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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
________________________________________________________________________

(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 29, 2014
OR
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission File Number 001-33642
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Masimo Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
________________________________________________
Delaware
 
33-0368882
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
40 Parker
Irvine, California
 
92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(949) 297-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   ý     No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ý     No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
 
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Accelerated filer
 
¨
 
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer
 
¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company
 
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨     No   ý
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
 
Class
 
Number of Shares Outstanding as of March 29, 2014
Common stock, $0.001 par value
 
56,737,132
 


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MASIMO CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 29, 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
Item 3.
 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Item 1A.
 
 
 
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
MASIMO CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited) (in thousands, except par values)
 
March 29,
2014
 
December 28,
2013
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
117,529

 
$
95,466

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,868 and $1,833 at March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively
74,065

 
76,759

Royalties receivable
7,500

 
7,300

Inventories
55,538

 
56,813

Prepaid expenses
10,437

 
9,243

Prepaid income taxes
908

 
3,740

Deferred tax assets
16,718

 
19,636

Other current assets
3,986

 
2,841

Total current assets
286,681

 
271,798

Deferred cost of goods sold
64,401

 
61,714

Property and equipment, net
25,486

 
24,866

Intangible assets, net
28,169

 
28,104

Goodwill
22,847

 
22,793

Deferred tax assets
22,552

 
22,565

Other assets
8,517

 
6,822

Total assets
$
458,653

 
$
438,662

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 
 
Current liabilities

 
 
Accounts payable
$
33,685

 
$
28,004

Accrued compensation
22,487

 
29,486

Accrued liabilities
16,448

 
23,028

Income taxes payable
2,533

 
2,406

Deferred revenue
21,680

 
20,755

Current portion of capital lease obligations
102

 
111

Total current liabilities
96,935

 
103,790

Deferred revenue
569

 
566

Capital lease obligations, less current portion
156

 
225

Other liabilities
7,550

 
7,680

Total liabilities
105,210

 
112,261

Commitments and contingencies

 

Equity

 
 
Masimo Corporation stockholders’ equity:

 
 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013


 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized; 56,737 and 56,623 shares outstanding at March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively
57

 
57

Treasury stock, 4,156 and 4,156 shares at March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively
(83,454
)
 
(83,454
)
Additional paid-in capital
277,702

 
273,129

Accumulated other comprehensive income
4,014

 
3,995

Retained earnings
155,374

 
132,742

Total Masimo Corporation stockholders’ equity
353,693

 
326,469

Noncontrolling interest
(250
)
 
(68
)
Total equity
353,443

 
326,401

Total liabilities and equity
$
458,653

 
$
438,662


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MASIMO CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(unaudited) (in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
Product
 
$
132,232

 
$
128,635

Royalty
 
7,582

 
7,307

Total revenue
 
139,814

 
135,942

Cost of goods sold
 
47,513

 
46,361

Gross profit
 
92,301

 
89,581

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative
 
56,122

 
52,273

Research and development
 
13,996

 
14,167

       Litigation award and defense costs
 
(8,010
)
 

Total operating expenses
 
62,108

 
66,440

Operating income
 
30,193

 
23,141

Non-operating income (expense)
 
200

 
(2,326
)
Income before provision for income taxes
 
30,393

 
20,815

Provision for income taxes
 
7,902

 
4,413

Net income including noncontrolling interest
 
22,491

 
16,402

Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
 
141

 
26

Net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
 
22,632

 
16,428

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
19

 
153

Comprehensive income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
 
$
22,651

 
$
16,581

 
 
 
 
 
Net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.40

 
$
0.29

Diluted
 
$
0.39

 
$
0.28

 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares used in per share calculations:
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
56,705

 
57,240

Diluted
 
58,047

 
58,011

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MASIMO CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited) (in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income including noncontrolling interest
$
22,491

 
$
16,402

Adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
3,043

 
2,783

Share-based compensation
2,601

 
3,413

Loss on disposal of property and equipment
2

 
78

Provision for doubtful accounts
232

 
142

Provision for deferred income taxes
2,926

 

Income tax benefit from exercise of stock options granted prior to January 1, 2006
24

 
12

Excess tax (benefit) deficit from share-based compensation arrangements
(31
)
 
164

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable
2,469

 
(72
)
Increase in royalties receivable
(200
)
 
(70
)
(Increase) decrease in inventories
1,288

 
(1,109
)
Increase in deferred cost of goods sold
(2,687
)
 
(2,741
)
Increase in prepaid expenses
(1,186
)
 
(425
)
Decrease in prepaid income taxes
2,832

 
1,492

(Increase) decrease in other assets
(2,831
)
 
1,128

Increase in accounts payable
5,676

 
3,874

Decrease in accrued compensation
(6,996
)
 
(3,405
)
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities
(6,587
)
 
341

Increase in income taxes payable
156

 
1,779

Increase in deferred revenue
929

 
1,102

Increase (decrease) in other liabilities
(130
)
 
213

Net cash provided by operating activities
24,021

 
25,101

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(2,840
)
 
(1,839
)
Increase in intangible assets
(886
)
 
(1,107
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(3,726
)
 
(2,946
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Repayments of capital lease obligations
(77
)
 
(84
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
1,918

 
463

Excess tax benefit (deficit) from share-based compensation arrangements
31

 
(164
)
Repurchases of common stock

 
(12,431
)
Repurchases of equity by noncontrolling interest
(42
)
 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
1,830

 
(12,216
)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash
(62
)
 
82

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
22,063

 
10,021

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
95,466

 
71,554

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
117,529

 
$
81,575

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)

1. Description of the Company
Masimo Corporation (Masimo or the Company) is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets noninvasive patient monitoring products. The Company’s mission is to improve patient outcomes and reduce cost of care by taking noninvasive monitoring to new sites and applications. The Company invented Masimo Signal Extraction Technology, or Masimo SET ® , which provides the capabilities of Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry to address the primary limitations of conventional pulse oximetry. The Company has also developed Masimo rainbow ® SET products which monitor multiple blood measurements, including oxygen content, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin and hemoglobin. Additional rainbow ® SET measurements that assist clinicians are PVI ® , RRa ® , SpfO 2 , Halo Index and In Vivo Adjustment . The Company develops, manufactures and markets a family of patient monitoring solutions which incorporate a monitor or circuit board and sensors, including proprietary single-patient use, reusable and resposable sensors, and cables. The Company sells to hospitals and the alternate care market through its direct sales force and distributors, and markets its circuit boards containing the Company’s proprietary algorithm and software architecture to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 28, 2013 was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014. The results for the three months ended March 29, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending January 3, 2015 or for any other interim period or for any future year.
Principles of Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and the variable interest entity, or VIE, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In accordance with GAAP, current authoritative guidance is applied when determining whether an entity is subject to consolidation.
Fiscal Periods
The Company follows a 52-53 week fiscal year that ends on the Saturday closest to December 31. A 52 week year includes four quarters of 13 fiscal weeks while a 53 week fiscal year includes three 13 fiscal week quarters and one 14 fiscal week quarter. The last 53 week fiscal year was fiscal year 2008. Fiscal year 2014 is a 53 week fiscal year. All references to years in these notes to condensed consolidated financial statements are fiscal years unless otherwise noted.
Use of Estimates
The Company prepares its financial statements in conformity with GAAP, which requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include: determination of accounts receivable allowances, inventory reserves, warranty reserves, rebate reserves, valuation of the Company’s stock options, goodwill valuation, deferred taxes and any associated valuation allowances, distributor channel inventory, royalty revenues, deferred revenue, uncertain income tax positions, property taxes, litigation costs and related accruals. Actual results could differ from such estimates.

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(unaudited)

Reclassifications
Certain amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.
Fair Value Measurements
Authoritative guidance describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value:
Le vel 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices i n markets that are not active; or other inputs that can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabiliti es.
Pursuant to current authoritative guidance, entities are allowed an irrevocable option to elect fair value for the initial and subsequent measurement for specified financial assets and liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis. The Company did not elect the fair value option under this guidance as to specific assets or liabilities. There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 inputs during the three months ended March 29, 2014 . The Company carries cash and cash equivalents at cost, which approximates fair value. As of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013, the Company did not have any short-term investments.
The following tables represent the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets (in thousands):
 
Fair Value Measurement as of
March 29, 2014 using:
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasuries
$
36,998

 
$

 
$

 
$
36,998

Money Market funds
1,792

 

 

 
1,792

Total
$
38,790

 
$

 
$

 
$
38,790

 
Fair Value Measurement as of
December 28, 2013 using:
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasuries
$
25,997

 
$

 
$

 
$
25,997

Money Market funds
1,793

 

 

 
1,793

Total
$
27,790

 
$

 
$

 
$
27,790

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts receivable consist of trade receivables recorded upon recognition of revenue for product revenues, reduced by reserves for estimated bad debts and returns. Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Credit is extended based on evaluation of the customer’s financial condition. Collateral is not required. The allowance for doubtful accounts is determined based on historical write-off experience, current customer information and other relevant factors, including specific identification of past due accounts, based on the age of the receivable in excess of the contemplated or contractual due date. Accounts are charged off against the allowance when the Company believes they are uncollectible.
Intangible Assets
Costs to renew intangibles are capitalized and amortized over the remaining useful life of the intangible. As of March 29, 2014 , the weighted average number of years until the next renewal is one year for patents and six years for trademarks.
The Company’s policy is to renew its patents and trademarks. The Company continually evaluates the amortization period and carrying basis of patents and trademarks to determine whether any events or circumstances warrant a revised estimated useful life or reduction in value. Capitalized application costs are charged to operations when it is determined that the patent or trademark will not be obtained or is abandoned.

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(unaudited)

Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible assets
Goodwill is recorded as the difference, if any, between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the acquired net tangible and intangible assets. Goodwill is not amortized, but instead is tested at least annually for impairment, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill might be impaired. In assessing goodwill impairment for each of its reporting units, the Company has the option to first assess the qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. The Company’s qualitative assessment of the recoverability of goodwill considers various macroeconomic, industry-specific and company-specific factors, including: (i) severe adverse industry or economic trends; (ii) significant company-specific actions; (iii) current, historical or projected deterioration of the Company’s financial performance; or (iv) a sustained decrease in the Company’s market capitalization below its net book value. If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is unlikely that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. However, if the Company concludes otherwise, then the Company is required to perform the first step of the two-step impairment test by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit, determined using future projected discounted operating cash flows, with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered impaired; otherwise, goodwill is considered impaired and the loss is measured by performing step two. Under step two, the impairment loss is measured by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of goodwill. The Company also has the option to bypass the qualitative assessment and proceed directly to performing the first step of the two-step goodwill impairment test. The Company may resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. The annual impairment test is performed during the fourth fiscal quarter.
The Company reviews long-lived assets and identifiable intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted operating cash flow expected to be generated by the asset. If such asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
No impairment of goodwill, intangible assets or other long-lived assets was recorded during the three months ended March 29, 2014 or March 30, 2013 .
Revenue Recognition
The Company follows the current authoritative guidance for revenue recognition. Based on these requirements, the Company recognizes revenue when: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company enters into agreements to sell pulse oximetry and related products and services as well as multiple deliverable arrangements that include various combinations of products and services. While the majority of the Company’s sales transactions contain standard business terms and conditions, there are some transactions that contain non-standard business terms and conditions. As a result, contract interpretation is sometimes required to determine the appropriate accounting including: (a) how the arrangement consideration should be allocated among the deliverables if there are multiple deliverables, (b) when to recognize revenue on the deliverables, and (c) whether undelivered elements are essential to the functionality of the delivered elements. Changes in judgments on these assumptions and estimates could materially impact the timing of revenue recognition.
The authoritative guidance provides a hierarchy to determine the selling price to be used for allocating revenue to deliverables as follows: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (VSOE), (ii) third-party evidence of selling price (TPE), and (iii) best estimate of the selling price (ESP). VSOE of fair value is defined as the price charged when the same element is sold separately. VSOE generally exists only when the deliverable is sold separately and is the price actually charged for that deliverable. TPE generally does not exist for the majority of the Company’s products. The objective of ESP is to determine the price at which the Company would transact a sale if the product was sold on a stand-alone basis. In the absence of VSOE and TPE, the Company determines ESP for its products by considering multiple factors including, but not limited to, features and functionality of the product, geographies, type of customer, contractual prices pursuant to Group Purchasing Organization, or GPO, contracts, the Company’s pricing and discount practices and market conditions.
A deliverable in an arrangement qualifies as a separate unit of accounting if the delivered item has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. Most of the Company’s products in a multiple deliverable arrangement qualify as separate units of accounting. In the case of the Company’s monitoring equipment containing embedded Masimo SET ® software, the Company has determined that the hardware and software components function together to deliver the equipment's essential functionality

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(unaudited)

and, therefore, represent a single deliverable. Software deliverables, such as rainbow ® parameter software, which do not function together with hardware components to provide the equipment's essential functionality, are accounted for under software revenue recognition guidance. The revenue for these multiple-element arrangements is allocated to the software deliverables and the non-software deliverables based on the relative selling prices of all of the deliverables in the arrangement using the hierarchy in the revenue recognition accounting guidance for arrangements with multiple deliverables.
Sales under long-term sensor purchase contracts are generally structured such that the Company agrees to provide at no up-front charge certain monitoring equipment, software, installation, training and ongoing warranty support in exchange for the hospital’s agreement to purchase sensors over the term of the agreement, which generally ranges from three to six years. The sensors are essential to the functionality of the monitoring equipment and, therefore, represent a substantive performance obligation. The Company does not recognize any revenue when the monitoring and related equipment and software are delivered to the hospitals and installation and training are complete. The Company recognizes revenue for these delivered elements, on a pro-rata basis, as the sensors are delivered under the long-term purchase commitment. The cost of the monitoring equipment initially placed at the hospitals is deferred and amortized to cost of goods sold over the life of the underlying long-term sensor purchase contract.
The Company’s distributors primarily purchase sensor products which they then resell to hospitals that are typically fulfilling their purchase obligations to the Company under the end-user hospitals’ long-term sensor purchase commitments. Upon shipment to the distributor, revenue is deferred until the distributor ships the product to the Company’s customers based on an estimate of the inventory held by each distributor at the end of the accounting period. During the quarter ended March 29, 2014, the Company recorded a true-up to its deferred revenue estimate of approximately $2.6 million as a result of new information related to inventory on-hand at one distributor.
The Company also provides certain end-user hospitals with the ability to purchase sensors under rebate programs. Under these programs, the end-user hospitals may earn rebates based on their purchasing activity. The Company estimates and provides allowances for these programs at the time of sale as a reduction to revenue.
The Company also earns revenue from the sale of integrated circuit boards that use the Company’s software technology to OEMs as well as license fees for allowing certain OEMs the right to use the Company’s technology in their products. The license fee is recognized upon shipment of the OEM’s product to its customers, as represented to the Company by the OEM.
In general, customers do not have a right of return for credit or refund. However, the Company allows returns under certain circumstances. At the end of each period, the Company estimates and accrues for these returns as a reduction to revenue and accounts receivable. The Company estimates returns based on several factors, including contractual limitations and past returns history.
The Company also records royalty revenue under a patent infringement settlement agreement with Covidien Ltd. (Covidien) based on the estimated U.S. sales of Covidien’s infringing products multiplied by the current royalty rate of 7.75% . This estimated revenue is adjusted prospectively when the Company receives the Covidien royalty report, approximately 60 days after the end of each quarter.
Product Warranty
The Company provides a warranty against defects in material and workmanship for a period ranging from six months to one year, depending on the product type. In the case of long-term sales agreements, the Company typically warrants the products for the term of the agreement, which generally ranges from three to six years. In traditional sales activities, including direct and OEM sales, the Company establishes an accrual for the estimated costs of warranty at the time of revenue recognition. Estimated warranty expenses are recorded as an accrued liability, with a corresponding provision to cost of sales. In long-term sales agreements, revenue related to extended warranty is recognized over the life of the contract, while the product warranty costs related to the long-term sales agreements are expensed as incurred.

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(unaudited)

Changes in the product warranty accrual were as follows (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
Warranty accrual, beginning of period
$
1,161

 
$
838

Provision for warranty costs
467

 
777

Warranty expenditures
(480
)
 
(600
)
Warranty accrual, end of period
$
1,148

 
$
1,015

Comprehensive Income
Authoritative accounting guidance establishes requirements for reporting and disclosure of comprehensive income and its components. Comprehensive income includes foreign currency translation adjustments and related tax benefits, which have been excluded from net income including noncontrolling interest, and reflected in Masimo Corporation stockholders’ equity.
The change in accumulated other comprehensive income is as follows (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 29, 2014
Accumulated other comprehensive income, beginning of period
$
3,995

Foreign currency translation adjustments
19

Accumulated other comprehensive income, end of period
$
4,014

Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 is computed by dividing net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. The diluted net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 is computed by dividing the net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders by the weighted average number of shares and potential shares outstanding during each period, if the effect of potential shares is dilutive. Potential shares include incremental shares of stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options. For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , weighted options to purchase 2.8 million and 6.7 million shares of common stock, respectively, were outstanding, but were not included in the computation of diluted net income per share because the effect of including such shares would have been antidilutive in the periods presented. Based on authoritative accounting guidance, the Company adjusted its net income including noncontrolling interest by the amount of net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , to determine its net income attributable to its stockholders. A reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

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MASIMO CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
Net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders:
 
 
 
Net income including noncontrolling interest
$
22,491

 
$
16,402

Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
141

 
26

Net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
$
22,632

 
$
16,428

Basic net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders:
 
 
 
Net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
$
22,632

 
$
16,428

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic
56,705

 
57,240

Basic net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
$
0.40

 
$
0.29

Diluted net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders:
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding
56,705

 
57,240

Diluted share equivalent: stock options
1,342

 
771

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted
58,047

 
58,011

Diluted net income per share attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
$
0.39

 
$
0.28

Seasonality
The healthcare business in the United States and overseas is typically subject to quarterly fluctuations in hospital and other alternative care admissions. Over the past three years, the Company’s third fiscal quarter revenues have experienced a sequential decline from its second fiscal quarter revenues. The Company believes this is due primarily to the summer vacation season in which people throughout the world tend to shift their elective procedures out of the summer holiday season. Another factor affecting quarterly revenues is the traditional “flu season” that often increases hospital and acute care facility admissions during the Company’s first and/or fourth fiscal quarters. Because the Company's non-sales variable operating expenses often do not fluctuate in the same manner as its quarterly product sales, this may cause fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly operating income that are disproportionate to fluctuations in its quarterly revenue.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, or ASU 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. This update required companies to present an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, unless certain conditions exist. The Company adopted this update in fiscal year 2013 and such adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-2, or ASU 2012-2, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment , to allow entities to use a qualitative approach to test indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. ASU 2012-2 permits an entity to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If it is concluded that this is the case, then a quantitative impairment test that exists under current authoritative accounting guidance must be completed. Otherwise, the quantitative impairment test is not required. ASU 2012-2 was effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The Company adopted this update in fiscal year 2013 and such adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
3. Variable Interest Entity (VIE)
The Company follows authoritative guidance for the consolidation of its VIE, which requires an enterprise to determine whether its variable interest gives it a controlling financial interest in a VIE. Determination about whether an enterprise should consolidate a VIE is required to be evaluated continuously as changes to existing relationships or future transactions may result in consolidating or deconsolidating the VIE.

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Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. (Cercacor)
Cercacor is an independent entity spun off from the Company to its stockholders in 1998. Joe Kiani and Jack Lasersohn, members of the Company’s board of directors, are also members of the board of directors of Cercacor. Joe Kiani, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cercacor. The Company is a party to a Cross-Licensing Agreement with Cercacor, which was most recently amended and restated effective January 1, 2007, or the Cross-Licensing Agreement, that governs each party’s rights to certain intellectual property held by the two companies. In addition, the Company entered into a Services Agreement with Cercacor effective January 1, 2007, which governs the general and administrative services the Company provides to Cercacor.
Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, the Company granted Cercacor an exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® owned by the Company, including all improvements on this technology, for the monitoring of non-vital signs measurements and to develop and sell devices incorporating Masimo SET ® for monitoring non-vital signs measurements in any product market in which a product is intended to be used by a patient or pharmacist rather than a professional medical caregiver. The Company refers to this market as the Cercacor Market. The Company also granted Cercacor a non-exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® for the measurement of vital signs in the Cercacor Market.
The Company exclusively licenses from Cercacor the right to make and distribute products in the professional medical caregiver markets, which the Company refers to as the Masimo Market, that utilize rainbow ® technology for certain non-invasive measurements, including carbon monoxide, methemoglobin, fractional arterial oxygen saturation and hemoglobin. The Company also has the option to obtain exclusive licenses to make and distribute products that utilize rainbow ® technology for the monitoring of other non-vital signs measurements, including blood glucose, in product markets where the product is intended to be used by a professional medical caregiver. To date, the Company has developed and commercially released devices that measure carbon monoxide, methemoglobin and hemoglobin using licensed rainbow ® technology. The Company also markets certain other rainbow technologies, such as rainbow Acoustic Monitoring , the rights to which are owned by the Company and for which no licensing fee is paid to Cercacor.
The Company’s license to rainbow ® technology for these parameters in these markets is exclusive on the condition that the Company continues to pay Cercacor royalties on its products incorporating rainbow ® technology, subject to certain minimum aggregate royalty thresholds, and that the Company uses commercially reasonable efforts to develop or market products incorporating the licensed rainbow ® technology. The royalty is up to 10% of the rainbow ® royalty base, which includes handhelds, tabletop and multi-parameter devices. Handheld products incorporating rainbow ® technology will carry up to a 10% royalty rate. For other products, only the proportional amount attributable for that portion of the Company’s devices used to monitor non-vital signs measurements, rather than for monitoring vital signs measurements, and sensors and accessories for measuring only non-vital signs parameters, will be included in the 10% rainbow ® royalty base. Effective January 2009, for multi-parameter devices, the rainbow ® royalty base includes the percentage of the revenue based on the number of rainbow ® enabled measurements. For hospital contracts where the Company places equipment and enters into a sensor contract, the Company pays a royalty to Cercacor on the total sensor contract revenues based on the ratio of rainbow ® enabled devices to total devices.
The current annual minimum aggregate royalty obligation under the license is $5.0 million . Actual aggregate royalty liabilities to Cercacor under the license were $1.5 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively. In connection with a change in control of the Company, as defined in the Cross-Licensing Agreement, the minimum aggregate annual royalties for all licensed rainbow ® measurements payable to Cercacor will increase to $15 million per year and up to $2 million per year for other rainbow ® measurements.
In February 2009, in order to accelerate the product development of an improved hemoglobin spot-check measurement device, Pronto-7 ® , the Company’s board of directors agreed to fund additional engineering expenses of Cercacor. Specifically, these expenses included third-party engineering materials and supplies expense as well as 50% of Cercacor’s total engineering and engineering-related payroll expenses, from April 2009 through June 2010, the original anticipated completion date of this product development effort. Since July 2010, Cercacor has continued to assist the Company with product development efforts and charged the Company accordingly. Beginning in 2012, due to a revised estimate of the support required by the Company to complete the various Pronto-7 ® related projects, the Company’s board of directors approved an increase in the percentage of Cercacor’s total engineering and engineering-related payroll expenses funded by the Company from 50% to 60% . During the three months ended March 29, 2014 , and until both parties agree to end these services, Cercacor assisted and will continue to assist the Company with the continuing development efforts related to the new handheld noninvasive multi-parameter spot-

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check hemoglobin testing device. During the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , the expenses for these additional services, materials and supplies totaled $0.9 million and $1.1 million , respectively.
Pursuant to authoritative accounting guidance, Cercacor is consolidated within the Company’s financial statements for all periods presented. The Company is required to consolidate Cercacor since the Company is currently deemed to be the primary beneficiary of Cercacor’s activities. This determination is based primarily on the Company’s obligation to absorb Cercacor’s expected losses, as well as the Company's ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact Cercacor’s economic performance. Accordingly, all intercompany royalties, option and license fees and other charges between the Company and Cercacor as well as all intercompany payables and receivables have been eliminated in the consolidation. Also, all direct engineering expenses that have been incurred by the Company and charged to Cercacor, or that have been incurred by Cercacor and charged to the Company, have not been eliminated and are included as research and development expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Upon consolidation, $6.9 million and $7.0 million of deferred revenue related to technology licensed to the Company as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013 , respectively, were eliminated. In addition, a net receivable of $1.3 million and $2.0 million due from the Company as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013 , respectively, were eliminated.
Assets of Cercacor can only be used to settle obligations of Cercacor and creditors of Cercacor have no recourse to the general credit of the Company. The condensed consolidated balance sheets include a noncontrolling interest in Cercacor of $(0.2) million and ($0.1) million as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013 , respectively, which represents the value of common stock, additional paid in capital and retained earnings of Cercacor, which are not available to the Company. In addition, the condensed consolidated balance sheets include, net of intercompany eliminations, total assets of $6.9 million and $7.0 million as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013 , respectively, related to Cercacor. Cercacor’s total assets as of March 29, 2014 included $4.8 million for intangible assets and $1.8 million for property and equipment. Its total assets as of December 28, 2013 included $4.7 million for intangible assets and $1.9 million for property and equipment. The Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets include total liabilities, net of intercompany eliminations, of $1.8 million and $2.3 million as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013 , respectively, related to Cercacor.
For the foreseeable future, the Company anticipates that it will continue to consolidate Cercacor pursuant to the current authoritative accounting guidance; however, in the event that Cercacor is no longer considered a VIE or in the event that the Company is no longer the primary beneficiary of Cercacor, the Company may discontinue consolidating the entity.
The changes in noncontrolling interest for Cercacor are as follows (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 29, 2014
Noncontrolling interest, beginning of period
$
(68
)
Increase in additional paid-in capital of noncontrolling interest
(41
)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
(141
)
Noncontrolling interest, end of period
$
(250
)
4. Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity from date of purchase of three months or less , or highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash, to be cash equivalents. As of March 29, 2014 , the Company’s cash balance was $78.7 million , which was comprised of checking accounts. Additionally, the Company had cash equivalents of $38.8 million , consisting of $37.0 million of U.S. Treasury bills and $1.8 million of money market funds. As of December 28, 2013 , the Company’s cash balance was $67.7 million , comprised of checking accounts. Additionally, the Company had cash equivalents of $27.8 million , consisting of $26.0 million of U.S. Treasury bills and $1.8 million of money market funds.
5. Royalties Receivable
The royalty receivable of $7.5 million as of March 29, 2014 represents the Company’s estimated amount due for the three months ended March 29, 2014 . Pursuant to the settlement agreement, as amended, with Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. (currently Covidien Ltd., or Covidien), the royalties are paid to the Company based on a percentage of sales of Covidien U.S. based pulse oximetry products. The Company recognizes royalty revenue based on the royalty rate per the settlement agreement multiplied by its estimate of Covidien’s sales for each quarter. Any adjustments to the quarterly estimate are recorded prospectively in the

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following quarter, when the Company receives the Covidien royalty report and payment, which is generally 60 days after the end of each of Covidien’s fiscal quarters.
6. Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using a standard cost method, which approximates FIFO (first-in, first-out) and includes material, labor and overhead. Inventory valuation allowances are recorded for materials that have become obsolete or are no longer used in current production and for inventory that has a market value less than the carrying value in inventory. Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
 
March 29,
2014
 
December 28,
2013
Raw materials
$
27,533

 
$
26,758

Work in-process
6,189

 
6,310

Finished goods
21,816

 
23,745

Total
$
55,538

 
$
56,813

7. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, net consist of the following (in thousands):
 
March 29,
2014
 
December 28,
2013
Cost
 
 
 
Patents
$
19,536

 
$
18,750

Customer relationships
7,669

 
7,669

Acquired technology
5,580

 
5,580

Trademarks
3,366

 
3,338

Capitalized software development costs
1,611

 
1,612

Other
991

 
969

Total cost
$
38,753

 
37,918

Accumulated amortization
 
 
 
Patents
(5,931
)
 
(5,679
)
Customer relationships
(1,278
)
 
(1,086
)
Acquired technology
(973
)
 
(834
)
Trademarks
(705
)
 
(653
)
Capitalized software development costs
(1,315
)
 
(1,270
)
Other
(382
)
 
(292
)
Total accumulated amortization
(10,584
)
 
(9,814
)
Net carrying amount
$
28,169

 
$
28,104

Total amortization expense for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 was $0.8 million and $0.7 million , respectively. Estimated amortization expense for future fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal year
Amount
2014 (balance of year)
$
3,033

2015
2,820

2016
2,561

2017
2,491

2018
2,333

Thereafter
14,931

Total
$
28,169


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8. Stock Repurchase Program
In February 2013, the Company’s board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 6.0 million shares of the Company’s common stock under a new stock repurchase program. The stock repurchase program may be carried out at the discretion of a committee comprised of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer through open market purchases, one or more Rule 10b5-1trading plans, block trades and in privately negotiated transactions. During the three months ended March 29, 2014 , no shares were repurchased under the new repurchase program. During the three months ended March 30, 2013 , 0.8 million shares were repurchased, at an average price of $19.77 per share, for a total repurchase price of $15.4 million .
9. Share-Based Compensation
On August 7, 2007, in connection with the Company’s initial public offering, the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2007 Plan, became effective. Under the 2007 Plan, 3.0 million shares of common stock were initially reserved for future issuance, plus shares available under the prior year equity incentive plans. The options generally vest annually over five years using the straight-line method, unless otherwise provided, and expire ten years from the date of grant. Options granted under the 2007 Plan and the prior year equity incentive plans that for any reason expire, are forfeited, are canceled or become unexercisable under any of the Company's stock incentive plans are automatically added to the share reserve of the 2007 Plan. Pursuant to the “evergreen” provision contained in the 2007 Plan, approximately 1.7 million additional shares of common stock were added to the share reserve of the 2007 Plan on each of January 4, 2009, January 3, 2010, January 1, 2012, December 30, 2012 and December 29, 2013, which represented 3% of the Company’s total shares outstanding as of each of January 3, 2009, January 2, 2010, December 31, 2011, December 29, 2012 and December 28, 2013. No shares were added to the share reserve for the year ended January 1, 2011. Subject to applicable laws, the Company may terminate the 2007 Plan at any time. If not terminated sooner, the 2007 Plan will automatically terminate on August 7, 2017.
The number and weighted average exercise price of options issued and outstanding under all stock option plans are as follows (in thousands, except for exercise prices):
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 29, 2014
 
Shares
 
Average
Exercise Price
Options outstanding, beginning of period
8,911

 
$
22.76

Granted
824

 
$
28.14

Canceled
(65
)
 
$
24.42

Exercised
(114
)
 
$
16.63

Options outstanding, end of period
9,556

 
$
23.28

Options exercisable, end of period
5,598

 
$
23.01

Options available for grant, end of period
6,472

 
 
The Black-Scholes option pricing model is used to estimate the fair value of options granted under the Company’s share-based compensation plans. The range of assumptions used and the resulting weighted-average fair value of options granted at the date of grant were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
Risk-free interest rate
1.53% to 1.6%
 
0.9% to 1.0%
Expected term
5.1 years
 
5.5 years
Estimated volatility
32.5% to 32.8%
 
37.3% to 39.6%
Expected dividends
0%
 
0%
Weighted-average fair value of options granted
$8.89
 
$7.34
The total share-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 was $2.6 million and $3.4 million , respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding, with an exercise price less than the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as of March 29, 2014 was $44.1 million . The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable, with an exercise price less than the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as of March 29, 2014 was $29.9 million . The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended March 29, 2014 was $1.5 million .

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The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the positive difference, if any, between the market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise or the respective period end, as appropriate, and the exercise price of the options. The unrecognized share-based compensation as of March 29, 2014 was $29.2 million related to unvested options granted after January 1, 2006. The weighted average remaining contractual term of options outstanding, with an exercise price less than the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as of March 29, 2014 was 6.2 years. The weighted average remaining contractual term of options exercisable, with an exercise price less than the closing price of the Company’s common stock, as of March 29, 2014 was 4.3 years.
10. Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
The Company leases its facilities in North America, Europe and Asia under operating lease agreements expiring at various dates through December 2020 . Certain facilities leases contain predetermined price escalations and in some cases renewal options. The Company recognizes the lease costs using a straight line method based on total lease payments. The Company also received certain leasehold improvement incentives totaling $0.7 million for its headquarters facilities in the U.S. These leasehold improvement incentives have been recorded as deferred rent and are being amortized as a reduction to rent expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease. As of both March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , rent expense accrued in excess of the amount paid aggregated $0.7 million and is classified in other liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company leases automobiles in Europe that are classified as operating leases and expire at various dates through June 2015 . The majority of these leases are non-cancelable. The Company also has outstanding capital leases for office equipment and computer equipment, all of which are non-cancelable.
Future minimum lease payments under operating and capital leases for each of the following fiscal years ending on or about December 31 are (in thousands) (including interest):
 
As of March 29, 2014
 
Operating
Leases
 
Capital
Leases
 
Total
2014 (balance of year)
$
6,874

 
$
37

 
$
6,911

2015
7,272

 
87

 
7,359

2016
3,777

 
80

 
3,857

2017
1,698

 
75

 
1,773

2018
1,516

 

 
1,516

Thereafter
2,174

 

 
2,174

Total
$
23,311

 
$
279

 
$
23,590

Rental expense related to operating leases was $1.6 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively. The Company leases office equipm e nt and computer equipment, which have interest rates ranging from 4.3% to 12.0%  per year and mature on various dates from July 2014 through October 2017 .
Employee Retirement Savings Plan
In 1996, the Company adopted the Masimo Retirement Savings Plan, or the Plan, which is a 401(k) plan covering the Company’s full-time U.S. employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. In general, the Company matches an employee’s contribution up to 3% of the employee’s compensation, subject to a maximum amount. The Company may also contribute to the Plan on a discretionary basis. The Company contributed $0.6 million and $0.4 million to the Plan for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively.
Employment and Severance Agreements
As of March 29, 2014 , the Company had an employment agreement with one of its key employees that provides for an aggregate annual base salary with annual increases at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the board of directors. The employment agreement provides for an annual bonus based on the Company’s attainment of certain objectives and goals. The agreement has an initial term of three years, with automatic daily renewal, unless either the Company or the executive notifies the other party of non-renewal of the agreement. Also, under this employment agreement, the key employee may be entitled to receive certain salary, equity, tax, medical and life insurance benefits if he is terminated by the Company, if he terminates his employment for good reason under certain circumstances or if there is a change in control of the Company.

