas Merritt
			Deputy General Counsel and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer


		Virtu Financial, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
			Douglas A. Cifu
			Chief Executive Officer


Accepted:


By:	/s/ Steffen Parratt
	Steffen Parratt

Exhibit A

General Release of Claims

Consistent with Paragraph 6 of the separation agreement dated July 20, 2017, (the “Separation Agreement”) between me, KCG Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) and Virtu Financial, Inc., and in consideration for and as a condition of my receipt of certain payments set forth in the Separation Agreement, as applicable, I, for myself, my attorneys, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, do hereby fully and forever release and discharge the Company, Virtu Financial, Inc., GETCO Holding Company, LLC (“GETCO”), Knight Capital Group, LLC (“Knight”) and their respective current and former parents and affiliated companies, as well as its and their successors, assigns, and current and former members, managers, stockholders, directors, officers, partners, agents, employees, attorneys, and administrators, from all lawsuits, causes of action, claims, demands and entitlements of any nature whatsoever, whether known, unknown, or unforeseen, which I have or may have against any of them arising out of or in connection with: (1) my employment with the Company and GETCO, or if applicable, Knight, (2) my separation from employment with the Company, (3) the Employment Agreement and/or any other agreement between me and the Company (except for obligations in such agreements that survive my separation from employment, as stated in the Separation Agreement), or (4) any event, fact, transaction, or matter occurring or existing on or before the date of my signing of this General Release; provided, however, that I am not releasing any claims for indemnification, claims for payment in respect of equity interests in the Company in accordance with the Merger Agreement, claims for benefits and reimbursements in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements, claims that arise under, or are preserved by, the Separation Agreement, or claims that may not be released as a matter of law (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”). I agree not to file or otherwise institute any claim, demand or lawsuit seeking damages or other relief and not to otherwise assert any claims or demands that are lawfully released herein. I further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any and all rights to recover any relief or damages concerning the lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions that are lawfully released herein. I represent and warrant that I have not previously filed or joined in any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions against any of the persons or entities released herein and that I will indemnify and hold them harmless from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and/or attorneys’ fees incurred by them as a result of any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions.

I acknowledge that I received the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Disclosure at the same time I received this General Release.

(1) I have read and understand this General Release and sign it voluntarily and without coercion;

(2) I have been given an opportunity of forty-five (45) days to consider this General Release;

(3) I have been encouraged by the Company to discuss fully the terms of this General Release with legal counsel of my own choosing; and

(4) for a period of seven (7) days following my signing of this General Release, I shall have the right to revoke the waiver of claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

* * *

[signature page follows]

A-2

AGREED:

/s/ Steffen Parratt
Steffen Parratt

Date: July 20, 2017

[Signature page to Steffen Parratt General Release]

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EX-10.3 4 a17-18152_3ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

July 20, 2017

Ryan Primmer

KCG Holdings, Inc.
300 Vesey Street
New York, New York, 10282

Re: Separation Agreement

Dear Ryan,

1. Separation Date. Your employment with the Company will terminate as of the Closing Date (the “Separation Date”). For purposes of your employment agreement with the Company, dated and executed by you on February 24, 2014 (your “Employment Agreement”), your termination of employment is a termination by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 6(c) thereof. Upon the Separation Date, you will be deemed to have relinquished and resigned from any and all titles, positions and appointments with the Company (whether as an officer, manager, director, partner or otherwise). You agree to promptly execute such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to evidence your separation from employment and cessation of service on the Separation Date.

3. Separation Entitlements. In accordance with Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement, you will be entitled to the following:

A. Accrued Salary and Vacation. The Company will pay you your Accrued Compensation within 30 days of the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings.

C. COBRA. Subject to your timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company will pay, on your behalf, the full amount of your COBRA premiums over the one-year period following your Separation Date (the “Benefits Continuation Period”) in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(4) of your Employment Agreement. The Benefits Continuation Period shall be concurrent with and applied toward any coverage period required under COBRA.

4. 2017 Bonus. The Company will pay you the 2017 Bonus in the amount of $3,200,000. The 2017 Bonus will be paid in a cash lump sum as soon as administratively practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but in no event later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date thereafter). You acknowledge that payment of the 2017 Bonus will be in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(3) of your Employment Agreement.

5. Escrow Account. Not later than two business days prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Virtu shall establish an escrow account maintained by Citibank to hold the funds for certain payments to be made to you following the Separation Date (the “Escrow Account”). Upon Closing, KCG shall fund the Escrow Account with an amount equal to the sum of the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment and 2017 Bonus. Such amounts will be held in the Escrow Account until disbursed to you through the Company’s payroll system in accordance with Paragraph 6.

9. No Other Payments. You agree that the payments and benefits set forth under Paragraphs 3 and 4 are in full satisfaction of your rights to payments and benefits under Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement and, except with respect thereto, you have not earned and will not receive any additional compensation, severance or benefits after the Separation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Paragraph 9 will nullify or otherwise impair your right to bring an Excluded Claim (as defined in the Release) in the future.

* * *

[signature page follows]

The parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

		KCG Holdings, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Thomas Merritt
			Thomas Merritt
			Deputy General Counsel and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer


		Virtu Financial, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
			Douglas A. Cifu
			Chief Executive Officer


Accepted:


By:	/s/ Ryan Primmer
	Ryan Primmer

Exhibit A

General Release of Claims

Consistent with Paragraph 6 of the separation agreement dated July 20, 2017, (the “Separation Agreement”) between me, KCG Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) and Virtu Financial, Inc., and in consideration for and as a condition of my receipt of certain payments set forth in the Separation Agreement, as applicable, I, for myself, my attorneys, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, do hereby fully and forever release and discharge the Company, Virtu Financial, Inc., GETCO Holding Company, LLC (“GETCO”), Knight Capital Group, LLC (“Knight”) and their respective current and former parents and affiliated companies, as well as its and their successors, assigns, and current and former members, managers, stockholders, directors, officers, partners, agents, employees, attorneys, and administrators, from all lawsuits, causes of action, claims, demands and entitlements of any nature whatsoever, whether known, unknown, or unforeseen, which I have or may have against any of them arising out of or in connection with: (1) my employment with the Company and GETCO, or if applicable, Knight, (2) my separation from employment with the Company, (3) the Employment Agreement and/or any other agreement between me and the Company (except for obligations in such agreements that survive my separation from employment, as stated in the Separation Agreement), or (4) any event, fact, transaction, or matter occurring or existing on or before the date of my signing of this General Release; provided, however, that I am not releasing any claims for indemnification (including, without limitation, my right to indemnification for losses relating to my UBS awards as set forth in the addendum to my July 7, 2013 offer letter with the Company and preserved in Sections 12(a) and 12(b) of my Employment Agreement), claims for payment in respect of equity interests in the Company in accordance with the Merger Agreement, claims for benefits and reimbursements in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements, claims that arise under, or are preserved by, the Separation Agreement, or claims that may not be released as a matter of law (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”). I agree not to file or otherwise institute any claim, demand or lawsuit seeking damages or other relief and not to otherwise assert any claims or demands that are lawfully released herein. I further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any and all rights to recover any relief or damages concerning the lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions that are lawfully released herein. I represent and warrant that I have not previously filed or joined in any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions against any of the persons or entities released herein and that I will indemnify and hold them harmless from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and/or attorneys’ fees incurred by them as a result of any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions.

I acknowledge that I received the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Disclosure at the same time I received this General Release.

(1) I have read and understand this General Release and sign it voluntarily and without coercion;

(2) I have been given an opportunity of forty-five (45) days to consider this General Release;

(3) I have been encouraged by the Company to discuss fully the terms of this General Release with legal counsel of my own choosing; and

(4) for a period of seven (7) days following my signing of this General Release, I shall have the right to revoke the waiver of claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

* * *

[signature page follows]

A-2

AGREED:

/s/ Ryan Primmer
Ryan Primmer

Date: July 20, 2017

[Signature page to Ryan Primmer General Release]

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EX-10.4 5 a17-18152_3ex10d4.htm EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

July 20, 2017

Greg Tusar

KCG Holdings, Inc.
300 Vesey Street
New York, New York, 10282

Re: Separation Agreement

Dear Greg,

1. Separation Date. Your employment with the Company will terminate as of the Closing Date (the “Separation Date”). For purposes of your employment agreement with the Company, dated and executed by you on February 25, 2014 (your “Employment Agreement”), your termination of employment is a termination by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 6(c) thereof. Upon the Separation Date, you will be deemed to have relinquished and resigned from any and all titles, positions and appointments with the Company (whether as an officer, manager, director, partner or otherwise). You agree to promptly execute such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company to evidence your separation from employment and cessation of service on the Separation Date.

3. Separation Entitlements. In accordance with Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement, you will be entitled to the following:

A. Accrued Salary and Vacation. The Company will pay you your Accrued Compensation within 30 days of the Separation Date, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings.

B. Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment. The Company will pay you the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment in the amount of $417,625. This amount will be paid to you in a lump sum as soon as administratively practicable following the date the Release becomes effective (but in no event later than the second regularly scheduled Company payroll date thereafter) to the extent it complies with the exceptions in Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under subparagraph (iii)), with any remaining amounts payable in approximately equal installments over the remainder of the period commencing on the Separation Date and ending six months thereafter, per the Company’s normal payroll practice.

C. COBRA. Subject to your timely election of continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company will pay, on your behalf, the full amount of your COBRA premiums over the one-year period following your Separation Date (the “Benefits Continuation Period”) in full satisfaction of any amounts that would otherwise be payable under Section 6(c)(4) of your Employment Agreement. The Benefits Continuation Period shall be concurrent with and applied toward any coverage period required under COBRA.

5. Escrow Account. Not later than two business days prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Virtu shall establish an escrow account maintained by Citibank to hold the funds for certain payments to be made to you following the Separation Date (the “Escrow Account”). Upon Closing, KCG shall fund the Escrow Account with an amount equal to the sum of the Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Payment and 2017 Bonus. Such amounts will be held in the Escrow Account until disbursed to you through the Company’s payroll system in accordance with Paragraph 6.