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As of March 29, 2014 , the Company had severance plan participation agreements with six of its executive officers. The participation agreements, or Agreements, are governed by the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2007 Severance Protection Plan, or Severance Plan, which became effective on July 19, 2007 and which was amended effective December 31, 2008. Under each of the Agreements, each executive officer may be entitled to receive certain salary, equity, medical and life insurance benefits if he is terminated by the Company without cause or if he terminates his employment for good reason under certain circumstances. The executive officers are also required to give the Company six months advance notice of their resignation under certain circumstances.
Purchase Commitments
Pursuant to contractual obligations with vendors, the Company had $60.7 million of purchase commitments as of March 29, 2014 , which are expected to be purchased within one year. These purchase commitments were made for certain inventory items to secure better pricing and to ensure the Company will have raw materials when necessary.
Concentrations of Risk
The Company is exposed to credit loss for the amount of cash deposits with financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company invests its excess cash deposits in U.S. Treasury bills and money market accounts with major financial institutions. As of March 29, 2014 , the Company had $78.7 million of bank balances, of which $2.6 million was covered by either the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit or foreign countries’ deposit insurance organizations. As of March 29, 2014 , the Company had $1.8 million in money market funds that are not guaranteed by the U.S. Federal government.
While the Company and its contract manufacturers rely on sole source suppliers for certain components, steps have been taken to minimize the impact of a shortage or stoppage of shipments, such as maintaining a safety stock of inventory and designing products that may be easily modified to use a different component. However, there can be no assurance that a shortage or stoppage of shipments of the materials or components that the Company purchases will not result in a delay in production or adversely affect the Company’s business.
The Company’s ability to sell its products to U.S. hospitals depends in part on its relationships with GPOs. Many existing and potential customers for the Company’s products become members of GPOs. GPOs negotiate pricing arrangements and contracts, sometimes exclusively, with medical supply manufacturers and distributors, and these negotiated prices are made available to a GPO’s affiliated hospitals and other members. During the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , revenue from the sale of the Company’s products to U.S. hospitals that are members of GPOs amounted to $75.2 million and $73.5 million , respectively.
As of March 29, 2014 , two different just-in-time distributors each represented 7% and 8% of the accounts receivable balance. As of December 28, 2013, two different just-in-time distributors each represented 8% and 9% of the accounts receivable balance.
For the three months ended March 29, 2014 , the Company had sales through two just-in-time distributors, which each represented 15% and 9% of the total revenue. For the three months ended March 30, 2013 , the Company had sales through two just-in-time distributors, which each represented 14% and 11% of the total revenue. For both periods, the just-in-time distributors took and fulfilled orders from the Company’s direct customers, many of whom have signed long-term sensor agreements with the Company.
For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , the Company recorded $7.6 million and $7.3 million , respectively, in royalty revenues from Covidien pursuant to the original settlement agreement and amendments. In exchange for these royalty payments, the Company has provided Covidien the ability to ship its patent infringing product with a covenant not to sue Covidien as long as Covidien abides by the terms of the agreement. The current royalty rate is 7.75% and the amended agreement can be terminated by Covidien upon sixty days written notice.
Litigation
On February 3, 2009, the Company filed a patent infringement suit against Philips Electronics North America Corporation and Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH (collectively, Philips) related to Philips’ FAST pulse oximetry technology and certain of Philips' patient monitors. The suit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Two patents originally asserted in this suit, related to the Company’s Measure-Through Motion technology, were successfully enforced in the Company’s previous suit against Nellcor. On June 15, 2009, Philips answered the Company’s complaint and Philips Electronics North America Corporation filed antitrust and patent infringement counterclaims against the Company as well as

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counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments of invalidity on the patents asserted by the Company against Philips. On July 9, 2009, the Company filed its answer denying Philips’ counterclaims and asserting various defenses. The Company also asserted counterclaims against Philips for fraud, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and for declaratory judgments of noninfringement and invalidity with respect to the patents asserted by Philips against the Company. Philips later added a claim for infringement of one additional patent. Subsequently, the Court bifurcated Philips’ antitrust claims and its patent misuse defense, as well as stayed the discovery phase on those claims pending trial in the patent case. On October 4, 2010, the Court limited the number of patents to be construed to four for the Company and three for Philips. Further, on October 6, 2010, the Court denied Philips’ motion to bifurcate and stay damages in the patent case. On January 17, 2012, the District Court Judge issued a claim construction order. In 2012, the parties completed expert reports and discovery on some of the patents. In addition, in 2012, the Company asserted additional patents, and the Court ordered that these patents and some of the originally asserted patents be tried in a second phase. In 2013, the Magistrate Judge issued reports and recommendations relating to various summary judgment motions filed by the parties. On December 2, 2013, the Court heard oral argument on the parties’ objections to the Magistrate Judge’s reports and recommendations. On March 31, 2014, the District Court Judge ruled on the objections. On April 14, 2014, the parties filed motions for reconsideration of certain rulings. The parties have requested a trial date in September 2014. The Company believes that it has good and substantial defenses to the antitrust and patent infringement claims asserted by Philips. There is no guarantee that the Company will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if it does prevail.
On December 21, 2012, the Company filed suit against Mindray DS USA, Inc. and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co, Ltd. (Shenzhen Mindray) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges patent infringement, breach of contract and other claims. Mindray DS USA, Inc. was dismissed from this case based on venue. On June 3, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray answered the Company’s complaint and filed antitrust and related counterclaims against the Company, as well as counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments of invalidity and non-infringement on the patents asserted by the Company against Shenzhen Mindray. On June 24, 2013, the Company filed its answer denying Shenzhen Mindray’s counterclaims and asserting various defenses. On July 17, 2013, the Court granted Shenzhen Mindray’s motion to dismiss the patent claims without prejudice to allow the Company to amend the complaint to provide additional detail supporting Shenzhen Mindray’s direct and indirect infringement of the Company’s patents. On the same day, the Court denied Shenzhen Mindray’s motion to dismiss the Company’s non-patent claims. On August 5, 2013, the Company filed a first amended complaint. On August 21, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray answered the Company’s complaint and reasserted the counterclaims it asserted on June 3, 2013, as well as two additional counterclaims alleging patent infringement. On September 16, 2013, the Company filed its answer denying Shenzhen Mindray’s counterclaims and asserting various defenses. On October 31, 2013, the Court issued a scheduling order setting a trial date of November 4, 2014. On December 10, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray filed a second amended answer and counterclaims, including a new counterclaim for tortious interference. On January 2, 2014, the Company filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings as to Shenzhen Mindray’s antitrust counterclaims and inequitable conduct counterclaims and defenses. The Court granted judgment on the pleadings with leave to amend. On March 27, 2014, Shenzhen Mindray filed a third amended answer and counterclaims. On April 10, 2014, Shenzhen Mindray filed a fourth amended answer and counterclaims, which motion is pending before the Court. The Company believes that it has good and substantial defenses to the antitrust, patent infringement and other counterclaims asserted by Shenzhen Mindray. There is no guarantee that the Company will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if it does prevail.
On December 10, 2013, the Company filed suit against Mindray DS USA, Inc., Shenzhen Mindray and Mindray Medical International Ltd. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The complaint alleges breach of contract and related claims. On January 17, 2014, Mindray DS USA filed a notice of removal removing the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. On January 24, 2014, Mindray DS USA, Inc. filed a motion seeking to dismiss or stay the action in view of the Company’s action against Shenzhen Mindray in the Central District of California. That motion is pending before the Court and no order from the Court has issued. On April 15, 2014, Mindray Medical International filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction, challenging service of process, and alleging that the Company failed to state a claim. That motion is also pending before the Court. There is no guarantee that the Company will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if it does prevail.
In September 2012, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by Joseph Ausikaitis naming the Company’s directors and certain executive officers as defendants and the Company as the nominal defendant. The lawsuit alleges claims of breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment in connection with the grant or receipt of stock options under the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and related policies. The lawsuit seeks unspecified money damages on the Company’s behalf from the officer and director defendants, various forms of equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ and other professional fees and costs and various other forms of relief. In November 2012, the defendants filed a

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motion to dismiss the action, which was denied by the court in July 2013. Although the outcome in this case cannot be determined, the Company does not expect it to have a material financial impact on its results of operations.
In April 2011, the Company was informed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Civil Division, that a qui tam complaint had been filed against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by three of the Company's former physician office sales representatives. The qui tam complaint alleged, among other things, that the Company's noninvasive hemoglobin products failed to meet their accuracy specifications, and that the Company misled the FDA and customers regarding the accuracy of the products. In November 2011, the United States declined to intervene in the case, and in October 2013, the District Court granted summary judgment in the Company’s favor. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision.

In September 2011, two of the same former sales representatives also filed employment-related claims against the Company in arbitration also stemming from their allegations regarding the Company’s noninvasive hemoglobin products. On January 16, 2014, the Company was notified that the arbitrator awarded the plaintiffs approximately $5.4 million in damages, which the Company accrued in fiscal 2013. In addition, the Company’s insurance carrier notified the Company that it believed certain defense costs related to the arbitration may no longer be reimbursable in view of the arbitration decision. As a result, the Company accrued a liability of $2.6 million in fiscal 2013 for the costs estimated to have been paid by the insurance carrier. The Company challenged the arbitration award in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and on April 3, 2014, the District Court vacated the award. Accordingly, the Company reversed the $8.0 million charge in the quarter ended March 29, 2014. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision. The Company is unable to predict the final outcome of the qui tam and employment matters. A reversal of the District Court’s decision in either matter could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations in the future.

On January 2, 2014, a putative class action complaint was filed against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Physicians Healthsource, Inc. The complaint alleges that the Company sent unsolicited facsimile advertisements in violation of the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005 and related regulations. The complaint seeks $500 for each alleged violation, treble damages if the court finds the alleged violations to be knowing, plus interest, costs and injunctive relief. On April 14, 2014, the Company filed a motion to stay the case pending a decision on a related petition filed by the Company with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The motion to stay is pending. The Company believes it has good and substantial defenses to the claims, but there is no guarantee that the Company will prevail.

On January 31, 2014, an amended putative class action complaint was filed against the Company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by and on behalf of two participants in the Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomized Trial at the University of Alabama. On April 21, 2014, a further amended complaint was filed adding a third participant. The complaint alleges product liability and negligence claims in connection with pulse oximeters the Company modified and provided at the request of study investigators for use in the trial. A previous version of the complaint also alleged a wrongful death claim, which the court dismissed on January 22, 2014. The amended complaint seeks unspecified damages, costs, interest, attorney fees, and injunctive and other relief. The Company believes it has good and substantial defenses to the remaining claims, but there is no guarantee that the Company will prevail.
From time to time, the Company may be involved in other litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. The Company believes that it currently is not a party to any other legal proceedings which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
11. Segment Information and Enterprise Reporting
The Company’s chief decision maker, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by geographic region, for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, the Company considers itself to be in a single reporting segment, specifically noninvasive patient monitoring solutions and related products. The Company does not assess the performance of its geographic regions on other measures of income or expense, such as depreciation and amortization, operating income or net income including noncontrolling interest. In addition, the Company’s assets are primarily located in the U.S. The Company does not produce reports for, or measure the performance of, its geographic regions on any asset-based metrics. Therefore, geographic information is presented only for revenues.

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The following schedule presents an analysis of the Company’s product revenues based upon the geographic area to which the product was shipped (in thousands, except percentages):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29, 2014
 
March 30, 2013
Geographic Area by Destination
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North and South America
$
92,652

 
70.1
%
 
$
98,722

 
76.7
%
Europe, Middle East and Africa
27,012

 
20.4

 
18,836

 
14.6

Asia and Australia
12,568

 
9.5

 
11,077

 
8.6

Total product revenue
$
132,232

 
100
%
 
$
128,635

 
100
%
United States
$
88,047

 
 
 
$
94,269

 
 
12. Income Taxes
The Company has provided for income taxes in fiscal 2014 interim periods based on the estimated effective income tax rate for the complete fiscal year. The income tax provision is computed on the estimated pretax income of the consolidated entities located within each taxing jurisdiction based on legislation enacted as of the balance sheet date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the future tax consequences associated with temporary differences between income and expenses reported for accounting and tax purposes. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is recorded to the extent that the Company cannot determine that the ultimate realization of the net deferred tax assets is more likely than not.
Realization of deferred tax assets is principally dependent upon the achievement of future taxable income, the estimation of which requires significant management judgment. The Company’s judgment regarding future profitability may change due to many factors, including future market conditions and the Company’s ability to successfully execute its business plans or tax planning strategies. These changes, if any, may require material adjustments to these deferred tax asset balances. A valuation allowance has been previously recorded against all of the deferred tax assets of Cercacor. On a quarterly basis, Cercacor's management reassesses the need for these valuation allowances based on operating results and its assessment of the likelihood of future taxable income and developments in the relevant tax jurisdictions. Cercacor continues to maintain a full valuation allowance as of March 29, 2014 against its net deferred tax assets.
As of March 29, 2014 , the liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions was approximately $6.7 million . If fully recognized, approximately $5.7 million (net of federal benefit on state taxes) would impact the Company's effective tax rate. The remaining balance relates to timing differences. It is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits in various jurisdictions may change in the next twelve months due to the expiration of statutes of limitation and audit settlements. However, due to the uncertainty surrounding the timing of these events, an estimate of the change within the next twelve months cannot currently be made.
The Company conducts business in multiple jurisdictions and, as a result, one or more of the Company’s subsidiaries files income tax returns in U.S. federal, various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. The Company has concluded all U.S. federal income tax matters for each year through 2009. All material state, local and foreign income tax matters have been concluded for each year through 2006.
13. Subsequent Event
On April 23, 2014, the Company entered into a five -year revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (the Bank), that matures on April 23, 2019 (the Credit Facility). The Credit Facility provides for up to an aggregate of $125 million in borrowings in multiple currencies. Borrowings under the Credit Facility will be deemed, at the Company’s election, either: (i) an ABR Loan, which bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate (as defined below) plus a spread of 0.225% to 1.250% based on the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility), or (ii) a Eurodollar Loan, which bears interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined below) plus a spread of 1.125% to 2.250% based on the Company's Total Leverage Ratio. The Company may also request swingline loans from time to time, subject to certain conditions (Swingline Loans) that bear interest similar to an ABR Loan.
The Alternate Base Rate is determined by taking the greatest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (iii) the one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate plus 1.00% . The Adjusted LIBO Rate is equal to LIBOR for the applicable interest period multiplied by the statutory reserve rate for such period.

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The Company is obligated under the Credit Facility to pay a fee ranging from to 0.225% to 0.300% per annum, based upon the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio, with respect to any unused portion of the Credit Facility. This fee and interest on any ABR Loan are due and payable quarterly in arrears. Interest on any Eurodollar Loan is due and payable at the end of the applicable interest period (or at each three month interval in the case of loans with interest periods greater than three months). Interest on any Swingline Loan is due and payable on the date that the Swingline Loan is required to be repaid. The Company may prepay the loans and terminate the commitments in whole at any time, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of certain costs in the case of Eurodollar Loans.
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, the Company is subject to certain customary financial and negative covenants. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the Company’s personal property, including all equity interests in domestic subsidiaries and first-tier foreign subsidiaries. Proceeds from the Credit Facility will be used for general corporate, capital investment and working capital purposes.







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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include any expectation of earnings, revenues or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; factors that may affect our operating results or financial condition; statements concerning new products, technologies or services; statements related to future capital expenditures; statements related to future economic conditions or performance; statements related to our stock repurchase program; statements as to industry trends and other matters that do not relate strictly to historical facts or statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These statements are often identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” or “will,” the negative versions of these terms and similar expressions or variations. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially and adversely from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, which we filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements.
Executive Overview
We are a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and markets a variety of noninvasive monitoring technologies. We provide our products directly and through distributors and OEM partners to hospitals, emergency medical service (EMS) providers, physician offices, veterinarians, long term care facilities and consumers. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of care by taking noninvasive monitoring to new sites and applications. We were incorporated in California in May 1989 and reincorporated in Delaware in May 1996.
Our core business is measure through motion and low perfusion arterial blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate monitoring, known Masimo Signal Extraction Technology ® (Masimo SET ® ) pulse oximetry. Pulse oximetry enables the noninvasive measurement of the oxygen saturation level of arterial blood, which delivers oxygen to the body’s tissues. Pulse oximetry also enables the measurement of pulse rate, which when measured by an electrocardiography (ECG) is called heart rate. Pulse oximetry is one of the most common measurements taken in and out of hospitals around the world. Most pulse oximeter technologies work well when patients are well perfused and not moving. However, when either or both of these conditions occur, conventional pulse oximeters frequently do not provide any measurements, or provide inaccurate measurements. We invented Masimo SET ® , which, for the first time, allows pulse oximeters to provide accurate measurements even during patient motion and low perfusion conditions.
The performance of Masimo SET ® pulse oximetry is proven by more than 100 independent and objective studies and thousands of clinical evaluations. We believe that Masimo SET ® is trusted by clinicians to safely monitor approximately 100 million patients each year and is used hospital-wide by eight of the top ten hospitals on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll (2013-2014). Compared to other pulse oximeters during patient motion and low perfusion, Masimo SET ® provides measurements when other pulse oximeters cannot, dramatically reduces false alarms (specificity), and accurately detects true alarms (sensitivity) that can indicate a deteriorating patient condition. Masimo SET ® pulse oximetry has also been shown to improve patient outcomes by helping clinicians reduce retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in neonates, screen newborns for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), reduce ventilator weaning time and arterial blood gas measurements in the intensive care unit (ICU), and save lives and costs while reducing rapid response activations and ICU transfers on the general floor.
After introducing Masimo SET ® , we have continued to innovate by introducing breakthrough noninvasive measurements that go beyond arterial blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate, and which create new market opportunities in both the hospital and non-hospital care settings. Our product offerings have expanded significantly over the years to also include noninvasive blood constituent, brain and breath monitoring, including rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximetry, brain function electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring, respiration rate, capnography and anesthetic agent monitoring. In addition, we have developed the Root patient monitoring and connectivity platform and Patient SafetyNet remote patient surveillance monitoring system.
Our rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximetry utilizes both Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology. We believe rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximetry includes the first devices cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to noninvasively and

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continuously monitor multiple blood-based measurements using multiple wavelengths of light, and which previously was only possible through intermittent invasive procedures. SpCO ® provides noninvasive and continuous measurement of carboxyhemoglobin, or carbon monoxide levels in the blood. Carbon monoxide is the most common cause of poisoning in the world. When used with other clinical variables, SpCO ® may help clinicians and emergency responders detect carbon monoxide poisoning and help determine treatment and additional test options. SpMet ® provides noninvasive and continuous measurement of methemoglobin levels in the blood. Elevated methemoglobin in the blood leads to a dangerous condition known as methemoglobinemia, which occurs as a reaction to some common drugs used in hospitals and outpatient procedures. When used with other clinical variables, SpMet ® may help clinicians detect methemoglobinemia and help determine treatment and additional test options. SpHb ® provides noninvasive and continuous measurement of total hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying component of red blood cells (RBC) and, along with oxygen saturation, determines the oxygen content of blood. Hemoglobin measurement is one of the most frequent invasive laboratory measurements in the world and is often measured as part of a complete blood count (CBC), which measures multiple other blood components. A low hemoglobin status is called anemia, which is generally caused by bleeding or the inability of the body to produce RBCs. SpHb ® is available as a continuous monitor or a spot check measurement. Continuous SpHb ® monitoring provides real-time visibility into the changes, or lack of changes, in hemoglobin, which can otherwise only be measured through intermittent, invasive blood testing. SpHb ® has been shown to help clinicians reduce the number of RBC transfusions and, in multiple cases, has demonstrated its lifesaving ability in helping clinicians detect internal bleeding. Spot check SpHb ® measurement, when used with other clinical variables, may help clinicians assess whether a patient’s hemoglobin is lower or higher than may otherwise be assessed without any hemoglobin measurement, which in turn, may help determine additional test options.
Available in both Masimo SET ® and rainbow ® SET ® sensors, Pleth Variability Index (PVI ® ), provides for the noninvasive and continuous measurement of fluid responsiveness in patients whose breathing is controlled through mechanical ventilation, such as in the operating room or intensive care unit. Fluid administration is critical to optimizing fluid status in surgery and critical care, but traditional invasive methods to guide fluid administration often fail to help clinicians assess fluid responsiveness. Newer methods are complicated and costly and considered appropriate only for the highest-risk patients. When used with other clinical variables, PVI ® may help clinicians assess fluid responsiveness and help determine treatment options.
Our sound-based monitoring technology called rainbow Acoustic Monitoring (RAM ) enables noninvasive monitoring of respiration rate (RRa ® ). Respiration rate is the number of breaths per minute. A low respiration rate is indicative of respiratory depression and a high respiration rate is indicative of patient distress. Traditional methods used to measure respiration rate are often considered inaccurate, such as impedance pneumography, or are not tolerated well by certain patients, such as capnography. When used with other clinical variables, RRa ® may help clinicians assess respiratory status and determine treatment options. RAM technology is available from the same circuit board as Masimo SET ® and rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximetry measurements, which together we refer to as the rainbow ® SET technology platform.
Our SedLine ® brain function monitoring product measures the brain’s electrical activity and provides information about a patient’s response to anesthesia. SedLine ® may help clinicians assess depth of anesthesia to optimize anesthesia and avoid over- or under-titration of anesthetics.
Although not currently available for sale in the U.S., we received the CE Mark for respiration rate from the plethysmograph waveform (RRp ) in 2011. RRp enables monitoring of breathing status from a standard Masimo SET ® pulse oximetry or rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximeter sensor ® . The RRp measurement is determined by the variations in the plethysmograph waveform due to respiration, although the measurement is not possible in all patients or many conditions and may not immediately indicate changes in respiration rate. For patients requiring accurate and sensitive respiration rate monitoring, we believe that our acoustic respiration rate (RRa ® ) measurement is better at detecting pauses in breathing than RRp . The RRa ® measurement also provides an important visual indication of breathing through the displayed acoustic waveform.
Patient SafetyNet provides a patient surveillance or remote monitoring and clinician notification solution which includes Masimo SET ® or rainbow ® SET platform measurements at the patient’s bedside along with a central assignment station and wired or wireless server. Patient SafetyNet wirelessly notifies clinicians caring for multiple patients in different rooms when one of their patients has an alarm, allowing them to become aware of changing conditions and intervene sooner, at times with life-saving support. Masimo SET ® , along with Patient SafetyNet , is proven to help clinicians avoid deaths while preventing ICU transfers, rapid response activations and preventable deaths on the medical/surgical floors of the hospital. Today, the majority of medical/surgical floors in the hospital are not continuously monitored. Halo Index can be used with our Patient SafetyNet to allow continuous global trending and assessment of multiple physiological measurements of a patient with a single number displayed on the Patient SafetyNet screen. Halo Index is CE marked, but not currently available for sale in the U.S.
Our universal “Board-in-Cable” pulse oximetry solution, uSpO2 , enables easier and faster integration of our products for OEM partners due to the ability to integrate Masimo SET ® through software only. SpfO2 , a new parameter not currently

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available for sale in the U.S., has received the CE mark and allows for the noninvasive measurement of fractional arterial oxygen saturation. Previously, pulse oximeters could only measure and display functional oxygen saturation (SpO2), so when patients had elevated carboxyhemoglobin and/or elevated methemoglobin, the displayed functional oxygen saturation overestimated the actual oxygen saturation value. SpfO2 allows more precise arterial oxygenation assessment in patients with elevated dyshemoglobins, common throughout the hospital and pre-hospital setting, compared to functional oxygen saturation.
Our portfolio of Phasein capnography and gas monitoring products range from OEM solutions for external “plug-in-and-measure” analyzers and integrated modules to handheld devices. With multiple measurements delivered through either mainstream or sidestream options, our customers can benefit from CO 2 , N 2 O, O 2 and anesthetic agent monitoring in many hospital and pre-hospital environments, such as the operating room (OR), procedural sedation, ICU and EMS scenarios. In addition, our EMMA Capnograph with waveform display offers clinicians greater assessment of end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) and respiration rate, as well as assists in recognition of return to spontaneous circulation, for a variety of clinical settings, including emergency medicine and transport, ORs, ICUs, patient rooms and clinics. EMMA fits in the palm of the hand, and we believe it is the smallest and most portable capnograph in the world.
iSpO2 ® uses Masimo SET ® technology for Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion performance to deliver measurements through a pulse oximeter cable and sensor with technology to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. The first version of iSpO2 ® allows consumers to use their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to check their own arterial blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate and perfusion index measurements. In the U.S., iSpO2 ® is available online for sports and aviation use only, and is not intended for medical use. In October 2013, iSpO2 ® was released in Japan for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. In December 2013, we received the CE mark on iSpO2 ® for the Android operating system, enabling functionality on select Android-based phones outside of the U.S. The iSpO2 ® Rx, the professional version for medical use, also received the CE mark in December 2013. The iSpO2 ® Rx product is not yet available in the U.S. but is available outside of the U.S.
In June 2013, we announced the CE Mark and limited international market release of our Root platform. Root is a powerful new patient monitoring and connectivity platform that integrates our breakthrough rainbow ® and SET ® measurements with multiple additional parameters being made available through Masimo Open Connect (MOC-9 ) in an integrated, clinician-centric platform. The first two MOC-9 technologies for Root were SedLine ® brain function monitoring and Phasein capnography. In January 2014, we announced the CE Mark for O3 regional oximetry, our third MOC-9 technology for Root , which provides for continuous and simultaneous measurement of tissue oxygen saturation (rSO2) and SpO2 to help detect regional hypoxemia that pulse oximetry alone can miss. Iris connectivity in Root enables third-party devices such as intravenous pumps and ventilators to connect through Root enabling display, notification and documentation to the electronic medical record through Masimo Patient SafetyNet . In combination with a Radical-7 ® handheld device using rainbow ® Pulse CO-Oximetry and rainbow ® Acoustic Monitoring , Root will help clinicians instantly interpret and quickly change display of multiple measurements, helping to simplify patient care workflows and empower caregivers to help make quicker patient assessments, earlier interventions and better clinical decisions throughout the continuum of care. Phasein capnography, O3 and certain other Root features such as wireless radio and Iris™ connectivity are not available for sale in the U.S.
Our pulse oximetry technology is generally contained on a circuit board which is placed inside a standalone pulse oximetry monitor, placed inside OEM multiparameter monitors or included as part of an external “Board-in-Cable” solution which is plugged into a port on an OEM or other device. All of these solutions use our proprietary single-patient use and reusable sensors and cables. We sell our products to end-users through our direct sales force and certain distributors, as well as our OEM partners, for incorporation into their products. In 2013, we also began selling our pulse oximetry products in the consumer market. As of March 29, 2014, we estimate that the worldwide installed base of our pulse oximeters and OEM monitors that incorporate Masimo SET ® and rainbow ® SET was more than 1.2 million units, excluding handheld devices. Our installed base is the primary driver for the recurring sales of our pulse oximeter and Pulse CO-Oximeter sensors, most notably single-patient adhesive sensors. Based on industry reports, we estimate that the worldwide pulse oximetry market is nearly $1.5 billion in 2014, the largest component being sensors.
Our strategy is to utilize the accuracy and broad clinical benefits of our technologies to:
1)
be the leading choice for pulse oximetry in traditionally monitored areas, in and out of the hospital;
2)
expand the use of pulse oximetry beyond the critical care settings, including to the general floor of the hospital;
3)
create demand for the use of breakthrough rainbow ® measurements by our hospital customers;
4)
offer rainbow ® measurements to new markets such as EMS, and the physician office;
5)
penetrate existing noninvasive specialty monitoring markets such as capnography, gas, brain function, and other modalities with technologies that offer clinical and financial advantages; and
6)
leverage the revolutionary Root platform to provide open access to third-party developers for additional measurements, as well as connectivity to electronic health record systems and for third-party devices.

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Our solutions and related products are based upon our proprietary Masimo SET ® and rainbow ® algorithms. This software-based technology is incorporated into a variety of product platforms depending on our customers’ specifications. Our technology is supported by a substantial intellectual property portfolio that we have built through internal development and, to a lesser extent, acquisitions and license agreements. We have exclusively licensed from Cercacor Laboratories, Inc. (Cercacor) the right to OEM selected rainbow ® technology and to incorporate selected rainbow ® technology into our products intended to be used by professional caregivers, including, but not limited to, hospital caregivers and alternate care facility caregivers.
Cercacor
Cercacor is an independent entity spun off from us to our stockholders in 1998. Joe Kiani and Jack Lasersohn, members of our board of directors, are also members of the board of directors of Cercacor. Joe Kiani, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cercacor. We are a party to a cross-licensing agreement with Cercacor, which was amended and restated effective January 1, 2007 (the Cross-Licensing Agreement), which governs each party’s rights to certain intellectual property held by the two companies.
Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, we granted Cercacor an exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® owned by us, including all improvements on this technology, for the monitoring of non-vital signs measurements and to develop and sell devices incorporating Masimo SET ® for monitoring non-vital signs measurements in any product market in which a product is intended to be used by a patient or pharmacist rather than a professional medical caregiver, which we refer to as the Cercacor Market. We also granted Cercacor a non-exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® for the measurement of vital signs in the Cercacor Market.
We exclusively license from Cercacor the right to make and distribute products in the professional medical caregiver markets, which we refer to as the Masimo Market, that utilize rainbow ® technology for certain non-invasive measurements, including carbon monoxide, methemoglobin, fractional arterial oxygen saturation and hemoglobin. We also have the option to obtain the exclusive license to make and distribute products that utilize rainbow ® technology for the monitoring of other non-vital signs measurements, including blood glucose, in product markets where the product is intended to be used by a professional medical caregiver. To date, we have developed and commercially released devices that measure carbon monoxide, methemoglobin and hemoglobin using licensed rainbow ® technology. Additionally, we make and distribute products that monitor respiration rate via rainbow Acoustic Monitoring , which is not required to be licensed from Cercacor.
In February 2009, in order to accelerate the product development of our hemoglobin spot-check measurement device, we agreed to fund additional engineering expenses of Cercacor. Specifically, these expenses included third-party engineering materials and supplies expense, as well as 60% of Cercacor’s total engineering and engineering-related payroll expenses, during both the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013. We expect this arrangement to continue in the future. During the three months ended March 29, 2014, the funding for Cercacor’s additional expenses totaled $0.9 million. For additional discussion of Cercacor, see Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1. “Business—Cercacor Laboratories, Inc.” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.
For the foreseeable future, we anticipate that we will continue to consolidate Cercacor pursuant to the current authoritative accounting guidance; however, in the event that Cercacor is no longer considered a VIE or in the event that we are no longer obligated to absorb Cercacor’s expected losses, or do not have the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact Cercacor’s economic performance, we may discontinue consolidating the entity.
Stock Repurchase Program
In February 2013, our board of directors authorized us to repurchase up to 6.0 million shares of our common stock under a repurchase program. The stock repurchase program may be carried out at the discretion of a committee comprised of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer through open market purchases, one or more Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, block trades and in privately negotiated transactions. We have paid for prior repurchases of stock with available cash and cash equivalents. During the three months ended March 29, 2014 , no shares were repurchased under the program. As of March 29, 2014, approximately 5.0 million shares remain authorized for repurchase under the program.