9. No Other Payments. You agree that the payments and benefits set forth under Paragraphs 3 and 4 are in full satisfaction of your rights to payments and benefits under Section 6(c) of your Employment Agreement and, except with respect thereto, you have not earned and will not receive any additional compensation, severance or benefits after the Separation Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Paragraph 9 will nullify or otherwise impair your right to bring an Excluded Claim (as defined in the Release) in the future.

* * *

[signature page follows]

The parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

		KCG Holdings, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Thomas Merritt
			Thomas Merritt
			Deputy General Counsel and Interim Chief Human Resources Officer


		Virtu Financial, Inc.


		By:	/s/ Douglas A. Cifu
			Douglas A. Cifu
			Chief Executive Officer


Accepted:


By:	/s/ Greg Tusar
	Greg Tusar

Exhibit A

General Release of Claims

Consistent with Paragraph 6 of the separation agreement dated July 20, 2017, (the “Separation Agreement”) between me, KCG Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, the “Company”) and Virtu Financial, Inc., and in consideration for and as a condition of my receipt of certain payments set forth in the Separation Agreement, as applicable, I, for myself, my attorneys, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, do hereby fully and forever release and discharge the Company, Virtu Financial, Inc., GETCO Holding Company, LLC (“GETCO”), Knight Capital Group, LLC (“Knight”) and their respective current and former parents and affiliated companies, as well as its and their successors, assigns, and current and former members, managers, stockholders, directors, officers, partners, agents, employees, attorneys, and administrators, from all lawsuits, causes of action, claims, demands and entitlements of any nature whatsoever, whether known, unknown, or unforeseen, which I have or may have against any of them arising out of or in connection with: (1) my employment with the Company and GETCO, or if applicable, Knight, (2) my separation from employment with the Company, (3) the Employment Agreement and/or any other agreement between me and the Company (except for obligations in such agreements that survive my separation from employment, as stated in the Separation Agreement), or (4) any event, fact, transaction, or matter occurring or existing on or before the date of my signing of this General Release; provided, however, that I am not releasing any claims for indemnification, claims for payment in respect of equity interests in the Company in accordance with the Merger Agreement, claims for benefits and reimbursements in accordance with the terms of the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements, claims that arise under, or are preserved by, the Separation Agreement, or claims that may not be released as a matter of law (collectively, the “Excluded Claims”). I agree not to file or otherwise institute any claim, demand or lawsuit seeking damages or other relief and not to otherwise assert any claims or demands that are lawfully released herein. I further hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any and all rights to recover any relief or damages concerning the lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions that are lawfully released herein. I represent and warrant that I have not previously filed or joined in any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions against any of the persons or entities released herein and that I will indemnify and hold them harmless from all liabilities, claims, demands, costs, expenses and/or attorneys’ fees incurred by them as a result of any such lawsuits, claims, demands, or actions.

I acknowledge that I received the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act Disclosure at the same time I received this General Release.

(1) I have read and understand this General Release and sign it voluntarily and without coercion;

(2) I have been given an opportunity of forty-five (45) days to consider this General Release;

(3) I have been encouraged by the Company to discuss fully the terms of this General Release with legal counsel of my own choosing; and

(4) for a period of seven (7) days following my signing of this General Release, I shall have the right to revoke the waiver of claims arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

* * *

[signature page follows]

A-2

AGREED:

/s/ Greg Tusar
Greg Tusar

Date: July 20, 2017

[Signature page to Greg Tusar General Release]

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EX-10.5 6 a17-18152_3ex10d5.htm EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

DATED 20 JULY 2017

KCG EUROPE LIMITED (1)

- and -

Philip Allison (2)

WITHOUT PREJUDICE & SUBJECT TO CONTRACT

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT		1

1.	TERMINATION DATE	3

2.	PERIOD UP TO THE TERMINATION DATE	3

3.	COMPENSATION PAYMENT	4

4.	TAXATION	4

5.	EQUITY AWARDS	5

6.	EXPENSES	5

7.	INDEMNIFICATION	5

8.	MONEY OWED TO COMPANY	5

9.	REFERENCE	5

10.	ASSISTANCE	5

11.	RETURN OF PROPERTY	6

12.	MEDIA/PRESS	6

13.	STATEMENTS AND SECRECY, CONFIDENTIALITY, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS	6

14.	FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT	8

15.	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT	9

16.	WARRANTIES	10

17.	RELIANCE ON WARRANTIES, ETC.	10

18.	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION	11

19.	INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY	11

QUALIFIED LAWYER’S CERTIFICATE		16

REFERENCE		17

THIS AGREEMENT is made on 20 July 2017

BETWEEN:

(1) KCG EUROPE LIMITED a company registered in England and Wales under number 3632121 and whose registered office is at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5DU (the “Company”); and

(2) Philip Allison of Church House, High Street, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, BN6 9TS (the “Employee” or “You”).

WHEREAS

(A) The terms of this Agreement are contingent on Closing and shall only become effective upon Closing.

(B) You are employed by the Company. Your employment will terminate with immediate effect on the Closing Date.

(C) You and the Company have agreed terms of settlement of all claims You have or may have against the Company and any Associated Company.

(D) The Company is entering into this Agreement without any admission of liability for itself and as an agent for all and any Associated Companies and is duly authorised to do so.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1. TERMINATION DATE

1.1. The terms of this Agreement are contingent on Closing, and if the Merger Agreement is terminated prior to the occurrence of Closing then this Agreement shall be void and have no force or effect.

1.2. Your employment with the Company and all other employments with the Company and any Associated Company will terminate on the Closing Date (the “Termination Date”), and your contract of employment signed by You on 19 March 2014 (the “Contract of Employment” as such contract of employment may have been amended, varied or refreshed) shall have no further effect thereafter save for clauses 15 and 18 of the Contract of Employment which shall continue with full force.

1.3. You shall not hold yourself out or conduct yourself as an employee of the Company after the Termination Date.

2. PERIOD UP TO THE TERMINATION DATE

2.1. Subject to clause 8 You will be paid:

2.1.1. salary and benefits due to You to the Termination Date;

2.1.2. for 11 days’ accrued but untaken holiday due to You to the Termination Date; and

2.1.3. £175,000 in lieu of the your notice period of six (6) months (the “Notice Payment”),

in the Company’s next payroll subject to deductions for tax and national insurance contributions in the usual way.

Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, all benefits and contractual entitlements extended to You and salary payments, including, but not limited to, pension contributions cease with effect from the Termination Date.

2.2. Your Form P45 will be made up to the Termination Date and issued to You as soon as practicable after the Termination Date.

3. COMPENSATION PAYMENT

3.1. Subject to your compliance in all material respects with your obligations as set out in this Agreement the Company will pay to You an ex gratia severance payment in respect to your 2017 Bonus of $3,200,000 (the “Compensation Payment”) (which includes your entitlement, if any, to a statutory redundancy payment), subject to receipt by the Company of a signed copy of this Agreement and the Certificate at Schedule 1 signed by your legal adviser.

3.2. The Compensation Payment will be paid in two instalments as follows:

3.2.1. $3,087,063 within 14 days of the later of the Termination Date and receipt by the Company of a signed copy of this Agreement and the Certificate at Schedule 1 signed by your legal adviser.

3.2.2. $112,937 will be paid within 107 days of the Termination Date.

For the avoidance of doubt each instalment shall only be payable if, on the date the instalment is due to be paid, You have complied with all terms of this Agreement.

3.3. The Company will also pay your reasonable legal fees incurred in obtaining advice only in respect of the termination of your employment and this Agreement directly to your solicitors, in the sum of no more than £500 (plus VAT) (the “Legal Fees”) within the later of 28 days after the Termination Date and receipt of their invoice addressed to You, but marked payable by the Company.

3.4. The Compensation Payment will be paid subject to the deduction of income tax and employee National Insurance Contributions in accordance with Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.

4. TAXATION

4.1. The Company gives no warranty as to whether any income tax or employee national insurance contributions are payable in respect of any payments made or benefits made available to You pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and You are solely responsible for the payment of any tax of any nature and any liability to employee national insurance arising in respect of, or by reason of, any payment or benefit set out in this Agreement (save where the sum is actually deducted by the Company). You will indemnify the Company and each and every Associated Company and keep it and them fully and effectively indemnified on demand on a continuing basis against all and any liability to such taxation or national insurance contributions (including, without limitation, any liability resulting from a failure to make PAYE deductions) and any interest, penalties or costs incurred by the Company or any Associated Company in respect of such liability other than sums deducted by the Company under this Agreement. The Company shall give you reasonable notice of any demand for tax which may lead to liabilities on you under this indemnity and shall provide you with reasonable access to any documents you may reasonably require to dispute a claim provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Company from complying with its legal obligations with regard to HM Revenue and Customs or other competent body.

5. EQUITY AWARDS

You acknowledge that the equity awards granted to you under the KCG Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Closing will be treated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, your equity awards granted to you will remain subject, in all respects, to the provisions regarding Recapture and Adjustment set forth in Section 13.4 of the KGC Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan; provided that the recapture events triggered by termination for Cause and violation of a non-compete agreement, as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of the first paragraph thereunder, respectively, shall no longer apply.

6. EXPENSES

You will be reimbursed for all expenses reasonably incurred by You in the proper performance of your duties in the usual way up to the Termination Date, subject to the production of such receipts or other documentary evidence of expenditure as the Company may require to its satisfaction and provided that You have submitted such request for reimbursement to the Company within 14 days of the Termination Date.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

The Company agrees that to the extent required by law or any Associated Company’s bylaws, or, if applicable, the Merger Agreement, the Company will continue to indemnify you against any actual or threatened action, suite or proceeding against You, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising by reason of your status as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any Associated Company during your employment.

8. MONEY OWED TO COMPANY

In the event that You have taken holiday in excess of your pro-rata entitlement or there is an outstanding loan or advance of salary made or any other sums owed by You to the Company or any Associated Company as at the Termination Date, an appropriate sum will be deducted from your final salary payment and, to the extent that this is insufficient, from the net Notice Payment.