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Medical Device Excise Tax
In March 2010, the U.S. Congress adopted and President Obama signed into law comprehensive health care reform legislation. Among other initiatives, these laws impose new taxes on medical device makers in the form of a 2.3% excise tax on U.S. medical device sales, with certain exemptions, beginning on January 1, 2013. During the three months ended March 29, 2014 , and March 30, 2013, our medical device excise tax expense was $1.6 million and $1.7 million, respectively, which was recorded within our selling, general and administrative expenses.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, our unaudited results of operations expressed as dollar amounts and as a percentage of total revenues (in thousands, except percentages):
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 29,
2014
 
% of
Revenue
 
March 30,
2013
 
% of
Revenue
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product
$
132,232

 
94.6
 %
 
$
128,635

 
94.6
 %
Royalty
7,582

 
5.4

 
7,307

 
5.4

Total revenue
139,814

 
100.0

 
135,942

 
100.0

Cost of goods sold
47,513

 
34.0

 
46,361

 
34.1

Gross profit
92,301

 
66.0

 
89,581

 
65.9

Operating expenses:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative
56,122

 
40.1

 
52,273

 
38.5

Research and development
13,996

 
10.0

 
14,167

 
10.4

       Litigation award and defense costs
(8,010
)
 
(5.7
)
 

 

Total operating expenses
62,108

 
44.4

 
66,440

 
48.9

Operating income
30,193

 
21.6

 
23,141

 
17.0

Non-operating income (expense)
200

 
0.1

 
(2,326
)
 
(1.7
)
Income before provision for income taxes
30,393

 
21.7

 
20,815

 
15.3

Provision for income taxes
7,902

 
5.6

 
4,413

 
3.2

Net income including noncontrolling interest
22,491

 
16.1

 
16,402

 
12.1

Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest
141

 
0.1

 
26

 
0.0

Net income attributable to Masimo Corporation stockholders
$
22,632

 
16.2
 %
 
$
16,428

 
12.1
 %
Comparison of the Three Months ended March 29, 2014 to the Three Months ended March 30, 2013
Revenue . Total revenue increased $3.9 million , or 2.8% , to $139.8 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 from $135.9 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . Product revenues increased $3.6 million , or 2.8% , to $132.2 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 from $128.6 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . This increase was primarily due to rainbow technology revenues which rose from $10.5 million in the three month period ended March 30, 2013 to $12.9 million in the three month period ended March 29, 2014 . Also contributing to higher product revenues were consumable sales resulting from an increase in our installed base of circuit boards and pulse oximeters, which we estimate totaled 1,231,000 units at March 29, 2014 , up from 1,117,000 units at March 30, 2013 . Such increase in revenue was partially offset by a current quarter true-up for deferred revenue of approximately $2.6 million resulting from new information related to inventory on-hand at one distributor.
Revenue generated through our direct and distribution sales channels increased $3.1 million, or 2.9%, to $111.1 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 , compared to $108.0 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . During the three months ended March 29, 2014 , revenues from our OEM channel increased $0.5 million, or 2.4%, to $21.1 million from $20.6 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013. Our royalty revenue increased $0.3 million to $7.6 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 from $7.3 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013 .
Cost of goods sold. Cost of goods sold includes the cost of producing, supporting and managing our supply of finished products. Cost of goods sold increased $1.2 million compared to the three months ended March 30, 2013 . Our total gross margin increased slightly to 66.0% for the three months ended March 29, 2014 as compared to 65.9% for the three months

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ended March 30, 2013 . Excluding royalties, product gross margin increased to 64.1% for the three months ended March 29, 2014 from 64.0% for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . This net increase in product margin was primarily due to the benefit of our continued product cost reduction efforts and other improvements in our manufacturing processes offset slightly by lower average selling prices. We incurred $1.5 million and $1.3 million in Cercacor royalty expenses for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively, which have been eliminated in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented. Had these royalty expenses not been eliminated, our reported product gross profit margin would have been 63.1% and 62.9% for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively.
Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for sales, marketing and administrative personnel, sales commissions, advertising and promotion costs, professional fees related to legal, accounting and other outside services, public company costs and other corporate expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $3.8 million , or 7.4% , for the three months ended March 29, 2014 , compared to the three months ended March 30, 2013 . This increase was due primarily to increased legal expenses. Approximately $2.6 million of share-based compensation expense was included in selling, general and administrative expenses for each of the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively. Also included in total selling, general and administrative expenses are $0.7 million and $0.8 million of direct expenses incurred by Cercacor for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , respectively.
Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for engineers and other personnel engaged in the design and development of our products. These expenses also include third-party fees paid to consultants, prototype and engineering supply expenses and the costs of clinical trials. Research and development expenses decreased slightly by $0.2 million , or 1.2% , for the three months ended March 29, 2014 compared to the three months ended March 30, 2013 . This decrease was primarily due to lower engineering project expenses in the three months ended March 29, 2014 as compared to the three months ended March 30, 2013 due to a shift in the timing of certain expected project expenses for fiscal year 2014 from the first quarter to the second and third quarters. Included in research and development expenses for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 was approximately $0.4 million and $0.7 million of share-based compensation expense, respectively. Also included in total research and development expenses were $0.9 million of engineering expenses incurred by Cercacor for each of the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 .
Litigation Award and Defense Costs. Two of our former physician office sales representatives filed employment-related claims against us in 2011 regarding our noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring products. In January 2014, an arbitrator awarded the plaintiffs approximately $5.4 million in damages. As a result of this award, we took a charge of $8.0 million in the fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2013, which included $5.4 million in damages and $2.6 million in defense-related costs. We challenged the award in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and on April 3, 2014, the District Court vacated the award. Accordingly, we reversed the previous $8.0 million charge in the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2014. We are unable to predict the final outcome of this matter, however, a reversal of the District Court’s ruling could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations in the future. See Note 10 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Non-operating income (expense). Non-operating income (expense) consists primarily of interest income, interest expense, and foreign exchange gains (losses). Non-operating income was $0.2 million for the three months ended March 29, 2014 as compared to non-operating expense of $2.3 million for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . This net change of $2.5 million was primarily due to the recognition of net realized and unrealized gains on foreign currency denominated transactions during the three months ended March 29, 2014 , as compared to the recognition of net realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency denominated transactions during the three months ended March 30, 2013 . The net realized and unrealized gains on foreign currency denominated transactions recognized during the three months ended March 29, 2014 resulted primarily from the weakening of the U.S. Dollar against the Japanese Yen during the same three month period. The net realized and unrealized losses on foreign currency denominated transactions recognized during the three months ended March 30, 2013 resulted primarily from the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar against the Japanese Yen during the same three month period.
Provision for Income Taxes. Our provision for income taxes was $7.9 million , or an effective tax rate of 26.0%, for the three months ended March 29, 2014 , compared to $4.4 million , or an effective tax rate of 21.2%, for the three months ended March 30, 2013 . The lower prior year effective tax rate was due primarily to the discrete tax impact of the retroactive reinstatement of the federal research tax credit for year 2012 and the expiration of such tax credit at the end of year 2013. Our future effective income tax rate will depend on various factors, including changes to tax law, the recognition and derecognition of tax benefits associated with uncertain tax positions and the geographic composition of our pre-tax income.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity consist of our existing cash and cash equivalent balances, as well as funds expected to be generated from operations. At March 29, 2014 , we had approximately $189.7 million in working capital and approximately $117.5 million in cash and cash equivalents as compared to approximately $168.0 million in working capital and approximately $95.5 million in cash and cash equivalents at December 28, 2013. We currently do not maintain an investment portfolio but have the ability to invest in various security holdings, types and maturities that meet credit quality standards in accordance with our investment guidelines.
As of March 29, 2014 , we had cash totaling $49.4 million held outside of the U.S., a portion of which was accessible without a significant tax cost. In managing our day-to-day liquidity and our capital structure, we do not rely on foreign earnings as a source of funds. We currently have sufficient funds for domestic operations and do not anticipate the need to repatriate funds associated with our permanently reinvested foreign earnings. In the event funds that are treated as permanently reinvested are repatriated, we may be required to accrue and pay additional U.S. taxes with respect to any such repatriation.
Cash Flows
The following tables summarizes our cash flows in (thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
March 29,
2014
 
March 30,
2013
 
Net cash provided by (used in):
 
 
 
 
Operating activities
$
24,021

 
$
25,101

 
Investing activities
(3,726
)
 
(2,946
)
 
Financing activities
1,830

 
(12,216
)
 
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash
(62
)
 
82

 
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
$
22,063

 
$
10,021

Operating Activities. Cash provided by operating activities was $24.0 million in the three months ended March 29, 2014 . This increase was due primarily to net income of $22.5 million , non-cash activity for depreciation and amortization of $3.0 million and share-based compensation of $2.6 million . In addition, accounts payable increased by $5.7 million due to the timing of payments. These sources of cash were primarily offset by an increase in deferred cost of goods sold of $2.7 million related to shipments of equipment to customers pursuant to long-term sensor contracts, an increase of $2.8 million in the prepayment of income taxes and a decrease of $7.0 million in accrued compensation due to the payment of the fiscal year 2013 annual bonuses.
Cash provided by operating activities was $25.1 million in the three months ended March 30, 2013. Sources of cash consisted primarily of net income including noncontrolling interest of $16.4 million, non-cash activity for depreciation and amortization of $2.8 million and share-based compensation of $3.4 million. In addition, accounts payable increased by $3.9 million and income taxes payable increased by $1.8 million, both due to the timing of payments. These sources of cash were offset by a decrease in accrued compensation of $3.4 million primarily as a result of the fiscal year 2012 annual bonus payouts, and an increase in deferred cost of goods sold of $2.7 million due to continued shipments of equipment to customers pursuant to long-term sensor contracts.
Investing Activities . Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 29, 2014 was $3.7 million , consisting of $2.8 million for purchases of property and equipment to support our manufacturing operations and $0.9 million for the increase in intangible assets related to capitalized patent and trademark costs. Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 30, 2013 was $2.9 million, consisting of $1.8 million for purchases of property and equipment to support our manufacturing operations and $1.1 million for the increase in intangible assets related to capitalized patent and trademark costs.
Financing Activities . Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 29, 2014 was $1.8 million , primarily due to proceeds from the issuance of common stock (upon exercise of options) totaling $1.9 million . Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 30, 2013 was $12.2 million, primarily resulting from common stock repurchase transactions totaling $15.4 million, of which only $12.4 million actually settled prior to March 30, 2013.
Capital Resources and Prospective Capital Requirements.
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borrowings in multiple currencies that can be used for general corporate, capital investment and working capital purposes. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility, we are subject to certain financial and non-financial covenants. See Note 13 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
As of March 29, 2014 , we had capital leases related to office and computer equipment with an outstanding balance of $0.3 million. We had no other debt obligations.
In the future, in addition to funding our working capital requirements, we anticipate our primary use of cash to be the equipment that we provide to hospitals under our long-term sensor purchase agreements. We anticipate additional capital purchases related to expanding our worldwide operations, including manufacturing, sales, marketing and other areas of necessary infrastructure growth. We also anticipate possible uses of cash for the acquisition of technologies or technology companies.
On March 12, 2014, we announced our intention to acquire a new corporate headquarters facility in Irvine, California for $56.0 million. We expect to close the transaction in the second fiscal quarter of 2014. Over the next twelve months, we expect to incur approximately $25 to $30 million in additional reconstruction and other building-related costs. We intend to fund the acquisition cost, additional reconstruction costs and other related costs through the Credit Facility and available cash and cash equivalents.
In February 2013, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 6.0 million shares of common stock under a repurchase program. During the three months ended March 29, 2014, no shares were repurchased. As of March 29, 2014, approximately 5.0 million shares remain authorized for repurchase under the program.
The amount and timing of our actual investing activities will vary significantly depending on numerous factors, including the timing of the acquisition, reconstruction, and other costs related to our new corporate headquarters facility, product development efforts, our timetable for international sales operations and manufacturing expansion and both domestic and international regulatory requirements. Despite these investment requirements, we anticipate that our existing cash and cash equivalents and amounts available under the Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our working capital requirements, capital expenditures and other operational funding needs for at least the next 12 months.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not currently have, nor have we ever had, any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts. As a result, we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we engaged in these relationships. As of March 29, 2014 , we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of net revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities. We regularly evaluate our estimates and assumptions related to our critical accounting policies, including revenue recognition and deferred revenue, inventory and related reserves for excess or obsolete inventory, allowance for doubtful accounts, share-based compensation, goodwill, deferred taxes and related valuation allowances, uncertain tax positions, tax contingencies, litigation costs and loss contingencies. We base our estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the recording of revenue, costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Changes in judgments and uncertainties relating to these estimates could potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. If these estimates differ significantly from actual results, the impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and future results of operations may be material. For a description of our critical accounting policies, please refer to “Critical Accounting Estimates” in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2014. There have been no material changes to any of our critical accounting policies during the three months ended March 29, 2014 .

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a description of recently issued or adopted accounting standards.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market risk represents the risk of changes in the value of market risk sensitive instruments caused by fluctuations in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodity prices. We are exposed to various market risks that may arise from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign exchange fluctuations and inflation. We do not enter into derivatives, including forward contracts, or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates to the increase or decrease in the amount of interest income we can earn on our investment portfolio and on the increase or decrease in the amount of interest expense we must pay with respect to our various outstanding debt instruments. Our risk associated with fluctuations in interest expense is limited to interest associated with our outstanding capital lease arrangements, which have fixed interest rates, and any borrowings under our Credit Facility. Under our current policies, we do not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes. We ensure the safety and preservation of our invested principal funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. We reduce default risk by investing in investment grade securities. A hypothetical 100 basis point change in interest rates along the entire interest rate yield curve would not significantly affect the fair value of our interest-sensitive financial instruments at March 29, 2014 . Declines in interest rates over time will, however, reduce our interest income and expense while increases in interest rates will increase our interest income and expense.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
A majority of our assets and liabilities are maintained in the United States in U.S. Dollars and a majority of our sales and expenditures are transacted in U.S. Dollars. However, we also transact with foreign customers in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. These foreign currency revenues, when converted into U.S. Dollars, can vary depending on average exchange rates during a respective period. In addition, certain of our foreign subsidiaries transact in their respective country’s local currency, which is also their functional currency. As a result, expenses of these foreign subsidiaries when converted into U.S. Dollars, can vary depending on the average exchange rates during a respective period.
We are also exposed to foreign currency gains or losses on outstanding foreign currency denominated receivables and payables, as well as intercompany transactions. Realized and unrealized foreign currency gains or losses on these transactions are included in our statements of comprehensive income as incurred. Furthermore, other transactions between us or our subsidiaries and a third-party, denominated in a currency different from the functional currency, are foreign currency transactions. Realized and unrealized foreign currency gains or losses on these transactions are included in our statements of comprehensive income as incurred, and are converted to U.S. Dollars at the average exchange rates for a respective period.
The balance sheets of each of our foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar are translated into U.S. Dollars at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date and the statements of comprehensive income and cash flows are translated into U.S. Dollars using the average monthly exchange rate during the period. Any foreign exchange gain or loss as a result of translating the balance sheets of our foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar is included in equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
Our primary foreign currency exchange rate exposures are with the Euro, Japanese Yen, Swedish Krona, Canadian Dollar, British Pound Sterling and the Australian Dollar, all relative to the U.S. Dollar. Foreign currency exchange rates have experienced significant movements recently and may continue to do so in the future. We currently do not enter into forward exchange contracts to hedge exposures denominated in foreign currencies and do not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The effect of a 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates could have a material effect on our future operating results or cash flows, depending on which foreign currency exchange rates change and depending on the directional change (either a strengthening or weakening against the U.S. Dollar). As our foreign operations continue to grow, our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risk may become more significant.
Inflation Risk
We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations during the periods presented. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through price increases. Our inability or failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s regulations, rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. As required by Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 29, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings
On February 3, 2009, we filed a patent infringement suit against Philips Electronics North America Corporation and Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH (collectively, Philips) related to Philips’ FAST pulse oximetry technology and certain of Philips’ patient monitors. The suit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Two patents originally asserted in this suit, related to our Measure-Through Motion technology, were successfully enforced in our previous suit against Nellcor. On June 15, 2009, Philips answered our complaint and Philips Electronics North America Corporation filed antitrust and patent infringement counterclaims against us as well as counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments of invalidity on the patents asserted by us against Philips. On July 9, 2009, we filed our answer denying Philips’ counterclaims and asserting various defenses. We also asserted counterclaims against Philips for fraud, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage and for declaratory judgments of noninfringement and invalidity with respect to the patents asserted by Philips against us. Philips later added a claim for infringement of one additional patent. Subsequently, the Court bifurcated Philips’ antitrust claims and its patent misuse defense, as well as stayed the discovery phase on those claims pending trial in the patent case. On October 4, 2010, the Court limited the number of patents to be construed to four for us and three for Philips. In addition, on October 6, 2010, the Court denied Philips’ motion to bifurcate and stay damages in the patent case. On January 17, 2012, the District Court Judge issued a claim construction order. In 2012, the parties completed expert reports and discovery on some of the patents. In addition, in 2012, we asserted additional patents, and the Court ordered that these patents and some of the originally asserted patents be tried in a second phase. In 2013, the Magistrate Judge issued reports and recommendations relating to various summary judgment motions filed by the parties. On December 2, 2013, the Court heard oral argument on the parties’ objections to the Magistrate Judge’s reports and recommendations. On March 31, 2014, the District Court Judge ruled on the objections. On April 14, 2014, the parties filed motions for reconsideration of certain rulings. The parties have requested a trial date in September 2014. We believe that we have good and substantial defenses to the antitrust and patent infringement claims asserted by Philips. There is no guarantee that we will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if we do prevail.
On December 21, 2012, we filed suit against Mindray DS USA, Inc. and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co, Ltd. (Shenzhen Mindray) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The complaint alleges patent infringement, breach of contract and other claims. Mindray DS USA, Inc. was dismissed from this case based on venue. On June 3, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray answered our complaint and filed antitrust and related counterclaims against us, as well as counterclaims seeking declaratory judgments of invalidity and non-infringement on the patents asserted by us against Shenzhen Mindray. On June 24, 2013, we filed our answer denying Shenzhen Mindray’s counterclaims and asserting various defenses. On July 17, 2013, the Court granted Shenzhen Mindray’s motion to dismiss the patent claims without prejudice to allow us to amend the complaint to provide additional detail supporting Shenzhen Mindray’s direct and indirect infringement of our patents. On the same day, the Court denied Shenzhen Mindray’s motion to dismiss our non-patent claims. On August 5, 2013, we filed a first amended complaint. On August 21, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray answered our complaint and reasserted the counterclaims it asserted on June 3, 2013, as well as two additional counterclaims alleging patent infringement. On September 16, 2013, we filed our answer denying Shenzhen Mindray’s counterclaims and asserting various defenses. On October 31, 2013, the Court issued a scheduling order setting a trial date of November 4, 2014. On December 10, 2013, Shenzhen Mindray filed a second amended answer and counterclaims, including a new counterclaim for tortious interference. On January 2, 2014, we filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings as to Shenzhen Mindray’s antitrust counterclaims and inequitable conduct counterclaims and defenses. The Court granted judgment on the pleadings with leave to amend. On March 27, 2014, Shenzhen Mindray filed a third amended answer and counterclaims. On April 10, 2014, Shenzhen Mindray filed a fourth amended answer and counterclaims, which motion is pending before the Court. We believe that we have good and substantial defenses to the antitrust, patent infringement and other counterclaims asserted by Shenzhen Mindray. There is no guarantee that we will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if we do prevail.
On December 10, 2013, we filed suit against Mindray DS USA, Inc., Shenzhen Mindray and Mindray Medical International Ltd. in the Superior Court of New Jersey. The complaint alleges breach of contract and related claims. On January 17, 2014, Mindray DS USA filed a notice of removal removing the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. On January 24, 2014, Mindray DS USA, Inc. filed a motion seeking to dismiss or stay the action in view of our action against Shenzhen Mindray in the Central District of California. That motion is pending before the Court and no order from the Court has issued. On April 15, 2014, Mindray Medical International filed a motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction, challenging service of process, and alleging that we failed to state a claim. That motion is pending before the Court. There is no guarantee that we will prevail in this suit or receive any damages or other relief if we do prevail.
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alleges claims of breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment in connection with the grant or receipt of stock options under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan and related policies. The lawsuit seeks unspecified money damages on our behalf from the officer and director defendants, various forms of equitable and/or injunctive relief, attorneys’ and other professional fees and costs and various other forms of relief. In November 2012, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the action, which was denied by the court in July 2013. Although the outcome in this case cannot be determined, we do not expect it to have a material financial impact on our results of operations.
In April 2011, we were informed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Civil Division, that a qui tam complaint had been filed against us in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by three of our former physician office sales representatives. The qui tam complaint alleged, among other things, that our noninvasive hemoglobin products failed to meet their accuracy specifications, and that we misled the FDA and customers regarding the accuracy of the products. In November 2011, the United States declined to intervene in the case, and in October 2013, the District Court granted summary judgment in our favor. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision.
In September 2011, two of the same former sales representatives also filed employment-related claims against us in arbitration stemming from their allegations regarding our noninvasive hemoglobin products. On January 16, 2014, we were notified that the arbitrator awarded the plaintiffs approximately $5.4 million in damages. We challenged the arbitration award in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and on April 3, 2014, the District Court vacated the award. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision. We are unable to predict the final outcome of the qui tam and employment matters. A reversal of the District Court’s decision in either matter could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations in the future.
On January 2, 2014, a putative class action complaint was filed against us in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by Physicians Healthsource, Inc. The complaint alleges that we sent unsolicited facsimile advertisements in violation of the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005 and related regulations. The complaint seeks $500 for each alleged violation, treble damages if the court finds the alleged violations to be knowing, plus interest, costs, and injunctive relief. On April 14, 2014, we filed a motion to stay the case pending a decision on a related petition filed by us with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The motion to stay is pending. We believe we have good and substantial defenses to the claims, but there is no guarantee that we will prevail.
On January 31, 2014, an amended putative class action complaint was filed against us in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by and on behalf of two participants in the Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomized Trial at the University of Alabama. On April 21, 2014, a further amended complaint was filed adding a third participant. The complaint alleges product liability and negligence claims in connection with pulse oximeters that we modified and provided at the request of study investigators for use in the trial. A previous version of the complaint also alleged a wrongful death claim, which the court dismissed on January 22, 2014. The amended complaint seeks unspecified damages, costs, interest, attorney fees, and injunctive and other relief. We believe we have good and substantial defenses to the remaining claims, but there is no guarantee that we will prevail.
From time to time, we are involved in legal proceedings in the normal course of business. Other than the proceedings described above, we believe that currently we are not a party to any legal proceedings which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Before you decide to invest or maintain an interest in our common stock, you should consider carefully the risks described below, which have been updated since the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014, together with the other information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and any recent Current Reports on Form 8-K. We believe the risks described below are the risks that are material to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Other risks and uncertainties, including those not presently known to us or that we do not currently consider material, may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks comes to fruition, our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects would likely be materially and adversely affected. In these circumstances, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment or interest.
We have marked with an asterisk (*) those risk factors below that include a substantive change from or update to the risk factors included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2013, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.

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Risks Related to Our Revenues
We currently derive substantially all of our revenue from our Masimo SET ® platform, Masimo rainbow ® SET platform and related products. If this technology and the related products do not continue to achieve market acceptance, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.
We are dependent upon the success and market acceptance of our proprietary Masimo SET ® technology. Currently, our primary product offerings are based on the Masimo SET ® platform. Continued market acceptance of products incorporating Masimo SET ® will depend upon our ability to continue to provide evidence to the medical community that our products are cost-effective and offer significantly improved performance compared to conventional pulse oximeters. Health care providers that currently have significant investments in competitive pulse oximetry products may be reluctant to purchase our products. If hospitals and other health care providers do not believe our Masimo SET ® platform is cost-effective, safe or more accurate or reliable than competitive pulse oximetry products, they may not buy our products in sufficient quantities to enable us to be profitable. In addition, allegations regarding the safety and effectiveness of our products, whether or not substantiated, may impair or impede the acceptance of our products. If we are unable to achieve additional market acceptance of our core technology or products incorporating Masimo SET ® , we will not generate significant revenue growth from the sale of our products.
Some of our products, including those based on licensed rainbow ® technology, are in development or have been recently introduced into the market and may not achieve market acceptance, which could limit our growth and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Products that we have recently introduced into the market, including, but not limited to, those based on rainbow ® technology, a technology that we license, may not be accepted in the market. If our products do not gain market acceptance or if our customers prefer our competitors’ products, our potential growth would be limited, which would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Given that certain rainbow ® technology products are new to the marketplace, we do not know to what degree the market will accept these products, if at all. Even if our customers recognize the benefits of our products, we cannot assure you that our customers will purchase them in quantities sufficient for us to be profitable or successful. We will need to invest in significant sales and marketing resources to achieve market acceptance of these products with no assurance of success. The degree of market acceptance of these products will depend on a number of factors, including:
perceived advantages of our products and their sales prices;
perceived safety and effectiveness of our products;
reimbursement available through Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) programs for using our products; and
introduction and acceptance of competing products or technologies.
In general, our recent noninvasive measurement technologies are considered disruptive. These recent technologies have performance levels that we believe are acceptable for many clinical environments but may be insufficient in others. In addition, these technologies may perform better in some patients and settings than others. Over time, we hope to continue to improve the performance of these technologies and, if we do, we expect them to become more useful in more environments and to become more widely adopted. While this is the adoption pattern experienced historically with other new noninvasive measurements, such as oxygen saturation, we are unable to guarantee that such adoption pattern will apply to our recent and future technologies.
Our ability to commercialize new products, new or improved technologies and additional applications for Masimo SET ® and our right to use rainbow ® technology are each limited to certain markets by our Cross-Licensing Agreement with Cercacor, which may impair our growth and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
In May 1998, we spun off a newly-formed entity, Cercacor, and provided it rights to use Masimo SET ® to commercialize non-vital signs monitoring applications while we retained the rights to Masimo SET ® to commercialize vital signs monitoring applications. On May 2, 1998, we entered into a cross-licensing agreement with Cercacor, which has been amended several times, most recently in an Amended and Restated Cross-Licensing Agreement, effective January 1, 2007, (the Cross-Licensing Agreement). Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, we granted Cercacor:
an exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® owned by us, including all improvements on this technology, for the monitoring of non-vital signs parameters and to develop and sell devices incorporating Masimo SET ® for monitoring non-vital signs parameters in any product market in

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which a product is intended to be used by a patient or pharmacist rather than by a professional medical caregiver, which we refer to as the Cercacor Market, and
a non-exclusive, perpetual and worldwide license, with sublicense rights, to use all Masimo SET ® for measurement of vital signs in the Cercacor Market.
Non-vital sign measurements consist of body fluid constituents other than vital sign measurements, including, but not limited to, carbon monoxide, methemoglobin, blood glucose, hemoglobin and bilirubin. Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, we are only permitted to sell devices utilizing Masimo SET ® for the monitoring of non-vital signs parameters in markets where the product is intended to be used by a professional medical caregiver, including, but not limited to, hospital caregivers and alternate care facility caregivers, rather than by a patient or pharmacist, which we refer to as the Masimo Market. Accordingly, our ability to commercialize new products, new or improved technologies and additional applications for Masimo SET ® is limited. In particular, our inability to expand beyond the Masimo Market may impair our growth and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
Pursuant to the Cross-Licensing Agreement, we have licensed from Cercacor the right to make and distribute products in the Masimo Market that utilize rainbow ® technology for certain non-invasive measurements. As a result, the opportunity to expand the market for our products incorporating rainbow ® technology is also limited, which could limit our ability to maintain or increase our revenue and impair our growth.
We face competition from other companies, many of which have substantially greater resources than we do. If we do not successfully develop and commercialize enhanced or new products that remain competitive with new products or alternative technologies developed by others, we could lose revenue opportunities and customers, and our ability to grow our business would be impaired.
A number of our competitors have substantially greater capital resources, larger customer bases and larger sales forces, have established stronger reputations with target customers, and have built relationships with GPOs that are more effective than ours. We face substantial competition from companies developing products that compete with our Masimo SET ® platform for use with third-party monitoring systems. We also face competition from companies currently marketing pulse oximetry monitors.
The medical device industry is characterized by rapid product development and technological advances, which places our products at risk of obsolescence. Our long-term success depends upon the development and successful commercialization of new products, new or improved technologies and additional applications for Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology. The research and development process is time-consuming and costly and may not result in products or applications that we can successfully commercialize. In particular, we may not be able to successfully commercialize our products for applications other than arterial blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate monitoring, including respiration rate, hemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin monitoring. If we do not successfully adapt our products and applications both within and outside these measurements, we could lose revenue opportunities and customers. Furthermore, one or more of our competitors may develop products that are substantially equivalent to our FDA-cleared products, or those of our original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, partners, whereby they may be able to use our products or those of our OEM partners, as predicate devices to more quickly obtain FDA clearance of their competing products. Competition could result in reductions in the price of our products, fewer orders for our products, a reduction of our gross margins and a loss of our market share.
We depend on our domestic and international OEM partners for a portion of our revenue. If they do not devote sufficient resources to the promotion of products that use Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology, our business would be harmed.
We are, and will continue to be, dependent upon our domestic and international OEM partners for a portion of our revenue through their marketing, selling and distribution of certain of their products that incorporate Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology. Although we expect that our OEM partners will accept and actively market, sell and distribute products that incorporate licensed rainbow ® technology, they may not elect, and they have no contractual obligation, to do so. Because products that incorporate our technologies may represent a relatively small percentage of business for some of our OEM partners, they may have less incentive to promote these products rather than other products that do not incorporate these technologies. In addition, some of our OEM partners offer products that compete with ours. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that our OEM partners, or any company that might acquire any of our OEM partners, will vigorously promote products incorporating Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology. The failure of our OEM partners to successfully market, sell or distribute products incorporating these technologies, the termination of OEM agreements, the loss of OEM partners or the inability to enter into future OEM partnership agreements would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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*If we fail to maintain or develop relationships with GPOs, sales of our products would decline.
Our ability to sell our products to U.S. hospitals depends, in part, on our relationships with GPOs. Many existing and potential customers for our products become members of GPOs. GPOs negotiate beneficial pricing arrangements and contracts, which are sometimes exclusive, with medical supply manufacturers and distributors.
These negotiated prices are made available to a GPO’s affiliated hospitals and other members. If we are not one of the providers selected by a GPO, the GPO’s affiliated hospitals and other members may be less likely or unlikely to purchase our products. If a GPO has negotiated a strict sole source, market share compliance or bundling contract for another manufacturer’s products, we may be prohibited from making sales to members of the GPO for the duration of such contractual arrangement. For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , shipments of our pulse oximetry products to customers that are members of GPOs represented approximately $75.2 million and $73.5 million, respectively, of our revenue from sales to U.S. hospitals. Our failure to renew our contracts with GPOs may cause us to lose market share and could have a material adverse effect on our sales, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if we are unable to develop new relationships with GPOs, our competitive position would likely suffer and our business would be harmed.
We have learned that certain GPOs are creating, coordinating, and facilitating regional purchasing coalition (RPC) supply chain networks that include anti-competitive practices such as sole sourcing and bundling. These RPCs circumvent, and potentially violate rules of conduct for GPOs and have the effect of reducing product purchasing decisions available to the hospitals that belong to these regional organizations. If the GPOs and RPCs are permitted to continue practices that limit, reduce or eliminate competition, we could lose customers who are no longer able to choose or purchase our products, resulting in lower market share and an adverse effect on our sales, financial condition and results of operations.
Inadequate levels of coverage or reimbursement from governmental or other third-party payers for our products, or for procedures using our products, may cause our revenue to decline.
Sales of our products depend in part on the reimbursement and coverage policies of governmental and private health care payers. The ability of our health care provider customers, including hospitals, to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement for our products, or for the procedures in which our products are used, may impact our customers’ purchasing decisions. Therefore, our customers’ inability to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement for our products would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Third-party payers have adopted, and are continuing to adopt, health care policies intended to curb rising health care costs. These policies include, among others:
controls on reimbursement for health care services and price controls on medical products and services;
limitations on coverage and reimbursement for new medical technologies and procedures; and
the introduction of managed care and prospective payment systems in which health care providers contract to provide comprehensive health care for a fixed reimbursement amount per person or per procedure.
We cannot guarantee a governmental or third-party payer will reimburse, or continue to reimburse, a customer for the cost of our products. Some payers have indicated that they are not willing to reimburse for certain of our products or for the procedures in which our products are used. For example, some insurance carriers have issued policies denying coverage for transcutaneous hemoglobin measurement on the grounds that the technology is investigational in the outpatient setting. Other payers are continuing to investigate our products to determine if they will provide reimbursement to our customers. We are working with these payers to obtain reimbursement, but may not be successful. These trends could lead to pressure to reduce prices for our current products and product candidates and could cause a decrease in the size of the market or a potential increase in competition that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our customers may reduce, delay or cancel purchases due to a variety of factors, such as lower hospital census levels or third-party guidelines, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our customers are facing a growing level of uncertainties, such as lower overall hospital census for paying patients and the impact of that lower census on hospital budgets. In addition, there are specific portions of our business, such as our OEM customers, that, due to their capital equipment sales model, could be impacted by the ongoing economic uncertainties and the resulting constraints on hospital budgets. These hospital budget constraints could cause our OEMs more difficulty in selling their large, relatively high priced multiparameter devices which, in turn, could reduce our board sales to our OEM customers. In addition, certain of our products, including our rainbow ® measurements such as carbon monoxide, methemoglobin and hemoglobin, are sold with upfront license fees and more complex, and therefore, more expensive sensors could be impacted by hospital budget reductions.

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In addition, states and other local regulatory authorities may issue guidelines regarding the appropriate scope and use of our products from time to time. For example, our SpCO ® monitoring devices may be subject to authorization by individual states as part of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), scope of practice procedures. The State of California recently categorized SpCO ® as a laboratory test and therefore outside the scope of practice for EMS providers. Although a lack of inclusion into scope of practice procedures does not prohibit usage, it may limit adoption.
*The loss of any large customer, or distributor, or any cancellation or delay of a significant purchase by a large customer could reduce our net sales and harm our operating results.
We have a concentration of OEM, distribution and direct customers. If for any reason we were to lose our ability to sell to a specific group or class of customers, or through a distributor, we could experience a significant reduction in revenue which would adversely impact our operating results. Also, we cannot provide any assurance that we will retain our current customers or groups of customers, or distributors, or that we will be able to attract and retain additional customers in the future. For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , we had sales through two just-in-time distributors, which in total represented approximately 24% and 25% of our total revenue, respectively. The loss of any large customer or distributor could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Organizations that manufacture imitation Masimo sensors and third-party medical device reprocessors that reprocess our single-patient-use sensors and then resell them to hospitals at a cost lower than our new sensors may harm our reputation and cause our revenue to decline. Our development of a new technology designed to provide hospitals, clinicians and their patients with sensors that reflect true Masimo quality and performance may not be accepted by all of our customers, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are aware that other organizations are manufacturing imitation Masimo sensors. In addition, we are aware that certain medical device reprocessors have been collecting our used single-patient-use sensors from hospitals and then reprocessing, repackaging and reselling those sensors to hospitals for other patients. Over the past two years, there has been an increase in our customers’ awareness of these imitation sensors and reprocessing programs. Our experience with both these imitation sensors and reprocessed sensors is that they provide inferior performance, increased sensor utilization, reduced comfort and a number of monitoring problems. Notwithstanding these limitations and despite our customers’ acknowledged preference for genuine Masimo single-patient-use adhesive sensors due to performance and risk of contamination, some of our customers have indicated a willingness to consider purchasing some of their sensor requirements from these imitation manufacturers and third-party reprocessors in an effort to reduce their overall operating costs. These imitation and reprocessed sensors have led to and may continue to lead to confusion with our genuine Masimo products, have reduced and may continue to reduce our revenue, and in some cases have harmed and may continue to harm our reputation, if customers conclude incorrectly that these imitation or reprocessed sensors are original Masimo sensors. In addition, we have expended a significant amount of time and expense investigating issues caused by imitation and reprocessed sensors, troubleshooting problems stemming from such sensors, educating customers about why imitation and reprocessed sensors do not perform up to our performance level and to their expectations, and enforcing our proprietary rights against the imitation manufacturers and reprocessors and under our customer contracts.
We have developed a new technology that is designed to ensure our customers get the performance they expect by using genuine Masimo sensors. This new technology has been included in sensors shipped since the fourth quarter of 2011. While most customers will not observe any difference when compared to our prior sensors, we believe this technology will help ensure that hospitals, clinicians and, ultimately, their patients, receive true Masimo measurement quality and performance, and will curtail some of the harm to us that results when customers experience performance and other problems with imitation and reprocessed sensors. Although we believe that this technology will be viewed favorably by the overwhelming majority of hospitals and clinicians, there are no assurances that all of our customers will view it positively, which may reduce certain customer demand for our new sensors and, as a result, have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
*From time to time we may carry out strategic initiatives that are not viewed favorably by our customers, which may reduce demand for our products.
We expect to continue to implement new technologies and take action to protect and enforce our contractual, intellectual property and other rights. For example, during fiscal 2013, we began to build a new worldwide blood management sales force, whose primary focus is working with hospitals to identify new opportunities for our noninvasive hemoglobin measurement, SpHb ® . Although we believe implementing new technologies and taking these actions are, and will continue to be, in the best interest of patient care, the Company and our stockholders, there are no assurances that the market will perceive their benefits or that these actions will yield favorable results for us, which may result in reduced customer demand for our products, cause our revenue to decline and have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

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*Covidien may seek to avoid paying any royalties to us, which would significantly reduce our royalty revenue, total revenues and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are party to a settlement agreement with Covidien. Under the current settlement agreement, we earn royalties on Covidien’s total U.S. based pulse oximetry sales. For the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , our royalties from the Covidien settlement agreement totaled approximately $7.6 million and $7.3 million, respectively. Because these royalty payments do not carry any significant cost, they result in significant improvements to our reported gross profit, operating income levels and earnings per share. As a result, an elimination of royalties that we earn under the settlement agreement in the future will have a significant impact on our revenue, gross margins, operating income and earnings per share.
On January 28, 2011, we entered into a second amendment to this settlement agreement with Covidien. As part of this amendment, which became effective on March 15, 2011, Covidien agreed to pay us a royalty at a rate of 7.75% of its U.S. pulse oximetry revenue, as that term is defined in the January 28, 2011 second amendment. In exchange for this royalty payment, we have provided Covidien with a covenant not to sue for its current pulse oximetry products, but not for any other technologies that Covidien may add, pursuant to the second amendment. As of March 15, 2014, Covidien has the right to stop paying us royalties, subject to certain notice requirements, which would have a material adverse impact on our total revenue, gross margins, operating income and earnings per share.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
*If the patents we own or license, or our other intellectual property rights, do not adequately protect our technologies, we may lose market share to our competitors and be unable to operate our business profitably.
Our success depends significantly on our ability to protect our rights to the technologies used in our products, including Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology. We rely on patent protection, trade secrets and a combination of copyright and trademark laws, as well as nondisclosure, confidentiality and other contractual arrangements, to protect our technology and rights. However, these legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or maintain any competitive advantage. In addition, we cannot be assured that any of our pending patent applications will result in the issuance of a patent to us. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) may deny or require significant narrowing of claims in our pending patent applications, and patents issued as a result of the pending patent applications, if any, may not provide us with significant commercial protection or be issued in a form that is advantageous to us. We could also incur substantial costs in proceedings before the PTO. Our issued and licensed patents and those that may be issued or licensed in the future, may expire or may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, which could limit our ability to stop competitors from marketing related technologies. Some of our patents related to our Masimo SET ® algorithm technology began to expire in March 2011. Additionally, upon expiration of other issued or licensed patents, we may lose some of our rights to exclude competitors from making, using, selling or importing products using the technology based on the expired patents. While we seek to offset potential losses relating to important expiring patents by securing additional patents on commercially desirable improvements, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in securing such additional patents, or that such additional patents will adequately offset the effect of expiring patents. There is no assurance that competitors will not be able to design around our patents. We also rely on contractual rights with the third parties that license technology to us to protect our rights in the technology licensed to us. In addition, we rely on unpatented proprietary technology. We cannot assure you that we can meaningfully protect all our rights in our unpatented proprietary technology or that others will not independently develop substantially equivalent proprietary products or processes or otherwise gain access to our unpatented proprietary technology.
We seek to protect our know-how and other unpatented proprietary technology with confidentiality agreements and intellectual property assignment agreements with our employees, our OEM partners, independent distributors and consultants. However, such agreements may not be enforceable or may not provide meaningful protection for our proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure or other breaches of the agreements or in the event that our competitors discover or independently develop similar or identical designs or other proprietary information. In addition, we rely on the use of registered and common law trademarks with respect to the brand names of some of our products. Common law trademarks provide less protection than registered trademarks. Loss of rights in our trademarks could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Furthermore, the laws of foreign countries may not protect our intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the U.S. If we fail to apply for intellectual property protection or if we cannot adequately protect our intellectual property rights in these foreign countries, our competitors may be able to compete more effectively against us, which could adversely affect our competitive position, as well as our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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If third parties claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights, we may incur liabilities and costs and may have to redesign or discontinue selling certain products.
Companies in the medical device industry have used intellectual property litigation to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We face the risk of claims that we have infringed on third parties’ intellectual property rights. Searching for existing intellectual property rights may not reveal important intellectual property and our competitors may also have filed for patent protection, which is not publicly-available information, or claimed trademark rights that have not been revealed through our availability searches. In addition, many of our employees were previously employed at other medical device companies. We may be subject to claims that our employees have disclosed, or that we have used, trade secrets or other proprietary information of our employees’ former employers. Our efforts to identify and avoid infringing on third parties’ intellectual property rights may not always be successful. Any claims of patent or other intellectual property infringement against us, even those without merit, could:
increase the cost of our products;
be expensive and time consuming to defend;
result in us being required to pay significant damages to third parties;
force us to cease making or selling products that incorporate the challenged intellectual property;
require us to redesign, reengineer or rebrand our products, product candidates and technologies;
require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements in order to obtain the right to use a third-party’s intellectual property on terms that may not be favorable or acceptable to us;
require us to indemnify third parties pursuant to contracts in which we have agreed to provide indemnification for intellectual property infringement claims;
divert the attention of our management and other key employees;
result in our customers or potential customers deferring or limiting their purchase or use of the affected products impacted by the claims until the claims are resolved; and
otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, new patents obtained by our competitors could threaten the continued commercialization of our products in the market even after they have already been introduced. Philips Electronics North America Corporation and Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. have filed antitrust and patent infringement counterclaims against us, as further explained in Part II, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
*We believe competitors may currently be violating and may in the future violate our intellectual property rights, and we may bring additional litigation to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, which may result in substantial expense and may divert our attention from implementing our business strategy.
We believe that the success of our business depends, in significant part, on obtaining patent protection for our products and technologies, defending our patents and preserving our trade secrets. We were previously involved in significant litigation to protect our patent position and may be required to engage in further litigation. In 2006, we settled a costly, six-year lawsuit against Mallinckrodt, Inc., part of Tyco Healthcare (currently Covidien Ltd.), and one of its subsidiaries, Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., in which we claimed that Covidien was infringing some of our pulse oximetry signal processing patents.
In February 2009, we filed a patent infringement suit against Philips Electronics North America Corporation and Philips Medizin Systeme Böblingen GmbH related to Philips’ FAST pulse oximetry technology and certain of Philips’ patient monitors. In December 2012 and December 2013, we filed patent infringement and breach of contract suits against Mindray DS USA, Inc., Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co, Ltd., and Mindray Medical International Ltd. These suits are described in Part II, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and Note 10 to our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. Both Philips and Mindray are OEM partners of ours. There is no guarantee that we will prevail in these suits or receive any damages or other relief if we do prevail.
Our ongoing and future litigation could result in significant additional costs and further divert the attention of our management and key personnel from our business operations and the implementation of our business strategy and may not be adequate to protect our intellectual property rights.