9. REFERENCE

The Company will further to any reasonable request by a prospective employer or employment agency provide a written reference with respect to your employment with the Company on substantially similar terms of the draft at Schedule 2 and will deal with any reasonable oral enquiries in a manner consistent with the reference (subject in each case to such amendment as may be necessary to reflect any material information which may subsequently come to the attention of the Company and, subject in every case to the Company’s overriding legal duties and obligations owed to prospective employers or regulatory authorities).

10. ASSISTANCE

10.1. You will during and after the termination of your employment provide such assistance, reasonably requested documents, physical evidence or testimony as the Company or any Associated Company may require in the conduct of any internal investigation, the defence or prosecution of any threatened or actual, current or future claim that may be made against the Company or any Associated Company, including but not limited to any proceeding before any arbitrary, administrative, regulatory, judicial, legislative or other body or agency to the extent such claims, investigations or proceedings relate to

services performed, or required to be performed by You, pertinent knowledge possessed by You , or any act or omission by You.

10.2. Subject to prior written approval by the Company’s General Counsel your reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing such assistance (including legal fees) will be reimbursed by the Company.

11. RETURN OF PROPERTY

11.1. You warrant that You will return within 7 days of the Termination Date to the Company in good condition and without modification all books, IT equipment, computer, PDA, documents, correspondence, files, e-mails, memos, reports, minutes, computer disks, memory sticks and records, papers, materials, mobile telephone, credit cards and keys, security cards, including all copies thereof, and all other property of or relating to the business or affairs of the Company or any Associated Company or any officer, employee, shareholder, customer, supplier or agent of the Company or any Associated Company, which is or has been in your possession or control.

11.2. You warrant that You have deleted any information belonging to the Company or any Associated Company from any personal computer that You may have at home or elsewhere other than the Company’s offices without retaining any copies of any such information, in electronic or other format, and will permit the Company to have access to such computer on reasonable notice to confirm such deletion. You have notified the Company of any and all passwords used by You in relation to its computer system.

12. MEDIA/PRESS

You confirm that You have not contacted the media, press or any other forum in relation to any of the allegations or claims You have made against the Company and any Associated Company and undertakes that You will not at any time in the future contact the media, press or any other forum in relation to your employment or its termination, provided that you may make positive historical references to your employment with the Company.

13. STATEMENTS AND SECRECY, CONFIDENTIALITY, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

13.1. In consideration of the payment of £100 (subject to deductions for income tax and employee National Insurance contributions) (the “Covenant Payment”) and as part of your continuing duty of confidentiality to the Company and any Associated Company, You agree to the obligations in clause 14 of your Contract of Employment and that You will not:

13.1.1. save as required by law, any court of competent jurisdiction or any regulatory authority or to give effect to the terms of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, disclose or cause to be disclosed without the prior written consent of the Company’s General Counsel the terms of this Agreement to anyone (other than to your professional advisers who require the information for the purposes of advising You in this matter or to your spouse or partner who has undertaken to keep the matter confidential or to your insurer for the purposes of processing a claim under an insurance policy relating to employment/income/mortgage protection or equivalent. For the avoidance of doubt nothing in this Agreement shall prevent you from confirming that your employment terminated by reason of redundancy;

13.1.2. directly or indirectly make or cause to be made or publish or cause to be published (whether within the Company or externally from the Company) any statement about the Company or any Associated Company or the

circumstances leading up to the termination of your employment with the Company or any Associated Company;

13.1.3. make or cause to be made or publish or cause to be published any false, misleading, derogatory or disparaging comments about the Company or any Associated Company, or any of its or their officers, employees or shareholders (including but not limited to making any direct or indirect references to the Company and/or any Associated Company or their directors and employees in any social media including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter or any “blogging”); or

13.1.4. use for your own purpose or for the benefit of any third party, or disclose to any third party (and You shall use all reasonable endeavours to prevent the publication or disclosure of) any Confidential Information (as defined below) belonging or relating to the Company or any Associated Company nor any confidential or private information concerning the officers, employees or shareholders of the Company or any Associated Company (including, without limitation, any private or personal information concerning the private life of such person in respect of which they have a reasonable expectation of privacy or data regarding any person in any of these categories).

13.2. For the purposes of clause 13.1.4 above, “Confidential Information” means all confidential information or trade secrets belonging to or concerning the Company or any Associated Company including, but not limited to, any information expressly designated by the Company or any Associated Company as being confidential and any information concerning its or their:

13.2.1. directors, officers, employees and shareholders, (including, without limitation, details of contract terms, contract expiry dates, salaries, bonuses, commissions or other employment terms);

13.2.2. finances, business transactions, research activities, dealings and affairs and prospective business transactions, research activities, dealings and affairs;

13.2.3. customers, including, without limitation, customer lists, customer identities and customer requirements;

13.2.4. existing and planned product lines, price lists and pricing structures (including, without limitation, discounts, special prices or special contract terms offered to or agreed with customers);

13.2.5. the technology underlying the concepts, products and services of any Associated Company;

13.2.6. business plans and sales and marketing information, plans and strategies;

13.2.7. computer systems, source codes and software;

13.2.8. intellectual property rights in materials which are owned by or licensed to or were previously owned by or licensed to any Associated Company;

13.2.9. the identities of or lists of any party with whom the Company or any Associated Company enters into any partnership, joint venture or other form of commercial co-operation or agreement (including suppliers, licensors, licensees, agents, distributors or contractors, in each case whether prospective, current or past within the last two years);

13.2.10. the terms on which the Company or any Associated Company does business with any entity including any pricing policy or other commercial terms adopted by the Company or Associated Company; and

13.2.11. any other information which the Company regards or could reasonably be expected to regard as confidential

provided in each case that the information has come into your possession by virtue of your employment with the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, Confidential Information shall not include any information which is publicly available or becomes generally available to the public otherwise than by or as a result of a breach of this Agreement by You.

13.3. If You are compelled by a competent court to disclose any Confidential Information You shall give the Company timely and prompt written notice of the receipt of the subpoena, court order or other legal process so as to allow the Company or any Associated Company reasonable opportunity to take such action as may be necessary in order to protect such information and/or documents from disclosure.

13.4. The Company agrees not to authorise the publication of any derogatory statements concerning you.

13.5. You acknowledge and accept that You continue to be bound by the provisions of clauses 15 and 18 of the Contract of Employment and that You will notify any future employer of the existence of those clauses. Notwithstanding clause 1.2 and this clause 13.5. the Company confirms that it waives its right to enforce the non-compete provisions in clause 18.1 and You will not be bound by this provision.

13.6. Nothing in this clause 13 shall prevent You from disclosing information which You are entitled to disclose under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, provided that the disclosure is made in accordance with the provisions of that Act and You have complied with the Company’s policy from time to time in force regarding such disclosures.

13.7. The Covenant Payment will be paid by the Company subject to and within 28 days of the receipt by the Company of a signed copy of this Agreement and the Certificate at Schedule 1 signed by your legal adviser.

14. FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT

14.1. You agree to accept the terms of this Agreement in full and final settlement of any claims and rights of action whatsoever past and future (whether arising under common law, statute, tort, European Union law or otherwise, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere in the world), including but not limited to the Statutory Claims, any claim for damages for breach of contract and any personal injury claims which can lawfully be waived by this Agreement, however arising and whether contemplated or not that You have or may have against the Company, or any Associated Company (including its or their successors or assigns) or any of its or their employees, officers, shareholders or agents arising directly or indirectly out of your employment by the Company or any Associated Company or the termination of such employment, any office held by You by virtue of your employment or the loss of any such office (the “Identified Issues”). In particular the waiver and release contained in 15.1 extends to:

14.1.1. any claim for damages for breach of contract (whether brought before an Employment Tribunal or otherwise);

14.1.2. any claim for personal injury of which you should be reasonably aware as at the date of this Agreement;

14.1.3. the Statutory Claims (and You acknowledge that the waiver of each of the Statutory Claims is and shall be construed as separate and severable and in the event of the waiver of any such claim being determined as being void for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect or impair the validity of the waiver of the other claims),

with the exception that this clause shall not apply to any claims arising out of a breach of the terms of this Agreement or any pension rights which have accrued to You up to the Termination Date, or any claims for personal injury which cannot lawfully be waived by this Agreement in relation to which You warrant that You are not aware of any facts or matters which might give rise to such a claim. You warrant that You are not aware of any personal injury claim (or any circumstances which may give rise to one) subsisting at the date of this Agreement.

14.2. The claims specified in this clause 14 (together the “Alleged Claims”) are claims which it is recognised You have or may have arising out of the circumstances surrounding your employment and its termination.

15. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

15.1. You warrant, undertake and represent that:

15.1.1. You have received independent legal advice from the Qualified Lawyer as to the terms and effect of this Agreement and in particular its effect on your ability to pursue your rights before an employment tribunal or other court. The name of the qualified lawyer who has so advised You is Greg Campbell of Mishcon de Reya LLP (the “Qualified Lawyer”);

15.1.2. You are advised by the Qualified Lawyer that there is, and was at the time You received the advice referred to above, in force a contract of insurance or an indemnity provided for members of a profession or professional body covering the risk of a claim by You in respect of loss arising in consequence of that advice, and

15.1.3. You will procure the Qualified Lawyer’s signature on the certificate attached at Schedule 1.

15.2. The Company and You agree and acknowledge that the conditions regulating settlement agreements contained in sub-section 77(4A) Sex Discrimination Act 1975, sub-section 72(4A) Race Relations Act 1976, sub-section 288(2B) Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, paragraph 2 Schedule 3A Disability Discrimination Act 1995, sub-section 203(3) Employment Rights Act 1996, regulation 35(3) of the Working Time Regulations 1998, sub-section 49(4) National Minimum Wage Act 1998, regulation 41(4) the Transnational Information and Consultation etc. Regulations 1999, regulation 9 the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, regulation 10 the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, paragraph 2(2) Schedule 4 the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, paragraph 2(2) Schedule 4 of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003, regulation 40(4) the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004, paragraph 2 Schedule 5 the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, paragraph 12 of the Schedule to the Occupational and Personal Pension Scheme (Consultation by Employer and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006,

regulation 18 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment Regulations) 2006, section 147 of the Equality Act 2010 and regulation 16 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, are intended to be and have been satisfied.