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Risks Related to Our Regulatory Environment
*Our failure to obtain and maintain FDA clearances or approvals on a timely basis, or at all, would prevent us from commercializing our current or upgraded products in the United States, which could severely harm our business.
Each medical device that we wish to market in the U.S. generally must first receive either 510(k) clearance from the FDA pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by filing a 510(k) pre-market notification (PMA) through submitting a PMA application. Even if regulatory clearance or approval of a product is granted, the clearance or approval may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which the product may be marketed. We cannot guarantee that the FDA will grant 510(k) clearance on a timely basis, if at all, for new products or uses that we propose for Masimo SET ® or licensed rainbow ® technology. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance process of our products and uses has historically taken approximately four to six months. However, over the past two years we have experienced a significantly longer 510(k) clearance review process. Our more recent experience in seeking FDA 510(k) clearance, along with information we have received from other medical device manufacturers, suggests that the FDA is requiring applicants to provide much more information and data than in prior periods, that the FDA is not consistently relying upon prior precedents thereby leading to more review cycles or, in some cases, to non-substantially equivalent decisions, and that the FDA has broadened the scope of its reviews. As a result, we have experienced lengthier FDA 510(k) review periods over the past two years, which has delayed the 510(k) clearance process for our products and uses over this period compared to prior periods.
In connection with our most recent FDA 510(k) filing for certain improvements to our Pronto-7 ® product, the FDA expressed concerns and requested additional information regarding the methods we used to validate the SpHb ® parameter. We responded to the FDA’s request for additional information on March 25, 2014. The FDA responded that the remaining issues would not likely be resolved in the time remaining, so we voluntarily withdrew the application on March 31, 2014. We intend to work with the FDA to address whatever remaining concerns the agency has, but we cannot be sure we will be able to resolve those concerns.
To date, the FDA has regulated pulse oximeters incorporating Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology, and our sensors, cables and other products incorporating Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology for pulse oximetry under the 510(k) process. Although 510(k) clearances have been obtained for all of our current products, these clearances may be withdrawn by the FDA at any time if substantial safety or effectiveness problems develop with our devices. Furthermore, our new products or significantly modified marketed products could be denied 510(k) clearance and be required to undergo the more burdensome PMA process. The process of obtaining PMA is much more costly, lengthy and uncertain than the process for obtaining 510(k) clearance and generally takes one to three years, but may be longer.
The failure of our OEM partners to obtain required FDA clearances or approvals for products that incorporate our technologies could have a negative impact on our revenue.
Our OEM partners will be required to obtain their own FDA clearances for products incorporating Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology to market these products in the U.S. We cannot guarantee that the FDA clearances we have obtained will make it easier for our OEM partners to obtain clearances of products incorporating these technologies, or that the FDA will ever grant clearances on a timely basis, if at all, for any future product incorporating Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology that our OEM partners propose to market.
*If we or our suppliers fail to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems with our products, these products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.
Our products, along with the manufacturing processes and promotional activities for such products, are subject to continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. Among other requirements, we and our suppliers are required to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which covers the methods and documentation of the design, control testing, production, component suppliers control, quality assurance, complaint handling, labeling control, packaging, storage and shipping of our products. The FDA enforces the QSR through announced and unannounced inspections. We are also subject to similar state requirements and licenses.
The FDA inspected our facility in Irvine, California, in 2013 and issued an FDA Form 483 listing observations the investigator believed may constitute violations of statutes or regulations administered by the FDA, including observations relating to complaint handling, medical device reporting (MDR), and corrective and preventative action (CAPA) procedures. The FDA also inspected our facility in Mexicali, Mexico, in 2014 and issued a Form 483 listing observations relating to our CAPA procedures, documentation practices associated with our device history records, and procedures for employee training. The observations do not represent final agency determinations. We have submitted responses to both Form 483s and are awaiting responses from the FDA. We do not know what further actions, if any, the FDA will take in connection with the inspections.

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Failure by us or one of our suppliers to comply with statutes and regulations administered by the FDA and other regulatory bodies or failure to adequately respond to any FDA Form 483 observations could result in, among other things, any of the following actions:
warning letters or untitled letters issued by the FDA;
fines, civil penalties, injunctions and criminal prosecution;
unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions;
delays in clearing or approving, or refusal to clear or approve, our products;
withdrawal or suspension of clearance or approval of our products or those of our third-party suppliers by the FDA or other regulatory bodies;
product recall or seizure;
orders for physician notification or device repair, replacement or refund;
interruption of production or inability to export to certain foreign countries; and
operating restrictions.
If any of these actions were to occur, it would harm our reputation and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
*Failure to obtain regulatory approval in foreign jurisdictions will prevent us from marketing our products abroad.
We currently market and intend to continue to market our products internationally. Outside of the U.S., we can market a product only if we receive a marketing authorization and, in some cases, pricing approval, from the appropriate regulatory authorities. The regulatory registration/licensing process varies among international jurisdictions and may require additional testing. The time required for international registration of new products may differ from that required for obtaining FDA clearance. The foreign registration/licensing process may include all of the risks associated with obtaining FDA clearance in addition to other risks. We may not obtain foreign regulatory registration/licensing on a timely basis, if at all. FDA clearance does not ensure new product registration/licensing by foreign regulatory authorities. Approval by one foreign regulatory authority does not ensure approval by any other foreign regulatory authority or by the FDA. If we fail to receive necessary approvals to commercialize our products in foreign jurisdictions on a timely basis, or at all, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Modifications to our marketed devices may require new regulatory clearances or premarket approvals, or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified devices until clearances or approvals are obtained.
We have made modifications to our devices in the past and we may make additional modifications in the future. Any modifications to an FDA-cleared device that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in its intended use would require a new 510(k) clearance or possibly a PMA approval. We may not be able to obtain such clearances or approvals in a timely fashion, or at all. Delays in obtaining future clearances would adversely affect our ability to introduce new or enhanced products in a timely manner, which in turn would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If the FDA disagrees with our conclusion and requires new clearances or approvals for the modifications, we may be required to recall and to stop marketing the modified devices, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.
Federal regulatory reforms may reduce the profit we are able to earn on the sale of our products.
From time to time, legislation is drafted and introduced in Congress that could significantly change the statutory provisions governing the clearance or approval, manufacture and marketing of medical devices. In addition, FDA regulations and guidance are often revised or reinterpreted by the FDA in ways that may significantly affect our business and our products. It is impossible to predict whether legislative changes will be enacted or FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations changed, and what the impact of such changes, if any, may be. However, any future regulatory changes could make it more difficult for us to maintain or attain approval to develop and commercialize our products and technologies.

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*If our products cause or contribute to a death or serious injury, we will be subject to medical device reporting regulations, which can result in voluntary corrective actions or agency enforcement actions, including recall of our products.
Under the FDA medical device reporting regulations, we are required to report to the FDA any incident in which a product of ours may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or in which a product of ours malfunctioned and, if the malfunction were to recur, would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury. In addition, all manufacturers placing medical devices in European Union markets are legally required to report to the relevant authority in whose jurisdiction any serious or potentially serious incidents involving devices produced or sold by the manufacturer occurred.
The FDA and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of our commercialized products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in, for example, design, labeling or manufacture. In the case of the FDA, the authority to require a recall generally must be based on an FDA finding that there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious injury or death. Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, recall a product if any material deficiency in a device is found or we become aware of a safety issue involving a marketed product. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by us or by one of our distributors could occur as a result of component failures, manufacturing errors, design or labeling defects or other deficiencies and issues. We may initiate certain voluntary recalls involving our products in the future. Recalls of any of our products would divert managerial and financial resources and have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
From our inception through March 29, 2014 , we initiated six voluntary recalls of our products, none of which was material to our operating results. Each of these recalls was reported to the FDA and other foreign regulatory agencies within the appropriate regulatory timeframes. Because of our dependence upon patient and physician perceptions, any negative publicity associated with these or any future voluntary recalls could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.
Off-label promotion of our products or promotional claims deemed false or misleading could subject us to substantial penalties.
We must have adequate substantiation for our product performance claims. Obtaining 510(k) clearance only permits us to promote our products for the uses specifically cleared by the FDA. Use of a device outside its cleared or approved indications is known as “off-label” use. Physicians may use our products off-label because the FDA does not restrict or regulate a physician’s choice of treatment within the practice of medicine. Although we may request additional cleared indications for our current products, the FDA may deny those requests, require additional expensive clinical data to support any additional indications or impose limitations on the intended use of any cleared product as a condition of clearance. If the FDA determines that we or our OEM partners have promoted our products for off-label use or have made false or misleading or inadequately substantiated promotional claims, it could request that we or our OEM partners modify those promotional materials or take regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuance of an untitled letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine and criminal penalties. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our promotional or training materials to constitute promotion of an uncleared or unapproved use, which could also result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. In either event, in addition to potential extensive fines and penalties, our reputation could be damaged and adoption of our products would be impaired. Although our policy is to refrain from statements that could be considered off-label promotion of our products, the FDA or another regulatory agency could conclude that we have engaged in off-label promotion. In addition, the off-label use of our products may increase the risk of injury to patients, and, in turn, the risk of product liability claims. Product liability claims are expensive to defend and could divert our management’s attention and result in substantial damage awards against us.
*We may be subject to or otherwise affected by federal and state health care laws, including fraud and abuse and health information privacy and security laws, and could face substantial penalties if we are unable to fully comply with these laws.
Although we do not provide health care services or receive payments directly from Medicare, Medicaid or other third-party payers for our products or the procedures in which our products are used, health care regulation by federal and state governments will impact our business. Health care fraud and abuse laws potentially applicable to our operations include, but are not limited to:
the Federal Health Care Programs’ Anti-Kickback Law, which prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving any bribe, kickback or other remuneration intended to induce the purchase, order or recommendation of an item or service reimbursable under a federal health care program (such as the Medicare or Medicaid programs);

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federal false claims laws which prohibit, among other things, knowingly and willfully presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid, or other third-party payers that are false or fraudulent;
the federal provisions of the HIPAA established federal crimes for knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any health care benefit program or making false statements in connection with the delivery of or payment for health care benefits, items or services; and
state laws analogous to each of the above federal laws, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws that may apply to items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payers, including commercial insurers, and state laws governing the privacy of certain PHI.
Federal and state false claims laws prohibit anyone from presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment to third-party payers that are false or fraudulent. For example, the federal Civil False Claims Act imposes liability on any person or entity who, among other things, knowingly and willfully presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment by a federal health care program, including Medicaid and Medicare. Some suits filed under the Civil False Claims Act, known as “qui tam” actions, can be brought by a private individual, referred to as a “whistleblower” or “relator,” on behalf of the government and such individuals may share in any amounts paid by the entity to the government in fines or settlement. Such complaints are filed under seal and remain sealed until the applicable court orders otherwise. In recent years, the number of suits brought by private individuals has increased dramatically. Manufacturers, like us, can be held liable under false claims laws, even if they do not submit claims to the government, if they are found to have caused medical care providers to have submitted claims to the government for payment for a service or the use of a device that is not properly covered for government reimbursement. A number of states also have false claims laws, and some of these laws may apply to claims for items or services reimbursed under Medicaid and/or commercial insurance. Sanctions under these federal and state laws may include civil monetary penalties, exclusion of a manufacturer’s products from reimbursement under government programs and imprisonment. In particular, when an entity is determined to have violated the federal Civil False Claims Act, it may be required to pay up to three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus civil penalties of $5,500 to $11,000 for each separate false claim.
In April 2011, we were informed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Civil Division, that a qui tam complaint had been filed against us in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by three of our former physician office sales representatives. The qui tam complaint alleged, among other things, that our noninvasive hemoglobin products failed to meet their accuracy specifications, and that we misled the FDA and customers regarding the accuracy of the products. In November 2011, the United States declined to intervene in the case, and in October 2013, the District Court granted summary judgment in our favor. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision.
In September 2011, two of the same former sales representatives also filed employment-related claims against us in arbitration stemming from their allegations regarding our noninvasive hemoglobin products. On January 16, 2014, we were notified that the arbitrator awarded the plaintiffs approximately $5.4 million in damages. We challenged the arbitration award in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and on April 3, 2014, the District Court vacated the award. The former sales representatives are appealing the District Court’s decision. We are unable to predict the final outcome of the qui tam and employment matters. A reversal of the District Court’s decision in either matter could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations in the future.
In the third quarter of 2013, we were notified that the FDA and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Criminal Division, are investigating the allegations regarding our noninvasive hemoglobin products. The government has made informal requests for the production of documents and other information, and we are cooperating with the government in connection with the investigation. The Company and various Company executives signed agreements tolling the statute of limitations as to any charges that may be brought by the government. We have not received grand jury subpoenas in connection with the investigation, but we expect to receive them in the future. We cannot predict the outcome of the investigation. The investigation may be a distraction to management and cause us to incur significant expenses, and could result in criminal, civil, or regulatory proceedings against us and/or our officers or other employees.
We have certain arrangements with hospitals that may be affected by health care fraud and abuse laws. For instance, under our standard customer arrangements, we provide hospitals with free pulse oximetry monitoring devices in exchange for their agreement to purchase future pulse oximetry sensor requirements from us. In addition, we occasionally provide our customers with rebates in connection with their annual purchases. While we believe that these arrangements are structured such that we are currently in compliance with applicable federal and state health care laws, one or more of these arrangements may not meet the Federal Anti-Kickback Law’s safe harbor requirements, which may result in increased scrutiny by government authorities that are responsible for enforcing these laws.

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There can be no assurance that we will not be found to be in violation of any of such laws or other similar governmental regulations to which we are directly or indirectly subject, and as a result we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion of our products from reimbursement under Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care programs, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Any penalties could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against them, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business.
Further, we are required to comply with federal and state laws governing the transmission, security and privacy of individually identifiable patient-identifiable health information (PHI) that we may obtain or have access to in connection with the manufacture and sale of our products. We may be required to make costly system modifications to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security requirements. Our failure to comply may result in criminal and civil liability because the potential for enforcement action against business associates is greater as a result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
Numerous other federal and state laws protect the confidentiality of PHI including state medical information privacy laws, state social security number protection laws and state and federal consumer protection laws. In some cases, more protective state privacy and security laws are not preempted by HIPAA and may be subject to interpretation by various governmental authorities and courts resulting in potentially complex compliance issues for us and our customers.
In addition, state and federal human subject protection laws apply to our receipt of individually identifiable PHI in connection with clinical research. These laws could create liability for us if one of our research collaborators uses or discloses research subject information without authorization and in violation of applicable laws.
We may incur significant costs and potential liabilities in defending our new products and technologies in various legal and other proceedings.
Our breakthrough noninvasive measurement technologies are new and not yet widely understood or accepted. These new technologies may become the subject of various legal and other proceedings. We may incur significant costs in explaining and defending our new products and technologies in these proceedings, often to non-technical audiences. The outcomes of the proceedings are unpredictable and may result in significant liabilities, regardless of the merits of the claims made in the proceedings.
*Legislative and regulatory changes in the health care industry could have a negative impact on our financial performance. Furthermore, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be significantly and adversely affected by health care reform legislation in the U.S. or if reform programs are adopted in our key markets.
Changes in the health care industry in the U.S. and elsewhere could adversely affect the demand for our products as well as the way in which we conduct our business. In recent years, President Obama signed health care reform legislation into law that required most individuals to have health insurance, established new regulations on health plans, created insurance pooling mechanisms and reduced Medicare spending on services provided by hospitals and other providers. Beginning on January 1, 2013, this legislation also imposed significant new taxes on medical device makers in the form of a 2.3% excise tax on U.S. medical device sales, as well as related compliance and reporting obligations. We currently estimate our medical device excise tax to be in the range of $6.0 million to $7.0 million for fiscal year 2014.
Moreover, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) which was enacted by Congress as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, required medical device companies to track and publicly report, with limited exception, all payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals in the U.S. Implementing regulations for these tracking and reporting obligations were finalized in 2013, and companies are now required to track payments made since August 1, 2013. In addition, medical device companies are also be required to report payments to the government by March 31, 2014, and annually thereafter. If we fail to comply with the data collection and reporting obligations imposed by the Sunshine Act, we may be subject to substantial civil monetary penalties.
In general, an expansion in government’s role in the U.S. health care industry may lower reimbursements for our products, reduce demand for innovative products, reduce medical procedure volumes and adversely affect our business and results of operations, possibly materially. In addition, as a result of the continued focus on health care reform, there is risk that Congress may implement changes in laws and regulations governing health care service providers, including measures to control costs, or reductions in reimbursement levels. We cannot predict the effect any future legislation or regulation will have on us or what health care initiatives, if any, will be implemented at the state level. Furthermore, many private payers look to Medicare’s coverage and reimbursement policies in setting their coverage policies and reimbursement amounts such that federal reforms

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could influence the private sector as well. Finally, many states also may attempt to reform their Medicaid programs such that either coverage for certain items or services may be narrowed or reimbursement for them could be reduced. These health care reforms may adversely affect our business.
Consistent with or in addition to Congressional or state reforms, the CMS, the federal agency that administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, could change its current policies that affect coverage and reimbursement for our products. CMS determined in 2007 that certain uses of pulse oximetry monitoring are eligible for separate Medicare payment in the hospital outpatient setting when no separately payable hospital outpatient services are reported on the same date of service. Each year, however, CMS re-examines the reimbursement rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient and physician office settings and could either increase or decrease the reimbursement rate for procedures utilizing our products. We are unable to predict when legislation or regulation that affects our business may be proposed or enacted in the future or what effect any such legislation or regulation would have on our business. Any such legislation, regulation or policies that affect the coverage and reimbursement of our current or future products, or the procedures utilizing our current or future products, could cause our sales to decrease and our revenue to decline.
Our success in international markets also may depend upon the eligibility of reimbursement for our products through government-sponsored health care payment systems and other third-party payers. Outside of the U.S., reimbursement systems vary by country. These systems are often subject to the same pressures to curb rising health care costs and control health care expenditures as those in the U.S. In addition, as economies of emerging markets develop, these countries may implement changes in their health care delivery and payment systems. If adequate levels of reimbursement from third-party payers outside of the U.S. are not obtained, sales of our products outside of the U.S. may be adversely affected.
In addition, the requirements or restrictions imposed on us or our products may change, either as a result of administratively adopted policies or regulations or as a result of the enactment of new laws. Our medical devices and business activities are subject to rigorous regulation by the FDA and other federal, state and international governmental authorities. These authorities and members of Congress have been increasing their scrutiny over the medical device industry. In recent years, the U.S. Congress, Department of Justice, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense have issued subpoenas and other requests for information to medical device manufacturers, primarily related to financial arrangements with health care providers, regulatory compliance and product promotional practices. We anticipate that the government will continue to scrutinize our industry closely, and any new regulations or statutory provisions could result in delays or increased costs during the period of product development, clinical trials, and regulatory review and approval, as well as increased costs to assure compliance.
Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
Cercacor has conducted most of the research and development of rainbow ® technology and we are largely dependent upon Cercacor to develop improvements to certain rainbow ® technologies.
Cercacor has conducted the substantial majority of the research and development activities related to certain rainbow ® technologies. Although we expect Cercacor to continue its research and development activities related to certain rainbow ® technology and specific noninvasive monitoring measurements, including blood glucose and hemoglobin, we have no assurance that it will do so. In the event Cercacor does not continue to develop and improve selected rainbow ® technologies, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
*We may experience conflicts of interest with Cercacor with respect to business opportunities and other matters.
Prior to our initial public offering in August 2007, our stockholders owned 99% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Cercacor and we believe that as of March 29, 2014 , a number of stockholders of Cercacor continued to own shares of our stock. Joe Kiani, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cercacor.
Jack Lasersohn, another member of our board of directors, also serves on the board of directors of Cercacor. Due to the interrelated nature of Cercacor with us, conflicts of interest will arise with respect to transactions involving business dealings between us and Cercacor, potential acquisitions of businesses or products, development of products and technology, the sale of products, markets and other matters in which our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders may conflict with the best interests of the stockholders of Cercacor. We cannot guarantee that any conflict of interest will be resolved in our favor, or that with respect to our transactions with Cercacor we will negotiate terms that are as favorable to us as if such transactions were with another third-party.

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We will be required to pay Cercacor for the right to use certain improvements to Masimo SET ® that we develop.
Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, if we develop improvements to Masimo SET ® for the noninvasive monitoring of non-vital signs parameters, we would be required to assign these developments to Cercacor and then license the technology back from Cercacor in consideration for royalty obligations to Cercacor. Therefore, any improvement to this technology would be treated as if it had been developed exclusively by Cercacor. In addition, we will not be reimbursed by Cercacor for our expenses relating to the development of any such technology. As a result of these terms, we may not generate any revenue from the further development of Masimo SET ® for the monitoring of non-vital signs parameters, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are required to pay royalties to Cercacor for all products sold that contain rainbow ® technology, including certain annual minimum royalty payments, and this may impact our reported gross margins if we discontinue consolidating Cercacor within our financial statements.
The Cross-Licensing Agreement requires us to pay Cercacor a royalty for all products that we sell which include their proprietary rainbow ® technology. This includes handheld, table-top and multiparameter products that incorporate licensed rainbow ® technology. Beginning in 2009, for hospital contracts where we place equipment and enter into a sensor contract, we pay a royalty to Cercacor on the total sensor contract revenue based on the ratio of rainbow ® enabled devices to total devices. The agreement also requires that we make available to Cercacor, at its request, up to 10% of our annual board and sensor production volume at our total manufactured cost. In addition to these specific royalty and product obligations, our Cross-Licensing Agreement requires that we pay Cercacor specific annual minimum royalty payments.
Currently, we are required to consolidate Cercacor within our financial statements. Accordingly, the royalties that we owe to Cercacor are eliminated in our condensed consolidated financial statements presented within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other periodic reports, and the gross profit margins reported in our consolidated financial results do not include the royalty expense that we pay to Cercacor. We are also obligated to include, and have included, Cercacor’s engineering and administrative expenses in our reported engineering and administrative expenses. If our financial statements were not consolidated with Cercacor, our reported cost of goods sold would increase and our reported engineering and administrative expenses would decrease. To date, the amount of royalty expense has approximated the amount of engineering and administrative expense. In the future, depending upon the success of rainbow ® products and the royalties earned by Cercacor on those revenues, it is possible that the royalty expense will grow at a rate higher than the growth of engineering and administrative expenses. Should this occur, and if we were not required to consolidate Cercacor’s financial results within our financial statements, then our unconsolidated cost of sales could grow at a faster rate than our unconsolidated engineering expenses.
Despite describing and reflecting this Cercacor consolidation requirement within our financial statements, failure to understand or appreciate the significance of our consolidation of Cercacor’s financial statements may lead current and prospective investors to draw inaccurate perspectives and conclusions regarding our historical and future financial condition and results of operations.
In the event that the Cross-Licensing Agreement is terminated for any reason, or Cercacor grants a license to rainbow ® technology to a third-party, our business would be materially and adversely affected.
Cercacor owns all of the proprietary rights to rainbow ® technology developed with our proprietary Masimo SET ® for products intended to be used in the Cercacor Market, and all rights for any non-vital signs measurement for which we do not exercise an option pursuant to the Cross-Licensing Agreement. In addition, Cercacor has the right to terminate the Cross-Licensing Agreement or grant licenses covering rainbow ® technology to third parties if we breach certain terms of the agreement, including any failure to meet our minimum royalty payment obligations or failure to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop or market products incorporating licensed rainbow ® technology. If we lose our exclusive license to rainbow ® technology, we would lose the ability to prevent others from making, using, selling or importing products using rainbow ® technology in our market. As a result, we would likely be subject to increased competition within our market, and Cercacor or competitors who obtain a license to rainbow ® technology from Cercacor would be able to offer related products.
We may not be able to commercialize our products incorporating licensed rainbow ® technology cost-effectively or successfully.
As a result of the royalties that we must pay to Cercacor, it is generally more expensive for us to make products that incorporate licensed rainbow ® technology than products that do not include licensed rainbow ® technology, We cannot assure you that we will be able to sell products incorporating licensed rainbow ® technology at a price the market is willing to accept. If we cannot commercialize our products incorporating licensed rainbow ® technology successfully, we may not be able to generate sufficient

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product revenue from these products to be profitable, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Rights provided to Cercacor in the Cross-Licensing Agreement may impede a change in control of our company.
Under the Cross-Licensing Agreement, a change in control includes, but is not limited to, the resignation or termination of Joe Kiani from his position of Chief Executive Officer of either Masimo or Cercacor. In the event we undergo a change in control, we are required to immediately pay a $2.5 million fee to exercise an option to license technology developed by Cercacor for use in blood glucose monitoring. Additionally, our per product royalties payable to Cercacor will become subject to specified minimums, and the minimum aggregate annual royalties for all licensed rainbow ® measurements payable to Cercacor will increase to $15.0 million for carbon monoxide, methemoglobin, fractional arterial oxygen saturation, hemoglobin and blood glucose, plus up to $2.0 million per other rainbow ® measurements. Also, if the surviving or acquiring entity ceases to use “Masimo” as a company name and trademark following a change in control, all rights to the “Masimo” trademark will automatically be assigned to Cercacor. This could delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of us, including transactions in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over our then-current trading price. In addition, our requirement to assign all future improvements for non-vital signs to Cercacor could impede a change in control of our company.
We may experience significant fluctuations in our quarterly results in the future, we may not maintain our current levels of profitability, and changes to existing accounting pronouncements or taxation rules may affect how we conduct our business and affect our reported results of operations.
Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to fluctuate in the future. We may experience fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations as a result of:
delays or interruptions in manufacturing and shipping of our products;
varying demand for and market acceptance of our technologies and products;
delayed acceptance of our new products, negatively impacting the carrying value of our inventory;
design, technology or other market changes that could negatively impact the carrying value of our inventory;
the effect of competing technological and market developments resulting in lower selling prices or significant promotional costs;
changes in the timing of product orders and the volume of sales to our OEM partners;
actions taken by GPOs;
delays in hospital conversions to our products and declines in hospital patient census;
our legal expenses, particularly those related to litigation matters;
changes in our product or customer mix;
market seasonality of our sales;
ability to renew existing long-term sensor contract commitments;
changes in the total dollar amount of annual contract renewal activities;
changes in the mix, and therefore, the related costs of products that we supply at no upfront costs to our customers as part of their long-term sensor commitments;
changes in hospital and other alternative care admission levels;
inability to efficiently scale operations and establish processes to accommodate business growth;
unanticipated delays or problems in the introduction of new products, including delays in obtaining clearance or approval from the FDA;
high levels of returns and repairs; and
change in reimbursement rates for SpHb ® , SpCO ® and SpMet ® parameters.
In addition, a change in accounting pronouncements or taxation rules or practices, or the interpretation of them by the SEC or other regulatory bodies, can have a significant effect on our reported results and may even affect our reporting of transactions completed before the change is effective. New accounting pronouncements or taxation rules and varying interpretations of accounting pronouncements or taxation practice have occurred and may occur in the future. Changes to existing rules, the adoption of new rules, changes in tax laws, or the expiration of existing favorable tax holidays may adversely affect our reported financial results or the way we conduct our business.