16. WARRANTIES

You warrant and undertake that:

16.1. having taken independent advice, You have previously notified to the Company in writing any and all potential claims of any nature that You have or may have against the Company or any Associated Company and that You have no complaints or grounds for any claim whatsoever against the Company in relation to the Identified Issues, including, without limitation, the Alleged Claims and You are not aware of any claims or any facts which could give rise to any claim which is not being settled by this Agreement.

16.2. You have not and will not commence any legal or arbitration proceedings of any nature against the Company or any Associated Company in any jurisdiction in relation to your employment with the Company or any Associated Company, the termination of such employment, or otherwise, nor will You accept the benefit of any lawsuits or claims of any kind brought on your behalf against the Company or any Associated Company.

16.3. You have not committed any breach of duty (including fiduciary duty) owed to the Company or any Associated Company. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall not have the effect of releasing You from any liability owed to the Company or any Associated Company, whether as an officer or employee.

16.4. You have not done or omitted to do any act which:

16.4.1. had the Company been aware of it, would have entitled the Company to dismiss You summarily without notice or compensation or affected its willingness to enter into this Agreement;

16.4.2. had it been done after the date of this Agreement would be in breach of this Agreement.

16.5. You have not received or accepted any offer of, or commenced, any Work.

16.6. You have not and will not make a subject access request to the Company and/or any Associated Company and that You have not and will not make any claims or complaints about the Company or any Associated Company under the Data Protection Act 1998. You further relinquishes and agrees not to pursue any subject access request outstanding as at the date of this Agreement and/or any claims or complaints about the Company or any Associated Company under the Data Protection Act 1998 and/or requests and/or claims or complaints shall be deemed to have been withdrawn by You as at the date of this Agreement.

16.7. You have made a full and frank disclosure to the Company of all matters which might reasonably affect the willingness of the Company to enter into this Agreement.

17. RELIANCE ON WARRANTIES, ETC.

17.1. You accept that the Company (for itself and on behalf of its Associated Companies) is entering into this Agreement in reliance upon the warranties provided by You in this Agreement.

17.2. You acknowledge that the Company is relying on clauses 14, 15, and 16 in deciding to enter into this Agreement. If You breach any of these provisions and a judgment or

order is made against the Company or Associated Company, You acknowledge that any such Company will have a claim against You for damages of not less than the amount of the judgment or order.

17.3. Any failure or delay of the Company or any Associated Company to insist upon or enforce any right, remedy or power conferred upon it by this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver thereof.

18. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This Agreement is to be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.

19. INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY

19.1. In this Agreement:

“Associated Company” means Virtu Financial Inc., the Company and any holding company or any parent company or any subsidiary or subsidiary undertaking of the Company or such companies, as such terms are defined in section 1159, section 1162 (together with Schedule 7 and the definition of “parent company” in s 1173), section 1161 and Schedule 6 of the Companies Act 2006, and “Associated Company” means any of them.

“Closing” has the meaning as defined in the Merger Agreement.

“Closing Date” has the meaning as defined in the Merger Agreement.

“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2017, by and among Virtu Financial, Inc., Orchestra Merger Sub, Inc. and KCG Holdings, Inc. (as may be amended from time to time)

“Statutory Claim” means:

i. any claim for wrongful dismissal or any other claim for breach of contract;

ii. any claim pursuant to section 2 of the Equal Pay Act 1970 and/or sections 120 and 127 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act or omission relating to sex equality described in sections 64 — 68 of the Equality Act 2010;

iii. any claim under or related to the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Regulations 1986;

iv. any claim for unfair dismissal under Part X of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

v. any claim for a statutory redundancy payment pursuant to section 135 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

vi. any claim arising out of a contravention or an alleged contravention of Part II of the Employment Rights Act

1996 (protection of wages including any claim for unlawful deduction from wages pursuant to section 13 Employment Rights Act 1996 and Guarantee Payments pursuant to section 28 Employment Rights Act 1996);

vii. any claim in relation to the right of an itemised pay statement pursuant to section 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

viii. any claim in relation to the right for written statement of reasons for dismissal pursuant to section 92 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

ix. any claim in relation to Sunday working for shop and betting workers pursuant to Part IV of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

x. any claim in relation to protection from suffering detriment in employment pursuant to Part V of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xi. any claim in relation to exercising the right to time off work pursuant to Part VI of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xii. any claim in relation to suspension from work pursuant to Part VII of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xiii. any claim in relation to the right to take parental leave pursuant to the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xiv. any claim in relation to the right to request contract variation for flexible working pursuant to section 80 of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xv. any claim arising out of a contravention or alleged contravention of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 as specified in section 18(1)(b) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (excluding a claim for non-compliance of section 188);

xvi. any claim pursuant to section 63 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of sex, marital status, gender re-assignment or civil partnership status);

xvii. any claim pursuant to section 54 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of colour, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin);

xviii. any claim pursuant to sections 4A, 17A, or 25(8) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and/or section