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If our operating results fail to meet or exceed the expectations of securities analysts or investors, our stock price could drop suddenly and significantly. Our expense levels are based, in part, on our expectations regarding future revenue levels and are relatively fixed in the short term. As a result, if our revenue for a particular period was below our expectations, we would not be able to proportionately reduce our operating expenses for that period. Any revenue shortfall would have a disproportionately negative effect on our operating results for the period. Due to these and other factors, you should not rely on our results for any one quarter as an indication of our future performance.
Our results of operations could vary as a result of the methods, estimates, and judgments that we use in applying our accounting policies.
The methods, estimates, and judgments that we use in applying our accounting policies have a significant impact on our results of operations. Such methods, estimates, and judgments are, by their nature, subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, and factors may arise over time that lead us to change our methods, estimates, and judgments. Changes in those methods, estimates, and judgments could significantly affect our results of operations. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” contained in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
If we lose the services of our key personnel, or if we are unable to attract and retain other key personnel, we may not be able to manage our operations or meet our growth objectives.
We are highly dependent on our senior management, especially Joe Kiani, our Chief Executive Officer, and other key officers. We are also heavily dependent on our engineers and field sales team, including sales representatives and clinical specialists. Our success will depend on our ability to retain our current management, engineers and field sales team, and to attract and retain qualified personnel in the future, including scientists, clinicians, engineers and other highly skilled personnel. Competition for senior management, engineers and field sales personnel is intense and we may not be able to retain our personnel. In addition, some of our key personnel hold stock options with an exercise price that is greater than our recent closing prices, which may minimize the retention value of these options. The loss of the services of members of our key personnel could prevent the implementation and completion of our objectives, including the development and introduction of our products. In general, our officers may terminate their employment at any time without notice for any reason.
Existing or future acquisitions of businesses could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations if we fail to integrate the acquired businesses successfully into our existing operations or if we discover previously undisclosed liabilities.
We have acquired six businesses since our inception and we may acquire additional businesses in the future. Successful acquisitions depend upon our ability to identify, negotiate, complete and integrate suitable acquisitions and to obtain any necessary financing. Even if we complete acquisitions, we may experience:
difficulties in integrating any acquired companies, personnel, products and other assets into our existing business;
delays in realizing the benefits of the acquired company, products or other assets;
diversion of our management’s time and attention from other business concerns;
limited or no direct prior experience in new markets or countries we may enter;
higher costs of integration than we anticipated;
difficulties in retaining key employees of the acquired business who are necessary to manage these acquisitions; and
changes in the overall financial model as certain acquired companies may have a different revenue, gross profit margin or operating expense profile.
In addition, an acquisition could materially impair our operating results by causing us to incur debt or requiring us to amortize acquisition expenses and acquired assets. We may also discover deficiencies in internal controls, data adequacy and integrity, product quality, regulatory compliance and product liabilities that we did not uncover prior to our acquisition of such businesses, which could result in us becoming subject to penalties or other liabilities. Any difficulties in the integration of acquired businesses or unexpected penalties or liabilities in connection with such businesses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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*The risks inherent in operating internationally and the risks of selling and shipping our products and of purchasing our components and products internationally may adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We derive a portion of our net sales from international operations. In the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 , approximately 33% and 27%, respectively, of our product revenue was derived from our international operations. In addition, we purchase a portion of our raw materials and components on the international market. The sale and shipping of our products across international borders, as well as the purchase of materials and components from international sources, subject us to extensive U.S. and foreign governmental trade regulations. Compliance with such regulations is costly and we would be exposed to potentially significant penalties for non-compliance. Any failure to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations could impact us in a variety of ways that include, but are not limited to, significant criminal, civil and administrative penalties, including imprisonment of individuals, fines and penalties, denial of export privileges, seizure of shipments, restrictions on certain business activities, and exclusion or debarment from government contracting. Also, the failure to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations could result in the disruption of our shipping, manufacturing and sales activities. Any material decrease in our international sales would adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, our international sales operations expose us and our representatives, agents and distributors to risks inherent in operating in foreign jurisdictions. These risks include, but are not limited to:
the imposition of additional U.S. and foreign governmental controls or regulations;
the imposition of costly and lengthy new export licensing requirements;
a shortage of high-quality sales people and distributors;
loss of any key personnel that possess proprietary knowledge, or who are otherwise important to our success in certain international markets;
changes in duties and tariffs, license obligations and other non-tariff barriers to trade;
the imposition of new trade restrictions;
the imposition of restrictions on the activities of foreign agents, representatives and distributors;
scrutiny of foreign tax authorities which could result in significant fines, penalties and additional taxes being imposed on us;
pricing pressure that we may experience internationally;
laws and business practices favoring local companies;
political instability and actual or anticipated military or political conflicts;
financial and civil unrest worldwide;
longer payment cycles; and
difficulties in enforcing or defending intellectual property rights.
In addition, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws in non-U.S. jurisdictions generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Because of the predominance of government-sponsored health care systems around the world, many of our customer relationships outside of the U.S. are with governmental entities and are therefore subject to such anti-bribery laws. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws. Despite our training and compliance programs, our internal control policies and procedures may not always protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees or agents. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could subject us to cash and non-cash penalties, disrupt our operations, involve significant management distraction and result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our operations may be adversely impacted by our exposure to risks related to foreign currency exchange rates.
We market our products in certain foreign markets through our subsidiaries and other international distributors. The related sales agreements may provide for payments in a foreign currency. While a majority of our sales and expenditures are transacted in U.S. Dollars, some of our sales agreements with foreign customers provide for payment in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. These foreign currency revenues, when converted into U.S. Dollars, can vary depending on average exchange rates during a respective period. In addition, we are exposed to foreign currency gains or losses on outstanding foreign currency denominated receivables. When converted to U.S. Dollars, these receivables can vary depending on the monthly exchange rates at the end of the period. Similarly, certain of our foreign sales support subsidiaries transact business in their respective

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country’s local currency, which is also their functional currency. As a result, expenses of these foreign subsidiaries when converted into U.S. Dollars can vary depending on average monthly exchange rates during a respective period. In addition, certain intercompany transactions may give rise to realized and unrealized foreign currency gains or losses. Accordingly, our operating results are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
The balance sheets of our foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar are translated into U.S. Dollars at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date and the statements of comprehensive income and cash flows are translated into U.S. Dollars using the average monthly exchange rate during the period. Any foreign exchange gain or loss as a result of translating the balance sheets of our foreign subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar is included in equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
We currently do not hedge our foreign currency exchange rate risk. Should we decide in the future to hedge such rate risk by entering into forward contracts, these contracts may not mitigate the potential adverse impact on our financial results due to the variability of timing and amount of payments under these contracts. In addition, our failure to sufficiently hedge, forecast or otherwise manage such foreign currency risks properly could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We currently manufacture our products at several locations and any disruption in or expansion of our manufacturing operations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We rely on our manufacturing facilities in Mexicali, Mexico; Irvine, California; Hudson, New Hampshire; and Danderyd, Sweden. These facilities and the manufacturing equipment we use to produce our products would be difficult to replace and could require substantial time to repair. Our facilities may be affected by natural or man-made disasters. Earthquakes are of particular significance since some of our facilities are located in an earthquake-prone area. We are also vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, including power loss, attacks from extremist or terrorist organizations, epidemics, communication failures, fire, floods and similar events. In the event that one of our facilities was affected by a natural or man-made disaster, we would be forced to rely on third-party manufacturers if we could not shift production to our other manufacturing facilities. Furthermore, our insurance for damage to our property and the disruption of our business from casualties may not be sufficient to cover all of our potential losses and may not continue to be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are forced to seek alternative facilities, or if we voluntarily expand one or more of our manufacturing operations to new locations, we may incur additional transition costs and we may experience a disruption in the supply of our products until the new facilities are available and operating. We are also vulnerable to disruptions which may occur as a result of local, regional and worldwide health risks. Such disruptions may include the inability to manufacture and distribute our products due to the direct effects of illness on individuals or due to constraints on supply and distribution that may result from either voluntary or government imposed restrictions. Any disruption or delay at our manufacturing facilities and any expansion of our operations to additional locations could create operational hurdles and have an adverse impact on our ability to produce sufficient inventory of our products or may require us to incur additional expenses in order to produce sufficient inventory. In addition, any disruption, delay, transition or expansion of our manufacturing operations could impair our ability to meet the demand of our customers and our customers may cancel orders or purchase products from our competitors, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our suppliers may not supply us with a sufficient amount of materials and components or materials and components of adequate quality.
We depend on sole or limited source suppliers for key materials and components of our noninvasive blood constituent patient monitoring solutions, and if we are unable to obtain these components on a timely basis, we will not be able to deliver our noninvasive blood constituent patient monitoring solutions to customers. Also, we cannot guarantee that any of the materials or components that we purchase, if available at all, will be of adequate quality. From time to time, there are industry-wide shortages of several electronic components that we use in our noninvasive blood constituent patient monitoring solutions. We may experience delays in production of our products if we fail to identify alternate vendors for materials and components, or any parts supply is interrupted or reduced or there is a significant increase in production costs, each of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
If we fail to comply with the reporting obligations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or if we fail to maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting, our business, results of operations and financial condition and investors’ confidence in us could be materially and adversely affected.
As a public company, we are required to comply with the periodic reporting obligations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, including preparing annual reports, quarterly reports and current reports. Our failure to prepare and disclose this information in a timely manner and meet our reporting obligations in their entirety could subject us to

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penalties under federal securities laws and regulations of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, expose us to lawsuits and restrict our ability to access financing on favorable terms, or at all.
In addition, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are required to evaluate and provide a management report of our systems of internal control over financial reporting and our independent registered public accounting firm is required to attest to our internal control over financial reporting. During the course of the evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting, we may identify areas requiring improvement and may be required to design enhanced processes and controls to address issues identified through this review. This could result in significant delays and costs to us and require us to divert substantial resources, including management time from other activities. In addition, if we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to ensure that we can conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud. Any failure to maintain compliance with the requirements of Section 404 could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which in turn could harm our business, negatively impact the trading price of our stock, and adversely affect investors’ confidence in our company and our ability to access capital markets for financing.
Changing laws and increasingly complex corporate governance and public disclosure requirements could have an adverse effect on our business and operating results.
Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and new regulations of the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, have and will create additional compliance requirements for companies such as ours. To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, we have invested in, and intend to continue to invest in, reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards. These investments have resulted in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities and may continue to do so in the future. For example, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act included provisions regarding certain minerals and metals, known as conflict minerals, mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries. These provisions require companies to undertake due diligence procedures and report on the use of conflict minerals in their products, including products manufactured by third parties. Compliance with these provisions will cause us to incur costs to certify that our supply chain is conflict free and we may face difficulties if our suppliers are unwilling or unable to verify the source of their materials. Our ability to source these minerals and metals may also be adversely impacted. In addition, our OEM customers may require that we provide them with a certification and any inability to do so may disqualify us as a supplier.
To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, we have invested in, and intend to continue to invest in, reasonably necessary resources to comply with such evolving standards. These investments have resulted in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities and may continue to do so in the future.
*If product liability claims are brought against us, we could face substantial liability and costs.
The manufacture and sale of products using Masimo SET ® and licensed rainbow ® technology expose us to product liability claims and product recalls, including but not limited to, those that may arise from unauthorized off-label use, which is use of a device in a manner outside the measurement or measurements cleared by the FDA, malfunctions, design flaws or manufacturing defects related to our products or the use of our products with incompatible components or systems. For example, on April 21, 2014, an amended putative class action complaint was filed against us alleging product liability and negligence claims in connection with pulse oximeters that we modified and provided at the request of the study investigators for use in a randomized trial at the University of Alabama. The amended complaint seeks unspecified damages, costs, interest, attorney fees and injunctive and other relief. While we believe we have good and substantial defenses to the claims, there is no guarantee that we will prevail. In addition, we cannot be certain that our product liability insurance will be sufficient to cover any or all damages or claims asserted in this case or any other product liability claims that may be brought against us in the future. Furthermore, we may not be able to obtain or maintain insurance in the future at satisfactory rates or in adequate amounts to protect us against any product liability claims. Any losses that we may suffer from product liability claims, and the effect that any product liability litigation may have upon the reputation and marketability of our technology and products, together with the corresponding diversion of the attention of our key employees, may subject us to significant damages and could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We may incur environmental and personal injury liabilities related to certain hazardous materials used in our operations.
Our manufacturing processes involve the use, generation and disposal of certain hazardous materials and wastes, including silicone adhesives, solder and solder paste, sealants, epoxies and various solvents such as methyl ethyl ketone, acetone and isopropyl alcohol. As a result, we are subject to stringent federal, state and local laws relating to the protection of the environment, including those governing the use, handling and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. We may incur significant costs to comply with environmental regulations.
Products that we sell in Europe are subject to regulation in European Union, or EU, markets under the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS. RoHS prohibits companies from selling products which contain certain hazardous materials, including lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, in EU member states. In addition, the EU’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals Directive also restricts substances of very high concern in products. Complying with this regulation may result in significant product transition costs including potential risk to the carrying value of the related inventory, or delays in sales of our products in the EU.
From time to time, new regulations are enacted, and it is difficult to anticipate how such regulations will be implemented and enforced. We continue to evaluate the necessary steps for compliance with environmental regulations as they are enacted. Future environmental laws may significantly affect our operations by, for example, requiring our manufacturing processes to be altered or requiring us to use different types of materials in manufacturing our products. Any changes to our operations may increase our manufacturing costs, detrimentally impact the performance of our products, add greater testing lead-times for product introductions or have other similar effects. In our research and manufacturing activities, we use, and our employees, may be exposed to, materials that are hazardous to human health, safety or the environment. These materials and various wastes resulting from their use are stored at our facility pending ultimate use and disposal. The risk of accidental injury to our employees or contamination from these materials cannot be eliminated. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any resulting damages and any such liability could exceed our reserves. Although we maintain general liability insurance, we do not specifically insure against environmental liabilities. If an enforcement action were to occur, our reputation and our business and financial condition may be harmed, even if we were to prevail or settle the action on terms favorable to us.
We rely significantly on information technology and any failure, inadequacy, interruption or security lapse of that technology, including any cybersecurity incidents, could harm our ability to operate our business effectively.
Our ability to effectively manage and maintain our internal business information, and to ship products to customers and invoice them on a timely basis depends significantly on our enterprise resource planning system and other information systems. Portions of our information technology systems may experience interruptions, delays or cessations of service or produce errors in connection with ongoing systems implementation work. Cybersecurity attacks in particular are evolving and include, but are not limited to, malicious software, attempts to gain unauthorized access to data and other electronic security breaches that could lead to disruptions in systems, misappropriation of our confidential or otherwise protected information and corruption of data. The failure of these systems to operate effectively or to integrate with other systems, or a breach in security or other unauthorized access of these systems, may also result in delays in product fulfillment and reduced efficiency of our operations, and could require significant capital investments to remediate any such failure, problem or breach, all of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our operating results may be adversely affected by unfavorable economic and market conditions.
Many of the countries in which we operate, including the United States and several of the members of the European Union, have experienced and continue to experience uncertain economic conditions. Our business or financial results may be adversely impacted by these uncertain economic conditions, including: adverse changes in interest rates, tax laws or tax rates; inflation; contraction in the availability of credit in the marketplace due to legislation or other economic conditions, which may potentially impair our ability to access the capital markets on terms acceptable to us or at all; the effects of government initiatives to manage economic conditions; and reduced demand for our products resulting from a slow-down in the general global economy.
In addition, we cannot predict how current or worsening economic conditions will affect our critical customers, suppliers and distributors and any negative impact on our critical customers, suppliers or distributors may also have an adverse impact on our results of operations or financial condition.

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Risks Related to Our Stock
*Our stock price may be volatile, and your investment in our stock could suffer a decline in value.
There has been significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of equity securities, which is often unrelated to the financial performance of the companies issuing the securities. These broad market fluctuations may negatively affect the market price of our stock. From December 30, 2013 to March 28, 2014, our closing stock price ranged from $25.37 to $31.88 per share. You may not be able to resell your shares at or above the price you paid for them due to fluctuations in the market price of our stock caused by changes in our operating performance or prospects and other factors.
In addition to the other risk factors previously discussed above, there are many other factors that we may not be able to control that could have a significant effect on our stock market price These include but are not limited to:
actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results or future prospects;
our announcements or our competitors’ announcements of new products;
the public’s reaction to our press releases, our other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;
strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or restructurings;
new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations applicable to our business;
changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;
changes in our growth rates or our competitors’ growth rates;
developments regarding our patents or proprietary rights or those of our competitors;
ongoing legal proceedings;
our inability to raise additional capital as needed;
concerns or allegations as to the safety or efficacy of our products;
changes in financial markets or general economic conditions, including the effects of recession or slow economic growth in the U.S. and abroad;
sales of stock by us or members of our management team, our board of directors or certain institutional stockholders; and
changes in stock market analyst recommendations or earnings estimates regarding our stock, other comparable companies or our industry generally.
*Concentration of ownership among our existing directors, executive officers and principal stockholders may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.
As of March 29, 2014 , our current directors and executive officers and their affiliates, in the aggregate, beneficially owned nearly 14% of our outstanding stock. Subject to any fiduciary duties owed to our other stockholders under Delaware law, these stockholders may be able to exercise a significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions, and will have some control over our management and policies. Some of these persons or entities may have interests that are different from yours. For example, these stockholders may support proposals and actions with which you may disagree or which are not in your best interests. The concentration of ownership could delay or prevent a change in control of our Company, or otherwise discourage a potential acquirer from attempting to obtain control of our Company, which in turn could reduce the price of our stock. In addition, these stockholders could use their voting influence to maintain our existing management and directors in office or support or reject other management and board proposals that are subject to stockholder approval, such as amendments to our employee stock plans and approvals of significant financing transactions.
*You could experience substantial dilution of your investment as a result of subsequent exercises of our outstanding options or the grant of future equity awards by us.
As of March 29, 2014 , an aggregate of approximately 16.0 million sha res of our stock were reserved for future issuance under our three equity incentive plans, approximately 9.6 million of which were subject to options outstanding as of that date at a weighted average exercise price of $23.28 per share. To the extent outstanding options are exercised, our existing stockholders may incur dilution. We rely heavily on equity awards to motivate current employees and to attract new employees. The grant of future equity awards by us to our employees and other service providers may further dilute our stockholders.

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Future resales of our stock, including those by our insiders and a few investment funds, may cause our stock price to decline.
A significant portion of our outstanding shares are held by directors, executive officers and a few investment funds. Resale by these stockholders of a substantial number of such shares, announcements of any proposed resale of substantial amounts of our stock or the perception that substantial resales may be made, could significantly reduce the market price of our stock. Some of our directors and executive officers have entered into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans pursuant to which they have arranged to sell shares of our stock from time to time in the future. Generally, these sales require public filings. Actual or potential sales by these insiders, including those under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, could be interpreted by the market as an indication that the insider has lost confidence in our stock and reduce the market price of our stock.
We have registered and expect to continue to register shares reserved under our equity plans under a Registration Statement on Form S-8. All shares issued pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance, subject to restrictions on our affiliates under Rule 144. If a large number of these shares are sold in the public market, the sales could reduce the trading price of our stock.
Our corporate documents and Delaware law contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company, prevent attempts to replace or remove current management and reduce the market price of our stock.
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition involving us that our stockholders may consider favorable. For example, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to issue up to five million shares of “blank check” preferred stock. As a result, without further stockholder approval, the board of directors has the authority to attach special rights, including voting and dividend rights, to this preferred stock. With these rights, preferred stockholders could make it more difficult for a third-party to acquire us. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for a staggered board of directors, whereby directors serve for three year terms, with one third of the directors coming up for reelection each year. A staggered board will make it more difficult for a third-party to obtain control of our board of directors through a proxy contest, which may be a necessary step in an acquisition of us that is not favored by our board of directors.
We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Delaware General Corporation Law. Under these provisions, if anyone becomes an “interested stockholder,” we may not enter into a “business combination” with that person for three years without special approval, which could discourage a third-party from making a takeover offer and could delay or prevent a change in control of us. For purposes of these provisions, an “interested stockholder” generally means someone owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock or an affiliate of ours that owned 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock during the past three years, subject to certain exceptions as described in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
In addition, we have adopted a stockholder rights plan. Under our stockholder rights plan, if any person becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of our stock, subject to a number of exceptions set forth in the plan, all of our stockholders other than the acquiring person will receive a right to purchase shares of our stock at a price of $136.00 per share. Our stockholder rights plan could discourage a takeover attempt and make an unsolicited takeover of our company more difficult. As a result, without the approval of our board of directors, you may not have the opportunity to sell your shares to a potential acquirer of us at a premium over prevailing market prices. This could reduce the market price of our stock.
*We may elect not to declare cash dividends on our stock, may elect to only pay dividends on an infrequent or irregular basis, or may elect not to make any additional stock repurchases. As a result, any return on your investment may be limited to the value of our stock. In addition, the payment of any future dividends or the repurchase of our stock might limit our ability to pursue other growth opportunities .
Our board of directors (Board) may from time to time declare, and we may pay, dividends on our outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law. However, we may elect to retain all future earnings for the operation and expansion of our business, rather than paying cash dividends on our stock. Any payment of cash dividends on our stock will be at the discretion of our Board and will depend upon our results of operations, earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, business prospects, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. In the event our Board declares any dividends, there is no assurance with respect to the amount, timing or frequency of any such dividends.
In February 2013, our Board authorized a stock repurchase program, whereby we may purchase up to 6.0 million shares of our common stock over a period of up to three years. As of March 29, 2014, approximately 5.0 million shares remain authorized for repurchase under the program. Any repurchase of our common stock will be at the discretion of a committee comprised of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, results of

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operations, capital requirements, financial conditions, available capital from operations or other sources, and the market price of our common stock. Therefore, there is no assurance with respect to the amount, price or timing of any such repurchases. We may elect to retain all future earnings for the operation and expansion of our business, rather than repurchasing additional outstanding shares. In the event we pay dividends, or make any stock repurchases in the future, our ability to finance any material expansion of our business, including through acquisitions, investments or increased capital spending, or to fund our operations, may be limited. In addition, any repurchases we may make in the future may not prove to be at optimal prices. Our Board may modify or amend our stock repurchase program at any time at its discretion without stockholder approval.
Item 6. Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.


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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, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
M ASIMO  C ORPORATION
 
 
 
 
Date: April 30, 2014
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ J OE K IANI
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joe Kiani
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
 
 
 
 
Date: April 30, 2014
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ M ARK  P. DE  R AAD
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark P. de Raad
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
 
 
 
Description of Document
3.1
 
(1)
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.2)
3.2
 
(2)
 
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (Exhibit 3.1)
3.3
 
(3)
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws adopted on October 20, 2011 (Exhibit 3.2)
4.1
 
(1)
 
Form of Common Stock Certificate (Exhibit 4.1)
4.2
 
(1)
 
Fifth Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement made and entered into as of September 14, 1999, between the Company and certain of its stockholders (Exhibit 4.2)
4.3
 
(2)
 
Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 2007, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (Exhibit 4.1)
4.4#
 
(4)
 
Masimo Retirement Savings Plan (Exhibit 4.7)
10.1
 
 
 
Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions, dated as of November 1, 2013, by and between the Company and Nikken, Inc.
10.2
 
 
 
First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement, made and entered into effective as of January 8, 2014, by and between the Company and Nikken, Inc.
10.3
 
 
 
Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement, made and entered into effective as of January 10, 2014, by and between the Company and Nikken, Inc.
10.4
 
 
 
Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement, made and entered into effective as of March 10, 2014, by and between the Company and Nikken, Inc.
10.5
 
 
 
Fourth Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement, made and entered into effective as of March 12, 2014, by and between the Company and Nikken, Inc.
12.1
 
 
 
Statement Regarding the Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
31.1
 
 
 
Certification of Joe Kiani, Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended
31.2
 
 
 
Certification of Mark P. de Raad, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended
32.1
 
 
 
Certification of Joe Kiani, Chief Executive Officer, and Mark P. de Raad, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended
101.INS
 
 
 
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
 
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
 
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
 
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
 
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
 
 
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 29, 2014 and December 28, 2013, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 _____________________________
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-142171), originally filed on April 17, 2007. The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1, as amended.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2007. The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2011. The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.

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(4)
Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on February 11, 2008. The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-8.
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AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE
AND ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
THIS AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE AND ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS (“ Agreement ”) is dated as of November 1, 2013, (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between Nikken, Inc., a California corporation (“ Seller ”), and Masimo Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”), and (i) constitutes a contract of sale and purchase between the parties, and (ii) escrow agreement among Seller, Buyer and Escrow Holder (defined below), the consent of which appears at the end hereof.
RECITALS
A. Seller is the current owner of: (i) certain land located in the City of Irvine, County of Orange, State of California which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “ Land ”), and (ii) all improvements on the Land, including that certain building located on such Land commonly known as 52 Discovery Way, comprised of approximately 213,400 square feet. The Land, together with all improvements, fixtures (other than Excluded Fixtures (as defined in Section 2.1 below)), rights, privileges, easements, rights of way and appurtenances thereto, is referred to herein collectively as the “ Real Property ”.
B.      Buyer desires to purchase the Property (defined below) and Seller desires to sell the Property on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Buyer and Seller agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Certain Basic Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
1.1      Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the specified Person.
1.2      Business Day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the State of California are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
1.3      Buyer’s Address ” means:




Masimo Corporation
40 Parker
Irvine, CA 92618
Attention: Mr. Yongsam Lee, CIO & EVP Operations
Telephone: (949) 297-7000
Facsimile: (949) 297-7099
Email: ylee@masimo.com

and

Attention: Mr. Jim Schindler, Sr. Corporate Counsel
Telephone: (949) 297-7000
Facsimile: (949) 297-7099
Email:    jschindler@masimo.com

With copy to:

Stuart Kane LLP
620 Newport Center Drive, Suite 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Attention: Josh C. Grushkin, Esq.
Phone: (949) 791-5151
Facsimile: (949) 791-5251
Email: jgrushkin@stuartkane.com
1.4      Buyer’s Broker ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.
1.5      Cash Balance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.2 .
1.6      Closing Date ” means Friday, March 7, 2014.
1.7      County ” means the County of Orange, State of California.
1.8      Deposit ” means the Initial Deposit and the Additional Deposit (exclusive of the Independent Consideration (defined in Section 2.2.3 below)) to be delivered into and held in Escrow as provided in Section 2.2.1 .
1.9      Entitlements ” means and includes the rights under any entitlements, permits, approvals, authorizations, licenses and consents obtained from any Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the development, use, operation or management of the Property.

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1.10      Escrow Holder ” means First American Title Insurance Company.
1.11      Escrow Holder’s Address ” means:
First American Title Insurance Company
1 First American Way
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Attention: Brenna Ryan
Telephone No. (949) 885-2404
Facsimile No. (714) 913-6372
Email: bryan@firstam.com
1.11.1      Excluded Information ” means all proprietary, privileged or confidential information of Seller or Buyer relating to the Property, including but not limited to, internal financial analysis, marketing studies and reports, credit analysis, materials relating to cost to acquire the Property, purchase agreements pursuant to which Seller or its affiliates acquired the Property, appraisals or valuations of the Property, and any documents or communications subject to the attorney/client privilege.
1.12      Feasibility Period ” shall mean the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending at 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday, January 8, 2014.
1.13      Governmental Authority ” means any and all boards, agencies, commissions, offices, or authorities of any nature whatsoever of any governmental unit (federal, state, county, district, municipal, city, or otherwise), whether now or hereafter in existence, which have jurisdiction over all or any portion of the Property.
1.14      Hazardous Materials ” shall mean (i) any flammable, explosive or radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or related materials including, without limitation, substances defined as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances” or “solid waste” in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601, et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C., Section 2601 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.; and in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to said laws; (ii) those substances listed in the United States Department of Transportation Table (49 C.F.R. 172.101 and amendments thereto) or by the Environmental Protection Agency (or any successor agency) as hazardous substances (40 C.F.R. Part 302 and amendments thereto); (iii) those substances defined as “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous substances” or “toxic substances” in any similar federal, state or local laws or in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to any of the foregoing laws or which otherwise are regulated by any Governmental Authority, agency,

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department, commission, board or instrumentality of the United States of America, the State of California, or any political subdivision thereof, (iv) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemicals, materials, or substances within the meaning of any other applicable federal, state, or local law, regulation, ordinance, or requirement (including consent decrees and administrative orders) relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or material, all as amended; (v) petroleum or any byproducts thereof; (vi) any radioactive material, including any source, special nuclear or by product material as defined at 42 U.S.C. Sections 2011 et seq., as amended, and in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to said law; (vii) asbestos in any form or condition; and (viii) polychlorinated biphenyls.
1.15      Land ” has the meaning set forth in Recital A.
1.16      Person ” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a company, a voluntary association, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an unincorporated organization or other entity.
1.17      Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .
1.18      Property Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.2 .
1.19      Purchase Price ” means the aggregate sum of Fifty Six Million and No/100 Dollars ($56,000,000.00).
1.20      Seller’s Address ” means:
Nikken, Inc.
52 Discovery
Irvine, CA 92618
Attention: Kurt H. Fulle
Telephone: (949) 789-2000 ext. 2262
Facsimile: (949) 789-2064
Email: kurtF@nikken.com

with a copy to:

Paul Hastings LLP
695 Town Center Drive
Seventeenth Floor
Costa Mesa, California 92626
Attention: John F. Simonis Esq.
Telephone: (714) 668-6236

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Facsimile: (714) 668-6336
Email: johnsimonis@paulhastings.com
1.21      Seller’s Broker ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6 .
1.22      Title Company ” means:
First American Title Insurance Company
1250 Corona Pointe Court, Suite 201
Corona, CA 92879
Attention: Mark Wardle
Telephone: (951) 256-5830
Facsimile: (909) 476-2401
Email: mwardle@firstam.com
2.      Sale of Property; Purchase Price .
2.1      Sale of Property . Seller hereby agrees to sell and convey to Buyer, and Buyer hereby agrees to purchase and acquire from Seller, on and subject to the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Real Property and all right, title and interest of Seller in and to: (a) all fixtures located on or affixed to the Real Property, other than the fixtures described on Exhibit B (“ Excluded Fixtures ”), which may be removed by Seller from the Real Property prior to the Closing, (b) all warranties, guaranties and claims relating to the Real Property, the Entitlements, and all other general intangibles relating to design, development, operation, management and use of the Real Property to the extent owned by or under the control of Seller (collectively, the “ General Intangibles ”), to the extent assignable without third party consents as of the Closing Date. The Real Property and the General Intangibles are collectively referred to as the “ Property .”
2.2      Purchase Price . If this Agreement has not been terminated or deemed terminated, the Purchase Price shall be payable as follows:
2.2.1      Deposit . Within two (2) Business Days after the opening of Escrow Buyer shall deliver to Escrow Holder by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds, the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($500,000) (the “ Initial Deposit ”), and the Initial Deposit shall be deposited by Escrow Holder in accordance with Section 4.1 below. Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Initial Deposit (less the Independent Consideration (defined below in Section 2.2.3 )) shall be promptly returned to Buyer if Buyer has delivered a Termination Notice (defined below in Section 3.2.3) or failed to deliver the Approval Notice (defined below in Section 3.2.3 ) prior to the end of the Feasibility Period in accordance with Section 3.2.3 . Buyer’s failure to deliver the Approval Notice or the delivery of a Termination Notice prior to the end of the Feasibility Period shall be deemed Buyer’s election to terminate the Agreement. If Buyer delivers the Approval Notice

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prior to the end of the Feasibility Period in accordance with Section 3.2.3 , then within one (1) Business Day after the day the Feasibility Period expires, Buyer shall deliver to Escrow Holder by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds, the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($1,500,000) (the “ Additional Deposit ”), and the Additional Deposit shall be deposited by Escrow Holder in accordance with Section 2.3 below. After expiration of the Feasibility Period and delivery of the Additional Deposit by Buyer to Escrow Holder, the Deposit shall remain in Escrow and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall either be: (i) applied and credited toward payment of the Purchase Price at Closing, (ii) disbursed by Escrow Holder to Seller as liquidated damages pursuant to Section 10.1 below, if the Closing fails to occur under the provisions of this Agreement as a result of a Buyer’s Default (defined below) after expiration of the Feasibility Period, or (iii) refunded to Buyer if this Agreement is terminated (x) due to a default by Seller under this Agreement or (y) pursuant to Section 4.5 , Section 4.6.3(c)  or Section 7 below.
2.2.2      Cash Balance . Buyer shall deposit into Escrow an amount (the “ Cash Balance ”), in immediately available federal funds, equal to the Purchase Price, minus the Deposit and decreased by the amount of any credits due Buyer, and increased by the amount of any items chargeable to Buyer, under this Agreement as set forth on the applicable Closing Statement (as referenced in Section 4.7.4) prepared by Escrow Holder. Buyer shall deposit the Cash Balance into Escrow in the form of immediately available federal funds no later than 10:00am PST on the Closing Date or otherwise one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date if required by the Escrow Holder under applicable law such that Escrow Holder will be in a position to disburse the cash proceeds to Seller on the Closing Date.
2.2.3      Independent Consideration . The Initial Deposit being delivered by Buyer includes the amount of One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($100.00) as independent consideration for Seller’s performance under this Agreement (“ Independent Consideration ”). If this Agreement is terminated for any reason other than a breach by Seller, the Escrow Holder shall first disburse to Seller, from the Deposit, the Independent Consideration, prior to any other release or disbursement of the Deposit as provided for under this Agreement. The Independent Consideration shall be nonrefundable under all circumstances, and in no event shall the Independent Consideration be applied to the Purchase Price at Closing if the Closing occurs.
2.3      Interest . All funds received from or for the account of Buyer shall be deposited by Escrow Holder in insured interest-bearing account(s) with a federally insured state or national bank located in California reasonably acceptable to Buyer. All interest accrued on the Deposit shall be credited to the party receiving the Deposit, provided however, if the transaction closes, at Closing any interest earned on the Deposit shall be credited to Buyer by applying the same against the Purchase Price.

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2.4      Return of Property Information . If this Agreement is terminated for any reason other than a Seller default, Buyer and/or Buyer’s agents or representatives shall promptly deliver to Seller all originals and copies of all Property Information and copies of all third party reports and studies obtained by Buyer and/or Buyer’s agents or representatives (without warranty as to accuracy or completeness and subject to the rights of third party consultants preparing such reports) except Excluded Information and that portion of such information already in the public domain (e.g., title reports, matters of public record, filings with public agencies).
3.      Property Diligence and Feasibility Period/Right of First Offer Contingency .
3.1      Physical Inspection
3.1.4      Seller shall allow Buyer and Buyer’s engineers, architects or other employees and agents reasonable access to the Property during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice to Seller (an “ Inspection Notice ”), for the limited purposes provided herein and in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.1 . Notwithstanding the terms of Section 15, Buyer and Seller acknowledge and agree that, for the purpose of delivering an Inspection Notice to Seller, Buyer shall be in compliance with this Agreement if Buyer contacts Alfonso Chavez, Facilities Director for Seller, telephonically or via e-mail at least twenty four hours in advance of Buyer entering onto the Property.
3.1.5      Buyer and its engineers, architects and other employees and agents may exercise such access solely for the purposes of (i) reviewing contracts, books and records relating to the Property (other than Excluded Information), soil reports, environmental studies and reports, surveys, and building and systems plans; (ii) reviewing records relating to operating expenses and other instruments and correspondence relating to the Property; and (iii) inspecting the physical condition of the Property and conducting non-invasive physical and environmental tests and inspections thereof including a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, non-invasive soils and geology testing. BUYER SHALL NOT CONDUCT OR ALLOW ANY PHYSICALLY INVASIVE TESTING OF, ON OR UNDER THE PROPERTY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING SELLER’S WRITTEN CONSENT, TO BE WITHHELD IN SELLER’S SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION UNLESS SUCH INVASIVE TESTING IS RECOMMENDED BY BUYER’S CONSULTANT IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESULTS OF A PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, IN WHICH EVENT SELLER’S CONSENT SHALL NOT TO BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, CONDITIONED OR DELAYED.
3.1.6      Buyer agrees that it will cause it and any person accessing the Property hereunder to be covered by not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) commercial general liability insurance (with, in the case of Buyer’s coverage, a contractual liability endorsement, insuring its indemnity obligation under this Agreement), insuring all activity and conduct of such person while exercising such right of access and naming Seller, as insured, issued by a licensed

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insurance company qualified to do business in the State in which the Property is located and otherwise reasonably acceptable to Seller. Buyer shall deliver a certificate of insurance to Seller prior to conducting any inspections.
3.1.7      Buyer agrees that, in the exercise of the right of access granted hereby, it will not unreasonably interfere with or permit unreasonable interference with any person occupying or providing service at the Property.
3.1.8      Subject to Buyer’s compliance with Section 3.1.7 below, Buyer shall have the right to interview the tenant under the Parking Lot Lease (defined below) once during the Feasibility Period.
3.1.9      Buyer agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller, and its affiliates, members, partners, subsidiaries, shareholders, officers, directors and agents from any loss, injury, damage, cause of action, liability, claim, lien, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from the exercise by Buyer or its employees, consultants, agents or representatives of the right of access under this Agreement or out of any of the foregoing; provided , however , such indemnification obligation shall not be applicable to Buyer's mere discovery of any adverse physical condition at the Property or any pre-existing conditions on the Property which may be encountered or aggravated as a result of such entry or activity, except to the extent such aggravation is the result of Buyer’s (or any of its Affiliates, agents or contractors) negligent acts or omissions. The indemnity in this Section 3.1.6 shall survive the Closing or any termination of this Agreement.
3.1.10      Buyer agrees to give Seller an Inspection Notice prior to conducting any tenant interview, inspections or tests so that Seller will have the opportunity to have a representative present during any such interview, inspection or test, the right to do which Seller expressly reserves. Buyer agrees to reasonably cooperate with any reasonable request by Seller in connection with the timing of any such interview, inspection or test and Seller agrees to cooperate in good faith to coordinate such interview, or inspections on an expedited basis during Seller’s normal business hours (9:00am-5:00pm Pacific Standard Monday-Friday exclusive of holidays) or at such other time as mutually agreeable to Buyer and Seller.
3.1.11      Buyer agrees that any inspection, test or other study or analysis of the Property commissioned by Buyer shall be performed at Buyer’s expense and in strict accordance with applicable law.
3.1.12      Buyer agrees at its own expense to promptly repair or restore any damage to the Property caused by Buyer or its agents, or, at Seller’s option, to reimburse Seller for any repair or restoration costs actually incurred by Seller, if any inspection or test requires or results

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in any damage to or alteration of the condition of the Property. The obligations set forth in this Section 3.1.9 shall survive the Closing or any termination of this Agreement.
3.2      Feasibility Period . Buyer shall have until the expiration of the Feasibility Period to:
3.2.1      review, in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion, the suitability of the Property for Buyer’s use and development, including, without limitation, any governmental land use regulations, zoning ordinances, architectural and design approvals, recorded land use restrictions, development costs, on-site construction costs, financial and market feasibility, the status of the Entitlements of the Property (and prospects of any proposed modifications or approvals that may be required for Buyer’s intended use of the Property), the presence of Hazardous Materials, existing or potential assessments imposed on the Property, the subcontracts and consultant contracts used by Seller in connection with the development of the Property, the physical condition of the Property, and the Property Information previously delivered or made available to Buyer (collectively, “ Feasibility Matters ”);
3.2.2      approve or disapprove of the Feasibility Matters; and
3.2.3      may deliver to Seller and Escrow Holder written notice of Buyer’s election to (a) approve the Feasibility Matters and proceed with Closing the transaction contemplated under this Agreement (the “ Approval Notice ”), or (b) terminate this Agreement (the “ Termination Notice ”).
3.2.4      If Buyer timely delivers the Termination Notice prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period, or otherwise fails to deliver the Approval Notice prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period, Seller shall be reimbursed out of the Initial Deposit for its reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with this transaction, not-to-exceed Fifty-Thousand Dollars ($50,000) (the “ Seller’s Reimbursement ”). If Buyer timely delivers the Termination Notice or fails to deliver the Approval Notice, (i) Seller shall, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of the Termination Notice, deliver an invoice from its attorneys for legal services provided in connection with this transaction, (ii) Escrow Holder shall upon receipt of such invoice disburse to Seller the Independent Consideration plus the Seller’s Reimbursement in the amount of such attorneys’ fees up to a maximum of Fifty-Thousand Dollars ($50,000), (iii) disburse the remainder of the Initial Deposit to Buyer (subject to Buyer’s fulfillment of its obligations under Section 2.4 ), (iv) the Escrow shall be canceled, (v) Buyer and Seller shall share equally any Escrow and title cancellation charges and (vi) the Parties shall thereafter be released from all obligations hereunder other than any obligations that survive termination by their terms. If Buyer delivers the Approval Notice, the delivery of same shall be conclusively deemed to be Buyer’s full and complete approval of all Feasibility Matters and satisfaction of Buyer’s inspection right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, Seller shall not be entitled to any portion of the Seller’s

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Reimbursement in the event the Irvine Company exercises its ROFO (defined below) during the Feasibility Period.
3.3      Diligence Regarding Buyer’s Potential Alterations and Changes of Use of the Property .
3.3.1      In connection with Buyer’s diligence review of the Feasibility Matters, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that during the Feasibility Period Buyer and its agents shall have the right, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, to (i) meet with the City of Irvine and other governmental agencies having jurisdiction with respect to the Property (“ Governmental Agencies ”) to discuss and review the Entitlements and any approvals or modifications that may be required for Buyer’s intended use of the Property and (ii) meet with The Irvine Company to discuss and review the land use restrictions recorded against the Property and any approvals or modifications that may be required for Buyer’s intended use of the Property, provided that Buyer shall provide Seller with an Inspection Notice at least twenty four hours in advance of any such proposed meeting or discussion with any Governmental Agency or The Irvine Company. Seller shall have the option to participate in such meeting or discussion in its sole discretion. If Seller chooses to participate in a meeting or discussion, the parties agree to cooperate in good faith to find a mutually acceptable date and time.
3.3.2      Prior to the Closing, Buyer shall not represent in any meetings or otherwise that it has any authority to bind the Property or Seller in any way. After the Feasibility Period, Buyer may submit applications for required approvals for modification to the Entitlements and/or building permits, tract maps, site plans, building plans or development approvals with applicable Governmental Agency (“ Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals ”) and for required approvals from The Irvine Company pursuant to the private restrictions recorded against the Property (“ Irvine Company Approvals ”), provided, however, that (a) unless otherwise agreed by Seller in writing in its sole discretion, any modifications to the Entitlements or other Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals or Irvine Company Approvals that impact the use or development rights for the Property or impose any bonding, construction, fee or other obligations on the owner of the Property must be expressly conditioned upon the Closing and Buyer’s acquisition of the Property and be fully rescindable if this Agreement is terminated and the Closing does not occur, and (b) such Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals and Irvine Company Approvals shall be subject to the prior written approval of Seller, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed if the foregoing requirements are met. Subject to the foregoing requirements, Seller shall reasonably cooperate with respect to any applications for Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals and Irvine Company provided (i) Buyer pays all costs and assumes all liability with respect to such Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals, (ii) neither Seller nor the Property shall be bound to any modifications to the Entitlements unless and until the Closing occurs, (iii) Seller shall in no event become obligated or exposed to any potential liability for any fees, exactions, development obligations or other

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development conditions with respect to the Governmental Approvals and (iv) Buyer shall pay any out of pocket legal fees or other out of pocket costs incurred by Seller in connection with any such Proposed Buyer Governmental Approvals, so long as Seller notifies Buyer in advance prior to incurring such out of pocket fees and costs.
3.4      Irvine Company Purchase Right . The parties hereto acknowledge that The Irvine Company has a thirty (30) day right of first offer to purchase the Property under the special land use restrictions recorded against the Property (the “ ROFO ”). Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that within five (5) business days of the Effective Date, Seller shall submit the required notices and offer pursuant to the ROFO to The Irvine Company. If Seller receives any written exercise or waiver of the ROFO, it shall promptly deliver a copy of such notice to Buyer and the Escrow Holder. If The Irvine Company timely and properly exercises its ROFO, Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of same, and this Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 : (a) each party shall promptly execute and deliver to Escrow Holder such documents as Escrow Holder may reasonably require to evidence such termination; (b) Escrow Holder shall return all documents to the respective parties who delivered such documents to Escrow; (c) Escrow Holder shall remit the Independent Consideration to Seller (if not already delivered) and the remainder of the Deposit to Buyer; (d) Buyer and Seller shall each pay one-half (½) of Escrow Holder’s title and escrow cancellation fees, if any; (e) Buyer shall return within ten (10) days after termination of this Agreement to Seller all Property Information in Buyer’s possession relating to the Property in accordance with Section 2.4 above, a copy of any third party reports produced by any third party or at the behest of Buyer (other than Excluded Information); and (f) the respective obligations of Buyer and Seller under this Agreement shall terminate except those obligations that by their terms survive termination.
4.      Escrow; Closing Conditions .
4.1      Escrow . Upon the execution of this Agreement by Buyer and Seller, and the acceptance of this Agreement by Escrow Holder in writing, this Agreement shall constitute the joint escrow instructions of Buyer and Seller to Escrow Holder to open an escrow (“ Escrow ”) within one (1) Business Day of the date that Escrow Holder receives this Agreement executed by Buyer and Seller, for the consummation of the sale of the Property to Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Upon Escrow Holder’s receipt of the Initial Deposit and Escrow Holder’s written acceptance of this Agreement, Escrow Holder is authorized to act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Buyer and Seller shall execute Escrow Holder’s general escrow instructions; a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibit C ; provided , however , that if there is any conflict or inconsistency between such general escrow instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. Upon the Closing Date, Escrow Holder shall pay any sum owed to Seller with immediately available federal funds.

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4.2      Closing Date . Unless this Agreement has been terminated, the Escrow shall close (“ Close of Escrow ” or “ Closing ”) on the Closing Date (as the same may be extended), provided that all conditions to the Close of Escrow set forth in this Agreement have been satisfied or waived in writing by the party intended to be benefited thereby.
4.3      Buyer’s Conditions to Closing . The Closing is subject to and contingent on the satisfaction of the following conditions or the waiver of the same by Buyer in writing:
4.3.1      Title Policy . The Title Company’s unconditional and irrevocable commitment (subject only to the payment of the applicable premium) to issue the Buyer’s Title Policy complying with the requirements of Section 4.6.3 below.
4.3.2      Covenants . Seller shall have deposited all documents, and performed and satisfied in all material respects all agreements and covenants required hereby to be performed by Seller prior to or at the applicable Closing.
4.3.3      Representations and Warranties . All applicable representations and warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall be materially true and correct as of the date made and as of the Closing with the same effect as though such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing.
4.3.4      No Change . There shall be no material adverse change in the environmental condition of the Property caused by Seller between the time of Buyer’s delivery of the Approval Notice and the Closing, including, but not limited to, environmental contamination which would materially and adversely impair Buyer’s proposed use of the Property.
4.3.5      Vacancy . The Property (including the building and parking area) is vacant (other than the Parking Lease if it has not been terminated prior to the Closing), Seller has cleared any and all furniture, fixtures and equipment (“ FF&E ”) from the Property other than any FF&E that is being transferred to Buyer in connection with the transaction contemplated hereunder, and such vacant and clear condition has been verified by a joint inspection by Buyer and Seller performed five (5) business days prior to the Closing.
4.4      Seller’s Conditions to Closing . The obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions provided for herein are subject to and contingent upon the satisfaction of the following conditions or the waiver of same by Seller in writing:
4.4.1      Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date made and as of the applicable Closing Date with the same effect as though such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Close of Escrow.

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4.4.2      Payment of Purchase Price . Buyer shall have deposited the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by Buyer with Escrow Holder in accordance with this Agreement.
4.4.3      Covenants . Buyer shall have deposited all documents and performed and satisfied all agreements and covenants required hereby to be performed by Buyer prior to or at the Closing.
4.5      Termination . If the Close of Escrow has not occurred on or before the Closing Date due to the failure of a condition to Closing set forth in Section 4.3 or 4.4 above, either party that is not in default under this Agreement may by written notice to Escrow Holder and the other party, terminate this Agreement and the Escrow established hereunder. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.5 : (a) each party shall promptly execute and deliver to Escrow Holder such documents as Escrow Holder may reasonably require to evidence such termination; (b) Escrow Holder shall return all documents to the respective parties who delivered such documents to Escrow; (c) Escrow Holder shall remit the Independent Consideration to Seller (if not already delivered), and the remainder of the Deposit to the party entitled thereto pursuant to Section 2.2.1 (subject to Section 2.4 and Section 10 ); (d) Buyer and Seller shall each pay one-half (½) of Escrow Holder’s title and escrow cancellation fees, if any; (e) Buyer shall return within ten (10) days after termination of this Agreement to Seller all Property Information in Buyer’s possession relating to the Property in accordance with Section 2.4 above, a copy of any third party reports produced by any third party or at the behest of Buyer (other than Excluded Information); and (f) the respective obligations of Buyer and Seller under this Agreement shall terminate, subject to Section 8.5 and Section 10 below and any provisions which by their terms survive termination.
4.6      Transfer Documents; Title and Title Insurance .
4.6.1      Deed . Seller shall convey title to the Property by grant deed in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto subject to Permitted Exceptions (“ Deed ”).
4.6.2      Assignment . On the Closing Date, Seller shall assign to Buyer, without representation or warranty of any kind, Seller’s right, title and interest, if any, in the General Intangibles pursuant to and in accordance with an assignment in the form of Exhibit E (the “ General Assignment ”).
4.6.3      Buyer’s Title Policy . Prior to the Effective Date, Buyer has received a current preliminary report for the Property from the Title Company (the “ Title Report ”), together with copies of all documents referred to as exceptions therein (collectively, the “ Existing Exceptions ”). The Closing shall be conditioned upon Title Company’s unconditional and irrevocable commitment (subject only to the payment of the applicable premium) to issue a 2006 CLTA owner’s title insurance policy for the Property in the amount of the Purchase Price showing

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Buyer as the named insured subject only to the Permitted Exceptions (as defined below (“ Title Policy ”)). Buyer may, at Buyer’s cost, obtain an ALTA survey of the Property (the “Survey”) during the Feasibility Period.
(a)      Within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, Buyer may provide Seller with a written notice listing any Existing Exceptions that are unacceptable to Buyer (collectively, “ Disapproved Exceptions ”). The following will be deemed Disapproved Exceptions whether or not explicitly disapproved by Buyer: deeds of trust; mortgages; judgment liens; mechanics’ liens; materialmen’s liens, but excluding any inchoate mechanics’ or materialmen’s lien rights (collectively “ Disapproved Monetary Liens ”), all of which Seller will pay, satisfy and cause to be terminated of record prior to or at the Closing. If Buyer fails to timely provide written notice of Disapproved Exceptions, all Existing Exceptions (other than Disapproved Monetary Liens) will be deemed Permitted Exceptions. If Buyer timely delivers a notice of Disapproved Exceptions, Seller will have ten (10) days to respond, in writing, to Buyer’s notice by indicating which, if any, of the Disapproved Exceptions Seller is willing or able to cure or terminate of record (the “ Seller’s Response Letter ”). Seller’s failure to timely deliver Seller’s Response Letter will be deemed Seller’s refusal to cure or terminate of record all Disapproved Exceptions. If Seller refuses, or is deemed to have refused, to cure or terminate of record any Disapproved Exceptions (the “ Seller-Rejected Disapproved Exceptions ”), Buyer will have until the end of the Feasibility Period to either (i) terminate this Agreement or (ii) waive the Seller-Rejected Disapproved Exceptions and proceed with this transaction, in which event the Seller-Rejected Disapproved Exceptions shall be deemed to be Permitted Exceptions, by delivering written notice of such election to Seller. Buyer’s failure to timely make the election in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed Buyer’s waiver of all Seller-Rejected Disapproved Exceptions. If Buyer terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 4.6.3(a) , Escrow Holder shall proceed in accordance with the process set forth above in Section 3.2.4 . The Existing Exceptions, other than Disapproved Exceptions that Seller has agreed to cure or terminate of record, and any other matters that Buyer has accepted in writing are the “ Permitted Exceptions ”.
(b)      If, despite Seller’s use of good faith efforts, Seller is unable to cure or terminate of record any Disapproved Exceptions that Seller agreed to so cure or terminate by the Closing Date, such failure shall be deemed a default by Seller, and Buyer’s sole and exclusive option shall be to pursue Buyer’s rights under Section 8.5.1 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Buyer does not elect to terminate this Agreement nothing in this Section 4.6.3(b)  shall relieve Seller from its obligation under Section 4.6.3(a)  to pay, satisfy and cause to be terminated of record the Disapproved Monetary Liens prior to or at the Closing.
(c)      If the Title Company modifies the Title Report by adding new exceptions after it has been delivered to Buyer, but before the Closing Date, Title Company shall deliver to Buyer and Seller a supplemental title report setting forth any new exceptions not previously

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included in the Title Report, together with copies of any new underlying documents listed therein (“ Supplemental Report ”). Buyer shall have three (3) Business Days after receipt of any Supplemental Report to deliver to Seller a written notice (“ Supplemental Title Notice ”) approving or disapproving any such item, and Buyer’s failure to deliver a Supplement Title Notice shall be deemed Buyer’s disapproval of such new exceptions. If Buyer delivers to Seller a Supplemental Title Notice disapproving any new exceptions in the Supplemental Report, Seller shall have three (3) Business Days after receipt of Buyer's Supplemental Title Notice to deliver to Buyer a written response (“ Seller’s Supplemental Response ”) identifying which of such disapproved items Seller shall undertake to cure or not cure. If Seller does not deliver a Seller's Supplemental Response within said three (3) Business Day period, Seller shall be deemed to have elected not to eliminate or otherwise cure any such exceptions disapproved by Buyer. If Seller elects not to eliminate or otherwise cure to Buyer's satisfaction an exception disapproved in said Buyer's Supplemental Title Notice, Buyer shall have until the date which is three (3) Business Days after Buyer delivered the Supplemental Title Notice to notify Seller and Escrow Holder, in writing, of Buyer's election to either waive the objection or terminate this Agreement and the Escrow. If Seller and Escrow Holder have not received written notice from Buyer by said date, said failure shall be deemed to be Buyer's disapproval of Seller’s Supplemental Response and Buyer’s election to terminate this Agreement and the Escrow.
(d)      If required to provide Buyer the contemplated three (3) Business Days after receipt of any Supplemental Report, and the subsequent time periods that follow such period, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Closing shall be extended to allow Buyer and Seller the opportunity to provide the notices described above.
4.7      Closing Costs and Charges .
4.7.1      Seller’s Costs . Seller shall pay (a) one-half (½) of Escrow Holder’s fees in connection with the Escrow; (b) all recording fees and documentary transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Property; (c) the portion of the costs of the Title Policy attributable to CLTA standard coverage (exclusive of any endorsement costs that are not Curative Costs (as defined below)); (d) all costs related to the endorsement, removal and/or cure of any Disapproved Exceptions that Seller has agreed or is required to remove or cure pursuant to Section 4.6.3 above (collectively, “ Curative Costs ”); (e) all expenses and charges incurred in connection with the discharge of delinquent taxes, if any, which may be required in order for the Title Company to issue the Buyer’s Title Policy in accordance with Section 4.6.3 ; and (f) all recording fees.
4.7.2      Buyer’s Costs . Buyer shall pay (a) one-half (½) of the Escrow Holder’s fees in connection with the Escrow; (b) the portion of the costs attributable to obtaining an ALTA extended coverage, if obtained by Buyer, and all costs associated with any endorsements to the Buyer’s Title Policy requested by Buyer that are not Curative Costs; and (c) the cost of any Survey obtained by Buyer.

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4.7.3      Other Costs . All other costs, if any, shall be apportioned in the customary manner for real property transactions in the County.
4.7.4      Closing Statements . Prior to Closing, Escrow Holder shall deliver to Buyer and Seller separate closing statements prepared by the Escrow Holder reflecting the Purchase Price and all adjustments, reimbursements, prorations, credits, costs and expenses described herein which are the responsibility of such party (each a “ Closing Statement ”).
4.8      Deposit of Documents and Funds by Seller . No later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall deposit the following items into Escrow each of which shall be duly executed and acknowledged by Seller where appropriate:
4.8.2      The Deed;
4.8.3      The Certification of Non-Foreign Status in the form of Exhibit F (“ Certification ”) and a California Franchise Tax Board Form 593(C) (“ FTB Form ”);
4.8.4      Two counterparts of the General Assignment, duly executed by Seller;
4.8.5      Two counterparts of an Assignment and Assumption of Contracts in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G assigning the Assumed Service Contracts to Buyer (the “ Assignment and Assumption of Contracts ”), duly executed by Seller;
4.8.6      Two counterparts of an Assignment and Assumption of Lease in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H , pursuant to which Seller assigns all of its rights, title and interest in that certain Parking Lot Lease dated September 16, 2005, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Parking Lot Lease (undated), as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Parking Lot Lease dated August 1, 2008, and as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Parking Lot Lease dated August 15, 2011 (as so amended, the “ Parking Lot Lease ”) by and between Seller and Thales Avionics, Inc. (the “ Assignment and Assumption of Lease ”);
4.8.7      Seller’s approved Closing Statement; and
4.8.8      A standard Title Company’s owner’s affidavit and all other documents that may reasonably be required by Escrow Holder and Title Company to close the Escrow and issue the Title Policy in accordance with this Agreement.
4.9      Deposit of Documents and Funds by Buyer . No later than one (1) Business Day prior to applicable Closing Date, Buyer shall deposit the following items into Escrow each of which shall be duly executed and acknowledged by Buyer where appropriate:

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4.9.1      The applicable Cash Balance no later than 10:00am Pacific Standard Time on the Closing Date or such earlier date and time as may be required by the Escrow Holder under applicable law such that Escrow Holder will be in a position to disburse the cash proceeds to Seller on the Closing Date;
4.9.2      Two counterparts of the Assignment and Assumption of Contracts, duly executed by Buyer;
4.9.3      Two counterparts of the Assignment and Assumption of Lease;
4.9.4      Buyer’s approved Closing Statement; and
4.9.5      All other funds and documents as may reasonably be required by Escrow Holder to close the Escrow in accordance with this Agreement.
4.10      Delivery of Documents and Funds at Closing . Provided that all conditions to the Closing set forth in this Agreement have been satisfied or, as to any condition not satisfied, waived by the party intended to be benefited thereby, on the Closing Date Escrow Holder shall conduct the Closing by collating all separately submitted counterpart originals and recording and distributing the following documents and funds in the following manner:
4.10.1      Recordation and Delivery of Deed . Record the Deed, and any other documents which the parties hereto may direct to be recorded, in the official records of the County in the order directed by the parties and deliver conformed copies thereof to Buyer and Seller.
4.10.2      Buyer’s Documents . Deliver to Buyer: (a) the original Buyer’s Title Policy (within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date); (b) the original Certification and FTB Form; (c) a fully executed original of the General Assignment; (d) a fully executed original of the Assignment and Assumption of Contracts; and (e) a fully executed original of the Assignment and Assumption of Lease.
4.10.3      Seller’s Documents . Deliver to Seller a fully executed original of the (a) Assignment and Assumption of Contracts, (b) the Assignment and Assumption of Lease, and (c) copies of all other documents deposited with Escrow.
4.10.4      Purchase Price . Deliver to Seller the remainder of the Purchase Price and such other funds, if any, as may be due to Seller by reason of credits under this Agreement on the Closing Date, less all items chargeable to Seller under this Agreement as of the Closing Date.
4.10.5      Remaining Funds . Deliver any remaining funds to Seller or Buyer, as the case may be, after taking into account all items chargeable to the account of Seller and Buyer pursuant to Section 4.7 above and Section 4.11 below in accordance with the Closing Statement(s) approved by Buyer and Seller.

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4.11      Prorations and Adjustments .
4.11.1      Taxes . Escrow Holder shall prorate real property taxes and assessments on the Property as of the Close of Escrow for the current fiscal year based on the most current official real property tax information available from the County Assessor’s office for the County or other assessing authorities. If real property tax and assessment figures for the current fiscal year are not available, real property taxes shall be prorated based on the real property taxes for the previous fiscal year. Seller shall pay any real property taxes attributable to the period of Seller’s ownership of the Property.
4.11.2      Assumed Service Contracts . Seller’s current service contracts with respect to the Real Property are listed on Exhibit I attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Seller shall provide true and correct copies of all such service contracts as part of the Property Information. Prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period, Buyer shall provide written notice to Seller of any such service contracts Buyer desires to assume, provided that Buyer shall be required to assumed the Non-Terminable Contracts (defined below) the assumed service contracts and the Non-Terminable Contracts are collectively, the “ Assumed Service Contracts ”. All service contracts (other than the Non-Terminable Contracts) that Buyer has not elected to assume are deemed disapproved. Buyer shall assume only the Assumed Contracts, and Seller shall be responsible for termination of all other service contracts. The term “ Non-Terminable Contracts ” means those service contracts that, by their terms, cannot be terminated by Seller on thirty (30) days’ prior written notice or without the payment of a penalty, termination fee, or other charge that is greater than one month's payment for services under such service contract. The Non-Terminable Contracts are those contracts identified as “Non-Terminable Contracts” on Exhibit I . The cost associated with such Assumed Service Contracts shall be prorated as of the Close of Escrow on an accrual basis. Seller shall pay all such expenses that accrue prior to the Closing Date and Buyer shall pay all such expenses accruing on the date of the Closing and thereafter.
4.11.3      Prorations . All prorations shall be made as of the applicable Closing Date on the basis of the actual days of the month in which the Closing occurs.
If any prorations, apportionments or computations made under this Section 4.11 shall require final adjustment because the information is unavailable at the Closing, then the parties shall make the appropriate adjustments promptly when accurate information becomes available and either party hereto shall be entitled to an adjustment to correct the same. Such adjustments shall be made as soon as complete and accurate information becomes available. Any corrected adjustment or proration shall be paid promptly in cash to the other party entitled thereto. The obligations of the parties under this paragraph shall survive the Closing for six (6) months.
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4.12.1      Utilities and Property Management Expenses . All agreements for utility services, including, electricity, gas, water, and sewer servicing the Real Property, shall be terminated as of the Closing, and Buyer shall reapply for such services in its own name after the Closing. Seller shall pay all such expenses that accrue prior to the Closing. Seller’s insurance policies shall not be prorated and shall not be assigned to or assumed by Buyer.
5.      Delivery and Possession . Seller shall deliver possession of the Property to Buyer on the Closing Date, free and clear of any tenancies or any other parties in possession.
6.      Commissions . Pursuant to a separate agreement (the “ Seller’s Listing Agreement ”) between Seller and Lee & Associates (“ Seller’s Broker ”), if the Closing occurs, Seller shall pay a real estate commission of three percent (3%) (the “ Brokerage Commission ”), which Brokerage Commission shall be split equally between Seller’s Broker and Zuvich Corporate Advisors (“ Buyer’s Broker ”). Other than Seller’s Broker and Buyer’s Broker, each party represents and warrants to the other that it has not used the services of any real estate agent, broker or finder with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby for which the other party will be liable. Each party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other against and from any inaccuracy in such party’s representation under this Section 6 . This indemnification shall survive termination of this Agreement and the delivery of the Deed and shall not merge therein.
7.      Damage or Destruction; Condemnation .
7.1      Notice; Credit to Buyer . If, prior to the Closing Date, all or a portion of the Property shall be destroyed or damaged, or if all or a portion of the Property shall become the subject of any proceedings, judicial, administrative, or otherwise, for eminent domain or condemnation, Seller shall promptly notify Buyer thereof. In accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.1 , Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement if all or a material part of the Property is destroyed without fault of Buyer or a material part of the Property shall become the subject of any proceedings, judicial, administrative, or otherwise, for eminent domain or condemnation. Buyer shall give written notice of Buyer’s election to terminate this Agreement within ten (10) Business Days after Buyer receives written notice of any damage to or condemnation of the Property which entitles Buyer to terminate this Agreement. If Buyer does not give such notice, or the taking or destruction does not rise to the level of a “material part” (defined below), then this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and there shall be no reduction in the Purchase Price, but Seller shall, at Close of Escrow, assign to Buyer (a) any insurance proceeds payable with respect to such damage to the Property; or (b) the entire award payable with respect to such condemnation proceeding (and relating to the Property), whichever is applicable, and Buyer shall receive a credit at Closing in the amount of the deductible for the applicable insurance coverage and/or any uninsured amount. If Buyer elects or is required to proceed with its purchase of the Property, Seller shall not compromise, settle or adjust any claims to such proceeds or award without

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Buyer's prior written consent. In the event the written notice of any damage to or condemnation of the Property is provided by Seller less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Closing shall be extended to allow Buyer and Seller the opportunity to provide the notices and responses described above.
7.2      Definitions . For purposes of this Section 7 : (a) a taking of a portion of the Property by eminent domain shall be deemed to affect a “ material part ” if the estimated value of the portion of the Property taken exceeds One Million Dollars and 00/100 ($1,000,000), materially impacts Buyer’s access or proposed use and/or development of the Property, or causes a zoning violation (whether or not grandfathered or waived), and (b) the destruction of a “ material part ” of the Property shall be deemed to mean an insured or uninsured casualty to the Property following Buyer’s inspection of the Property and prior to the Close of Escrow having an estimated cost of repair which equals or exceeds One Million Dollars and 00/100 ($1,000,000), or otherwise materially impacts Buyer’s proposed use and/or development of the Property. The phrase “ estimated value ” shall mean an estimate obtained from a M.A.I. appraiser, who has at least five (5) years’ experience evaluating property located in the County where the Property is located, similar in nature and function to that of the Property, selected by Seller and approved by Buyer, and the phrase “ estimated cost of repair ” shall mean an estimate obtained from an independent contractor selected by Seller and approved by Buyer. Buyer shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay Buyer’s approval under this Section. The phrase “ taking by eminent domain ” includes any notices of taking or commencement of proceedings under eminent domain power.
8.      Seller’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants .
8.1      Seller’s Representations and Warranties . Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (except with respect to Section 8.1.10 , which is only being made as of the Effective Date):
8.1.1      Seller is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation.
8.1.2      Seller has the full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.
8.1.3      This Agreement and all agreements, instruments and documents herein provided to be executed by Seller are and as of the Closing Date will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by and are and will be binding upon Seller.
8.1.4      Seller has received no written notice of, nor, to Seller’s knowledge, is there any existing or proposed or threatened eminent domain or similar proceeding, or private purchase in lieu of such a proceeding affecting the Property in any material way.

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8.1.5      Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the instruments to be executed or delivered by Seller pursuant to this Agreement nor the consummation of the transaction contemplated herein conflict with or result in the material breach of any written agreement to which Seller is a party.
8.1.6      Seller has not (i) made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) filed any voluntary petition in bankruptcy or suffered the filing of an involuntary petition by Seller’s creditors, (iii) suffered the appointment of a receiver to take possession of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets, (iv) suffered the attachment or other judicial seizure of all or substantially all of Seller’s assets, or (v) admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due.
8.1.7      Except as disclosed in the Property Information, Seller has received no written notice of any pending or threatened investigations, actions, suits, proceedings or claims against Seller or the Property that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Property or Seller’s ability to consummate the transactions under this Agreement, whether at law or in equity or before or by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, agency, or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.
8.1.8      Seller has not, and to Seller’s knowledge, no third party has, used, generated, manufactured, stored or disposed of any Hazardous Materials in, at, on, under or about the Property or transported any Hazardous Materials to or from the Property except in the ordinary course in compliance with applicable law.
8.1.9      Except for the Irvine Company’s ROFO, and the tenant under the Parking Lot Lease, no person or entity is entitled to possession, occupancy, ownership of, or rights to, any of the Property, other than Seller.
8.1.10      The Parking Lot Lease is in full force and effect, has not been amended or modified except as stated herein. Buyer hereby acknowledges that the Parking Lot Lease is terminable by either party upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other party, and therefore, tenant may terminate the Parking Lot Lease prior to Closing.
8.1.11      Except for the Assumed Service Contracts, Seller is not currently a party to any management, service, supply, security, maintenance or other similar contracts or agreements, oral or written that affect the Property and will be binding upon Buyer from and after the Closing. The copies of the service contracts delivered or to be delivered to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement are or will be true, correct, and complete copies of all of the service contracts in effect with respect to the Property as of the date of their delivery. Seller has not received any written notice that it is in default under any such service contract.

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8.1.12      Seller is in compliance with all applicable anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist laws, regulations, rules, executive orders and government guidance, including the reporting, record keeping and compliance requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by The International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act (“ Patriot Act ”), and other authorizing statutes, executive orders and regulations administered by OFAC, and related Securities and Exchange Commission, SRO or other agency rules and regulations.
8.1.13      Neither Seller nor, to the knowledge of Seller, any Person who controls Seller, is a prohibited country, territory, Person under any economic sanctions program administered or maintained by OFAC.
8.1.14      Unless disclosed in writing to Buyer on the date hereof, neither Seller nor, to the knowledge of Seller, any Person who controls Seller, is (A) a Senior Foreign Political Figure (as defined in the Patriot Act), (B) an Immediate Family Member (as defined in the Patriot Act) or a Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure (as defined in the Patriot Act), (C) controlled by a Senior Foreign Political Figure, or an Immediate Family Member or a Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure.
8.2      Limitations on Seller’s Representations and Warranties .
8.2.4      The representations and warranties of Seller pursuant to Section 8.1 shall terminate upon any termination of this Agreement and shall otherwise survive the Closing hereunder for a period of six (6) months and shall expire and terminate six (6) months following the Closing (the “ Survival Period ”) unless (a) prior to such date Buyer notifies Seller in writing of the existence of the claim in question, which notification shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim or the facts, circumstances, conditions or events then known to Buyer which give rise to the claim, and (b) prior to that date which is sixty (60) days following such notification, Buyer properly files an action in the appropriate judicial venue asserting such claim against Seller.
8.2.5      As of the Effective Date, Seller has delivered or made available to Buyer copies of the reports and documents listed on Exhibit J (the “ Property Information ”) related to the Property and Buyer acknowledges receipt of such Property Information. By executing this Agreement, Buyer acknowledges its receipt and acceptance or the availability to it of the Property Information and that Buyer has reviewed the same, or will, to its satisfaction. In the event Buyer knows or should have known based on its review that the Property Information furnished or made available to or otherwise obtained by Buyer contains provisions or information that are inconsistent with Seller’s representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and Buyer not does bring such inconsistencies to Seller’s attention in writing prior to Closing, Seller shall not be in breach of any of its representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or otherwise in default hereunder.