120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act or omission described at sections 15, 20 and 21 (discrimination or harassment on grounds of disability);

xix. any claim under the articles in schedule 1 of the Human Rights Act 1998;

xx. any claim pursuant to Reg 30 Working Time Regulations 1998 (working time or holiday pay);

xxi. any claim under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (as specified in section 18 (1)(dd) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996;

xxii. any claim under section 11 of the Employment Relations Act 1999;

xxiii. any claim pursuant to Reg 27 and Reg 32 of the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999;

xxiv. any claim under or related to the Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999;

xxv. any claim pursuant to Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (discrimination on the grounds of part time status);

xxvi. any claim pursuant to the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 (discrimination on the grounds of fixed term status);

xxvii. any claim pursuant to Regulation 28 of the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003 (discrimination, harassment on grounds of sexual orientation);

xxviii. any claim pursuant to Regulation 28 of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 (discrimination and harassment on grounds of religion or belief);

xxix. any claim under the Employment Act (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004;

xxx. any claim pursuant to Reg 29 or Reg 33 of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004;

xxxi. any claim under section 47B of the Employment Rights Act 1996;

xxxii. any claim pursuant to Regulation 36 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006;

xxxiii. any claim in relation to failure to elect appropriate representatives or inform or consult or any entitlement to compensation under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006;

xxxiv. any claim under any provision of directly applicable European Law;

xxxv. any claim in respect of harassment under section 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;

xxxvi. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of direct discrimination as described at section 13 of the Equality Act 2010 because of a protected characteristic listed at section 4 of the Equality Act 2010;

xxxvii. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of combined discrimination as described at section 14 of the Equality Act 2010;

xxxviii. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of indirect discrimination as described at section 19 of the Equality Act 2010;

xxxix. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of harassment as described at section 26 of the Equality Act 2010;

xl. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of victimisation as described at section 27 of the Equality Act 2010;

xli. any claim pursuant to section 120 of the Equality Act 2010 arising from any act of discrimination as described at sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Equality Act 2010; and

xlii. any claim pursuant to regulations 5, 12, 13 and 17(2) of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010;

“Work” Any offer or commencement of employment, consultancy or partnership whether temporary or permanent.

19.2. References in this Agreement to the provisions of any statute or subordinate legislation shall be deemed to refer to the same as in force (including any amendment or re-enactment) from time to time.

19.3. The terms of this Agreement including the documents set out in the schedules contain the entire understanding between You and the Company and any Associated Company with respect to the termination of your employment and supersede and abrogate all (if any) other agreements, arrangements or understandings in such respect which shall be deemed terminated by mutual consent.

19.4. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall apply to this Agreement to the extent (but no more) as set out in this clause 20.4. Any Associated Company may

enforce and take the benefit of this Agreement subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. Except as provided in this clause, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from under that Act. The consent of any third party shall not be required for the variation or termination of this Agreement, even if that variation or termination affects the benefit or benefits conferred on any third party.

19.5. References in this Agreement to the masculine shall be deemed to include the feminine, and references to one shall be deemed to include the other.

19.6. The headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference only and shall not affect interpretation.

19.7. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and which shall together constitute one and the same Agreement and once signed by both parties and by the Qualified Lawyer, this Agreement shall cease to be without prejudice and subject to contract and shall become binding upon the parties.

Signed:	/s/ Philip Allison

Philip Allison

Date: July 20, 2017


Signed:	/s/ Roberto Canenti

Roberto Canenti

For and on behalf of the Company and the Associated Companies

Date: July 20, 2017

SCHEDULE 1

Qualified Lawyer’s Certificate

[ON QUALIFIED LAWYER’S LETTERHEAD]

I, [NAME] of [ADDRESS] confirm as follows:

1. I am a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales holding a current practising certificate.

2. I have advised Philip Allison of the terms and effect of the agreement between him and KCG Europe Limited (the “Agreement”) to which this certificate forms Schedule 1 and, in particular, its effect on his ability to pursue the Alleged Claims (as defined in the Agreement) before an Employment Tribunal following its signing.

3. I am an independent adviser (as defined at section 203, Employment Rights Act 1996). I am not acting (and have not acted) in relation to this matter for the Company or any Associated Company (as defined in the Agreement).

4. There is in force and was in force when I gave the advice referred to above, cover under a contract of insurance, or a professional indemnity as required by section 203(3)(d) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 covering the risk of a claim by Philip Allison in respect of the advice I have given leading to the completion of the Agreement.

SIGNED:	/s/ Greg Campbell

NAME: Greg Campbell

DATED: 19.7.17

SCHEDULE 2

Reference

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

[date]

Dear [name]

RE: Philip Allison

I confirm that Philip Allison was employed by KCG Europe Limited from 1/10/2014 to [ ] as CEO KCG Europe.

Phil Allison was registered with the FCA as an Approved Person: CF1 (Director), CF3 (Chief Executive) and CF30 (Customer Facing). We are not aware of any adverse issues of which you should be aware or which must be reported with regards FCA SUP 10.13.12(2).

It is our policy only to provide references containing information as to employees’ roles and dates of employment. This should not be seen as implying any comment about the candidate or their suitability for employment with you.

This reference is given to the addressee in the strictest confidence and only for the purposes for which it was requested. It is given in good faith, but neither the writer nor KCG Europe Limited accepts any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage caused to the addressee or any third party as a result of any reliance being placed on it.

Yours sincerely

On behalf of KCG Europe Limited