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8.2.6      As used in this Agreement, the words “ Seller’s knowledge ” or words of similar import shall be deemed to mean, and shall be limited to, the actual (as distinguished from implied, imputed or constructive) knowledge of Alfonso Chavez, Facilities Director for Seller, and Kurt Fulle, President and Chief Executive Officer for Seller (collectively, “ Seller’s Knowledge Persons ”), without such Seller’s Knowledge Persons having any obligation to make an independent inquiry or investigation. Buyer acknowledges that Seller’s Knowledge Persons are named solely for the purpose of defining and narrowing the scope of Seller’s knowledge and not for the purpose of imposing any liability on or creating any duties running from such individuals. Buyer covenants that it will bring no action of any kind against Seller’s Knowledge Persons related to or arising out of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
8.3      Seller’s Covenants . Seller hereby covenants with Buyer, as follows:
8.3.5      Title Exceptions . Between the Effective Date and the Close of Escrow, Seller will not execute or record any new easements, liens or other exceptions to title to the Property, without Buyer’s prior written consent.
8.3.6      Leases . Between the Effective Date and the Close of Escrow, Seller will not execute any new lease or contract that will survive the Closing or materially modify the Parking Lot Lease, without Buyer’s prior written consent.
8.3.7      Operation in the Ordinary Course . Subject to Sections 8.3.1 and 8.3.2 above, from the Effective Date until the Close of Escrow, Seller shall (i) operate and manage the Property in the ordinary course and consistent with Seller’s past practices, (ii) maintain all present services and amenities, (iii) maintain the Property in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted, (iv) maintain the existing insurance coverage for the Property (and any replacement thereof) in full force and effect, and, (v) not sell, transfer, encumber, mortgage or place any lien upon the Property.
8.4      Seller’s Deliveries . Seller agrees to deliver to Buyer all keys, security codes, maintenance records, plans, permits, certificates of occupancy, surveys and building specifications pertaining to the Property within one (1) Business Day following the Closing Date.
8.5      Buyer’s Remedies .
8.5.6      If Seller breaches a material obligation under this Agreement, and Buyer is notified of or becomes aware of such breach prior to the Closing (a “ Seller Default ”), then Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be either to: (i) terminate this Agreement, in which event the Deposit and all interest accrued thereon shall be returned to Buyer and Seller shall reimburse Buyer to a maximum of Two Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($200,000.00) for the actual out-of-pocket costs incurred by Buyer in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, actual attorney’s fees and expenses and costs incurred in

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connection with Buyer’s evaluation and inspection of the Property and fees or deposits forfeited to any lender providing financing to Buyer in connection with the transaction; or (ii) commence and pursue an action for specific performance (and an action for Delay Damages (as defined below)). If Buyer elects to seek specific performance of Seller’s obligation to close Escrow hereunder, Buyer must stand ready and able to tender the Purchase Price and all other sums and documents to be delivered into Escrow by Buyer hereunder but for the Seller Default. In the event that intentional acts of Seller, after a Seller Default, renders specific performance unavailable to the Buyer, the foregoing cap on the amount of Buyer’s recoverable costs shall not apply, and Buyer shall have the right to pursue damages related to the delay in the conveyance of the Property due to Seller’s intentional acts (“ Delay Damages ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this provision shall limit Buyer’s rights to receive reimbursement for attorneys’ fees pursuant to Section 14 , nor waive or affect Seller’s and Buyer’s indemnity obligations under other sections of this Agreement, which expressly survive the termination of this Agreement.
8.5.7      Limitations on Seller’s Liability . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if the Closing shall have occurred and Buyer shall not have waived, relinquished and released all rights or remedies available to it at law, in equity or otherwise as provided hereunder, the aggregate liability of Seller arising pursuant to or in connection with the representations, warranties, covenants and other obligations (whether express or implied) of Seller in this Agreement and/or any documents executed by Seller in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Deed, or the General Assignment), shall not exceed One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in the aggregate, exclusive of attorneys' fees which Seller may owe to Buyer as described in Section 14 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer waives its right to bring any claim or cause of action with respect to the representations, warranties, covenants and other obligations (whether express or implied) of Seller in this Agreement and/or any documents executed by Seller in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Deed, or the General Assignment), unless the damage to Buyer (individually or when combined with damages from other breaches) equals or exceeds Fifty-Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($50,000). The provisions of this Section 8.5.2 shall survive the Closing.
9.      Buyer’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants .
9.1      Representations and Warranties . Buyer represents and warrants to Seller that as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date:
9.1.7      Buyer is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation; and
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9.1.9      This Agreement and all agreements, instruments and documents herein provided to be executed by Buyer are and as of the Closing will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by and are and will be binding upon Buyer; and
9.1.10      The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by Buyer will not conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement or instrument to which the Buyer is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to Buyer.
9.1.11      Buyer further represents and warrants to Seller as follows:
(i)      That Buyer is in compliance with all applicable anti- money laundering and anti-terrorist laws, regulations, rules, executive orders and government guidance, including the reporting, record keeping and compliance requirements of the Patriot Act, and other authorizing statutes, executive orders and regulations administered by OFAC, and related Securities and Exchange Commission, SRO or other agency rules and regulations.
(ii)      That neither Buyer nor, to the knowledge of Buyer, any Person who controls Buyer, is a prohibited country, territory, Person under any economic sanctions program administered or maintained by OFAC.
(iii)      That, unless disclosed in writing to Seller on the date hereof, neither Buyer nor, to the knowledge of Buyer, any Person who controls Buyer, is (A) a Senior Foreign Political Figure, (B) an Immediate Family Member or a Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure, (C) Controlled by a Senior Foreign Political Figure, or an Immediate Family Member or a Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure.
(iv)      Buyer agrees that as a condition of any assignment by Buyer of this Agreement, Seller has the right to require full compliance with these representations, warranties and covenants, to the reasonable satisfaction of Seller, with respect to any assignee and any Person who owns or otherwise controls the assignee.
10.      Default .
10.1      LIQUIDATED DAMAGES – DEPOSIT . NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IF THIS AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN TERMINATED (OR DEEMED TERMINATED) PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE FEASIBILITY PERIOD AND THIS AGREEMENT IS THEREAFTER TERMINATED BY SELLER DUE TO BUYER’S DEFAULT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (A “ BUYER’S DEFAULT ”), SELLER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETAIN THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT AS SELLER’S LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICABLE AND EXTREMELY

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DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL DAMAGES SUFFERED BY SELLER AS A RESULT OF BUYER’S DEFAULT AND FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING AS OF THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION REPRESENT A REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGES WHICH SELLER WILL INCUR AS A RESULT OF A BUYER’S DEFAULT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT LIMIT SELLER’S RIGHTS TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 , NOR WAIVE OR AFFECT SELLER’S AND BUYER’S INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS UNDER OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH EXPRESSLY SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PAYMENT OF SUCH LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IS NOT INTENDED AS A FORFEITURE OR PENALTY WITHIN THE MEANING OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 3275 OR 3369, BUT IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO SELLER PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTIONS 1671, 1676, AND 1677. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SELLER’S RIGHT TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AND TO RETAIN THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AND AS SELLER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST BUYER AND, PROVIDED SELLER RECEIVES THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE DEPOSIT AS SPECIFIED HEREIN, SELLER WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK OTHER REMEDIES AGAINST BUYER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE RIGHT OF SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. SUBJECT TO SELLER’S RECEIPT AND RETENTION OF THE DEPOSIT AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION, SELLER HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO SPECIFICALLY ENFORCE BUYER’S OBLIGATION HEREUNDER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, A WAIVER OF THE BENEFITS OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTIONS 1680 AND 3389).
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SELLER’S INITIALS
BUYER’S INITIALS
 
 
10.2      No Contesting Liquidated Damages . As material consideration to each party’s agreement to the liquidated damages provisions stated above, each party hereby agrees to waive any and all rights whatsoever to contest the validity of the liquidated damages provisions for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, that such provision was unreasonable under circumstances existing at the time this Agreement was made.
10.3      Post-Closing Remedies . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither party shall be liable to the other party, or any Person or entity claiming by, through or under such other party, either prior to or following the Closing, for any lost profits or any form of consequential or punitive damages in connection with any claim, liability, demand or

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cause of action in manner relating to this Agreement, the Property or any portion thereof, the condition of the Property or any portion thereof, or any transaction or matter between the parties contemplated hereunder.
10.4      Notice and Opportunity to Cure . Neither party shall be deemed to be in default hereunder unless the party claiming such default shall have given written notice to the party claimed to be in default and the party claimed to be in default shall not have cured such notice of default within three (3) Business Days after receipt of notice of default; provided, however, in no event shall the Closing be extended or delayed to permit the cure of a default pursuant to this Section 10.4 .
11.      Condition of Property; Buyer Due Diligence . Buyer represents and warrants that prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period Buyer will have inspected and conducted tests and studies of the Property which Buyer deems necessary or desirable to protect its interests in acquiring the Property. Buyer understands and acknowledges that the Property may be subject to earthquake, fire, floods, erosion, high water table, dangerous soil conditions, Hazardous Materials and similar occurrences that may alter its condition or affect its suitability for any proposed use. Except for Seller’s representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and/or in any document executed and delivered by Seller at Closing (collectively, the “ Closing Documents ”), Seller shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any such occurrence. Buyer represents and warrants that Buyer is acting, and will act only, upon information obtained by Buyer directly from Buyer’s own inspection of the Property, except for Seller’s representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and/or in any Closing Document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, except for Seller’s representations, warranties and covenants and/or in any Closing Document, the suitability or lack of suitability of the Property for any proposed or intended use, or availability or lack of availability of (a) Entitlements, permits or approvals of Governmental Authorities, or (b) easements, licenses or other rights with respect to any such proposed or intended use of the Property shall not affect the rights or obligations of the Buyer hereunder.
12.      Property “AS IS” .
12.1      No Side Agreements or Representations . No Person acting on behalf of Seller is authorized to make, and by execution hereof, Buyer acknowledges that no Person has made any representation, agreement, statement, warranty, guarantee or promise regarding the Property or the transaction contemplated herein or the zoning, construction, physical condition or other status of the Property except as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement and/or in any Closing Document. Any representation, warranty, agreement, statement, guarantee or promise made by any Person acting on behalf of Seller which is not contained in this Agreement or Closing Document shall not be valid or binding on Seller.

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12.2      AS IS CONDITION . BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, SELLER HAS NOT MADE, DOES NOT MAKE AND SPECIFICALLY NEGATES AND DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, PROMISES, COVENANTS, AGREEMENTS OR GUARANTIES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE, OF, AS TO, CONCERNING OR WITH RESPECT TO (I) VALUE; (II) THE INCOME TO BE DERIVED FROM THE PROPERTY; (III) THE SUITABILITY OF THE PROPERTY FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND USES WHICH BUYER MAY CONDUCT THEREON, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY; (IV) THE HABITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, MARKETABILITY, PROFITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE PROPERTY; (V) THE MANNER, QUALITY, STATE OF REPAIR OR LACK OF REPAIR OF THE PROPERTY; (VI) THE NATURE, QUALITY OR CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WATER, SOIL AND GEOLOGY; (VII) THE COMPLIANCE OF OR BY THE PROPERTY OR ITS OPERATION WITH ANY LAWS, RULES, ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS OF ANY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY OR BODY; (VIII) THE MANNER OR QUALITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR MATERIALS, IF ANY, INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPERTY; (IX) COMPLIANCE WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, POLLUTION OR LAND USE LAWS, RULES, REGULATION, ORDERS OR REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TITLE III OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, CALIFORNIA HEALTH & SAFETY CODE, THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, THE FEDERAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT, THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGULATIONS AT 40 C.F.R., PART 261, THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 1976, THE CLEAN WATER ACT, THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT, THE TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL ACT, AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER ANY OF THE FOREGOING; (X) THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AT, ON, UNDER, OR ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY; (XI) THE CONTENT, COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF THE PROPERTY INFORMATION OR PRELIMINARY REPORT REGARDING TITLE; (XII) THE CONFORMITY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO ANY PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING ANY PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE PROVIDED TO BUYER; (XIII) THE CONFORMITY OF THE PROPERTY TO PAST, CURRENT OR FUTURE APPLICABLE ZONING OR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS; (XIV) ADEQUACY OR SUFFICIENCY OF ANY UNDERSHORING; (XV) ADEQUACY OR SUFFICIENCY OF ANY DRAINAGE; (XVI) THE FACT THAT ALL OR A PORTION OF THE

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PROPERTY MAY OR MAY NOT BE LOCATED ON OR NEAR AN EARTHQUAKE FAULT LINE; (XVII) THE EXISTENCE OF VESTED LAND USE, ZONING OR BUILDING ENTITLEMENTS AFFECTING THE PROPERTY; OR (XVIII) WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER MATTER. BUYER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HAVING BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY AND REVIEW INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AFFECTING THE PROPERTY, EXCEPT FOR SELLER’S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS CONTAINED HEREIN, BUYER IS RELYING SOLELY ON ITS OWN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY AND REVIEW OF SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION, AND NOT ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED OR TO BE PROVIDED BY SELLER. BUYER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO BUYER OR PROVIDED OR TO BE PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF SELLER WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY WAS OBTAINED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES AND THAT SELLER HAS NOT MADE ANY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OR VERIFICATION OF SUCH INFORMATION AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF SUCH INFORMATION. SELLER IS NOT LIABLE OR BOUND IN ANY MANNER BY ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS OR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE PROPERTY, OR THE OPERATION THEREOF, FURNISHED BY ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER, AGENT, EMPLOYEE, SERVANT OR OTHER PERSON, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE SAME SUCH INFORMATION IS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN SELLER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. BUYER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN IS MADE ON AN “ AS IS ” CONDITION AND BASIS WITH ALL FAULTS, AND THAT SELLER HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN. BUYER REPRESENTS, WARRANTS AND COVENANTS TO SELLER THAT, EXCEPT FOR SELLER’S EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SPECIFIED IN THIS AGREEMENT, BUYER IS RELYING SOLELY UPON BUYER’S OWN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY.
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SELLER’S INITIALS
BUYER’S INITIALS
 
 
12.3      Natural Hazard Disclosure . Buyer and Seller acknowledge that Seller shall within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, deliver to Buyer a Natural Hazards Report with respect to the Property prepared by a natural hazard expert (the “ Natural Hazards Expert ”) in accordance with the provisions of Civil Code Section 1103.4 (the “ Natural Hazards Report ”). Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Natural Hazards Report prepared by the Natural Hazard Expert

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regarding the results of its examination fully and completely discharges Seller from its disclosure obligations referred to herein, and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the provisions of Civil Code Section 1103.4 regarding the non-liability of Seller for errors and/or omissions not within its personal knowledge shall be deemed to apply, and the Natural Hazard Expert shall be deemed to be an expert dealing with matters within the scope of its expertise with respect to the examination and written report regarding the natural hazards referred to above.
13.      Release . Buyer shall rely solely upon Buyer’s own knowledge of the Property based on its investigation of the Property and its own inspection of the Property in determining the Property’s physical condition, except with respect to Seller’s representations, warranties and covenants or any other obligations under this Agreement that are explicitly stated to survive the Closing. Upon the Close of Escrow, except as set forth below, Buyer and anyone claiming by, through or under Buyer hereby waives its right to recover from and fully and irrevocably releases Seller, and its members, managers, employees, officers, directors, partners, shareholders, fiduciaries, representatives, agents, servants, attorneys, affiliates, parent, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations and organizations acting in their behalf (“ Released Parties ”) from any and all claims that it may now have or hereafter acquire against any of the Released Parties for any costs, loss, liability, damage, expenses, demand, action or cause of action arising from or related to any condition of the Property, including, without limitation, construction defects, errors, omissions or other conditions, latent or otherwise, including environmental matters, affecting the Property, or any portion thereof, or any conditions of title. This release includes claims of which Buyer is presently unaware or which Buyer does not presently suspect to exist which, if known by Buyer, would materially affect Buyer’s release to Seller. Buyer specifically waives the provision of California Civil Code Section 1542, which provides as follows:
“A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN TO HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED THE SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”
In this connection and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Buyer hereby agrees, represents and warrants that Buyer realizes and acknowledges that factual matters now unknown to it may have given or may hereafter give rise to causes of action, claims, demands, debts, controversies, damages, costs, losses and expenses which are presently unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected, and Buyer further agrees, represents and warrants that the waivers and releases herein have been negotiated and agreed upon in light of that realization and that Buyer nevertheless hereby intends to release, discharge and acquit Seller from any such unknown causes of action, claims, demands, debts, controversies, damages, costs, losses and expenses.

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Specifically excluded from the foregoing release are any causes of action, claims, demands, debts, controversies, damages, costs, losses and expenses Buyer may have or claim solely against Seller (and not against any other Released Party), to the extent arising from or caused by (i) a breach by Seller of any representation, warranty, indemnity or covenant set forth in this Agreement, (ii) the intentional misconduct or gross negligence of Seller, or (iii) any violation of law by Seller. For the absence of doubt, Buyer and Seller acknowledge and agree that the carve-outs to the release contained in this paragraph apply only to the Seller and not to any other Released Party.
Seller has given Buyer material concessions regarding this transaction in exchange for Buyer agreeing to the provisions of this Section 13 . Seller and Buyer have each initialed this Section 13 to further indicate their awareness and acceptance of each and every provision hereof.
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BUYER’S INITIALS
SELLER’S INITIALS
 
 
14.      Attorney’s Fees . If any action or proceeding is commenced by either party to enforce their rights under this Agreement or to collect damages as a result of the breach of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding, including any bankruptcy, insolvency or appellate proceedings, shall be entitled to recover all reasonable costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, in addition to any other relief awarded by the court.
15.      Notices . All notices, demands, approvals, and other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective upon the earliest of the following to occur: (a) when delivered to the recipient; (b) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight-guaranteed delivery service; (c) three (3) Business Days after deposit in a sealed envelope in the United States mail, postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the recipient as set forth below, or (d) sent by telecopier or facsimile (any notice or communication so delivered by telecopier or facsimile) being deemed to have been received (i) on the Business Day so sent, if so sent prior to 5:00 p.m. (based upon the recipient’s time) of the Business Day so sent, or (ii) on the Business Day following the day so sent, if so sent on a day other than a Business Day or on or after 5:00 p.m. (based upon the recipient’s time) of the Business Day so sent, provided that a confirmation of such telecopier or facsimile delivery under this subdivision (d) is, on the same Business Day, sent by the method described under subdivision (b) of this Section 15 . Notices send via electronic mail shall not constitute notice hereunder, but may be provided for convenience in addition to one or more of the other forms referenced above. All notices to Seller shall be sent to Seller’s Address. All notices to Buyer shall be sent to Buyer’s Address. All notices to Escrow Holder shall be sent to Escrow Holder’s Address. If the date on which any notice to be given hereunder falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then such date shall automatically be extended to the next Business Day immediately following such Saturday,

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Sunday or legal holiday. The foregoing addresses may be changed by written notice given in accordance with this Section 15 .
16.      Amendment; Complete Agreement . All amendments and supplements to this Agreement must be in writing and executed by Buyer and Seller. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding between Buyer and Seller concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, terms, understandings, conditions, representations and warranties, whether written or oral, made by Buyer or Seller concerning the Property or the other matters which are the subject of this Agreement. This Agreement has been drafted through a joint effort of the parties and their counsel and, therefore, shall not be construed in favor of or against either of the parties.
17.      Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
18.      Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement (including the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable) shall not be affected thereby, and each provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
19.      Counterparts, Electronic Signatures; Headings and Defined Terms . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one agreement. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile or by electronic transmission shall be valid and effective to bind the party so signing. Each party agrees to promptly deliver an execution original to this Agreement with its actual signature to the other party, but a failure to do so shall not affect the enforceability of this Agreement, it being expressly agreed that each party to this Agreement shall be bound by its own telecopied or scanned signature and shall accept the telecopied or scanned signature of the other party to this Agreement. The headings to sections of this Agreement are for convenient reference only and shall not be used in interpreting this Agreement.
20.      Time of the Essence . Time is of the essence of this Agreement and to all dates and time periods set forth herein.
21.      Waiver . No waiver by Buyer or Seller of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement or any of their respective rights under this Agreement shall be effective unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party charged with the waiver.
22.      Third Parties . This Agreement is entered into for the sole benefit of Buyer and Seller and their respective permitted successors and assigns. No party other than Buyer and Seller

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and such permitted successors and assigns shall have any right of action under or rights or remedies by reason of this Agreement.
23.      Additional Documents . Each party agrees to perform any further acts and to execute and deliver such further documents which may be reasonably necessary to carry out the terms of this Agreement.
24.      Independent Counsel . Buyer and Seller each acknowledge that: (i) they have been represented by independent counsel in connection with this Agreement; (ii) they have executed this Agreement with the advice of such counsel; and (iii) this Agreement is the result of negotiations between the parties hereto and the advice and assistance of their respective counsel. The fact that this Agreement was prepared by Seller’s counsel as a matter of convenience shall have no import or significance. Any uncertainty or ambiguity in this Agreement shall not be construed against Seller because Seller’s counsel prepared this Agreement in its final form.
25.      Assignment . Buyer shall neither assign its rights nor delegate its obligations hereunder without obtaining Seller’s prior written consent, which may be granted or withheld in Seller’s sole and absolute discretion, provided however, that Buyer may assign its rights to an Affiliate that will become an owner of the Property or in connection with an Exchange (defined below) in accordance with Section 34 below, provided that such assignee shall be deemed to have received all deliverables Seller is obligated to deliver to Buyer hereunder including but not limited to Property Information, and Closing Documents. In no event shall any assignment relieve Buyer from its obligations under this Agreement. Any other purported or attempted assignment or delegation without obtaining Seller’s prior written consent shall be void and of no force or effect.
26.      Successors and Assigns . Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 26 , this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefits of the heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. In no event shall Buyer have any right to delay or postpone the Close of Escrow to create a partnership, corporation or other form of business association or to obtain financing to acquire title to the Property or to coordinate with any other sale, transfer, exchange or conveyance.
27.      Exhibits . Each reference to a Section or Exhibit in this Agreement shall mean the sections of this Agreement and the exhibits attached to this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise. Each such Exhibit is incorporated herein by this reference.
28.      No Reservation of Property . The preparation and/or delivery of unsigned drafts of this Agreement shall not create any legally binding rights in the Property and/or obligations of the parties, and Buyer and Seller acknowledge that this Agreement shall be of no effect until it is duly executed by both Buyer and Seller. Buyer understands and agrees that Seller shall have the right to continue to market the Property and/or to negotiate with other potential purchasers of the

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Property until the expiration of the Feasibility Period; provided, however, all such marketing and negotiation is to be expressly conditioned upon (a) the disclosure to such potential purchasers that the Property is currently subject to this Agreement, and (b) the consummation of all third party transactions being contingent upon this Agreement being terminated prior to the Closing in accordance with its terms.
29.      Duty of Confidentiality . Seller and Buyer shall, prior to the Closing, maintain the confidentiality of the terms of this Agreement and the sale and purchase and shall not, except as required by law or governmental regulation applicable to Seller or Buyer (including, but not limited to, public corporation disclosure requirements imposed by securities laws and regulations), disclose the terms of this Agreement or of such sale and purchase to any third parties whomsoever other than lenders or prospective lenders or investors or prospective investors in Seller or Buyer (or its affiliates) or the principals of Seller’s Broker or Buyer’s Broker, Escrow Holder, the Title Company and such other persons whose assistance is required in carrying out the terms of this Agreement. Except as may be deemed necessary in conjunction with a public corporation securities filing, Seller and Buyer shall not at any time issue a press release or otherwise communicate with media representatives regarding this sale and purchase unless such release or communication has received the prior written approval of the other party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Buyer agrees that all documents and information regarding the Property of whatsoever nature made available to it by Seller or Seller’s agents and the results of all tests and studies of the Property (collectively, the “ Proprietary Information ”) are confidential and Buyer shall not disclose any Proprietary Information to any other person except lenders or prospective lenders, investors or prospective investors in Buyer (or its affiliates) and those assisting it with the analysis of the Property, and only after procuring such person’s agreement to abide by these confidentiality restrictions. This Section 29 shall survive the Closing or termination of this Agreement.
30.      Business Day . If the Closing Date or the day for performance of any act required under this Agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the Closing Date or the day for such performance, as the case may be, shall be the next following regular Business Day.
31.      No Joint Venture . The relationship of Seller and Buyer hereunder is and will be that of Seller and Buyer, and none of the provisions of this Agreement are intended to create any relationship other than Seller and Buyer. No agency, partnership, joint venture or other relationship is intended hereby, and neither party shall be deemed the agent, servant, employee, partner or joint venturer of the other party.
32.      Further Assurances . Each party shall execute such further documents, papers and instruments and take such further action as is necessary, appropriate or helpful as the other party, the Escrow Holder or the Title Company may reasonably request in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

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33.      Waiver . The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver of any subsequent breach, whether of the same or another provision of this Agreement.
34.      Tax Free Exchange . Buyer and Seller each may consummate the acquisition of the Property as part of a like kind exchange (the “ Exchange ”) pursuant to Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and, in connection therewith Buyer and Seller each may assign its rights under this Agreement to a qualified intermediary. If either Party (the “ Notifying Party ”) notifies the other Party (the “ Other Party ”) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date that the Notifying Party wishes to attempt to effectuate an Exchange, the Other Party shall cooperate with the Notifying Party (including, without limitation, executing applicable documents), at no cost, expense, or liability to the Other Party, in the Notifying Party’s attempt to effectuate such Exchange, but the Other Party makes no representations to the Notifying Party that any such Exchange shall be treated as “tax-free” by the Internal Revenue Service. The Notifying Party agrees to indemnify the Other Party from all liability with respect to any action which the Notifying Party requests the Other Party to take pursuant to this Section 34 and to reimburse the Other Party for all fees, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Other Party as a result of the Notifying Party’s election to participate in an Exchange. The Other Party shall not be required to hold title to any real estate or other assets in order to cooperate with the Notifying Party’s Exchange. In no event shall the failure to qualify as a tax-free” exchange pursuant to the Code be a condition to either party’s obligations hereunder. The provisions of this Section 34 shall survive Closing.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Buyer and Seller do hereby execute this Agreement to be effective as of the Effective Date written above.
SELLER :
Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation
By: /s/ Kurt H. Fulle     
Name: Kurt H. Fulle
Its: President and CEO

BUYER :
Masimo Corporation
By: /s/ Joe Kiani     
Name: Joe Kiani
Its: CEO



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Acceptance by Escrow Holder
Escrow Holder acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Agreement and accepts the instructions contained therein.
Dated: _________ _______, 2013
First American Title Insurance Company

By:_______________________________         
Name:_____________________________         
Title:______________________________         






EXHIBIT LIST
EXHIBIT “A” –    Legal Description of Land
EXHIBIT “B” –    Excluded Fixtures
EXHIBIT “C” –    Escrow Holder’s General Instructions
EXHIBIT “D” –    Deed
EXHIBIT “E” –    General Assignment
EXHIBIT “F” –    Non-foreign Certificate
EXHIBIT “G” –    Assignment and Assumption of Contracts
EXHIBIT “H” –    Assignment and Assumption of Leases
EXHIBIT “I” –    Assumed Service Contracts
EXHIBIT “J” –    Property Information






EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY


File Number:    OSA-4456291



Exhibit "A"
Legal Description
Real property in the City of Irvine, County of Orange, State of California, described as follows:
PARCEL A:
PARCEL 1 OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT 28808, IN THE CITY OF IRVINE, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RECORDED JUNE 17, 1997 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 97-0278757, OFFICIAL RECORDS.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL OIL, OIL RIGHTS MINERALS, MINERAL RIGHTS, NATURAL GAS RIGHTS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS BY WHATSOEVER NAME KNOWN, GEOTHERMAL STEAM, ANY OTHER MATERIAL RESOURCES AND ALL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM ANY OF THE FOREGOING, THAT MAY BE WITHIN OR UNDER THE LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE PERPETUAL RIGHT OF DRILLING, MINING, EXPLORING AND OPERATING THEREFOR AND STORING IN AND REMOVING THE SAME FROM THE LAND OR ANY OTHER LAND, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO WHIPSTOCK OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILL AND MINE FROM LANDS OTHER THAN THOSE CONVEYED HEREBY, OIL OR GAS WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS INTO, THROUGH OR ACROSS THE SUBSURFACE OF THE LAND, AND TO BOTTOM SUCH WHIPSTOCKED OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS UNDER AND BENEATH OR BEYOND THE EXTERIOR LIMITS THEREOF, AND TO REDRILL, RETUNNEL, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, DEEPEN AND OPERATE ANY SUCH WELLS OR MINES; WITHOUT, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO DRILL, MINE, STORE, EXPLORE AND OPERATE THROUGH THE SURFACE OF THE UPPER 500 FEET OF THE SUBSURFACE OF THE LAND, AS RESERVED BY THE IRVINE COMPANY, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION, BY DEED RECORDED MARCH 28, 1997 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 97-0143266, OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND JUNE 17, 1997 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 97-0278758, OFFICIAL RECORDS.
ALSO EXCEPT ALL WATER, WATER RIGHTS OR INTEREST THEREIN, APPURTENANT OR RELATING TO THE LAND OR OWNED OR USED BY GRANTOR IN CONNECTION WITH OR WITH RESPECT TO THE LAND (NO MATTER HOW ACQUIRED BY GRANTOR), WHETHER SUCH WATER, WATER RIGHTS OR INTEREST THEREIN, SHALL BE RIPARIAN, OVERLYING, APPROPRIATE, LITTORAL, PERCOLATING, PRESCRIPTIVE, ADJUDICATED, STATUTORY, OR CONTRACTUAL, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT AND POWER TO EXPLORE, DRILL, REDRILL, REMOVE AND STORE THE SAME FROM OR IN THE LAND OR TO DIVERT OR OTHERWISE UTILIZE SUCH WATER, WATER RIGHTS OR INTEREST THEREIN, ON ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY GRANTOR; BUT WITHOUT, HOWEVER, ANY RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF THE LAND IN THE EXERCISE OF SUCH RIGHTS, AS RESERVED BY THE IRVINE COMPANY, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION, BY DEED RECORDED MARCH 28, 1997 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 97-0143266, OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND JUNE 17, 1997 AS INTRUMENT NO. 97-0278758, OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL B:
A PERPETUAL NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY ON, OVER AND ACROSS THAT PORTION OF PARCEL 6 OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PARCEL MAP 95-139, LYING WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED AND DELINEATED AS THE "EASEMENT AREA" IN THAT CERTAIN DECLARATION AS TO ACCESS EASEMENTS AFFECTING PARCELS 3 AND 6 OF PM 95-139 RECORDED CONCURRENTLY HEREWITH IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS (THE “REA"), WHICH EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY SHALL BE UPON THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH AND ESTABLISHED IN THE REA.
A. P.N.: 466-114-11

Exhibit A - 1




EXHIBIT B
EXCLUDED FIXTURES
Shrink wrap machines in the warehouse
Scale in the warehouse
Forklift chargers in the warehouse
All racking and shipping equipment
Retail Store – counter top and kiosk
All servers within racks will be removed
Portable make up air unit – AIR PAC INC.
All artwork throughout the building and all display cases
All furniture that is not affixed to the property



Exhibit B - 1




EXHIBIT C
ESCROW HOLDER’S GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Escrow General Provisions-REVISED APRIL 9, 2012
Receipt of these provisions deems acceptance of the terms. Please read for general information about the escrow process.
1.      SPECIAL DISCLOSURES:
A.      DEPOSIT OF FUNDS & DISBURSEMENTS
Unless directed in writing to establish a separate, interest-bearing account together with all necessary taxpayer reporting information, all funds shall be deposited in general escrow accounts in a federally insured financial institution including those affiliated with Escrow Holder (''depositories"). All disbursements shall be made by Escrow Holder's check or by wire transfer unless otherwise instructed In writing. The Good Funds Law (California Insurance Code 12413.1) mandates that Escrow Holder may not disburse funds until the funds are, in fact, available in Escrow Holder's account. Wire transfers are immediately disbursable upon confirmation of receipt. Funds deposited by a cashier's or certified check are generally available on the next banking day following deposit. Funds deposited by a personal check and other types of instruments may not be available until confirmation from Escrow Holder's bank which can vary from 2 to 10 days.
B.      DISCLOSURE OF POSSIBLE BENEFITS TO ESCROW HOLDER
As a result of Escrow Holder maintaining its general escrow accounts with the depositories, Escrow Holder may receive certain financial benefits such as an array of bank services, accommodations, loans or other business transactions from the depositories ("collateral benefits"). All collateral benefits shall accrue to the sole benefit of Escrow Holder and Escrow Holder shall have no obligation to account to the parties to this escrow for the value of any such collateral benefits.
C.      MISCELLANEOUS FEES
Escrow Holder may incur certain additional costs on behalf of the parties for services performed, or fees charged, by third parties. The fees charged by Escrow Holder for services including, but not limited to, wire transfers, overnight delivery/courier services, etc. may include a mark up over the direct cost of such services to reflect the averaging of direct, administrative and overhead charges of Escrow Holder for such services which shall, in no event, exceed $10 for each markup.
D.      METHOD TO DELIVER PAYOFF TO LENDERS/LIENHOLDERS
To minimize the amount of interest due on any existing loan or lien, Escrow Holder will deliver the payoff funds to the lender/lienholder as soon as Escrow Holder is able after confirmation of recordation/close of escrow and as demanded by the lender/lienholder using (a) personal delivery, (b) wire transfer, or (c) overnight delivery service, unless otherwise directed in writing by the affected party. Certain payments such as home equity line of credit payoffs ("HELOCS") may require additional time to process.
2.      "CLOSE OF ESCROW"/PRORATIONS & ADJUSTMENTS
The term "close of escrow” means the date on which documents are recorded. All prorations and/or adjustments shall be made to the close of escrow based on the number of actual days, unless otherwise instructed in writing.
3.      CONTINGENCY PERIODS
Escrow Holder shall not be responsible for monitoring contingency time periods between the parties. The parties shall execute such documents as may be requested by Escrow Holder to confirm the status of any such periods.
4.      REPORTS
a.      Preliminary Report -Escrow Holder has neither responsibility nor liability for any title search that may be performed in connection with the issuance of a preliminary report.
b.      Other Reports-As an accommodation, Escrow Holder may agree to transmit orders for inspection, termite, disclosure and other reports if requested, in writing or orally, by the parties or their agents. Escrow Holder shall deliver copies of any such reports as directed. Escrow Holder is not responsible for reviewing such reports or advising the parties of the content of same.

THIS COMPANY CONDUCTS ESCROW BUSINESS UNDER CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Exhibit C - 1




5.      INFORMATION FROM AFFILIATED COMPANIES
Escrow Holder may provide the parties' information to and from its affiliates in connection with the offering of products and services from these affiliates.
6.      RECORDATION OF DOCUMENTS
Escrow Holder is authorized to record documents delivered through escrow which are necessary or proper for the issuance of the requested title insurance policy(ies). Buyer will provide a completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report form ("PCOR"). If Buyer fails to provide the POOR, Escrow Holder shall close escrow and charge Buyer any additional fee incurred for recording the documents without the PCOR. Escrow Holder is released from any liability in connection with same.
7.      PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
No examination, UCC search, insurance as to personal property and/or the payment of personal property taxes is required unless otherwise instructed in writing.
8.      REAL PROPERTY TAXES
Real property taxes are prorated based on the most current available tax statement from the tax collector's office. Supplemental taxes may be assessed as a result of a change in ownership or completion of construction. Adjustments due either party based on the actual new tax bill issued after close of escrow or a supplemental tax bill will be made by the parties outside of escrow and Escrow Holder is released of any liability in connection with such adjustments. The first installment of California real property taxes is due November 1st (delinquent December 10th) and the second installment is due February 1st (delinquent April 10th). If a tax bill is not received from the County at least 30 days prior to the due date, buyer should contact the County Tax Collector's office and request one. Escrow Holder is not responsible for same.
9.      CANCELLATION OF ESCROW
a.      Any party desiring to cancel this escrow shall deliver written notice of cancellation to Escrow Holder. Within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, Escrow Holder shall send by regular mail to the address on the escrow instructions, one copy of said notice to the other party(ies). Unless written objection to cancellation is delivered to Escrow Holder by a party within 10 days after date of mailing, Escrow Holder is authorized, at its option, to comply with the notice and terminate the escrow. If a written objection is received by Escrow Holder, Escrow Holder is authorized, at its option, to hold all funds and documents in escrow (subject to the funds held fee) and to take no other action until otherwise directed by either the parties' mutual written instructions or a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction. If no action is taken on this escrow within 6 months after the closing date specified in the escrow instructions, Escrow Holder's obligations shall, at its option, terminate. Upon termination of this escrow, the parties shall pay all fees, charges and reimbursements due to Escrow Holder and all documents and remaining funds held in escrow shall be returned to the parties depositing same.
b.      Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon receipt of notice of cancellation by a seller in a transaction subject to the Home Equity Sales Contract law (CC §1695 et seq.), Escrow Holder shall have the right to unilaterally cancel the escrow and may return all documents and funds without consent by or notice to the buyer.
10.      CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS & DISPUTES
If Escrow Holder becomes aware of any conflicting demands or claims concerning this escrow, Escrow Holder shall have the right to discontinue all further acts on Escrow Holder's part until the conflict is resolved to Escrow Holder's satisfaction. Escrow Holder has the right at its option to file an action in interpleader requiring the parties to litigate their claims/rights. If such an action is filed, the parties jointly and severally agree (a) to pay Escrow Holder's cancellation charges, costs (including the funds held fees) and reasonable attorneys' fees, and (b) that Escrow Holder is fully released and discharged from all further obligations under the escrow. If an action is brought involving this escrow and/or Escrow Holder, the party(ies) involved in the action agree to indemnify and hold the Escrow Holder harmless against liabilities, damages and costs incurred by Escrow Holder (Including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) except to the extent that such liabilities, damages and costs were caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Escrow Holder.
11.      USURY
Escrow Holder is not to be concerned with usury as to any loans or encumbrances in this escrow and is hereby released of any responsibility and/or liability therefore.
12.      AMENDMENTS TO ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
Any amendment to the escrow instructions must be in writing, executed by all parties and accepted by Escrow Holder. Escrow Holder may, at its sole option, elect to accept and act upon oral instructions from the parties. If requested by Escrow Holder the parties agree to confirm said instructions in writing as soon as practicable. The escrow instructions as amended shall constitute the entire escrow agreement between the Escrow Holder and the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of the escrow.
13.      FIRE, HAZARD OR LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES
In all matters relating to fire, hazard or liability insurance, Escrow Holder may assume that each policy is in force and that the necessary premium has been paid. Escrow Holder is not responsible for obtaining fire, hazard or liability insurance, unless Escrow Holder has received specific written instructions to obtain such insurance prior to close of escrow from the parties or their respective lenders.

THIS COMPANY CONDUCTS ESCROW BUSINESS UNDER CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Exhibit C - 2




14.      COPIES OF DOCUMENTS; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES; AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE
Escrow Holder is authorized to rely upon copies of documents, which include facsimile, electronic, NCR, or photocopies as if they were an originally executed document. Escrow Holder may agree to accept electronically signed documents from a platform or program approved by Escrow Holder. If requested by Escrow Holder, the originals of such documents and/or original signatures shall be delivered to Escrow Holder. Escrow Holder may withhold documents and/or funds due to the party until such originals are delivered. Documents to be recorded MUST contain original signatures. Escrow Holder may furnish copies of any and all documents to the lender(s), real estate broker(s), attorney(s) and/or accountant(s) involved in this transaction upon their request. Delivery of documents by escrow to a real estate broker or agent who is so designated in the purchase agreement shall be deemed delivery to the principal.
15.      EXECUTION IN COUNTERPART
The escrow instructions and any amendments may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute the same instruction.
16.      TAX REPORTING, WITHHOLDING & DISCLOSURE
The parties are advised to seek independent advice concerning the tax consequences of this transaction, including but not limited to, their withholding, reporting and disclosure obligations. Escrow Holder does not provide tax or legal advice and the parties agree to hold Escrow Holder harmless from any loss or damage that the parties may incur as a result of their failure to comply with federal and/or state tax laws. WITHHOLDING OBLIGATIONS ARE THE EXCLUSIVE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES. ESCROW HOLDER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE TO PERFORM THESE OBLIGATIONS UNLESS ESCROW HOLDER AGREES IN WRITING.
A.      TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REPORTING
Federal law requires Escrow Holder to report seller's social security number or tax identification number (both numbers are hereafter referred to as the "TIN"), forwarding address, and the gross sales price to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS"). To comply with the USA PATRIOT Act, certain taxpayer identification information (including, but not limited to, the TIN) may be required by Escrow Holder from certain persons or entities involved (directly or indirectly) in the transaction prior to closing.
Escrow cannot be closed nor any documents recorded until the information is provided and certified as to its accuracy to Escrow Holder. The parties agree to promptly obtain and provide such information as requested by Escrow Holder.
B.      STATE WITHHOLDING & REPORTING
In accordance with Section 18662 of the Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC), a buyer may be required to withhold an amount equal to 3 1/3% (.0333) of the sale price, or an optional gain on sale withholding amount certified by the seller in the case of a disposition of California real property interest by either:
1. A seller who is an individual, trust, estate, or when the disbursement instructions authorize the proceeds to be sent to a financial intermediary of the sellers.
2 .      A corporate seller that has no permanent place of business in California immediately after the transfer of title to the California property.
The buyer may become subject to penalty for failure to withhold an amount equal to the greater of 10 percent of the amount required to be withheld or five hundred dollars ($500).
However, notwithstanding any other provision included in the California statutes referenced above, no buyer will be required to withhold any amount or be subject to penalty for failure to withhold if any of the following applies:
1.    The sale price of the California real property conveyed does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
2.    The seller executes a written certificate under the penalty of perjury certifying that the seller is a corporation with a permanent place of business in California.
3.    The seller, who is an individual, trust, estate, or a corporation without a permanent place of business In California, executes a written certificate under the penalty of perjury of any of the following:
a.    The California real property being conveyed is the seller's or decedent's principal residence (within the meaning of Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)).
b.    The last use of the property being conveyed was by the transferor as the transferor's principal residence (within the meaning of IRC Section 121).
c.      The California real property being conveyed is, or will be, exchanged for property of like kind (within the meaning of IRC Section 1031), but only to the extent of the amount of gain not required to be recognized for California income tax purposes under IRC Section 1031.
d.      The California real property has been compulsorily or involuntarily converted (within the meaning of IRC Section 1033) and the seller intends to acquire property similar or related in service or use so as to be eligible for nonrecognition of gain for California income tax purposes under IRC Section 1033.
e.      The California real property transaction will result in a loss or net gain not required to be recognized for California income tax purposes.
The seller is subject to penalty for knowingly filing a fraudulent certificate for the purpose of avoiding the withholding requirement.
Contact FTB: For additional information regarding California withholding or for the Alternative Withholding, contact the Franchise Tax Board at (toll free) 888-792-4900), by e-mail WSCS.GEN@ftb.ca.gov ; or visit their website at www.ftb.ca.gov .

THIS COMPANY CONDUCTS ESCROW BUSINESS UNDER CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Exhibit C - 3




C.      FEDERAL WITHHOLDING & REPORTING
Certain federal reporting and withholding requirements exist for real estate transactions where the seller (transferor) is a non-resident alien, a non-domestic corporation, partnership, or limited liability company; or a domestic corporation, partnership or limited liability company controlled by non-residents; or non-resident corporations, partnerships or limited liability companies.
D.      TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION DISCLOSURE
Federal and state laws require that certain forms include a party's TIN and that such forms or copies of the forms be provided to the other party and to the applicable governmental authorities. Parties to a real estate transaction involving seller-provided financing are required to furnish, disclose, and include the other party's TIN in their tax returns. Escrow Holder is authorized to release a party's TINs and copies of statutory forms to the other party and to the applicable governmental authorities in the foregoing circumstances. The parties agree to hold Escrow Holder harmless against any fees, costs, or judgments incurred and/or awarded because of the release of their TIN as authorized herein.



THIS COMPANY CONDUCTS ESCROW BUSINESS UNDER CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Exhibit C - 4




EXHIBIT D
FORM OF GRANT DEED


[see attached]

Exhibit D - 1




Recording Requested by,
When Recorded Mail to
And Mail Tax Statements to

[________________________]
[________________________]
[________________________]

Attn: [___________________]
______________________________________________________________________________
Space Above This Line Reserved For recorder’s Use
In accordance with Section 11932 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, Grantor has declared the amount of transfer tax which is due by a separate statement that is not being recorded with this Grant Deed.
GRANT DEED
FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Nikken, Inc., a California corporation (“ Grantor ”), hereby sells to ______________________, a [______________] [_________] (“ Grantee ”), that certain real property and improvements thereon located in the City of Irvine, County of Orange, State of California, more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto (“ Property ”).
Grantor hereby further grants to Grantee all of Grantor's right, title and interest in and to (a) all privileges, rights, easements and appurtenances belonging to the Property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances on and under the Property, (b) all development rights, air rights, water, water rights and water stock relating to the Property, and (c) all right, title and interest of Grantor in and to any streets, alleys, passages, other easements and other rights-of-way or appurtenances included in, adjacent to or used in connection with the Property.
Subject to all easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, encumbrances and other matters of record or apparent from a reasonable survey of the Property.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has executed this Grant Deed as of [_______________], 2014.
GRANTOR :

Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation
By:_____________________    
Name:___________________    
Its:______________________    

Exhibit D - 2





ACKNOWLEDGMENT
State of California
County of ______________________
On ____________________________ before me, _________________________________
personally appeared ________________________________________________________,
who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.


I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.


WITNESS my hand and official seal.


Signature ________________________________ (Seal)


Exhibit D - 3





EXHIBIT A TO GRANT DEED
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
[To be inserted prior to execution, same as Exhibit A to the Agreement]



Exhibit D - 4




EXHIBIT E
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
Reference is hereby made to that certain property located in the City of Irvine, County of Orange, State of California and described in more detail on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof and the improvements located thereon and the rights, privileges and entitlements incident thereto (the “Property”). For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, Nikken, Inc., a California corporation (“Seller”), hereby sells, transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to ________________ (“Buyer”), without any warranty and only to the extent assignable without third party consents, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in all assets, rights, materials, warranties and/or claims, used, owned or held in connection with the use, management, development or enjoyment of the Property, to the extent owned by Seller, assignable to Buyer, including, without limitation: (i) all fixtures located on or affixed to the Property as (ii) all entitlements, subdivision agreements and other agreements relating to the development of Property; (iii) all plans, specifications, maps, drawings and other renderings relating to the Property; (iv) all warranties, claims, indemnities and any similar rights relating to and benefiting the Property or the assets transferred hereby; (v) all intangible rights, goodwill and similar rights benefiting the Property; and (vi) all development rights benefiting the Property.
SELLER:


Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation
By:____________________    
Name:__________________    
Its:_____________________    


Date:___________________    



Exhibit E - 1
LEGAL_US_W # 78062048.1



EXHIBIT F
NON-FOREIGN CERTIFICATE
[see attached]

Exhibit F - 1




TRANSFEROR’S CERTIFICATION OF NON-FOREIGN STATUS
A.
Federal FIRPTA Certificate
To inform __________________ (“ Transferee ”), that withholding of tax under Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), will not be required upon the transfer of certain real property, located in the County of Orange, State of California to Transferee, by Nikken, Inc., a California corporation (“ Transferor ”), Transferor hereby certifies to Transferee:
1.
Transferor is not a foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in the Code and the Income Tax Regulations promulgated thereunder);
2.
Transferor’s U.S. tax identification number is [__________] and
3.
Transferor’s office address is c/o [__________________]
Attention: [________________].
Transferor understands that this Certification may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by Transferee and that any false statement contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.
Transferor understands that Transferee is relying on this Certification in determining whether withholding is required upon said transfer.
B.
State of California-California Resident/Non-Resident Affidavit
Section 18662 of the Revenue and Taxation Code provide that a buyer may be required to withhold 3 1/3% of the sales price of the California real property sold by a non-resident Seller, unless the sales price of the property is less than $100,000.
Transferor hereby certifies that Transferor is a California resident and not subject to the above mentioned withholding and that its California residence address is c/o [_________________________] Attention: ___________________.
Transferor understands that this certificate may be disclosed to the Franchise Tax Board of California by Transferee and that any false statement contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.
Under penalty of perjury the undersigned declare that they have examined this Certification and to the best of their knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete, and they further declare that they have authority to sign this Certification on behalf of Transferor.

Exhibit F - 2




TRANSFEROR :


Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation

By:_____________________    
Name:___________________    
Its:______________________    



Exhibit F - 3




EXHIBIT G
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF CONTRACTS
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF CONTRACTS (this “Assignment”) is made as of [_________], 2014 (the “Effective Date”), by Nikken, Inc., a California corporation (“Assignor”), in favor of ________________ (“Assignee”).
For a valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Assignor hereby grants, conveys, transfers and assigns to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the contracts identified on Exhibit A , attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Contracts”), and all amendments and modifications thereto, relating to that certain real property located in the City of Irvine, County of Orange, State of California, and more particularly described in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Real Property”).
Assignor shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold Assignee harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, costs, damages or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or resulting from any breach or default by Assignor under the terms of the Contracts arising prior to the date hereof.
Assignor covenants that it will, at any time and from time to time upon written request therefor, at Assignee’s sole expense and without the assumption of any additional liability thereby, execute and deliver to Assignee, its successors and assigns, any new or confirmatory instruments and take such further acts as Assignee may reasonably request to fully evidence the assignment contained herein and to enable Assignee, its successors and assigns to fully realize and enjoy the rights and interests assigned hereby.
Assignee accepts the foregoing assignment and assumes and shall pay, perform and discharge, as and when due, all of the agreements and obligations of Assignor under the Contracts and agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Contracts first arising on or after the date hereof.
Assignee shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold Assignor harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, costs, damages or expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or resulting from any breach or default by Assignee under the terms of the Contracts first arising on or after the date hereof.
The provisions of this Assignment shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the successors and assigns of Assignor and Assignee, respectively.

Exhibit G - 1




This Assignment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The signature and acknowledgment pages of any counterpart may be detached therefrom without impairing the legal effect of the signature(s) and acknowledgment(s) thereon, provided such signature and acknowledgment pages are attached to any other counterpart identical thereto except having additional signature and acknowledgment pages executed and acknowledged by other parties to this Assignment attached thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignee have caused their duly authorized representatives to execute this Assignment as of the date first above written.


ASSIGNOR :
Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation
By:_____________________    
Name:___________________    
Its:______________________    

ASSIGNEE :
___________________, a
[______ ______________]
By:_____________________    
Name:___________________    
Its:______________________    
EXHIBIT A

Exhibit G - 2




ASSIGNED CONTRACTS
[Assigned Service Contracts to be listed prior to execution of this Assignment]
Vendor Name
Service Description
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exhibit G - 3





EXHIBIT B
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF REAL PROPERTY
[To be attached prior to execution, same as Exhibit A to the Agreement]



Exhibit G - 4




EXHIBIT H
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE
This ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE (this " Assignment ") is made and entered into as of _____________, 2014, by and between Nikken Inc., a California Corporation (" Assignor ") and [•], a [•] (" Assignee ").
AGREEMENTS:
Assignor, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby GRANTS, TRANSFERS and ASSIGNS to the Assignee all of Assignor's right, title and interest in and to the lease described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, on the land described on Exhibit B, attached hereto and made a part hereof (the " Lease "); and any security deposits held by Assignor under the Lease (collectively, the " Property ").
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Property, together with all and singular the rights, titles, and interests thereto in anywise belonging, to Assignee, its successors and assigns forever.
Assignee hereby assumes and agrees to pay and perform all of the terms, covenants, conditions and obligations of the Assignor under or in respect of the Lease arising or accruing on or after the date hereof, and agrees to indemnify and hold Assignor harmless from and against any claims, costs or liabilities in connection therewith arising or accruing on or after the date hereof.
Assignor agrees to indemnify and hold Assignee harmless from and against any claims, costs or liabilities in connection with the Lease arising or accruing prior to (but not including) the date hereof.
The parties may execute this Assignment in one or more identical counterparts, all of which when taken together will constitute one and the same instrument. If so executed, each of such counterparts is to be deemed an original for all purposes, and all such counterparts shall, collectively, constitute one agreement, but in making proof of this Assignment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.
* * * * *
[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

Exhibit H - 1





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and delivered this Assignment as of the date first above written.

ASSIGNOR :
Nikken, Inc.,
a California corporation
By:_____________________    
Name:___________________    
Its:______________________    

Date:____________________    


ASSIGNEE :

[•], a [•]


By:_____________________     
Name:___________________    
Title:____________________     


Exhibit A - Description of Lease
Exhibit B - Property Description

Exhibit H - 2





EXHIBIT A
to
Assignment and Assumption of Lease

Description of Lease

[ATTACHED]

Exhibit H - 3





EXHIBIT B
To
Assignment and Assumption of Leases

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

[ATTACHED]



Exhibit H - 4




EXHIBIT I
LIST OF CONTRACTS
 
Agreement
Service
Terminable/Non-Terminable
1.
Contractor Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and PermaCity Solar, Inc., dated July 15, 2010
Solar System
Non-terminable
10 Years
2.     
Critical Power Equipment Service Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Eaton Corporation, dated July 4, 2012
UPS
Terminable 30
Days
3.     
Support Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Control Technologies West Inc., dated June 12, 2013
BAS
Non-terminable 2
Years
4.     
Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken and Pyro-Comm Systems, Inc., dated January 2, 2001
Fire Alarm System
Non-terminable 2
Years
5.     
Vertical Transportation Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., dated October 1, 2000
Elevators
Non-terminable 5
Years
6.     
Landscape Management Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Critical Environments, Inc., dated October 2, 2012
Landscape
Terminable 30
Days
7.     
Service Agreement by and between Nikken and Ontario Refrigeration Service, Inc., dated January 1, 2012
HVAC (SCE)
Non-terminable 3
Years
8.     
Security Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., dated, 2010
Guard Systems
Terminable 30
Days
9.     
Commercial Pest Control Agreement by and between Nikken USA, Inc. and Terminix, dated October 22,1999
Pest Control
Terminable 30
Days
10.     
Service Agreement by and between Nikken Inc. and Innovative Cleaning Services, Inc., dated November 17, 2009
Janitorial
Terminable 30
Days

Exhibit I - 1




11.     
Plant Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken and Inside Plants, Inc., dated July 1, 2011
Interior Landscape
Terminable 30
Days
12.     
Parking Lot Lease by and between Nikken, Inc. and Thales Avionics, Inc., dated September 16, 2005, as amended by that certain First Amendment to lease (undated), as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Lease, dated August 1, 2008 and further amended Third Amendment to Lease, dated August 15, 2011
Leased Parking
Terminable 30
Days
13.     
Commercial Security/Fire Alarm Agreement by and between Nikken and JMG Security, dated May 24, 2012
Security Systems
Non-Terminable
5 Years




Exhibit I - 2




EXHIBIT J
PROPERTY INFORMATION
 
Agreement
 
 
1.     
Contractor Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and PermaCity Solar, Inc., dated July 15, 2010
 
 
2.     
Critical Power Equipment Service Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Eaton Corporation, dated July 4, 2012
 
 
3.     
Support Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Control Technologies West Inc., dated June 12, 2013
 
 
4.     
Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken and Pyro-Comm Systems, Inc., dated January 2, 2001
 
 
5.     
Vertical Transportation Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., dated October 1, 2000
 
 
6.     
Landscape Management Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Critical Environments, Inc., dated October 2, 2012
 
 
7.     
Service Agreement by and between Nikken and Ontario Refrigeration Service, Inc., dated January 1, 2012
 
 
8.     
Security Services Agreement by and between Nikken, Inc. and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., dated ________, 2010
 
 

Exhibit J - 1




9.     
Commercial Pest Control Agreement by and between Nikken USA, Inc. and Terminix, dated October 22, 1999
 
 
10.     
Service Agreement by and between Nikken Inc. and Innovative Cleaning Services, Inc., dated November 17, 2009
 
 
11.     
Plant Maintenance Agreement by and between Nikken and Inside Plants, Inc., dated July 1, 2011
 
 
12.     
Commerical Security/Fire Alarm Agreement by and between Nikken and JMG Security, dated May 24, 2012
 
 
13.     
Parking Lot Lease dated September 16, 2005, by and between Seller and Thales Avionics, Inc.
14.     
First Amendment to Parking Lot Lease (undated)
15.     
Second Amendment to Parking Lot Lease dated August 1, 2008
16.     
Third Amendment to Parking Lot Lease dated August 15, 2011.
17.     
CAAD drawings provided to buyer, all other as-built plans are located at the property and will be made available for buyer’s inspection.
18.     
Payments for Specific Energy Property In Lieu of Tax Credits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Terms and Conditions)
19.     
Permission to Operate Net Energy Metering and Generating Facility and Interconnection Agreement from South California Edison and Nikken Inc. dated March 8, 2011


Exhibit J - 2



Exhibit 10.2


FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (“ First Amendment ”) is made and entered into effective as of the 8th day of January, 2014 by and between NIKKEN, Inc ., a California corporation (“ Seller ”), and Masimo Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”).
R   E   C   I   T   A   L   S
A. Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated November 1, 2013 (“ Original Purchase Agreement ”, the Original Purchase Agreement as amended by this First Amendment, collectively, the “ Purchase Agreement ”), relative to the sale/purchase of that certain real property located at 52 Discovery Way, Irvine, California (the “ Property ”).

B. Seller and Buyer desire to amend the Original Purchase Agreement to among other things extend the Feasibility Period on the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW , THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to amend the Original Purchase Agreement as follows:
1. Definitions . Any capitalized term used, but not defined, herein shall have its respective meaning as set forth in the Original Purchase Agreement.

2. Feasibility Period Adjustment . The parties hereby agree to extend the expiration of the Feasibility Period set forth in Section 1.12 of the Original Purchase Agreement, from 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on January 8, 2014 to 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on January 10, 2014. All references to the Feasibility Period shall mean the Feasibility Period as extended by the terms of this First Amendment.

3. Purchase Agreement in Full Force and Effect . Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the Original Purchase Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms set forth herein and the terms of the Original Purchase Agreement, the terms contained in this First Amendment shall govern and control.

4. Counterparts; Facsimile; E-Mail . This First Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes of this First Amendment, any signature transmitted by facsimile or e-mail (in pdf. or comparable format) shall be considered to have the same legal and binding effect as any original signature.
[ Signatures On Following Page ]







IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have entered into this First Amendment effective as of the day and year first above written.
SELLER:
NIKKEN, Inc.,
a California corporation

By:
/s/ Kurt H. Fulle_ __________________
Name: Kurt H. Fulle
Its: President and CEO
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUYER:
Masimo Corporation,
a Delaware corporation

By:
  /s/ Yongsam Lee____ ___________
Name: Yongsam Lee
Its: EVP, Operations and CIO






Exhibit 10.3


SECOND AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (“ Second Amendment ”) is made and entered into effective as of the 10th day of January, 2014 by and between NIKKEN, INC., a California corporation (“ Seller ”), and MASIMO CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”).
R E C I T A L S
A. Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated November 1, 2013 (“ Original Purchase Agreement ”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 8, 2014 (the “ First Amendment ”, and collectively with the Original Purchase Agreement referred to as the “ Agreement ”), relative to the sale/purchase of that certain real property located at 52 Discovery Way, Irvine, California (the “ Property ”).

B. Seller and Buyer desire to further amend the Agreement to among other things further extend the Feasibility Period on the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to further amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:
1. Definitions . Any capitalized term used, but not defined, herein shall have its respective meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

2. Feasibility Period Adjustment . The parties hereby agree to further extend the expiration of the Feasibility Period set forth in Section 1.12 of the Original Purchase Agreement, from 5:00PM (Pacific Time) on January 10, 2014 to 5:00PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, March 10, 2014. All references to the Feasibility Period shall mean the Feasibility Period as extended by the terms of this Second Amendment.

3. Closing Date Adjustment . The parties hereby agree to extend the Closing Date set forth in Section 1.6 of the Original Purchase Agreement, from Friday, March 7, 2014, to the date that is sixty (60) days after the date on which Buyer delivers to Seller the Approval Notice pursuant to Section 3.2.3 of the Agreement; provided, however, in the event the sixtieth (60th) day following the delivery of the Approval Notice falls on a non-Business Day, Buyer shall specify in the Approval Notice that the Closing shall occur within two (2) Business Days after such sixtieth (60th) day. All references to the Closing Date shall mean the Closing Date as extended by the terms of this Second Amendment.

4. Closing Statement Repair Credit . The parties hereby agree and instruct Escrow Holder that Closing Statements to be prepared by Escrow Holder shall reflect a debit to Seller and a credit to Buyer in the amount of Seventy Five Thousand and No/100s Dollars ($75,000.00), which amount shall be credited to Buyer at the Closing in satisfaction of the roof repair issues raised by Buyer in that certain letter from Buyer’s broker to Seller’s broker dated December 23, 2013.

5. Limited Approval of Feasibility Matters . Except as to Buyer’s investigation and evaluation of the number of vehicle trips available for the Property in connection with the City of Irvine’s Transportation Performance Monitoring Program and related governing rules and regulations imposed by Governmental Agencies and The Irvine Company (the “ Trips Issue ”), Buyer hereby approves of the other Feasibility Matters related to the Property. For clarity, Buyer and Seller agree that, from the date of this Second Amendment until the expiration of the Feasibility Period (as extended hereby), Buyer’s election to terminate this Agreement by sending a Termination Notice, or otherwise failing to send an Approval Notice, prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period, shall be due to Buyer not being satisfied, in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion, with the Trips Issue, prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period.





In the event Buyer so terminates the Agreement, the terms and conditions of Section 3.2.4 of the Original Agreement shall apply.

6. Seller’s Cooperation . In addition to the reasonable cooperation to be provided by Seller pursuant to Section 3.3.2 of the Agreement in connection with the Proposed Governmental Approvals, if Buyer delivers the Approval Notice to Seller prior to the expiration of the Feasibility Period, Seller hereby agrees to also provide reasonable access to the Property and cooperation with Buyer and Buyer’s consultants in connection with field verification and similar advanced preparation work to be performed in connection with Buyer’s anticipated renovation of the Property; provided, however, such field verification and advanced preparation work by Buyer shall not include any demolition or improvement work, nor shall such work unreasonably interfere with Seller’s operation of or relocation activities at the Property.

7. Agreement in Full Force and Effect . Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms set forth herein and the terms of the Agreement, the terms contained in this Second Amendment shall govern and control.

8. Counterparts; Facsimile; E-Mail . This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Second Amendment, any signature transmitted by facsimile or e-mail (in pdf. or comparable format) shall be considered to have the same legal and binding effect as any original signature.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have entered into this Second Amendment effective as of the day and year first above written.

SELLER:
NIKKEN, Inc.,
a California corporation

By:
/s/ Kurt H. Fulle___ ________________
Name: Kurt H. Fulle
Its: President and CEO
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUYER:
Masimo Corporation,
a Delaware corporation

By:
/s/ Yongsam Lee___ ____________
Name: Yongsam Lee
Its: EVP, Operations and CIO






Exhibit 10.4


THIRD AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (“ Third Amendment ”) is made and entered into effective as of the 10th day of March, 2014 by and between NIKKEN, INC ., a California corporation (“ Seller ”), and MASIMO CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”).
R   E   C   I   T   A   L   S
A.
Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated November 1, 2013 (“ Original Purchase Agreement ”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 8, 2014 (the “ First Amendment ”), and further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 10, 2014 (the “ Second Amendment ”, and collectively with the Original Purchase Agreement and the First Amendment, referred to as the “ Agreement ”), relative to the sale/purchase of that certain real property located at 52 Discovery Way, Irvine, California (the “ Property ”).
B. Seller and Buyer desire to further amend the Agreement to among other things further extend the Feasibility Period on the terms and conditions set forth below.
NOW , THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to further amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:
1. Definitions . Any capitalized term used, but not defined, herein shall have its respective meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

2. Feasibility Period Adjustment . The parties hereby agree to further extend the expiration of the Feasibility Period from 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on March 10, 2014 to 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. All references to the Feasibility Period shall mean the Feasibility Period as extended by the terms of this Second Amendment.

3. Closing Date Adjustment . The parties hereby agree that the Closing Date shall remain the date that is sixty (60) days after the date on which Buyer delivers to Seller the Approval Notice pursuant to Section 3.2.3 of the Agreement, and as set forth in the Second Amendment, in the event the sixtieth (60th) day following the delivery of the Approval Notice falls on a non-Business Day, Buyer shall specify in the Approval Notice that the Closing shall occur within two (2) Business Days after such sixtieth (60th) day. All references to the Closing Date shall mean the Closing Date as extended by the terms of the Second Amendment, and hereby ratified by the terms of this Third Amendment.

4. Rezoning Credit . The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that Buyer intends to prepare and process a rezoning of the Property prior to the Closing (the “ Rezoning ”). In connection with the rezoning, the parties hereby agree and instruct Escrow Holder that Closing Statements to be prepared by Escrow Holder shall reflect a debit to Seller and a credit to Buyer in the amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the total amount of Buyer’s reasonably documented out of pocket expenses incurred for the Rezoning (the “ Rezoning Expense ”), up to a maximum amount of Fifty Thousand and No/100s Dollars ($50,000.00). In the event the actual amount of the Rezoning Expense is not yet known as of the Closing Date, the parties hereby instruct Escrow Holder to hold back from Seller’s proceeds at the Closing an amount equal to Fifty Thousand and No/100s Dollars ($50,000.00) less the amount, if any, of the Rezoning Expenses credited to Buyer at Closing (the “ Rezoning Holdback ”), which shall be held in escrow following the Closing until the earlier of (i) such time as the total Rezoning Expenses have been determined or (ii) the one year anniversary date of the Closing (the “Escrow Termination Date”). Once the Rezoning Expenses have been determined, Buyer shall notify Seller and Escrow Holder of same, and provide copies of invoices evidencing the Rezoning Amount, and Escrow Holder shall thereafter disburse the Rezoning Holdback as follows: to Buyer, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of the reasonably documented Rezoning Expenses, or (b) Fifty Thousand and





No/100s Dollars ($50,000.00), and to Seller, the remaining amount of the Rezoning Holdback, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any of the Rezoning Holdback remains in the Escrow on the Escrow Termination Date after Escrow Holder has disbursed to Buyer Seller’s share of the Rezoning Expense for any reimbursement request(s) properly submitted by Buyer prior to the Escrow Termination Date, such remaining Rezoning Holdback shall be promptly disbursed to Seller.

5. Agreement in Full Force and Effect . Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms set forth herein and the terms of the Agreement, the terms contained in this Second Amendment shall govern and control.

6. Counterparts; Facsimile; E-Mail . This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Second Amendment, any signature transmitted by facsimile or e-mail (in pdf. or comparable format) shall be considered to have the same legal and binding effect as any original signature.
7.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have entered into this First Amendment effective as of the day and year first above written.
SELLER:
NIKKEN, Inc.,
a California corporation

By:
/s/ Kurt H. Fulle_ __________________
Name: Kurt H. Fulle
Its: President and CEO
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUYER:
Masimo Corporation,
a Delaware corporation

By:
/s/ Yongsam Lee____ ___________
Name: Yongsam Lee
Its: EVP, Operations and CIO








Exhibit 10.5


FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (“ Fourth Amendment ”) is made and entered into effective as of the 12th day of March, 2014 by and between NIKKEN, INC., a California corporation (“ Seller ”), and MASIMO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”).
R E C I T A L S
A. Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated November 1, 2013 (“ Original Purchase Agreement ”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 8, 2014 (the “ First Amendment ”), further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 10, 2014 (the “ Second Amendment ”), and further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 10, 2014 (the “ Third Amendment ”, and collectively with the Original Purchase Agreement, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third Amendment, referred to as the “ Agreement ”), relative to the sale/purchase of that certain real property located at 52 Discovery Way, Irvine, California (the “ Property ”).

B. Seller and Buyer desire to further amend the Agreement to among other things further extend the Feasibility Period on the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Seller and Buyer hereby agree to further amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:
1. Definitions . Any capitalized term used, but not defined, herein shall have its respective meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

2. Reinstatement of Agreement . Notwithstanding the Termination Notice delivered by Buyer to Seller on March 11, 2014, the parties hereby acknowledge and agree that, by their mutual execution of this Fourth Amendment, the Termination Notice is revoked and the Agreement is hereby reinstated and in full force and effect. In connection with the reinstatement of the Agreement, the parties hereby further acknowledge and agree as follows:

(a) This Fourth Amendment shall serve as Buyer’s Approval Notice pursuant to Section 3.2.3 of the Agreement. The Approval Notice shall be considered timely delivered and Buyer shall no longer have any right to terminate the Agreement pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Agreement.

(b) On or before March 13, 2014, Buyer shall deliver the Additional Deposit to Escrow Holder, and the Additional Deposit shall be deposited by Escrow Holder in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Agreement. Effective upon execution of this Agreement the entire $2,000,000 Deposit shall constitute liquidated damages in the event the Agreement is terminated for a Buyer’s Default in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Agreement.

3. Agreement in Full Force and Effect . Except as expressly amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall continue in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms set forth herein and the terms of the Agreement, the terms contained in this Fourth Amendment shall govern and control.






4. Counterparts; Facsimile; E-Mail . This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Fourth Amendment, any signature transmitted by facsimile or e-mail (in pdf. or comparable format) shall be considered to have the same legal and binding effect as any original signature.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have entered into this Fourth Amendment effective as of the day and year first above written.
SELLER:
NIKKEN, Inc.,
a California corporation

By: /s/ Kurt H. Fulle_ __________________
Name: Kurt H. Fulle
Its: President and CEO
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUYER:
Masimo Corporation,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Yongsam Lee _______________
Name: Yongsam Lee
Its: EVP, Operations and CIO






Exhibit 12.1

Masimo Corporation
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars in thousands)




 
 
Three months ended
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
 
March 29,
2014
 
December 28,
2013
 
December 29,
2012
 
December 31,
2011
 
January 1,
2011
 
January 2,
2010
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before provision for income taxes
$
30,393

 
$
75,726

 
$
83,821

 
$
86,531

 
$
107,569

 
$
82,180

Fixed charges
2,678

 
2,705

 
2,514

 
1,910

 
1,941

 
1,768

Noncontrolling interests in pre-tax (income) loss
141

 
607

 
744

 
(58
)
 
(676
)
 
(1,159
)
Total earnings
$
33,212

 
$
79,038

 
$
87,079

 
$
88,383

 
$
108,834

 
$
82,789

Fixed charges
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expensed
$
15

 
$
28

 
44

 
$
116

 
$
23

 
$
75

 
Estimated of interest within rental expense
2,663

 
2,677

 
2,470

 
1,794

 
1,918

 
1,693

Total fixed charges
$
2,678

 
$
2,705

 
$
2,514

 
$
1,910

 
$
1,941

 
$
1,768

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
12.40

 
29.22

 
34.64

 
46.27

 
56.07

 
46.83


In the periods presented, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding and no dividends paid on preferred stock. Therefore, the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends are not different from the ratios of earnings to fixed charges.





Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, Joe Kiani, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Masimo Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
/s/ J OE  K IANI
Dated: April 30, 2014
 
Joe Kiani
 
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 










Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, Mark P. de Raad, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Masimo Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
/s/ M ARK  P. DE  R AAD
Dated: April 30, 2014
 
Mark P. de Raad
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 





Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATIONS OF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Joe Kiani, Chief Executive Officer of Masimo Corporation (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to my knowledge:
1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 29, 2014 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
/s/ J OE  K IANI
Date: April 30, 2014
Joe Kiani
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
I, Mark P. de Raad, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Masimo Corporation (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to my knowledge:
1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 29, 2014 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
/s/ M ARK  P. DE  R AAD
Date: April 30, 2014
Mark P. de Raad
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
A signed original of these certifications has been provided to Masimo Corporation and will be retained by Masimo Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this Quarterly Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Masimo Corporation, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.